Month: August 2026

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Episode 383 – Come Taste . . . A Gypsy’s Kiss

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Lyrics:

Deep Purple Lyrics
Perfect Strangers

A Gypsy’s Kiss
(Blackmore/Glover/Gillan)

John San, what you can
La la Janette dance in sand
What’s the mystery, my son
Gypsy Dan, Caravan
Won Tun Wan with your Chinese fan
It’s part of history my son

Murder and rape with your power
The 10th revolution in far away days
It’s come to this
A gypsy’s kiss
All your power’s gonna fade in the haze

Ya who’ Jumme gae bile ya heed
The Senorita said
“I’ll drag yer lungs out through yer nose”
Space truckers free and high
Teamsters get ya by and by
That should keep you on your toes

They got a gun at your head
But you ain’t necessarily playing their game
They can’t resist
A Gypsy’s Kiss
All that’s needed to drive them insane

John Wayne, The Alamo
Crazy Horse, Geronimo
I’ll smoke a piece with you
Mind, body, heart and soul
We got rock and roll
And there’s nothing they can do

Hear the small voice of truth
Above the shouting despair of the crowd
What do you wish
A Gypsy’s Kiss
Gets you strong for crying out loud

Ian Gillan’s Wordography:

https://www.gillan.com/wordography-dex.html

Not available at Ian Gillan’s Wordography page.

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Episode 382 – Come Taste . . . Loosen My Strings

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Postcards From The Edge . . . OF CONNECTICUT!

  • This week from SOUTH AFRICA! Not a postcard, per se, but a very rare Deep Purple vinyl!

This Week’s PurplePuter 3000™ Random Song Pick:

  • Song: Loosen My Strings
  • Album: Purpendicular
  • Year: 1996
  • Lineup: Mark 6
  • Originally Covered  on Episode #200 – Deep Purple – Purpendicular (Part 1).
    • Written on the fourth day in the studio (January 19th).
    • Recorded on June 16th.
    • From Roger Glover’s Journal: “So to work and yet another magic day happened. I was tuning up and started doodling on the bass, Steve joined in and made it sound really good. Everyone joined in and it wasn’t long before the semblance of a structure emerged. Within an hour it had turned into a very promising song. I was amazed by the ability of Steve to enhance what he heard. The atmosphere around the writing sessions is perfect; relaxed, calm, exciting, happy. The music is flowing from all of us like it hasn’t done since Machine head, though to me is more reminiscent of Hanwell in ’69. Steve is always deferential and modest, but it really feels like he is totally assimilated into the band. We ended the day feeling exhilarated.”
    • Reference to Hanwell Community Center in 1969: http://www.deep-purple.net/archive/a-z/hanwell.htm

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Lyrics:

Deep Purple Lyrics
Purpendicular

Loosen My Strings
(Gillan/Glover/Morse/Lord/Paice)

Wake up in the morning
Get into bed
closing my eyes
I rest my head

There is no arrangement
No time no place
It’s gone in the wind
and left no trace

Who can say,
maybe or whatever.
It’s up to you
You know you can trust me
I’ll make it up to you

You move with the action
You loosen my strings
Your fingers can smooth out my jangles
and all those things

Grease on the handle
and the tangles in my hair
They always seem to go together
I don’t care

Ian Gillan’s Wordography:

https://www.gillan.com/wordography-dex.html

Not available at Ian Gillan’s Wordography page.

John Mottola begrudgingly (and mockingly) wiping down acoustic guitar strings after playing sometime in 1996.

Current Playlist Review

This week John had “Loosen My Strings” on his playlist. Nate swaps “A Touch Away” by adding “Loosen My Strings” to his playlist.

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Episode 381 – Come Taste . . . Watching The Sky

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-86

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Lyrics:

http://www.deep-purple.net/lyrics/lyrics.htm

http://www.deep-purple.net/lyrics/abandon.htm#5

Watching The Sky

(Gillan/Glover/Morse/Lord/Paice)


I sit here alone
I sit here alone
I look at the walls
Look at the walls
Look at the walls
I look at the walls


You shouldn’t be out on your
own oh no not with
a condition like that
oh no sir constant care
A condition like that
a condition so rare a penny
for the guy a penny for your
thoughts one a penny
two a penny penny in
your pocket ding dong bell, who
can tell Wild Man Fischer
got nothing on me


I sit by the water
I sit by the water
Watch it go by
Clouds going by
I’m watching the sky


I left my luggage at the station
Didn’t know how to
say goodbye
I walked away from all the fury
and the madness and the fury
and the madness and the fury
and the madness


I smile to myself
I smile to myself


You’re on the blind side I’m on
the other side now I’m on the
outside looking for another side
upside down side I’m still lucid I
may be crazy but I’m not stupid
try to get out the parking lot’s
full no matter no matter what’s
a man going to do one two
buckle my shoe zip my lip

Ian Gillan’s Wordography:

https://www.gillan.com/wordography-dex.html

Not available at Ian Gillan’s Wordography page.

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