ever since. As stated in the lyrics, he helped saving some kids during the fire at the Casino. ", Rock Band 3 - Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple - Full Band Expert - 720p HD. [44] The first single released from the album, "Never Before", reached only number 35 in the UK and did not chart in the US. Gillan improvised a set of lyrics around: "We're on the road, we're a rock'n'roll band". [10] The audience were largely unaware of the incident at first because the roof was covered by a false bamboo ceiling, through about an hour into the set, people started seeing sparks emerging. He thought it was a great title, but was reluctant to use it because it sounded like a drug song. After a final concert, they would have the location to themselves. David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English rock singer best known for his work with Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. The band had performed there in May 1971, and befriended Claude Nobs, founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival. In the UK, this was not released as a single. This proved so arduous that Deep Purple stopped listening to playbacks of their recordings, instead performing until they were satisfied. Rolling Stone's Lester Bangs praised the lyrics to "Highway Star" and "Space Truckin'" as well as the entire album's music, although he was less complimentary about the lyrics of the remaining songs: "In between those two Deep Purple classics lies nothing but good, hard-socking music, although some of the lyrics may leave a bit to be desired." In 1989, Former members Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan released a new version of this with Robert Plant, Brian May, and Bruce Dickinson. [4], —Ian Gillan, discussing the origin of "Smoke on the Water"[8], The last gig at Montreux Casino was a matinee performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The song would become a massive hit in North America, reaching number two on the Canadian RPM chart and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. [49], In an Observer Music Monthly Greatest British Albums poll, Ozzy Osbourne chose the album as one of his 10 favourite British records of all time. like a drug song and it was promptly filed away under "drug songs It included a picture of Nobs, to whom Machine Head was dedicated. Actually it Contrasting-verse chorus. By 1971, Deep Purple had been touring continually for two years and their earlier studio albums, such as Deep Purple in Rock (1970) and Fireball (1971) were recorded in between live shows. The song appears as a bonus track on the 25th anniversary edition of Machine Head. This, again, led to Ian Gillan dropping the comment "Break a leg, Frank!" (thanks, Glen - Auckland, New Zealand), Fender.com asked Ritchie Blackmore how he came up with the song's famous riff. Funky Claude in the lyrics is Claude Nobs, who helped them out. A couple of days later, when he played in London, a fan tore him off stage, and Zappa broke his leg as he fell into the orchestra pit. The initial pressings also had a hand printed lyric sheet. organ. There were no fatalities, but a group were briefly trapped in the Casino's basement before being rescued by Nobs. It's actually the very precise description of the fire in the casino, of Frank Zappa getting the kids out of the casino, and every detail in the song is true. The actual Zappa concert has turned up on one of the Beat the Boots discs, I think.). "Smoke On The Water") on the radio, and you think you might get interested in the band, I'd start with the album "Machine Head" -- and I'd never get far enough down the list to reach this album. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada), On June 3, 2007 in Kansas City, Kansas, 1,721 guitarists gathered to play this song together and break the record for most guitarists playing at one time. Machine Head is the sixth studio album released by the English rock band Deep Purple, recorded in December 1971 at Montreux, Switzerland and released on 25 March 1972 on Purple Records. It closed for refurbishments each winter, allowing it to be used as a recording venue, so Deep Purple arrived there on 3 December 1971. Lots of people play this from the 5th fret of the A and D string, which is wrong. It was later released via SACD on 17 August 2011, through Warner Music Group in the Warner Premium Sound series of the label, which has the same 5.1 channel mix as the 2001 DVD-Audio version. Glover recalled waking up one morning saying the title "Smoke on the Water" out loud. But the Casino burnt down during the concert, after some stupid had fired a flare gun into the Casino's ceiling. The title of the track referred to the smoke from the fire hanging over the shore of Lake Geneva. The band managed to book the Grand Hotel, closed for the winter, and converted the hotel into a live room suitable for recording. After this, management ordered a controlled evacuation of the audience. [46] The song had been composed by Blackmore and Gillan at the start of the Fireball gigs while on a bus travelling to Portsmouth Guild Hall, in response to a question from a member of the press as to how the band created their material. One day they were coming up for dinner at my house and they said, 'Claude we did a little surprise for you, but it's not going to be on the album. *sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone. Blackmore confirmed that the chord progression for the solos in "Highway Star" was inspired by the work of 18th-century composer Johann Sebastian Bach. They hired the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio for recording, and block booked the Montreux Casino as a venue, but during a Frank Zappa concert immediately before the sessions, it burned to the ground. ", "How Deep Purple Emerged from the flames on "Machine Head, "42 facts about Deep Purple's album covers", "The Daily Vault Music Reviews: Machine Head", "Ritchie Blackmore - Recalls Life with Deep Purple", "Observer Music Monthly – Greatest British Albums – June 2004", "Warner Premium Sound 17 August 2011 releases", "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 20, No. [16] An assortment of equipment and sound-insulating mattresses were installed, which meant the band had to walk through bedrooms and across balconies to get to the recording van. "This is how I characterized it later to IG but we both came to the conclusion that it sounded The band was going to record their Machine Head album there right after a Frank Zappa concert, but someone fired a flare gun at the ceiling during Zappa's show, which set the place on fire. He suggested to Ian Gillan that they should use it as a song title, but Ian shrugged it off, saying people would believe it was a drug song. [20], Machine Head hit the number one spot on the UK Albums Chart within seven days of its release, remaining there for two weeks before returning in May 1972 for a further week. "[45] AllMusic critic Eduardo Rivadavia called Machine Head "one of the essential hard rock albums of all time. "Funky Claude," as in the lyrics "Funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids out the ground," is Claude Nobs, a man who helped rescue some people in the fire and found another hotel for the band to stay. The famous guitar riff is performed in the 2003 Jack Black film School Of Rock. The song not only has meaning, it has something timeless, I can't describe. [20], "Smoke on the Water" documents the experiences gone through for the recording of Machine Head, including the Casino fire and evacuation, and the sessions at the Grand Hotel. He's still involved in the Montreux Jazz Festival, and seems to be a very important man in the music business in the Swiss town. They said, 'Oh if you believe so we'll put it on the album.' He is the co-founder of the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. It's a tune called "Smoke On The Water.'" Roger Glover came up with the image of smoke on the water. The wind was coming down off the mountains and taking the smoke and flames across the lake. that it was written on a napkin as the fire burned. [33] A ballad entitled "When a Blind Man Cries" was recorded during the Machine Head sessions, but was ultimately not included on the album. magazine ranked Machine Head at number 35 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" list in 1989. ", Roger Glover, Tue, 20 Aug 1996 21:35:12 -0400. Who's "Funky Claude" ? [4][5], Deep Purple initially planned to record Machine Head at Montreux Casino in Switzerland during December 1971. [19] Glover wrote the song's main riff after listening to John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep? The song plays on a jukebox that a guy is eyeing in an antique store. Four songs from Machine Head ("Highway Star", "Smoke on the Water", "Lazy" and "Space Truckin'") were included in the album. Following intermittent recording sessions between gigs for earlier albums, Deep Purple wanted a dedicated amount of time to record an album away from the typical studio environment that sounded closer to their live shows. 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