Vertigo

Nell’ambito di un programma che mette insieme Maneskin, Chemical Brothers e Patti Smith, il Rock in Roma ha conosciuto sabato 2 luglio, all’Auditorium Parco della Musica, un momento entusiasmante con i Deep Purple.

La storica band inglese, tra i precursori dell’hard rock, non ha deluso le attese. Anche se non hanno più l’energia scenica degli esordi, i Deep Purple hanno saputo ricreare un’atmosfera magica.

E il pubblico ha mostrato, con un’ovazione, di gradire questo ritorno al passato, grazie a pezzi come “Highway Star“, “Perfect Strangers“, “Hush” e l’immancabile “Smoke On The Water“. 

Brani che sono inossidabili nella scaletta di ogni tournée, come quella approdata in Italia in questi giorni, e che a Roma ha visto di spalla gli statunitensi The Last Internationale (vedi articolo dedicato).

I tre storici del gruppo, il vocalist Ian Gillan, il batterista Ian Paice e il bassista Roger Glover, uniti al tastierista Don Airey e al chitarrista Simon McBride (che ha sostituito qualche mese fa Steve Morse), hanno rimescolato ricordi di hard rock e qualche spruzzata di prog, ricreando un’atmosfera magica e capace di materializzare sogni ed emozioni con lunghe sequenze dai “colori” delicati.

Molto spazio a virtuosismi e a lunghi assoli per sopperire alla voce di Gillan che a 76 anni ha perso vigore, ma non di certo l’entusiasmo.

Da segnalare l’omaggio del tastierista Don Airey all’Italia, che nel suo solo ha eseguito una magistrale versione di “Arrivederci Roma” di Renato Rascel.

Pubblico entusiasta della perfomance del gruppo che vanta ben 22 album in studio, tra cui il recente “Turning To Crime“.

Scenografia essenziale per una band, quintessenza dell’hard rock, che ha saputo regalare momenti di divertimento con un prodotto musicale sferzante, senza fronzoli, duro e a tratti veloce, caratterizzato da brani come “Nothing At All“, “Lazy“, “When A Blind Man Cries” e l’intramontabile “Black Night“, che ha chiuso la serata.

Articolo di Antonio Ranalli per JamTV – la pagina web di JamTV

La scaletta della serata:

• Highway Star
• Pictures of Home
• No Need to Shout
• Nothing at All
• Uncommon Man
• Lazy
• When a Blind Man Cries
• Time for Bedlam
• Keyboard Solo
• Perfect Strangers
• Space Truckin’
• Smoke on the Water

• Caught in the Act
• Hush
• Bass Solo
• Black Night

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover and Simon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover and Simon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURDon Airey of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURSimon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURDon Airey of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Paice of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Paice of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURSimon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURDon Airey of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Paice of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Paice of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURDon Airey of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURSimon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURSimon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURSimon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURDeep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURSimon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover and Simon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURSimon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan, Roger Glover and Simon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan, Roger Glover and Simon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan, Roger Glover and Simon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Gillan and Simon McBride of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Paice of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Paice of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURIan Paice of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURRoger Glover of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURDon Airey of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Deep Purple - The Woosh! TOURDon Airey of Deep Purple, during The Woosh! Tour, 2th July, at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy