Smooooooke On The Waaaaaaater..

[RonJonSurfer 15]

Luciano Pavarotti Lends Voice to Deep Purple

Legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti will lend his voice to a new version of the Deep Purple classic "Smoke on the Water," for a new retrospective album covering the 40 year career of rocker Ian Gillan.

Pavarotti, 69, has performed with the British band in the past - and is friends with Deep Purple singer Gillan - but won't be joining them in the studio.

Instead, Pavarotti will record his vocals on the new version of the 1972 track in his homeland of Italy.

An insider says, "Pavarotti is expected to record his vocals in Italy and then have them blended with Ian's."

[invisible_r 0]

sounds interesting!

[DJ Kat WQAQ98.1 0]

And the only question we can ask is: "Why?"

[katie_sane 0]

I reckon this might sound alright

[edna 6]

OMG Pavarotti doesn´t sing as a rock singer... Freddy mercury already did something with opera singer Montserrat Caballé, "Barcelona" for the Olympic Games...

Smoke on the water, fire in the sand...

[windy1 0]

I'd like to hear it..just cause.

[Aunt_Acid 1]

I'll be impressed when they get Josh Groban to sing Sweet Child In Time.

[_jr_ 0]

I would be interested in hear professional opera singers do Bohemian Rhapsody.

Has it been done?

[Foxy 0]

G4 performed Bohemian Rhapsody, although they aren't Opera so I'm told, they're classically trained

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