Space truckin '
| Space truckin ' | |
|---|---|
| Deep Purple | |
| publication | 1972 |
| length | 4:34 19:54 ( Made in Japan version) 4:52 ( The 1997 Remixes version) |
| Genre (s) | Heavy metal , hard rock |
| text | Ian Gillan |
| music | Ritchie Blackmore , Roger Glover , Jon Lord , Ian Paice |
| album | Machine head |
| Cover versions | |
| 1999 | Overkill ; Coverkill |
| 2007 (recorded in 2006) | Dream theater ; Machine head |
| 2012 | Iron maiden ; Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head |
Space Truckin ' is a song by the British rock band Deep Purple . It was released in 1972 and is finalizing their sixth studio album, Machine Head . The song, which was also published on the live album Made in Japan , is one of the most famous pieces by the band and was listed in the 2003 book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time .
construction
Space Truckin ' is based on a slower version of the Speed King - riffs , and combines Deep Purple Hard Rock roots with a solid beat foundation and an earthy blues feeling . The song is characterized by its instrumental sobriety and the "clanking beats" and breaks played by Ian Paice . The chorus riff was recreated by Ritchie Blackmore based on the theme song from the Batman television series. The lyrics in turn show the "comic humor" Ian Gillans , who tells of the everyday life of a space truck driver between planetary rest stops. Characteristic of this is the shrill scream Come on Gillans and Roger Glover's bass pattern, which is based on this scream . The lyrical refrain also has the yeah, yeah, yeah, let's go Space Truckin ' yelled by Gillan as a memorable feature.
Live performance
Live, Space Truckin 'replaced the older song Mandrake Root , which has served as the “aggressive part” since 1968 and as a typical basis for excessive “live duels” between Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore. His takeover into the live program took place while maintaining a larger improvisational part from Mandrake Root .
Generally, Space Truckin ' at a Deep Purple concert lasted more than 20 minutes and was played at the end of the set. A live version of Space Truckin ' appeared on the 1972 album Made in Japan . In addition to its powerful and lively instrumental passages, Space Truckin ' also shows filigree solos, for example by Jon Lord, and a modification of a cello solo from the song Fools by Ritchie Blackmore.
His raw and unbridled energy is also evident in a live performance from 1974, the California Jam , when Ritchie Blackmore threw a guitar into the stage pit, smashed another on a television camera and at the end of the song set the amplifiers on fire, causing a detonation that made the stage shake. Here Ian Paice's glasses were thrown away, visually impaired, he hammered the end of the song wildly around himself. Jon Lord, standing behind his organ, at the other end of the stage, also staggered. Blackmore himself was blown to the front edge of the stage, his hair caught on fire. After the concert ended, claims for damages were immediately filed against the two Deep Purple managers Tony Edwards and John Coletta . Blackmore was able to avoid his impending arrest by being brought to the hotel in a helicopter and from there to Los Angeles in a limousine.
After Ritchie Blackmore left, Space Truckin ' was taken off the live program in 1975. In 1980, the song experienced an unpleasant resurgence when it was disfigured almost beyond recognition in the United States, along with other Deep Purple classics by Rod Evans' newly formed band Deep Purple .
When they reunited in 1984, Space Truckin ' was reintroduced as the standard number in Deep Purple's live program, where it is still performed today.
Cover versions and soundtrack
- Space Truckin ' was re- machined by various bands from the thrash metal genre , such as Overkill (on the album Coverkill ) and Vengeance Rising , as well as other metal and rock bands such as Iron Maiden (on the album Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head ), Dream Theater (on their Made in Japan tribute album), Ministry (on their album Cover Up ), Arjen Lucassen's music project Star One , Cactus Jack (on their Deep Purple tribute album), Tesla , Johnny Winter , Phish and Swamp Candles, who played the piece at the Blue World Order on the television show Extreme Championship Wrestling , covered. In 2011, Space Truckin 'was released on William Shatner's album Seeking Major Tom .
- In 2009 the song was released on Guitar Hero: Van Halen .
- The song was used in the feature film Dogtown Boys and in the computer game Rock Band Series .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Google Book Search. STEELcyclopedia - The Titans of Hard Rock . By Taylor T. Carlson
- ↑ Google book search: Martin Popoff. The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time
- ↑ Jürgen Roth and Michael Sailer: Deep Purple, the story of a band . Verlagsgruppe Koch GmbH / Hannibal, 2005. p. 177.
- ↑ Jürgen Roth and Michael Sailer: Deep Purple, the story of a band . Verlagsgruppe Koch GmbH / Hannibal, 2005. Pages 255/256
- ↑ Jürgen Roth and Michael Sailer: Deep Purple, the story of a band . Verlagsgruppe Koch GmbH / Hannibal, 2005. Pages 312/313