That’s because rock songs are ever-changing beasts, constantly evolving over time, rarely played the same way twice. Pavarotti, on the other hand, always had to do his arias exactly the same way. For his answer, he pointed out that his friend Luciano Pavarotti admitted to being amazed that Gillan was able to change up the song so much, every time he did it, and the audience would never be upset. The great Ian Gillan was recently asked if he ever got tired of singing Smoke on the Water.
Spring Loaded Festival, Sydney Royal Randwick Racecourse, Randwick NSW.
