https://youtube/watch?v=7mCK05dgwgU Day #4 of Rock Anthems Month: Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple. From the album Machine Head, released 1972. Frank Zappa, who is mentioned in the lyrics, lost all his equipment in the fire. He then broke his leg a few days later when a fan pulled him into the crowd at a show in England. This prompted Ian Gillan to say Break a leg, Frank, into the microphone after recording this for a BBC special in 1972. “We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didnt have much time Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around But some stupid with a flare gun Burned the place to the ground, Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water But burning down They burned down the gambling house It died with an awful sound Funky Claude was running in and out He was pulling kids out the ground When it all was over We had to find another place Swiss time was running out It seemed that we would lose the race, now Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water We ended up at the Grand Hotel It was empty cold and bare With the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside Making our music there Few red lights and a few old beds We made a place to sweat No matter what we get out of this I know, I know well never forget, Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water...”
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:57:22 +0000
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