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... [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/d/deep_purple/smoke_on_the_water.html ]
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.
Smoke on the water...
Actually, being a deep purple fan from way back. The song is a true story of what happened. The band was in montereax with the rolling stones mobile recording truck and staying at the same hotel as frank zappa when it was burned down. The smoke on the water was the smoke from the fire over lake geneva. Claude knobs was their producer and he was rescuing people from the burning building. They had to move to the grand hotel to finish recording. Photo's of the fire are on the inside cover of the machine head album. They didn't even expect the song to be released as a single let alone become the anthem that it was.
Smoke On The Water meanings
by Unregistered on Feb 13th 2012 7:15 am
Smoke with five finggers. That is the meaning for me..
by Unregistered on Jan 28th 2012 10:41 am
I think smoke on the water is fun and exiting when you play with a band or grop.
It is a metaphor for smoking hash with a bong. They got so stoned that they started seeing things. Eventually, everybody fell asleep. With all of them sleeping anywhere and everywhere; even on the floor in the hallway (like a grand hotel). Through it all, the music kept playing; they woke up to the rolling stones, eyes red, clothes sweaty, the whole bit...
by Unregistered on Dec 14th 2011 2:50 pm
Looking for the song smoke on the water for english class
by Unregistered on Dec 11th 2011 10:25 am
Wtf not for drums i tiped in smoke on the water lyrics for drums
by Unregistered on Dec 5th 2011 2:18 pm
It means someone burnt down a casino with a flare gun
by Unregistered on Nov 21st 2011 5:20 pm
They were smoking some bad weed and when they were stoned, they wrote smoke on the water, they were next to a lake, chilling out. Played backward it says "paul is dead"
Blues4dog has it correct. I was a big dp fan at the time, and since i have been to montreaux. There is an open air concert hall on the lake which is named smoke on the water, and the grand hotel is still there but in much better shape.
This song is so easy on guitar a retard could play it. I can play this song blindfolded, the riff is awsome though, ritchie blackmore does too many up strokes so the song loses its aggression, if he would down stroke it would super awsome.