LA HISTORIA
Al igual que muchas canciones tienen su historia, controvertida en la
mayoría de los casos, "Smoke on the water", canción icono en el
mundo del rock y representativa de la no menos conocida banda, deep purple, tiene su historia.
1971-Casino de Montreaux,lugar construido completamente de madera, a orillas
del lago Geneva(Suiza).
Concierto de Frank Zappa and the mothers of invention, Ian Gillan recuerda que una ingenua vengala
es tirada por una persona del público , consecuencia, incendio, caos , gente
tirándose por las ventanas, gritos, evacuación de todos los asistentes.
Ian Gillan y Roger Glover consiguen salir, vuelven a su hotel desde donde contemplan la
siguiente imagen- el lago Geneva cubierto por una nube de humo de 20 metros,
con las llamas de fondo sobre el casino. Una imagen un tanto fuerte, fue
entonces cuandoGlover apunta "Smoke on the water", y la lluvia de ideas viene cuando Gillan ve la frase,
detallando lo que veía en ese aparatoso incendio. Decidieron hacer de
esa idea, de ese hecho una canción, y fueron al estudio móvil de
los Rolling Stones.
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We all came out to Montereax,
On the Lake Geneva shoreline.
To make records with a mobile,
We didn't have much time.
But 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 and fire in the sky.
Smoke on the water...
They burned down the gambling house,
It died with an awful sound.
(Uh) Funky Claude was running in and out,
Pulling kids out the ground.
When it all was over,
We had to find another place.
But Swiss time was running out,
It seemed that we would lose the race.
Smoke on the water and fire in the sky.
Smoke on the water...
We ended up at the Grand Hotel.
It was empty cold and bare.
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside,
Making our music there.
With a few red lights, a few old beds,
We made a place to sweat.
No matter what we get out of this,
I know I know we'll never forget.
Smoke on the water and fire in the sky.
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