与Led Zeppeline、Black Sabbath并称为英国摇滚乐奠基人的Deep Purple深紫乐队，尽管历经7代成员的变革，（不同时期曾经参与过乐队的成员竟多达13位），却一直如同一棵常青树，保持着旺盛的生命力，活跃在国际乐坛，可谓摇滚乐历史上的一支不朽的传奇。

"Deep Purple"这个词在摇滚乐领域内所代表的已不仅仅是一支乐队的名字，而是一个时代，甚至是一种音乐风格的代名词。在看国外杂志的时候，我们经常能够发现有人用“very Deep Purple”来描述其他乐队的风格，在“江山代有人材出”的音乐圈内，成名将近40年却屹立不倒就足以说明一切问题。

Deep Purple---Soldier Of Fortune

I have often told you stories
About the way
I lived the life of a drifter
Waiting for the day
When I d take your hand
And sing you songs
Then maybe you would say
Come lay with me love me
And I would surely stay

But I feel I m growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill goin round
I guess I ll always be
A soldier of fortune

Many times I ve been a traveler
I looked for something new
In days of old
When nights were cold
I wandered without you
But those days I thought my eyes
Had seen you standing near
Though blindness is confusing
It shows that you re not here

Now I feel I m growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill goin round
I guess I ll always be
A soldier of fortune
Yes, I can hear the sound
Of a windmill goin round
I guess I ll always be
A soldier of fortune