The song “smoke on the water” is about Frank Zappa? 🤔

GhostNuclear · 2025-07-08T23:13:46-04:00

Music - The song “smoke on the water” is about Frank Zappa? 🤔 (16 replies).

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No:

Ian Gillan wrote the lyrics after the band witnessed a fire during a Frank Zappa concert at the Casino at Montreux, Switzerland. The smoke on the water was the smoke over Lake Geneva

LadyBronte · 61-69, F

@SW-User This.

GhostNuclear · M

Great answer!
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