Smoke on the water

[nofi]

[drbassman]

My ears, my ears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

[godofthunder]

  Who would ever think that was a good idea!

[Highlander]

Please, someone delete this post before Uwe sees it... he may never recover from the shock...

[godofthunder]

Oh I think Uwe NEEDS to see this.

[Pilgrim]

Do you think Pat Boone looked just a LITTLE like Ritchie B.....?

[Highlander]

Scott...!
Al...!

I did not know you could be so cruel...

(Dave's probably sent Uwe a pm already...)

[Basvarken]

I think Uwe owns the album.

[Highlander]

[westen44]

Long ago, I had a friend from Brazil who was speaking at a conference.  Pat Boone introduced him, but during the introduction talked about my friend being someone who spoke Spanish, etc.  Of course, some Brazilians get really insulted when people don't realize their native language is Portuguese.  I tried to do what I could to smooth things over a little, but my friend wasn't very amused at Pat Boone.  I also tried to explain that at one time Pat Boone was considered a pop music star in America, but that had absolutely no effect, either. 

[uwe]

Of course I do. And Ritchie plays on it too. Unlike those sourpusses from Led Zep, the lads from DP always had humor. The other guys couldn't even remember laughter and repeatedly would ask their audience about its whereabouts, especially prior to churning out their ghastly Spirit-rip-off Stay Away to Happen, itself never a laughing matter that song.

That said, Pat's version of SOTW is commendable, if a little on the unadventurous side, if you do it, do it wrong:



Could you imagine Led Zep doing this to one of their songs?



That song works any which way you play it:



This is one of my favorite versions, Mark Nauseef was/is such a hot drummer, a mix of fusion and stadium rock, Dave's own private hell   , at 19:00:

[eb2]

I like the horn section on the Pat Boone version.  Kind of fun, and lets face it: he had nothing to do with the charts. If Jack Jones had sung over it I would be very happy.

[drbassman]

I would have preferred Johnny Cash!  He could have transitioned right into "Burning Ring of Fire" afterwards!  

[godofthunder]

   Ah much better!