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This section includes info on
songs that have appeared in Movies, TV Shows, and various other places
that otherwise would be interesting know about! * |
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November
16th 2005 Germany's TV-show "Wetten daß" took place
in Mannheim and they always do a special "town-bet". This
time the presenter Thomas Gottschalk said at the beginning: "I
bet that Mannheim will not be able to manage to assemble at least
250 Guitar-players with their guitars and amps to play all together
the most famous Ritchie Blackmore riff: "Smoke on the Water"
There were at least 500 people standing there with their guitars
and amps playing the riff together (aside from thousands of else
visitors)! See
it here. November
2004: Earthquake hits Tokyo Japan while Blackmore's Night are there
performing on stage! In the movie "Dazed and Confused" with Ben Affleck and a cast of other notable actors, there is a scene when the incoming class of seniors visit the middle school to haze the incoming class of freshmen. During that scene you can hear "space trucking" from Deep Purple being played on the truck radio. In the movie Blaze with Paul Newman, Deep Purple is listed in the credits at the end. (we're not sure what was played in the movie, but it's in the credits) In the film Biggles a bit of Knocking at your Backdoor is played. From the "Labyrinth" Soundtrack, the Track "Into the Labyrinth" has an Intro that sounds awfully similar to Rainbow's "Gates of Babylon" Intro. I've played Side by Side they sound almost identica! The German movie "23" used a short piece of "Child in Time" for the soundtrack. But, in later versions it was replaced, probably because of copyright... In "Wayne's World", there's a scene when Dana Carvey and Mike Myers sing "Bohemian rhapsody" on a car with two more guys, and one of them has a "Slaves & Masters" T-Shirt on. In
the movie "Rock Star" there are several references to
Ritchie: In movie "When Strangers Appear" a man comes to Jukebox and second after that you can hear "Hush". A couple of times In the movie Twister you see the 1974 ABC TV California Jam concert gig on the TV in the gas station & the back of the van the main cast are in. The song being played at the time on the clip is the start of Child in Time. The Kevin Costner movie "For the Love of the Game" has "Catch the Rainbow " in it. In the movie "High Fidelity" with John Cusak - Cusak plays the owner of a second hand collector record shop, in several scenes the cover of "Made in Japan" is plainly and clearly seen. In the movie "Almost Famous", at the party, people are dancing to Burn. In the movie "Breaking the Waves" with Emily Watson, "Child In Time" is used as a musical interlude between scenes.
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In
the 6th series of Smallville in one of the episodes we see Chloe
in her room with the Machinehead cover on the wall behind her. Info
sent in by Jim. On August 10th 2002, the music in the back of the interview with Mario Basler of the Kaiser Lautein team on the German station ZDF Sportstudio was Smoke On The Water. On an episode
of the Simpsons, while Homer is taking Ned Flanders to Las Vegas,
Homer sings a song about Flanders to the tune of Highway Star! On a German TV station for children (super rtl) a few years ago the intro of highway star played in the preview of the cartoon "michelle vaillant" On the German TV station sat1 there were 4 men standing in a row and each of them was singing an single note of the intro of smoke on the water in a comedy show called "bully parade". Blackmore's Night appeared as the International guest performing artists at the Czech Music Award Ceremony broadcast live from Prague - at the Paegus Arena - on Nova TV - March 7.The
German TV Series "Pop Club" had a few connections to Deep
Purple... In the mid 90's Bulmers Strongbow Cider had a TV advert which used the opening of Smoke on the Water (rerecorded) whilst a spider ran down a cobweb. On May,4th, 2002 Blackmore's Night played The Times They Are A Changin on the Dutch tv-show Kopspijkers. When you pay close attention, you can hear Ritchie count down the start of the song. On September 11th on the Charlie Rose interview show on channel 13 at 11pm - Mr. Rose was interviewing director Cameron Crowe about his latest film "Almost Famous". Mr. Crowe said his all time favorites bands were old 'Deep Purple' and 'Jethro Tull'. On the VH 1- Top 100 Hard Rock Bands show Ritchie and Ozzy Osbourne are the only two artists to have 2 bands in the Top 100 list. Check www.vh1.com for scheduling. Ritchie also comments on many other bands. In the Video Clip of the Crowed House Song "Something So Strong". In the first shot you see a warehouse and inside they are playing the riff of smoke on the water. "Smoke On The Water" was used in a Burger King campaign in 1999. They played the song, but changed the words to "Smoke On the Whopper". The Smoke on the Water riff was used on HBO in the Sopranos. Tony Soprano's CD starts skipping right on the Smoke On The Water riff! He tries to fix it and gets into a car accident!. The
popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond played Smoke on the Water
on the accordion On "That
70's Show" Highway Star is playing on car radio during a drive. Drama-series "Emmerdale" Cain Dingle plays Smoke on the Waters riff with he´s acoustic guitar. "Drew Cary",
while in the pub on St Patrick's day, an accordion player walks
in and Drew says if he starts playing Smoke On The Water, he's going
to kill himself. Sometimes in
the mid 1990's Eurosport used the riff from Burn as an anthem for
the World Championship in Ice hockey. In Canada, Labatts` (brewing company) has a brand called Labatts Blue. Their slogan is "anything can happen out of the blue". The commercial show 7-9 people looking for a place to party. They end up at a warehouse, climbing the fire-escape stairs to the top, they enter the warehouse and the scene captures a band (heavy on the horns/saxophones) playing smoke on the water. The riff for "Smoke" was used as incidental music during an episode of "Hart to Hart" in the late 70's. On show "WKRP in Cincinnati" in one particular scene the DJ starts the "morning " with "Space Truckin" On May 13, 2002, on the television show "Seventh Heaven"- there is a marriage episode (Richard Klein is guest starring) shows the wedding band playing Smoke On The Water, the caterer tells the minister how it is his favorite song and they dance to it!
April 2007 Ritchie's most
famous riff does it again!
Smoke on the Water
Dodge commercial.
June 2007: Ritchie's famous riff breaks the world record!! Read about it on MSNBC, on CNN or in Guitar World |
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Ritchie is quoted in the college course on American Popular Music
Textbook..."Rockin Out"
1,2,3,4,5,6 Smoke
on the Water was named the most notable riff of the century in Guitar
Techniques Magazine (issue Feb 2000.) In the April
1999 issue of Spin Magazine the interviewer asks Metallica's Lars
Ulrich who his favorite rocker of all time is - he says, "Ritchie
Blackmore!" In the 1997 book : "Learning About the Law" by Constantinos E. Scaros, the author uses an example of dissenting opinions on page 74 by pitting Deep Purple against the Beatles and Led Zeppelin as the greatest rock and roll band of all time. There is a large black and white photo of Deep Purple to illustrate his case. The outcome of the scenerio is the Deep Purple is the greatest rock and roll band of all time! In the book
"Learning About the Law" written by Constantinos E. Scaros
which is part of the Paralegal Series dated 1997, Mr. Scaros lists
a legal example on pages 73-75 of why Deep Purple should be granted
a lifetime achievement award as the greatest band of all time. This
is accompanied by a photo of the Ritchie Blackmore line up. |
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| May 2008 -
Ritchie did it again!! Smoke On The Water voted number 1 Guitar
riff!!!
read more May 2008 - Ritchie's famous riff wins #1 in the UK Daily Record. June 2007: Ritchie's famous riff breaks the world record!! Read about it on MSNBC, on CNN or in Guitar World. . On a recent public performance in Japan, Smoke on the Water was played using Traditional Japanese musical instruments, including three-string guitar. The lyrics are about a fire-fighting in Edo period (1600-1868). The vocals are done in a Japanese traditional way. The scat is a way of singing called "Kiyari," which was used during fire-fighting. In 2006, Nintendo released their newest hottest game called Guitar Hero in which you can play along with Smoke on the Water and the animated guy that plays it is a strange likeness to Ritchie. Candice Night on Broadway: Candice Night makes NYC Broadway debut August 18th at the Imperial Theater in Manhattan when Hugh Jackman (The Boy From Oz) invited Candice Night and Lady Nancy to the stage to perform samplers from Ghost of A Rose and Past Times during his evening performance. IMPOSTER GETS AWAY!!!!!!: A man in Southampton England was admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit of Southampton General Hospital in January 2005 and the name he gave was Ritchie Blackmore. He then proceeded to sell his autograph and tell folks he is the "original" Ritchie Blackmore and used to be in Deep Purple. He managed to take advantage of local charities by posing as Ritchie Blackmore. Apparently this is not the first time this man has posed as Ritchie, and he has done this in several areas around the globe. The police have been notified. The hard rock band from Argentina called Rata Blanca named themselves in honor of Ritchie by using his initials
Mel Gibson was quoted in a
recent interview as saying that Deep Purple is one of his top 3
favorite bands. Guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen does a cover of the Deep Purple song PICTURES OF HOME on his "Inspirations" album. Also, Look at pictures of Malmsteen earlier in his career and you'll find that he dressed exactly like Ritchie did back in Deep Purple days in concert. Radio stations are reporting that since Sweden will be playing England in the 2002 World Cup, the Swedish radio stations are boycotting English bands during the week of the game. #1 on their list not to play? Deep Purple! Now that's rivalry! "Smoke on the Water" was used as an intro when the Olympics Swimming Section in Australia in 2000 came back from the commercial. The German comedian Michael Mittermeier did his own version of "Smoke on the Water". He sang it together with "The King", so it sounds a little bit like Elvis Presley... quite strange... Blackmore's Night was awarded the 1999 Vocal Album Of The Year Award from NAV. Blackmore's Night was awarded the ESO award in the Czech Republic in 2002. Ritchie recorded an amazing electric guitar solo on Die Geyers latest album. The song is called: Goettliche Devise. Contact them to get this amazing track! Smoke on The Water is used in the Wynona Judd single "Girls With Guitars" At the World Stone Skimming Championship 2001, held on Isle of Seil, Scotland. They used "Smoke on the Water" as a theme tune, with the lyrics changed to "Stone on the Water". This was played by a couple of locals on Guitar and Accordion. In live shows, Robbie Williams band uses the riff from 'Black Night' to end their opening number 'Let Me Entertain You' There's a heavy metal program "Smoke under the Water" on OpenRadio 102.5 FM, Moscow, Russia. The intro is Smoke on the Water in some orient language (maybe Japanese). December 2001 saw the debut of the children's theater production "Rusty Rainbow" written by John Gould. Ritchie Blackmore has contributed his one of a kind electric guitar genius to the "Squirk Song" which was pre-recorded and featured during the performances. Entertainment veterans such as Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were amongst the audience members
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