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Musicbrainz DBDrifting
On a sea of forgotten teardrops
On a lifeboat
Sailing for
Your love
Sailing home
Drifting
On a sea of old heartbreaks
On a lifeboat
Sailing for
Your love
Sailing home
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: May 18, 2013 - 10:23 juanrico wrote: A German girl named Monika Danneman gave her version of what happened to Hendrix. Jimi arrived at her flat on Tuesday. What happened on Wednesday isn't clear but Thursday she describes as being taken up with shopping and taking photos. They got home about 8:30 p.m. Monika prepared a meal. They shared a bottle of wine and talked and played music until 1:40 or 1:45 a.m. when Hendrix said he had to go out and see some people. Monika could not go with him but she could take him there and bring him home. She picked him up again around 3:00 a.m. On their return to the flat, Monika made Jimi a tuna fish sandwich. The two of them went to bed and talked until 7 a.m. when Monika took a sleeping pill and fell asleep. Some time after, Hendrix took at least eight, possibly nine of the same tablets. Monika woke around 10.20. Hendrix was sleeping normally. She had planned to go out for cigarettes but just before leaving, she noticed vomit on Jimi's nose and mouth. She tried to wake him but couldn't and called a friend to ask what to do. An ambulance was called. It arrived about 11.20 a.m. Hendrix was seated upright in the back with no head support. Sometime in the next twenty-five minutes before they arrived at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital, Jimi Hendrix choked on his own vomit. He was pronounced D.O.A. The pathologist reported a large amount of Seconol in Jimi's blood but no reason to assume that suicide was the cause of death. The cause of death noted on the coroner's report was inhalation of vomit after barbiturate intoxication. That's damned sad stuff to digest on a cool Limpopo Saturday evening... now I feel drained. I wonder how Monika felt. |
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 02:38 cShaggy wrote: ..i'm sure somebody's noted elsewhere here in RP, but new/unreleased studio tracks from Jimi next March-!.. http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/news ..hopefully "studio" means fairly clean & the way he would've wanted them to be.. Yay! I used to have some studio sessions on vinyl that I gave to a public radio station in Melbourne (3PBS). They sounded like jams, but WHAT JAMS. HAIL THA MASTER! |
| meinthecorner (Toronto, gridlock capital of the western world) | Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 22:45 hayduke2 wrote: yes, yes, absolutely, most definately on the same page as the previous commentators! Great piece of music, even the vocal moments are calm and stirring evidence of Mr. Hendricks as an artist Sheesh! The poor guy's dead, fer cryin' out loud! Show some respect, man, and spell his name right, at least! |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 22:37 sigh |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 13:41 He'd be 70 if he had lived......Man I feel old!....10. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 13:36 love |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 13:01 ..i'm sure somebody's noted elsewhere here in RP, but new/unreleased studio tracks from Jimi next March-!..
http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/news ..hopefully "studio" means fairly clean & the way he would've wanted them to be.. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 17:05 Strange how one man can make such magnificent music in only 3(ish) years while others spend a life time trying to create anything good. It just keeps coming |
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 08:49 yes, yes, absolutely, most definately on the same page as the previous commentators! Great piece of music, even the vocal moments are calm and stirring evidence of Mr. Hendricks as an artist |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 07:40 What a beautiful creation!!!!!! |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 15:13 you can't touch this... |
| Pedro1874 (Bolton, England) | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 12:33 Thank you Bill for reminding me about this great track - forgotten about it for a while and nice surprise to find it still in my vinyl collection - will be playing the whole album tonight! RIP Jimi and ever grateful thanks for your legacy. |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 12:52 Ok, bumping up to a 10.  |
| crispynz1 | Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 12:05 My fave Jimi tune! |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 03:15 Lovin that cover art |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 01:13 LizK wrote: A different Jimi, very likable.
Nice |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 09:55 A different Jimi, very likable. |
| Kokoloco53 (Safford, AZ) | Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 07:23 Thanks for putting up the original album art. I searched for this album for years on CD until finally finding it in 2003 as a re release under a different name because the Hendrix survivors had a huge legal battle over this recording session, Jimi's last before flying on to the "New land of the rising sun". It's absolutely one of my favorite Hendrix recordings. |
| uuzunihsan (overthehillsandfaraway) | Posted: Nov 13, 2011 - 03:30 Good song for a windy sunday afternoon |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 20:02 Personnel : Jimi Hendrix (vc., g.) |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 06:09 a_genuine_find wrote: Yours is nicer because you were actaully there ... let me know if you sail to Brooklyn, I would love a ride Ummm.... okay, but I don't think I'll be sailing a 19 foot beach cat from a lake in Texas to Brooklyn anytime soon. |
| NickDanger (in absentia) | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 06:06 DarceySuzanne wrote: I love this song...I think this is one of his best, actually. Fun story - Jimi lived with my mom for about 2 months back in the 60's in Greenwich Village. She was a waitress for the famous Cafe Wha for a couple years when she lived there. She says she still remembers him standing in front of the bathroom mirror putting his hair up in these little curlers to get that look he had... What a great story! Thank you for sharing it with us. |
| juanrico (Mexico city) | Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 13:24 A German girl named Monika Danneman gave her version of what happened to Hendrix. Jimi arrived at her flat on Tuesday. What happened on Wednesday isn't clear but Thursday she describes as being taken up with shopping and taking photos. They got home about 8:30 p.m. Monika prepared a meal. They shared a bottle of wine and talked and played music until 1:40 or 1:45 a.m. when Hendrix said he had to go out and see some people. Monika could not go with him but she could take him there and bring him home. She picked him up again around 3:00 a.m. On their return to the flat, Monika made Jimi a tuna fish sandwich. The two of them went to bed and talked until 7 a.m. when Monika took a sleeping pill and fell asleep. Some time after, Hendrix took at least eight, possibly nine of the same tablets. Monika woke around 10.20. Hendrix was sleeping normally. She had planned to go out for cigarettes but just before leaving, she noticed vomit on Jimi's nose and mouth. She tried to wake him but couldn't and called a friend to ask what to do. An ambulance was called. It arrived about 11.20 a.m. Hendrix was seated upright in the back with no head support. Sometime in the next twenty-five minutes before they arrived at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital, Jimi Hendrix choked on his own vomit. He was pronounced D.O.A. The pathologist reported a large amount of Seconol in Jimi's blood but no reason to assume that suicide was the cause of death. The cause of death noted on the coroner's report was inhalation of vomit after barbiturate intoxication. |
| Dave_Mack (Swimming Upstream) | Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 10:57 DarceySuzanne wrote: I love this song...I think this is one of his best, actually. Fun story - Jimi lived with my mom for about 2 months back in the 60's in Greenwich Village. She was a waitress for the famous Cafe Wha for a couple years when she lived there. She says she still remembers him standing in front of the bathroom mirror putting his hair up in these little curlers to get that look he had... That is beyond cool! I find it very amusing that Jimi put that kind of work into his hair. I assumed it was naturally like that. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 23:33 I hear some Beatles sound here! |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 14:18 Stingray wrote: WONDER WHERE JIMI IS DRIFTING THIS VERY SECOND... Everywhere, and nowhere Always and never |
| DarceySuzanne (Columbus) | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 08:57 I love this song...I think this is one of his best, actually. Fun story - Jimi lived with my mom for about 2 months back in the 60's in Greenwich Village. She was a waitress for the famous Cafe Wha for a couple years when she lived there. She says she still remembers him standing in front of the bathroom mirror putting his hair up in these little curlers to get that look he had... |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 08:51 WONDER WHERE JIMI IS DRIFTING THIS VERY SECOND... |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 09:21 Though I really like this timeless tune. I often wonder if these classic artists would get such high ratings on these songs if they weren't deceased and immensely popular. Just wondering...but I really understand why this one would get high ratings...it's just a great tune all across the board. |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 09:40 Hannio wrote: Nice. Here's one taken from the stern of my Nacra, Lake Travis looking west toward Starnes Island:  Yours is nicer because you were actaully there ... let me know if you sail to Brooklyn, I would love a ride |
| plaice3 | Posted: Jul 11, 2010 - 20:31 This reminds me that he had an incredible voice in addition to those amazing guitar skills. So natural. So touching. |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 12:58 Another age-less song! Too bad he left us way too soon!  |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 09:18 The new Hendrix record - Valleys of Neptune just hit # 4 on the Billboard best selling albums chart. What an amazing man with an incredible legacy. Bill - are we going to hear something off the new release? Please?  The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Valleys Of Neptune enters The Billboard 200 at #4, putting the rock legend back in the top five nearly 40 years after he died at the tragically young age of 27. No other artist has cracked the top five this long after his death. Elvis Presley is in second place. His Elvis: 2nd To None debuted at #3 in October 2003, a little more than 26 years after his death. |
| azdcryan (Sunny Arizona) | Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 09:15 Aren't you glad that not all songs have to be an iron skillet mashing you in the skull, looney tunes style? Jimi rocked so well, and most have just associated him with the intense rocking, seething guitar riffs, and killer rythm section... But I would ask that we keep in mind that most of these sounds had not been heard before, quite in this way. The really creative use of wah wah, hanging microphones from the ceiling and swinging them to capture that undulating sound reminiscent of physic's Doppler Effect and more musically towards the advent of digital delay pedals, backwards tape looping of guitar sounds...taken to this level of orchestration (after the Beatles of course)... In my experience most artists carry around a small sketchbook...to noodle and document and reflect and discover...when the time strikes them. I see this as a sketch, a developed one...that does work it out...and this does really rock, just very quietly... I love a lot of his later work, and can't help wondering what would/could have been. I think that he would have become a composer of movie/play soundtracks & musical accompaniment before that was a notable thing to do. |
| oldviolin (Esse quam videri) | Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 18:27 ScottFromWyoming wrote:  No, if they dismiss Hendrix but only know those hits, this will not help. I don't mind a lot of Hendrix' material when he's really working it out but this is unlistenable. If you like this I think that would be probable cause for a DEA search of your house. Oh, stop... |
| cathenley (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 14:56 Lovely....  |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 13:22 Panama_Floyd wrote: This is the song you need to play for your friends who dismiss Hendrix even though the only things they've ever heard are "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady". No, if they dismiss Hendrix but only know those hits, this will not help. I don't mind a lot of Hendrix' material when he's really working it out but this is unlistenable. If you like this I think that would be probable cause for a DEA search of your house. |
| mrdak (Middle GA) | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 13:21 Perfect..................  |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 15:55 kaybee wrote: Nice, but not one of Jimi's best. Perhaps, but isn't that the beauty of this website? We hear lots of stuff here; what the FM deejays used to call "deep tracks," and this one I've never heard before. |
| Achilles (Shanghai, China) | Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 15:55 Panama_Floyd wrote: This is the song you need to play for your friends who dismiss Hendrix even though the only things they've ever heard are "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady". Well said. |
| Achilles (Shanghai, China) | Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 15:54 Fine mellow guitar licks here. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 12:51 a_genuine_find wrote: ...sunset on the Sea of Forgotten Teardrops.  Nice. Here's one taken from the stern of my Nacra, Lake Travis looking west toward Starnes Island: |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 09:32 ick wrote: yawn... given the song, is this a positive or negative comment? |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 09:32 What a great segue from Beck! Nice pick Bill.  |
| bpkengor (York, Maine, USA) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 09:30 Nice to hear this one again! |
| vit | Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 13:58 Gila_Bob wrote: Music as Art.........................Let YOUR Mind Drift On the Sea of Forgotten T  ear DropsAmazing Gila_Bob Uncanny you should bring this up. Just last night my wife found our forgotten ear drops, which is good because our little girl is in swimming class and so gets a lot of water in her ears and ... what's that? Oh. |
| Gila_Bob (Mouth of Clear Creek Canyon) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 20:30 Music as Art.........................Let YOUR Mind Drift On the Sea of Forgotten T ear DropsAmazing Gila_Bob |
| slowhand (NC) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 20:29 enchanting. |
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