Bootleg splendido di una delle primissime apparizioni in pubblico dei Deep Purple con Joe Satriani alla chitarra che era corso a sostituire Ritchie Blackmore che aveva deciso di abbandonare definitivamente i purple.
Il guitar hero statunitense riuscì a sostituire alla grande Ritchie (secondo il sottoscritto), anche perché non si limità a scimmiottare il Maestro ma fece salire sul palco la sua anima, interpretando in maniera personale ogni pezzo. A volte si sente che Satch è ancora alla ricerca della perfetta sintonia con il gruppo e con le canzoni scritte da Blackmore, ma proprio in questo suo percorso di ricerca dimostra di essere un gran musicista, capace anche di sbagliare senza doversi vergognare di nulla.
In quel momento poi i purple vivevano una seconda (o terza, se non addirittura quarta…) giovinezza, e tutti i bootleg del ’93 confermano uno stato di forma veramente notevole (e allora perché Ritchie se n’è andato? Ma perché lui è Ritchie Blackmore, inutile aggiungere altro).
Satriani del resto entrò subito in perfetta sintonia con tutti i membri della band, come hanno raccontato più volte Gillan e soci (resta mitica la sessione di prove per rodare i pezzi, con Gillan che dopo un paio d’ore ha mollato tutto dicendo: “Stiamo andando alla grande, inutile continuare a provare”. Satriani stesso ha detto che quello è stato uno dei momenti più belli ed intensi della sua carriera).
Il concerto inizia come una bomba, con una “Highway Star” a dir poco eccezionale (fantastico la sottile rivisitazione della parte iniziale dell’assolo da parte di Satch). La band viaggia come un treno, sparando un pezzo dietro all’altro, e anche se il pubblico giapponese all’inizio è un po’ stizzito per la mancanza di Blackmore (da quelle parti il vecchio Ritchie è oggetto di un vero e proprio culto, e i promoter locali non avevano avvisato tutti per tempo del cambio di formazione), dopo i primi pezzi la qualità della musica proposta dal gruppo è tale che la gente applaude alla grandissima!
Bellissime “Perfect Stangers”, “Pictures Of Home” e “Anyone’s Daughter”, anche se l’interpretazione molto personale di Satriani di questa piccola perla porpora non mi convince del tutto. Molto potente e coinvolgenete anche “The Battle Rages On”, mentre “When A Blind Man Cries” è altalenante, forse per colpa di Satch che non riesce a tirar fuori dalla sua chitarra le note e le sensazioni giuste.
Da “Satch Boogie” in poi non ci si ferma più, con Ian Gillan che tortura le sue corde vocali a più non posso mentre Satriani fa urlare la sua JS come un ossesso. Chiusura trionfale con “Smoke On The Water” (e con cosa se no?). Un concerto a dir poco fenomenale.
La qualità audio è buona, e anche la confezione è abbastanza curata.
Elenco tracce e testi
01 Highway Star (00:00)
Yeah---
Nobody gonna take my car, I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car, it's gonna break the speed of sound
Ooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tires and everything
I love it, and I need it, I feed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my girl, I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl, she stays close on every bend
Ooh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth, body control and everything
I love her, I need her, I seed her
Yeah she turns me on
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my head, I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head now that I'm on the road again
Ooh I'm in heaven again
I've got everything
Like a moving ground, an open road and everything
I love it, I need it, I feed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
Nobody gonna take my car, I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car, it's gonna break the speed of sound
Ooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tires and everything
I love it, and I need it, I feed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
02 Child In Time (00:00)
Sweet child in time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad
See the BLIND man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet
04 Black Night (00:00)
Black night is not right
I don't feel so bright
I don't care to sit tight
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
I don't need a dark tree
I don't want a rough sea
I can't feel, I can't see
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
Black night, black night
I don't need black night
I can't see dark night
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me
Black night is a long way from home
05 Maybe I'm A Leo (00:00)
Peeping round the door I got a big surprise
Couldn't see a thing but open skies
They've taken her away where is she now
Wish that she was here wish she'd hold my hand
Maybe she could laugh maybe understand
Why was I so cruel where is she now
Acting like a fool I had to make her cry
Maybe I'm a Leo but I ain't a lion
I'm hurting oh so bad, I want her now
07 Perfect Strangers (00:00)
Can you remember remember my name
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown
And cold, cold spirits of ice
All my life
I am the echo of your past
I am returning the echo of a point in time
and distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known
And laughing as the spirits appear
All your life
Shadows of another day
And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers
I know I must remain inside this silent well of sorrow
A strand of silver hanging through the sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind
Is aching with the dead of the night
Precious life, your tears are lost in falling rain
And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers
09 Knocking At Your Back Door (00:00)
Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a Samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And none of us could reach that high
She came on like a teaser
I had to touch and please her
Enjoy a little paradise
The log was in my pocket
When Lucy met the Rockett
And she never knew the reason why
I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
It's not the kill
It's the thrill of the chase
Feel it coming
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law
The point of no return
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door
Sweet Nancy was so fancy
To get into her pantry
Had to be the aristocracy
The members that she toyed with
At her city club
Were something in diplomacy
So we put her on the hit list
Of a common cunning linguist
A master of many tongues
And now she eases gently
From her Austin to her Bentley
Suddenly she feels so young
10 Anyone's Daughter (00:00)
While I stood under your bedroom window
Throwin' up a brick
No one came, I threw one more
That really did the trick
Your daddy came and banged my head
He said what kind of man,
Is this that's hangin' round my girl?
Huh, he threw me in the can
You're a farmer's daughter
You're a farmer's daughter
Why do I always get
The kinda girl I didn't ought to get
I won't get no more
Eggs and water
Now I've laid the farmer's daughter
Imagine I was a full grown man
And I could talk just right
Could I come and see you here
And do this every night?
Wham!
The door comes crashing down
Your daddy's face all pale
Says "come with me you hairy bum"
"I'll put you in my jail"
You're a judge's daughter
You're a judge's daughter
Why do I always get the kinda girl
I didn't ought to get
Now I'm getting
Jail and torture
'Cause I made
The judge's daughter
(Yes I did)
(It was nice)
Seems they're screaming
Law and order
When I go with anyone's daughter
Woman I should like some pease
And daddy hold your tongue
I think you're gonna die of fright
When I tell you what I've done
I can hear your tales and lies
You say I'm dumb and scraggy
But man this dumb and scraggy
Is your daughter's baby's daddy
She's a lucky daughter
Such a lucky daughter
Why did I always get
The kinda girl I didn't wanna get
Now I've got what I always fought for
'Cause I married a rich man's daughter
(What do you think of that?)
12 The Battle Rages On (00:00)
Been so many words so much to say
Words are not enough to keep the guns at bay
Some live in fear some do not
Some gamble everything on who gets the final shot
Oh don't talk to me of love
It's obvious it's not enough
Annihilation kill them all
Capitulation watch the mighty fall
The road to glory is lined in red
And though the reason now is gone
The battle rages on
Was it love or hate that got here first
Hate's a habit it's hard to shake the curse
Kill to live and live to die
Human nature you let the strong survive
Oh don't talk to me of love
Be serious it's not enough
Annihilation kill them all
Capitulation watch the mighty fall
The road to glory is lined in red
And trough the reason now is gone
The battle rages on
13 When A Blind Man Cries (00:00)
If you're leaving close the door.
I'm not expecting people anymore.
Hear me grieving, I'm lying on the floor.
Whether I'm drunk or dead I really ain't too sure.
I'm a blind man, I'm a blind man and my world is pale.
When a blind man cries, Lord, you know there ain't no sadder tale.
Had a friend once in a room,
had a good time but it ended much too soon.
In a cold month in that room
we found a reason for the things we had to do.
I'm a blind man, I'm a blind man, now my room is cold.
When a blind man cries, Lord, you know he feels it from his soul.
17 Hush (00:00)
I got a certain little girl, she's on my mind
No doubt about it, she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's going to make me feel so bad
Hush, hush, thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush, she broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush, thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush, I need your love and I'm not to blame now
Love, love, they got it early in the morning
Love, love, they got it late in the evening
Love, love, well, I want that needing
Love, love, oh I got to get ahead of it
She's got a love like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
Blow my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat and I can't sleep
Listen
Hush, hush, thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush, she took my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush, thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush, I need your love and I'm not to blame now
Love, love, they got it early in the morning
Love, love, they got it late in the evening
Love, love, well, I want that needing
Love, love, oh I got to get ahead of it
18 Speed King (00:00)
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Lucille was oh so real
When she didn't do her daddies will
Come on baby, drive me crazy--do it, do it
I'm a speed king you go to hear me sing
I'm a speed king see me fly
Saturday night and I just got paid
Gonna fool about ain't gonna save
Some people gonna rock some people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
Good Golly, said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin' in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin' to the east and west
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans
I'm a speed king you go to hear me sing
I'm a speed king see me fly
19 Smoke On The Water (00:00)
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place in town
When some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Dragging kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the grand hotel
It was empty, cold and bare
And with the rolling truck stones thing just outside
We made our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
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