HEEP Vs PURPLE
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Topic: HEEP Vs PURPLE
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Subject: HEEP Vs PURPLE
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 05:46
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Which band do you prefer?
For always yours, Mandrakeroot.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 05:50
I can hardly credit it........a sensible poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deep Purple ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 06:17
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Deep Purple. They are greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat. ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 07:11
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Uriah Heep all the way!, i dont like Deep Purple at all. ------------- 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 07:15
| Deep Purple. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 07:25
| Both of this bands is great on its on right, I vote for Heep, they have only one vote so far. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 08:17
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Both are great.
Deep Purple are stronger musicians, but it seems to me Heep is one of the bands who created their own world, wonderworld indeed. So I vote for Heep. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 08:26
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 08:28
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This means you voted Purple , right , Bob!!!!  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 08:44
| Deep Purple, mmmm. |
Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 08:45
| This poll must be a joke (I am laughing)...I voted above so no need to comment further... |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 09:25
| 50/50 for me... but i picked deep purple |
Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 09:53
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Both are among my favorites, but Deep Purple is better in my opinion. ------------- David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light. http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 15:09
Uriah Heep
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Posted By: Psychedelia
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 15:40
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Uriah Heep. Like them much more than Deep Purple who i find boring and repetetive
------------- Another emotional suicide, overdosed on sentiment and pride |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 16:03
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URIAH HEEP
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 18:08
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Purple all the way.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 12:34
| HEEP HEEP |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 12:44
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Heep vs. Purple... as always, I hope they both die in the battle... ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 14:13
Deep Purple  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 19:13
I hope there's no battle at all and both will survive. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: crucify_the_ego
Date Posted: May 07 2006 at 06:03
| Purple. |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: May 07 2006 at 22:39
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Deep Purple by far ....
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Posted By: Minkia
Date Posted: May 08 2006 at 18:06
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I don't think that these two bands can be compared to one another.
I mean, they both played different styles of rock music, so the comparison doesn't stand and it would be a rather childish exercise. |
Posted By: Rorro
Date Posted: May 08 2006 at 18:17
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmm ,mmmm, mmmmmmmm,
Deep Purple.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 08 2006 at 18:30
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Uriah 'frickin' Heep man.... though a big fan of early D.P..... more a fan of Uriah Heep. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 08 2006 at 18:30
you may not think so.... but they are... and have been for years. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: herbie53
Date Posted: May 08 2006 at 19:02
Uriah Heep is exceedingly mellow to me... then my vote goes to Deep Purple, specially for the Coverdale/Hughes Years...
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Posted By: Sibbe
Date Posted: May 09 2006 at 02:39
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Uriah Heep. Though I like also Purple. ------------- "I came here for a party and what do I get? Nothing. Not even ice cream." |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: May 09 2006 at 16:48
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Purple good. Heep excellent.
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 03:54
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 13 2006 at 01:48
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Before I was caught by Prog I listened both bands, always saw Deep Purple like a good Hard Rock band but nothing else.
On the other hand I always found something special in URIAH HEEP that was never able to find in DP, for me "Look at Yourself" is a masterpiece.
URIAH HEEP
Enough said.
Iváb ------------- 
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Posted By: Nakatira
Date Posted: May 13 2006 at 07:06
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I love both bands.
Purple have much more skills as musicans, but Heep have better materiall, IMHO. Theire materiall was never very complex, but they allways made it pompus and proud sounding. And I allways felt sorry for David Byron, he looked up to Rod Stewart and wanted to immitate him. Its sad that he dident see that he was way more talented, and had a better voice.
 I also saw both bands live 2,5 years ago, in a double concert, Uriah heep, opened and Purple finnished.
Uriah Heep, played a much better show than Purple, Heep was rocking from start to end.
So my vote goes to Uriah Heep. ------------- http://daccord-music.com/home.cfm |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: May 21 2006 at 09:17
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I'm gonna go with Heep because I really get into The Magician's Birthday! ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Heino
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 11:59
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These bands can´t be compared to eatch other really, they just were hard rock bands but very differend in the way to approach to music. Deep Purple was rocking harder in general but Uriah Heep had much more interesting musically, at times beeing much more progressive than most bands at the time. I remember from my childhood only few rock bands that could make shivers go down the spine because of their music, the first was Hendrix´s "All Along the Watchtower", second was Uriah Heep´s "High Priestess". Heep´s music had that kinda MAGIC on all their albums til "Sweet Freedom". David Byron had that CHARISMA on his voice and on his stage persona, he just was the perfect flamboyant frontman for the band. Ian Gillan didn´t have that charisma and voice, for me he was just another screaming, thought a good one, rock and roller. Althought the music only matters and therefore I voted for Heep. |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 05:49
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Purple for me
------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 05:57
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Two great bands - one led by an ego maniac who could'nt stand being overshadowed by the singer - if I had to pick it would be Heep (Byron-era) - Purple became too commercial IMO. ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 06:14
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URIAH HEEP gets my vote
my deep purple records are overplayed
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 11:53
For me the Heep masterpiece is SALISBURY!!!
Deep Purple is one of the best and influential Hard Rock Band ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 14:06
| Purple, but probably only because I haven't heard much Heep. |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 14:35
| DP |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 18:53
| Deep Purple |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 22:33
| Purple! Heep never really struck my fancy... |
Posted By: BilboBaggins
Date Posted: June 24 2006 at 16:26
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With the greatest respect I think this poll is pretty pointless, as so many of them are! Deep Purple and Uriah Heep, certainly in the early seventies had moments when they would momentarily sound the same. By the end of any track you could tell which band was which and the genre they fitted into. Deep Purple were hard rock, Uriah Heep were definitely Progressive Rock by virtue of the mood and tempo changes, and the more complex structure of their tracks. Please don't get me wrong, I adore 'Child In Time' as a classic piece of rock history and often play it on my show, but, The Magician's Birthday is much more progressive, not better, just more rooted in progressive rock. I love both these bands but have voted Uriah Heep as they are on the whole more interesting and adventurous. ------------- Thoughtfullness |
Posted By: Hiwatter
Date Posted: July 01 2006 at 05:05
| Uriah Heep for me! I loved this band and i like them still. DP are too much rock n roll band for me, UH had better material and songwriting. |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: July 01 2006 at 07:22
I prefer Deep Purple ------------- 
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Posted By: S Lang
Date Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:48
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Both bands are great. Heep with David Byron, Purple ever since especially with Steve Morse. There is no comparison,. but Purple seems to have more stamina.
GOD bless their good socks!
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:55
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Uriah Heeps first album WAS a synthesis of Deep Purple/Vanilla Fudge that led to famous quote by a US critic that 'if this band make it I will shoot myself'. Must find out what happened to him..... I think purple are the better band myself. ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: July 14 2006 at 21:29
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Both (Heep&Purple) are icons of the early age of "hard" rock to me. I value them both. Heep is behind in the poll, so I vote for them. ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: captainbeyond
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 11:30
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1) This poll has to be a joke. Right? 2) People protesting how many universes separate the two bands' music must be joking, as well. No, the two bands are not carbon copies of each other, but they are both predominantly early 70s-based heavy rock bands with some greater or lesser "progressive" tendencies, featuring a heavy organ presence and 'operatic' male vocalists. Spare me the hand-wringing. 3) I think way too much is made of Heep's ostensible prog abilities. Three-quarters of their songs during their peak years are very basic, verging on meat-headed, and when they do try to venture into prog realms, they usually aren't up to the compositional task. Byron's voice is interesting, but ends up sounding more laughable than garndiose because the compositions can't stand up to it. Heep seems to me the definition of pretensiousness: a bar band trying to convince itself that it can play Bach. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 13:04
I don't see any similarities between Byron and Rod Stewart.
From what I read about David Byron, I never saw Rod Stewart was mentioned as an inspiration for him.
David Byron was quite ambitious singer, I don't think he wanted to imitate anyone. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 17:59
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A poll with one option, ha, Deep Purple |
Posted By: Zoot Allures
Date Posted: July 29 2006 at 15:22
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My vote is based on the first 6 Heep albums, but you gotta give Purple their props for what they've done and continue to do. I quite like the past couple of studio albums now that Morse is a permanent fixture in the group. ------------- The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 12:34
| Where is the "both" option? There's no competition here. I love both bands alike. |
Posted By: szati
Date Posted: August 08 2006 at 14:01
I cannot decide. Heep Purple or Uriah Deep? 
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 18:18
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definitely Purple, Heep next tier down.
Machine Head and Burn are hard to beat for Hard Rock.
Heep's Stealin' is a great song and a classic!
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 22:40
You must be joking Nakatira
  DAVID BYRON ROD STEWART
Now in the voice:
Rod Stewart has a poor range, very low and very raspy, makes Peter Gabriel sound smooth and clear, flat with very few variations and no drama..
David Byron had one of the highest voices ijn the market, he could reach the range of Jon Anderson easilly and was absolutely smooth totally dramatic an theatric very versatile, the prototipe of a Metal vocalist.
There's absolutely no connection between the two.
Iván -------------
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 22:44
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Purple ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 18:44
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I prefer Deep Purple
Ritchie Blackmore is a guitar hero and Jon Lord an incredible organ player.
The MK II and III made great long live epic songs with classical arrangements !
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Posted By: ZowieZiggy
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 08:18
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I voted Purple. It is one of the three bands wiht which I started my music addiction (in 1970).
The other two were Santana and Led Zep.
Heep came a little later (1974) for me. I have to say that during the first six years of their career, they procuded really good music but after that the kind of albumls they released was of no interest for me.
Purple, on the contrary, released several very good albums during their different Marks (as well as two or three crappy ones, I admit). Their commercial approach is also quite questionable (releasing an enourmous quantity of lives, compils etc (only equalled by Yes in this exercise) for the last fifteen years or so.
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Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 21:05
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I like DP but UH were oh so special |
Posted By: Daydreamyng
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 16:42
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Deep Purple by 100 miles |