"Smoke on the Water" is known for and recognizable by its central theme, a four-note "blues scale" melody harmonised in parallel fourths. The riff, played on a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar by Ritchie Blackmore, is later joined by hi-hat and distorted organ, then drums, then electric bass parts before the start of Ian Gillan's vocal. The song order is intro(riff)-verse-chorus-riff-verse-chorus-riff-guitar solo-riff-verse-chorus-riff-organ solo. Smoke on the water Posted by ESC on March 25, 2009 at 18:44. German DJ/techno veteran Uwe Schmidt covered the song in Latino lounge style under the alias of Señor Coconut on the 2003 album Fiesta Songs. A cover version of "Smoke on the Water" is one of the playable songs for the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero, and the same cover version is a downloadable track in Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360. On Sunday 3 June 2007, in Kansas City this record was topped with 1,721 guitarists[12] and just 20 days later in the German city of Leinfelden-Echterdingen by the group 'Party Blues In Bb' with over 1,800 other people involved. ○   Lettris A windows (pop-into) of information (full-content of Sensagent) triggered by double-clicking any word on your webpage. Jon Lord doubles the guitar part on a Hammond C3 organ played through a distorted Marshall amp, creating a tone very similar to that of the guitar. Find out more, We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline to make records with a mobile, we didn't have much time. The band Gillan adopted a feedback-soaked approach, courtesy of Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme. Letters must be adjacent and longer words score better. Each square carries a letter. We take you behind the scenes in 1971. Deep Purple’s 1973 hit “Smoke on the Water” from their album “Machine Head” was the single that put them on the map, having reached number 4 on the Billboard charts upon its release. Carlos Santana covered the song on his 2010 solo album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head. How Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke on the Water’ Came to Be. The wordgames anagrams, crossword, Lettris and Boggle are provided by Memodata. The lyrics of the song tell a true story: on 4 December 1971 Deep Purple had set up camp in Montreux, Switzerland to record an album using a mobile recording studio (rented from the Rolling Stones and known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio—referred to as the "Rolling truck Stones thing" and "the mobile" in the song lyrics) at the entertainment complex that was part of the Montreux Casino (referred to as "the gambling house" in the song lyric).  |  Privacy policy On the eve of the recording session a Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention concert was held in the casino's theatre. Every rock fan knows the classic riff but what exactly is Deep Purple’s best known song about?  | Last modifications, Copyright © 2012 sensagent Corporation: Online Encyclopedia, Thesaurus, Dictionary definitions and more. "Smoke on the Water" is a song by the British rock band Deep Purple. In the middle of Don Preston's synthesizer solo on "King Kong", the place suddenly caught fire when somebody in the audience fired a flare gun into the rattan covered ceiling, as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line. The SensagentBox are offered by sensAgent. Scorpions Release Video For Single “Sign... Eric Clapton And Percussionist Pedrito Martinez... Relive The Woodstock 1969 Performance Of... Lego Will Make A Fender Stratocaster Set Thanks To A Fan, John Lennon On Society: “Run by insane people.”, Revisiting 10 Uriah Heep Songs From The ’70s, David Crosby Admits His Comment About Van Halen Was…, Eagles Release “Take It Easy” From Live From…, Stevie Nicks Releases Two Versions Of New Single …, Elton John Speaks Out About Rod Stewart’s Retiring…. "Smoke on the Water" has received the following rankings: There is a remake of this song featuring Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May, David Gilmour, Bruce Dickinson, Tony Iommi, Keith Emerson, Chris Squire, Roger Taylor, Paul Rodgers, Bryan Adams and Alex Lifeson, done for the Rock Aid Armenia charity. English Encyclopedia is licensed by Wikipedia (GNU). The iconic nature of the song has led to its inclusion in several music-related video games. One promising venue (found by Nobs) was a local theatre called The Pavilion, but soon after the band had loaded in and started working/recording, the nearby neighbours took offence at the noise, and the band was only able to lay down backing tracks for one song (based on Blackmore's riff and temporarily named Title n°1), before the local police shut them down. R&B/swing singer Pat Boone covered the song in his 1997 album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, with Blackmore doing a guest appearance as lead guitarist and Dweezil Zappa giving a guitar solo.