

Blackmore fires off a memorable riff at the end of end of each “Na na na na, na na na na na na” and starts switching it up almost instantly Ian Paice creates a surprisingly funky drumbeat and Jon Lord fires off a brilliantly catchy organ solo, which goes longer than you’d expect but never loses your interest.Īdd to that Joe South’s catchy melody and universal lyrics, and you have a song that still sounds great nearly 50 years later, and a definite harbinger of the glories to come. Said engine being Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice and Jon Lord, who are definitely the guys you notice. In the UK a new version of 'Hush' (with Gillan on lead vocals) was released to mark 20.

I got a certain little girl, shes on my mind No doubt about it she looks so fine Shes the best girl that Ive. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. And besides, if original Purple members Rod Evans and Nicky Simper are basically the earliest cogs in a great big machine, the engine of that machine was humming down the road just fine, singing “Na na na na, na na na na na na na.” Deep Purple - Hush (Official Video) 12,251,531 views 44K Dislike Share Save Deep Purple Official 871K subscribers Subscribe Music video by Deep Purple performing Hush. Deep Purple - Hush (Live Version) Lyrics. Hush is a song written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal, whose single peaked at number 52 on the Billboard. Which might be demonstrably true, but unfair to “Hush,” which is a song that is clearly firing on all cylinders. 1998 Purpletuity Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. I think that over the years, I always tended to discount “Hush” as inferior Deep Purple, not so much because it was a Top Ten single (after all, so was “Smoke on The Water,” and you’re damn straight I’m gonna write about that), but because it was made by the wrong Deep Purple.Īfter all, everybody knows that Deep Purple Mark I was decidedly inferior to Deep Purple Mark II. In 1968, DEEP PURPLE released the single HUSH in the U.S.Rod Evans lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore guitarsJon Lord organ, backing vocalsNick Simper ba.
