Deep Purple - Child In Time l 1970 | First Listen First Reaction 

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No effects, no auto tune, live master artists.

This.... it's why my generation typically states that we had the best music ❤❤❤❤

In my opinion this is the best Rock Anthem ever written and performed. No lip synching, no recorded version playing in the back, just talent. You won't find Mariah Carey singing live like that.

One of the best vocalists in Rock.

You said it, Polo!!! If I had to pick a 20yr time to listen to music it would be 1965 to 1985!👍👴🎶🦸‍♂️🎵

Hopefully, he will be listening to the live version in the UK studio - which is quite stunning. The record is excellent, but the live version even better.

Hard Lovin Man and Flight of the Rat from In Rock are 2 epic songs that rarely get reaction videos but deserve it. Who thinks Polo will agree:)

DeepPurple is one of the definitive bands of the classic rock era love it bro

What a time to be young! The music was epic❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Your "reaction" channel is the best of all of them! You point out the nuances, subtleties and essence of the music with genuine honesty. So many of those other channels just go "ooh and ahh" with false admiration, IMO.

Ten steps ahead of every band at this time. The begining of a new era of music. And it was live !!!

This is one of the all timer live recordings. Vocalist Ian Gillan , who also played the part of Jesus in the original Jesus Christ Superstar album, drummer Ian Paice, organist John Lord, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and bassist Roger Glover, they were all amazing on this.

I was born in 1973. My parents named me after the Deep Purple record "The Book of Taliesyn". We had a vinyl collection that would make you weep. I grew up to everything from Captain Beefheart and Dr. John the Night Tripper all the way to Bach Cello Concertos. My father worked in a mine, but as soon as he got home, he would smoke a joint and put something amazing on the turntables.

Thank you so much for playing this it is one of my all time favourite songs! Ian Gillan is an amazing vocalist Pavarotti was a fan. He wrote this to protest the Vietnam war! Deep Purple are sooo underrated and every member is a master on their intruments. They were one of the 3 grandfathers of heavy rock/metal with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Just amazing talent!

70’s rock bands are the BEST! Basic technology, just pure talent

… Rock music is explained like this: There is a lead guitar, an organ, a bass, a singer, a drummer... and there is DEEP PURPLE!! … There is nothing more to say!! 🎸🎹🥁🎤 Thank You

My favorite song by Deep Purple is "Highway Star." Yes, it is a Driving song. Listen to it out of the car a bunch to get used to it, before you try to listen to it in the car, otherwise, you will get a speeding ticket.

"... my goodness! Who ever knew that screaming like an old lady could sound so good..." LOL Very funny...& quite true.

This is back when the top of the listings was MUSICIANS and ARTISTS! All analog. No autotune, definitely not playback!

I am somewhat jealous of you, discovering these masterpieces for the first time. These are the soundtracks of so many people’s lives…

Definitely one of the best live performances I've ever seen. Wow!

Living in London in the 70s, my landlady’s son was one of DP’s lawyers and he gave me a couple of tickets to see a show. As a 17 year old having lived in Africa all of my life up until then, I had had little or no exposure to rock music, this concert was my initiation to a journey which has lasted over half a century now. It was an eye (and ear) opener! I can’t forget the sensation of the bass thumping through my body, and the absolute awe I felt when I heard this song for the first time. Later saw the Mk 3 lineup with Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale (also excellent!) and was fortunate enough to be at the only live representation of Roger Glover’s Butterfly Ball with an all star lineup at the Royal Albert Hall. Ah, to be young again …

Thoughtful comments there at the end and I agree. It's pretty fascinating to me. Check out Highway Star from the Deep Purple album machine head, which is itself iconic, if you really want to get your socks blown off.

Sometimes, rarely, a live performance exceeds the studio recording to a large degree. This is one of those performances.

One of the greatest rock bands ever! Thank you for your feeling about this music, Polo. I guess you'll also like the song - Soldier of Fortune (1974)

Feeling blessed to have grown up with this music . Real raw talent , lots of hard work and practice , no digital crap or auto tune or pitch correct like todays “ music”

Someone's mind is about to be blown wide open.

I grew up in this generation. There was so many great musicians, bands, and songs, coming out one after another, we knew deep down we had something special. It wasn't until things started to change, go down hill as far as real talent and skill was concerned, along with great songs, then did we realized just how great we really had it in the music world. Music was our world. By the 80s, when some great things were starting again to come out, things were looking up...but... I was listening to the old stuff long before they called it classic rock. I just didn't care for most of what was new, and some was down right horrible, yet the music corporation were promoting all of it. Unheard of in our day. Our music is timeless.

Thank you so much for noticing the bass. It goes overlooked a lot

Made in Japan album, the song “ Strange Kind of Woman” singer Ian Gillian and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore do a “ duel” vocal vs guitar. You should have a listen

Great reaction!!! Deep Purple was a band of super talented musicians who were groundbreaking in the field of heavy rock. Check out more of their extensive catalog.

Hello folks. I was 12 back then. Played this before school after parents gone to work. Singing as backup singers ding im in goosse bumps till end, eyes wet. Dumpster diving back of record plant weekly handed them out to classmates. So yhe whole city youth gotten turned on. Thank you for post and the love. Ride Easy

Makes feel like I'm a teenager, again. Love it.

These guys were my first concert. It was the Perfect Strangers album tour back in 84 I think. I was in high school.

Thanks for this! Really sends me back. This is one of the first albums I ever bought and I still have it today!

I remember when this first came out. It was something no one had ever heard. Nice to see it's still appreciated today.

We have an old boomer band who does these songs, led zeppelin etc. 50+ years of band practice, they kill it everytime. Pro tip: if you ever get to see an old man rock band in a dive bar in rural area, do it. Big Bear Bar &Grill in SoCal does it best.❤

One hell of a performance 🎉🎉🎉❤ and as you say the level of talent and musicianship is second to none 😊😊🤷‍♂️👍👍👍💙💙💙

Deep Purple was the greatest collection of talent in rock!

I am so happy that you listened and reacted to this classic!

I was 16 years old when l went to my first Deep Purple concert. There was so much dak been smoked around me l had a headache for days.

Oh yippie!! Deep Purple! 👍👍

So glad I grew up in the era I did, when this was all new and amazing. It's not new anymore, but it's still pretty dam amazing.

He wrote this song to protest the war in Vietnam and all the innocent children dying

My favorite Deep Purple song!.

In the UK, we never play or speak of that person you mention, for a reason, nowadays (not due to him being from the USA or his ethnicity). This astounding live late evening TV performance of Deep Purple in 1970 was in the studios of Granada Television in Manchester (North West England ITV), also home of the best and longest running 'soap' in the world, 'Coronation Street'. The set is right up there with the other revolutionary group of the time, Led Zeppelin, also from the England.

I played this on repeat for 6 hours at work with headphones of course.

Puts me right back at school under the sheets listening to Friday rock show. Beautiful

These guys put on an insane live show... No fancy lights or fireworks... Just killer jams ... It's like they all are doing solos the whole time...

I knew you would love this song, and yes, this is Deep Purple's absolute best, although they have *many* other great songs.

Most of the bands from 1969 to 1976 were like this. I was in 8 th grade in 71 but through high school music was like for us bigger then any major sports event for us These band Zeppelin purple Kansas jethro Tull to name a few would play in NyC Madison Sq garden all my friends would get tickets one of us would cut school to stand at ticket master at mall for hours but most bands played a few nights in a row so you had show at tickets We saw all these bands your discovering now. It was the greatest time in history. Then Disco craze started 76 and killed all this great music and the style of music and record industry changed and killed these great bands I was so blessed to see this incredible talent. Keep reviewing Polo. Love seeing your reaction. It was how it was for me hearing it live and rushing out buying all these albums I went on to to become a musician for playing clubs for 40 years and a lot of this music. All inspired by these players. It was the greatest times of my life

I believe this song became his audition for the role of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. His performance of Gethsamane (I Only Want to Say) shows that he was the right choice. If you haven't already heard them play Lazy, studio or live, it's a jam session that you will love.

Great review as always Polo! Two other great songs from Deep Purple that you could check out: Lazy and Smoke on the Water. Ah, OK, a third one: Highway Star. Happy new year 2024!

Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, and Space Truckin will be a good start. This song was about life in the jungle during the Viet Nam war. You like bass listen to Cheap Trick Gonna Raise Hell live. You ever see a 12-string bass? 12 String rhythm and 12 string bass at the same time? They are masters Carlos on drums and Nielson on lead, mind blowing.

Descending has become my all time favorite as well! An incredible song.

So glad you enjoyed the ride Polo! Please also checkout Highway Star. Imagine flying down the highway in your friend’s ‘68 Z28 Camaro with Highway Star blasting on 8-track on crappy Jensen speakers and you’ll get an idea how much DP influenced me during my teen years. ✌️❤️🔥

Great reaction. Yes, it is amazing how many of these groups produced such great songs. Not all were radio friendly so perhaps never became part of the ongoing cultural blueprint - like say, Michelle Jackson’s biggest hits. I recall hearing this as a teen, when it was released, and being blown away, but then rarely revisiting it, as I was so caught up in what was next from so many great bands.

Awesome song, in reference to the Vietnam war, sweet child in time, young men at war, good and bad, flying lead, bullets ricochet, screams were of the terror of war

One of the best bands of the 70s. I saw them live twice and they were so good. Try my personal favourite "Fireball" from the album of the same name.

Love Deep Purple! My favorite concert is Whitesnake, I’ve seen them in concert when they honored Deep Purples music legacy. David Coverdale was one of the leads in Deep Purple and also Whitesnake. I love their music, I love the songs, “ Soldier of Fortune”and “ Stormbringer “

This is definitely one of THE songs out there. And an incredible live performance! They all excelled at what they were doing! And yes, Ian Gillan is likely the best screamer out there...and that SPEED on that organ, oh my! And yes, drums, bass, guitar, all brilliant!

just compare the sheer musicality and power of this live track to any modern song:,DP comes out on top.:)

Can’t wait for your reaction! Let’s go Polo!

Great reaction! Three of these guys are still going with Deep Purple in 2023. Vocalist Ian Gillian, Drummer Ian Paice and bassist Roger Glover. John Lord passed away in 2012 and Ritchie Blackmore left the band decades ago. Ian Gillian is 78 now. I saw an interview with him years ago where he said that he used to tell Ritchie that he needed to rest his voice and couldn’t do Child in Time that night. Blackmore would agree but then during the show would launch right into it without warning giving Gillian no choice but to do it. I don’t think that he has done it live since 1984.

I sang this song all day every day when I was in my teens

I’m going tell you what One of best friends recently Passed! Met him 32 years ago. He turned me on to Actungh Baby from U2 and Zooropa album. Anyway he had jethro Tull albums to. He knew his stuff and had 16” Subwoofers in his house in tenth grade. Pretty sick. We lost him by surprise maybe a fentanyl experience- which is deadly! Play the song One from U2 for Our friend Dan please and thank you!! Keep him alive just one more songs worth of time!!

A true classic in the early heavy rock genre, up there with "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. I feel totally privileged having grown up with these bands & Black Sabbath, as part of the background to my life.

I saw Deep Purple in Milwaukee, i literally couldn't hear for 2 hours after the concert.

This is nothing less than superb from the whole band.

I’ll never forget Hush , my favorite deep purple song .

Ian Gillan's vocals are hard to beat in this time period....he was FABULOUS in Jesus Christ Superstar (GREAT soundtrack - that album) - AND: a good movie. Haven't watched your reaction, yet: but I hope you like this one.... The range and control this guy has is AMAZING.... Good rabbit hole, in my opinion....

Heard this Live at Newcastle City Hall, England, September 1972. My first gig - aged 14. Front row seats. I couldn't hear properly for a week afterwards!

A mind blower I met back in Calgary Canada (cheap 8-tracks) late-1980's & been in love with as prog-rock ever since, cheers & free Palestine! Wybo-Holland

"this guy has an amazing voice" you don't even know yet!

Everytime you think this song has reached its best part an even better part comes in and smacks you on the face. Great reaction!

its over 50 years since i bought this album , still get goose bumps

Ian is one of rock's greatest voices. Ian Paice the drummer has some outstanding drum solos on RU-vid you could check out. He's a GREAT drummer.

"It's like the song did drugs there at the end" that made me literally lol.

A bit of trivia: Deep Purple borrowed the riff from a band called IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. Their track was called BOMBAY CALLING.

A somewhat known fact is that this song was actually a reconstruction of a song originally published by "Its a Beautiful Day" called "Bombay Calling" and they were sued for the reproduction of the base musical progression. They had admittingly made the reconstruction with that song in mind. Very different but incredible on it's own merit.

I grew up in the sixties and seventies, and if you keep going down the "proverbial" rabbit hole of music from this era... you will be constantly shocked in a great way!

Looking forward to seeing DP in November, 50 years after first time.

Finally hit the Purple! So many great songs. When you get around to listening to Highway Star in the 4 runner put on the cruise control or you’ll get a speeding ticket.

Imagine getting to hear the late, great John Lord's amazing keyboard work for the very first time, :)

Hi. Great reaction, so glad you enjoyed it and well done for not mentioning the static audience, as many reactors do when viewing this video. This was broadcast by my local independant TV station Granada TV here in the NW of England as part of the series "Doing Their Thing" featuring different live performers. Obviously technology back then wasn't as sophisticated as it is today, so the audience in the TV studio would have been under strict instruction not to distract from the performance in any way. I also seem to recall that these performances were broadcast live, rather than pre recorded, (though I could be mistaken, it was a long time ago after all), so this was doubly important as people would be tuning in to watch Deep Purple perform and not be distracted by "Whoops and Hollers" from the audience. The band had numerous personnel changes over the years, but for most fans this was the classic line up, sheer musical talent.

The singer is Ian Gillian..he was one the best singers of his time. I have been watching your videos all day. I can not believe you have not heard some of the best music in the world before hearing it at the time you recorded the video. Curiosity, child, how old are you. You seem to have missed out on some really GREAT MUSIC.❤

As Volcano erupted again in Iceland today 14.01.24 today and I thought of Polo what came up was Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin is amazing!!!And also in 3 weeks time going to Led Zeppelin tribute🎉🎉🎉

You are cool man, but I could imagine the goosebumps you got! Really enjoyed watching you to this track by one of my favorite bands. Great comments you gave!

ian gillan did an absolutely incredible jesus in the original recording of the musical jesus christ superstar too

True pure Rock came from Europe...always has ....still does. Japan/Asian bands are catching up

I worked a warehouse gig around 10yrs back. We were able to listen to music in our department. Each person had a day they were in charge of the music. Every time this older guy was in charge of the music, he would play this song every time. Honestly, I didn't like it at first. Then I couldn't wait for it to come on!

Definitely check out Highway Star…rockin’!!

Congratulations on stumbling into the first chapter in the history of heavy rock. This band was tremendous and worked constantly in the early 70s. They played in Central New York twice a year then...and I never missed them.

Polo, your format is smooth, don't change it up.

It might be hard to believe, for some,...... but as of 2024, this was 54 years ago....... Still INCRDIBLE. There are plenty of Deep Purlple songs, that could vie for thier "best", but this is it for me. Ian is in the running for best Rock Singer IMO. (He's obviosly the best screamer... not only from that time.)

Highway Star..... impossible to overplay!!! It has some kind of magic in it.

Welcome to Deep Purple. (although I guarantee you've heard Smoke On The Water many times before) Check out Lazy, Highway Star, The Mule (from made in Japan). Enjoy.

That triplet of notes that you loved...was inspired by a band called It's a Beautiful Day and their album of the same name. The track that inspired Deep Purple to write Child In Time is called Bombay Calling. Deep Purple wrote a classic. If you were wondering why the audience weren't reacting, it's because this was a studio recording, and they were told not to anything but listen. Besides the audience were people who just dropped in and weren't necessarily Rock music fans.

Deep Purple,Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were truly the BIG 3 of Rock's transition into otherworldly music I was lucky enough to see all of them live many times during the 70's