We All Came Out to Montreaux on the Lake Geneva Shoreline

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  1. Chest Rockwell

    Chest Rockwell I'm a big fuckin' dick.

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    39 years ago today, Montreaux Casino went up in flames during a Frank Zappa concert when one of his fans fired off a flare gun. As awesome as fire alone it, there's more to this event. Now, I don't know if anyone died and really don't give a shit either way, but that event gave us Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water, and pretty much the first riff every beginning rock guitarist learns.

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    Chest Rockwell, Dec 3, 2010
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  2. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    [wyt=Smoke on the Water]BbXlFjTTqtk[/wyt]
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  3. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    It's amazing how many people think the song is about a bong when it's really about the fire that burned the Montreaux Casino, started by "some stupid with a flare gun"
    Muad Dib, Dec 3, 2010
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  4. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    flare guns don't kill people.
    they die in the fires caused by retards with flare guns.
    Spaceturkey, Dec 3, 2010
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  5. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    When flare guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have flare guns.
    Muad Dib, Dec 3, 2010
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