ian gillan sang smoke on the water for deep purple.
who sang smoke on the water for deep purple?
ian gillan
before october 2012, deep purple had never been nominated for induction into the rock and roll hall of fame (though they have been eligible since 1993), but were nominated for induction in 2012 and 2013. despite ranking second in the public's vote on the rock hall fans' ballot, which had over half a million votes, they were not inducted by the rock hall committee. kiss bassist gene simmons and rush bassist geddy lee commented that deep purple should obviously be among the rock and roll hall of fame inductees. there have been criticisms in the past over deep purple not having been inducted. toto guitarist steve lukather commented, "they put patti smith in there but not deep purple? what's the first song every kid learns how to play? ["smoke on the water"] ... and they're not in the rock and roll hall of fame? ... the rock and roll hall of fame has lost its cool because of the glaring omissions." guns n' roses and velvet revolver guitarist slash expressed his surprise and disagreement regarding the non-induction of deep purple: "the list of people who haven't even been nominated is mind-boggling ... [the] big one for me is deep purple. how could you not induct deep purple?". metallica band members james hetfield, lars ulrich and kirk hammett have also lobbied for the band's induction. in an interview with "rolling stone" in april 2014, ulrich pleaded: "i'm not going to get into the politics or all that stuff, but i got two words to say: 'deep purple'. that's all i have to say: deep purple. seriously, people, deep purple. two simple words in the english language ... 'deep purple'! did i say that already?" in 2015, chris jericho, wwe wrestler and current vocalist of rock band fozzy, stated: "that deep purple are not in it [hall of fame]. it's bullshit. obviously there's some politics against them from getting in there."
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while "peyton place" was a commercial hit, most critics noted that the most salacious elements of the metalious novel had been whitewashed or eliminated completely. in "the new york times", bosley crowther remarked, "there is no sense of massive corruption here." however, he did generally like the film, praising hope lang for a "gentle and sensitive performance" and finding lloyd nolan "excellent." "variety" wrote that the film was "impressively acted by an excellent cast," but noted that "in leaning backwards not to offend, wald and hayes have gone acrobatic ... on the screen is not the unpleasant sex-secret little town against which grace metalious set her story. these aren't the gossiping, spiteful, immoral people she portrayed. there are hints of this in the film, but only hints." richard l. coe of "the washington post" wrote, "while the four-letter words of the grace metalious novel have been adroitly erased, it's easy for one of the apparent few who didn't read the book to see why so many did. there are several strong stories and the characters are sharply drawn. without these two characteristics the best written novels remain unread." edwin schallert of the "los angeles times" declared the film "probably the most powerful small-town picture ever produced," and "harrison's reports" praised it as "an absorbing adult drama" that "grips one's attention the whole time it is on the screen, thanks to the sensitive direction and the effective acting of the capable cast." john mccarten of "the new yorker" was negative, writing that the film "makes no attempt to exploit the sensational aspects of the tale it has to tell; on the contrary, it is woefully diffuse, and before it's over—roughly, three hours—boredom has set in like the grippe." "the monthly film bulletin" wrote, "slick and passionless, the film is an expensive and heavily bowdlerised adaptation of grace metalious' best-seller," adding that "the film never quite makes up its mind whether to extol small-town america or castigate it."
peyton place (film)