Smoke On The Water by gillbrooks

Vue • Landscape • posted on May 02, 2008

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This is the first version I did before changing it to go on the front page of 3D Commune this week :-) Thanx 4 peekin' ------------- The lyrics of the song tell a true story: on December 4, 1971, Deep Purple had set up camp in Montreux, Switzerland to record an album using a mobile recording studio (rented from the Rolling Stones and known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio - referred to as the "Rolling truck Stones thing" and "the mobile" in the song lyrics) at the entertainment complex that was part of the Montreux Casino (referred to as "the gambling house" in the song lyric). On the eve of the recording session a Frank Zappa concert was held in the casino's theatre. During the gig a fire broke out. Somebody in the audience had fired a flare gun into the ceiling, at which point the rattan covering started to burn, as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line. The resulting fire destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva as the members of Deep Purple watched the fire from their hotel across the lake. Yup - I changed history by burning down the mobile rather than the casino ;-) ---------------------------- Monsoon's Fire and my Water

Comments (46)

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Thelby

4:46AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

A Fire In the Sky!!! Very Cool Work and fits Very well with the Happenings!!!

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B_PEACOCK

5:18AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Nice :) This is really cool Gill

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PhilW

5:24AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Brilliant song, brilliant image to go with it! I used to play it with my previous band, always went down well! The fire and reflection here are excellently done.

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capelito

5:26AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

I love this song! Excellent scene. Excellent water, landscape and fire. Excellent composition and work.

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Jucce

5:40AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Nice effect! Water looks good also,I like the reflection of fire in it.

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faroutsider

5:47AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Good revisionist history for a great song (spoiled a little when I heard it played by a military brass band...!). Very nice render.

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WZRD

5:52AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

"Smoke on the water"! Woah! That brings back some memories - perhaps THE quintessential rock riff. Nice tribute image.

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Vanadis11

5:55AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Wonderful imaga for a great song! Excellent work!

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jgmart

5:59AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

This is really nice! The fire and smoke look great!

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dorkati

6:25AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Great work...I didn'tknow this story.

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ras_silverfox

6:28AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Nice lake scene. The reflection of fire is very real.

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aerodreams

7:01AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Great work.

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lwperkins

7:32AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Hey, thanks for telling the story behind the song! It more picturesque having the mobile ablaze instead;-)

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DarkStormCrow

7:44AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Excellent work and image, well done...

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Bossie_Boots

8:35AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

A wonderful scene and very intersting story superb work hugs lou x

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ldynghtwng

8:36AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Wonderful image..I knew thw story, always loved the song!

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croxie

9:03AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Casinos are fun, so that's a good choice :D And it's a great render as well :D

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dhanco

9:57AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Superb scene, Gill. Thanks for the history as well and congratulations on the front page at 3DC. Beautiful render, the fire and reflection on the water are awesome.

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