Comments on: The Butterfly Ball – Attend If You Dare

By: keelsetter

keelsetter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:30:55 +0000

Groovy find! I still have three DEEP PURPLE records – but only IN ROCK still gets any play on the turntable. Lars Von Trier was obviously a big fan too, since he made such memorable usage of the song CHILD IN TIME in BREAKING THE WAVES.

By: morlockjeff

morlockjeff — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:30:36 +0000

It is goofy and lovable and you don’t have to know anything about the musicians to groove to this seventies pop culture relic. But it is probably more enjoyable if you were born in the sixties and were a teenager when this sort of rock opera thing was happening.

By: Jerome Wilson

Jerome Wilson — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:08:42 +0000

I can’t believe I’m finally reading that someone else has actually seen this DVD. I rented it a couple of years ago and enjoyed it even with all the weird inserts. I kept thinking that animated and live action versions of “Butterfly Ball” had been made along with the concert version and somebody just decided to splice them all together. I vividly remember Tony Ashton looking like he was feeling no pain during his spot and the clip you included of David Coverdale where he seemed to wander on stage for his song barely conscious of where he was, sang his bit, did a few smiles and thumbs up to the audience and left again. I liked the whole goofy thing so much I subsequently bought the CD.