Smoke on the Water - Heavy Metal?

[Dad3353]

 

 

 

[DawnPatroller]

  On 14/07/2021 at 18:07, Doctor J said:

Not if you grew up in the 80's on this side of the Atlantic

 

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Cheers for that. I didn't even click the video and I've had the song stuck in my head for the last 20 minutes 😆

[Killed_by_Death]

 

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[MacDaddy]

  On 14/07/2021 at 14:51, Dad3353 said:

Well, if we're allowed to talk music, there's always him (and a few others...), naturally. Is Tchaikovsky 'heavy'..? (Answer : sometimes..!) 

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[FinnDave]

I really haven't the will to read the last 7 pages, so I'm sorry of it's already been said, but back in the day, Deep Purple was described as heavy rock, along with bands like Black Sabbath & Lead Zeppelin.

I can't remember hearing the term 'heavy metal' (other than in Born to be Wild) until much later.

[Stub Mandrel]

 

[Richard R]

  On 14/07/2021 at 19:46, FinnDave said:

I really haven't the will to read the last 7 pages, so I'm sorry of it's already been said,

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You missed all the fun!

[FinnDave]

  On 14/07/2021 at 20:50, Richard R said:

You missed all the fun!

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I've got too much on for fun! Gigs here & there and daughter's wedding - which is another gig!

[leschirons]

  On 10/07/2021 at 22:27, OliverBlackman said:

It’s classic rock, with emphasis on classic 😉

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It's Classic rock now, but not at the time😄 It was Heavy rock.

[Stub Mandrel]

To bring some perspective,  Smoke on the Water was recorded 49 years ago.

49 years back from Smoke on the Water in 1923 the world was recovering from the Great War and Spanish Flu.

[skankdelvar]

To bring some perspective my auntie used to live next door to Roger Glover in Richings Park, Iver, Buckinghamshire and my (then) teenage cousin Pete used to wash Roger's car to make a few bob.

One time Roger was in his garden planting out some marigolds and my uncle leaned over the fence and said 'Rog, is Smoke On The Water heavy metal?' and Roger put down his trowel and thought a bit and said 'No, Norman, it's hard rock but played with a hint of heaviness'.

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[Supernaut]

  On 14/07/2021 at 19:27, MacDaddy said:

 

 

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I need that T shirt! 

[FinnDave]

  On 14/07/2021 at 22:45, skankdelvar said:

To bring some perspective my auntie used to live next door to Roger Glover in Richings Park, Iver, Buckinghamshire and my (then) teenage cousin Pete used to wash Roger's car to make a few bob.

One time Roger was in his garden planting out some marigolds and my uncle leaned over the fence and said 'Rog, is Smoke On The Water heavy metal?' and Roger put down his trowel and thought a bit and said 'No, Norman, it's hard rock but played with a hint of heaviness'.

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Interesting tidbit of information there - so Mr. Glover had got past his (deep) purple phase by then was more into the yellow/red end of the spectrum?

[Jus Lukin]

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[Richard R]

  On 14/07/2021 at 21:02, FinnDave said:

I've got too much on for fun! Gigs here & there and daughter's wedding - which is another gig!

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Enjoy the gigs, and best wishes for the gigs and the wedding. Will you be playing Smoke on The Water at the reception ?😉

[FinnDave]

  On 15/07/2021 at 12:28, Richard R said:

Enjoy the gigs, and best wishes for the gigs and the wedding. Will you be playing Smoke on The Water at the reception ?😉

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Thank you - I don't think Smoke on the Water is on the band's setlist though!

[ubit]

Could we have the bride and the groom on the floor please? Then into Smoke On The Water. Reminds me of a friend of ours who used to sing in a band that did many functions over the years. He once asked for the bride and groom etc then asked for the brides parents. Everyone Was stage whispering frantically, Al,...... they're dead!

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

  On 15/07/2021 at 12:32, FinnDave said:

Thank you - I don't think Smoke on the Water is on the band's setlist though!

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My father-in-law had Smoke Gets In Your Eyes played at his funeral/cremation.

[FinnDave]

  On 15/07/2021 at 13:11, ubit said:

Could we have the bride and the groom on the floor please? Then into Smoke On The Water. Reminds me of a friend of ours who used to sing in a band that did many functions over the years. He once asked for the bride and groom etc then asked for the brides parents. Everyone Was stage whispering frantically, Al,...... they're dead!

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As the father of the bride, I rather hope that won't be the case next month!

[skankdelvar]

  On 15/07/2021 at 10:24, FinnDave said:

Interesting tidbit of information there - so Mr. Glover had got past his (deep) purple phase by then was more into the yellow/red end of the spectrum?

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Okay, the first paragraph was true. The second was an outrageous lie; Mr Glover was potting on some begonias.

[FinnDave]

  On 15/07/2021 at 17:00, skankdelvar said:

Okay, the first paragraph was true. The second was an outrageous lie; Mr Glover was potting on some begonias.

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Hopefully they were scarlet, and having planted them he then observed a fire on the mountain.

[Richard R]

  On 15/07/2021 at 18:40, FinnDave said:

Hopefully they were scarlet, and having planted them he then observed a fire on the mountain.

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Is Mr. G a known Dead Head? I bet he grows magnolias.

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[Richard R]

https://youtu.be/Y_X9AyP0d_w

Video may not have embedded, so added link.

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[Stub Mandrel]

  On 15/07/2021 at 20:32, Richard R said:

Is Mr. G a known Dead Head? I bet he grows magnolias.

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Perhaps he steels magnolias.

[Stub Mandrel]

Thomas Tallis,

Bore no malice.

Save an organist called Ken.

Who played the organ rather badly,

Now and then.