“ON MARCH 25, 1972, FOUR NOTES WERE ENOUGH TO CHANGE ROCK FOREVER.” On March 25, 1972, a song quietly walked into history. “Smoke on the Water” didn’t arrive polished or planned. It came from a real night of fire and confusion, turned into sound by Ritchie Blackmore’s four steady notes. The riff felt simple, almost careless, yet it carried weight. You could hear it in packed arenas and small bedrooms with cheap guitars. Deep Purple wrapped it in thunder and groove, and somehow a moment became a memory the world refused to forget. More than fifty years later, it still starts the same way. Four notes. A pause. And the feeling that something important is about to happen.

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