# Headliner 6@6 Poll #43: Post Your 6 Favorite Tracks By Deep Purple **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758 "2004-10-05T23:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/1 "2004-10-05T23:34:06Z")
**First: The Who’s, What’s, Where’s & Why’s of the Headliner 6@6 Poll** In an attempt to squeeze as many bands in the shortest amount of time possible, The Tuesday 6 @ 6 Polls include a Headliner poll. This **Deep Purple** poll, like the featured **Doors** thread will be closed and tallied 7 days from today, Tuesday October 12, 2004 at or about 6PM EDT. Results from all the polls will be posted a few minutes later on that same day in _Week #44_’s Featured _Bo Diddley 6 @ 6 Poll_. Why you ask? After the ZZ Top poll, sometime this decade, the plan is to compile all the votes from the SDMB & post them in a few threads. Then I’ll burn a several volume CD set & mail ‘em out to the voters who helped keep these threads going. **Second: The Poll & How it Works** All you have to do is list your six favorite tracks from this week’s featured artist. If you’d like to add your own liner notes or opinions, please go right ahead – I, for one, love reading them. If you specify a live version, it will be noted, but tallied with the studio version. Cover versions (performed by the artist we’re polling) **are** acceptable, as are duets and off-shoot projects. Please _try_ to be as accurate as possible when naming your favorite tracks. _No need to include Richie Blackmore / Rainbow tracks_ - We’ll poll them in the R’s. **Lastly: The Week #43 Headliner Poll Artist of the Week** Without further ado: The **Deep Purple** Headliner 6 @ 6 Poll… ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/2 "2004-10-05T23:35:33Z")
Here Are My 6 Favorite Deep Purple Tracks 6. Black Night 5. Knocking At Your Back Door 4. Burn 3. Smoke On The Water 2. Perfect Strangers 1. Space Truckin’ ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/3 "2004-10-06T01:17:11Z")
1. Smoke On the Water 2. Space Trucking 3. Highway Star 4. Woman From Tokyo 5. Hush 6. Speed King ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/4 "2004-10-06T04:14:12Z")
At last, a band for which I don’t have to struggle to find 6 great tracks, and which had loads of worthy near-misses! #6- Space Truckin’ #5- Flight of the Rat #4- Knocking At Your Back Door #3- Hush #2- Highway Star #1- Child in Time ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/5 "2004-10-06T04:36:50Z")
Black Knight The Spanish Archer (tucked away on _House of Blue Light_- this was the song that made me realize that my inexplicable crotch-melting crush on Ritchie Blackmore was a direct result of his guitar work. Those lead lines that wrap themselves around your cerebral cortex, then slither down your spine and run a finger up the inside of your leg…) Why Didn’t Rosemary? Demon’s Eye Child In Time No One Came (Would somebody please call David Lee Roth and tell him he needs to cover this song?) ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/6 "2004-10-06T14:20:35Z")
1. Hush 2. Smoke On The Water (_Made In Japan_ version - gives Ritchie Blackmore some much needed breathing room) 3. Highway Star 4. Space Truckin’ 5. And The Address (I love that the shot which launched their whole career was an instrumental) 6. The Shield (especially the organ-as-percussion-instrument approach in the fade after the false ending) As you can tell, I’m a fan of the Mark I lineup. Note for the curious: the band’s first U.S. label, Tetragrammaton, was part-owned by Bill Cosby (I think he owned a third, to be specific). I always wondered if that relationship helped grease the wheels to get their contract with Warner Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/7 "2004-10-06T14:34:10Z")
1. Space Truckin’ 2. Lazy 3. Speed King 4. Hush 5. River Deep, Mountain High 6. Kentucky Woman yes, #'s 1-3 are covers, but what incredible covers they are! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/8 "2004-10-06T16:41:39Z")
In no particular order: Speed King Woman from Tok-ay-o Strange Kind of Woman Rat Bat Blue Highway star and Burn Sometimes I think I’m the only one who liked the line up with Hughes and Coverdale. It doesn’t match the classic Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice, but is sorely under appreciated. The title track is possibly the best on the album, but there are several more. Let’s face it, they only had 2-4 really good songs on any of the classic albums, but these were so great, that what came post ‘Who do we think We Are’ are diminished. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/9 "2004-10-07T02:26:40Z")
1. Smoke on the Water 2. Woman from Tokyo 3. Hush 4. Space Truckin 5. Kentucky Woman 6. Highway Star And the mention of Kentucky Woman reminds me that it’s time for more lobbying for additions to the D’s: Neil Diamond Dion (with and without the Belmonts) De La Soul Dr. Dre ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/10 "2004-10-07T13:54:55Z")
1. Hush 2. Highway Star 3. And the Address 4. Kentucky Woman 5. River Deep, Mountain High 6. Space Truckin’ Man, now you got me jonesing for some Deep Purple, which the local oldie stations never play for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/11 "2004-10-07T17:43:54Z")
No big departure from the above, but… 1. Smoke on the Water 2. Woman from Tokyo 3. Hush 4. Knockin’ at Your Back Door 5. Highway Star 6. Space Truckin ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/12 "2004-10-07T19:18:08Z")
1. “Speed King” 2. “Highway Star” _Smokers without parallel!_ 3. “Space Truckin” _What’s not to love_ 4. Lady Double Dealer _Where did Blackmore come up with these riffs??_ 5. Stormbringer _Silly title- wicked tune_ 6. Love Child _Always thought the Tommy Bolin/David Coverdale stuff was very underrated; the riff in this song is worthy of Ritchie hisself_ ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/13 "2004-10-07T23:48:10Z")
1. Highway Star 2. Space Truckin’ 3. Hush 4. My Woman From Tokyo 5. Lazy (live) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/14 "2004-10-08T00:24:54Z")
1. Hush 2. Smoke on the Water 3. Ted the Mechanic 4. My Woman from Tokyo 5. Kentucky Woman 6. Knockin’ at Your Back Door ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/15 "2004-10-08T02:32:21Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > No big departure from the above, but… > > 1. Smoke on the Water > 2. Woman from Tokyo > 3. Hush > 4. Knockin’ at Your Back Door > 5. Highway Star > 6. Space Truckin No departure, but slightly different order: 1. Knockin’ at Your Back Door 2. Smoke on the Water 3. Woman from Tokyo 4. Space Truckin 5. Highway Star 6. Hush ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/16 "2004-10-08T12:39:25Z")
This is harder than it sounds! 1. Smoke on the Water 2. Speed King 3. Knockin’ at your back door 4. Hush 5. Space Truckin’ 6. Highway Star Honorable mention to Strange Kind of Woman and My Woman from Tokyo. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headliner-6-6-poll-43-post-your-6-favorite-tracks-by-deep-purple/267758/17 "2004-10-08T13:46:07Z")
Mmmm… purple. 1. Highway Star 2. Black Night 3. Smoke on the Water after that, I guess Speed King Hush Space Truckin’