Black Sabbath vs Deep Purple
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Topic: Black Sabbath vs Deep Purple
Posted By: chemebien
Subject: Black Sabbath vs Deep Purple
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 22:03
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Which is your favourite band in the period 1970-1975? Black Sabbath vs Deep Purple ------------- 
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Posted By: Gugui00619
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 22:19
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Definelly, Deep Purple. ------------- ...And everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon. |
Posted By: EnderEd
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 22:24
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Smoke on the Water. 'nuf said.
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Posted By: Mastosis
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 22:33
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Black Sabbath without a doubt.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 22:53
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Sabbath was much more consistent album-wise over that time period. To be honest, if you have Deep Purple's Made in Japan, that's all you really need from that group. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 22:58
Yeah right, that's coming from someone who prefers Sabbath, duh!
 For me it's Deep Purple, Book of Taliesyn and the s/t have some great unique tracks, and of course the MK 2 compromised of In Rock, Fireball and Machine Head are essential hard rock. Then, MK 3/4 is my favorite for its funk/soul style, with Stormbringer and Come Taste the Band being funky as hell.
The latter stuff is ok, maybe Purpendicular would still be essential for DP heads with the great Steve Morse. Although as a fan, I still very much like Bananas.
Mind you, I rate highly Sabbath, unique heavy band with amazing riffs and compositions, especially the proggy Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Also, the debut and Paranoid are as essential as In Rock and Machine Head are.
EDIT: oh, just read the 70-75 period thing... still, it would be Purple for Fireball, Machine Head, Stormbringer and Come Taste the Band.
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The Dark Elf wrote:Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: February 12 2011 at 23:06
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There are only two bands in my mind that can beat Black Sabbath's 1970-1975 period, so...Deep Purple is crushed by the Hand of Doom! ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 01:04
| All of Sabbath's albums up to Sabotage are so epic - can't vote against that. |
Posted By: jaybird77
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 02:55
| Sabbath; More consitant albums Deep Purple; Slightly better musicians I'll have to go with Sabbath. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 03:24
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Black Sabbath forever! ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 03:29
| Nothing against DP at all but c'mon, Sabbath without doubt! |
Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 03:44
Purple by a long way!
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Posted By: unclemeat69
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 03:53
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Sabbath all the way
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 04:05
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Black sabbath!Doom/heavy metal!
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 04:09
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Purple for me though this poll is slanted towards Sabbath at this point. ------------- 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 04:57
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I like Sabbath but my vote is for Purple ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 05:17
| Sabbath for me. |
Posted By: gents
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 05:18
Posted By: gents
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 05:48
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Didn't write anything. Sorry Sabbath by far. Consistent more and the first group from my childhood. Btw this is my first post so I'm still getting the hang of it. Greetings everyone |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 06:02
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: gents
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 06:07
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Ha, nice Accidentally, I'm a Live zoo keeper |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: February 13 2011 at 06:16
| Deep Purple, though Black Sabbath has done some great albums. |
Posted By: king cameloyd
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 02:08
| as a big fan, Black Sabbath. |
Posted By: jav1919
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 19:39
| If I could vote it would be for Sabbath, they are one of the bands that got me into music, the Ozzy era was almost perfect (let's forget Technical Ecstasy and Never say die). I like DP though, they are on of the greatest bands of rock |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 20:08
| When I compare Paranoid, Master of Reality, and Live Evil with In Rock, Machine Head, and Made in Japan (blasphemy, I know), I come off rather equally, but to me, even if I'm no fan of either band, I'd take Sabbath's high end of mediocrity in consistency. For my money, though, I'd take Rainbow's first three albums over all of 'em. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 02:18
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the Sab Four, of course ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 07:24
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Jack White once said something along the lines of: I don´t trust in anybody who doesn´t like Led Zeppelin. I feel the same way about Sabbath. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 11:19
| ^ I don't love either Sabbath or Zep (kinda like both somewhat) |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 15:23
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^What I mean to say, is that most guys I know either fall into the hip hop - suck it to me genre, or they listen to at least some Sabbath (or Zeppelin for that matter). My point is, everybody likes at least some Sabbath - just a tiny touch of the riff from Under the Sun will do it. What´s love got to do with it? ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 15:27
| I like hip-hop. Er, that was a lie. I love Trip-hop, a lot more than either Sab or Zep. Or, at least I'd take DJ Shadow or Portishead over the two of them, but hey - you're right. I really like at least a few songs from each band. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 15:38
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DJ Shadow is righteous. If you´re into electronic music, do you know The Future Sound of London? They are brilliant and have now morphed into a electronic retro-psychedelic band called Amorphous Androgenous, which is pretty good. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 15:40
| I'll have to check them out. |
Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: August 07 2011 at 01:42
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The one that wrote "War Pigs".
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Posted By: Bad2Bone
Date Posted: August 07 2011 at 13:03
| Love Deep Purple. Their guitarist is real genius. Every his solo is a work of art. I admire him |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 07 2011 at 16:17
| no band touched me more in my youth than Black Sabbath... |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 18:28
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Since I prefer the Coverdale-Hughes edition of Purple, which didn't come into being till the mid-'70s, I voted for Sabbath! Groundbreaking works! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: August 12 2011 at 23:24
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Couldn't listen to Deep Purple for years because of "Smoke On The Water". After abandoning Classic Rock radio, I've made my peace with the song and now I'm a total nut for the band's first two lineups. Black Sabbath was a slightly harder nut to crack, due to the whole darkness thing, not to mention that if you've spent your teenage years listening to albums like Sgt. Pepper over and over, songs like "Iron Man" , "Paranoid" and "N.I.B" are going to sound avant-garde in comparison. Still, after looking at this wicked, wciked world, Sabbath's first six albums have aged like a fine wine to my musical tastes. As for who's better, I'd narrowly have to lean to Deep Purple, mainly because they had a bit more variety. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 02:45
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Deep Purple ..cuz i'm lazy ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 04:31
| I'm not mad keen on either, but Purple had more class. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 06:16
| Purple....... |
Posted By: Warthur
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 05:30
| Sabbath. Invented three or four different subgenres of heavy metal with their first few albums, then kicked themselves to the front rank of the NWOBHM during the Dio years. I like some of Purple's stuff, but I've never found any of their albums to be as consistent as Sabbath's best - there always seems to be filler cluttering up the place. (Farmer's Daughter, anyone?) |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 11:43
Both bands are great and i love them both, but to me, the first bunch of Sabbath albums were - and is still some of the best albums ever. I can't really say that about Deep Purple's albums. They're just really, really good 
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 11:55
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I gave my vote to Purple but love both, in fact the reason about my vote should be that Purple did more good singles..... |
Posted By: FunkyHomoSapien
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 09:54
| Deep Purple |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 05:23
i agree, even though i was a purple fan in the 70s, even MiJ t hasn't aged well. |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 08:36
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Both bands are Brilliant. I also like the diversity in the Sabbath albums. ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 09:02
| Love Purple and have many albums, but Sabbath are my all time favourite band. More original, more exciting, more varied and more progressive. A close contest, but not that close! |
Posted By: Kirillov
Date Posted: September 07 2011 at 14:43
| Black Sabbath, I'd even taken them over Led Zep |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: September 14 2011 at 18:48
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Haven't been on here in a long while and I find a discussion on Purple and Sabbath two of the rock bands I grew up with in 1970's onwards. Purple's In Rock for me is the greatest rock album ever it has everything and whilst I love Sabbath's first and Paranoid nothing touches ' In Rock' but then again Uriah Heep were better than both of them,ain't that right Mr Easy Living?? |
Posted By: DiamondDog
Date Posted: September 18 2011 at 03:07
| No contest for me - Purple |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: September 18 2011 at 03:26
...is what I would have said some years ago. But I find myself more and more drawn to the doom-gloom and bleak colours of a 70s industrial Birmingham wasteland that formed early Sabbath. Both Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan seems slightly over-the-top and a bit puerile in comparison, but Purple is still wonderful in their own melodic and more playful way. Tough to decide. Both are seminal bands. |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: September 18 2011 at 03:27
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Both excellent, almost a tie in that era, but Sabbath is a better fit for my taste. |
Posted By: St Hubbins
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 10:23
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Purple v Sabbath - well let's see Gillan v Osbourne - it has to be Gillan no contest
Glover v Butler - A close one, both are good musicians &, song writers, Butler shades it as a better lyracist
Paice v Ward - Paice is world class, no disgrace for Ward losing this one
Blackmore v Iommi - As much as I love Purple, a clue of my bias here, I can't separate the two so a tie
Lord v Nicholls - Do I really need to answer this one Lord of course
So Purple it is ------------- Here lies David St Hubbins and why not.... |
Posted By: progressivemetalhead
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 13:25
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black sabbath vs deep purple == beer vs water :-) |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 14:15
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Sabbath has the superior riffage. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 11:07
Which just proves Sabbath are so much more than the sum of their parts....  ------------- 
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 11:37
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Sabbath. I love Jon Lord's hammond organ playing, but overall Sabbath has better songs, better riffs and was more influential.
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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: October 18 2011 at 15:09
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Sabbath is more frenzied with metal . take sweet leaf..my vote goes to Sabbath ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 10:19
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Child in Time -------------  
MY IDOLS |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 22 2011 at 14:18
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Purple were one of the first bands I ever loved and collected, still among my favorites. I respect Sabbath for the influence but I don't like them at all. Even the early albums. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 20:47
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Well lucky for the litmus test that is Born Again (Gillan joins Sabbath...). Purple in 74 - 75 were rather different from 69 - 73. Odd how they were constrained by the audience to be as 1972 as possible evn when their hearts were not in it. Audiences do not like progression (i.e. change). Sabbath began their progression (i.e. more instruments and orchestral arrangements from 73 - 78. Both equal in the quality album stakes... (the remasters from Purple are superb IMHO). Purple were very adventurous (Concerto, Gemini Suite). Sabbath were kind of rough in concert (not that Purple were entirely slick but had a bit more polish to their finishes) - check out bootlegs for the real world. But BUY the official ones. Worst Live Album - the one Sabbath first released and largely disown or Purple's Made In Europe with some of the most disintrested jamming committed to vinyl and some of the more annoying between song yelling ever. Live in London when that band were fresh is much better. In Rock - Black Sabbath. Equally great and significant debuts. 2 - 2. Fireball - Paranoid. Probably Paranoid. 0-1 (But the remaster of Fireball makes the old LP sound as it did. Dull.) 1-2 Machine Head vs Master Of Reality. Oh boy. Killer album with great material that madde it out of the underground against a great underground release. 1- 1 Made In Japan v Vol 4. Classic live relase versus classic studio release. Points off of rthe guitarless dull jam (ok when toxicated...) at the end of Space Truckin'. The Mule was better (more imaginative) as a near instrumental on Fireball than a "mere " drum solo. Not a really fair comparison but too bad. 1-2 Who Do We Think We ARe versus Sabbath Bloody Sabbth. (The Purple album is probably a lot better than it rates check Rat Bat Blue. But SBS is a band progressing while Purple were falling apart. 0-2 Burn 74 (against) nothing. 1 - 0 Stormbringer 74 (against) nothing. 1 - 0 Sabotage versus Come Taste The Band. (Interesting Sabbth album - though metal numbers about lawsuits are not... quite... right somehow. They needed to transcend that energy and make it less courtoom drama and more rock and roll. The first edition of Whitesanke (as they could be) show Purple to have really made a very good album. But in concert too variable. Drugs and great expectations by the audience. 1- 1 Personnel. Osbourne is a perfect voice for Sabbath. Their subsequent singers, including Gillan, were all technically superior but Osbourne was the voice for Sabbath. They were the music for his vocal. Gillan is clearly the superior singer. 1 - 2 But Butler was such a great lyricist and I tend to rate his bass work a tad more then even Roger Glover. 2-1 Ian Paice is I feel more coomplished as a drummer than Ward and ventured outside of Purple while Ward found it hard to stay in Sabbath. 2-1 Lord versus Nicholls / Wakeman. Lord easily. The Sabbath keyboardidt supplied apprriate accompaniment but Lord's work in classical / improv was such a huge contribution one would need to be Wakemn in Yes or an Emerson to be comparable. 1 - 4 Blackmore versus Iommi. Interestingly I find their styles meshed later in both careers. Both innovative, both blues and classcially based both filling that ground between the blues based heavy rock guitarists and later metal players who eschewed the blues completely - like most post 1975 rock really. 2 - 2 Goal difference of +3 to Purple who win by 2 points. Btw if you can find it for progressive ideas - and why it was never officially released check out the EP Sabbath made before their first album. Heavy metal and trumpets. It's quite something else. |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 21:20
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In the period ('70-75) Deep Purple were my favorite band (of all....) Now I like the Sabbath albums more then in those days...but still I have to give the heads-up to Purple...In Rock, Machine Head and Burn are still huge...
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Posted By: MagicMoo
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 10:03
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Hi everybody!
Since there is no Purple Sabbath, I decide for Deep Purple (Mark II) for that certain period of time. On the other hand, Sabbath in the long run is indeed more consistent. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: January 13 2012 at 18:38
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No Purple Sabbath? With Ian Gillan on vox with his backing band (Sabbth...) playiong Smoke On The Water and Paranoid (check the remaster of Born Again for this fun stuff) I would say there IS (was) a Purple Sabbath. I recall a Bonham interview where he used to ruminate amusedly on the idea of a Purple Sabbath sound. Little did he know... |
Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 12:18
| Both very important, but I like Purple more. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 05:11
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Purple win overall.
1970
sabbath had debut album and paranoid
purple had in rock plus speed king, hallelujah, black night, jam stew
sabbath wins by a nose
1971
sabbath had master of reality
purple had fireball plus i'm alone, strange kind of woman
purple wins by a nose
1972
sabbath had volume 4
purple had machinehead plus when a blind man cries
purple wins by bit
1973
sabbath had sabbath bloody sabbath
purple had who do we think we are plus painted horse, first day jam
sabbath wins by a nose
1974
purple had burn
1975
sabbath had sabotage
purple had stormbringer
purple wins by a bit
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Posted By: CLASSACT919
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:46
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Sabbath for sure by a hair. Deep Purple was great with all 4 vocalists and 2 guitar players but Sabbath had a more consistent line up though and had given heavy metal its true roots . D.P. and B.S. also made good albums in these times they would have been considered great with Technical Ecstasy ,Never Say Die, and Come Taste The Band. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 15:54
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Sabbath! ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 18:14
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Sabbath had Dio. Purple had keyboards. Damn hard, but Sabbath.
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 20:14
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Sabbath used keyboards and Dio worked with Deep Purple on the last Concerto for Group and Orchestra (joining in on Smoke on the Water). Blackmore and Iommi's bands shared many members (even reading Iommi's auto biog hardly gets that picture clear) and he does his best. Very entertaining and informative by the way. Honours even between two progressive heavy rock bands whose catalogue is exemplary. If you get the studio and (probably selective) live releases there is no need for any of these compilations - that only highlight what they omit if you know these bands' music). |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 04:24
I am aware of both facts, though Deep Purple used keyboard more often and more effectively, and I don't think Dio was on any Deep Purple studio albums. I've just seen that the poll is only for 70-75 period, so I'm lucky I can't vote, because I'll change my vote and give it to Purple (purely because it is restricted by the period).
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Posted By: italktothewind
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 04:25
| Sabbath for definite. First four albums are amazing |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 06:29
THIS! -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 06:30
Thanks for the reminder  Purple wins all those years except 1973 that is -------------
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 06:35
Now I voted for Sabbath, but how can Stormbringer be the better album when facing Sabotage? Matter of taste surely, but I've always thought of Sabotage as one of Sabbath's finest moments, whereas Stormbringer comes off rather sub par. I do love how the songs sound in a live setting though and I have that Made in Europe as well. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: DaveyByTheSea
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 06:47
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Sabbath would just edge it for me although its a close thing! Being a guitarist i'd have to go for the riffmeister Iommi . ------------- Skyline Teacher taught me everything! |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 09:10
I really like Stormbringer, but sabotage is miles ahead, superb album!
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: June 05 2012 at 10:45
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SABBATH ALL THE WAY!!!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 03:58
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Since both bands have had numerous line-up changes through the decades, I would hardly rate them as consistent, as both bands style of music changed as well. My favourite Black Sabbath era was with Ozzie Osbourne and Deep Purple, were at their best as Mark II . Neither bands, in my opinion, have been as good musically as they were then. I really can not pick one band over the other, for those reasons.
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Posted By: stacyj
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 20:12
| Deep Purple!!! |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 21:12
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Damn, "You have already voted in this poll." Deep Purple, again. Once Ronnie James Dio joined Sabbath, the doors were blown off ("Heaven and Hell"). Otherwise, it's Smoke on the water....
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Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 18:20
Nicely set out....though I have a different take on the winners in 71 - Sabbath for MAsters of Reality - I mean come on. Vs Fireballl? 72 - Purple (if only because of Made in Japan) 75 - Sabotage is (for me) much stronger than Stormbringer (Symptom of the Universe is a presonal fave) Overall Sabs by a nose. -------------
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Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 18:19
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Sabbath ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: Pelata
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 11:35
| Black Sabbath, easily. I respect DP, but Sabbath is my choice. |
Posted By: Kirillov
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 11:37
| The Sabs |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 11:52
| Unfortunately, I do not enjoy the music of either of these two groups, but I'll vote for DP without hesitation. |
Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 16:17
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Sabbath are the greater band overall for me but I love Deep Purple very much.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 22:28
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Black Sabbath
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: March 01 2013 at 07:13
| Deep Purple for me please |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: June 08 2013 at 02:58
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Purple and Sabbath. Actually, Tony's old pal and best man Bonzo used to joke about the "Purple Sabbath" sound. He would have some interesting things to say about the Born Again album. Loads of great albums from both bands. Just avoid the dodgy compilations (especially how EMI license the Purple catalogue so wantonly) and all should be well. I like those polls where one can like both equally. Extremist division just causes consternation, controversy, criticism (subjective) and a few other words beginning with C this time. Anyway it's 2013 and both bands have new albums out and are touring. Hats off to the Purple and the Sabbath.  NP: P. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5 in E Minor. An elpee. |
Posted By: charles_ryder
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 05:37
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Sabbath is more prog than Purple. IMO.
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 05:50
| Not sure Sabbath had an equivalent of the Gemini Suite. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 14:39
This. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 16:39
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Black Sabbath 'cause i started out on BS & they were my fave band for decades-though i like DP very much.Now it's kinda a tie for me between Hawkwind & BS for my favorite band. ------------- "Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal" Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: May 12 2014 at 12:35
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Deep Purple had more facets to their sound, especially in the 60s when they were more adventurous. BS was a trend-setting band to be sure but not as exploratory. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: May 12 2014 at 18:58
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gahhhh... i like both bands during this time, but i believe i know more Purple songs than Sabbath so they get my vote i guess. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: May 12 2014 at 19:22
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Don't like either one of them. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 09 2015 at 02:24
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that's a tough choice poll, I can't make up my mind. Love MKII and MKIII Deep Purple and Black Sabbath had a great string of albums up to Sabotage. Can't decide. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: March 09 2015 at 08:47
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Black Sabbath. I'm more familiar. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: March 09 2015 at 09:12
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Seriously? Sabbath! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |