Most famous for including bassist Roger Glover and singer Ian Gillan before… Read Full Bio ↴Most famous for including bassist Roger Glover and singer Ian Gillan before they joined Deep Purple, Episode Six managed to release no less than nine British singles between 1966 and 1969 without coming close to a hit record or establishing a solid identity. Also prominently featuring organist/singer Sheila Carter-Dimmock, the group's 1966-1967 singles were rather light pop/rock harmony numbers, with an occasional ballad and a bit of a soul influence. Light years removed from Deep Purple, Episode Six was nothing if not eclectic in their choice of material, trying their hands at numbers by the Hollies, the Beatles, the Tokens, and Charles Aznavour, as well as a British hot-rod tune (written by Glover). While their repertoire lacked focus, their singles were actually pleasant and their fine cover of Tim Rose's "Morning Dew" would have been a deserving hit.

In 1967, they began to fuse pop and psychedelia with reasonably impressive results, especially the single "I Can See Through You" (written by Glover), one of the finest British psychedelic obscurities. Their final two singles showed the band going in a much more progressive direction and anticipating some of the most indulgent art rock of the '70s with "Mozart Versus the Rest," which assaulted one of the composer's most famous riffs with manic electric guitars. Episode Six folded in 1969, after Gillan and Glover had joined Deep Purple.

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Fortune Teller
Episode Six Lyrics

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Went to the fortune teller
To have my fortune read
I didn't what to tell her
I had a dizzy feeling in my head

Said she'd take a look at my palm
Said "Son, do you feel kind of warm?"
And she looked into her crystal ball

Said "You're in love"

Said it could not be so
Not with all the girls I know
Said when the next one arrives
Looking into her eyes

I left there in a hurry
Much to my big surprise
The next thing I discovered
The fortune teller told me lies

So I ran back to that woman
Mad as I could be
Told her I didn't see nobody
How she made a fool out of me

At last something shook me
As if it came down from above

And now the fortune teller
And I fell in love

Overall Meaning

In the first verse of the song, the singer explains that they visited a fortune teller to have their fortune read. However, they didn't reveal that they were experiencing a dizzy feeling in their head. The fortune teller took a look at the singer's palm and informed him that he was in love. However, the singer was skeptical and didn't believe it could be true.

In the second verse, the singer left the fortune teller in a rush, thinking that the fortune teller told lies. But he came back later in anger and told the fortune teller that she had made a fool out of him. Then, something sudden happened, which shook the singer, and he realized that the fortune teller and himself had fallen in love.

The song is a story of how a man visits a fortune teller who predicts that he will fall in love. Although the singer is skeptical, the prophecy comes true in the most unexpected way. The song tells us that sometimes everything may not be what it seems, and destiny may have a way of catching up with us.

Line by Line Meaning

Went to the fortune teller
I visited a fortune teller

To have my fortune read
To find out about my future

I didn't what to tell her
I didn't know what to say

I had a dizzy feeling in my head
I felt lightheaded and unsteady

Said she'd take a look at my palm
She offered to read my palm

Said "Son, do you feel kind of warm?"
Asked if I was feeling warm

And she looked into her crystal ball
She gazed into her crystal ball

Said "You're in love"
Told me I'm in love

Said it could not be so
I didn't believe her

Not with all the girls I know
I knew too many girls to be in love

Said when the next one arrives
She predicted my next love interest