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From the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water" I learnt about the fire which burned down the Montreaux Casino in Switzerland in 1971.
I also learned that the fire was started by some stupid with a flare gun.
Another thing I learned from the song was that Frank Zappa and the Mother's of Invention were playing there when the fire broke out.
From a geography perspective I learnt that Montreaux is on the Lake Geneva shoreline, a fact I would probably still be completely ignorant of had I not heard that song.....
I also learned that the fire was started by some stupid with a flare gun.
Another thing I learned from the song was that Frank Zappa and the Mother's of Invention were playing there when the fire broke out.
From a geography perspective I learnt that Montreaux is on the Lake Geneva shoreline, a fact I would probably still be completely ignorant of had I not heard that song.....