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[i]“Man, no one beats Hendrix., man. Fuck Eddie Van Halen, fuck Steve Vai, no one beats fuckin…Hendrix was an alien, OK? His ship landed, they said, ‘Jimi, show 'em how it’s done and we’ll pick you up in 28 years.’ And you know what Jimi said? 'All riiight.’”-Bill Hicks[i]
Almost 50 Years Since Jimi Went Back Home, He’s Finally Receiving The Ultimate Honor…
AN ILX TRACKS POLL!
MAIN POLL:
1. “Hornet’s Nest” (Curtis Knight & The Squires) etc.
1. “Purple Haze” (The Cure) etc.
Linkage:
Songs Recorded By Jimi Hendrix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Jimi_HendrixAlbums '67-'70: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix_discography#AlbumsAlbums '71-onward: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix_posthumous_discography#Studio_recordingsAs Sideman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix_discography#Hendrix_as_an_accompanist & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix_posthumous_discography#Hendrix_as_an_accompanist
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
This is going to be epic
― Bee OK, Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
Here's An Official Spotify W/Most* of His Recordings: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dXFAEqd1GwSESSsxtYkRU?si=V_hNtgmKRtCL9WblbmbFMA
*No sideman stuff, and there are certain other recordings overlooked. There's also a bit of repetition (First Rays of... & The Cry Of Love are both featured despite the whole of the latter being featured on the former.)
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
excited for this, could easily make a ballot just from the studio albums and probably will.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
I've only ever owned Are You Experienced, but I may as well take a dive into his catalogue.
Dunno how much I'll be able to contribute to the side polls. Is there a list of cover versions anywhere?
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:50 (four years ago) link
i've heard bob dylan does a pretty solid version of all along the watchtower
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
XP https://www.whosampled.com/Jimi-Hendrix/covered/
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 March 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D0BAQF0xpjlfjfjLA/company-logo_200_200/0?e=2159024400&v=beta&t=qfWoLlevFyNGJEE3EOQnPPXfcRGwLuwOpJj-kG5EArs
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 26 March 2020 22:01 (four years ago) link
the whosampled list doesn't have the rotary connection's version of burning the midnight lamp, which is sooooo goood.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 March 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Hendrix joins Joplin in a category for me that may not make sense: I'm awestruck by them but don't listen to them all that much. (I did listen to Smash Hits all the time in high school.) I should be able to get a top 10 together.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 March 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
You could make a case for Jimi Hendrix top ten live tracks? His shows are a bit hit and miss at times, but there are just some insane live takes out there that i don't think have really been compiled the best.
― earlnash, Friday, 27 March 2020 00:10 (four years ago) link
Voted. Knew instantly what my #1 would be (it's an obvious pick that I expect to do very well). Lots of outtakes and leftovers from that purple box set and other posthumous compilations on my tracks list, but my albums ballot was all albums released during his lifetime, except one.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 27 March 2020 01:11 (four years ago) link
I’m looking forward to the rollout. I haven’t listened to him in years, partly because m’wife hates him. I would probably just vote for everything on Smash Hits plus “Who Knows”
― rawdogging the pandemic (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 27 March 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
Boning up on the sessionman stuff I hadn't heard before, the Curtis Knight stuff (collected on a recent-ish official comp called "You Can't Use My Name") is pretty dope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Bx7N2P0X4
"Strange Things" is Bo Diddley-esque number that would have slotted in seamlessly on a Nuggets comp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfE-tDMmMvU
"Hornet's Nest" is groovy & hyperactive organ and fuzz guitar duel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6MikLeSs0s
"Gotta Have A New Dress" is this kinda goofy Motown rant about fashion w/a killer high-stepping R & B guitar line from Hendrix.
All of these sound better on the comp BTW.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 March 2020 18:04 (four years ago) link
And for those who can't get enough of Jimi going HAM on the guitar, I urge you not to forget "Jam Back At The House" from Woodstock 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C643HA4YgA
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 March 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
I thought about doing this. The thing is since there's a fair number of tracks that are most known in live versions (Band of Gypsys stuff in particular) that it would probably skew the results. If voters want to cite so hot live takes I'd be more than happy to include them (if I can find them) in the rollout.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 27 March 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
I included the source album on my ballot, to draw attention to live performances vs. studio takes. But I think most of the ones I voted for were live-only, like I don't think he ever recorded "Wild Thing" in a studio.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 27 March 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
Fuck yeah. Never voted in one of these, but here we go.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Friday, 27 March 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
One of my favorite Hendrix live moves is the Spanish Castle Magic with Sunshine of Your Love instrumental in the middle. I am a basic bitch.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Friday, 27 March 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
A couple fun sideman tracks: the instrumental of the Curtis Knight track Hush Now is available on bootlegs and it is one of my favorite wah wah tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNZXqeZMmHM
Jayne Mansfield doing the boogaloo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80TJYcmWrOE
Might have been interesting to treat the Noel and Buddy sung songs (apart from Who Knows) as part of the sideman poll. Little Miss Strange is awesome but not what I want to hear when I am in a Hendrix mood.
I'm surprised "Blues" has not been deleted from the catalog, it's probably my favorite posthumous release. One of the best slow tracks Hendrix ever cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQAMdDvT6Y the pacing and bass hum are awesome, and for once the harmonica feels important on a hendrix track rather than a strange 60s vestigial gill. Also the opening track, the 12-string solo Hear my train, is just so unexpected and plaintive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P701paKEMXs The instrumentals on it are great too - Bad Sign and Jam 242 (dooji wooji). A couple good might-have-been side polls would be all his instrumentals, and all his covers not on the big 3 lps.
Hard to cut some of the big hits from my ballot i didn't have room for, and some of the favorites that sound a lot like other favorites (one rainy wish is pretty similar to wind cries and castles made of sand; ain't no telling is awesome but reminds me of fire...), and some of the groovy slow instrumentals on all the posthumous comps. Could easily have voted for 30 or 40.
― mig (guess that dreams always end), Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
Driving South from the BBC sessions
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
> Driving South from the BBC sessions
Yep voted for that. Can never remember which of the three I like best (the second, I think)
― mig (guess that dreams always end), Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
Eeriely prescient info about the lyrics to "Third Stone..."
In 1967, Hendrix told the journalist Keith Altham that "Third Stone from the Sun" is about a visiting space alien who, upon evaluation of the human species, decides that people are not fit to rule Earth, destroys their civilization, and places the planet in the care of chickens.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 March 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
Just finished rewatching The Dreamers (not good...)--"Third Stone" is used twice, beginning (long camera-glide down the Eiffel Tower) and end.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 March 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
only three covers? how the hell am i supposed to find room in there for dylan's take on "dolly dagger" :(
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 29 March 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
I know it isn't the most extensive catalogue we're dealing with, but isn't one week an awfully short voting window?
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Sunday, 29 March 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
It's a rainy shelter-in-place day here in the bay area. Good time for some Jimi. Ballot sent.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 29 March 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
XP I was figuring for shelter in place, and also for keeping it open through next weekend at least.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 March 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
7 Ballots In!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 March 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
combed through the studio albums and have 32 tracks that i would 100% vote for lol
will listen to em again this week and send a ballot by thurs or fri
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Sunday, 29 March 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
this was difficult and man do i wish buddy would shut the fug up sometimes. rit-dit-dit-dit doo arit-dit-dit-dit doooo.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
When I was 19 I dropped acid for the first time and while waiting for it to kick in drank Bacardi Golden Reserve and smoked pot. About 4 hours in as things were really humming along, I went for a quick ride with a friend, who popped a cassette in. The most incredibly weird music with spooky voices started to assault me from the speakers. I asked my fiend who this was and he told me it was "Whole Lotta Love", but it didn't sound like that to me. After listening further I started to become concerned and told myself, "concentrate, and when you listen again, it will be 'Whole Lotta Love'". Nope! By this point I thought I had done something very bad to my brain. I (desperately) asked my friend again who it was. Anyway, this is the story of why ". . . And the Gods Made Love" will be very high on my ballot.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
*fiend was a freudian slip
lol
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
important to listen to this while making your lists https://open.spotify.com/album/7beUcSYoZ4MQxIAV1YyEq9?si=UJ5lQ1pGQOOBcwEtalC-0g
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
Have also been enjoying this polish jazz guy's covers https://open.spotify.com/track/2cNzjYRO7EpmDeFukLee6Z?si=JDj2FUWbSjKdUv5pL2a96Q
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
trying to figure out if i prioritize "songs" or if i prioritize "jams" or if i just want to list songs in order of how much i liked them when i was 15
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
Do I even need to bother campaigning for Emmylou's stunning take on "May This Be Love" for the covers ballot? Just in case, then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHiUEjkPh0U
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
was going to vote for it, but i had already voted for another cover of may this be love.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
Forgot Prince did "Purple House" (a cover of "Red House") with Larry Graham on bass. Released in 2004 on a Hendrix tribute album but speculated to have been recorded in 1999.
He's done it live as well, but here's that studio recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whbewejw-g8
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
They played this at a couple of those Temple of the Dog reunion showshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mVZyPSaYug
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
my favorite Hendrix covers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ax9weO7lrU&list=OLAK5uy_mNfyZr6-XPinEVqK0ZI9FkRHZgpNFsRQ4
― Brad C., Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
Bah, that's The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix
https://open.spotify.com/album/0lBWV41v8qCOq4goLvPUw8
― Brad C., Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
9 ballots in so far!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
Today's sideman pick, Jimi joins up with King Curtis* in 1966 and hotwires "Gloria" for Ray Sharpe's "Help Me (Get The Feeling) Pts. 1+2"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAq5BrYIcms
Who'd later reuse the backing track three years later for his "Instant Groove" single.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
Any chance the deadline can be extended to Monday? I was planning on doing my list this weekend.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
cosign
― sleeve, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
Today's sideman pick, Jimi joins up with King Curtis* in 1966 and hotwires "Gloria"
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain)
the first hendrix tape i heard was a dub of "the essential jimi hendrix", which had that _other_ time he hotwired "gloria" on it. i don't know how "essential" it is but it's worth a listen!
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
Deadline is definitely extended through the weekend.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
do Sweet!
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
I should rep for this, my favorite jimi coverhttps://youtu.be/d86Ca3Rb-cM
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 2 April 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
I am probably going to put Voodoo Child (Slight Return) very, very high on my ballot, but had thought I wasn't going to put Voodoo Child on my ballot at all. Just listening to it again, but damn if that isn't great as well.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Thursday, 2 April 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
it really is
stretched out, confident, utterly assured
― sleeve, Thursday, 2 April 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
even hollywood hogan air guitar cannot ruin that song
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 3 April 2020 04:07 (three years ago) link
Oh crap, just missed this, sorry.
― Sund4r, Friday, 3 April 2020 04:20 (three years ago) link
deadline was extended. Please vote!
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 3 April 2020 04:51 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the deadline is extended through this weekend (and possibly even longer).
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 April 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
Oh! Well, there you go.
― Sund4r, Friday, 3 April 2020 11:41 (three years ago) link
Bumping for the daylight crowd.
THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND (AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEK)!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 April 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
yo i really want to vote in this but i def need this extension, into next week would be v helpful as well if it’s possible and doesn’t bug others
― budo jeru, Friday, 3 April 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
I urge everyone to check out that First Rays of the New Rising Sun mix that was posted on one or the other Jimi threads. It might be the best post-experience Jimi thing I have ever heard.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Saturday, 4 April 2020 00:21 (three years ago) link
that record rules, definitely my favorite posthumous collection
― sleeve, Saturday, 4 April 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
I need at least a week, if you move on I will understand
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 April 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
I already have more than 20 on my shortlist :(
― sleeve, Saturday, 4 April 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
voted
― Miami weisse (WmC), Sunday, 5 April 2020 01:39 (three years ago) link
Tarfumes passed along this link to the fan edit reconstruction of First Rays...
http://albumsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/2012/06/jimi-hendrix-first-rays-of-new-rising.html?m=1
It also contains a second link to a slightly tweaked second version.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 April 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
Voted!
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Sunday, 5 April 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
"belly button window" is such a sad song. most rock music doesn't go in on the philosophical pessimism that heavy.
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 5 April 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
― Brad C., Sunday, 5 April 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
xp is Tarfumes ever coming back ?
― budo jeru, Sunday, 5 April 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
what's the new deadline?
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Sunday, 5 April 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
would love to re-check ladyland before submitting my final
Right now the deadline is...sometime next week? I've 15 ballots, not including mine (because I haven't even started drawing it up yet). Definitely want more, but I know everything is scary & weird right now. This is the first poll run totally during the pandemic so...you have time.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
I'll send out more confirmations as I start counting ballots again. Took a break so my own ballot wouldn't be overly influenced by inside knowledge.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 April 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
Was just listening to the Burbank loss leader album, which for a long time was the only way to get the original 45 mix of "The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice" on an album. I wanted to share it, but...NOT ON YOUTUBE (and the version on South Saturn Delta is a cleaned-up remix).
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 April 2020 04:01 (three years ago) link
definitely going to vote
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Monday, 6 April 2020 06:32 (three years ago) link
Here's my favourite Jimi coverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Y4CY_rOak
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Monday, 6 April 2020 07:07 (three years ago) link
Has everyone checked out http://www.rockprophecy.com/ before? I've been checking it every couple years for 20 years ever since I saw an ad for it in the back of a Village Voice. It's a grand conspiracy about how Hendrix was an alien prophet come to warn humans about an asteroid that is going to wipe out the Earth and love (and a spaceship?) will somehow save us. The guy used to work for Hendrix rights holder putting together releases before he was fired when the Hendrix Estate reacquired the rights in the late 1990s, so he mixes in the whole thing with a weird, paranoid hatred of Paul Allen (who funded the Experience Hendrix Museum) and has a very strong whiff of disgruntled employee. The final cherry on top is he plays in a Hendrix cover band and uses a left-hand Strat upside down or whatever like Hendrix. This is fun stuff.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Monday, 6 April 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
imi Hendrix sang, wrote, and spoke about his remote view of Rock. Government sponsored scientific studies prove that the ability to remote view is an inborn trait in some people. Jimi named what he saw Electric Love - the asteroid aimed to impact our planet. At 10 pm (London Time) on Friday the 13th in April of the year 2029 Common Era (Year 86 Uncommon Era) asteroid 2004 MN4 will arrive.In July "2005" NASA re-named asteroid 2004 MN4 as the "Apophis" (the Greek word for "Evil Destruction"). NASA'a official number for Apophis is "999-42" - which is 666-6 ("4+2"=6) - sign of the devil - upside down and backwards.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Monday, 6 April 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
But you know all this.
I cannot believe I used to listen to Joanna Newsom
I hear it now and I'm at a high school play wishing that one kid would dial it down about a hundred notches
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 6 April 2020 13:10 (three years ago) link
i kind of want to vote for like 2 or 3 tracks but maybe that doesn't justify a ballot
― ban laggy jazzer (imago), Monday, 6 April 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
― The Rampaging Goats of Llandudno (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
I've got 17 ballots in (not including mine). I'll keep it open into next weekend at the very least.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 April 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
mitch mitchell was a beast, wasn't he
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Monday, 6 April 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
The hardest thing about this is that my favorite Hendrix song is whatever one is currently playing.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
yeah I feel that.
I’ve been trying to choose between “jams” and “songs,” and a lot of the simplest/least interesting songs are the ones with the most mind-bending solos. Gotta trust my inner 13-year-old on this one lol
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:08 (three years ago) link
I never really get tired of "Purple Haze" and "Watchtower" tbh. Former has one of my favourite solos by anyone.
― Sund4r, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
I hope we have the poll counting technology to accurately sum "Power to Love" and "Power of Soul" votes. Parts of that song make the Band of Gypsys sound like a christian group that tours elementary school gymnasia, delivering a positive message for the children. but the switch flipped at 20 seconds (on Band of Gypsys) is probably the most thrilling guitar moment for me on any album by anyone. one of my favorite riff, solo, groove jimi songs.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
the other type of song is the jimi plays the same chord progression over and over in subtly beautiful ways: castles, little wing, bold as love, angel, hey joe, ...
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
*where not the
could do a separate poll just for live/studio versions of "Izabella"
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
he barely did it live, didn't he? woodstock and the first band of gypsys show and that medley with "machine gun" on the tonight show and... that's about it, isn't it?
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
yeah, i guess there are fewer than for other, older songs. but they all rip in different ways.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
first gypsys show might be the best? I was scared away from that fillmore comp because I don't like the Power of Soul that opens it. what a mistake.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
Interesting. PH is the only one of his singles where I wonder why he didn't take a mulligan on the solo. To my ears, it lacks his customary fluidity.
― The multiplying villainies of nature / Do swarm upon him (Vast Halo), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
When we post our ballots and I reveal that I voted for a non-Hendrix composition as my #1, I fully expect to be banned for life.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
Sure, but the shade of Noel Redding will be in your debt forever.
― The multiplying villainies of nature / Do swarm upon him (Vast Halo), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
― The multiplying villainies of nature / Do swarm upon him (Vast Halo), Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:38 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
that's why it stands out, imo.
watchtower is prob still my favorite solo of his. unless it's the little wing intro. or something else, it's a true embarrassment of riches in his catalog.
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
nothin wrong with "Hey Joe" or "Watchtower" at #1
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
i've never understood the adoration for watchtower. i hate how the studio track is mixed. and i swear that snare sounds way out of time with the rest of the tracks sometimes. i think i still voted for it, but i'd think that Gypsy Eyes would be a better candidate for "hit" off that album.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
(xpost) I won't be getting off the hook that easy.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
i left "she's so fine" and "changes" off bc it felt wrong, but they are great.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
― billstevejim, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:59 PM
or the star spangled banner for that matter
― Miami weisse (WmC), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
When I first heard All Along the Watchtower I definitely remember thinking it sounded different from many of the others. It's possible there was an expectation for it to chart as a Top 40 pop radio hit which accounts for the acoustic guitar and the extra boost of reverb and delay and compression. I didn't like it at first (I was 10) but I quickly grew to enjoy it.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
It is comforting to me that, as the most basic Jimi fan there is--I only submitted a 10-track ballot, most of which can be found on any of the Hits packages--my #1 track has still not been mentioned in this thread.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
it's 'manic depression', isn't it?
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
(it rules, and I see it's not been mentioned)
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UnlawfulRequiredGoa-size_restricted.gif
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
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― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
that's game, hendrix!
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
can't believe crypto voted "tax free" #1. the finger thing means the taxes.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link
Purple Monkey Dishwasher Haze
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
i left "manic depression" off my ballot, well i couldn't put _every_ hendrix song on
the hell with "tax free" though, that goddamn lord of the rings record is bullshit
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
I was having such trouble I finally just cut my ballot at 20 and was going to submit it this morning, but work got in they way. Now I am reading about Power of Soul upthread and regretting I left it off.
Hendrix may be a top-5 artist for me primarily off the three Experience studio albums and this, which I got new for my 19th birthday. The 1969 disk is my favorite live Hendrix show - absolutely smoking Hey Joe, Spanish Castle Magic (with Sunshine of Your Love instrumental), and the best Voodoo Child (Slight Return). Plus my favorite live stage banter of all time: Fan: [Yells song requests.] Hendrix: Yeah, we'll get to all that. When I ask for toilet paper, THAT's when you come rolling out.
Having said that, listening to the new Band of Gypsys and has been a revelation. I love how straight forward and taut the whole thing is and there are so many great performances.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 23:14 (three years ago) link
Like that 13 minute Stone Free that leads off the last set on Songs for Groovy Children is fucking awesome. The last few minutes are ragged glory.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
spanish castle magic is heavy in a cool way. but it feels in family with manic depression, and i prefer the lyrics and vocals on manic. fuck traveling by dragonfly.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
i suppose we all must confront and accept the frequent...grooviness of jimi's lyrics
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
Time constraints will prevent me from participating, but please allow me to say that "Stone Free" is all-time great.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link
I love Jimi's lyrics and his singing. To me he has the best unorthodox timing in rock other than possibly Dylan. Dragonflies are cool, man.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
dragonflies are fine. i don't know about travel-by-dragonfly, though. would be cooler if it was a make of motorcycle or something. i'm going to pretend it's a make of motorcycle.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
i do sound like the aliens from that i think you should leave with tim robinson sketch there
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
I love all of his lyrical grooviness, especially "I'm gonna wave my freak flag high!" as a statement of purpose.
― BrianB, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
elevated freak flags, sure. that's all wonderful. but a dragonfly as mode of transportation? and giving a trip estimate as if you are the rand mcnally of dragonfly travel?
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
shitting on dragonflies, aside from, you know, reminding me of the best fucking fleetwood mac song, reminds me of the rollins band changing the lyrics to "four sticks" because rollins couldn't handle "when the owls cry in the night"
IF YOU'RE NOT COOL ENOUGH TO SING ABOUT OWLS, DON'T MESS WITH THE SONG, MAN!
i like jimi's singing, though i can see why he was a little insecure about his singing voice. his lyrics weren't very poetically adept, but they were sincere, and that's all i really need. the guitar says what his words can't, anyway.
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
I also love every cover that he made his own. Like, Hey Joe was every band's go to cover song until he covered it and made it an embarrassment for anyone else to cover it.
― BrianB, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
please let me be clear: i am not shitting on dragonflies. i am shitting on the idea of putting a saddle on a dragonfly, with stirrups, and riding the dragonfly to a music club. and then once you are on this supernatural dragonfly, that could fly at any speed imaginable to you, it only goes at a speed of 'very far away' over 'about a half a day'.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
be cooler if it was a make of motorcycle or something. i'm going to pretend it's a make of motorcycle.
B-b-but Dragonfly IS a make of motorcycle.
― Sund4r, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
fuck yes, THANK YOU. accepting this as jimi's intended meaning from here on.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
Apparently, Hendrix favoured a Harley, though, so idk. I didn't think that much about the lyrics, then when I did, I figured he probably meant the motorcycle, but I think I actually like the image if he meant the insect.
― Sund4r, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
oh yeah, there are motorcycles!
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
Jimi riding an actual dragonfly is the coolest. He's Hendrix, he can ride whatever the fuck he wants to: dragonflies, motorcycles, magic carpets, Marshall stacks, your mom.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
i promise you it isn't the coolest
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
if you asked how far away something was and person replied "should take about a half a day if you travel by my...dragonfly" you would groan and leave
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
"oh fuck, now there's a groovy image. but seriously, how far by train or car? or can i walk?"
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
or "fine, the place is closed. i get it, buddy. dick."
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
half a day is pretty good time if you're traveling to a spanish castle by dragonfly
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
Where are they starting from?
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
very far away
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
which could mean swarthmore, pennsylvania or just like gig harbor, washington
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
if you are going to write a word problem into your lyric, please leave us with a number of variables equal to or less than the number of equations, jimi
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
Whatever, maaaan. . . .
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
Lol:
http://static.highexistence.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/spanish-castle-magic-4-web.jpg
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
I mean, in terms of lyrical content, tbh, the stuff about foxy ladies and moving over Rover and "are you experienced" seems no less silly to me than the fantastical psychedelic imagery. It's really just about the feel with the music.
― Sund4r, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
Anyway, if anyone's interested and hasn't read it, I thought this article (full PDF available at the link) was really good as an in-depth examination of Hendrix's interpretation of "The Star-Spangled Banner", how it developed over the multiple performances over about a year, and how it reflected his own changing feelings towards the war and military: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-society-for-american-music/article/this-is-america-jimi-hendrixs-star-spangled-banner-journey-as-psychedelic-citizenship/0029FB312D1A8A9C61C0345C6DB59525#
― Sund4r, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
XP I always felt that aspect of his lyrics/music was a by-product of playing Chitlin' Circuit R & B for so long. He went from playing with Little Richard to becoming the Psychedelic Little Richard!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the article on "The Star-Spangled Banner". Still working my way through but it's very interesting.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
Sorry if this was discussed already but: are we counting "1983" & "Moon Turn the Tides" as the same track?
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
It hasn't been discussed, but folks so far have only voted for the latter tied to the former, so I'm letting count as one. I don't know if anyone would vote for MTTT by itself.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
Voted
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 23:24 (three years ago) link
Does anyone have a track list and the accompanying breakdown for the John Scannell remix/reconstruction of First Rays?
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Thursday, 9 April 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
it's on archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20120325214917/http://letamancomeinanddothepopcorn.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-rays-mix.html
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 April 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
Many thanks, Kate. I've listened to it for years, but haven't sat down and differentiated all the pieces, since they all run together.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Thursday, 9 April 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
yeah it's _the_ absolute cornerstone of my jimi listening
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 April 2020 04:26 (three years ago) link
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Thursday, 9 April 2020 06:01 (three years ago) link
xp I didn't realize how different this Scannell version of First Rays is from the version C. Grisso/McCain linked up thread. The latter seems much more historically accurate/realistic. The Scannell version varies from Jimi's supposed tracklisting, includes many songs that likely weren't going to be included at all, and is radically edited/mixed to create transitions and reprises that obviously Jimi never contemplated, but the Scannell version flows so well and is such a fun listen, it really does feel like the successor to Electric Ladyland.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Thursday, 9 April 2020 11:52 (three years ago) link
I love that Scannell mix.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 9 April 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
that's what i love about the scannell "first rays", it's not trying to recreate jimi's "vision" for the record, which in the period of time he was making these recordings was diffuse, muddled, shot through with intense pain and suffering. it's a more radical re-envisioning than that, more like what brian wilson (or, uh, darian or whoever) did with "smile" in 2004, taking a bunch of fragments weaving them together in a way that jimi honestly never managed. the official "first rays" is far closer to what jimi was thinking, and it's just not as good. there's too many mid-tempo funk numbers that i just have a really hard time telling apart, and it's to the good that scannell, having given himself a fairly arbitrary 80 minute limit, is willing to cut to the bone. a lot of the songs from the latter half of the '97 EH release just isn't there - "straight ahead", "earth blues", "in from the storm", all gone, "room full of mirrors" (which is a fantastic song) and "astro man" (which maybe isn't) cut to the bone, with the side benefit of excising the homophobic slur from the latter (jimi's relation to queerness being a sort of ongoing sensitive spot for me)
and what's left is is linked by much stranger, more offbeat choices, with _way_ more buddy than i had thought i could tolerate. power of soul and message to love and the buddy version of "stepping stone" and fucking "burning desire" of all things! not songs that i would've considered essential representations of hendrix but thrown in among oddities like "trashman" and "south saturn delta"... well, i could gush about this mix all day, and have done so at embarrassing length before.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
if some kind soul wants to ILXmail me a working DL link for that New Rays mix, I would greatly appreciate it!
― sleeve, Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
So First Rays is The Cry of Love + other material from those sessions?
As a kid, the albums I had mostly boiled down to what I could tape from my friend's older brother, which meant Smash Hits, Electric Ladyland, Band of Gypsys, and Cry of Love. At least half of AYE is on the Smash Hits comp, I think, but, weirdly, I ended up way less familiar with Axis (never heard this until my 20s) than with Band of Gypsys (probably still my favourite) and Cry of Love. I still don't really connect with Axis that much at all, compared to the others. I don't think anything from it ended up on my ballot.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
about to send my ballot. the one I regret having to cut is "Still Raining, Still Dreaming": that second record of Electric Ladyland is so intense, and this song is a key to it, but fits better there than as a track on its own imo.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
here's a dopey observation that is probably wrong: people make a big deal about how Music From Big Pink was a turning point in rock, how artists followed the Band in going back to basics, four track, down home sound. but I feel like one year early, Jimi's first album must have made so many artists realize how much the game had advanced, how far out those sounds were---I mean you can read Miles Davis on Jimi, but that kinda makes the point I want to make: that rock artists (as opposed to jazzbos) saw that they couldn't do what Jimi was doing and so had to change what they were doing. it's the start of prog. (think of that tour of the UK with Jimi, the Pink Floyd, the Nice, the Move)(and, well, the Amen Corner.)
to be specific: it's said that Clapton quit Cream after hearing the Band, but maybe he realized by 68 that he'd never be as bold as love?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
Wait, we can still vote?
― Publius Covidius Naso (pomenitul), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
"Cry of Love" was the first release of material from the sessions Jimi was working on for the last couple years of his life, containing the most complete and market-ready material. Some of the best and most pivotal material he recorded as the sessions didn't come out on that record, though. A lot more of it came out on "Rainbow Bridge", and the rest sort of dribbled out piecemeal over the next 40 or 50 years...
Over time I've come around to Axis more. It definitely seems like his most concise, "pop" record. I feel like it's a lot more along the Chas/Noel axis (uh, no pun intended) than his other stuff. Songs are good, though. I kind of like Richard Lloyd's oddball Hendrix covers record, which depends heavily on Axis material.
I don't actually like any of the material on "Band of Gypsys" except for "Machine Gun"! I'm not really a big Buddy fan.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
― Joey Corona (Euler)
clapton heard hendrix before damn near anybody else! if anything i feel like hendrix was more indebted to clapton (see: all those times he covered "sunshine") than the reverse...
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
sleeve - sent
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
<3
― sleeve, Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
Yeah, a lot of people seem to not like Band of Gypsys as much. For me, the more groove-oriented rhythm section was the perfect setting and support for Hendrix's lead guitar improvisation, allowing him to branch out while staying focused. I also actually like that Miles sings on parts of it; while he's not the most versatile vocalist, I do find his voice more tuneful than Hendrix's and it works for some material. I also love John McLaughlin's Devotion, with Miles on drums, though.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
gonna vote now, plenty of time for regret later
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
YES! I keeping voting open at least through this weekend.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
sent!
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
will send soon
― sleeve, Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r)
i'm not on the anti-buddy train like some are - like i mentioned upthread the scannell mix is pretty heavy on the buddy, down to opening with the buddy version of "stepping stone", and in some contexts, like "stepping stone" and especially "machine gun", i definitely appreciate his more static sense of rhythmic propulsion. none of the other songs on the record were, that i know of, ever played live with mitch, so it's hard to say whether i would like them better or not.
i will say that i absolutely hate buddy's singing. i think it's terrible. jimi is a technically extremely untrained singer, but there's a lot of emotion in his voice. it always sounds really heartfelt and sincere to me even when what he's singing is bullshit. with buddy it's just a sea of bad scat.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 9 April 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
scatting drummers and whistling guitar players
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
I'm so into "Crosstown Traffic" I voted for it twice, meaning I get to redo this and there will be an Axis song (an obvious one) on my ballot.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Friday, 10 April 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
Voted. Could have fiddled with this until the end of time.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Sunday, 12 April 2020 01:00 (three years ago) link
Redid my ballot with the one Axis song but, listening to that album more closely the other day, I was thinking more about everything that's going on sonically and I've definitely been underrating it.
there's a lot of emotion in his voice. it always sounds really heartfelt and sincere to me even when what he's singing is bullshit.
Don't disagree with this btw; I don't even mind the bullshit! My point earlier was just that the dragonfly business doesn't stand out to me as exceptionally bullshit.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 April 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
wait, you only rated one song on axis?
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 12 April 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
i would also direct dragonfly haters to ursula k. leguin and todd barton's "dragonfly song" and to dutch band dragonfly's monster fuzz jam "celestial empire"
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 12 April 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
Yeah, like I was saying, Axis was the one I just never had until my 20s and so I never really developed the same connection to it as to others. Not its fault and I will be listening to it more.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 April 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
what's your take on castles, bold as love, and little wing as guitar pieces? Are they simple? Does most of your love for jimi come from feeling rather than technical guitar playing?
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 12 April 2020 03:38 (three years ago) link
xxp kate, i have been loving your dragonfly recs. I still hate the lyrics of spanish castle magic, though.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 12 April 2020 03:39 (three years ago) link
idk, i like the lyrics. the stuff he says, it's interestingly off-kilter. like, after the "dragonfly" thing he feels the need to assure us that it's not _actually_ spanish, that's just, like, a figure of speech, or an architectural descriptor, or i don't know, something. it's totally groovy, there are, like, candy clouds, all hanging over the blood-soaked ground... grooooovy!
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 12 April 2020 09:50 (three years ago) link
I was just trying to imagine Jimi covering Leonard Cohen, lol. Please no. Give me dragonflies every time.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:35 (three years ago) link
Also, I like how concerned Jimi is that his darlin' is going to fall off the dragonfly, which, you know, you should be.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:42 (three years ago) link
Wasn't the Spanish Castle a club in Washington state or something like that?
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 April 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
Yup.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/5oY108Zb1Nnjrv3sTg9_SQmZvMHlcuDOeeS1Q8qQXHvYOJwalvSrmAVkbWxdQcYSiJQzc00CElkCpy4ksUeZvRTiiXa6
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 April 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
Good question. "Little Wing" was the one I voted for and I do really like the melodies in all three. Leslie speaker effect in "Little Wing" and backwards track in "Castles" are great. I never really tried to break those down or play them before. I just tried to work out the intro of "Little Wing" by ear before double-checking it. It's pretty straightforward imo, mostly pentatonic stuff that lies under the fingers, harmonized using basic chord shapes. He played it with a real fluidity and fluency in the idiom, though, bringing out something like a dialogue between two voices.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 April 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
So I think that's what you mean by feeling rather than technical guitar playing?
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Yes, that's a good answer and is otm.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
I think the fluidity works particularly well with the lyric and melody on castles. Jimi seemed to be so good at recognizing what the sound and feel of chord shapes implied in a song structure and for the lyric. I think that's also why spanish castle magic bugs me. The riff seems a bit too heavy for the dragonfly imagery.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
Suppose spanish castle magic has a bit of a Showman feel in the chorus.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
The man was also excellent at making his solos collections of melodic ideas, almost never feels like aimless wankery.
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Sunday, 12 April 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
Lots of these most recent posts super otm
Quick question: "Castles" & "Run Run Run"--are they the first examples of that sort of "Waterfalls"-style omnibus song, where each verse has a brief story with a different character, and then the chorus ties them all together with some kind of underlying principle. I can't help but think there's gotta be earlier instances of this technique--like no way Dylan never did this--but I am drawing a total blank atm
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 12 April 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
"Four Women" by Nina Simone comes to mind, but it doesn't have a chorus.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 April 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
"Highway 61 Revisited" also.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 April 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
Ah there it is
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 12 April 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
Eleanor Rigby, though she returns in the final verse.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Monday, 13 April 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
I was listening to the Hendrix "Wild Thing" from Monterey and never realized he quotes "Strangers in the Night" briefly in the final solo. Badass.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Monday, 13 April 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
Looking forward to the rollout so I can hear all the cool tunes not on the major releases
― that's not my post, Monday, 13 April 2020 01:47 (three years ago) link
Okay, I've got 29 ballots in. If you've received an email saying "Received!", your votes have been counted. I have one ballot that the ranks need to be adjusted on, and I've got one yet to be counted that has a minor issue to be addressed with the voter. I'll keep this open for another couple days in case anyone else wants to vote.
In other business, is there anyone open to doing images for the main rollout?
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 13 April 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
Thanks! I did not see a reply, so sent a note to be sure.
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 13 April 2020 18:36 (three years ago) link
hi! i am going to submit a ballot today :)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
DO IT!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 13 April 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
xp I haven't heard that version of "Wild Thing" in over 20 years but the notes in the solo unexpectedly matched the melody of "Strangers in the night" as it was playing in my head just now so that was weird lol
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link
Okay, I've got 29 ballots in. If you've received an email saying "Received!", your votes have been counted
haven't had an email, I'll resend mine now just in case
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Tuesday, 14 April 2020 06:18 (three years ago) link
I am in serious need of Jimi Hendrix Poll results.
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Thursday, 16 April 2020 11:57 (three years ago) link
They're coming!
To be nice, I'm keeping the beach polls open through the weekend, after which they'll be closed. I've come up with an idea for the tracks images that I'll work on over the weekend. On Monday we'll get into the side polls and hopefully on Tuesday the tracks rollout will begin!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 April 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
Thanks C. Grisso/McCain!
― Why, I would make a fantastic Nero! (PBKR), Friday, 17 April 2020 16:48 (three years ago) link
mind if I send in a separate email with side polls? I forgot to include them
― zoomer death circus (sleeve), Friday, 17 April 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
No problem!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 April 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
Oooh I just started digging into First Rays & I might end up resubmitting my ballot
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 17 April 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
Looking forward to the roll out ... still on for Monday start?
― that's not my post, Sunday, 19 April 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
xpost, no pressure BTW, just wanting something to look forward to on another quarantine Monday
― that's not my post, Sunday, 19 April 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL231cgCSA
― Brad C., Sunday, 19 April 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
Still looking to start w/the side poll reveals on Monday.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
excellent and thank you.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 19 April 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
POLLS ARE CLOSED!
We'll have a Top 50 Tracks rollout, and I'll start with the results of the side polls later today.
Thanks To All For Taking Part!
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 April 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
"Not Necessarily POLLED, But Beautiful..."– ILM Artist Poll #101 – Jimi Hendrix – Results Thread
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 20 April 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link