Deep Purple--Smoke on the water

有看過電影搖滾教室(the school of rock)的人相信對這首經典歌曲一定不陌生，這是來自重金屬搖滾始祖(還包括像是Led zeppelin和Black Stabath)之一的Deep Purple所演唱的。來自英國的重金屬老團雖然從1968年就發行過第一張專輯，但是團裡的成員卻是一變再變，從wiki裡列出他們前團員名單就知道該團換成員的頻率有多高了。但是這絲毫不引響他們受歡迎的程度。DP唱片銷售最高紀綠有百萬張以上的水準，值得一提的是他們也曾一度獲得金式世界紀錄中最吵的搖滾團體的"殊名"。這首smoke on the water一曲是收錄在他們1972年發行的專輯Machine Head中。這首歌除了在各大排行榜上有輝煌的紀錄外，也在許多地方以不同的方式被廣為放送，像是PS2遊戲中的Guitar hero和Xbox中的Guitar hero 2中都是可供玩家練習的遊戲曲目，還有入選為 Dreamdoor's 100 Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs裡頭的第一名(也就是歌曲一開始的那段重複的旋律)，也因為這首歌的riff(即興重複段)簡單易上手卻又不失搖滾樂的音樂性，使得許多吉他的初學者都喜歡以這首歌為入門練習曲。這段riff有人更聚集了一千多人來同時演奏，企圖創下最多人演奏該曲的金式世界紀錄(這真的是很瞎的紀錄)，可見該曲的影響力之深。這次除了介紹這首經典的smoke on the water 之外，也分享一下日本版的smoke on the water，看看日本人奇怪創意的一面，個人覺得一開始的演奏十分氣派也不失原曲的感覺，直到有一群老男人齊聲開口唱歌才破壞了一開始給人耳目一新的感覺，雖然他們唱的很正經，但我還是忍不住地噗嗤了一下~~
(the above information adapted and translated from wikipedia and allmusic)



Album: Machine Head

Artist: Deep Purple

Released: 1972

(above photos from allmusic )

Original version



Japan Version

Lyrics
Smoke on the water
We all came out to montreux
On the lake geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didnt 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

(above lyrics from lyricsfreak)