Fools (song)
| Fools | |
|---|---|
| Deep Purple | |
| publication | February 1971 |
| length | 8:21 |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock , psychodelic rock |
| Author (s) | Ritchie Blackmore , Ian Gillan , Roger Glover , Jon Lord , Ian Paice |
| Label |
Harvest (Europe) Warner Bros. (USA, Japan) |
| album | Fireball |
The song Fools (English for 'fools') is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple , which was first released in 1971 on their album Fireball .
Emergence
The piece was written between 1970 and 1971 during the tour for the album Deep Purple in Rock and was refined in the studio. It was recorded during the year-long work on the album Fireball . It was written and recorded in the so-called Mk II line-up.
music
The title begins with an instrumental, calm and melancholy section, to which Ian Gillan sings softly and soulfully. After 1:40 the piece develops into the usual hard and progressive song in which Ian Gillan uses his "scream song". In the solo part, Blackmore's cello-sounding guitar is accompanied by Paice's drums. The song then increases in intensity and ends after the finale with Jon Lord's organ.
Live versions
The song was played many times during the tour for the album Fireball and appeared again and again on the band's setlist afterwards .
Soundtrack
Fools served in 1974 as the soundtrack for the ZDF series Der Kommissar , episode 68, Domanns Murderer and in 1976 for the television series Tatort , episode 68, Abendstern and in 1977 in the television film Die Vorstadtkrokodile .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jürgen Roth, Michael Sailer: Deep Purple. The story of a band . Hannibal, Höfen 2005, ISBN 3-85445-251-9 , p. 152
- ^ Jürgen Roth, Michael Sailer: Deep Purple. The story of a band . Hannibal, Höfen 2005, ISBN 3-85445-251-9 , p. 152