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Lazy is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple from their 1972 album Machine Head, a live performance of the song can be found on the album Made in Japan, released later the same year.
Guitar solo was ranked number 74 on Guitar World’s “100 Greatest Guitar Solos”.
The song starts out as an instrumental, keyboardist Jon Lord plays an overdriven Hammond organ intro, followed by the main riff and with the solo swapping between him and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Vocalist Ian Gillan comes in with the vocals later in the song. He also uses harmonica both on the studio version and live. At over 7 minutes long, it is the longest track on the album, and live versions were often extended past 10 minutes.
The live version on Made in Japan features a theme from Hugo Alfvén’s “Swedish Rhapsody #1”, played by Ritchie Blackmore as a part of his solo. Ritchie Blackmore would sometimes include the main riff from “Lazy” in live performances of the song “Man on the Silver Mountain” by Rainbow. Gillan defined the song as rhythm and blues.
Later live performances after the band’s reunion in 1984 tended to be much shorter, cutting out the intro and one of the verses. However, more recent performances with Steve Morse have gone back to the original arrangement.
Guitar solo was ranked number 74 on Guitar World’s “100 Greatest Guitar Solos”.
The song starts out as an instrumental, keyboardist Jon Lord plays an overdriven Hammond organ intro, followed by the main riff and with the solo swapping between him and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Vocalist Ian Gillan comes in with the vocals later in the song. He also uses harmonica both on the studio version and live. At over 7 minutes long, it is the longest track on the album, and live versions were often extended past 10 minutes.
The live version on Made in Japan features a theme from Hugo Alfvén’s “Swedish Rhapsody #1”, played by Ritchie Blackmore as a part of his solo. Ritchie Blackmore would sometimes include the main riff from “Lazy” in live performances of the song “Man on the Silver Mountain” by Rainbow. Gillan defined the song as rhythm and blues.
Later live performances after the band’s reunion in 1984 tended to be much shorter, cutting out the intro and one of the verses. However, more recent performances with Steve Morse have gone back to the original arrangement.
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movement1977 wrote:
deep purple, great heavy early rockband.
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eWarning wrote:
"...just stay in bed..."
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domflo wrote:
THIS ... IS ... AWESOME!
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MikeySchenker wrote:
Whoohooo, what a song... Blues, Jazz, Hard Rock, just perfect...
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MichielP wrote:
Deep Purple playing the blues!
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PrakashKrishnan wrote:
Fabulous song by Purple. Love all its incarnations but prefer the studio track (from Machinehead) the best.
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oOSchaflonieOo wrote:
Sagenhaftes Schlagzeugsolo
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Braveshell wrote:
Yeah... obviously NOT from Made In Japan... still a great version of the track, though the 1972 version would be nice.
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deeprainsnake wrote:
classic rock'n'roll. - great (it's not from "made in japan" - 1972 - this is more raw; this track is from "Stuttgart 1993").
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Aleatoriedad wrote:
This is what awesomeness sounds like.
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monkey_mike wrote:
I would of loved to see these dudes in their prime. DAMN IT!
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rickividal wrote:
Man, this is pure blues!! Amazing music. =D
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SonOfThirteen wrote:
lord + blackmore + gillian + paice = eargasm
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AllyOfTheDark wrote:
I love the shuffle beat! It really swings!
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ghschilder wrote:
wohhhhhhhhhh oude herinneringen
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purple-dirk wrote:
great song ... but this version ist not from "Made in Japan", this is after 1985 ...
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jayakiran wrote:
killer track
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euriante wrote:
Lord is playing tonight in Bucharest
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filiberto5952 wrote:
dioses del rock
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gojo311 wrote:
Richie blackmore kicks ass!!
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