Deep Purple - Son Of Alerik

[JIMMITH12]

You wouldnt believe how great i am at singing this song! If you didnt see me singing it you would think I was Ian himself...im that good!

[lacsuka1]

Ritchie Blackmore már történelem! Ezt tanítani nem lehet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lacsuka1]

Van egyáltalán olyan akinek ez nem tetszik? Annak kár ez az élet!

[joac0dz]

Listening this high, is fucking awesome

[laiosto]

I've got this CD but this song sure ain't on it.

[wedge128]

@laiosto this song is a bonus track, i have the CD with this one, prehabs you have version without this piece

[MrRoker1981]

Relaaaaaxing.

[sv8grj]

ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΛΙΓΑ....

[spacecowboy7580]

Some of the best lyrics Gillan ever wrote!

[shootW]

Listen to the timing of paice. The brilliant lord on the B3 making your soul cry. blackmore is technically perfect, as always....glover is so in time with paice as to be one musician. and the man himself? mr. gilliam is soooo good that he's not needed!! THIS IS MUSIC AT IT'S FINEST. NO MORE TO BE SAID!!

[MrTuborg7]

The best of all !!! Forever and ever Ritchie Blackmore.

[MrTuborg7]

The best of all !!! Forever and ever Ritchie Blackmore

[QueenReigns1]

Only 121,352 views....why ??

[sawiola55]

@QueenReigns1

they want to listen ac/dc ...

[pintore1]

Pure magic music.......

[Saitamo1]

the greatest rock guitarist of all time - always was - always will be!!!!!

[Dvarnrock]

I'm still being amased by the fact that this is a jam. This music is a touch of God. This music is the music of Creation that was felt by four heavenly gifted musicians and so they played it.

[turtsimarupale]

@empipemp There also wouldn't be Deep Purple without Ian Gillan. All marks are just grate, but not grater than others. Deep Purple is Deep Purple.

[61scd]

*****right to the ethereal core....As above, so below Ritchie/Jon, Namaste!

[MadeOfMetal93]

Not a huge fan of Pink Floyd, But they are definitely 1 of the greatest bands in the history of music!

[Luxmaxnike]

@MadeOfMetal93 Pink Floyd or Deep Purple?

[MadeOfMetal93]

@Luxmaxnike

OOPS!!!!! Sorry, I've posted a comment on the wrong video, Cause I LOOOOOOVE Deep Purple and I was listening to this amazing composition while I was posting a comment on a Pink Floyd video, apparantley I've posted the comment here....

[Luxmaxnike]

@MadeOfMetal93 lol. I love both bands.

[Wormeatennightapple]

Deep Purple going Floyd,....Stratospheric,...Bri­lliant..

[pdppf]

No-Lyrics are nice too

[kokoliniasty]

good guitar reef

[MrPetar999]

Lyrics is perfect!!!

[christospantsoo]

Deep Purple = Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord. End of converation.

[gvnn2008]

@christospantsoo oh no ian gillan,ian paice,roger glover,ritchie blackmore and jon lord=DEEP PURLPE!

[valeriog]

ci credo che non l'hanno pubblicata su disco! se persino io, che sono fan, al minuto 5 non ce la faccio +, figuriamoci una persona normale

[JIMMITH12]

@empipemp I agree that their not the same but Steve is way different than Ritchie, and DP is still amazing without Ritchie. I have every album DP has ever made and every line up they've had makes awesome music...Deep Purple is the best band ever!!

[DoctorWho1983]

@empipemp

Yea I'd agree, but you can't expect two guys to keep workin' together who can't stand each other. I had the fortune of seein' them 4 years ago and it was awesome! I mean would you rather DP call it quits after Blackmore departed? Blackmore doesn't wanna rock hard anymore, I saw Blackmore's Night couple years ago, and it was good, but nowhere as a good as the purple show. It would be cool if ritchie could at least do somethin with JLT or David Coverdale again, but i doubt it.......

[TheRiffraff1968]

This piece takes me to another place.

"Masterpiece"

[johpor59]

the stratocaster can produce amazing sounds when used by the right hands,and Blackmore has the right hands, what a beautiful tone

[Dokkenish]

quién dijo que no se podía volar?

[venigmatic23]

I just got one question: Who's Alerik?

[13118221140]

@venigmatic23 he's the father of the guy they named that song after

[mikeramouz]

HI MR BLACKMORE : you are the best guitariste solo hope some day reformer whith the band (DEEP PURPLE)...

[66ciborg]

Magia Blackmore

[DancesWithJoy]

I love this song!!!!!!!!!! I wish that I could click the like button 1,000 times!!!!

[gethsenamane]

@DancesWithJoy You do not have to click it one thousand times. Just listen to it once. And it will play in your mind ...forever. It is just good to know that people still enjoy grest musicianship. And talent. And music. It is people like you that keep true music alive....Keep On Rockin'.

[mikeramouz]

Beauty Son of Alerik 

[emericaxskater11]

this is great to burn to

[matyhendrix600]

llega al alma y mas. BLACKMORE  el mas grande

[RainbowDeepPurple13]

that feeling is so strange,but so wonderful

[mirox25]

o, DIO mio, SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII­IIIIIIIII !!!!!!!

[MariJuaNiC]

HOW COME THAT THIS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC HAS SO MUCH VIEWS OMFG sry for caps but had to shout that out

[purpelaar]

@MariJuaNiC

Tell that to some crazy Americain on THS who thinks this is boring after 5 minutes and prefers the Turtle Shuffle.......

[mrstanli]

Wonderful instrumental song.

[MSUDrew11]

How does somebody click "dislike" on this song...it's one of the best rock instrumentals period

[RoyriP]

sobran las palabras (:

[TheRomulo1986]

masterpiece

[GeorgVanHalen]

This can be found on the remasters of the "Perfect Strangers" album and it's actually one of my favorites on the CD. I saw someone commenting about this song as the worst track they ever did.. I couldn't believe what I saw. Yes, Deep Purple has had many line-ups and many songs differ but this is definitely a top 20 in my book !

[purpelaar]

Not wanting to nag........

But this OPUS MAGNUM has been out on vinyl since !!!!!

I think it also got out on 1 or 2 compilation cd s.

It also got out on the the Ritchie Blackmore Profiles CD s.

More important: was this song really written or was it, as said for years, a JAM?

[dig6dog]

@purpelaar opus .44 magnum

[alimuole]

This is some of the best Purple sound, technically perfect, very dense and beautiful. Love it!

[rgrguitar54]

first time I EVER heard this song. Was not on the album that I purchased many years ago.....

[spediteur84]

@rgrguitar54 Son of Alerik first became availible on their reissue album in 1999. Thats why u havent heard it.:)

[eliaskey77]

@spediteur8:

first time I heard this on pirat magnetic cassette with Perfect Strangers album (as bonus track - without name!) in 1995 - and only when my friend came to USA and got license I knew the name of the song

[themusicdr]

damn fine guitar playing - hadnt heard this before

[drifter586]

that's music!!!

[xDarkness44]

mmm :P (fantozzi rules!)

[xDarkness44]

mmm :P

[FerriMichela]

Capolavoro...perfetta per i ritorni a casa...

[MrMuschiato]

I've never listen this song...amazing. Deep Purple the best, ever.

[Goldenick85]

who is the only stupid that don't like this awesome song??????

[anonymouslolxD]

Is this technically an instrumental? Listen carefully at 9:43 :P

[TheJelenabelic]

You don't need any words when you can do this with a guitar! (=

[rezlife88]

ritchie blackmore knows how to make a guitar sing aha

[leah1234555]

:))))

[giomellea]

i love this masterpiece of rock music!!!

[plijevo]

best best best

[vol142]

It was not on the album but a b-side on a maxi-single from that time. Can not remember, but think it was Perfect Stranger on the A-side.

[doobon]

@vol142

YES it was the B side of the 7" single of perfect strangers :)

the only format to hear this great piece back at the time...

[vol142]

@doobon My copy is a 12" maxi single (lp size) I just love to sit in complete darkness and listen to it

[doobon]

@vol142 oh...well...mine is a 7" with the DP 80's style logo on it..i never understood why that beautiful piece was kept from official compilations fro so many years.. i really like the "jam" vibe(i'm pretty sure it was a jam) on this recording..so much feeling on this track

[tom3mps]

ΗΡΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΡΑ ΓΑΜΩ ΤΑ ΚΟΜΑΤΙΑ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ

[RainbowDeepPurple13]

@tom3mps ΕΤΣΙ ΡΕ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΡΑ...

[zombiehore]

Jepp

[queenaschannel]

i love this track so much..it's fucking amazing:)

[midnighttilldawn]

This puts me in mind of a song from Purpendicular..Sometimes I feel Like Screaming.

[nyccpk]

Been a favorite since the single was released with this. Perfection!!!

[Kacmar78]

awsome

[andyroo2540]

the first time i heard 3:18 my face melted. how did deep purple come up with this? genius

[nazzare79]

...the same problem of 'when a blind man cries' not included on machine head...

[mirox25]

Is PERFECT, realy?!

[alexz6017]

RITCHIE-BEST GUITAR FOREVER .

[MacGyver920]

I love this song! Me and my dad use to listen to it in his car :-)

[queenaschannel]

@MacGyver920 that's the same my father and I did :) fucking amazing that feeling

[GeorgVanHalen]

I'm glad this track is on the more new versions of the Perfect Strangers CD. I can't believe it was not in there in the first place. I appreciate everything Deep Purple has done and could put this into a Top 10 list. Smoothing, interesting and just a great instrumental. Definitely a gem !

[StelaZoric]

A truly remarkable piece of art... A deeply felt, profound and immense instrumental that touches you right in the soul... The music is telling a story of it's own, and the real of it beauty is, everybody has it's own version when he hears it. Truly one of the best rock instrumentals ever!

[13andrea07]

prawdziwa muzyke graja tylko prawdziwi muzycy

[gamadmaster]

Best instrumental ever written!!!

DEEP ON ROCKIN'!!!

NEVER ABANDON!!!

[tirbad]

Morse or Blackmore? Hard to say. Morse is one of the best players around, but it all started with Blackmore... And he continues to influence us all to this date.

[steeltormentor1000]

one of the Best song of deep purple

[madmax8410]

this is a great song...unfortunately there are no tabs

[IchigoMJ]

veri goood

[mangupnababu]

I discover this song again after 15 years.Great stuff with a message.Thank you DP and Ritchie for being what you are.

[imgodsize]

Anyone who likes Blackmore needs to listen Blackmores Rainbow with Dio. Particularly, the song Still I'm Sad. Perfect Strangers is great though

[LittleWarSnail]

sounds like jam and there is nothing exceptional about it

Ritchie is much better than this, i doubt he was happy to put this in album

[zataxas]

@z603dauren Alarik (Alarico, Alhareik) era el rey del pueblo visigodo, se considera uno de los pilares de la caída del imperio romano.

He was an ancient king.

[anonymouslolxD]

Sorry guys, this isn't an instrumental, listen carefully at 9:42

[purpelaar]

Anyone with a sane mind who thinks Morse is a good guitarplayer after this?

[DeepPurpleIsTheBest]

he was also great before this...

[IanGillanGurl]

@purpelaar

Morse is Great Guitar Player, but Richie is The Best!!!!!

[cdw2112]

in some cases, lyricks aren't half the song. i stand corrected!

[zvanigno]

capolavoro!

[z603dauren]

Great music! Who knows who is Alerik?

[GanjaWeedMan]

@z603dauren

google it.

[kunto1000]

easy for Ritchie!

[smokierockie]

Yes, beautiful. I heard it also on a compilation of rock ballads and I was looking for, ever since. Thanks for posting

[gamadmaster]

best instrumental ever written!!!

[DBZ5371]

@gamadmaster it wasn't...written. Just a jam.

[anduritoco2004]

This song is just shows everything beautiful in this world. It shows spiritual, intellectual, and deep seated connection that a group of men can reach, and it symbolizes all that's good of humanity.

[5tonyvvvv]

@anduritoco2004 Why cant rock be like this now?..best weed smoking Music next to Floyd..

[LinkBulletBill]

Ritchie hated this song and When A Blind Man Cries...

[arealmate]

linkbulletfuckwit this is not a song its a live jam from the perfect strangers sessions...pray tell us how you know the reason why Ritchie does'nt like this track cos it was never written down so wake up for fucks sake and yes it was said he did'nt like blind man cries...and again this track is a jam aLIVE JAM...HUH

[LinkBulletBill]

Sorry... Live Jam in D minor...

But still Ricthie said he didn't like Son Of Alerik.

BTW thanks I didn't knew t was a live jam, but still he said he didn't like Son Of Alerik... Well used too. Maybe he didn't like the idea of putting it on Perfect Strangers, but still...

[MoonchildMindaugas2]

Chill out. No matter what it is, if Ritch said he disliked it, then he did. Even if it is an instrumental or a jam. And by the way, since it was released on some compilations, then it was written down after all. Without Ritch's permission, I guess.

[bandiahegyrol]

I've heard this song for the first time on a best of CD i got from someone when i was a child. I have been searching for it since. A superb solo. I didn't have it on my Perfect Strangers album

[wemanu]

5:42 !!!

[UrozBonham]

='( Beautiful Song!!!

[alasdaircat]

My favourite DP tune (favourite Rainbow tune is Difficult to Cure from the live Finyl Vinyl album, so there seems to be something about the instrumentals for me). Normally I'm not a fan of keyboards, but in this tune, the organ and bass and guitar just meld perfectly to give a really intense and slightly creepy atmosphere.

[Skythraxxx1900]

YES, blackmore made deep purple up, and he is my personal favourite, but we must not forget gillan too.... without his screams dp would not be so much heard of.... seriously.

[comni]

Ritchie is a genius. Without him DP is/was NOTHIN!

[homeagent]

Love this. When the album came out I bought it on vinal. I still remember when I heard the CD and heard 'Not Resonsible'. later, I decided to buy the CD and this was on it!!

THANKS FOR POSTING.

[sadiqbuet]

oh man......i cannot believe i did not hear this track before...........uffffff......­.....my goodness........ritchie ritchie why u left deep purple

[geirekul]

So incredible!

I've never heard anything as beautiful as this. The best band ever.

[purpledude603]

Ritchie Blackmore, simply the best !!!

[kjrossblackmore]

this is what makes Ritchie the best. The song sounds almost as if its improvised and recorded on the spot. LEGEND

[JimiFloyd]

I thought it was improvised... wasn't it just a jam?

[kickniko]

Hi JimiFloyd!

Well, perhaps it is just that. Perhaps it is that there are guitarists out there who can just sit down and "play something", and then that "something" is just unrepeatable. And if their sound fits well the sound of the whole group, then we have some kind of small miracle in a couple of notes.

Such are musicians, I assume, who don't only know what to play. They much further know what to *not* play, ey? ;-) Just pay attention (for example) at 3:17.

Cheers!

Nik

[kickniko]

(P.S.:) I think I went a bit too far away, but when I hear such things... ;-)

Anyway, JimiFloyd, let it be called a "jam" or anything else. I think that such musicians are above that kind of "classifications". Not that I want to say anything negative about your question, not at all! I only think that those guys really surpassed the limits between "planed" music and music "just as it comes". Many too many of them... They take the worst made ukulele and play better than all high-tech gear.

Nick

[JimiFloyd]

No I know exactly what you mean. Most of the time when you hear guitarists improvise you can hear spots that they play just cause they're used to that lick, like 30 seconds of just blues based shredding or whatever where they don't really think about it. There's a (very) few guys that can "improvise" but each time it sounds like they knew exactly what they wanted (Hendrix and Jeff Beck come to mind). And obviously Deep Purple knew each other's habits so well that they could read each other.

[homeagent]

It was.

[musictubing]

I originally found this in the 80's on the b side of a Knocking at your Back door single LP. I have always loved this tune and played it on my walkman to get me focused for b-ball. My son recently synchronized his mp3 player with my home computer and accidently downloaded this song. He loves it and has it has it on his tennis warm up playlist. I once met Ritchie Blackmore backstage and mentioned SOA. he looked at me like??? maybe named by marketers...Anyone know where the name comes from?

[JendoN14]

why the hell isn't this song in the album?

[purpledude603]

It is on the remastered album of Perfect Strangers.

[ledpurplegene]

mis padres bautismalesrockerosdelaleyguit­arrerayprofundosaberdelaencicl­opediadel GRAN ROCK Y SU INTELIGENTE HACER.

[NiccisN94]

the best song from the album(yes it is better than smoke on the water)

[smokinson86]

true that!

[hasseNicknames]

There are so many great songs of so many bands.

But somehow this one is by far the most touching to me, followed by Perfect Strangers.

My favorite albums are Fireball and Machine Head. In my opinion the real Deep Purple means the 1970ies. But I also like the earlier sound before Gillan and Glover joined the band. Coverdale voice and Bolin's guitar sound great, too.

But nothing comes close to this - it's magic.

Long live Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan!

[karinelse]

beste nummer van Deep Purple XD

[dunno90]

awesome song

[machinehead72uk]

Thank you, vucic89.

[elpisa53]

fantastic

[phiphi64]

And when you know this is pure improvisation!!!! From 8:35 to 9:55 it is really fantastic and give me chills each time I listen it! They never played like that live during 84-85 tour

[excudebat]

teacher blackmore

[machinehead72uk]

Quite so, NaturesGlory. Many thanks for your astute comment, While much of Deep Purple's best work emanated from the professional competition between Blackmore and Lord (as soloists - most particularly during live shows, wherein the chemistry was almost palpable, the interweaving of 'textures' seemingly empathic), it is beyond contention that all the band were (and continue to be) consummate musicians, able to work supportively (again, almost empathically) for the greater good of the song.

[ratbatblue555]

amazing. great. flawless.

[machinehead72uk]

Beautiful. My favourite Blackmore instrumental. Although he is fast, has the technical ability of a classical artist and the improvisational skills of a jazz artist, it is his ability to convey emotion - and his unmistakeable tone - in this form, as a blues player, or in many other forms (listen to the eastern scales used in many of his songs, and in his live playing), which sets him apart from the raft of speed merchants and distortion fiends. His ability and taste cuts through all that.

[NaturesGlory]

I agree (as a guitarist, myself) that this is one of his finest works, but wouldn't you agree that a lot of it was helped a great deal by the other musicians in the band that helped create this piece? That keyboard is simply amazing! And those drums are so well placed I can't even describe it.

All I'm saying is that Blackmore definitely did a great job, but the atmosphere of the song was due in large part to the other musicians as well. :)

[vucic89]

very nice comment, each word you wrote is true.Ritchie is fantastic, but what a pity- his ego is bigger than his playing.

[anonymouslolxD]

@machinehead72uk Very well said.

[DancesWithJoy]

@machinehead72uk Well said!!

[karolip]

@machinehead72uk

Amen!

[carpenter111111]

best music I have ever heard in instruments

[stempaapia]

lol 9:42, aarrghh

[charlessavarese]

Another great tune from this album, "Not Responsible", a bonus track not included on the vynil album, but released on the CD.

[ufffmauro]

geniale mitica. L' essenza dell' assolo grande BLACKMORE

[arealmate]

It's actually a live studio jam from the perfect strangers sessions

[Goren37saik]

This is in my opinion the best instrumental ever and one of the musical historys true masterpieces....

[edinjo1984]

One of the best instrumental songs.

[arealmate]

there was 2 versions of it the first being an edited version on 7 inch vinyl the second was on a Deep Purple compelation CD called knocking on your back door and that was over 10 minutes long

[TheHollowQueen]

Wow..beautiful.. All the guitarist should play as him.. A god!!!

[Freggelwuast]

i have thé original cd, but i didnt found it on the cd...is it the wrong one, i have=? i mean is there a second cd called perfect strangers????i know its wierd... lol... and by the way... blackmore is on of the best guitar players in the world... he is untouchable....

[VerhipBe]

It's a bonus track on the 1999 CD re-issue.

[Starpass]

@Freggelwuast  you can also find it on Rarities 1967 - '91 in Deep Purple Discography.

[amelitsa]

i feel touched by this song..i often cry :(

[mattlexington]

yeah, you right..somewhat this song makes me emotional...god bless blackmore!!!! I love him

[paice87]

Super song, it is improvisation or like jam? am I right ? anyway - Deep Purple is the best rock band on the world.

[arealmate]

it was a studio jam at the perfect stranger sessions

[tickledpinksock]

Probably my favourite Blackmore piece.

[mattlexington]

Thank you Ritchie Blackmore for sharing your music with us ROCK lovers.