Deep Purple have released the official music video for the song Arrogant Boy. The song is the first single from the band’s upcoming studio album, Splat!, which will arrive on July 3rd through earMUSIC.
DEEP PURPLE is currently featured on the cover of Classic Rock Germany, where the magazine highlights Arrogant Boy as “an electrifying song in the style of Space Truckin‘ or Highway Star,” adding that it “doesn’t copy these classics; rather, it cleverly varies them.”
“Arrogant Boy‘ is the story of Billy who couldn’t read or write,” says Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan. “He is unhappy with things, so he speaks up, and finds a way of irritating, one way or another, the elite. And I can’t think of anything more fun than irritating the elite. It would be a joyous exercise for me every morning after coffee.”
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Ha! I’m pleasantly surprised by this song. Their past few singles off recent albums didn’t really do much for me, but this one definitely hits the mark!
Is it just me, or is there something about the verse in this song that’s vaguely reminiscent of the verse in “Space Truckin'”?
my only slight quibble is Gillan adding cuss words unnecessarily
song lyrics should avoid them, unless they’re very important to make the point…Blackie Lawless knows how to do that, and probably his mentor Townshend….but that’s about it.
He wrote Digital Bitch…but “bitch” but it worked there….