Amor m’ha explicat que esteu estudiant la història del rock i que a classe heu escoltat un dels riffs de guitarra més coneguts de tota la història.

Aquí podeu veure en directe a la formació dels Deep Purple en el 1973 :

Ian Gillan, vocals

Ritchie Blackmore, lead guitar

Roger Glover, bass guitar

John Lord, keyboards

Ian Paice, drums

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mCK05dgwgU[/youtube]

La cançó explica un fet real del 4 de desembre de 1971. Deep Purple va anar a gravar un disc a Montreux (Canada). Abans que ells gravava un altre grup de l’època (Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention). En aquesta gravació algú va llançar una bengala que va provocar un incendi. Ells estaven en un hotel proper a l’altra banda del llac Geneva i des d’allà van veure tot el que va passar (“Smoke on the water, fire in the sky). L’edifici va quedar totalment destruït i van tenir que esperar alguns dies a gravar. Aquí teniu la lletra en anglès:

We all came out to Montreux
On the lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn’t 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, fire in the sky

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
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, fire in the sky

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 and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know well never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky