Deep Purple - 'Highway Star' (Live In Wacken)

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
and everything

I love it and I need it
I bleed it yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
Oooh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth body control
and everything

I love her I need her
I seed her
Yeah She turns me on
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that I'm on the road again
Oooh I'm in heaven again I've got everything
Like a moving ground an open road
and everything

I love it and I need it
I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big
fat tyres and everything

I love it and I need it
I bleed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star

Προ δεκαετίας, τον Αύγουστο του 2015, κυκλοφόρησε -σε διάφορες εκδόσεις (3 12" vinyls, 2CD, Digital, 2CD + DVD, Blu-ray, DVD κλπ)- ο "ζωντανά" ηχογραφημένος δίσκος των Deep Purple υπό τον τίτλο "From the Setting Sun... (in Wacken)".

Ηχογραφήθηκε - φιμογραφήθηκε την 1η Αγούστου 2013 στο μουσικό φεστιβάλ Wacken Open Air, στο οποίο εμφανίσθηκαν στο πλαίσιο της περιοδείας για την προώθηση του δίσκου "Now What?". Βλέπουμε και ακούμε τους Ian Paice (τύμπανα), Roger Glover (μπάσο), Ian Gillan (φωνητικά), Steve Morse (κιθάρα), Don Airey (πλήκτρα), ενώ στην εν λόγω συναυλία συμμετέχει και ο Uli Jon Roth...

Δελτίο τύπου: «"From the Setting Sun... (in Wacken)" Wacken Open Air quickly grew its reputation as the most important metal festival in continental Europe. A peaceful gathering of metal fans coming from all over the world.

Long hair, leather clothes, mud and a lot of fun for what seems to be the closest music to resemble the spirit of festivals in the early seventies. They often say that there is no headliner at Wacken: the festival itself is the headliner.

This is the exact feeling that Purple had when walking onstage. If an indoor show can be based on a production that is safely rehearsed and set up to the maximum precision... there is never the guarantee that a festival performance will be free from technical issues or any kind of unexpected event.

Which in other words means: tension is always at the top! If only Purple knew about the level of love and welcoming they were about to receive and how much their album has been loved by the metal audience in front of them... still, the band felt the “pressure” to introduce themselves to the 90.000 metal fans at Wacken.

For the first time in many years, Deep Purple felt they had to conquer an audience as it happened to them in the beginning of their career. The result is a unique concert: Deep Purple performing with a raw energy, throwing away all their usual stage routine (and sometime arrangements).

The show is a blast from the first note to the last and grows song after song, supported by the audience impressive presence. During this concert, Deep Purple left their “safe zone”.

That is why this concert is the one that represents a feeling of improvisation and electricity similar to the band's classic years - more than many other live releases by the band. The audio has been mixed in Hamburg, Germany by Eike Freese and Alex Dietz (Heaven Shall Burn) with the supervision of Roger Glover.»