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Album cover parody of Smoke on the Water & Other Hits by Deep Purple
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

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Deep Purple/Rob Zombie

Band Name Origins:

  • It wasn't the singer, but the guitar player, Ritchie Blackmore's "Granny's" favorite song. Submitted by: Ron
  • The leader singer's Granny loved the song "DEEP PURPLE". Submitted by: Tom Davis

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"Smoke In The Fire""Smoke On The Water"Lords of destruction
"slow talkin' Walter (fire eatn' guy)""smoke on the water (fire in the sky)"jane
"Slow Walkin' Walter (the fire engine guy)""Smoke On The Water (Fire In The Sky)"ceecat

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"Space Trucking,"Yo, how could there be trucks in space?ceecat
"Highway Star,"There are stars on the highway?That must be blindnceecat

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
Comments & Submittor Name
"I'm In Love With My Car""Ted The Mechanic," Deep PurpleTedal
"Hush""Can't You Hear My Heartbeat," Hermans HermitsKathy
"Hush""I Will Not Go Quietly," Don Henleyrocky

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Urn" originally "Burn"
Ace Of David Spade
"Bun" originally "Burn"
should be an interesting song...
JoeKing
"Highway Tar" originally "Highway Star"
What for? So we stop while going 100km/h? Retarded
Anonymous Bob

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Highway Sitar" originally "Highway Star"
Cape Canaveral Lavigne
"Smoke On The Waiter" originally "Smoke On The Water"
He must work at a barbecue joint
Random Madeupperson
"Smoke On The Waiter" originally "Smoke On The Water"
Peter
"Spacek Truckin'" originally "Space Truckin'"
As in Sissy Spacek
Naomi Swanson

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Smoke In The Water" originally "Smoke On The Water"
Fred
"Stoke On The Water" originally "Smoke On The Water"
Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England perhaps?
Fred
"Spoke On The Water " originally "Smoke On The Water"
Fred
"Highway Stab" originally "Highway Star"
Violence to roads is never advised.
xyz

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Strange Kind Of Woman""Strange Kind Of Axeman"Andy Primus
"Smoke on the Water""Smoke and Low Water"John A. Barry
"Hush""Rimes (LeAnn Rimes Parody Song)"The Legendary Superstars of the Classics
"Hush""Gush"John A. Barry
"Highway Star""Highway Star (Live In Japan 6CD set)"Andy Primus
"Smoke on the Water""Jug Band of Otters"Chris Bodily TM
"Smoke On The Water""Smoke At The Metro"Jeff Reuben
"Smoke on the Water""Choked in the Water"John A. Barry
"Smoke On The Water""Toke On A Hooter"Lionel Mertens
"Smoke on the Water""Smoking The Ganja"Violet T. Riol

There are additional song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Smoke On The WaterWildfire ProtectionRachel

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
Smoke On The WaterFire StationAnna Buehnenheim
Highway StarNeal Morse's answering machinepickle*

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Holy Smoke
   Iron Maiden
Smoke On The Water
   Deep Purple
Smoke On The Holy Water
King Andrew
Smoke Two Joints
   The Toyes
Smoke On The Water
   Deep Purple
Smoke Two Joints On The Water
Rafeal Delaghetto
Peel The Paint
   Gentle Giant
Painter
   Deep Purple
Peel The Painter
...And skin the poet while your at it...
princejellyfish
Goodbye Stranger
   Supertramp
Perfect Strangers
   Deep Purple
Goodbye, Perfect Strangers
rocky
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Dion Purple
Celine Dion combined with Deep Purple
Submitted By: Anonymous Bob
Purple Hayes
Deep Purple combined with Isaac Hayes
I actually reckon getting Ike together with a hard rock band to pay tribute to Hendrix would sound awesome!
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
Purple Sabbath
Deep Purple combined with Black Sabbath
Submitted By: Evan
Purple Day or Deep Green
Deep Purple combined with Green Day
Submitted By: Anonymous Bob

There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"My Woman from Tokyo"
Misheard Lyrics:
My woman is okie do
Original Lyrics:
My woman from Tokyo
"Smoke On The Water"
Misheard Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
A pirate in disguise
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
Fire in the sky.
"Smoke On The Water"
Misheard Lyrics:
Slow talking Walter
The fire engine guy
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
And fire in the sky
"Smoke On The Water"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoa, c**in' home girl
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Smoke On The Water"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old Cousin Walter
And he's got fries.
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Liz

An old friend of mine swore this is what the song was saying, even after telling her the correct lyrics.

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"Smoke On The Water"
Better Lyrics:
Slow walkin' Walter
That fire engine guy
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
Fire in the sky
Submitted by: timmypbrown
"Smoke On TheWater"
Better Lyrics:
Smoke marijuana
Getting very high
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
Fire in the sky
Submitted by: Anonymous Bob
"Smoke On The Water"
Better Lyrics:
Oklahoma
The best Route 66 state
Original Lyrics:
Smoke on the water
And fire in the sky
Submitted by: Bill S

Funny Lyrics:

"Hold On"
The Funny Lyrics:
Hold on! - You've got to love me when I want you to
Hold on! - I'm gonna love you when I want to
Why They're Funny:
You could say this is insulting to his girl-friend, but I feel it comes off so blatant it's just funny...
Submitted by: Mark
 

Repetitive Lyrics:

"Child in Time"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Sweet child in time
You'll see the light
Why They're Repetitive:
Well, the dude says the entire verse, like, 5 times! It's got slightly different wording, but it's still in the repetitive category in my opinion.
Submitted by: Anonymous Bob
 

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"Smoke On The Water"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Smoke on the water and fire in the Sky
Why They're Nonsensical:
Actually this refers to a very real incident where Deep Purple were to do some recording in a Casino (hence '..they burned down the gambling house..'), but somebody shot a flare gun into the air inside and it burned it down. Apparently the smoke spread over the nearby Lake Geneva and hence 'Smoke on the Water'.
Submitted by: crisis
"Black Night"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Black night is not right
I don't feel so bright,
I don't care to sit tight.
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
that I'm free, free to be me
Why They're Nonsensical:
Not much of a focus in the line of images here. In fact, the band were pressed into writing a plausible single, cause although they had done a killer of an album ('In Rock') there was nothing that would catch instant airplay. So they went to the studio in a huff, Ritchie and Roger came up with the backing track - and then (as Roger Glover tells the story) the band would try to come up with the kind of banal lyrics that would befit the single - and rhyme with 'black night'.. 'I don't feel too bright' somebody muttered - right, in it goes!
Submitted by: ozzkid
There are additional nonsensical lyrics available.

Dirty Lyrics:

"Speed King"
The Dirty Lyrics:
Do a little rock, do a little roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Why They're Dirty:
Bet you saved it. But what's even better, the working title of this song was 'Kneel And Pray' - a reference not to attending church, but to giving head! Someone at the EMI made the band change the title, but on the jubilee edition of 'DP In Rock' you can actually hear an engineer say 'Alright, gentlemen: Kneel And Pray, take one'
Submitted by: Marty
 

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"Smoke On The Water"
The Lyrics:
Frank Zappa and The Mothers
Who They Mention:
Frank Zappa
Submitted by: rocky
 

Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:

"Smoke On The Water"
The Song Lyrics:
Frank Zappa & the Mothers
Song They Mention:
Frank Zappa
Submitted by: rocky
"Speed King"
The Song Lyrics:
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
they been causing trouble since it all began
Song They Mention:
'Hard Headed Woman' by Elvis Presley
Submitted by: Yet Another Dutchman
There are additional Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs lyrics available.

Band Name Anagrams:

Peed Purple Submitted by: /
Prelude Pep Submitted by: /

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"Smoke On The Water"
The Lyrics:
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline.
Why:
Refers to Montruex, Switzerland, and to Lake Geneva, along the border between Switzerland and France.
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
 

Super Long Pop Songs:

"Space Truckin'" Length: 20:02
After thirty-six years, 'Made In Japan' is still the yardstick for live hard rock/heavy metal albums. The first four and a half minutes of this track stomp all over the studio version... and then it devolves into a quarter- hour of incoherent instrumental noodling. You have to be pretty stoned to listen to this one all the way through; kinda makes me wonder where their heads were at when they performed it.
Submitted by: Kieran From Nevada
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In Rock: 25th Anniversary (UK) at Amazon.com
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Who Do We Think We Are at Amazon.com
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Stormbringer (UK) at Amazon.com
 
 
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