LOL British edition leaves out "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe" AND "The Wind Cries Mary"!
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
Or rather, the US edition just sticks them on there, regardless.
Hendrix reportedly wanted to include 'Red House' in the US edition (11 first tracks of this poll) but the suits shut him down, because 'American audiences don't like the blues'.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
Third Stone is the choice that makes the most sense. Mitch rules
― calstars, Sunday, 7 June 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
I'm leaning that way but "Purple Haze" and "May This Be Love" are also strong contenders.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 7 June 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
this has always been a really hard band and album for me to get into, but feel like it makes a little more sense to me lately because of the moment
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:02 (three years ago) link
the guitar stuff is impressive but I'm not that interested in it
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
Guitar stuff aside (if that's even possible here), I do think Are You Experienced is his best set of songs.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
have always hated Purple Haze
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
going to go out on a limb here and suggest that maybe this isn't the poll for you
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
Lol
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
I might go for "May This Be Love" too.
― timellison, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:12 (three years ago) link
became obssessed with love or confusion after the ballot poll, so went with that
― voltmeter said i had potential (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
This will be quite difficult.
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
Yeah, my first instinct was to go with 'Third Stone from the Sun' but having just listened to the whole thing again… I don't know if I can do this.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
It may well be my single favourite 1967 LP.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:24 (three years ago) link
I haven’t listened to this whole album in decades; I always go for Electric Ladyland or the Band of Gypsys material (live and studio). Will re-listen before voting, but in my head it’s either “Foxey Lady” or “Manic Depression”.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
"Third Stone from the Sun" does totally rule.
― timellison, Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
Really I supposed I should just vote for this here: the finest of display names only
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
Suppose
"Are You Experienced?" is an amazing production. It would take some work even with current software to recreate what they did with tape speeds and reversing with a couple of 4 track tape decks.
Jimi might have tunes that exceed it, but for sonic trip, this is one of the most far out productions that lands on its feet from the era.
― earlnash, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
All that hard rock sure is impressive but I’m not really interested in riffs
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
Ah fuck
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
Dan S, how do you feel about this version?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dE65iTuG4Y
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link
I (even) like this version: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2014/04/11/dion-purple-haze/
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
makes me understand I just don't like purple haze, regardless of the interpretation
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:16 (three years ago) link
Would you like with effects?Would you like it with The Lex?
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
Fair enough.
xp
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:21 (three years ago) link
That Dion cover is quite the reinterpretation. Anyway, it totally works.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
I kind of like May This Be Love, The Wind Cries Mary, Hey Joe
and also maybe Are You Experienced
― Dan S, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
Axis is like twice as strong as this album
― calstars, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
Love Axis but that's crazy talk.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
the dion "purple haze" is so so good
― budo jeru, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
my vote here is "the wind cries mary"
incomparable
Looking at the list, it is interesting considering how iconic an LP this is that Hendrix had really left most of this out of the live set lists as his career went on. 'Red House' might be the tune with the most carry over into gigs.
― earlnash, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:39 (three years ago) link
whispers / cries / screams
― calstars, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
i'm gonna vote for "fire" because it's sick
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
manic depression's a frustrating mess...and the song i'm voting for
― ACAB for cutie (voodoo chili), Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
Wow, yes, "Fire", what a banger.
― Captain Beeftweet (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
MM rules even more than usual on that one.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
It's probably between Purple Haze, Manic Depression, and The Wind Cries Mary. Leaning towards Mary today, but I suspect I may quickly change my mind.
I do think the other 2 Experience albums are considerably stronger, but this is is still great.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
voted "I Don't Live Today", cosmic isolation blues, voice & riff in angry synch, my favorite Jimi chorus, a song of experience, salvation is just a trip away
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
favorite track changes all the time. after many years and countless listens - love or confusion
― nostormo, Sunday, 7 June 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
The Wind Cries Mary
― that's not my post, Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
I feel like my answer changes all the time and will always change even if I live for a thousand years. feeling “foxy lady” at the moment, but who knows
― brimstead, Sunday, 7 June 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
Torn between 'Love or Confusion' and 'I Don't Live Today'.
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 7 June 2020 18:53 (three years ago) link
The only Jimi I've ever really needed. "Manic Depression" still gets my #1 vote, as it did in our Jimi poll a few months back.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Sunday, 7 June 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
Went with Manic Depression but that was brutal.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 7 June 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
can I get a version with less braggoddoccio
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 7 June 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
The sublime guitar intro to "Love or Confusion."
― timellison, Sunday, 7 June 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
manic d is good but i’m not sold on the two note riff
― calstars, Sunday, 7 June 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Fire. But I don't like the Experienced records nearly as much as Band of Gypsys or literally any live show from 1969/1970. He was a good songwriter, but I'd rather hear him improvise for...ever, than hear Hey Joe or any of the hits again, which I love. "Good songwriter" feels like a slight, but he's definitely not a great songwriter. I should revisit, not only for the songs but the production, which always struck me as cool but dated, like the third track on Younger Than Yesterday, that fucking stupid alien high pitched voice bit the Byrds inserted into an otherwise catchy pop song. I mean, then again, this is comparing--and I know this is a different record--the fantastic production of "Cross Town Traffic" with the superhuman playing on "Machine Gun."
― flappy bird, Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
I agree with you in theory, but having just revisited Band of Gypsys, I still can't get over how problematic Billy Cox and Buddy Miles's contributions tend to be (and I'm not just talking about the comically overambitious vocal work, although that is by far the worst offender). Hendrix undoubtedly had the right idea when he hired them on and I, too, am more taken with his improvisational skills than I am with his songwriting, but so much of the resulting material is painfully hypothetical, drowning in a sea of 'what ifs?' On balance, Are You Experienced is a 'safer' record when viewed from the vantage point of what was still in the offing at the time, but even if you replace it in the context of 1967 – not just any year for music, mind you – it pwns 99% of the competition (especially Sgt. fucking Pepper). More importantly, I don't have any serious reservations about a single one of its songs, all the more so if we stick to the original US edition (I agree with Hendrix that 'Red House' should've been included, though).
― pomenitul, Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
I don't either, I like the record. I don't think it comes close to Sgt. Pepper but it's obviously cream. And again I'm only mild on it knowing what he was capable of in another realm. I hear Cox/Miles complaints all the time I get it, certainly for the scatting, but I think their playing really serves Jimi through most of the record, especially all the way through Machine Gun. but I never minded the scatting that much. I get it though lol
― flappy bird, Saturday, 13 June 2020 00:55 (three years ago) link
Idk unlike sgt pepper, I don’t have to skip any bullshit on this album, even with all the bonus tracks.
― brimstead, Saturday, 13 June 2020 01:00 (three years ago) link
This poll is cruelty of the highest order but I chose Highway Chile because that riff is so goddamn hot
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 June 2020 06:26 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
woah that is unexpected.
― voltmeter said i had potential (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
possibly a crime, even
I didn't vote before the deadline! Add another vote for "Third Stone".
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
Good thing after much internal debate I voted for "Hey Joe."
― Jeff Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
glad you did
― Dan S, Sunday, 14 June 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
Hey Joe is fantastic
― voltmeter said i had potential (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 14 June 2020 01:53 (three years ago) link
Highway Chili
― calstars, Sunday, 14 June 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
(Slight Return)
― peace, man, Sunday, 14 June 2020 12:14 (three years ago) link
In revisiting this album, I think I was most struck by the impression of someone not only pioneering a genre, but expanding on it in all the different ways that these individual songs do. I think this album does posit Hendrix as a great songwriter, whether or not he was able to keep proving that time and again over the few years he had left in this world.
― timellison, Sunday, 14 June 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link