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Music Appreciation

YoshidaYui

(46,282 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2026, 05:09 AM 13 hrs ago

Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (1972)

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Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (1972) (Original Post) YoshidaYui 13 hrs ago OP

The first song any aspiring rock guitarist learns. 😊 Brings back garage band memories. Tim S 13 hrs ago #1

Weird Pastiche ProfessorGAC 6 hrs ago #2

PHEW! for a moment there I though you were going to call it YoshidaYui 5 hrs ago #3

Can't Be That ProfessorGAC 5 hrs ago #4

Tim S

(407 posts)

1. The first song any aspiring rock guitarist learns. 😊 Brings back garage band memories.

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 05:31 AM

13 hrs ago

And memories of being visited by the police (law enforcement, not the band) 😂

ProfessorGAC

(77,847 posts)

2. Weird Pastiche

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:27 PM

6 hrs ago

It's part lipsynched to the Machine Head version, but the guitar solo is nothing like the recorded version.
Gillan, if he's not lipsynching, is phrasing identical to the record, plus there is a harmony part nobody is singing.
Then during the solo we see at least 3 different takes, because Richie isn't even wearing the same clothes.
Finally, the tubes in Lord's organ aren't glowing, so it doesn't appear it was even turned on.
Guitar solo edited into the recorded version to seem more live?

YoshidaYui

(46,282 posts)

3. PHEW! for a moment there I though you were going to call it

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:46 PM

5 hrs ago

AI SLOP!

ProfessorGAC

(77,847 posts)

4. Can't Be That

Reply to YoshidaYui (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 01:25 PM

5 hrs ago

They definitely recorded Machine Head in Montreaux.
And they played it live a million times.
Just an odd video of it.

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