This track was conspicuous in its absence. "Hush" remains their most cosmic moment, a truly unique blend of converging 60's styles preferable to connoisseurs of stuff that found itself on the Nuggets compilation lp. "Smoke On The Water" equaled this song's chart position five years later, and might have made a bigger impact, but there's no denying that Deep Purple in its original progressive pop form was a far more dynamic and literate band. Frijid Pink, however, couldn't get the intense rhythmic nuances of original bassist Nic Simper and drummer Ian Paice, not to mention Rod Evans haunting vocal. Imagine a fuzz box on the organ in a church cathedral to get the intensity of the opening chords, a sound stolen less than two years later by Detroit's Frijid Pink with their rendition of "House Of The Rising Sun".
Tetragrammaton Records single #1503 went Top 5 in August of 1968, 4:11 as originally released on the Shades Of Deep Purple album, 4:26 on Rhino's 2000 reissue The Very Best Of Deep Purple. Hush was a cover of a Joe South tune that apparently did little for him when he wrote it, but provided a vehicle for Deep Purple to establish themselves. It blew my mind and I'm in so deep/That I can't eat, y'all, and I can't sleep." Or as Aimee Mann sang, hush hush because voices carried this one right by the censors with Jon Lord's quagmire of thick chaotic keyboard sound meshed with Ritchie Blackmore's guitar. Lyrics are highly suggestive, beyond Van Morrison's "Gloria", straight into Louie, Louie" territory with: "She's got a loving like quicksand. But once the tune received this rendition's indellible stamp no one could touch it again, not even the songwriter. This is the second track from Deep Purple's debut album, Shades of Deep Purple (1968).Lineup (Mk I) - Rod Evans: lead vocals, Ritchie Blackmore: guitar, Nick.
Covered by Kula Shaker in the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer other versions were recorded by Billy Joe Royal, Gotthard, former Ritchie Blackmore lead vocalist Joe Lynn Turner on his 1997 Under Cover album of song interpretations and even John Mellencamp. Deep Purple - Hush (Official Video) 12,251,531 views 44K Dislike Share Save Deep Purple Official 871K subscribers Subscribe Music video by Deep Purple performing Hush. Also, Demon’s Eye here gets its first official release in North America. Deep Purple's phenomenal version of "Hush", written by country/pop songwriter Joe South, took the Vanilla Fudge style of slowing a song down and bluesing it up another step, venturing into the domain of psychedelic heavy metal. While Deep Purple's era with David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes is given lesser importance in many people’s opinions, the inclusion of such excellent tracks as Burn, Stormbringer, and Soldier of Fortune lets everyone make up their own minds.
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