Deep Purple - Perihelion
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Movie Reviews of Deep Purple - Perihelion
Movie Review: Always loved Steve Morse
Summary: 5 Stars
Enjoyed a tasty musical video. Steve Morse is great! As a guitar player he was one of my favorites. Always a Deep Purple fan but had no idea just how good they are. Bought some 1970's DVD's also. I don't buy many music DVD's but this was a treat. Jerry.Movie Review: Purple Rocks....
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw Deep Purple live only once, That was in 1973. On the same bill was ELO. Absolutely the greatest rock concert I have seen. Well, Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd were up there too.My ears were buzzing and deaf after listening to, at that time,
the loudest rock band in the world. Richie Blackmore's guitar was deafening. Ian Gillian was difficult to hear......
Anyway, back to this DVD.
Have to agree with another reviewer.....Steve Morse is the saviour of this band. His energy and musicianship help along the older guys to get their maximum efforts out. And lets be clear, Purple band members are in their 50's (John Lord, now departed and "retired" is 60 something). Steve's guitar craft is excellent and makes me not even pine for Richie Blackmore (who is, BTW, a lost cause).
Gillian still has the voice, however he can't get the high notes that made him famous. Glover and Paice are satisfactory but certainly don't shine. The elder statesman, John Lord, was bang on with his keyboard playing. Where do you see and hear a Hammond organ with a rotating Leslie these days?
Lord, in the extras interviews, summed up the demise of classic rock by saying that they (Purple) were part of a time in history that young people today will never experience. This saddened him greatly. I agree.
To sum up, this is a good DVD, worth it to the Purple fan.
Cheers!
Movie Review: Almost as good as they ever were....
Summary: 4 Stars
I've seen these guys live three times - 1984, 1986, and 1998. This DVD was almost as good as the real shows. The only missing element is Ian Gillian's voice - he can't hit those high notes anymore, and his lung power is very obviously fading. Despite all that, he has a rollicking good time, as does Steve Morse. The sound quality (DTS 5.1) cannot compare to the best I've heard (Eagles - Hell Freezes Over), but still, it's well engineered to suit Purple's genre of music - slightly muted highs and a great thumping bass line. "Perfect Strangers", "Lazy" and "Space Truckin" are the highlights. Also nice to hear an old favourite "Mary Long". But "Woman From Tokyo" was disappointing - the studio cut was better. The bass and drum solos on "Speed King" are simply out of this world - as good or better than the great Lord/Blackmore jam on "Strange Kind Of Woman" from the "Made In Japan" album.Overall, highly recommended and a must have for any true rock fan.
Movie Review: The Granddads of Hard Rock can still "Rock"!
Summary: 4 Stars
I've been following the band since their 1970's "In Rock" album, which I still consider to be their best-ever album; and I own all of their "official" CDs (including those 2 of the pre-Gillan era), and DVDs as well.Ian (Gillan) was still a much much better singer than almost all of the other rock bands; but in this DVD, you have to admit that everybody has a time, and Ian is of no exception (he was already 56 in this DVD) that you can easily tell the difference from his prime. Another thing about this DVD is that the recording is not as good as all other Purple's DVDs.
Having said the above, other band members are still playing great--including Steve Morse, whom you can hardly find among other bands such an excellent replacement, especially when you know that he's replacing a great (and cool) guitarist--Mr Ritchie Blackmore.
At this price, this DVD is no doubt a good buy; but the best buy is the 1993's "Come Hell or High Water" when the MKII line up played their last concerts.
Movie Review: Awesome...but
Summary: 4 Stars
Bought new live and rare and this DVD. As a longstanding purple freak I was keen to see how Morse fitted in. Blackmores playing whilst once an absolute genius had gone to pot in the past few yrs of his playing with purple. Morse fits in perfectly, he is an awesome player and does not try to change any of the classics but adds his influence to the new stuff. Highway star, lazy and hush are still classics. Fools has been the highlight for me on both New live and rare and this DVD.My one complaint....... On the extra they give interviews with all the band members and they talk about a concert they did with Pavarotti. I was expecting to see clips from it at the end of the chatting... but Nothing, nada.... why not!!!