I've had a tradesman in my house putting in a new bathroom for two weeks now.

[Sir C]

Yes. And you don't appreciate Mozart Concertos just as I don't appreciate Aston Martinis. People, it would seem, are different. Not always wrong, but different.

Actually I'm mad for a bit of Wolfie

[Burney]

Actually I'm mad for a bit of Wolfie

Since when? You've always pooh-poohed classical music as not your sort of thing. Has your woman finally civilised you?

[Sir C]

Since when? You've always pooh-poohed classical music as not your sort of thing. Has your woman finally civilised you?

Indeed I have not. Classical, or to be more accurate baroque, music has never been my favourite genre, but I find much of it extremely pleasing.

[Burney]

Indeed I have not. Classical, or to be more accurate baroque, music has never been my favourite genre, but I find much of it extremely pleasing.

I distinctly remember having a conversation with you about Beethoven where you were all like 'Nah - tried it, don't like it'.

[Sir C]

I distinctly remember having a conversation with you about Beethoven where you were all like 'Nah - tried it, don't like it'.

Oh, Beethoven I don't like Deep Purple either, doesn't mean I don't like rock music.

[Burney]

Oh, Beethoven I don't like Deep Purple either, doesn't mean I don't like rock music.

No. NO.

You can't equate Beethoven and Deep Purple. You just can't. Beethoven (via Haydn, tbf) basically invented the concept of symphonic music. Yes, he was terribly German and sometimes had the subtlety of a housebrick to the temple, but he also created sheer, all-consuming cathedrals of sound that are some of - if not the - greatest moments of music in history.

Deep Purple wrote Smoke on the Water.

[Sir C]

No. NO.

You can't equate Beethoven and Deep Purple. You just can't. Beethoven (via Haydn, tbf) basically invented the concept of symphonic music. Yes, he was terribly German and sometimes had the subtlety of a housebrick to the temple, but he also created sheer, all-consuming cathedrals of sound that are some of - if not the - greatest moments of music in history.

Deep Purple wrote Smoke on the Water.

Fúcking hell. 'Sheer, all-consuming cathedrals of sound'? Do me a fúcking favour.

[Peter]

No. NO.

You can't equate Beethoven and Deep Purple. You just can't. Beethoven (via Haydn, tbf) basically invented the concept of symphonic music. Yes, he was terribly German and sometimes had the subtlety of a housebrick to the temple, but he also created sheer, all-consuming cathedrals of sound that are some of - if not the - greatest moments of music in history.

Deep Purple wrote Smoke on the Water.

Seriously, from 'subtlety of a house brick' onwards that is a ****ing great description of Deep Purple (Gillan era).

Anyone who wants to have a go at Richie Blackmore is a massive, massive ****.