Deep Purple-Hard Lovin' Man

[esykes818]

Sexiest song of Deep Purple.

[oravia1995]

Amazing brutal organ sound, amazing solo....madness

[warminator]

Fantastic ping pong stereo on the final solo.

And did Ritchie really wreck the guitar in the end??

[encode12]

3 fanboys of justin bieber

[scalbard]

@encode12 why do you have to mention his name? WHY!?

[driffter1976]

This blows away everyone in 1970, with the exception of The Who. In fact it blows everyone away in 2012. How does it get any heavier?

[LeKerstman]

@driffter1976 black sabbath was pretty heavy tough

[uomodimerda]

fucking definetly pioneers

[joeylodes]

So great!!!

WAKE UP ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!!!!!!

[charrabata]

ooooooooooh this is so fantastic deep purple fan since i have 10 years old,and now i am 45.

[Piraka1997]

Why does Keyboard make it sound so scary? :P If you understand what I mean.

[jeffreygaudreault]

All members of Deep Purple Mark II are musical geniuses!!

[MrToltottkaposzta]

ez egy jó szám!

[ponokareject]

samebar...so sry

[MetalPriest74]

It's just good music. The end.

[gyodaimairlon]

Sounds like Speed Metal, in 1970, awesome!

[samebar]

@gyodaimairlon yeah people didn't play loud and fast in the '70's, this is a a rare exception...

[ponokareject]

@samebar what the fuc year u born in ...1980

[samebar]

@ponokareject I was being sarcastic, born '63 and why so rude?

[ponokareject]

@samebar hey meat bag,,,,,u dont know 60s or 70s rock,look up BLACK SABBATH,,LED ZEPPLIN,,AROSMITH,URIAH HEEP....ETC I CAN GO ON..So listen up gyodaimairlon

[samebar]

@ponokareject I'll try again, I was being sarcastic, you know...joking. Speed King, Fireball, Light In The Black, Smokin', Communication Breakdown, Stone Cold Crazy, Paranoid, Neon Knights, Kill The King, Eruption, Bomber, Expect No Mercy, Let There Be Rock, Hole In The Sky, Paper Plane, Me And The Boys, Modern Times Rock'n'Roll...loud and fast I'd say.

[samebar]

@samebar Didn't listen much to the Heep or Aerosmith...Look At Yourself, Easy Livin', Sweet Emotion...easy on the insults buddy, kind of counter productive. You sound young by the way.

[jeffreygaudreault]

Ian Gillan is the BEST rock singer of All time!! Hell, the BEST singer of any genre!!

[samebar]

Have you heard every singer in every genre?

[antiembishop07]

This is just plain rock!!!

[ajacoub]

total mayhem

[Nielsanderspoulsen]

"in rock" album is one of the greatest rock albums ever !

[kristolaos]

in the fuckin 25th anniversary edition the ending is cut....!!!

[stradlin62]

This guitar solo just blow my mind away everytime

[purpelaar]

Listen to this, compare it to the live version of this year right now.

You re probably one of those 90% that says : They're still brilliant. : )

CONSIDER YOURSELF DEAF !!!!

[popiagrinio]

tsouuuu

[paulspalace]

Greatest rock album of all time the first "all killer no filler", mildest track on the album was Child in Time. Classic cover as well.

[nobodyaskedbut]

DP mark 2 created their own genre, not style but an entire genre of which only they played. It could be called; HARD rhythm and symphonidelic jazz ROCK. when the five of them were together it was pure magic. all the songs were group compositions.

[detretrop]

The first time this Texas boy heard this album was when my German uncle who lives in Berlin,also mine and my mothers birthplace sent this too me and my two brothers for christmas. Loved being an army brat.

[xmandlt]

psycho Ritchie

[ThePaulidis]

FUCKING HELL FROM RUSSIA!

Saw them live 1971 at Stuttgart / Germany, we smoked tons of black Afghan that time with some GIs.

We Germans brought them the girls and sold them some dope, we had a fucking good time in Germany then.

With love from St. Petersburg, Paul

[antnyakwaduct]

now then

[miralgo1962]

Who cares if you call it hard rock or metal? It's one of the best songs on a brilliant album

[kneelandpray1]

this in not hard rock, this is metal......may 1970!!!!!!

[patriciadw60]

Go ahead , Purple , make my day !!!!!!

[evablackielawless]

iperoxo tragudi-iperoxo album!!!!

[RojotheRed]

Deep Purple is a true "World Class" band. At one time, they were as big as the Stones in popularity. They paved the way for many metal bands, but never got their just reward, for such great music. They should be in the Hall for their original line-up and the shear record sales that they had. This album is packed with good music. Packed...

[seesaw75]

MASTER PIECE!!!!!

[folladordeprostis]

great song

[maskedguitarplayer]

im only 10 and i listen 2 deep purple i was on there concert and roger gave me his pick and steve did and don gave me his towel 1 of my best days ever

[jeffreygaudreault]

This song is orgasmic. I mean it's like good musical sex. It's like ...oh my God...It's so totally real!!

[samebar]

Good musical sex...that's an astounding metaphor...or is it an adverb...who cares....that's terrific!!!

[jeffreygaudreault]

@sp2834aa Yeah, The Shield is trippy, man!! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!

[TheNolife96]

DEEP PURPLEIS THE BEST !!!!!!

[pihrmacha]

This song is revolutionary for heavy metal. That galloping riff and that twin guitar sound is sooooo fucking heavy! Love DP, the best band ever! But i hate them for not making more albums like DP in Rock. Fucking bastards.

[marspowerhaus]

AWESOME SONG! One of the greatest Purple songs if not the greatest. Shame they never played it live???

[maskedguitarplayer]

@marspowerhaus they did when i was on there concert they played it this is my fave song

[lorioftheforest]

It begins simple hint that Ritchie is there and then he fades into the background and lets it build to 3:19 when he decides to remind you of his presence with those thrashing chords, and then the gong forces you to admit that its true, God has arrived...And that's when you realize its The Blackmore's party and he is an angry vengeful god...lol. 

[Splat213]

@Sabbath1888

mee tooo man.!

[jeffreygaudreault]

 Deep Purple mark II is the greatest band in the history of rock 'n' roll!!

[m1kewithaone]

...sitting all night with the headphones on and a little bit of purple microdot.... : )

[blackandtanful]

狂ったように聴いた､ﾊﾟｰﾌﾟﾙ"IN ROCK"～HARD LOVIN' MAN～ﾊｰﾄﾞ･ﾛｯｸ･ｸﾗｼｯｸ行進曲だ!~リッチーのｿ­ﾛ導入部の陶酔!

[KurtaSandor]

On the first page in the music art must write DEEP PURPLE ! ! !

[AaronBaker12345]

Ritchie said in an interview he was sliding his guitar against the door at the end of this song.

[Youtubi13]

this is the most underrated purple song

[delabarralvaro1]

and the best purple song

[theAxitax]

este tema is great

[colonelparcoeur]

HO my god what a song !!!!!!!

[muglhupf]

Unfortunaly the keyboarder destroyed this song with this terrible sound!

[Youtubi13]

@muglhupf are you retarded??, the keyboard is the best instrument on this song, if you dont like jon lord dont listen to deep purple

[samebar]

Good point but no need to be rude, just spoils it for everybody else....o.k buddy?

[pihrmacha]

This song is pure fucking metal! And they recorded it in 69-70. Unbelievable...

[jeffreygaudreault]

@IshadaKatzteilov Get it right, jerk-off!! You meant to say: That's like saying bacon is better than broccolli. HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!

[jeffreygaudreault]

Deep Purple is the GREATEST band in the history of music!!

[idopuuu]

2 people are stupid.

[zeferreira7724]

excelente!

[didiercrn]

toute ma jeunesse et je ne m en lasse pas !!!!!!!!

[machine13messiah]

THIS IS MORE HEAVY THAN ANYTHING RECORDED DURING THE MIDDLE 70´S (EVEN BLACK SABBATH CANT TOUCH IT)

[johnthegreek178]

Listening to the last min w/ headphones gives me lulz

[TheExStig]

This track is TOTALLY FUCKIN' INSANE.....time to give the young upstarts of today a stiff boot up thy fucked up computerised arse, an' told to not never come back NEVER EVER AGAIN!!!!

You little untalented Bastards.

[isktrfu]

Bring back Hammond Organ, please!!!!

BTW, the song is dedicated to producer Martin Birch (he also produced Iron Maidens classic records.) A little bit of fun on Martins expense, perhaps:):):):)

[tresgatos34]

tremenda banda!!!tremendo disco!

[topscout61]

deep purple was the best no doubt ..better then led zeppelin or black sabbath .

[jeffreygaudreault]

Deep Purple is better than Rush!!

[thegerrie19561]

@jeffreygaudreault Who Cares?

[IshadaKatzteilov]

@jeffreygaudreault That's like saying bacon is better than cauliflower.

[CureMaria]

whats the weird thing with the age posting under all the awesome songs?? people, its not a super-wow achievement listening to Deep Purple and ''the oldies''!! of course it is an advantage for your character but -for our sake- make comments to the music, leave out todays 'fireworks' since they are going to fade away soon.. feel the music.... move to the TOU TOU-TOU-TOU TOU-TOU-TOU TOU.............that was the point from the beginning....thats why they were hard loving men...

[sabbath1888]

im new to deep purple, well my first listen 10 days ago to '''child in time''' has changed my fucking whole life, im obssessed by it, and this song too, i must have had my head down a fucking hole all my life to have missed this music, i had only ever heard ''''black knight''' before, now im in the know im so happy, Yippee!!!!

[benbrownjr]

@sabbath1888

It will only get worse. :) Enjoy.

[TheExStig]

@sabbath1888 ...give 'Flight Of The Rat' a listen buddy - another clever classic.

[IshadaKatzteilov]

@sabbath1888 Good way to start a Purple journey... being an obsessed Purpler for over twenty years, I'd have to say that In Rock is probably their best straight forward rock and roll album. Fuck Machine Head 'yawn'.

[BBINGHAM032352]

@sabbath1888 I have been listening to this band my whole life.I first got into them in early 1971 with this album and their other album Fireball. This was over a year before they released the album Machine Head.They were my favorite band during the 1970s. I also had there other albums Made In Japan,Who Do We Think We Are?,Burn and Stormbringer. I stopped buying their records until the early 1980s when they had their hit song "Perfect Strangers". Now we have Blackmore's Night to listen to.

[m1kewithaone]

@BBINGHAM032352 i bought this when i was in the columbia record club, and rmrmbr you pays a dollar, and you get 12 right off the bat, well i couldn't believe this was the same band that did "chasing shadows," and kentucky woman, from the 60s! .... and the nights i sat there with the headphones on and a little blotter acid or purple microdot, and this album.... Priceless!!! : )

[purpelaar]

@BBINGHAM032352

And 16 horrible Morse years and a Gillan that starts to sing this song decades after the moment he still had the VOICE for it : (

I read someone about recent live renditions who said that Gillan sang the same as on this version.

So many people with shit in their brains and ears.

[BBINGHAM032352]

@sabbath1888 Another British band you should check out is Uriah Heep, At least one of their guitar players ended up in a later version of Black Sabbath. First check out the Uriah Heep tunes "Real Turned On","gypsy" and "Pilgrim".

[Death8498]

@BBINGHAM032352 Uriah Heap is pretty badass.

[sp2834aa]

@sabbath1888 Check out Book of Taliesyn-The Shield

[thedeeksey]

@sabbath1888

"made in Japan" best live album you'll ever hear

[Devildef]

@sabbath1888 keep on listening, there's no limit to purple's awesomeness, and the musicians are great guys too, =)

[D3nz3lCr0ck3r]

@sabbath1888 i know how you feel...in the case of black night,i heard first time when i went to their show in 2011 October...needless to say it was awesome man =D

[Latvietis96]

this sounds like the contiuning from child in time

[MorticianMagician]

Love it!!!!!!

[Trullaklops]

Immer wieder erste klasse...Kann hier jemand deutsch...?

[MetalsonicX7]

@Trullaklops jup, ich

[nndlchModi]

@Trullaklops ich kann deutsch.

[Byggavdelningen]

Holy crap

[Youtubi13]

purple, sabbath and zeppelin, the architects of heavy metal

[Qahoa]

@Youtubi13 its not your opinion, its a fact

[seen4being]

the one who pressed "dislike" must be easy lovin man!! F u this is not a song this is a composition!!!

[mellowmaker420]

Deep Purple is in essence sex for the mind, ears, and soul.

[MattHatter]

This song was recorded on JAN. 1, 1970!!!! What a way to bring in the '70s huh?! You're listening to a song recorded only four months after Woodstock took place. The rock of the '60s and '70s is just IT! No argument. There will never another decade of such sheer progression and inventiveness. Nothing compares....NOTHING!

[mlohan17]

Went out and got this album before ever hearing anything from it, just based on liking the song Hush.

[QueenReigns1]

@mlohan17

You took your time, Hush was 2 years before this, and with a different singer and bass player.

[mlohan17]

@QueenReigns1 @QueenReigns1

True, but Album oriented Rock wasn't even around in 1967, so we relied on top 40, basically. Deep Purple was not churning out the hits the way that the Cream or Zep did, so they were flying under the radar for most people back then. "In Rock" was the album that really put them on the map with people who were into this sound.

[QueenReigns1]

@mlohan17

QueenReigns1...so good you named me twice. :-)

What I'm saying is that you bought this album based on Hush, but that was really a different sounding Purple with Rod Evans on vocals, and not the heavy rock of this album...so you could have been disappointed...hopefully you weren't.

Before Gillan and Glover  Purple were more of an English Vanilla Fudge, and didn't really have a musical identity...have you heard the 3 albums before In Rock?...very good....but totally different.

[nutella1ful]

Paint the cellar walls black, put up day-glo posters and a blacklight, add a little hash and Bali Hai and you got Lindenhurst 1971.

[MrWeezler]

one person is a zombie terrorist named hitler and so on...

[physiologist1]

one dislike- must be a 'zipper sniffer'. If ur into real hard rock, this is a 'must like' track, galloping along as it does

[McSmijens1]

only 1 person doesn't like it hard

[physiologist1]

still moves me now same as it did in 1970 when i first heard it.....deep and heavy, shame they lost their way a bit, compared to this; maybe Ritchie was right- go for the hard rockin' heavy guitar sound instead of funk which eventually killed Mk 111....

[nutella1ful]

@physiologist1 Agreed

[CHURINFUNFLAIS]

Big Four of early 70´s Metal : Purple, Sabbath, Zeppelin,Captain Beyond!

[Bonertits96]

THIS SONG KICKS YOUR ASS SO FUCKING HARD!!! FUCKING GENIUS!!!

[widsith2000]

keyboard riff sounds a bit like Ligeti's third Bagatelle for wind quintet

[SC2Student]

is sooo love this band since first time listening to child in time. IN ROCK...man one of the strongest albums in rock history

[vucic89]

fast, faster,incredible fast...five fantastic guys, five brilliant talents.just timeless.

[antipop412]

what a powerful voice Gillan has

[hatmap]

6:35-7:08 best part of the song! Go Ritchie Go!

[tacoface89]

deep purple is definitely a pioneer of heavy metal

[theplanetking]

@tacoface89

Deep Purple influenced heavy metal for sure, but they were never a heavy metal band, this album was as close as they got.

[UriahHeepisbest]

Very great song! Who could dislike this?

[BaggedGnome]

Why the fuck do people say their age like it matters?

"O UM IM 13 AND I LISTEN TO THIS. WOW IM SPESHUL"

[MaggotMr14]

@BaggedGnome beacuse all of the teenagers in the world are listening to justin biber and lady gaga.

[physiologist1]

simply classic- 40 yrs after it was recorded- luckily i am old enough to have heard it live in 1970 when the screams were 'real' and raw....peace and rock on.....

[antnyakwaduct]

DO YOU KNOW HOW GOOD THIS IS

[antnyakwaduct]

DO YOU KNOW HOW GOOD THIS IS

[Drumrules8]

@MrKanalia I'm sorry but I consider Gaga, miley cyrus, bieber, derulo as entertainment not as music... for me that's a great difference, take care

[NEZMARQ]

PROTO SPEED & THRASH METAL!!

[TheExStig]

Still sounding like yesterday

[Heswithme96]

@EpicShiit TRUE THAT. ah yeah!

[Rockshift999]

@EpicShiit Hell yeah. You're my kind of girl. Welcome to the cool cat's club. : )

[therealnapster94]

yesyesyesyesyesyesyes fuck yesss !!!! fuckin kick ass start.. and the rest of it even better.

[shurato00]

Its a Hard Song !

[gixertrickster]

This raw sound, simply recorded at De Lane Lea studios is th epitome of Purple at their best. I got into them around 1982. I loved the destructive, overdriven, on the edge sound. I was also into drug and alcohol fuelled music and it catered for that perfectly. Later on in life I still flash back to lost moments as though they were yesterday and I love it just as much now as I did then.s

[leeloo1304]

GREAT

[greg0058]

VERY HEAVY HARD ROCK . great album finisher..

One reason why i became a Deep Purple fan when i was as kid

The other was their other songs.

Didn't matter to me In Rock, Machine Head , Fireball, Made in Japan, Burn, Who do we think we are.

[Xeper1979]

I can hear some of this in Mercyful fates Devils Eyes I know the king was a huge Dp fan

[lauraernes]

great purple!

[MilekCliff]

my fav track from In Rock, along with Living Wreck! and I've seen it live!!!!!!!

[Banner1979]

Arguably their best ever album. :) Remember being blown away by this when I heard it for the first time in 2000.

[Quardio]

I was yesterday at the Deep Purple concert in Wroclaw. It was amazing!

[georgiansolitaire]

DEEP PURPLE played this song LIVE yesterday, at Prague's O2 Arena. Hard Lovin Man became the opener of the Deep Purple's live set!!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss!!!

[ItsBIGSMOKEDAWG]

@georgiansolitaire nooooo wayyyyyy!!!! hahah. cant believe they played this for their opener. mustve been a great show :]

[georgiansolitaire]

@ItsBIGSMOKEDAWG Yes, It was like a BOMB!

[iancahides]

my favorite song from this album. great

[GreedyNoobLike]

@iancahides

i second that ^^

[AaronBaker12345]

this is as real as it gets.

[nevermore300]

I've had this album 35 years now and it still sounds as fresh as ever. A lot of the sixties stuff sounds dated now, but this album ROCKS and still sends shivers up my spine. Great stuff. Thanks for posting as this sounds better than my crackly old LP.

[slazzer145]

i really like the hammond organ...

[perromanchado]

My favourite ever by these boys. The mother of all monster grooves, and the organ and guitar solos are fantastic

[TheExStig]

am an auld guy....is this not the mostest hard rock song ever produced?...hands up!!!

1-0 yes. An absolute classic. Thanks for the post mate.

[191601916]

@TheExStig The stig likes deep purple? cool!

[magirecords2004]

Very metal jam.

[XeroTheroyIV]

@A7XFanx1 type this in the youtube search smoke on the water come hell or high water

i know you may know that song but that specific live version is the best live song ive ever ever ever heard.....

especially the beginning... its heavenly

[Saukkomestari]

the ending was so painful and awesome at the same time. damn headset.

[edtheox123]

one of the best purple tracks - mint

[Pascalito751]

Thanks for this fucking good music.

nice to see you at Le Mans (french town...).

Pascalito751

[AltamontKiller]

i just got owned by this song

[crackerHero]

thank god my father converted me to metal my brother too

[guitarsolosssss]

the man on guitar is richtie blackmore, actually one of the best guitarplayer in the world, the year was 1970 the 1 january. a newyears song, a little bit of the early metalstuff what was completly new, because the word metal was just born.

[philidor3]

This one makes me wanna split me chest and eat my heart