# Which songs from SPLAT! should be played live?
**URL:** https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137
**Category:** Deep Purple and family
**Created:** [August 6, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137 "2026-08-06T23:13:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Merlin](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Merlin)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/41 "2026-08-23T11:44:52Z")
Until now theyve played 5 already. Arrogant Boy, Diablo and Guinnesis have been played at every show. At the last European shows they playf Only Horse In Town after Dons keyboard solo. And they did scribblin gibrish from the Montreux gig and the first 4? U.S
shows.
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### Author:  [@mnagoda](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/mnagoda)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/42 "2026-08-28T15:09:42Z")
Considering we are continuing to get a greatest hits set, this is my pipe dream wish for a set that’ll never happen:
Silver Tongue
Wrong Man
Rapture of the Deep
Bananas
The Rider
Guilt Trippin
Soon Forgotten
Seventh Heaven
Bleeding Obvious
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
My New Movie
Pictures of Home
Perfect Strangers
Smoke on the Water
Encore:
Loosen My Strings
Cascades I’m Not Your Lover
Highway Star
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### Author:  [@Erik](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Erik)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/43 "2026-08-29T05:39:34Z")
Exactly a setlist for me, Lots of Purpendicular, Bananas and Abandon songs, reminds me of gigs in the early 2000s
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### Author:  [@mnagoda](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/mnagoda)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/44 "2026-08-29T06:32:49Z")
They were at their best then and had the best setlists then, I feel. 1996-2002 was peak Purple and an absolutely magical time for the band and the fans - I don’t think some fans realize how good they had it back then.
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### Author:  [@MacBeath](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/MacBeath)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/45 "2026-08-29T07:36:56Z")
Pretty much - and the 10-15 minute long Speed King was my personal highlight of many shows.
I would push the time-period a little later. Both Bananas and Rapture had 6 or 7 songs played live, and quite a few older tracks played in 96-02 did come back in for a tour
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### Author:  [@mnagoda](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/mnagoda)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/46 "2026-08-29T11:20:24Z")
That’s completely fair - I somehow forgot I saw them on both the Rapture and Bananas tours, and yes, that 15 min Speed King was AMAZING!
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### Author:  [@Erik](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Erik)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/47 "2026-08-29T13:36:08Z")
Especially when Jon Lord was still on board, the duelling with Steve during Speed King was magnificient
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### Author:  [@Julio](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Julio)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/48 "2026-08-29T13:42:16Z")
> [@Erik](#):
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> Especially when Jon Lord was still on board, the duelling with Steve during Speed King was magnificient
Indeed, that was the high point of the show I saw in 1997, and to me, the only moment where they truly reached “Purple greatness”, at least that day.
(So I wrote on my THS review) 🙂
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### Author:  [@Stargazer](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Stargazer)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/49 "2026-08-29T14:55:45Z")
I never cared much for Speed King, extended or not. A songwriting-wise minimalist Little Richard pastiche.
Nazareth improved greatly on it a few years later.
[https://youtu.be/b7AK21y7Z-g](https://youtu.be/b7AK21y7Z-g)
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### Author:  [@loureviews](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/loureviews)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/50 "2026-10-12T09:42:48Z")
Beating of Wings is my favourite from this album, so …
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### Author:  [@AndreA](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/AndreA)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/51 "2026-10-12T10:02:07Z")
Me too (not the only one but surely on high point)
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### Author:  [@Erik](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Erik)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/52 "2026-10-12T11:38:42Z")
It is a fine tune indeed but they won’t do it on stage, i think it’s quite straining for Ian’s voice
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### Author:  [@loureviews](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/loureviews)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/53 "2026-10-12T12:20:04Z")
That’s true - I was thinking in an ideal world.
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### Author:  [@AndreA](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/AndreA)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/54 "2026-10-12T13:10:32Z")
Really? I thought it was a quiet track for him… 😅
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### Author:  [@Max](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Max)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/55 "2026-10-12T13:15:06Z")
Bissel arg komprimiert, oder?
Not much room to breathe for the good ole woven sounds of Keith and Ron.
Guess Jagger chose the producer in his never ending desire to stay relevant and up to date at any cost.
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### Author:  [@Stargazer](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Stargazer)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/56 "2026-10-12T13:27:49Z")
Definitely, it’s a modern day Andrew Watt production after all.
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### Author:  [@Max](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Max)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/57 "2026-10-12T14:19:16Z")
I could have done without that. But it seems to be better than Hackney Diamonds that may be the worst Stones album to date for me. I can’t help it - I need a little mire room between the many sounds and a bit of dynamics, not just everything louder than everything else at the same time.
BTW: the Black & Blue remix was an interesting listen to these ears.
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### Author:  [@Stargazer](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Stargazer)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/58 "2026-10-13T02:02:20Z")
It’s an underrated album too! I hated it when it came out (Black & Blue), today I think it 's one of their strongest (a relative term with Stones albums I know!). Yeah, the remix was revelatory.
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### Author:  [@AndreA](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/AndreA)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/59 "2026-10-22T16:21:15Z")
Video splatted
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2LCn7Iam8)
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### Author:  [@Micke](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/u/Micke)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.thehighwaystar.com/t/which-songs-from-splat-should-be-played-live/137/60 "2026-10-22T18:04:19Z")
The 3 best songs of the album, Splat!, Guilt Trippin and The Rider. These three are above the rest.
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