Deep Purple - 'Speed King' (TV performance, 1970)

Good Golly said little Miss Molly
When she was rocking in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rocking to the east and west

Lucille was oh so real
When she didn't do her daddy's will
Come on baby drive me crazy do it do it

I'm a speed king
You got to hear me sing
I'm a speed king
See me fly

Saturday night and I just got paid
Going to fool about isn't going to save
Some people going to rock some people gonna roll
Going to have a party to save my soul

Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Going to rock and roll down to New Orleans

Some people going to rock some people going to roll
Going to have a party to save my soul
Come on baby drive me crazy do it do it

Το τραγούδι "Speed King" ήταν ουσιαστικά αυτό που σύστησε τον Ian Gillan στο κοινό των Deep Purple ως το εναρκτήριο κομμάτι του δίσκου "In Rock" (παρθενικού album του Ian με τους Purple). Κυκλοφόρησε τον Ιούνιο του 1970. Οι στίχοι του "Speed King" αποτίουν φόρο τιμής σε rock n roll τραγούδια της δεκαετίας του πενήντα.

Για παράδειγμα στην πρώτη στροφή του κομματιού αναφέρονται μέρη από το "Good Golly, Miss Molly", το "Tutti Frutti" και το "Lucille" και στην δεύτερη βρίσκονται μέρη του "Rip it Up" (όλα του Little Richard), του "Hard Headed Woman" (Elvis Presley) και του "Some People" (Chuck Berry)...