Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 Article Kansas City - More than 1680 guitar players turned out, tuned up and took part in what organisers say was a world record rendition of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" - a song that was the first many of them ever learned. Some came from as far away as California and Germany on Sunday to take part in a Kansas City radio station's effort to break a Guinness world record for the most people playing the same song simultaneously. The record had been 1,323 people playing the same song in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. "It was cool to see little kids playing, people who had been playing for their whole lives, like older people, and then I'm sure there were people like me who just picked up the song a couple days before," said Autumn McPherson, of Winfield, a senior at the University of Kansas. Preliminary numbers show 1683 people played the popular early '70s guitar riff on Sunday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. "I thought it was going to be kind of cheesy," said Hannah Koch, of Prairie Village, who came clad in an elf costume. "But after I got here, I got caught up in the excitement of it." Tanna Guthrie, a morning show host for KYYS (99.7 FM), came up with the idea for the record attempt. She said her station will send participant sign-up lists, photos, videos and copies of media coverage to Guinness seeking official recognition of a record. Guthrie said she chose "Smoke on the Water," a track off Deep Purple's "Machine Head" album, because it's one of the first songs many guitarists learn. "You never know if you can pull something like this off," she said. One of the participants, John Cardona of Hanford, California, said he brought felt-tip pens so he could get others to sign his guitar. "It was the guitar I learned on," the 41-year-old said. "It was very dispensable on the way here, but very valuable to me now." - Sapa-AP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 4, 2007 Moderators Share Posted June 4, 2007 "I thought it was going to be kind of cheesy," said Hannah Koch, of Prairie Village, who came clad in an elf costume. "But after I got here, I got caught up in the excitement of it." I'm curious if that elf costume was to counteract the anticipated cheesyness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blackpig Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 That is beyond cool. The thought of all of those old hippies and veteran rockers sharing a riff with the next generation of musos is heartwarming to say the least. That is trancending boundaries on a grand scale and long may it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franknputer Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 Was Tedster here? Yes he was - http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1650651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raymar Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 I saw a picture of that in the paper this morning of all these people holding electric guitars but I didn't see any amps or lines comming out of their guitars. How were they amplified? Wireless to some central local or was it the sound of all those unplugged guitars together? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prog Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 Q) How many guitarists does it take to play Stairway to Heaven? A) Apparently, all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 Raymar... About half of the nearly 1700 people there had electrics, half acoustics. Of the electric players...about half of those had little battery amps, Marshall mini-stacks, Dano Honeytones...that sort of thing. There were no big amps unless they were battery powered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhat Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 LOL did they also set the record for people gagging. Smoke on the water was the most butchered song of the 60s .....If a band did that one ,, the odds of them sucking was like in the 90 percential range. rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted June 4, 2007 Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 You'd actually be surprised at how {censored}ing cool it sounded to hear 1700 guitars play even a dopey song like that simultaneously. It was kinda like a total eclipse...a sound I'll never hear again. And that was actually the very reason they picked that song...because it's just a riff everyone knows...even if you don't want to admit it, you know it too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 4, 2007 Was Tedster here? Yes he was - http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1650651 Thanks! Sheeesh, totally missed that thread. I don't even recognize the subject header!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Next up: Peter Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Gee whiz, they probably didn't even play it right. It's parallel fourths, isn't it?--power chords in second inversion essentially. At least someone told me that once. I haven't put a lot of time into that riff since fifth grade, but it--along with Jumping Jack Flash, which I'm positive I wasn't playing right either--was one of my first riffs. 'Course, Smoke on the Water was a current hit when I learned it. Jumping Jack Flash and Born on he Bayou not so much. If I had 1700 guitars to lavish on Smoke on the Water, I swear I'd have at least 500 of them playing the pedal note... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Next up: Peter Gun Oh. I thought it was gonna be Rach 3 (Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3) or Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Oh.I thought it was gonna be Rach 3 (Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3) or Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. Naw...they'll do that for the "Keith Emerson Wannabe" keyboard record extravaganza... Mag...I believe you're correct about the original Blackmore version...which is the way KY had it tabbed out. And, if you REALLY want to get uh...picky...you must shed your pick and play it with the thumb and first or middle finger. But...Steve Morse (Purple's current guitar dude) just grabs the barre chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kendrix Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 While they were all together too bad they didnt get into Satisfaction or Jumpin Jack or Sunshine of Your Love. Those we my first riffs. I can just imagine what it sounded like as 1700 guitarists tryied to simultaneously tune-up prior to the event. Not pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Can we please get Glenn Branca to conduct this mess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Smoke on the water was the most butchered song of the 60s .....If a band did that one ,, the odds of them sucking was like in the 90 percential range. rat Considering that Deep Purple released it in '72, anyone butchering it in the '60s was actually pretty far ahead of the curve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Doe Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Whatever. I guess I'm just not a fan of big guitar bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Whatever. I guess I'm just not a fan of big guitar bands. Guess you prefer little guitar bands, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members franknputer Posted June 5, 2007 Members Share Posted June 5, 2007 Hey - there's your new World Record! 1600 guitars playing "Smoke On The Water" in a Volkswagen Beetle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted June 6, 2007 Members Share Posted June 6, 2007 Guess you prefer little guitar bands, huh? Micro guitar band? And yes, it can be played but you won't be able to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dougb415 Posted June 6, 2007 Members Share Posted June 6, 2007 Smoke on the water was the most butchered song of the 60s ..... Machine Head (the album that featured SOTW) had an original release date of Oct 1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted June 6, 2007 Members Share Posted June 6, 2007 This is a very entertaining threadIt's distracting me from the drywlling I'm upposed to be doing (don't tell my wife!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vermintide Posted June 6, 2007 Members Share Posted June 6, 2007 So um... Where is everybody's amp??? How did this thing work? I'm confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2007 Whatever. I guess I'm just not a fan of big guitar bands. Look, these guys have something like 1,683 more guitarists than Molly Hatchet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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