Deep Purple Shares 'Man Alive' From 'Whoosh!'

Deep Purple didn't quite plan to put out a song including references to the end of humanity in the middle of a pandemic, but"Man Alive" -- premiering below from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame troupe's upcoming"It's an abstract concept," frontman and lyricist Ian Gillan tells Billboard about the prog-flavored track.

The song also features a couple passages of spoken narration by Gillan, which marks a first in his 50 on-and-off years with Deep Purple."The suddenly goes very quiet," Gillan explains."Don was experimenting with an oboe to do a haunting, repetitive little piece to illustrate the echoes of emptiness. So I just started speaking at the microphone and it fit perfectly. It just had to be something that wasn't sung -- it was almost like a voice bubble attached to the song.

"We've developed complete trust in him, which is rare for an outsider who comes into a group that's been together for so long," Gillan says."I remember very clearly Bob's speech when we first met in Toronto; He wanted us to be like we are on stage and jam and improvise and make out of that and not worry about how long they are or any of those side issues.

And the frontman doesn't see Deep Purple going away at any point soon. Though the group's last tour was dubbed The Long Goodbye, Gillan and his bandmates feel differently these days, even if they don't know when they'll be able to return to the road amidst the pandemic. "I think a few years ago there was some kind of effort from our business connections to sort of get an exit plan -- we were all a bit under the weather, physically, so we decided on a goodbye tour," Gillan says."But the operative word is 'long,' so, yeah, very long. We've got a bit to go yet. I think things are gonna be on the shelf for a while, but then I think we'll be back for a bit of fun.

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