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We are having a 'discussion' at work! Was Deep Purples song 'Smoke on the Water' written because the studio they were recording in set alight (near lake Geneva?) or was it because a Rolling Stones gig they went to had a fire and the smoke drifted over the water? If it is not the Stones 'option' why do they sing about them in the song?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As far as I am aware, it is about the Casino in Switzerland where they were going to record Machine Head. I think someone fired a flare gun or something, and set fire to the place. They moved to a different hotel and recorded their album in the Rolling Stones' Mobile Studio. One of them (Roy Glover I think) thought of the smoke on the water they had seen (the Casino was situated overlooking Lake Geneva).