Tänään tasan 49 vuotta sitten Frank Zappa ja Montreux Casinon palo piirtyivät lähtemättömästi rock-kansan mieleen.
Lähinnä tapahtuma on tallentunut jälkipolville Deep Purpen Smoke on the water -kappaleen ansiosta, joka kertoo kyseisestä palosta. Deep Purplen tyypit olivat palon aikaan kaupungissa, ja silminnäkijähavainnot löytyvät bändin ikoniselta viisulta.
”Some stupid with a flare gun, burned the place to the ground”
Frank Zappan yhtye Mothers Of Invention soitti Montreux Casinolla 4.12.1971. Tietojen mukaan tulipalo syttyi keikan aikana fanin ammuttua juhlatilassa valopistoolilla.
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make a records with a mobile
We didn’t have much timeFrank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the groundSmoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the waterThey burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the groundWhen it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the raceSmoke on the water
Deep Purple/Smoke on the fire
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
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