Why ? Coverdale sounds perfect on it and they fit is voice very well

name='jmorton' timestamp='1313798508' post='538161'] While most fans of DC consider Slip of the Tongue to be awful (me included) I'm not seeing where DC contradicted himself. Vandenberg was injured and DC got himself a shredder in Steve Vai... interestingly enough David Lee Roth has said similar things about Vai in regards to the Skyscraper album which he said Vai went all "widdley widdley" on him. Which is the truth. Vai is an awesome musician who lacks soul but likes to overdecorate his music. Didn't work for Whitesnake. In fact the record sold 2 million compared to the (now) 14 million worldwide that the previous Whitesnake record sold. As for the Robert and DC thing....It's my personal opinion that Plant went quite over the top with his comments about Coverdale. Robert lost credibility (to me) with his statements when he denied knowing Coverdale, when anyone who did the simplest amount of research would know that they did, in fact, know each other since the 70's. Whether you agree that Robert's criticisms were valid or not, in my mind he lost his way when it went from media poking to downright cruel and vindictive. I blame an extremely lazy American media who didn't bother to remember that Coverdale was in Deep Purple (several media outlets at the time called Whitesnake a "new" band). I'm not sure you have to be a fan of DC to understand that it was over the top.

This Coverdale bashing is really old, I guess you like what you like, but when the record came out I remember me and all my friends liking it.

I disagree with just everything you have said, not in the same league ? In the early 70s they were in same league, I love both Zeppelin and Purple and have seen both in concert, both were great, but Purple were a bit bitter IMO. Made in Japan was one of the best Live shows ever, the best of 3 nights, and at least it they did not edit the heck out of it like Zep did with The song remains the same, I dont think you can really compare the 2 bands, both great in their own way. Lord was a key part of the Purple sound and to this day I LOVE his Hammond, Studio albums puny ? Listen to Machine Head or In Rock or Burn, nothing Puny there, just some of the best Music to come out of the 70's. Stargazer a desperate Kashmir ? thats just insane, both are classic tracks in their own right. The only thing I can agree with here is that Rainbow Rising is a great piece of work Even Purple today are better then alot of the bands out there. I guess maybe we can agree to disagree.