Deep Purplen vuoden 1972 ”Machine Head”-albumin klassikko ”Smoke On The Water” on odotetusti valittu maailman parhaaksi kitarariffiksi Classic Rockin toteuttamassa äänestyksessä tämän päiväisen World Guitar Dayn kunniaksi. Muut palkintosijalle yltäneet kappaleet yli 30 000 äänen joukosta olivat Iron Maidenin ”The Trooper” (1983) sekä AC/DC:n ”Back In Black” (1980).
Ritchie Blackmore kertoi kirjoittamastaan ”Smoke On The Waterista” vuonna 2016 Guitar Player-lehdelle seuraavaa:
I wrote the riff during a jam while we were recording Machine Head at a theater in Montreux, Switzerland. I asked [Deep Purple drummer] Ian Paice to come up with something new—a rhythm we haven’t played before—and I basically played along. It wasn’t worked out. But I was aware—mentally—of trying to write something very, very simple and straightforward. We were in this big ballroom, and Paice and I started playing the riff and a chord progression. Then, the police arrived to tell us to stop, because we were playing so loud that there were complaints. We kept the door locked so that we could keep recording that particular take. The police were hammering on the door during the final take in the last three minutes of the recording session. Had the Montreux police had their way, we never would’ve recorded “Smoke on the Water—so, no thanks to them!
Katso TOP-20 kitarariffit alta:
1.Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
2.Iron Maiden – The Trooper
3.AC/DC – Back In Black
4.Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
5.Metallica – Master Of Puppets
6.Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
7.Metallica – Enter Sandman
8.Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
9.Black Sabbath – Paranoid
10.Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
11.Black Sabbath – Iron Man
12.Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
13.AC/DC – Thunderstruck
14.Metallica – Creeping Death
15.The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
16.AC/DC – Highway To Hell
17.Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
18.The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile
19.Metallica – For Whom The Bell Tolls
20.ZZ Top – La Grange
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Alla Deep Purplen “Smoke On The Water”:
Lähde: Classic Rock
Metalliluolan uutistoimitus. Tällä hetkellä uutisia ja tiedotteita julkaisevat Ville Krannila, Pete Alander, Mikko Huuhka ja Joni Renko.
