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| ferwoman | Posted: May 05, 2013 - 17:22 jocelynsart wrote: have never heard this Hendrix song, like it! My thoughts exactly! Very nice -- to state it in an understated manner. |
| QuestionMark (Toto's homeland) | Posted: Apr 04, 2013 - 13:41 Strat-o-master ! |
| kh808 (HAWAII) | Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 18:16 REAL SURF MUSIC..............................  |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 10:07 This guy, when diddling around, had more going on than others get out of a freaking symphony orchestra; love it forever for its raw unabashed shine! |
| JIan (Phoenix, AZ, USA) | Posted: Dec 31, 2012 - 10:05 WonderLizard wrote: ScottFromWyoming wrote: Most Hendrix sounds bad to me but I give this a 7. Awesome playing, as usual, with a spare arrangement that isn't a flood of hippie trippy cliches. Xstar wrote: Jimmy was here before there was anything you could call a "trippy" cliches. He laid the track everyone else walked in and made cliche. Very little was around before JH. Hmm. IMHO Jimi stood on the shoulders of giants. He was primarily a blues artist and learned much of his repertoire from acoustic masters like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Muddy Waters and electric masters like David "T Bone" Walker, Charlie Christian, Buddy Guy, and The Kings (Albert, Freddie, and B.B.). His gift was an ability to expand the learned vocabulary into his own voice, and what a voice it was. No one played rock'n'roll quite like him before, and not too many have after. He almost singlehandedly turned the Fender Stratocaster into the guitar hero's weapon of choice. Very well said, Wonder! Thanks for posting such wise words! |
| vanmas (Leiden, Netherlands) | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 01:14 A little experimental messy guitar thing... No hum... |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Oct 29, 2012 - 17:02 shayde wrote: I know it's heresy to say this, but I'm not a big Jimi fan. But, this has a lot of Santana in it... it's quite tasty. Interesting surprise. I thought it was Carlos myself. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 05:48 ScottFromWyoming wrote: Most Hendrix sounds bad to me but I give this a 7. Awesome playing, as usual, with a spare arrangement that isn't a flood of hippie trippy cliches. Xstar wrote: Jimmy was here before there was anything you could call a "trippy" cliches. He laid the track everyone else walked in and made cliche. Very little was around before JH. Hmm. IMHO Jimi stood on the shoulders of giants. He was primarily a blues artist and learned much of his repertoire from acoustic masters like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Muddy Waters and electric masters like David "T Bone" Walker, Charlie Christian, Buddy Guy, and The Kings (Albert, Freddie, and B.B.). His gift was an ability to expand the learned vocabulary into his own voice, and what a voice it was. No one played rock'n'roll quite like him before, and not too many have after. He almost singlehandedly turned the Fender Stratocaster into the guitar hero's weapon of choice. |
| JIan (Phoenix, AZ, USA) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 17:11 In the immortal words of George Takei, "Oh my!"  |
| derekd (Mudball called Earth) | Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 17:09 100% real deal. |
| funkyalfonso (Vancouver Island) | Posted: Aug 18, 2012 - 17:18 Rainbow Bridge. |
| shayde (Berlin, MA) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 07:17 I know it's heresy to say this, but I'm not a big Jimi fan. But, this has a lot of Santana in it... it's quite tasty. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 07:13 i can't believe this...i'm not sure i've ever heard this one before. wow. |
| myersei (Denver, CO) | Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 20:48 if someone ever asks you why you think JH was so great, play them this. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 20:45 Nice to hear something you don't hear too often from this master of distortion. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 13:38 I haven't heard this in a quarter of a century. My loss. This guy was off da meter. |
| coloradojohn (Moving in Stereo...to Cherry Creek!) | Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 20:02 OH, yeah...hearing this again at significant altitude gives me the biggest boost this fine evening... |
| Xstar (Florence, Kentucky) | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 02:02 ScottFromWyoming wrote: Most Hendrix sounds bad to me but I give this a 7. Awesome playing, as usual, with a spare arrangement that isn't a flood of hippie trippy cliches. Jimmy was here before there was anything you could call a "trippy" cliches. He laid the track everyone else walked in and made cliche. Very little was around before JH. |
| Xstar (Florence, Kentucky) | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 01:59 Like a fish crawling, this cat is evolution, nothing since. |
| jocelynsart | Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 08:59 have never heard this Hendrix song, like it! |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 16:01 ScottFromWyoming wrote: Most Hendrix sounds bad to me but I give this a 7. Awesome playing, as usual, with a spare arrangement that isn't a flood of hippie trippy cliches. But those weren't "hippie trippy cliches" when he first played them. Context, in lots of art, is very important. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 15:50 Most Hendrix sounds bad to me but I give this a 7. Awesome playing, as usual, with a spare arrangement that isn't a flood of hippie trippy cliches. |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 15:48 Favorite Hendrix piece, hands-down. Trying to think of something clever and meaningful to say and but I've got nothing that does this song and Jimi's guitar justice. |
| BKardon (Louisville, CO) | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 13:13 Canlistener wrote: Sorry, just because you can 'shred' x-number of chords per second doesn't mean it sounds good. Technically, one wouldn't shred chords. They shred notes - it would sound too mushy to shred chords. |
| TheMagus (Memento mori UK) | Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 04:15 Timeless masterpiece |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 03:10 Few people ever play their instrument with this kind of inspirational fervor, and few indeed can play a guitar like the way Trane blew his sax...RIFFIN', baby; feelin' it, inside and out. That sort of thing blows technical perfection away any day, and we are all richer for hearing it...Thanks for playing this! |
| sbegf (Manchester, Maryland) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 12:23 Canlistener wrote: Sorry, just because you can 'shred' x-number of chords per second doesn't mean it sounds good. Doesn't mean it sounds bad either! :) |
| rasta_tiger (Sunnyside of the Street) | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 12:23 Wow, I haven't heard this since I was teenager and used to listen to Jimi religiously. Great reach-back and find. One of the reasons RP is miles above other stations. Keep up the good work. |
| JH_Junior (São Paulo Brazil) | Posted: Apr 09, 2011 - 21:58  |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 14:51 Wow! Along with "Red House" yesterday, another Jimi Hendrix song I have never heard before. And I must retort to the naysayers - even mediocre Hendrix, like this is, is still at least an 8! |
| kh808 (HAWAII) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 09:56 R P is always on in my house played through my home entertainment system .1) rule is this is one of the songs that when its played all things come to a stop and I bust out my air guitar ,play and dance |
| Canlistener (Ontario Canada) | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 09:49 Sorry, just because you can 'shred' x-number of chords per second doesn't mean it sounds good. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 19:13 Play it again Bill, I missed it. |
| Xeric (Montana) | Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 19:08 Actually, most Jimi doesn't get much more than maybe a six or so from me. This is better, though. Seven. Hell, maybe eight. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Nov 03, 2010 - 11:38 stephola4 wrote: Ditto...music today is beyond horrible. I especially don't want to ever hear Kanye West or Britney There was an awful lot of horrible music back in the 1960's and 70's. Thankfully most of it is all-but-forgotten by now. It's a matter of knowing where to listen for good music - which did seem a lot easier back then. |
| Jared (South Central...MA) | Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 23:43 crockydile wrote: Don't know exactly what you're trying to say. Technical process? So what? Adeptly producing noise does not impress me. Because it's Hendrix I should be impressed? meh. Everyone has an off day and just because someone is a "legend" doesn't make me orgasm at the mere mention of their name. I give it a 3. I agree the technical aspect is superb, and distinctly Hendrix, but Crockydile has a good point that the artist doesn't have a prerequisite rating. Very, very skillful noise it is, and I enjoy it very much. I can't agree with his 3 rating; songs like this I abstain from voting, much like most jazz. |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 23:25 hiorgos wrote: How would be possible to rate Jimi with something else than a 10?? Q rating isn't enough sometimes. ETA I really, really like this though. |
| hiorgos (Matrix) | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 03:30 How would be possible to rate Jimi with something else than a 10?? |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 10:46 anotherlistener wrote: For those who have posted negative comments regarding this particular piece of music, may I suggest closing your eyes and trying to picture the fingering that Hendrix is doing. Bet you can't even imagine it, yet he's playing it. A 10+ Don't know exactly what you're trying to say. Technical process? So what? Adeptly producing noise does not impress me. Because it's Hendrix I should be impressed? meh. Everyone has an off day and just because someone is a "legend" doesn't make me orgasm at the mere mention of their name. I give it a 3. |
| gshrieves (Colorado, USA) | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 10:41 Hey, this is one of my favorite Jimi tracks - and one that is very, very rarely heard. Thanks, Bill! |
| wenatchee (Duvall, WA) | Posted: Jan 21, 2010 - 20:06 The link to Amazon for the CD purchase is broken - Great Tune |
| anotherlistener | Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 10:14 For those who have posted negative comments regarding this particular piece of music, may I suggest closing your eyes and trying to picture the fingering that Hendrix is doing. Bet you can't even imagine it, yet he's playing it. A 10+ |
| stephola4 | Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 13:58 katherinenz wrote: Why oh why did I have to be born in the 80's? Luckily we had the 90's resurgence of fantastic rock, but I was a bit too young to go out and enjoy the live shows in the pinnacle of it all. That's why RP is so great... to listen to amazing songs like this Hendrix gem and to discover the artists that are emerging on the scene today (I shudder to think of what's playing on FM... I never want to hear the name "Lil Wayne" again... give me "Little Wing"!) Ditto...music today is beyond horrible. I especially don't want to ever hear Kanye West or Britney |
| stephola4 | Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 13:54 I thought it was great. |
| michaelgmitchell (ON, Canada) | Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 13:48 Groovy, man. (Not.) |
| Pyro | Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 13:47 I came to see who this no-substance, show off guitarist was. Sorry, but this cut is lame for Jimi. |
| paulmack (the hissing swamps) | Posted: Aug 17, 2009 - 14:58 Let's see, what's that up to now? Is it 5? or 6? Negative comments in a row, that is. I'm afraid I'm about to break the string. I've always loved this song since the first time I heard it around the time it was first released years ago (early 70's, I think). Used to play it on my radio show in college. In my mind, it has always stood out way above all the other cuts on that album. I guess that's what happens when it comes to opinion. |
| KTransue (Halfway to everywhere) | Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 21:30 Wow, this one really speaks to the impact of drugs. He must have been on the wagon. Yeesh. |
| mfassett (Redwood City, CA) | Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 21:29 Ouch. Man. Jimi is not on... this should be left in the vault IMHO. |
| Welly (Vangroovy) | Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 21:28 MAKE IT STOP! |