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It's a small question, but: who's the final J (and actually, who was the first J -- Jethro Tull as first?? Jimi Hendrix obviously second, and... ? I'll probably recognize the third immediately, and maybe have a "duh" moment, but I'm not immediately knowing who you're referring to, at 7:44.)
Are you sure you don't have some old German aunt you do or don't know of @VirginRock ? I was watching this ua-cam.com/video/H6qJgaBmnxM/v-deo.html and thought I saw you.... obviously it can't be but you might have some ansestor somewhere.... The subject is not really about you of course ... I hope to don't take it personally but it is strange don't you think?
Did you know you can usually get away with LIVE performances - there are LOTS for Hendrix. BTW Hendrix got his break through the Animals bass player Chas Chandler.
What I love about your channel is how open minded you are when it comes to different kinds of music . You don't look down your nose at rock music. Here you are listening to Jimi with this big smile on your face. I can tell while it might not be your type of music you really appreciate it. Most Classical Musician’s I have met are a bit snooty. Thank you so much!
To be perfectly honest, Amy, your first go through and then your 2nd go through with the score and your pausing to comment is more detailed than 99% of all other reactors. I know the deep dives are something you want to do, but I know how busy you are and how many projects you have going. Realistically, if something has to be dropped occasionally, I don’t think we would be too upset. You’re first dives are incredibly detailed. And satisfying 😁
@@mgman6000 that’s true…but usually, I think, they eventually get taken down and the reactor gets a strike. Sometimes, it just takes awhile for the algo to find it.
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Maybe that's why I'm asking, without the video it kind of doesn't make sense or could she be claiming this to get people to sign up for Patreon
I'm glad you have finally been Experienced - it's a shame about the copyright issue but I'm not at all surprised given how much Jimi has been milked by his estate. And Purple Haze is a fantastic choice for an introduction.
What you read about Hendrix is all true, but as someone who was 20 or so when he really took off, I cannot describe what a jolt his sound was to both the public and to other guitarists. Other top-tier guitarists like Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were in awe of him and unequivocally said he was the best of them all and none could touch him. Hendrix totally changed the expectations of what a guitar could sound like.
Jimi was also fully aware of the awe other guitarists held him in, and got cocky about it. Paul McCartney tells of the time he went with musician friends to hear the already - legendary Hendrix for the first time. Jimi played a cover of the just-released title song of Sergeant Peppers', and cheekily asked Eric Clapton to come up and retune his guitar after a whammy-bar solo.
@@gettingkiltthat scenario you describe does not mean he was cocky. It could mean any number of things and more than likely it was just him trying to be funny or even respectful of Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton was a far more educated and Technical guitarist and as I understand it he respected him. Jimi Hendrix also publicly stated that Billy Gibbons was his favorite guitarist. That kind of comment is far from arrogant. By any reasonable person Billy Gibbons is not even in the top 100.
@@steveh7108 yes, but you know, after reading literally hundreds of comments on reaction channels about what Hendrix did or did not say, it seems he (supposedly) said that about several guitarists….like Terry Kath of CTA (Chicago), a much more deserving candidate imo. Maybe his “ favorite guitarist” was fluid and was circumstantial, depending on the company he was keeping
Great song choice to start with Jimi Hendrix. He produced so much iconic music in such a short amount of time. Incredibly talented, legendary and revolutionary in the rock world. Unfortunately sometimes those that burn the brightest do indeed burn the fastest.
Hi Amy: interesting fact. Handel used to live at 25 Brook Street London. He moved here from Germany in 1712. 250 years later Jimi Hendrix moved next door at 23 Brook Street. 300 years after Handel moved in, both homes are now a conjoined museum. In the museum, I leaned that Hendrix's record collection included Handel, among other classical miusicians. I am certain he knew that Handel had lived next door. Fun, huh?
I think "Purple Haze" is rightly regarded as one of Jimi Hendrix's most famous and powerful songs, but there are other songs I like somewhat more. I recommend giving a listen to the song that gives the title to his first album, "Are You Experienced?" as well as "May This Be Love" (known by some as "waterfall") and "The Wind Cries Mary" from the same album, along with "Little Wing" from his second album and his cover of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". The guitar solo that forms the outro for "May This Be Love" is so gorgeous that it has to be called transcendent. Hendrix could be flashy and fiery or he could play with incredible delicacy and beauty.
Here’s one thing about Hendrix that people rarely mention. He was a paratrooper in the Air Force. He jumped out planes. The rush and the sound sensations Jimi evokes on guitar emulate that experience. Similar to how Dick Dale evoked the sound of ocean waves curling overhead when he created surf guitar. Communicating a unique and powerful experience through sound and music.
Ha ! You pulled it off. Well done. I saw the name Hendrix and was prepared to start crying for you. Thanks for the smile and for teaching me something.
So funny that you mention how it reminds you of Cathedrals and that sort of space, because when Jimi was questioned about his music and asked what type of Rock it was (since of course his style and his music were so innovative and inventive for the time being, it revolutionized music quite literally), if it was Psychedelic or Blues-rock or Experimental or how would he describe it, he always answered his music was not traditional Rock and that he didn't see it as such, that he would categorize it as any of that, and in fact he would call it "Electric Church" or "Electric Church music" and that's how he saw it because of the qualities of it and the tones and feels and the overall sensations he aimed towards. It's quite fitting and beautiful and I really love that description of his music and I also think it's so beautiful and fitting that you as a novice to this kind of music would associated it to that, it really speaks volumes about music and how universal music is. It's also quite chilling to think how his music quite literally lived and died with him and he invented and stylized and breathed life into this "Electric Church Rock" which became so unique and precious and hard to replicate as a flavor of Rock, to the point that it's a style almost exclusively to Jimi and nobody else, it also tells us about the level of his mastery of the craft and how much of a musical genius and innovator he was and is to this very day.
The Charismatic Voice reacted to Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower." Her video didn't get blocked, but I don't know if it maybe got demonetized. She listens in short snippets and likes to listen to the same snippet and over again. Depending on my mood, I either find it cute or irritating.
The 7#9 was used prior to Hendrix by the Beatles, most prominently in “Taxman”. The Beatles used it in various places (including in the song Michelle). They knew it as the "Gretty" Chord after Jim Gretty who worked at Hessey's music shop in Whitechapel who taught it to them.
Are you sure you don't have some old German aunt you do or don't know of @VirginRock ? I was watching this ua-cam.com/video/H6qJgaBmnxM/v-deo.html and thought I saw you.... obviously it can't be but you might have some ansestor somewhere.... The subject is not really about you of course ... I hope to don't take it personally but it is strange don't you think?
I remember McCartney discussing this chord in a fairly recent interview. Interestingly, he still didn't know its proper music theory nomenclature and made fun of himself for not knowing that, but he knew how to use it, of course.
I saw Jimi in San Francisco and it was a truly religious experience. The night saw him, he didn't do any theatrics, he just played. Of course he did blow the back out of one of his 100 watt Marshalls
He wrote a letter to his dad in US after becoming famous first in uk. He said ‘dad I’m singing too! Not singing as we know it but I just sorta talk while playing the guitar! Folks seem to like it!’
According to Jimi the song had nothing to do with drugs. But this has become the common misconception. There is a great interview from 1967 where Jimi talks about writing the song. He said it began from a dream he had about walking underwater and the line that describes what the song is about is "What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me". He said it was about being in a fog because of a girl.
To be fair in the 60s you couldn’t just say a song was about drugs publicly though. Most songs that seem to be about drugs would always get some kind of other weird explanation from that era.
In his first lyrics for the song when he wrote them was "purple haze, jesus saves" because in his dream he wrote this about he was underwater lost and then saved by Jesus lol look it up that's the real origin of purple haze!
Jimi did he his own thing so well and well before most had experimented with sound, you waited for him till now he went early and on his own sadly he went early a true maverick.
Jimi was just on a whole another level when it came to the guitar. It was like he and the guitar became one when he played it. He did so much in his short time in the limelight.
Haven’t even gotten to any of the excerpts and I am gleaming with joy! Simply seeing your expressions of excitement states how profound was the talent of Jimi Hendrix!
What an experience to watch and listen to your reaction without having the music played! Your first impressions of this music with what you envision and feel throughout is so wild. Stained glass windows and cathedrals! How much those two concepts convey can not be overstated!!
One thing you could try is something that the movie reactors do for their full watchalongs to get around copyright. Rather than show the movie, they keep the current timestamp up on the screen so you can sync up with your own copy. On the production side, it's basically the same editing workflow as syncing the music audio up to the video, or putting the little waveform in the bottom corner, except instead of playing the audio you're just showing the current time.
I remember hearing that a music journalist once went to watch Jimi Hendrix live early in his career. After the experience he wrote "It was like heating heavy metal falling from the skies" and hence the term Heavy Metal came into being 🤯
I could never work out how to get the guitar sound on the purple haze solo. One day on TV Hendrix was playing Purple Haze and I could see his hands. For the solo, he stuck one hand in the air and the camera focused on the empty hand. I couldn't see what he was doing on the guitar, but it didn't matter, Hendrix didn't even need both hands to play it. The sound of one hand clapping, the most important guitar lesson of my life.
If I’m not mistaken the key to the sound of the PH solo is not particularly on Jimi’s hands but in the use of an octavider fuzz pedal which automatically took what Jimi played a whole octave higher.
The guitar tone of the solo definitely has what most guitarists would describe as a glassy tone or a brittle tone, which may be why you're reminded of stained glass.
Jimi DID paint with music. In the studio he would say "I need the music to be more yellow (or blue, green or red)". Check out Jimi Hendrix playing "Hej Joe" at Monterey pop festival 1967.
This is great! I'd suggest that when you can't include the music in your videos, it would really help for you to demonstrate more on the harp or piano so we can get a better sense of what's happening musically.
Small speakers in cars on AM radio when he came on the scene…Real magic amongst the noise coming across at the time…Even though cheap speakers in a car…Then if you were lucky hearing it with the enhancement of the chemistry that was available at the time…to the dimensions never imagined.🎸🇺🇸🎸
I would love to hear your take on “castles made of sand” Hendrix guitar often overshadowed his lyrics which I always found to be most exceptional. The song is broken into three vignettes with perfect use of metaphor.
Hey Amy! You've now come upon one of the greatest rock guitarists ever to grace our earth. Millions of well-deserved words have been written about this man. I will say only this for now: Vlad: Please consider showing Amy Jimi's song "Machine Gun." It's considered one of his most important works, but is often overlooked. ("Hear My Train A'Comin' " is another one.) There are many live versions, but listen to the Band of Gypsies album. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_(Jimi_Hendrix_song)
You can't have any idea the impact this song had on the listener at the time it was released, unless you lived it. It was jaw-dropping in contrast to much else going down in the charts. It literally stopped me in my tracks as a young lad of 14. It was an amazing experience, one I will never forget.
The dominant 7 sharp 9 is a common blues and jazz chord that has been used in many places. It's just an accident that for some people, the first time they heard that chord, was in a Jimi Hendrix song. Even the Beatles used it in the song 'Taxman."
But it’s not just the 7#9 it’s the way jimi played it and made it distinctive. The Hendrix chord has a certain character to it that Dominant 7 #9 doesn’t have.
This isn't what the song was about. There is a great video on here where Jimi's interpretation is described. he had a dream about walking underwater and there was a purple haze or aura around him and he was head over heels about a girl. He said the line that most describes what the song is about is, "What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me".
@@JoeBlow_4here was a lot of pressure put on artists to “disavow drugs”. I think the song is about Purple Haze LSD and a girl that is blowing his mind. A clever lyric about the similarities.
It struck me, watching this, that if you played the song so that only you could hear it and we, the viewer, could open a second UA-cam tab of the official song/video then we could hear it as you are. And then, when you might pause it to make a comment/observation, we could do likewise. In this way we'd be able to share the experience with you and relate your comments to the appropriate point in the song.
''Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world then it can only happen through music.'' ~Jimi, said that. ''Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water- 11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. ~God, said that in Revelation 8:6-12
The Charismatic Voice channel here on UA-cam just reviewed it a couple of days ago, so far it hasn't been blocked. She (Elizabeth) does, however, start and stop the music and/or videos a borderline annoying amount of times, but I do like her enthusiasm and am therefore a subscriber.
Of all the rock musicians/songwriters that died young, I feel the loss of Holly and Hendrix as the most impactful. We can only imagine how their writing would have evolved as they were exposed to the artists that they inspired, and drew inspiration in return.
Hope that you will not have problem with company that holds rights on Jimmy catalog, they are notorious for forbidding the use of his music. Rick Beato has several rents how that is bad cause it prevents new generations to have easy access to information how Jimmy was great and how the history of electric guitar playing is going to be forgotten cause of that kind of attitude. Hope you can have reaction on his live performances so that you can see him play and sing, he was one of a kind. People are saying that there was guitar before and after Jimmy Hendrix. You can also try to analyze his cover of Bob Dylan song “All along the watchtower “ cause author rights for that song belongs to Dylan, looks like he doesn’t mind when people use it, even he claimed that that song now belongs to Jimmy cause his cover is better then his original. Keep on good work Amy ✌️
At his core Jimi Hendrix was what most great rock musicians were, all about the blues, in his case electrified R&B guitar blues. He took what the best blues guitarists had been doing and took it to the next level and beyond. You can just hear the influences, Elmore James, Buddy Buy, Albert King, Muddy Waters, and so on. No one exists in a vacuum and Hendrix was no exception. But he was the standout blues and rock guitarist of his generation and probably the best rock guitarist ever.
Important context. Jimi ostensibly made his debut in the rock world while on a trip to England (in 1966). His sound and technique were so powerful, unique and unprecedented, Eric Clapton, one of the first guitar heros, when he saw Hendrix play, announced he had been "dethroned". They eame fast friends.
Enjoyable reaction, as always! Regarding the solo, if I'm remembering it correctly in my head, he's using the Dorian mode in combination with some bluesier material, which gives it that interesting tonality. It sounds a bit like the Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, who often uses eerily interesting tonality. Maybe Krieger was an influence there, or maybe it came directly from jazz (?). I remember that Krieger was influenced by jazz players like John Coltrane. As for the "Hendrix chord", that's also very prevalent in jazz. I guess you could say it's a bluesy chord in a way because it has that tension between major and minor, which gives the blues so much emotional pull. But in both jazz and blues, it's mostly used as a V chord, which is different from what Hendrix is doing here. Having said that, I just remembered that jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell used it in a similar way in the early 60s, but with different fingering, which gives a different, mellower sound. I'm no expert on Hendrix, but I'm pretty sure he had listened to Wes Montgomery as he often played octaves. He was also into Bach.
The solo had the guitar played through Hendrix's Octavia pedal, which was designed for him by sound technician Roger Mayer. Mayer was on the forefront of the development of sound effects for guitar, and Jimi was able to premier many guitar sounds no one had ever heard before, which at the time, combined with the use of backwards guitar parts, and delay and panning effects, made Hendrix's music sound at the time like a whole new direction in rock music. The final song on the album, "Are You Experienced", with its backwards guitar might be interesting to look at, if only for the symbolism of the backwards guitar notes.
Well actually Roger had already built a few versions of the Octavia circuit before he met hendrix. He was holding it for the right person, and jimi was that person. Also, the "pedal" was just a bundle of circuitry at that time, not in a box or anything, and according to Roger he was constantly tinkering with the circuit, and would toss earlier versions in the trash. Also I wouldn't say Roger was at the forefront, making pedals was just something he did in his free time, his day job was the Ministry of Defence.
Having just watched the full reaction and analysis on Patreon, I can confirm this is a really great reaction. Amy mentioned there that she plans an In-Depth on this (acknowledging she is behind on these), so hopefully that will also be available here since they don't typically have any original song elements in it. Maybe Amy can give some harp examples, although Rick Beato has had videos blocked for playing short fragments of Beatles songs on his guitar. Hopefully the UA-cam AI hasn't figured out harp covers yet.
The absurdity of it all. It hurts Jimi’s legacy more than anything. This is old stuff and not on the public radar, any free promotion should be encouraged. I think music reaction channels are just the collateral damage from a much larger issue but I really don’t know.
@@Hartlor_Tayley It is truly absurd, and I have ranted about this many times, including along the lines of what you are saying. While it has improved a bit over the years with there now just being a few bands this effects, it still effects two of the biggest influencers from the 60s in Hendrix and the Beatles, along with the Eagles in the 70s. More and more my anger over this is directed more at UA-cam, since they should be requiring the copyright holder to prove a violation of the Fair Use law. Instead they punish the content providers in an unfair, unjust, inconsistent and non-transparent manner in which they can take channels down without warning. What good is having a Fair Use law when it is not enforced fairly, but instead favors the rich and powerful, since the content providers don't have the time or money to fight this in court. It is so sad that this wonderful content on these bands from Amy is being seen by a much smaller audience. But at least she is getting some exposure to them. Maybe when UA-cam and the copyright holders realize that the content providers are taking this to other platforms where they are not receiving any revenue they may change their policy.
@@LeeKennison Exactly, but I wouldn't put my faith on the platform competition. If and when they try to change policy, it would likely be already too late.
This copyright thing and deciding to go silent is killing the experience as I loved to watch your micro expression as the music moved on ;-) Anyway would have been funny if you reversed the music (at least we’ld know where you are in the music) as a in the late 60’s a lot of bands (Beatles, Hendrix etc) started using reversed tape music in their songs…finally the original music and secret messages would’ve been uncovered;-)
For most of us around when this song came out, it was the most aggressive thing we'd ever heard. Musically, it was revolutionary. You say it doesn't feel like a religious experience, but it felt pretty close to that at the time.
Jimi said he associated colours with the chords, self taught possibly dislexic , synesthetic, he managed to create the chords from colour and personal feelings. That note in his mind is Purple he said that. The sounds of war he makes with his guitar , guns, explosions etc, listen closely. is how he communicates. He said, ‘I don’t do anything else, music is my daily diary’.
This is old now so you might not read it but that's OK. Historical context: I'm 70. When I first heard this in 1967 I didn't think sounds like this were possible. What makes the Hendrix chord "famous" is that no one was doing anything close to it in pop/rock music. Hendrix was an excellent guitarist but his true innovation was his efforts in evoking sounds through feedback, pedals, distortion, other guitar techniques and layering of sounds, which at that time was unheard of. He music is often associated with drugs. When I listened to it back then I wasn't thinking religious, or cathedrals. He was sensual, sexual, venerable, masculine. and dreamy. For me, the out of body listening experience was not religious or drug related. It elevated me to a place where there was just sound.
@@VirginRock oh..I figured as much But it was KILLING ME not knowing which chord to listen for, once I knew it was dubbed the “Hendrix Chord”. I was beside myself! 🙄. Being of an extremely curious bent of mind, I want it satisfied immediately! 😁😘
The main reason it’s known as the Hendrix Chord has to do with his unique fingering position. He used his thumb to fret on the low E string, freeing up his other fingers to play sort of a counter-point to the underlying bass power chords. So the term Hendrix Chords really refers to any chord played with that finger positioning. John Mayer uses it regularly in his blues/rock style playing.
Ah, interesting analysis. Hendrix had unusually large hands and long fingers, so he could play in a way that many others can't. Tom Verlaine was another guitarist with that capability.
Jimi Hendrix, one of the most innovative guitar players of all time. When I was younger I would have said the best but as you get older you realize that labels like best or worst are not applicable to music. It was always my goal when I took up guitar to play like Jimi and once I could play Purple Haze I felt I had achieved a major milestone.
"The Seduction of Claude Debussy" the last album by The Art of Noise is a colorful listen. There are some musical properties that are very difficult to "react" to. Hendrix, King Crimson are among them.
Finding the parallels between this song and “church music” is interesting. The original title for it was “Purple Haze- Jesus Saves”. It was much longer and dealt with some pretty heavy religious motifs, mixed with poetry about a dream he had where he was walking along the bottom of the sea. Hendrix was just coming into his own as a songwriter and was worried the lyrics might be too personal. Couple this with his manager, Chas Chandler, wanting him to trim bits off songs on the first album to be more radio- friendly (around 3 mins) and this is the finished product.
7:10 spot on. I noticed this often in the beginning. You would skim over some guitar, and even seemed (to me) to make light of the guitar space by saying something like 'oh, guitar time' or 'Okay, I made it to the end!' or something. I get it now. It takes some time. Might be time for Free Bird live amazing solo or Randy Rhoads incorporation in Crazy Train.
I’d love to see you do a before and after reaction. Before:- Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy’s original 1929 blues recording of When the Levee Breaks, and after, Led Zeppelin’s rock cover version of the same song!
I never felt so bad about copyrights. I love your analysis and wish I could listen to the song along. Are people that are not your patreons allowed to suggest songs for you ro listen to?
There's Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Who is the third Jimmy in the triangle she speaks of? I feel like I need to go watch Jack Black in "School of Rock" to refresh my memory.
Jimi was guest star on 'The Lulu Show' in 1969, which I watched because Jimi was on the bill. Lulu was a popster girl like Cilla Black or Sandy Shaw. Jimi appearing on this show was a ludicrous mis-match. This TV show was recorded live. He launched into 'Purple Haze. At one point he sang "Purple Haze .... and I forgot the words" in tune and in time. But after a couple a minutes he stopped, said, "We'd like to stop playing this rubbish and dedicate a song to Cream, regardless of what kind of group they may be in, dedicated to Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce." Cream had recently broken up, which is why the reference to "whatever group ...". Hendrix and his band then broke into 'Sunshine of Your Love', ironically another number with a very heavy pre-metal riff. He carried on despite the show's director signalling him to stop. He was told he's never work for the BBC again. His response was dismissive. "I'm not going to sing with Lulu. I'd look ridiculous." The reason Jimi called 'Purple Haze' rubbish was because he had very much moved on from the proto-heavy metal of 'P.H.' a distinct precursur of Led Zep's 'Whole Lotta Love', released late '69. It is a tragedy that his monumental talent was cut short but what we have bears witness to it.
If you can't listen here, then definitely listen to him on your own. You'll thank yourself for doing so. It's too bad that you won't be able to react to the San Diego '69 "Red House" or the version of "Machine Gun" from the Band Of Gypsys album we all grew up on.
As you've been commenting lately that you're developing your ear and palette for rock guitar a lot more now, I'm curious if you went back to the Van Halen you did very early on, I think it was Mean Street and weren't sure what to think of it at the time. There's a thousand other Van Halen masterpieces...I hope you decide to revisit that, Metallica and others, as you have Pink Floyd, etc. Such a unique channel, and with the number of music channels now, it's saying a LOT.
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It's a small question, but: who's the final J (and actually, who was the first J -- Jethro Tull as first?? Jimi Hendrix obviously second, and... ? I'll probably recognize the third immediately, and maybe have a "duh" moment, but I'm not immediately knowing who you're referring to, at 7:44.)
Are you sure you don't have some old German aunt you do or don't know of @VirginRock ? I was watching this ua-cam.com/video/H6qJgaBmnxM/v-deo.html and thought I saw you.... obviously it can't be but you might have some ansestor somewhere.... The subject is not really about you of course ... I hope to don't take it personally but it is strange don't you think?
@DavidLindes I thought Jim Morrison was one of the 'J's',but then that should probably be The Doors. Sadly,the next J could be Janis Joplin.
Did you know you can usually get away with LIVE performances - there are LOTS for Hendrix. BTW Hendrix got his break through the Animals bass player Chas Chandler.
@@Gizzlefitz No, its Morrison, Hendrix and Joplin, IIRC correctly they all died at the age of 28.
What I love about your channel is how open minded you are when it comes to different kinds of music . You don't look down your nose at rock music. Here you are listening to Jimi with this big smile on your face. I can tell while it might not be your type of music you really appreciate it. Most Classical Musician’s I have met are a bit snooty. Thank you so much!
To be perfectly honest, Amy, your first go through and then your 2nd go through with the score and your pausing to comment is more detailed than 99% of all other reactors. I know the deep dives are something you want to do, but I know how busy you are and how many projects you have going. Realistically, if something has to be dropped occasionally, I don’t think we would be too upset. You’re first dives are incredibly detailed. And satisfying 😁
I don't understand why some get blocked and others don't, you can find Purple Haze on other channels
@@mgman6000 that’s true…but usually, I think, they eventually get taken down and the reactor gets a strike. Sometimes, it just takes awhile for the algo to find it.
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Maybe that's why I'm asking, without the video it kind of doesn't make sense or could she be claiming this to get people to sign up for Patreon
Amy's first listens are unparalleled. But I wouldn't want to miss out on the deep dives!
I enjoy reviews of all sorts very much. Amy has a refreshing perspective on popular music and song. Thanks.
I'm glad you have finally been Experienced - it's a shame about the copyright issue but I'm not at all surprised given how much Jimi has been milked by his estate. And Purple Haze is a fantastic choice for an introduction.
What you read about Hendrix is all true, but as someone who was 20 or so when he really took off, I cannot describe what a jolt his sound was to both the public and to other guitarists. Other top-tier guitarists like Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were in awe of him and unequivocally said he was the best of them all and none could touch him. Hendrix totally changed the expectations of what a guitar could sound like.
Jimi was also fully aware of the awe other guitarists held him in, and got cocky about it. Paul McCartney tells of the time he went with musician friends to hear the already - legendary Hendrix for the first time. Jimi played a cover of the just-released title song of Sergeant Peppers', and cheekily asked Eric Clapton to come up and retune his guitar after a whammy-bar solo.
@@gettingkiltthat scenario you describe does not mean he was cocky. It could mean any number of things and more than likely it was just him trying to be funny or even respectful of Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton was a far more educated and Technical guitarist and as I understand it he respected him.
Jimi Hendrix also publicly stated that Billy Gibbons was his favorite guitarist. That kind of comment is far from arrogant.
By any reasonable person Billy Gibbons is not even in the top 100.
@@steveh7108 yes, but you know, after reading literally hundreds of comments on reaction channels about what Hendrix did or did not say, it seems he (supposedly) said that about several guitarists….like Terry Kath of CTA (Chicago), a much more deserving candidate imo. Maybe his “ favorite guitarist” was fluid and was circumstantial, depending on the company he was keeping
@@gettingkilt here’s the story, from Paul. Pretty funny. ua-cam.com/video/o6IXZVYvu2w/v-deo.html
@@steveh7108 here’s the story. The term used here is “ballsy”. ua-cam.com/video/o6IXZVYvu2w/v-deo.html
Great song choice to start with Jimi Hendrix. He produced so much iconic music in such a short amount of time. Incredibly talented, legendary and revolutionary in the rock world. Unfortunately sometimes those that burn the brightest do indeed burn the fastest.
Hi Amy: interesting fact. Handel used to live at 25 Brook Street London. He moved here from Germany in 1712. 250 years later Jimi Hendrix moved next door at 23 Brook Street. 300 years after Handel moved in, both homes are now a conjoined museum. In the museum, I leaned that Hendrix's record collection included Handel, among other classical miusicians. I am certain he knew that Handel had lived next door. Fun, huh?
That's cool!
I think "Purple Haze" is rightly regarded as one of Jimi Hendrix's most famous and powerful songs, but there are other songs I like somewhat more. I recommend giving a listen to the song that gives the title to his first album, "Are You Experienced?" as well as "May This Be Love" (known by some as "waterfall") and "The Wind Cries Mary" from the same album, along with "Little Wing" from his second album and his cover of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". The guitar solo that forms the outro for "May This Be Love" is so gorgeous that it has to be called transcendent. Hendrix could be flashy and fiery or he could play with incredible delicacy and beauty.
Jimi was a pioneering spirit. You seem to be having so much fun!
Here’s one thing about Hendrix that people rarely mention. He was a paratrooper in the Air Force. He jumped out planes. The rush and the sound sensations Jimi evokes on guitar emulate that experience. Similar to how Dick Dale evoked the sound of ocean waves curling overhead when he created surf guitar. Communicating a unique and powerful experience through sound and music.
He was in the 101st, which is army, not air force.
Ha ! You pulled it off. Well done. I saw the name Hendrix and was prepared to start crying for you. Thanks for the smile and for teaching me something.
Jimi used the amplifier as part of the instrument. Wonderful a analysis Amy thank you.
So funny that you mention how it reminds you of Cathedrals and that sort of space, because when Jimi was questioned about his music and asked what type of Rock it was (since of course his style and his music were so innovative and inventive for the time being, it revolutionized music quite literally), if it was Psychedelic or Blues-rock or Experimental or how would he describe it, he always answered his music was not traditional Rock and that he didn't see it as such, that he would categorize it as any of that, and in fact he would call it "Electric Church" or "Electric Church music" and that's how he saw it because of the qualities of it and the tones and feels and the overall sensations he aimed towards.
It's quite fitting and beautiful and I really love that description of his music and I also think it's so beautiful and fitting that you as a novice to this kind of music would associated it to that, it really speaks volumes about music and how universal music is.
It's also quite chilling to think how his music quite literally lived and died with him and he invented and stylized and breathed life into this "Electric Church Rock" which became so unique and precious and hard to replicate as a flavor of Rock, to the point that it's a style almost exclusively to Jimi and nobody else, it also tells us about the level of his mastery of the craft and how much of a musical genius and innovator he was and is to this very day.
Electric church music. Yes he said that.
The Charismatic Voice reacted to Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower." Her video didn't get blocked, but I don't know if it maybe got demonetized. She listens in short snippets and likes to listen to the same snippet and over again. Depending on my mood, I either find it cute or irritating.
I can't stand it.
I find her videos unwatchable for that reason.
The 7#9 was used prior to Hendrix by the Beatles, most prominently in “Taxman”. The Beatles used it in various places (including in the song Michelle). They knew it as the "Gretty" Chord after Jim Gretty who worked at Hessey's music shop in Whitechapel who taught it to them.
Interesting; I'll get to that one too!
Are you sure you don't have some old German aunt you do or don't know of @VirginRock ? I was watching this ua-cam.com/video/H6qJgaBmnxM/v-deo.html and thought I saw you.... obviously it can't be but you might have some ansestor somewhere.... The subject is not really about you of course ... I hope to don't take it personally but it is strange don't you think?
The 7#9 chord definitely existed for a really long time.
And Michelle.
I remember McCartney discussing this chord in a fairly recent interview. Interestingly, he still didn't know its proper music theory nomenclature and made fun of himself for not knowing that, but he knew how to use it, of course.
I saw Jimi in San Francisco and it was a truly religious experience. The night saw him, he didn't do any theatrics, he just played. Of course he did blow the back out of one of his 100 watt Marshalls
wow I bet that was amazing wish I could have experienced him myself 🙏🏻🎵🪄💣❤️
You lucky so and so.
He wrote a letter to his dad in US after becoming famous first in uk. He said ‘dad I’m singing too! Not singing as we know it but I just sorta talk while playing the guitar! Folks seem to like it!’
According to Jimi the song had nothing to do with drugs. But this has become the common misconception. There is a great interview from 1967 where Jimi talks about writing the song. He said it began from a dream he had about walking underwater and the line that describes what the song is about is "What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me". He said it was about being in a fog because of a girl.
If anybody asks just tell them it’s about a girl.
To be fair in the 60s you couldn’t just say a song was about drugs publicly though. Most songs that seem to be about drugs would always get some kind of other weird explanation from that era.
@@markrodeo420 exactly.
In his first lyrics for the song when he wrote them was "purple haze, jesus saves" because in his dream he wrote this about he was underwater lost and then saved by Jesus lol look it up that's the real origin of purple haze!
@@claytonpaul4259 I believe you, he should have kept that lyric.
Jimi did he his own thing so well and well before most had experimented with sound, you waited for him till now he went early and on his own sadly he went early a true maverick.
Jimi was just on a whole another level when it came to the guitar. It was like he and the guitar became one when he played it. He did so much in his short time in the limelight.
nobody like Jimi glad you enjoyed it he is and always will be amazing ❤🎉
You have a great musical understanding and find things in songs i have been listening to for 50 years or so. So glad i found your channel ! 😮
Haven’t even gotten to any of the excerpts and I am gleaming with joy! Simply seeing your expressions of excitement states how profound was the talent of Jimi Hendrix!
What an experience to watch and listen to your reaction without having the music played! Your first impressions of this music with what you envision and feel throughout is so wild. Stained glass windows and cathedrals! How much those two concepts convey can not be overstated!!
One thing you could try is something that the movie reactors do for their full watchalongs to get around copyright. Rather than show the movie, they keep the current timestamp up on the screen so you can sync up with your own copy. On the production side, it's basically the same editing workflow as syncing the music audio up to the video, or putting the little waveform in the bottom corner, except instead of playing the audio you're just showing the current time.
Jimi couldn't read music, but he had an incredible ear for hearing a song for the first time and repeating what he heard.
I remember hearing that a music journalist once went to watch Jimi Hendrix live early in his career. After the experience he wrote "It was like heating heavy metal falling from the skies" and hence the term Heavy Metal came into being 🤯
I could never work out how to get the guitar sound on the purple haze solo. One day on TV Hendrix was playing Purple Haze and I could see his hands. For the solo, he stuck one hand in the air and the camera focused on the empty hand. I couldn't see what he was doing on the guitar, but it didn't matter, Hendrix didn't even need both hands to play it. The sound of one hand clapping, the most important guitar lesson of my life.
If I’m not mistaken the key to the sound of the PH solo is not particularly on Jimi’s hands but in the use of an octavider fuzz pedal which automatically took what Jimi played a whole octave higher.
The guitar tone of the solo definitely has what most guitarists would describe as a glassy tone or a brittle tone, which may be why you're reminded of stained glass.
Excellent! you appear to have changed your attitude, toward Rock music, you are right. Minds are like umbrellas they work better when they are open.
Jimi DID paint with music. In the studio he would say "I need the music to be more yellow (or blue, green or red)".
Check out Jimi Hendrix playing "Hej Joe" at Monterey pop festival 1967.
This is great! I'd suggest that when you can't include the music in your videos, it would really help for you to demonstrate more on the harp or piano so we can get a better sense of what's happening musically.
For a musician it's worth mentioning that Jimi played a right handed guitar left-handed without any alterations
Small speakers in cars on AM radio when he came on the scene…Real magic amongst the noise coming across at the time…Even though cheap speakers in a car…Then if you were lucky hearing it with the enhancement of the chemistry that was available at the time…to the dimensions never imagined.🎸🇺🇸🎸
Little Wing❣️
I would love to hear your take on “castles made of sand” Hendrix guitar often overshadowed his lyrics which I always found to be most exceptional. The song is broken into three vignettes with perfect use of metaphor.
Congratulations! You made the first page on Google when you boot the program. Amy, you be getting a lot of well deserved visibility.
Best,
Mike
Hey Amy! You've now come upon one of the greatest rock guitarists ever to grace our earth. Millions of well-deserved words have been written about this man. I will say only this for now:
Vlad: Please consider showing Amy Jimi's song "Machine Gun." It's considered one of his most important works, but is often overlooked. ("Hear My Train A'Comin' " is another one.) There are many live versions, but listen to the Band of Gypsies album. Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_(Jimi_Hendrix_song)
You can't have any idea the impact this song had on the listener at the time it was released, unless you lived it. It was jaw-dropping in contrast to much else going down in the charts. It literally stopped me in my tracks as a young lad of 14. It was an amazing experience, one I will never forget.
Final J being Janis, presumably? Excellent, look forward to it!
The dominant 7 sharp 9 is a common blues and jazz chord that has been used in many places. It's just an accident that for some people, the first time they heard that chord, was in a Jimi Hendrix song. Even the Beatles used it in the song 'Taxman."
But it’s not just the 7#9 it’s the way jimi played it and made it distinctive. The Hendrix chord has a certain character to it that Dominant 7 #9 doesn’t have.
@@Hartlor_Tayleyit's the SAME chord! Go look it up. You might just learn something.
@@rickbailey-ty8bq yes it’s the same chord but it’s the way jimi played it. I’m talking about touch, accent,tone and bend.
Brilliant!
Purple Haze was a very popular type of LSD at the time, Jimi's favorite. I recommend Jimi's
rendition of the Star-Spangled banner at Woodstock.
This isn't what the song was about. There is a great video on here where Jimi's interpretation is described. he had a dream about walking underwater and there was a purple haze or aura around him and he was head over heels about a girl. He said the line that most describes what the song is about is, "What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me".
@@JoeBlow_4here was a lot of pressure put on artists to “disavow drugs”. I think the song is about Purple Haze LSD and a girl that is blowing his mind. A clever lyric about the similarities.
How fun. Loved this so much!
Machine Guns is a stellar example of Hendrix's craft. Wish I could see the whole thing.
It struck me, watching this, that if you played the song so that only you could hear it and we, the viewer, could open a second UA-cam tab of the official song/video then we could hear it as you are. And then, when you might pause it to make a comment/observation, we could do likewise. In this way we'd be able to share the experience with you and relate your comments to the appropriate point in the song.
It sounds interesting, but without the music it's pretty hard to follow this. I hope the rights dispute is resolved soon.
It's not only hard to follow....it loses about 99% of it's point.......!!
Love your reaction to my favorite artist more jimi please😊
''Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world then it can only happen through music.''
~Jimi, said that.
''Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water- 11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. ~God, said that in Revelation 8:6-12
I agree with Jimi,, it din't lie: music is what it is, and it ain't what it ain't... an organization of sounds and silence, as perceived through time.
Jimi's version of All Along The Watchtower should be on the short list for next reaction.
That one might pass the censors. And it’s a twofer Dylan and Hendrix
The Charismatic Voice channel here on UA-cam just reviewed it a couple of days ago, so far it hasn't been blocked. She (Elizabeth) does, however, start and stop the music and/or videos a borderline annoying amount of times, but I do like her enthusiasm and am therefore a subscriber.
Stained glass windows. I love it!
These 3 person bands are stunning.
Wow! You've been experienced!!! Keep going.
Of all the rock musicians/songwriters that died young, I feel the loss of Holly and Hendrix as the most impactful. We can only imagine how their writing would have evolved as they were exposed to the artists that they inspired, and drew inspiration in return.
Hope that you will not have problem with company that holds rights on Jimmy catalog, they are notorious for forbidding the use of his music.
Rick Beato has several rents how that is bad cause it prevents new generations to have easy access to information how Jimmy was great and how the history of electric guitar playing is going to be forgotten cause of that kind of attitude.
Hope you can have reaction on his live performances so that you can see him play and sing, he was one of a kind. People are saying that there was guitar before and after Jimmy Hendrix.
You can also try to analyze his cover of Bob Dylan song “All along the watchtower “ cause author rights for that song belongs to Dylan, looks like he doesn’t mind when people use it, even he claimed that that song now belongs to Jimmy cause his cover is better then his original.
Keep on good work Amy ✌️
At his core Jimi Hendrix was what most great rock musicians were, all about the blues, in his case electrified R&B guitar blues. He took what the best blues guitarists had been doing and took it to the next level and beyond. You can just hear the influences, Elmore James, Buddy Buy, Albert King, Muddy Waters, and so on. No one exists in a vacuum and Hendrix was no exception. But he was the standout blues and rock guitarist of his generation and probably the best rock guitarist ever.
Yay! Thanks for the video!
Important context. Jimi ostensibly made his debut in the rock world while on a trip to England (in 1966). His sound and technique were so powerful, unique and unprecedented, Eric Clapton, one of the first guitar heros, when he saw Hendrix play, announced he had been "dethroned". They eame fast friends.
Good point, it would be great on a full church organ…
PLEASE try Jimi Hendrix's beautiful song, Little Wing. It is so melodic and masterful.
Enjoyable reaction, as always! Regarding the solo, if I'm remembering it correctly in my head, he's using the Dorian mode in combination with some bluesier material, which gives it that interesting tonality. It sounds a bit like the Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, who often uses eerily interesting tonality. Maybe Krieger was an influence there, or maybe it came directly from jazz (?). I remember that Krieger was influenced by jazz players like John Coltrane. As for the "Hendrix chord", that's also very prevalent in jazz. I guess you could say it's a bluesy chord in a way because it has that tension between major and minor, which gives the blues so much emotional pull. But in both jazz and blues, it's mostly used as a V chord, which is different from what Hendrix is doing here. Having said that, I just remembered that jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell used it in a similar way in the early 60s, but with different fingering, which gives a different, mellower sound. I'm no expert on Hendrix, but I'm pretty sure he had listened to Wes Montgomery as he often played octaves. He was also into Bach.
I recall a band doing this at a dance when I was a teen. Talk about Virgin Rock-- imagine this music is playing while you are coming of age.
"You folks don't understand it, but your children will love it" - Marty McFly
Amy, "All along the watchtower" ❤
The solo had the guitar played through Hendrix's Octavia pedal, which was designed for him by sound technician Roger Mayer. Mayer was on the forefront of the development of sound effects for guitar, and Jimi was able to premier many guitar sounds no one had ever heard before, which at the time, combined with the use of backwards guitar parts, and delay and panning effects, made Hendrix's music sound at the time like a whole new direction in rock music. The final song on the album, "Are You Experienced", with its backwards guitar might be interesting to look at, if only for the symbolism of the backwards guitar notes.
Well actually Roger had already built a few versions of the Octavia circuit before he met hendrix. He was holding it for the right person, and jimi was that person.
Also, the "pedal" was just a bundle of circuitry at that time, not in a box or anything, and according to Roger he was constantly tinkering with the circuit, and would toss earlier versions in the trash.
Also I wouldn't say Roger was at the forefront, making pedals was just something he did in his free time, his day job was the Ministry of Defence.
Hendrix is voted in Rolling Stone as #1 guitarist ever. I saw him twice in Philly. Amazing! 😮
Amy is now experienced
When I first heard this song I had an out of body experience. Only Hendrix.
I'm surprised there's people your age that haven't heard purple Haze
- Jimi Hendrix, was a naturally gifted guitarist
Having just watched the full reaction and analysis on Patreon, I can confirm this is a really great reaction. Amy mentioned there that she plans an In-Depth on this (acknowledging she is behind on these), so hopefully that will also be available here since they don't typically have any original song elements in it. Maybe Amy can give some harp examples, although Rick Beato has had videos blocked for playing short fragments of Beatles songs on his guitar. Hopefully the UA-cam AI hasn't figured out harp covers yet.
The absurdity of it all. It hurts Jimi’s legacy more than anything. This is old stuff and not on the public radar, any free promotion should be encouraged. I think music reaction channels are just the collateral damage from a much larger issue but I really don’t know.
@@Hartlor_Tayley It is truly absurd, and I have ranted about this many times, including along the lines of what you are saying. While it has improved a bit over the years with there now just being a few bands this effects, it still effects two of the biggest influencers from the 60s in Hendrix and the Beatles, along with the Eagles in the 70s. More and more my anger over this is directed more at UA-cam, since they should be requiring the copyright holder to prove a violation of the Fair Use law. Instead they punish the content providers in an unfair, unjust, inconsistent and non-transparent manner in which they can take channels down without warning. What good is having a Fair Use law when it is not enforced fairly, but instead favors the rich and powerful, since the content providers don't have the time or money to fight this in court.
It is so sad that this wonderful content on these bands from Amy is being seen by a much smaller audience. But at least she is getting some exposure to them. Maybe when UA-cam and the copyright holders realize that the content providers are taking this to other platforms where they are not receiving any revenue they may change their policy.
@@LeeKennison Exactly, but I wouldn't put my faith on the platform competition. If and when they try to change policy, it would likely be already too late.
I always sensed a sparkling green with the solo.....now you need VooDoo child!
My Favorite Channel! Peace
This copyright thing and deciding to go silent is killing the experience as I loved to watch your micro expression as the music moved on ;-) Anyway would have been funny if you reversed the music (at least we’ld know where you are in the music) as a in the late 60’s a lot of bands (Beatles, Hendrix etc) started using reversed tape music in their songs…finally the original music and secret messages would’ve been uncovered;-)
For most of us around when this song came out, it was the most aggressive thing we'd ever heard. Musically, it was revolutionary. You say it doesn't feel like a religious experience, but it felt pretty close to that at the time.
Jimi said he associated colours with the chords, self taught possibly dislexic , synesthetic, he managed to create the chords from colour and personal feelings. That note in his mind is Purple he said that. The sounds of war he makes with his guitar , guns, explosions etc, listen closely. is how he communicates. He said, ‘I don’t do anything else, music is my daily diary’.
This is old now so you might not read it but that's OK. Historical context: I'm 70. When I first heard this in 1967 I didn't think sounds like this were possible. What makes the Hendrix chord "famous" is that no one was doing anything close to it in pop/rock music. Hendrix was an excellent guitarist but his true innovation was his efforts in evoking sounds through feedback, pedals, distortion, other guitar techniques and layering of sounds, which at that time was unheard of. He music is often associated with drugs. When I listened to it back then I wasn't thinking religious, or cathedrals. He was sensual, sexual, venerable, masculine. and dreamy. For me, the out of body listening experience was not religious or drug related. It elevated me to a place where there was just sound.
The guitar solo in Purple Haze reminds me of wind chimes.
You should listen to Machine Gun. Some of his best recorded playing.
That solo still makes my hair stand up.
I will surely go back to Hendrix!
The one thing missing was pointing out to us what a 7#9 chord actually IS? Could you play it on your harp so our untrained ears could pick it out?
In the in-depth!
@@VirginRock oh..I figured as much But it was KILLING ME not knowing which chord to listen for, once I knew it was dubbed the “Hendrix Chord”. I was beside myself! 🙄. Being of an extremely curious bent of mind, I want it satisfied immediately! 😁😘
The main reason it’s known as the Hendrix Chord has to do with his unique fingering position. He used his thumb to fret on the low E string, freeing up his other fingers to play sort of a counter-point to the underlying bass power chords.
So the term Hendrix Chords really refers to any chord played with that finger positioning.
John Mayer uses it regularly in his blues/rock style playing.
Ah, interesting analysis. Hendrix had unusually large hands and long fingers, so he could play in a way that many others can't. Tom Verlaine was another guitarist with that capability.
Jimi Hendrix, one of the most innovative guitar players of all time. When I was younger I would have said the best but as you get older you realize that labels like best or worst are not applicable to music. It was always my goal when I took up guitar to play like Jimi and once I could play Purple Haze I felt I had achieved a major milestone.
"The Seduction of Claude Debussy" the last album by The Art of Noise is a colorful listen.
There are some musical properties that are very difficult to "react" to. Hendrix, King Crimson are among them.
Finding the parallels between this song and “church music” is interesting. The original title for it was “Purple Haze- Jesus Saves”. It was much longer and dealt with some pretty heavy religious motifs, mixed with poetry about a dream he had where he was walking along the bottom of the sea. Hendrix was just coming into his own as a songwriter and was worried the lyrics might be too personal. Couple this with his manager, Chas Chandler, wanting him to trim bits off songs on the first album to be more radio- friendly (around 3 mins) and this is the finished product.
7:10 spot on. I noticed this often in the beginning. You would skim over some guitar, and even seemed (to me) to make light of the guitar space by saying something like 'oh, guitar time' or 'Okay, I made it to the end!' or something. I get it now. It takes some time. Might be time for Free Bird live amazing solo or Randy Rhoads incorporation in Crazy Train.
I sometimes wish I could hear Jimi for the first time.
I’d love to see you do a before and after reaction.
Before:- Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy’s original 1929 blues recording of When the Levee Breaks, and after, Led Zeppelin’s rock cover version of the same song!
True genius
Keep an eye out for 7+9. Blasted in the face with it. 😂.
I never felt so bad about copyrights. I love your analysis and wish I could listen to the song along. Are people that are not your patreons allowed to suggest songs for you ro listen to?
There's Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Who is the third Jimmy in the triangle she speaks of? I feel like I need to go watch Jack Black in "School of Rock" to refresh my memory.
Jeff Beck.
It had better be the late great (and I do mean great) Jeff Beck.
You dare to break down Jimi's trip?!........... nicely done!
This song is literally about LSD. You cannot underestimate the influence that being under the influence of LSD had on this work.
The 7 #9 chord strikes me as reminiscent of Chinese food, the “sweet-n-sour” portion.
Excellent! You should do Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun Live at the Filmore East..it would be awesome to hear your commentary.
Jimi was guest star on 'The Lulu Show' in 1969, which I watched because Jimi was on the bill. Lulu was a popster girl like Cilla Black or Sandy Shaw. Jimi appearing on this show was a ludicrous mis-match.
This TV show was recorded live. He launched into 'Purple Haze. At one point he sang "Purple Haze .... and I forgot the words" in tune and in time. But after a couple a minutes he stopped, said, "We'd like to stop playing this rubbish and dedicate a song to Cream, regardless of what kind of group they may be in, dedicated to Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce." Cream had recently broken up, which is why the reference to "whatever group ...". Hendrix and his band then broke into 'Sunshine of Your Love', ironically another number with a very heavy pre-metal riff.
He carried on despite the show's director signalling him to stop. He was told he's never work for the BBC again. His response was dismissive. "I'm not going to sing with Lulu. I'd look ridiculous."
The reason Jimi called 'Purple Haze' rubbish was because he had very much moved on from the proto-heavy metal of 'P.H.' a distinct precursur of Led Zep's 'Whole Lotta Love', released late '69. It is a tragedy that his monumental talent was cut short but what we have bears witness to it.
I wish I had had Amy as a teacher in college. She is like the Carl Sagan of music.
Whoooooo
Interestingly, Elizabeth Zharoff just posted her first Jimi Hendrix reaction yesterday.
ua-cam.com/video/TmC_kdsNaxs/v-deo.html
I think for a classical music background the song 1983 A Merman I Turn To Be would be a great experience to analyze as a musical epic journey
Apparently one of Jimi's hand written drafts had this song written 'Purple Haze, Jesus Saves'
If you can't listen here, then definitely listen to him on your own. You'll thank yourself for doing so. It's too bad that you won't be able to react to the San Diego '69 "Red House" or the version of "Machine Gun" from the Band Of Gypsys album we all grew up on.
As you've been commenting lately that you're developing your ear and palette for rock guitar a lot more now, I'm curious if you went back to the Van Halen you did very early on, I think it was Mean Street and weren't sure what to think of it at the time. There's a thousand other Van Halen masterpieces...I hope you decide to revisit that, Metallica and others, as you have Pink Floyd, etc. Such a unique channel, and with the number of music channels now, it's saying a LOT.
You have to do all along the watchtower and voodoo child next