tony620d
(an office) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2006 - 10:50 | |
 how can you not like this?? all the hype aside, jimi is a timeless and talented musician |
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denizenusa
(Portsmouth, NH) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2006 - 10:50 | |
He did some great stuff. This just ain't one of 'em.
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fncll
(Fairbanks, Alaska) | | Posted: Dec 22, 2005 - 13:51 | |
Wisecrowe wrote:Just putting this out there; Hendrix is overrated.
OK, nap time is over, time to resume your first grade musical education... |
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Rickvee
(New Orleans) | | Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 15:59 | |
Great song. I always thought Prince nicked from this tune when he came up with Purple Rain.
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Mary_Jane
(Dallas) | | Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 11:06 | |
Wisecrowe wrote:Just putting this out there; Hendrix is overrated.
your wrong |
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Norge1
(Portland, Or.) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 20:32 | |
Wisecrowe wrote:Just putting this out there; Hendrix is overrated. someday...you'll understand... |
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Norge1
(Portland, Or.) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 20:31 | |
Nothing like coming home after a hard 12hr shift, cracking a cold one, havin' a smoke and turning on RP to Jimi...so fine...thanks
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jxngrl
(Mississippi) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 09:18 | |
to the people who have an issue with using drugs to create or listen to music: Reality check folks, without drugs, particularly pot, lsd and coke, we wouldn't have a majority of the most classic of modern rock music that you've probably enjoyed for decades. Why demonize it? It's not that big of a deal. Everything in moderation and sometimes in excess can create a healthy perspective on life....cheez you people are close minded.
i normally don't comment much, but this has to be the dumbest thing i've read all day. yeah, maybe without some of those drugs our favorite artists wouldn't have come up with the crazy/good music they did, but i bet many of them would have lived a lot longer. how many great artists have died an early death due to substance abuse/overdose? how many of these artists were brilliant and creative even when they were stone cold sober? "not that big of a deal"... okay, whatever.
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physicsgenius
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 09:10 | |
Wisecrowe wrote:Just putting this out there; Hendrix is overrated.
Word to that. If he wasn't unjustifiedly promoted to godhood, people would rightly see this as a muddle and make some pretty harsh remarks about his singing voice. |
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sass
(Mc Lean, VA) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2005 - 17:44 | |
Wisecrowe wrote:Just putting this out there; Hendrix is overrated.
OK. Now you can put it back. |
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Wisecrowe
(State College, PA) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2005 - 17:42 | |
Just putting this out there; Hendrix is overrated.
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pvcnote
(São Paulo/Brazil) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2005 - 11:13 | |
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honu
| | Posted: Oct 10, 2005 - 11:12 | |
to the people who have an issue with using drugs to create or listen to music: Reality check folks, without drugs, particularly pot, lsd and coke, we wouldn't have a majority of the most classic of modern rock music that you've probably enjoyed for decades. Why demonize it? It's not that big of a deal. Everything in moderation and sometimes in excess can create a healthy perspective on life....cheez you people are close minded.
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Friend
(Richmond, VA) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2005 - 11:11 | |
swelements wrote:What always amazes me is his awesome voice. Everybody is applauding to his guitar skills - but he also had a wonderful sing voice.
I agree with you on that, which is pretty hip given that he didn't want to sing when they were trying to figure out who would sing. I think his singing made the band as much as his playing, though perhaps the singing is a *little* less influential than the guitar playing. |
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Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2005 - 12:49 | |
Wonderful tune that is to "Angel" as Miles Davis' "Flamenco Sketches " is to the original...both sound like explorations of the same theme but with vastly different execution. And all are godlike or nearly so.
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pope183
(Vinyamar) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2005 - 12:46 | |
Drummer4soul wrote:I bow to the drummer!   . . . . . . |
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swelements
| | Posted: Sep 18, 2005 - 12:44 | |
What always amazes me is his awesome voice. Everybody is applauding to his guitar skills - but he also had a wonderful sing voice.
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ralph92627
| | Posted: Sep 10, 2005 - 23:39 | |
Patrick wrote:
I guess I feel that the Beatles created plenty of good music when they weren't using drugs, and I don't think there's any guarantee that Britney doesn't use drugs. My opinion is that it's the great talent and genius of this man and others like him that leads us to love their music. Their use of drugs is ancilliary, unnecessary, and in this case, tragically fatal.
I do not need drugs to enjoy the music, and I cannot imagine that the music would necessarity be more enjoyable. |
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trompetilla
(NYr in CA) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2005 - 23:34 | |
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Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | | Posted: Aug 04, 2005 - 22:33 | |
Try as I might, I can't give this anything other than a 10. I'd take this over 90+% of Jimi's catalog, and that's saying something.
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jooster
| | Posted: Jul 28, 2005 - 10:34 | |
One my favorites, I prefer his "quieter" tunes where you can really appreciate his mastery of the guitar. I have always found it intriguing that he wrote "Drifting," "Angel," and "Belly Button Window" just before he died.
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(former member)
(Right Here) | | Posted: Jul 28, 2005 - 10:33 | |
ThirdRail_33 wrote:This really is quite an incredible Jimi tune.....drugs or no drugs.
Yep, drugs. |
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ThirdRail_33
(Naples, FL - Paradise) | | Posted: Jul 28, 2005 - 10:26 | |
This really is quite an incredible Jimi tune.....drugs or no drugs.
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Vogelfrei
(Western Montana) | | Posted: Jul 06, 2005 - 10:36 | |
YankeesSuck wrote:I don't condone "abusing" drugs, but when certain drugs (Marijuana, LSD for example) are used responsibly they can help you touch feelings and bring out creativity that would never be possible.
I agree with most of what you say, and I appreciate the insight and inspiration that can come from using psychoactives.
However, I think it's worth remembering that Jimi, Janis, and Jim, and countless others (John Coltrane, Charlie Parker) had vast talent quite independent of their drug use. The drug experience, like any other experiences, integrated into their art, but was not responsible for producing it.
The point is, a musician who thinks heroin will help him play as well as Coltrane, or LSD will help him play as well as Hendrix, is as mistaken as a painter who thinks that mental illness would help him paint as well as van Gogh. Great artists do great things with whatever experience they have. |
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MisterVErb
| | Posted: Jul 06, 2005 - 10:24 | |
dolfan wrote:
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Sorry, gotta comment here...have you, then, never seen "Vampire's Kiss" or "Manos, Hands of Fate?" Those are easily the worst movies ever.
Actually, "Manos, Hands of Fate" won the official title recently... |
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Johray63
(The Lowlands) | | Posted: May 30, 2005 - 13:05 | |
YankeesSuck wrote:Stunned is probably the best expression to describe how I felt when I listened to this song for the first time a few minutes ago. This is by far the best Hendrix song I've ever heard. (I've finally reached enlightenment)
In regards to drugs and music...
Sorry, but without the drugs, Jimi wouldn't be Jimi, Janet wouldn't be
Janet and Jim wouldn't be Jim. I don't condone "abusing" drugs, but when certain drugs (Marijuana, LSD for example) are used responsibly they can help you touch feelings and bring out creativity that would never be possible.
And yes, drugs can be used responsibly in the same sense that alcohol can be used responsibly. If you've never experimented you will never be able to comprehend what I'm talking about.
On the other hand, Hendrix would maybe still be with us, without drugs and alcohol.
As an eperienced user (Are You Experienced?  ) I'd like to add it's all and all probably better one doesn't know what you're talking about. The same powers you eventually evoke, can bring you down, sooner or later.
Somebody like Sly Stone was possibly totally used up by drugs within a couple of years. Most of his creativity was gone after a few albums. There are many more examples you can hold against the blessings of alcohol and drugs. But OK, you're talking about responsible use of it. Well, in a way that may be possible, depending on what person you are.
To cut a long story short:  ! |
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Massachusetts) | | Posted: May 30, 2005 - 13:00 | |
YankeesSuck wrote:Stunned is probably the best expression to describe how I felt when I listened to this song for the first time a few minutes ago. This is by far the best Hendrix song I've ever heard. (I've finally reached enlightenment)
In regards to drugs and music...
Sorry, but without the drugs, Jimi wouldn't be Jimi, Janet wouldn't be
Janet and Jim wouldn't be Jim. I don't condone "abusing" drugs, but when certain drugs (Marijuana, LSD for example) are used responsibly they can help you touch feelings and bring out creativity that would never be possible.
And yes, drugs can be used responsibly in the same sense that alcohol can be used responsibly. If you've never experimented you will never be able to comprehend what I'm talking about.
I don't really know what you are talking about, YankeesSuck, but I sure do like your screen name! Let me say it again, YankeesSuck, YankeesSuck. Sorry, getting carried away.... |
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YankeesSuck
| | Posted: May 23, 2005 - 09:50 | |
Stunned is probably the best expression to describe how I felt when I listened to this song for the first time a few minutes ago. This is by far the best Hendrix song I've ever heard. (I've finally reached enlightenment)
In regards to drugs and music...
Sorry, but without the drugs, Jimi wouldn't be Jimi, Janet wouldn't be
Janet and Jim wouldn't be Jim. I don't condone "abusing" drugs, but when certain drugs (Marijuana, LSD for example) are used responsibly they can help you touch feelings and bring out creativity that would never be possible.
And yes, drugs can be used responsibly in the same sense that alcohol can be used responsibly. If you've never experimented you will never be able to comprehend what I'm talking about.
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nuggler
| | Posted: May 23, 2005 - 08:04 | |
Jimi & Miles Davis were getting ready to play together just prior to his death. Meditate on THAT one....
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Massachusetts) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2005 - 10:43 | |
bwanab wrote:As a thought experiment, imagine a world in which Jimi Hendrix didn't die, but continued to produce music. But in this world, his creativity faded (just how many "Axis, Bold as Love" quality albums can be in one person?) As the years went by he is more and more neglected (especially after the punk and disco eras), and ends up playing watered down versions of the "Star Spangled Banner" in Las Vegas.
Yuck - I'm back on my pills again. That was one awful dream.
I don't know about that. I think that he would have continued to influence music. I think that Jimi, more than anyone, had no limits to his creative direction. Yes, he started with blues and psychodelia, but he was going in a thousand different directions by the time he died. I think that the last 30 years of music culture would have been MUCH different with him involved. Even with the body of music that he did give us, music culture was changed forever. Perhaps disco would never had to happen if creative artists like him survived into the seventies...... |
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