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Deep Purple — Lazy
Album: Machine Head
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7.9

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Total ratings: 2997









Released: 1972
Length: 7:18
Plays (last 30 days): 0
You're lazy just stay in bed
You're lazy just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread

If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
You don't want to live you don't want to cry no more

Well my trying ain't done no good
I said my trying ain't done no good
You don't make no effort no not like you should

Lazy you just stay in bed
Lazy you just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread
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 bruceandjenna wrote:

Hey Bill.  Check the Release Date.  S/B 1972.




Yes.
Best DP song definitely. Check out their live performance from Sweden. Instant 10 from me.
 cvandoren wrote:

If you haven't already PLEASE check out the Joe Bonamassa and Jimmy Barnes cover of this. It is unbelievable.

https://www.google.com/search?q=joe+bonamassa+lazy&oq=&aqs=chrome.3.69i58j69i177j69i64j35i39i362l2...2.-1j0j4&client=ms-android-comcast-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#



Pretty good, but the drummer was lacking. Missed all the detail from the original and phoned it in. Hey, man, the toms are there for a reason.
Landreth is one of those guitarists you recognise after the first 5 notes. Such a distinct style all his own.

Incredible player 
Godlike. Guitar skill.
 smackiepipe wrote:

Yep, Early 70s - Nobody could spank the Hammond like Jon Lord and Keith Emerson.

Well, maybe Greg Allman.
Ah, Machine Head.

Early 70's, my big brother and I shared a bedroom in Brooklyn. He had an 8 track / turn table quad stereo that I was forbidden to touch.

On those rare occasions that he left his room I disobeyed and risked a beating.

Thankfully, I was never caught in the act.

Machine Head was always my first choice, followed by Workingman's Dead and Dark Side of the Moon.

More than that was usually too risky, and I didn't find ELP  worth the risk.

 smackiepipe wrote:

Yep, Early 70s - Nobody could spank the Hammond like Jon Lord and Keith Emerson.


Whar about Steve Winwood?
Burning in a freshly rebuilt amplifier and I really want to crank this to the stars, but my wife has gone up to bed and it would be cruel... but it really, really needs to be LOUD.
Few songs rattle my furniture quite like this one...
Hey Bill.  Check the Release Date.  S/B 1972.
 stangalbraith wrote:



So did I. And then on cassette!


I've had the LP since it came out.
 diannemck56 wrote:
Who all had this on 8-track for their car?  ME!!



So did I. And then on cassette!
Greyerwrit wrote:

I should've stopped sneering at Deep Purple when Joe Satriani played with them, but this is the final nail in the particular coffin.

Silvervanman wrote:
Final nail in their coffin because of a track on a 1972 album? They're still going strong.

I would hazard a guess that what Greyerwrit meant was "the last nail in the coffin of the idea that DP is to be sneered at," thanks to hearing and recognizing the incalculable awesomeness of this track.  

Deep Purple, Mark II, baby!
Right up there with the best ever intros
Who all had this on 8-track for their car?  ME!!
 cvandoren wrote:

If you haven't already PLEASE check out the Joe Bonamassa and Jimmy Barnes cover of this. It is unbelievable.

https://www.google.com/search?q=joe+bonamassa+lazy&oq=&aqs=chrome.3.69i58j69i177j69i64j35i39i362l2...2.-1j0j4&client=ms-android-comcast-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#


Thank you for this link!  NICE!!!

(Would still like to hear Kenny Wayne Shepherd, or maybe Sonny Landreth, take a crack at this timeless gem.)
Wow,.

I just yelled "Freakin  A" at my neighbors.  I couldn't control myself.  
I think the phrase 'Freakin A" was created for this song. 

You would call into your locally owned FM radio station and yell "Freakin A" when they played this song. 

John Lord kicks ass on the Hammond organ!!!  John Lord & Keith Emerson are the 2 best Hammond Organ players in rock!!! ...Different styles, but BOTH are GREAT!!!   
 fraserji wrote:

A 7.9 average rating?  You MUST be kidding!  Nothing less than Godlike.  



Well, Jesus-like anyway. Real Superstar stuff. (see what I did there?)
Great Iconic!
A 7.9 average rating?  You MUST be kidding!  Nothing less than Godlike.  
Still waiting, hoping to hear Kenny Wayne Shepherd do a version of this.  (If it's out there, let me know!)
My first LP... and my first "lid"... from my sister, for my birthday (she was pretty cool)... Good 'Lumbo buzz... blacklights/posters... alone in my bedroom.. hoping mom doesn't show up (although, she's not really my mom...) Why I'm still alive is a wonder.
 idiot_wind wrote:

geeeeeeez,

electric organ

we need more!




Hammond B2?  Keith Emerson used to play one live with ELP.
 Greyerwrit wrote:

I should've stopped sneering at Deep Purple when Joe Satriani played with them, but this is the final nail in the particular coffin.




Final nail in their coffin because of a track on a 1972 album? They're still going strong.
I should've stopped sneering at Deep Purple when Joe Satriani played with them, but this is the final nail in the particular coffin.
If you haven't already PLEASE check out the Joe Bonamassa and Jimmy Barnes cover of this. It is unbelievable.

https://www.google.com/search?q=joe+bonamassa+lazy&oq=&aqs=chrome.3.69i58j69i177j69i64j35i39i362l2...2.-1j0j4&client=ms-android-comcast-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#
 idiot_wind wrote:

geeeeeeez,

electric organ

we need more!




I think Jon Lord, the keyboardist, was trained as a classical organ player.  His training kind of set DP up to stand above the crowd in terms of composition even in a metal jam band.
geeeeeeez,

electric organ

we need more!
you see...

this is a 4th of july song

all about freedom and energy

thats what this music been about for 70 years
The 5.1 version will blow you away. Sounds like they are playing live in your house.
I normally get bored with a lot of the classic rock tunes but always enjoy hearing this one for some reason.  Thanks for playing this instead of Smoke on the Water.
Ok time to test these speakers... Turn it up, make em sweat!
A rare 10 for me-it's all there, Blackmore plays so cleanly and creatively, and the interplay with the Jon, Lord of the B3- priceless.  Roger is steady on the bass, it is well sung, well arranged, simply ageless.  
Yikes! 

It's...it's...it's... rock n roll.

Where have you been?
If I were in a successful rock band and I heard this song for the first time, I would probably feel the need to go back to school and learn more bout music. 
Blackmore and Lord = magic. 
I am sure I've never heard this before. Wow. Just, wow.
c.
it's about my neighbours who are busy only in a kitchen...

Ahhhhh.

One of the best RnR songs from the 70s.

For all you poor, lost souls born too late....this song was one of thousands that were played on radio, albums, 8 tracks, and cassettes. 

It was truly a  "grand buffet" of great songs. 

Today...well it's a food court in a a convienece  store.
You can practically smell the weed coming out of your speakers listening to this.

(not a complaint)
 cavemanleong wrote:
This song is as old as I am and I LOVE IT!!!! Play it louder!!!
 

I'm a bit older than you. grew up in the peace and love period not because of it. LOL
BUT I agree more Amplifier!!!
Oh my Lord, it's Jon God!
This song is as old as I am and I LOVE IT!!!! Play it louder!!!
 ppopp wrote:
Music this good deserved a better album cover. Stunning guitar and keyboard playing. The live version on Made In Japan took Lazy to a level even above this one. Extraordinary. Blackmore on a good night was the stuff of legend.
 

picture clearly inspired by beatles's rubber soul.  
Awesome way to start the day in the office     
Ritchie Blackmore---->in the Top Ten All Time Guitar Players
 smackiepipe wrote:

Yep, Early 70s - Nobody could spank the Hammond like Jon Lord and Keith Emerson.
 
Four out of five doctors recommend that you not spank the Hammond.
Turns volume up and forgets about working from home for 7 mins
Radio Paradise just got even better!
First stadium concert I ever attended in Mpls.  back  in 72' (?). Deep Purple Machine Head Tour - opening  act was some British blues band  named Fleetwood Mac. Opened up a whole new world  for me and a lot of others that night!
As good as it got for straight ahead rock, early 70's. This was the opening set list tune for a high energy cover band I had the good fortune to be involved with (Bass) circa 2001.

Ass was kicked, names taken.  
 johnrah wrote:
My parents got to know this song coming through the floor.
 Mine too!!!!

Rock AND Roll!!!!
Okay. Definitely the last song before I go to work. Crank it up.
 hayduke2 wrote:
 folkrocker wrote:

'64 Plymouth Valiant 2-door here, slant-6 and push-button automatic parked under a shade tree with the trunk open. 8 track blaring out of those 6x9's tokin' on a number. Priceless.
 
Had Made in Japan serenade me while doing my homework back then

Image result for ed roth art

(where'd you put my Big Daddy t-shirts Jimmy? : )
 

Big Daddy Ed Roth!
They don't make like this anymore. One of my favorites of theirs that is not too overplayed.
I know everyone raves about the Master Jon Lord on this cut, but just listen to Roger Glover laying down that bass!
pure class
My parents got to know this song coming through the floor.
Music this good deserved a better album cover. Stunning guitar and keyboard playing. The live version on Made In Japan took Lazy to a level even above this one. Extraordinary. Blackmore on a good night was the stuff of legend.
Sweet, dude!  
Jon Lord came and talked to us in my school church once. He was funny and lovely and secular and we listened like he was playing Hammond. He wasn't playing Hammiond. :(
One of the best songs I've heard.
This is space blues, I love it!!! Thank you R&B!
 unclehud wrote:
Hell yeah, baby: 1974, all four windows down in the Dodge Dart, Deep Purple blasting from the cassette player, hammering on the dashboard like it was a drum set, and driving WAY over the speed limit!

You're lazy, you just stay in bed.
You're lazy, you just stay in bed.
You don't want no money,
You don't want no bread.
Now, why doesn't some new artist cover THIS?
 
Riding shotgun in my friend's Valient.  High and beating drums on the dash in front of me.  Broke the spring in his reverberator underneath.  

Didn't know.  Sorry Lenny.
Great memories epic band
Simply Epic
I miss Jon Lord. His keyboard work was unique in the rock world.
As a teenager listing to this album I never appreciated this tune.  Was a little to slow to get going for my liking. But as an old guy I'm diggin it. 
A gentle(!) reminder of the genius that was Jon Lord. Peerless performance.
Song: Lazy
Artist: Deep Purple
Album: Machine Head
Released: 1972
I owne this LP since 1972! :-)
Who says there's no such thing as a time machine? This just transported me back...and I love it.
All right!

A Christmas song to put us in the spirit of spreading joy, kindness, and forgiveness. 
 buddy wrote:
My first year in junior college (71-72) we wore out the student union juke box playing this, Smoke on the Water, Space Truckin'. Flash forward to April 1974 and I was at the 1974 California Jam headlined by ELP along with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Eagles (with Jackson Browne sitting in), Rare Earth, Earth Wind & Fire, Seals & Crofts, and yeah, Black Oak Arkansas. The day ended with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and ELP. All three kicked righteous ass. I'll never forget it.
 
That sounds like an incredible show! Now where did I put that time machine? I gotta go see that. (Oh yeah, YouTube!)
Wha...?

No 'Made in Japan' cuts on RP?

I never like Live Albums.

Made in Japan is the rare exception.  It is what a live album should be: Start a song, Jam for a long time, Finish a song....
After more than 45 years, I'm still lazy, stoned and all I want to do is stay in bed  {#Tongue-out}
Still a solid 10  {#Bananajam}
 Proclivities wrote:

I don't think the term "prog rock" was widely used (if at all) at the time this album was recorded.
 

1972?   

My recollection is admittedly fuzzy....  but I seem to recall hearing/using the term 'prog rock' by 1974 at the latest.  
That intro is stunning, mesmerizing.  It could last all night and I wouldn't care.  Machine head, the first Rock and Roll album I bought at age 12, just a little junior high girl.
My first year in junior college (71-72) we wore out the student union juke box playing this, Smoke on the Water, Space Truckin'. Flash forward to April 1974 and I was at the 1974 California Jam headlined by ELP along with Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Eagles (with Jackson Browne sitting in), Rare Earth, Earth Wind & Fire, Seals & Crofts, and yeah, Black Oak Arkansas. The day ended with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and ELP. All three kicked righteous ass. I'll never forget it.
Egads!

This song is 46 years old and their keyboard-guitar jamming is still jaw dropping!

The depressing thought: there is no band from the last 20-25? years that will even try this! 

What happened to RnR?
One of the great rock anthems that never got enough accolades.  Just the keyboards is way above fantastic. 
Yeah! I always love the way Garth Hudson opens Chest Fever! Um...no..wait...
 rtrt wrote:
Guitar on left and keyboard on right for me - somethings not right somewhere surely?

 
apparently not...

‘Lazy’ is pure blues-boogie, dominated by organ effects. The placement is simple and emulates a live performance in focus. Organ opens centre, then is placed right, and guitar sits left, yet then the guitar moves to centre for a solo, then the organ re-takes the centre for another solo. When they play together they’re panned guitar (L) and organ (R.) 
rtrt, thanks for pointing that out. I must have had my left and right channels the wrong way around so I swapped them over and Richie Blackmore's guitar is coming out the left speaker and Jon Lord's organ is on the right speaker now.

Yeah! 
To me 7 - Quite Likeable
To me right now a 7 - Quite Likeable  but a very weak 7 thinking about 5 ..
Yeah I remember this, great blues boogie.  I like the recordings that shift and pan instruments ,  not done much lately but that was the magic of the "new" stereo systems and recording. Think Cheech and Chong, "Oh Wow man!" don't Bogart on me man..
Insanely good, 11!
Never was a Deep Purple fan, of course, I only heard what was overplayed on the radio.  This was pretty enjoyable.  Thanks RP.
 rtrt wrote:
Guitar on left and keyboard on right for me - somethings not right somewhere surely?

 
apparently not...

‘Lazy’ is pure blues-boogie, dominated by organ effects. The placement is simple and emulates a live performance in focus. Organ opens centre, then is placed right, and guitar sits left, yet then the guitar moves to centre for a solo, then the organ re-takes the centre for another solo. When they play together they’re panned guitar (L) and organ (R.) 
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana} a great tune to hear.  A better tune to play.  Just love that bass line.

Guitar on left and keyboard on right for me - somethings not right somewhere surely?
One of the best rockers, ever!

The keyboards are insane!
Strap me in and let 'er rip!
DEEP PURPLE WOOO-HOOOOO!!!     (afterwards psd'd lame los lobos and got Sugarloaf!!! WEEEE-HEEEE!!! : )


GREEN-EYED LADY
WOOO-HOOOOO!!!     (psd'd lame los lobos and got Sugarloaf!!! WEEEE-HEEEE!!! : )


GREEN-EYED LADY
 ThePoose wrote:
Organ intro rips off Garth Hudson's "Genetic Method" intro to Chest Fever.
 
But then, Garth stole it from Bach (Tocatta and Fugue in D minor), so who's the real thief (and do we really care)?
Possibly my fave Purple tune.
rock
on

{#Bananajam}
Worth watching if you like this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6x8GGXrCFQ 

I was born too late to enjoy many of the "classic" rock stars as they came out, and while I haven't yet delved into the Deep Purple catalog, I was very impressed by their RocknRoll HoF induction speeches and performance.  Not that I really care about the RnR HoF typically, although I was happy to see SMB and NWA inducted that year; the highlight for me was Ice Cube's speech about how Rap, while not a traditional form of music, does have a lot of the same "question authority" mentality as regular Rock stars, and at least on that count, NWA did push the music industry in ways never done before. 

I'm not sure what my point was here, maybe knowing I had a 7+ min track to be lazy while listening to got me off track.  I've rated this sucker at a 9....and to all of you who were around in 1972 and blazing the Js and cracking the tabs on some brewskis and hauling ass in your hot rods....here's to you for making it to 2017!  Long Live RP!!


 folkrocker wrote:

'64 Plymouth Valiant 2-door here, slant-6 and push-button automatic parked under a shade tree with the trunk open. 8 track blaring out of those 6x9's tokin' on a number. Priceless.
 
Had Made in Japan serenade me while doing my homework back then

Image result for ed roth art

(where'd you put my Big Daddy t-shirts Jimmy? : )
 idiot_wind wrote:


Dart, Duster, Super Bee, Barracuda, etc.

8 track bolted underneath the dashboard, wires hanging down. Huge box speakers on back dashboard. No AC, Hot summers. 

 
'64 Plymouth Valiant 2-door here, slant-6 and push-button automatic parked under a shade tree with the trunk open. 8 track blaring out of those 6x9's tokin' on a number. Priceless.
Gee, after all these years, still lazy and staying in bed late  9 => 10  {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Sunny}{#Bounce}
 bitbanger wrote:

I hear you. I do remember having all 8 cylinders of the 318ci engine firing hot in my well used '68 Dart  convertible with this tune blasting away. Driving over the speed limit was obligatory!

unclehud wrote:

Hell yeah, baby: 1974, all four windows down in the Dodge Dart, Deep Purple blasting from the cassette player, hammering on the dashboard like it was a drum set, and driving WAY over the speed limit!

 

 
{#Music}
  {#Drummer}  {#Bananapiano}  {#Bananajam} {#Guitarist}
Yup my 1974 Dodge Charger flying down the highway {#Motor}
LOL

The good old days when there were a lot fewer cars on the road. I miss that car. {#Cry}
 coloradojohn wrote:
With a couple New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPAs down the hatch and the fragrant Standard Orbit atmosphere of 'Flo' in here, this sounds every bit as good to me as it did (with the average weed and crappy beers we could get our hands on) back in the late 70s!

 
Average weed and crappy beers?

Crappy beers AND crappy weed, from what I recall. And then the Israelis had to invade and occupy southern Lebanon....  there went the supply of Lebanese hashish.... sigh.   

Damn Israelis.  
 unclehud wrote:
Hell yeah, baby: 1974, all four windows down in the Dodge Dart, Deep Purple blasting from the cassette player, hammering on the dashboard like it was a drum set, and driving WAY over the speed limit!

You're lazy, you just stay in bed.
You're lazy, you just stay in bed.
You don't want no money,
You don't want no bread.
Now, why doesn't some new artist cover THIS?

 
hell yeah !  1970's rule !   usually heard  riding in my first car... 1965 Dodge Coronet 2dr, 3 speed column shifter... 8 track... probably 10w per channel... cranked it till distortion... no a/c of course... who had a/c in a car back then?  even had retread tires... best time of day to drive 4:20p


I hear you. I do remember having all 8 cylinders of the 318ci engine firing hot in my well used '68 Dart  convertible with this tune blasting away. Driving over the speed limit was obligatory!

unclehud wrote:

Hell yeah, baby: 1974, all four windows down in the Dodge Dart, Deep Purple blasting from the cassette player, hammering on the dashboard like it was a drum set, and driving WAY over the speed limit!

 


Sigh. Concentration is broken; work comes to a halt. Nothing left to do but surrender to the groove and play the air drums. 
 unclehud wrote:
Hell yeah, baby: 1974, all four windows down in the Dodge Dart, hammering on the dashboard like it was a drum set, and driving WAY over the speed limit!

 

Dart, Duster, Super Bee, Barracuda, etc.

8 track bolted underneath the dashboard, wires hanging down. Huge box speakers on back dashboard. No AC, Hot summers. 
Hell yeah, baby: 1974, all four windows down in the Dodge Dart, Deep Purple blasting from the cassette player, hammering on the dashboard like it was a drum set, and driving WAY over the speed limit!

You're lazy, you just stay in bed. You're lazy, you just stay in bed.
You don't want no money,
You don't want no bread.

Now, why doesn't some new artist cover THIS?
 ThePoose wrote:
Organ intro rips off Garth Hudson's "Genetic Method" intro to Chest Fever.

 
Very true...
With a couple New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPAs down the hatch and the fragrant Standard Orbit atmosphere of 'Flo' in here, this sounds every bit as good to me as it did (with the average weed and crappy beers we could get our hands on) back in the late 70s!
Organ intro rips off Garth Hudson's "Genetic Method" intro to Chest Fever.
 hindsightseer wrote:

{#Yes}  Godlike

 
Yea I just realized it was a 10 vs. 8 or 9.
RIP John Lord.
Sure miss them.  Music from this old man's era.
 Bert7 wrote:
Best Deep Purple song ever....

 
{#Yes}  Godlike
This is just sooo good for workshop building..