Hi I wanna mention that I’m learning the bassline for this song, and it’s probably the part that moves around the most in the verse. It’s so hard to the point where I’ve made a edited version of the bassline in the verse just for that
@@mostly_chaos i knew a guy in highschool who could play this behind his back, though he definitely was built different cause he could also do a rubiks cube behind his back in under 30 seconds even if someone else jumbled it up.. kid was a freak lol
On the afternoon of Dec. 4 1971, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention were playing a show at The Hourglass, a ballroom at the Montreux Casino (Switzerland). At about 4:15PM, a "fan", who had brought a flare to the event pulled the string igniting it and setting the room ablaze. Fortunately, only three of the approximately 2,500 people in attendance reported injuries and those were relatively minor. The Casino burned to the ground.
Undeniably, it brings all the energy to the guitar riff, and during the guitar solo, it's doing a walking bassline. That's some sick songwriting, shows the power that a great bassist can bring to the band.
So glad my dad introduced me to this music. Nothing beats the gritty feel of classic rock. I remember singing Pink Floyd in the car on the way to school when I was 8. I love all kinds of music, but rock will forever hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for the upload. :)
I guess I might be young... Or, just not such a rocker.... But, I've never really listened to the lyrics previously! Seriously! This is the very first time that I have heard the story within the song! :-O
@@cristinafreire1454 It's a classic, sorry you don't like it. Not everything is for everyone. You are allowed your own opinion, but when you call a Legendary song "a bore" you are doing WAYY too much. You obviously have no respect for the genre otherwise you would have kept that opinion to yourself. Just sayin
Yea my daughter is 4 years old now and I've been introducing her to metal from the day I found out I was pregnant. Hopefully she'll thank me for it when she grows older.
i remember my dad (who was in two bands) teaching me this on an acoustic guitar - i practiced and practiced, blistered my fingertips, until i eventually made my younger brother think i was a badass older sister by playing it perfectly on HIS electric guitar, hooked up to HIS amp 😎 he hadn’t even learned to play this well yet lmao
Claude Nobs was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1971 Deep Purple decided to produce and record their album Machine Head in Montreux. The group was scheduled to record at the Montreux Casino shortly after Frank Zappa performed. During Zappa's performance, the casino caught fire, and was reduced to ashes. Nobs saved several young people who had hidden in the casino, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames.--Wikipedia. Some of the audio from the Zappa concert can be found on RUclips. Claude Nobs died in 2013.
Chuck Walsh I found a good article about the Montreux fire about a year ago when "funky Claude" died. Apparently, the fire wasn't started by flare gun, a person that was there said he seen a kid flicking lighted matches into the wooden rafters right where the fire started.
This song is totally badass. I lovethe buildup in the beginning. Sure the riff is simple but it's all the guitar work in between that give the song so much character. Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' was my first riff .
The lyrics tells exactly what happened when the band went to Montreaux for recording some music andsomeone put the place on fire with a flare, they had to move to somewhere else.
Same here. I was a teenager when this came out so of course I've heard it a million times, but it wasn't my type of music and I never really paid much attention to it. Today, only a half a century later, I read the backstory and came online to give it a listen. Better late than never, I suppose.
@@kimboylecaricatures6358Basically a fan shot a flare gun at the Grand Hotel in Montreaux, Switzerland where Deep Purple was playing. They decided to make a song about the incident. Hope that helps
I still remember the first time I heard this song. I was staying the night with my best friend in 1998, and he would turn his stereo on at night and fall asleep listening to it. This song came on, and I immediately fell in love with it, wondering how I had gone that long without hearing it.
I went this vacation to montreux in zwitserland and I learned something about this song. On December 4, 1971, Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa after a fan had set the venue on fire with a flare gun. the fire was extinguished with the water from the lake of geneva. That's what this song is about. I never knew before.
Для жителей Восточной стороны планеты Земля Smoke on the water была хитом и остаётся по сей день...слов мало кто знал, но Мелодия и песня Deep Purple HНАВСЕГДА В СЕРДЦЕ!!!
I'm only 14 but I've been listening to the good stuff since I was just a kid, not only was it the song that got me into rock, but the first song I learned to play on Bass Guitar
***** You're welcome, Sue! I think a lot of people have forgotten this great classic. It's probably one of the first songs that new guitar students learn.
Jan Hots and learn wrong, even though it sounds ok. Many beginning guitarists take the opening riff as a power chord, when it is not; it is a perfect fourth interval, meaning you only play two strings instead of three. It still is easy, but many budding young rock guitarists still play it wrong.
It is very easy....I think the proper tab is available online. However, I would say the proper way to play it is similar to the most popular way I have seen it played. Instead of picking a power chord, pluck a perfect fourth in the same fret pattern...there is no need to make a bar chord or to use two frets at any time.
I was 6 when I first heard this song .. I would ride with my dad on his 69 charger and I would replay this over and over .. I just turned 28 and I still listen to this 🔥..
Zoomers just overdramatize 2020. To us it was just another year. Ain't no year same as the others. 2020 was slightly different year than the previous years too
@@HelloWorld-yn6fx not yet they work for a very busy job so he hasn’t had time yet so we’re probably gonna start during the summer when we have more time
The weird part is that this song has one of the most known guitar riffs in history, but what really gets me pumped up is that bass in the beginning (yeah, and the guitar riff too, but that bass line should be more famous)
"open third fifth open third sixth fifth open third fifth third open" Our music teacher taught us in 4th grade. Song so catchy I remember the notes even now at 23 despite never playing the guitar since
Since the first time I heard this song by Deep Purple(high school dance held at the IGA parking lot)in my hometown, it has always been my CLASSIC ROCK FAVORITE! :)
1220sassy As far as guitar is concerned the main riff, and verse is pretty simple, the timing is a little funny, if you need help learning it feel free to message me I will help you out.
Song: exists
Guitar teachers: it's free real estate
Y'all my dad would play this song on his guitar when I was younger... I wish he still could play it.. I miss you dad!!
my uncle can
Learn to play. I am.
daddy jojo I support you man
Sorry bro
i can play it on what on ukulele guitar bass
Everyone is laughing at how easy this song, but none of you can make a song this epic with simple chord, bassline and drum beat
About a complete tragedy
Indeed
Bruh who's here from rabbids 2 after hearing the jukebox or playing the level
Hi I wanna mention that I’m learning the bassline for this song, and it’s probably the part that moves around the most in the verse. It’s so hard to the point where I’ve made a edited version of the bassline in the verse just for that
@@mostly_chaos i knew a guy in highschool who could play this behind his back, though he definitely was built different cause he could also do a rubiks cube behind his back in under 30 seconds even if someone else jumbled it up.. kid was a freak lol
On the afternoon of Dec. 4 1971, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention were playing a show at The Hourglass, a ballroom at the Montreux Casino (Switzerland). At about 4:15PM, a "fan", who had brought a flare to the event pulled the string igniting it and setting the room ablaze. Fortunately, only three of the approximately 2,500 people in attendance reported injuries and those were relatively minor. The Casino burned to the ground.
The guy who brought a flare gun must feel mighty proud to be an inspiration for such an iconic rock song...
@@alexs7097 I hope he feels like the idiot he is/was.
@@alexs7097
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣Brilliant! 😂😂😂
@@alexs7097 I wonder if he got any royalties converted to concession currency while in prison!
My dad always makes me play this on my guitar. Makes me feel like a rockstar every single time!
that is so cute
I am slightly drunk, and this comment made me shed a tear. ggwp
Lol my dad makes me play rush
same Lmao first song my aunt ever taught me when I was 7 :)
ur user name nd the profile pic r perfection
Everyone's first tune to play on their guitars hahaha 😂
haha yeah its not a bad tune though
Mine was "Civil War" by GNR
+somebody13324 Mine was Through the fire and flames by Dragonforce
Mine was 'Moves Like Jagger' XD
+Bboy Inferno mine was fcpremix. very easy for beginners
Even my great grandkids love this song. Timeless.
Dean hummed this to quiet a child. I see why it worked. This is awesome
Meanwhile playing on bass be like:
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Me to man
Play G on piano... I dare u
Undeniably, it brings all the energy to the guitar riff, and during the guitar solo, it's doing a walking bassline. That's some sick songwriting, shows the power that a great bassist can bring to the band.
Honestly same
That funky bass groove...oh yeah....
So glad my dad introduced me to this music. Nothing beats the gritty feel of classic rock. I remember singing Pink Floyd in the car on the way to school when I was 8. I love all kinds of music, but rock will forever hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for the upload. :)
my grandad plays this at partys
smooooooke on the waater
fire in the sky
Same here! Rock on sister(:
+Ashey Jimenez Hi, I'm your Dad. Where did all the time go?
Same! ❤ I love rock! ✌
Hail Rick 🤘🏼 I recommend you Steel Panther, its a new band, but it's almost the same as 80's
Shout out to my parents for all of the classic rock growing up, especially my dad! Thank y'all and rip dad, love and miss you.
💜
This Saturday is the 50th anniversary of the actual true story that sparked this song. No pun intended. Dec. 4, 1971
"No matter what we get out of this..."
Only one of the most iconic rock songs of all time and an awesome riff that will be played for eternity!!!
Loop
and all because of some stupid with a flare gun.
One of the top 5 intro`s of all time. Bruce S
The riff in this song is legendary! And it's easy on guitar too..
The riff is calked a HOOK. The hook is what goes through the mind. Great stuff.
not really
I LOVE THIS SONG, I HAVEN'T HEARD IN AGES! WHO EVER WROTE THIS IS A CLASSIC ROCK GENIUS!
my late dad love this song and always sing it when he heard this song,he passed away on 17/12/2020🥰
RIP 🙏
My twin sisters were born on that day 👁👄👁🤍
Your dad had style....
In 1972 this 1st came to the people of this NOW Screwed up world ,,But in 72 It ROCKED SO HARD Well like a pissed of DNKEY ON STEROIDS
Pissed off DONKEY on steroids HARD ROCKING SOAB 1972,,
Story in a song..thats how legendary makes history in music..
Its a true story...
what a bore.
I guess I might be young... Or, just not such a rocker.... But, I've never really listened to the lyrics previously! Seriously! This is the very first time that I have heard the story within the song! :-O
My dad loves music that tells a story
@@cristinafreire1454 It's a classic, sorry you don't like it. Not everything is for everyone. You are allowed your own opinion, but when you call a Legendary song "a bore" you are doing WAYY too much. You obviously have no respect for the genre otherwise you would have kept that opinion to yourself. Just sayin
I thank my mom & dad for introducing me to great bands like Deep Purple. Honestly love how much soul goes into these songs.
This song is very great. thank you.
深沢賢一
You're welcome.
Yea my daughter is 4 years old now and I've been introducing her to metal from the day I found out I was pregnant. Hopefully she'll thank me for it when she grows older.
Aw, she will. Metal is an amazing genre that none other can beat.
hiiiiiiiiiiiiii
This was my grandpa’s favourite song and would always play it when I was younger miss him so much!!
i remember my dad (who was in two bands) teaching me this on an acoustic guitar - i practiced and practiced, blistered my fingertips, until i eventually made my younger brother think i was a badass older sister by playing it perfectly on HIS electric guitar, hooked up to HIS amp 😎 he hadn’t even learned to play this well yet lmao
❤️
Damn, 46 years old and still the most badass riff in the game 🔥
One of the greatest rock songs and riff of all time.
This riff is fantastic!!
GOD, I love this song! The opening alone is pure gold. 🎸
That has got to be one of the most iconic song intros ever :D
Eh not really it’s just played by fucking everyone
*riff
If they don't do the palm muting it drives me nuts.
The most Iconic (for any rock/guitar) next to seven nation army.
Claude Nobs was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1971 Deep Purple decided to produce and record their album Machine Head in Montreux. The group was scheduled to record at the Montreux Casino shortly after Frank Zappa performed. During Zappa's performance, the casino caught fire, and was reduced to ashes. Nobs saved several young people who had hidden in the casino, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames.--Wikipedia. Some of the audio from the Zappa concert can be found on RUclips. Claude Nobs died in 2013.
I've been listening to Deep Purple since the mid 70's and never knew what the hell they were talking about until today. Thanks man!
Chuck Walsh
I found a good article about the Montreux fire about a year ago when "funky Claude" died. Apparently, the fire wasn't started by flare gun, a person that was there said he seen a kid flicking lighted matches into the wooden rafters right where the fire started.
Chuck Walsh lol
1:09 keep clicking to create an iconic scene
Try not to have a panic attack and crash your car though
Love that show
Stan kurt on ur profil
My Brother and I Rock out with this song 🎵
I always love rock but Dean Winchester just made it a whole lot better..
Narcissist
Dean was the best tv charecter off all time
Oh yes he did! :D
Dont reffer to yourself in the first person
I agree
A great song, inspired by a traumatic experience in 1971. Very well done!
Fantastic, timeless music!
Why doesn't today's musician make this kind of music anymore, I'm his first customer/fan!
2019?
Classics never die!
Yeah u said it!😎
2020 and still going
2021✌💞⚘⚘🎶✊
My Dad introduced me to a lot of Classic Rock this past summer.... And God bless him for doing so!
Hahaha I'm 67 and this is the 1st riff I learned last nite! And proud of it ! ❤️
I love the guitar intro in this song, classic rock at it's best.
This song is totally badass. I lovethe buildup in the beginning. Sure the riff is simple but it's all the guitar work in between that give the song so much character. Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' was my first riff .
Paranoid was my first album buy. tho I never became much of
a metal fan. we were knocked over by Iron Man.
Deaf people
I wonder what the lyrics to smoke on the water is
Lyrics- music
Deaf people
Oh i love this
i mean, if you play it loud enough on good speakers, a deaf person can actually 'feel' the music.
@John Ryan Parman, some people actually made a short designed for deaf people for music
Edit: I mean shirt, not short
I dont get this?!
The lyrics tells exactly what happened when the band went to Montreaux for recording some music andsomeone put the place on fire with a flare, they had to move to somewhere else.
@@Shlurpy448 A short what?
A intro é sensacional!!quando o vocal canta é múltiplas sensações
Fodase
The most recognizable guitar riff ever!! Still so great! turn it up!!
School Of Rock!!!
Lucas Martínez Parra eyy mate that's why I'm here
School of rock was the best
What’s your name? David? Ok David, Shut Up
@David Hames it's a deadly film
My nephew is 18 , loves the same....message me please.
ЕГО ВЕЛИЧЕСТВО
ДИП ПЕРПЛ !!!
СПАСИБО ВАМ
ТЕМНО - ЛЮБИМЫЕ !!!
I have heard this legendary song a million times but just found out the entire backstory and meaning of it today.
Same here. I was a teenager when this came out so of course I've heard it a million times, but it wasn't my type of music and I never really paid much attention to it. Today, only a half a century later, I read the backstory and came online to give it a listen. Better late than never, I suppose.
What is the back story can I ask?
@@kimboylecaricatures6358Basically a fan shot a flare gun at the Grand Hotel in Montreaux, Switzerland where Deep Purple was playing. They decided to make a song about the incident. Hope that helps
Was expecting the original guitar solo and got blown away with this version!
I love this track! It‘s been written in Montreux where one of the biggest festivals is taking place ever since god created music...
anybody else's first learned guitar riff?😂
Bryce Deese learnig it now as my first
MR
+Caitlyn Killian me
Nope, Monster by Skillet was my first.
Bryce Deese Meh
When I listen this song.
I remember my litle brother when he was young.
He playing this song with a broom as guitar
Not a good haiku. I'll fix it.
When I listen this
I remember my brother
He playing this song
destroyernoah english grammer 100
Grammar*
I still remember the first time I heard this song. I was staying the night with my best friend in 1998, and he would turn his stereo on at night and fall asleep listening to it. This song came on, and I immediately fell in love with it, wondering how I had gone that long without hearing it.
You should have in 1972 WOOOW The NUKE
I'm from Nepal. I have poor English. I love this type of music.
Who dares to put a dislike. it's one of the best guitar riff ever and easiest
The lyrics actually tell a true story (as crazy as they are).
Good song. Every Day and Month. Thanks for the Lyrik. . 23.10-06.11.2020.-21.April 2021-24.Mai2021
Summer School '73 ... This was our song each morning before class began.
One if the best songs of all time
I went this vacation to montreux in zwitserland and I learned something about this song.
On December 4, 1971, Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa after a fan had set the venue on fire with a flare gun. the fire was extinguished with the water from the lake of geneva.
That's what this song is about. I never knew before.
Nicky wow dark
Nicky I've had people who don't know any better that think the song is about smoking a bong.
I knew it, i am from this region
U mean Switzerland ??
Nicky wow I gotta tell my dad
Для жителей Восточной стороны планеты Земля Smoke on the water была хитом и остаётся по сей день...слов мало кто знал, но Мелодия и песня Deep Purple HНАВСЕГДА В СЕРДЦЕ!!!
The best guitar tune I've ever heard. Its so addictive.
their music will never die😙😚😋
Thank you father you made me grow up with this fantastic music
This proves that simplicity is the best way to go in music. My dad taught me guitar... This was my first riff.
17 desember 2019 yg masih dengar lagu ini....selera musik kalian tinggi gaess..
Aku aku aku wkwkwkw
High five!
Dean hummed this song to put a baby to sleep :) hehe
i tried it with my son, long story short, i think i raised a hippie
it worked :P
actually it didn't, he screamed and my wife got mad at me
I found another family member! Lol :)
I'm here because I was watching that supernatural episode where they take care of a baby and dean makes it fall asleep by singing this
What is my life
You, my friend... have a good taste in tv shows.
M& m person can I eat you I’m hungry
Your life is better now, u have founded the 'supernatural' tv show
This song is unique in the way that the instruments are introduced one by one in the beginning.
This song made Montreux fire as a legend that will remember us for a long time.
One of my all time songs!👍
I'm only 14 but I've been listening to the good stuff since I was just a kid, not only was it the song that got me into rock, but the first song I learned to play on Bass Guitar
The drummer is a machine.
This song makes me nostalgic
This has to be one of the top songs in rock history!
Thanks Jan!
***** You're welcome, Sue! I think a lot of people have forgotten this great classic. It's probably one of the first songs that new guitar students learn.
Jan Hots and learn wrong, even though it sounds ok. Many beginning guitarists take the opening riff as a power chord, when it is not; it is a perfect fourth interval, meaning you only play two strings instead of three. It still is easy, but many budding young rock guitarists still play it wrong.
lawrenc1 Is there sheet music available, so people could learn it correctly? Or is it the way they play the written music that's wrong?
It is very easy....I think the proper tab is available online. However, I would say the proper way to play it is similar to the most popular way I have seen it played. Instead of picking a power chord, pluck a perfect fourth in the same fret pattern...there is no need to make a bar chord or to use two frets at any time.
I was 6 when I first heard this song ..
I would ride with my dad on his 69 charger and I would replay this over and over ..
I just turned 28 and I still listen to this 🔥..
My dad always played this song loud, today marks 4 years since he passed away... miss you Dad xx
GOD Bless Keep You Yours Thank You Amen 🙏.
To sum up 2020 .... "No matter what we get out of this
I know, I know we'll never forget"
Hmm....Well put, my friend! :-)
Zoomers just overdramatize 2020. To us it was just another year. Ain't no year same as the others. 2020 was slightly different year than the previous years too
"No matter what we get out of this, I know we'll never forget" ... words to live by!!
Yuuup , True That! So True! YEEE!
3:40 bending guitar was a landmark. When Van Halen showed up. it all changed, but before that, nothing could beat that moment.
4 Dec 1971 - 52 years ago today (4 Dec 2023) "Some stupid with a flare gun..." provided the inspiration for this song!
I just got my moms coworkers old electric guitar and he’s gonna teach me how to play this song I can’t wait!
Can you play this song now?
I really wanna know. Hope it went well!
@@HelloWorld-yn6fx not yet they work for a very busy job so he hasn’t had time yet so we’re probably gonna start during the summer when we have more time
@@tyrameissner9004 okay good luck!
@@HelloWorld-yn6fx thank you!
Giampietro. SEMPRE LORO CI CONTINUANO A MARTELLARE CON LA SUA GRADEVOLE MUSICA. DEEP PURPLE OK🏆🤩😍😮. BRAVISSIMI.
Coming from Seattle this song has a special fire to it when I hear it!
Thank's Love you. You have still an imported mission. To all of us. Old song, New time. Messenge ❤✌
This was on the guitar hero game my dad had when I was a kid back in 2009. This song is so legendary but it seems like not a lot of people know it.
Its just good to find people have a real taste of music!!
Agreed! 😁😎🎸
Smoke on the water Old and good song.Thanks,Merci.for the Lyrics.05.03.2021-10.03.2021
First Rock song I ever " learnt"!
The weird part is that this song has one of the most known guitar riffs in history, but what really gets me pumped up is that bass in the beginning (yeah, and the guitar riff too, but that bass line should be more famous)
First song I learned to play on the guitar and bass.
Love this song, way back when it actually took talent to make music! 😊👍
I was a toddler when I first listened to this song. Amazing!!! Love Deep Purple!
The intro that everyone knows. I just learned about the title of this today. I can play the intro on my guitar and I learned it by ear.
I LOVE CLASSIC ROCK & I ALWAYS WILL MY DAD & MOM GREW UP LISTENING TO IT :-)
"open third fifth
open third sixth fifth
open third fifth
third open"
Our music teacher taught us in 4th grade.
Song so catchy I remember the notes even now at 23 despite never playing the guitar since
¿Jack black?
👍
Still got this on 45...2022...From New Zealand.⛦⛧
Since the first time I heard this song by Deep Purple(high school dance held at the IGA parking lot)in my hometown, it has always been my CLASSIC ROCK FAVORITE! :)
Now when did I leave that damn time machine?
Mark Hollis The Doctor stole it.😀
i see what you did there
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Got to meet Zappa! |m|
Lol. I thought you mistyped this until I thought about it...
No matter the year, this song still rocks
1972 BRAN NEW Cant say enough ,,,, ASS KICKING
This whole song is about working with what you got. What a message
This song is perfect, it can't be better !!!
Hehe once this song was Dean Winchester's phone ring😉😍
Once Dean Winchester hummed this to calm a baby down and it worked (and nearly killed me it was so confusingly adorable)
Supernatural fandom is everywhere :'D *-*
Scemo Boy Clearly, you have far MORE musical talent than I do. lol. This is not an easy song to play. Best of luck with your musical career.
Merve Buyukalp Gross.
1220sassy As far as guitar is concerned the main riff, and verse is pretty simple, the timing is a little funny, if you need help learning it feel free to message me I will help you out.
When I was little, my father always heard this song with me. It was one of my first Songs and I still love it. ❤️
Anyone else here because of Dean Winchester and their love of rock?