WOMAN
FROM TOKYO
DEEP
PURPLE
SONGWRITERS: Ian Gillan; Ian Paice; Jon Lord; Ritchie
Blackmore & Roger D Glover
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM: WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE
LABEL: PURPLE RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1973
Deep Purple are an English rock
band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the
pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock,
but their musical approach has changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic
rock and progressive
rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970
album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep
Purple, together with Led Zeppelin
and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as
the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to
mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records
as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert
at London's Rainbow Theatre and have
sold over 100 million albums worldwide.
Who Do We Think We
Are is the seventh studio album by the English hard rock
band Deep Purple, released in 1973. It was Deep Purple's last album
with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover
until 1984’s Perfect
Strangers.
Musically, the
record showed a move to a more blues-based
sound, even featuring scat singing. Although its production and the band's behaviour
after its release showed the group in turmoil, with frontman Gillan remarking
that "we'd all had major illnesses" and felt considerable fatigue, the album was a commercial success. Deep Purple
became the top-selling U.S. artist in 1973. The album featured the energetic
hard-rock single "Woman from Tokyo," a
live staple of the band's since the album's release.
Fly into the rising sun,
Faces, smiling everyone
Yeah, she is a whole new tradition
I feel it in my heart
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
Talk about her like a queen
Dancing in a eastern dream
Yeah, she makes me feel like a river
That carries me away
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
But I'm at home and I just don't belong ...
So far away from the garden we love
She is what moves in the soul of a dove
Soon I shall see just how black was my night
When we're alone in her city of light
Rising from the neon gloom
Shining like a crazy moon
Yeah, she turns me on like a fire
I get high
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me.
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