So many people have sent me a link to this clip that I figure there won’t be many Deep Purple folk out there who haven’t already downloaded it to their secret hard drives. But just in case, seeing as Gareth Toms tricked me into watching it the other day by embedding it into an email, l I don’t see why others shouldn’t suffer / enjoy / hide behind the sofa as well! Toyah and hubby Robert Fripp have been doing little lockdown cover versions for several weeks and decided it was time to do Smoke On The Water, in front of their own lake, dressed as a cheer leader. Toyah not Bob. I wonder if she realises it was this song which indirectly financed her first big record deal with Safari?! I’m going to have to go and play Happy Family to get this out of my brain. Will Ritchie and Candice reciprocate with a cover of Epitaph?
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Sunday lunch
December 18, 2020It’s been Mistreated
April 8, 2015As it’s Easter week and every other bugger seems to be on holiday, for those who aren’t, it’s competition time: It gets harder and harder to devise competitions as 99 times out of 100 you can Bing the answer (yes, I’ve switched) within moments, but couldn’t resist trying people out on this, a very strange (but far from unaccomplished) cover version of Deep Purple’s Mistreated. I mean who would have thought he could star in one of our all time favourite sitcoms AND manage this? The question: can you tell us who is singing? Click on the link below leads you to a one off page where you can listen or download the MP3. Answer next week, and the prize – a mint copy of the EMI remaster of Burn on vinyl – awarded to the first person out of the eHat who gets it right. If nobody manages it, we’ll devise a clue. Put your answers in the comments section, and I will keep them hidden.
Many thanks to Norman Barrel and Nick Robinson.