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Oh sometimes, it's a completely banal story that could inspire a song.
Look!
Deep Purple with ...
Back in 72 and it's on the album "Machine Head"
The title of the disc has absolutely no relation with the group of the same name.
In addition to being one of the biggest hits of this British group,
This is one of the famous guitar riffs in Rock.
Ritchie Blackmore, the guitarist,
He compares efficiency and the simplicity of his riff
with Beethoven's 5th symphony!
[* Sample *]
And it's a riff that sound really far
How ???
Because the same year, Deep Purple gets the group record that
plays the strongest in the world
with 117 dB.
Distinction that they will defend on tour in Asia,
from which is drawn the famous live "Made in Japan", released the same year.
Japan, by the way ... I'm wondering what they had to eat on the spot ...
I remember that at Vieilles Charrues
the guys shunned the catering,
when they passed in 2005,
to go eat at Mc Do!
Mcdonalds...
Deep Purple ...
Central Brittany ...?!
To record their new album,
Deep Purple chooses Montreux Casino.
The objective ...
It's to use the mobile studio of the Stones
to capture the atmosphere of a concert ...
without it being one!
Except that the day before, in this casino
and during Frank Zappa's concert
a spectator fires a distress flare
in the ceiling!
Result:
with its rattan coating,
the room burns completely!
Oh yes !
Is not Rammstein who wants!
Why "Smoke on the Water"?
The "smoke on the water" ...
Well, just
because the casino is located near Lake Geneva
and also because it's the first sentence that
comes to the bass player the next day by waking up.
Moreover, the bassist remembers very well
that the room exploded like an atomic mushroom.
The group that was there,
still put 44 years to be able to return to the scene.
Without a studio, the musicians fell back on a room in the city center ...
But they got fired after 24 hours for night fuss.
The only thing that will be recorded that day,
it's an improvisation to adjust the instruments.
The album ...
It will still be saved a little later
at the Alps Grand Hotel.
It is an old palace which is located in a village nearby.
That's where Deep Purple's manager arrives ...
"Guys, I have a bad AND a bad new !"
The 1st:it is missing 7 min. to this album.
The 2nd:we leave in 24h ...
The group is listening to the famous improvisation from the 1st recording
and decides that it will serve as a basis for the future "Smoke on the Water".
And so ended the recording the most chaotic of the group ...
Cool, no?
Deep Purple
[* Taaaarte taaatinn , tarte tarte taaatin *]
[* Taaaarte taaatinn , tintin *]