irock
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Post by irock on Apr 4, 2004 23:45:41 GMT -5
I mentioned this song a few weeks ago in another thread. After listening to it last night, I decided to give the song its own thread and see if anyone else reveres it as much as I do.
After over thirty years, this song's famous rift is probably still the best-known heavy metal rift ever.
The two versions, studio from 'Machine Head' and live from 'Made in Japan' were released almost simultaneously. In fact, as I recall they were on opposite sides of the same single. My own preference is for the live version.
In the other thead, I said this song told the story of the 1971 fire at a Frank Zappa and the Mothers concert at an auditorium on Lake Geneva in Montreau, Switzerland. I should have phrased that differently; it would be more to the point to say that it tells the story of this band's attempts to record the album 'Machine Head' and how progress was interrupted by that fire.
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mst3k
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Post by mst3k on Apr 4, 2004 23:56:15 GMT -5
I like it... my favorite by them is "Hush" though (noted by many as arguably the first heavy-metal song to hit the top ten on Billboard's Hot 100).
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Keith3000
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Post by Keith3000 on Apr 5, 2004 0:12:34 GMT -5
I love it. Amazing stuff and I agree that the rift is classic.
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Ragin
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Post by Ragin on Apr 7, 2004 10:38:22 GMT -5
I love the song, but I HATE it when every two-bit band tries to cover it and miserably fails.
I really like Hush also.
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cartman2002
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Post by cartman2002 on Dec 13, 2006 21:19:32 GMT -5
Smoke On The Water reached #4 on the Hot 100 in 1973
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Post by joker on Dec 14, 2006 0:01:47 GMT -5
I love the song, but I HATE it when every two-bit band tries to cover it and miserably fails. I really like Hush also. Agreed on all counts.
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Post by Jorge_Str [Som3on3] on Dec 15, 2006 7:09:07 GMT -5
ANTHEM!!
I heard from some guys that this song maybe has the best guitar riff ever...
The only sure, is that this band has many great songs, my favorite one is "Child in Time"
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Post by unicorns on Oct 5, 2008 17:45:54 GMT -5
I know I've heard this song before but I don't remember it very well. I think I liked it though.
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