MACHINE HEAD

1972 will mark the musical life with a title that will make smoke to many groups, to many fans!!!

1 Highway Star or the start of a future great live, Le live... en attendant DP was beginning to show traces of a major group; as proof, this thunderous organ solo which squats Ritchie's place; good a drummer who rocks, an organist who provides and that's important for the prog in gestation, a bassist who degrimonizes his strings, a singer who panics his vocal cords and a guitarist who explains that it will be necessary to say 'guitar hero' soon... the perfect title, which one but Highway isn't clear enough? 6 minutes do you realize, the radios were going to have a hard time passing this title... 2 Maybe I'm A Leo a consensual title more in the line of a real hard rock... a proto prog very heavy all the same even if the word was not launched yet; why I talked about live above all, here it's good but it lacks pep, too far back ah ah ah! a keyboard solo, a guitar to float a tad 3 Pictures Of Home in the same vein, a title that shows the technique of fingers and head swinging in all directions; a title that will not be played in concert, a sign in my opinion; plus this contribution of organ which shows that this instrument did not have its place only in the progressive prog dino, here it is also possible; good a bass solo by the way to play it 4 Never Before and the 3rd title in the same vein, if it continues it will go surfing on the southern bluesy side of ZZ TOP, which is a great reference too; this title has a shocking chorus, a good riff and the desired vocal energy; a light progressive break which shows that there was a lot of this blood that I'm eagerly tracking down, in short, we're waiting for the B side, but I'm not spitting in the soup with this Jerry LEE-style piano solo! 5 Smoke On The Water ... 3 small points to point out one of the major titles of the future progressive hard; an intro, not just any; a rhythm but not just any; a poised, calm, almost ... extinguished voice, yes, you have to laugh a little; a riff that sticks with you (really random!) and a memory since my chro drifts subjectively speaking: well one evening on a Saturday evening and in a party hall, a dance group yes at the time when groups could play freely, in short this evening this revival was played; small I was, great was my admiration at listening; well did the guitarist play as well I don't know... but my ear was forever affected by this sound, this air that you too have imprinted in your cortex, not clouded at all by wisps of smoke. 6 Lazy perhaps one of the most beautiful symphonic intros at the time when one did not classify; the clip shows one of the first wand throws before it becomes a rite; a startup that doesn't know where to go except for them, a Jon by the way, a Ritchie who shows you can talk zik without words; bluesy above all, DEEP PURPLE in concentrate; southern or western rock, harmonica and a famous 6-string duel by Ritchie... it seems like a title just for him; a gig, a jam... Lazy! 7 Space Truckin' for the most beautiful intro in my opinion, the wildest, the most organic, the most skinned alive; a fast title which will take all its magnitude live as what one can transcend in concert; Ian is metronomic, Ian (look for which one) works his vocal chords and lifts his voice to magnify this over-boosted, over-boosted track; Ritchie goes there and cuts the flank with Ian... you follow which one I hope, in any case the drums are very exhilarated; oh so conventional title that will show the strength of a live show and will make me understand that prog can only go through hard to survive in our heads.

Well a DP album had to be revisited! (5 Stars for 1.5.7)