Dmitrij Gromov. Cvet legend -- lilovyj (Stat'ya o Deep purple)
...Vernee, vozvrashchayas' k zagolovku -- ``Temno-Lilovyj''.
Imenno tak: ``Deep Purple'' -- ``Temno-Lilovye'' nazyvaetsya
legendarnaya anglijskaya rok-gruppa, o kotoroj pojdet rech'.
20-go aprelya 1998 g. etoj gruppe ispolnitsya rovno 30 let.
Proderzhat'sya takoj srok na scene i ne ustaret', ne rasteryat'
poklonnikov -- i dazhe priobresti novyh -- soglasites', eto uzhe
o chem-to govorit! V pervuyu ochered' o talante, masterstve i
nepovtorimosti ``Deep Purple''. Sejchas ih kompozicii uzhe
yavlyayutsya klassikoj tyazhelogo roka, kotoryj ``Deep Purple'' v
znachitel'noj mere sami i sozdali, a togda, v dalekom 1968-om...
Pyatero molodyh parnej: Dzhon Lord (John Lord) (klavishnye),
Richi Blekmor (Rithcie Blackmore) (gitara), YAn Pejs (Ian Paice)
(udarnye), Rod |vans (Rod Evans) (vokal) i Nik Simper (Nick
Simper) (bas) nachinali repetirovat' v neotaplivaemyh sarayah i
snyatyh za simvolicheskuyu platu ambarah, a ``na zarabotki''
ezdili v SSHA -- ibo, kak izvestno, ``net proroka v otechestve
svoem'' -- anglichane svoih ``Temno-Lilovyh'' sootechestvennikov
v upor ne vosprinimali.
Tak prodolzhalos' vplot' do 1970 g., kogda vmesto
``uvolennyh'' iz gruppy Nika Simpera i Roda |vansa v ``Deep
Purple'' voshli YAn Gillan (Ian Gillan) (vokal) i Rodzher Glover
(Roger Glover) (bas), i stil' gruppy po nastoyaniyu Blekmora
sil'no ``potyazhelel''. Vot togda-to, s vyhodom stavshego segodnya
klassicheskim al'boma ``Deep Purple In Rock'', muzykanty nakonec
vzyali revansh za vse: oni mgnovenno stali sverhpopulyarny vo vsem
mire, v tom chisle i u sebya na rodine. Disk ``Deep Purple In
Rock'' celyj god derzhalsya v desyatke naibolee populyarnyh
al'bomov, mnogie kompozicii iz nego takzhe vozneslis' na vershiny
hit-paradov, ``Deep Purple'' translirovali po radio, pokazyvali
po televideniyu, o nih, zahlebyvayas', napereboj taratorili
gazety i zhurnaly. Triumfal'noe gastrol'noe turne po Evrope
okonchatel'no zakrepilo uspeh. CHerez tri goda posle svoego
obrazovaniya ``Temno-Lilovye'' dobilis' svoego -- oni vzoshli na
vershinu muzykal'nogo Olimpa i prochno obosnovalis' tam.
Odnako ``zolotoj'' period gruppy byl ne slishkom dolgim --
s 1970 po 1973 g.g. Za eto vremya ``Deep Purple'', krome uzhe
upominavshegosya al'boma ``Deep Purple In Rock'', uspeli
vypustit' diski: ``Fireball'' (1971), ``Machine Head'' (1972) i
``Who Do We Think We Are'' (1972), a takzhe dvojnoj koncertnyj
al'bom ``Made In Japan'' (1972). Kompozicii, napisannye v etot
period, spravedlivo schitayutsya vershinoj tvorchestva ``Deep Pur
ple'', da i vsego ``tyazhelogo roka'' (``Hard Rock'') voobshche.
A potom nachalsya spad. Iz-za postoyannyh tvorcheskih i
bytovyh konfliktov gruppu pokinuli Gillan i Glover; na ih mesto
prishli pevec Djvid Kaverdejl (David Coverdale) i basist i
vokalist Glenn H'yuz (Glenn Hughes). V novom sostave gruppa
vypustila eshche dva al'boma: ``Burn'' (1974) i ``Stormbringer''
(1974), posle chego ``Temno-Lilovyh'' pokidaet i lider-gitarist
Richi Blekmor, chtoby sozdat' sobstvennuyu gruppu ``Rainbow'' --
``Raduga''. Na ego mesto prihodit amerikanskij gitarist i
vokalist Tommi Bolin (Tommy Bolin), i s ego uchastiem vyhodit
eshche odin disk: ``Come Test The Band'', vskore posle chego gruppa
raspadaetsya.
Kazalos' by, na etom mozhno postavit' tochku. Istoriya
``Temno-Lilovyh'' zakanchivaetsya, i kazhdyj iz muzykantov
nachinaet sol'nuyu kar'eru. Richi Blekmor sozdaet uzhe
upominavshuyusya vyshe gruppu ``Rainbow'', nachavshuyu s ochen' sil'nyh
i original'nyh al'bomov v stile ``hard-roka'' s nekotoroj
primes'yu ``simfo'', no postepenno, kak do etogo i sami ``Deep
Purple'', skativshuyusya v odnoobraznyj kommercheskij tyazhelyj rok.
Ta zhe sud'ba postigla i gruppu ``Whitesnake'' -- ``Belaya
Zmeya'' Devida Kaverdejla, v kotoroj odno vremya igrali Lord i
Pejs: ves'ma interesnoe nachalo, vyrabotka sobstvennogo stilya
zvuchaniya... i opyat' zhe, uhod v samopovtory i v konechnom schete
-- v kommerciyu.
Otchasti udalos' izbezhat' etoj napasti YAnu Gillanu -- pochti
vse ego sol'nye al'bomy ves'ma interesny i original'ny.
To zhe mozhno skazat' i o nemnogochislennyh, no neizmenno
original'nyh i dovol'no udachnyh sol'nyh proektah Rodzhera
Glovera.
Neseol'ko ves'ma glubokih i melodichnyh simfo-rokovyh
al'bomov zapisal organist Dzhon Lord -- zhal' lish', chto ne tak
mnogo uspel on ih vypustit': dva (``The Gemini Suite'' (1971) i
``Windows'' (1974)) -- eshche v period sushchestvovaniya ``Deep Pur
ple''; i dva (``Sarabande'' (1976) i ``Before I Forget''
(1982)) -- v period raspada.
Ves'ma original'nye fanko-blyuzo-dzhaz-rokovye al'bomy
udavalis' Glennu H'yuzu, no v poslednie gody (1995-97) i on
skatilsya v otkrovennuyu kommerciyu, po sravneniyu s kotoroj dazhe
samye neudachnye al'bomy ``Whitesnake'' i ``Rainbow'' vyglyadyat
shedevrami!
V obshchem, vse byvshie uchastniki legendarnoj gruppy zhili
svoej zhizn'yu, ``Deep Purple'', kazalos', navsegda soshli so
sceny, no...
|to stol' lyubimoe literatorami, blagoslovennoe ``no''!
Tol'ko na etot raz vse proizoshlo ne v knige populyarnogo
pisatelya, a na samom dele!
1984 g. Uragannaya sensaciya v mire muzyki: ``Deep Purple''
voskresli!!! Svoim prezhnim, ``zolotym'' sostavom: Lord,
Blekmor, Pejs, Gillan i Glover! Ih novyj al'bom ``Perfect
Strangers'' mgnovenno razletelsya tirazhom 100000 ekz., tut zhe
stav ``zolotym'', a vskore -- i ``platinovym''. Snova
triumfal'nye gastroli, isteriya v sredstvah massovoj informacii
-- koroli roka vnov' vmeste!
Konechno, do urovnya togo zhe ``Deep Purple In Rock'' novyj
al'bom yavno ne dotyagival, no byl, tem ne menee, ves'ma neploh,
a nekotorye nostal'gicheskie notki v tekstah pesen pridavali emu
osobuyu, chut' gor'kovatuyu prelest'. Na koncertah zhe gruppa
ispolnyala ne tol'ko (i dazhe ne stol'ko) novye, skol'ko svoi
starye, horosho izvestnye i davno polyubivshiesya poklonnikam pesni
-- i vostorgu ne bylo predela. |to sobytie -- vossoedinenie
``Deep Purple'' stalo nastoyashchim prazdnikom dlya vseh
priverzhencev roka!
...S togo vremeni proshlo uzhe pochti chetyrnadcat' let.
Pervye vostorgi poutihli. Krome ``Perfect Strangers'', vyshli
diski ``The House Of Blue Light'' (1987), ``Slaves And Mas
ters'' (1990), ``The Battle Rages On...'' (1993), ``Purpendicu
lar'' (1996), a takzhe neskol'ko zalovyh al'bomov. U ``Deep Pur
ple'' ne raz menyalsya sostav: v 1990-m godu vremenno pokinuvshego
gruppu Gillana zamenil vokalist Dzho Linn Terner (Joe Lynn Turn
er); vprochem, Gillan vskore peredumal i vernulsya. A v 1996 g.
gruppu pokinul Richi Blekmor, i na ego mesto byl prinyat gitarist
Stiv Mors (Steve Mors). Odnovremenno v techenie vseh etih let
prodolzhali i prodolzhayut vyhodit' sol'nye al'bomy byvshih (i
tepereshnih) uchastnikov gruppy. Tol'ko v 1997-m godu vyshli:
Blackmore's Night (Ritchie Blackmore): ``Shadow Of The Moon'';
Whitesnake (David Coverdale): ``Restless Heart'' i Ian Gillan:
``Dreamcatcher''. Osobenno sleduet ometit' novyj al'bom Richi
Blekmora: ``mrachnyj i nepostizhimyj korol' hard-rokovoj gitary''
nakonec ispolnil svoyu davnyuyu mechtu -- zapisal-taki pochti
polnost'yu akusticheskij al'bom v stile britanskih rycarskih
ballad. Nado skazat', al'bom udalsya na slavu, i pri etom
sovershenno ne pohozh na vse, chto tvoril Blekmor ran'she.
CHto zhe kasaetsya samih ``Deep Purple''... O nih mozhno bylo
by govorit' dolgo, vspominaya vsya svyazannye s nimi legendy i ih
komichnye (a inogda i grustnye) priklyucheniya, analizirovat'
kazhdyj al'bom v otdel'nosti i sravnivat' ih mezhdu soboj --
no... zachem? Ne luchshe li prosto poslushat' etu zhdivuyu legendu?
Da i ob®em dannoj stat'i ne pozvolyaet ee avtoru (mne)
razvernut'sya vo vsyu shir'.
Poetomu v zaklyuchenie ya hotel by podelit'sya sobstvennymi
vpechatleniyami ot koncerta ``Deep Purple'', na kotorom mne
poschastlivilos' pobyvat' v Moskve v 1996-m godu. (Mogli li my
mechtat' o takom v prisnopamyatnye gody ``zastoya'' -- uvidet' i
uslyshat' zhiv'em velikih ``Deep Purple''?! A teper' -- plati 20
baksov -- i pozhalujsta!)
Konechno, oni postareli. Pomnyu ih starye fotografii i
videozapisi... Teper' Lord i Glover -- uzhe sovsem sedye, Gillan
poryadkom raspolnel i obryuzg... No! Muzyka -- ostalas'! I kogda
beshenyj drajv pesen ``Black Night'' ili ``Fireball'' vyryvaetsya
na svobodu iz moshchnyh dinamikov -- muzykanty slovno molodeyut na
glazah, sbrasyvaya s plech dva desyatka prozhityh let, zaryazhaya
slushatelej svoej energiej, kotoraya uzhe prosto ne pozvolyaet
usidet' na meste. I eto -- zdorovo! Odno delo -- slushat' al'bom
ili smotret' videozapis' -- i sovsem drugoe -- uvidet' ``Deep
Purple'' voochiyu, vsem telom, kazhdym nervom oshchutit' ih zhivoe
zvuchanie!..
A potom, pod konec koncerta, kogda u Gillana uzhe poryadkom
sel golos (skazyvaetsya vozrast i perenesennaya operaciya gortani)
-- Lord, samyj taktichnyj i vse ponimayushchij iz vseh, dal druz'yam
otdohnut' -- i ves' stadion zavorozhenno vnimal volshebnym zvukam
ego organa i royalya -- zdes' byl i rok, i dzhaz, i klassika, i
kakie-to sovsem uzhe neopredelyaemye, chisto Lordovskie
improvizacii -- i eto snova bylo zdorovo!
...Navernoe, mnogim budet interesno, naskol'ko vpisalsya v
sygrannyj kollektiv ``starichkov'' novyj gitarist gruppy Stiv
Mors? Vpisalsya. I dostatochno neploho. V studijnyh zapisyah ego
gitara pochti bezuprechna. Na koncerte zhe... Kogda on igraet
osnovnuyu temu pesni, ne pytayas' improvizirovat' -- vse
prekrasno. Kogda improviziruet na temy novyh pesen, v napisanii
kotoryh sam zhe i prinimal uchastie -- tozhe vse normal'no. I
improvizacii Blekmora na Blekmorovskie zhe veshchi on povtoryaet
dostatochno horosho. No vot kogda Mors pytaetsya sam
improvizirovat' na temy Blekmora... ne ochen' eto u nego
poluchaetsya, skazhem chestno! I na scene Gillan s Gloverom to i
delo chut' li ne pinkami napravlyali novichka v otvedennoe emu v
dannyj moment mesto -- pohozhe, ``rasstanovku sil'' na scene
Mors poka eshche ne vyuchil. Vprochem, eto-to kak raz delo nazhivnoe.
CHto zh, posmotrim, chem nas poraduet ``Temno-Lilovaya''
legenda v blizhajshee vremya. Mne, po krajnej mere, eto ves'ma
interesno.
A vam?
Nu i pod konec -- diskografiya ``Deep Purple'' (privozhu
toll'ko original'nye studijnye i koncertnye al'bomy, a takzhe
neskol'ko sbornikov, v kotorye voshli kompozicii, ne popavshie v
drugie al'bomy; ostal'noe opuskayu):
1. Shades Of Deep Purple. 1968.
2. The Book Of Taliesyn. 1968.
3. Deep Purple. 1969.
4. Ritchie's Blues. 1969 (LP-bootleg); 1989 (CD-official).
5. Concerto For Group And Orchestra (Live). 1970.
6. Deep Purple In Rock. 1970.
7. Fireball. 1971.
8. Machine Head. 1972.
9. Made In Japan (2LP-live). 1972.
10. Who Do We Think We Are. 1973.
11. Deep Purple Mark I & II (2LP-collection). 1973.
12. Burn. 1974.
13. Stormbringer. 1974.
14. Come Taste The Band. 1975.
15. 24 Carat Purple (1/2-live collection). 1975.
16. Made In Europe (Live). (Rec.1974) 1976.
17. Powerhouse (Live collection). 1977.
18. Last Concert In Japan (Live). (Rec.1975) 1977.
19. The Deep Purple Singles A's And B's (Collection). 1978.
20. The Mark II Purple Singles (1/2-live collection). 1979.
21. Deep Purple In Concert (2LP-live). (Rec.1970, 1972) 1980.
22. Live In London (Live). (Rec.1974) 1982.
23. Perfect Strangers. 1984.
24. The Anthology (2LP-collection). 1985.
25. The House Of Blue Light. 1987.
26. Nobody's Perfect (2LP-live). 1988.
27. Scandinavian Nights (2LP-live). (Rec.1970) 1988.
28. Slaves And Masters. 1990.
29. Deep Purple (in the absence of pink) Knebworth 85 (2CD-live).
(Rec.1985) 1991.
30. Live In Japan (3CD-live). (Rec.1972) 1993.
31. The Gemini Suite (Live). (Rec.1970) 1993.
32. Battle Rages On... 1993.
33. Singles A's And B's (Great New Compact Singles) (Collection). 1993.
34. The Deep Purple Family Album (Collection). 1993.
35. Come Hell Or High Water (Live). (Rec.1993) 1994.
36. Deep Purple On The Wings Of Russian Foxbat (Live In California Long
Beach Arena 1976) (2CD-live). (Rec.1976) 1995.
37. Purpendicular. 1996.
38. California Jamming (Live). (Rec.1974) 1996.
49. Deep Purple Mk. III. The Final Concerts. (2CD-live). (Rec.1975) 1996.
40. Live At The Olympia'96. (2CD-live). (Rec.1996) 1997.
Nu, i sovsem uzhe pod zanaves -- vyborochnyj spisok
literatury, posvyashchennoj ``Deep Purple'' (na samom dele ob etoj
legendarnoj gruppe pisali kuda bol'she, no daleko ne vse iz
napisannogo zasluzhivaet vnimaniya, i daleko ne vse (osobenno
izdavavsheesya za rubezhom) mozhno svobodno priobresti ili vzyat'
pochitat'):
Knigi:
1. Deep Purple. The Illustrated Biography. By Chris
Charlesworth. Pudlished by Omnibus Press, 1983, U. K.
2. Tvorcheskij put' ``Dip Perpl''. Dmitrij Gromov i dr.
Har'kov, ``Prostor'', 1992.
3. Deep Purple. Moskva, N|KO, 1997.
Stat'i i interv'yu:
1. A. Troickij. ``Pyaterka Temno-Lilovyh''. ZH-l
``Rovesnik'', 1975, N 3.
2. A. Troickij. ``Raduga Richi Blekmora''. ZH-l
``Rovesnik'', 1979, N 9.
3. ``Temno-Lilovye'' desyat' let spustya. Interv'yu s ``Dip
Perpl''. T'eri SHaten, francuzskij zhurnalist. ZH-l ``Rovesnik'',
1985, N 6.
4. DEEP PURPLE. Twenty Years Of Greatness. Vocalist Ian
Gillan Talks About ``Nobody's Perfect''. (By Andy Secher.) Hit
Parader, January, 1989; p.p. 32, 70-71.
5. S. Kastal'skij. Stat'ya, posvyashchennaya Richi Blekmoru. ZH-l
``Rovesnik'', 1989, N 1.
6. Dejv Ling, zapadnogermanskij zhurnalist. Interv'yu s Richi
Blekmorom dlya zhurnala ``Metal Hammer'' (per. s nem. S.
Volhonskogo). ZH-l ``Rovesnik'', 1989, N 1.
7. ``Torzhestvo "Dip Perpl"''. Dzhejms Peti, francuzskij
zhurnalist. (Interv'yu s YAnom Gillanom. Per. s franc. I.
Algeeva.) ZH-l ``Sel'skaya molodezh''', 1990, N 2.
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