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Deep Purple - Child In Time

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"Child In Time" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple. Featured on their seminal 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock, the song has become an epic classic, lasting for a full 10 minutes and 17 seconds. Written by the band in 1969, it is said by the band members themselves [1] to have been inspired by a riff featured in a song by Purple contemporaries It's a Beautiful Day, called "Bombay Calling". The riff was played on violins and very much faster in tempo.

Child in Time is an essentially simple composition, featuring an organ intro, one power chord, and a two minute long solo. Lyrically dark, it is set around the theme of Cold War. [2] Vocalist Ian Gillan, utilises his full vocal range and goes from quiet singing to loud, high-pitched, banshee-esque screaming. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore comes in with a slow solo, which builds to a fast-pace and then ends abruptly, with the whole song cycle starting over again.

A staple of the Mk II live concerts 1970-73, the song has not featured regularly at concerts since the reunion of the line up in 1993. Gillan cites many personal reasons for leaving the song out, but it is likely that given his advancing years, the song is increasingly difficult to perform without sampled vocal backings.[citation needed] Its last appearance in Deep Purple's live set was at Harrogate in 2002. In that performance, high-pitched guitar was used to cover up Gillan's now-limited vocal range during the "screaming" parts. A similar technique is used on current live performances of "Space Truckin'".