Uriah Heep vs Deep Purple
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Topic: Uriah Heep vs Deep Purple
Posted By: Cristi
Subject: Uriah Heep vs Deep Purple
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 16:33
BIG . Both eras work great for me. well, i didn't list a "both" or "neither" option so you'll have to choose. Therefore....
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 16:45
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I think it would have to be Hughes/Coverdale era
Burn, Made in Europe, CTTB, Stormbringer
Uriah Heep only had (the very good) Firefly and (the weaker) Innocent victim
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 16:56
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Not quite. There was also 'Fallen Angel' which is pure AOR and 'Five Miles' which was unreleased at the time- has its moments but is even poppier.
It has to be the Coverdale/Hughes Deep Purple. Far more consistently excellent. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 17:00
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The Coverdale/Hugues era started off very promisingly with "Burn". Unfortunately, "Stormbringer" was a very disappointing album, apart from "Soldier of fortune" which ironically is one of my favourite DP songs.
I never felt Lawton had the right voice for Heep, but "Firefly" was every bit as good as "Burn" in its own way.
Difficult choice, but I think DPs lows were lower.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 17:02
| Deep Purple by a mile, even though both bore me. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 17:11
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Well I actually found Stormbringer to be a grower- I didn't like it at first. It was the first DP album I ever had and typically for me, it was the least typical!
As someone who counts Coverdale as perhaps my fave singer, it has a lot to commend it. And IMO, no DP song of this era plumbs the depths of 'Save It', 'Love Or Nothing' or 'Flyin High' that Heep's albums in question had. And I speak as a diehard fan!! I love CTTB too!! |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 17:18
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I agree salmacis, I also wasn´t too crazy about Stormbringer a few years back, but it is a real grower.
If you accept the more bluesy/soul direction that they took at the time you come to realize that there are some great moments on Stormbringer.
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 17:23
| DP |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 17:25
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Even though it's the weakest era of DP, it's still better than any Uriah Heep to me.
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 17:29
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HEEP! ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 19:14
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See my response in your OTHER Purple and Heep thread. -------------  |
Posted By: akin
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 13:27
| For me any Heep era is better than DP, excluding the Evans/Simper/Blackmore/Lord/Paice which is great, so Heep. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 25 2006 at 01:38
| UH |
Posted By: ThirdEye
Date Posted: October 25 2006 at 05:57
Purple for sure 
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Posted By: rainbow111
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 12:09
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Stormbringer was the coolest album since Machine Head...I loved it oh, so much. Burn was good but Stormbringer rocked! ------------- It's got to be slow Taking love the only way It's got to just flow Making love and taking time to let it grow |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 14:47
| ^IMO, it didn't. I think the fact it didn't rock is a big problem people have with 'Stormbringer'. It was the first DP album I had and it's the least rocky album in their catalogue- typical I'd have that one first. On repeated listens though, it's a good album. I think the rather flat production didn't help it though- Ian Paice has admitted as much, more or less. And Blackmore puts in a very lacklustre performance, it must be said. |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 15:45
| DP |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 15:46
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DEEP PURPLE
Because it is more Prog!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 15:49
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Deep Purple!
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 03 2006 at 23:08
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I'm a Uriah heep fan but the day Thain had to leave the band they started to die and the departure (Kick off would be more accurate) of David Byron was the tombstone. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: December 04 2006 at 08:20
| I don't know- 'Firefly', 'Sea Of Light' and 'Sonic Origami' (give or take a few songs, which are a bit bland but OK) stand up to the best of the Byron era, imo. The other albums range from good to patchy to duff (most of the 80s ones). |
Posted By: Thandrus
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 09:08
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While i can understand people who don''t praise much Lawton era, I'm of completely opposite opinion. Of course these (I mean only Innocent Victim and Fallen Angel, because Firefly, IMHO, was as adventurous as any of Byron-era albums) albums have some radio-friendly approach, but the music hasn't lost any brilliance. How can I not love a song like Come Back To Me, Free Me, Choices, Illusion or Love Or Nothing? And this is far from entire Brilliance list. An about Coverdale-era Deep Purple... of course it has some it's moments... Well, lets say it's good,(Burn, Sail Away, This Time Around and couple of other songs are really great) but I think it's nowhere near Lawton-era Uriah Heep.So I vote for UH.
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Posted By: Real Paradox
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 09:20
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...If it was David Byron's era ,I would go for Uriah Heep ...but since it isn't ,well its not that I like Coverdale on Purple that much but ,I prefer it, Yep and I guess you guys agree with me that since David is gone, Uriah Heep faded out a little bit so... ------------- What is This? It is what keeps us going... |
Posted By: Thandrus
Date Posted: January 22 2008 at 09:44
I don't agree with you.
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Real Paradox wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 25 2008 at 15:59
| deep purple.. I love Coverdales voice. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 25 2008 at 16:26
Yeah.. DP had it's share of great vocalists... I happen to love Rod Evans voice as well. Couldn't see Coverdale, or Gillan carried off a track like River Deep Mountain High. Though I could see Hugues doing it.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 27 2008 at 16:30
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Lawton was good but not great...and Purple did their funkiest, great Stormbringer. Purple. Coverdale started to annoy me much later.
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 15:42
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hello in first place it's difficult to compare both bands in different perido of time:
DP mark III starts in 1974, when UH stellar mark was on, second UH with lawton starts in 1977 when DP no longer are. so i did not understand well the comparisons, when UH with lawton was arriving in late 76 early 77' the musical trends were changing and i think that UH mantain his blend of hard rock until Fallen Angel in 1979 when DP was in that time finished.
just my two cents
Cheers
Alberto -------------  |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 19:32
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Actually I can compare these two eras: new beginnings for both bands that had previously lost their most famous vocalists - UH lost David Byron and DP lost Ian Gillan; and both bands went into a more bluesy-er direction during these two eras.
i did this poll for the fun of it
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Posted By: rudderhead
Date Posted: March 04 2008 at 16:38
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I choose Deep Purple over Uriah Heep. DP are one of my favourite rockbands, and they have a more straightforward hardrock sound. While UH are more bombastic and symphonic although I wouldnt describe them as progrock. I think David Coverdale and John Lawton periods are very underated.
Burn was a loud album. Strormbringer was not as loud although if Led Zeppelin would have made this album it would have been considere heavy. I dont agree with people who say that Fallen Angel is an AOR album it has a real heavy metal feel to it while Innocent Victim sounds less heavy
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Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 10:12
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My third favourite band vs. my second favourite band. But this question is not so hard for me,because of the eras. David Coverdale/Glenn Hughes Deep Purple for me! |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 10:42
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I am a big, big fan of those 2 bands, sadly the 2 eras this poll is referring to are don't thrill me at all!
My DP means having Ian Gillan on the mike---My UH means David Byron fronting the stage!
I never listen to Coverdales/Hugues 'DP ..''funky'' DP doesnn't do it for me
.BURN still has its moments, but i can't recall last time i played it!and the only decent Lawton's UH i spin once in a while is FIREFLY which has some very good songs (Hangin tree, rollin on, sympathy and title track) .
The same cannot be said about the following albums INNOCENT VICTIM and FALLEN ANGELS, kind of poppy Uriah Heep ''light''.............the plot was lost by then!! K. Hensley was still in the band but everyone could see the heart and faith wasn't there anymore!
So my answer is Uriah Heep by a wisker, but with no real excitement either!
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 20:27
| I thought the Coverdale/Hughes era was quite good as a matter of fact. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 20:39
| re: the era, Deep and Heep go to sleep. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 03:25
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I think Heep's Lawton era is similar to Purple's Coverdale/Hughes era. Songs like "Rollin On" and "Wise Man" could easily have been written by Coverdale or Hughes. I think that Deep Purple was a bit stronger, though. While "Firefly" is really good, "Burn" is much better! |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: November 23 2008 at 10:45
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oooh...Uriah Heep vs. Deep Purple, two bands I love dearly! Still, I choose Deep Purple in the Coverdale era...
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Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: November 25 2008 at 10:26
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Deep Purple (regardless of era!).
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