Feb 01, 2008Home :: Art

Smoke on the water - Ancient Japanese style

Deep Purple may have created the marvelous Smoke on the water, but it took a bunch of ancient Japanese musicians to create Smoke on the Yangtze! These instrument actually gives the song a whole new feel, especially the Biwa. The Japanese lyrics is also something to admire upon.

One thing I do wonder about though, is why they named the song Smoke on the Yangtze (A river in China), instead of like Smoke on the Shinano or Tone which are Japan’s more famous rivers.

Enjoy:



If anyone know anything about this Japanese orchestra, please do tell!


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3 Comments

  1. squid, February 27, 2008:

    they all look the same to me.

    Orchestras, that is.

  1. Dalo, March 9, 2008:

    Nice save there, Squid.
    As for the music, the singing deterriorated the value of it, in my opinion.

  1. Bob DeVore, April 10, 2008:

    I came here looking for the name of the orchestra after seeing the video on YouTube(with your link) and on another video site.
    Someone, somewhere knows the name of the band.
    SOTW is supposed to be the one song you should never play on shamisen, but a great band can break rules and still sound good.
    If I find out who it is, I’ll come back to let you know.


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