Lazy (Deep Purple song)

Song infobox
Name = Lazy


Artist = Deep Purple
Album = Machine Head
Released = March 1972
track_no = 6
Recorded = December 6 - 21, 1971 Montreux, Switzerland
Genre = Hard rock, blues-rock
Length = 7:23
Label = EMI (UK)
Warner Bros. (US)
Writer = Ian Gillan
Ritchie Blackmore
Roger Glover
Jon Lord
Ian Paice
Producer = Deep Purple
prev = "Smoke on the Water"
prev_no = 5
next = "Space Truckin'"
next_no = 7

"Lazy" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple from their 1972 album "Machine Head", a live performance of the song can be found on the album "Made in Japan", released later the same year.

The song starts out as an instrumental, keyboardist Jon Lord plays an overdriven Hammond organ intro, followed by the main riff and with the solo swapping between him and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Vocalist Ian Gillan comes in with the vocals later in the song. He also uses harmonica both on the studio version and live. At over 7 minutes long, it is the longest track on the album, and live versions were often extended past 10 minutes.

The live version on "Made in Japan" features a theme from Hugo Alfvén's "Swedish Rhapsody #1", played by Ritchie Blackmore as a part of his solo. Ritchie Blackmore would sometimes include the main riff from "Lazy" in live performances of the song "Man on the Silver Mountain" by Rainbow. Gillan defined the song as rhythm and blues.

Later live performances after the band's reunion in 1984 tended to be much shorter, cutting out the intro and one of the verses. However, more recent performances with Steve Morse have gone back to the original arrangement.

"Lazy" is also mentioned on Guitar World's 100 greatest guitar solos list.

Personnel

*Ian Gillan - vocals, harmonica
*Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
*Roger Glover - bass
*Jon Lord - organ
*Ian Paice - drums