Smoke On The Water by gillbrooks
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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'
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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 ;-)
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Monsoon's Fire and my Water
Comments (46)
magnumopus
Like the famous guitar riff of the song, this work is a classic hit! You're quite the rock star,Gill!! Nice work,as usual.
dfsmetsfan
Lovely...you do such great work!!
pakled
dang...;) had the album until fairly recently. Most of the recording was done in the hallways, it looked like...;) played that in bands for years...;)
npauling
Very well done it really tells a story.
FrenchKiss
Excellent effects here!
Mad-Mike
Awesome Gill!!! looks so realistic the fire, and love the surrounding scenery also! and wow! great reflections in the water!! super cool! have a great weekend!
huismus
Beautiful! and thanks for te story.
butterfly_fish
Very cool! And thanks for the info. Now I have that riff playing in my head, and I have to go track down the lyrics. LOL.
lingrif
Wonderful work! Smoke and fire are well done!
furuta
Great effect, wonderful image!!
Burpee
Superb firework happenig here!
LudyMelltSekher
Hello my dear friend,Sorry for sign so late, I was sick.What a beautiful and excelent artwork,Super Wonderful!!! Congratulations!!! A million stars**** Sorry to have that to write the same thing in English to all, but are few the words that I have in English to say.Have a marvelous Wednesday.Luminous blessings.Ludy.
Gor111
A fantastic and real fascinating scene you have created and posted her! What a fabulous atmosphere!!!
pixelmeister
Cool work!
capitanpescanova
Excellent image. The landscape reminds me a puzzle I made a lot of years ago
kjer_99
Spectacular render! Fire is hard to pull off realistically, but you've done it very well in this one.