| Deep Purple – Rat Bat Blue Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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One of the late John Lord's most virtuoso keyboard jams highlights this, the best song on the up-and-down "Who Do We Think We Are" LP. On the vinyl, this song kicked off side 2, which was better than side one because it sounded more like "Machine Head" and less like "Fireball." Lyrically it's not the strongest cut, just another love-'em-and-leave-'em rock song which were a dime a dozen back then. But this song would have fit nicely on DP's masterpiece "Machine Head," with it's tremendous energy, solid riffing, and as always the virtuoso drumming from the under-appreciated Ian Paice. If people aren't familiar with John Lord's keyboard work, this is one of a few songs (also "Lazy" or "Burn") to play them, as Lord really kicks out the jams in "Rat Bat Blue." The only question remains - what the hell is "Rat Bat Blue"? Just a nonsense phrase? A nickname someone gave to the song's central chica? What? |
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