The Strange Magik of Jimi Hendrix
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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having to interactively sync up voodoo chile myself mightve made this all the more impressive, it says a LOT about polyphonic’s writing and timing and it’s beautiful!
It’s as beautiful of a piece of art as voodoo Chile
i agree
This was simply epic! Really, the editing, the info, the music (that I played accordingly to your instruction), damn. Forget about playthroughs or pointless blogs/vlogs, this is the true quaility content we deserve. Congrat, man. I'll hit you at patreon as soon as I can!
I couldn't agree more.
I wouldn't say "deserve", but we are blessed nevertheless to have people making videos like this. Hell yeah dude.
Petition for Poly to make a Spotify playlist of all the songs he covers
Just do it yourself! 😂
Hell yeah
Most of these songs should be in your collection.
Go listen to one of his 3 albums a playlist doesn’t really make sense for consistent good artist for one hit wonders
I'll make one and post the link here in a bit !
I've been watching this channel since pretty much the beginning, and this video is definitely your masterpiece. I played it with the song really loud, immersed in the soundscape complemented by your visuals and with the commentary just cutting through the mix when the song gets quieter. It was a great experience.
HOW IS THIS CONTENT FREE
Having to sync the track myself definitely enhanced the experience ad made your amazing work even more noticeable.
Good job man, keep up the awesome work
Jimi’s Cherokee grandmother had one of the best quotes about Jimi I’ve ever heard. She said,” Jimi took the Southern Delta Blues to Saturn.” She ain’t wrong.
He’s got a posthumous album called South Saturn Delta, check it out
This worked out really well with the self-syncing. A very smart, engaging, and creative way to get past the content-stifiling tendencies of YT.
Sync it up. Absolutely worth it.
Seriously though, I have been effusive in my praise before but damn Poly, this is simply a phenomenal experience. You are so eloquent and poetic in your essays and I can't help but come away with a new appreciation of the song/artist because of how insightfully you've talked about them, even loving them before I walk away loving them even more. One of my favourite and best content producers on UA-cam.
okay but the sync is perfectly timed. i've heard "voodoo chile" countless times so i was so shocked how much the video synced up while playing it. i almost forgot i was playing it through spotify, not through this video. like when the lyrics in the video synced up it was wild, but when you mentioned the guitar solos and instrumental breaks etc at the exact time it was wild
Very creative! Let's see more of these. Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin. All of these are notorious blockers.
the interactive part of this video really made me realize the huge amount of effort put into these videos, and it almost made this whole thing feel like a fun course or activity you would see at a music museum, its so beautiful!
the experience when you said he added the sound of his audience clapping, oh fuck... in the song people were clapping in song (played on Spotify) idk why but this amazing; made the hair on my neck stand up. I couldn't hear much, but te feeling I got listening to him playing was... I don't know how to describe it it took me to another dimension, idk if u understand it but it did.
I don't know what really happened, but this video (after following the instructions and playing the song along) literally just snapped me out of a depressive episode. Holy shit this was one of the greatest things I've seen and heard.
sir...this is a god damn MASTERPICE. the editing plus the music in the background {as you instructed}
were amazing.
a wonderful video. keep that up!
It synced up perfectly. Nice job! Hendrix is sadly fading to all but a few music nerds, because of the short sighted estate that blocks these kinds of visual love letters to the man and his music.
TBH, I really liked this interactive format.
On another topic: I love to see all of the places that Steve Winwood pops up. Any thought in doing a video on him?
Great job!!!
We need this.
Greatest Guitarist of all time, can't change my mind
I don't even try man
SRV and Hendrix were equals I just like SRVs style tone and voice more
Totally agree! Yes there are amazing guitarists who are both his contemporaries and others who followed after his death, but Jimi Hendrix is the complete package.
@@mr.mustang656 stevie didn’t make albums like Jimi tho and Jimi was doing it before playing the guitar like that was even normal the god father of distortion
@@h3ck774 Jimi would have been better if the albums had higher production quality, i just dont like how bad the production quality is thats what really makes srv albums better to me
This video style is REVOLUTIONARY
you've just made a literal lifeline to every music/film channel giving the fans of each channel a REAL role beyond like and subscribe BS
Mitch Mitchell would be a household name if he wasn't overshadowed by playing for the literal best guitarist ever.
I'm bginning 2 blieve, there r those out there, n power, dat wished 2 hurt Mitchell, 4 having da audacity 2 play bhind a SO CALLED black man. SINce they viewed it azz a waste of talent, they wanted 2 make sure, dat he'd git no accoladeZZZzzzzzz. Therez no otha reason, I can c Mitch, being so obscurred!
The long version builds to such a massive wall of sound it is truly one of the greatest musical experiences in history
The greatest guitarist that ever lived, may he Rest In Peace.
💘
Amen.
I gotta applaud this idea. This was genuinely a new experience for me after 14 years on UA-cam.
I got it synced perfectly and was just impressed how everything flowed perfectly.
I loved the interactive aspect to this video! really impressive how you turned something that was an inconvenience to something different and interestingly new.
The interactivity was fun! I agree with other commenters, I didn't mind having to play the song myself. Your videos are so amazing and beautiful, it was really cool to have it pointed out how much you think about every single frame. I think syncing the music ourselves just made it more obvious how much work goes into this.
Watching with the song playing provokes almost an eery feeling of presence. Extremely well done as always!
The modern musician that, for me, captures Hendrix's vibe the most is Fantastic Negrito. The man is legendary. He had a coma and partially lost the movement of a hand (that he now calls it "The claw"). And his song "Lost in a Crowd" shows how he felt after recovering from the coma. Definitely recommend everyone to give him a listen
I went over to Nebula and watched it. This is just incredible. Thanks for reminding me of the first time I listened to this song as an 80s teenager sitting in slack-jawed wonderment.
I actually really enjoyed that! Getting out the record and timing it with your countdown, and then seeing the first words come up right as he sings them....it was a weird experience but made the whole thing more engaging for sure. I think you should do more of these for content blockers, that was fun!
Merged so well, I almost forgot the song wasn't in the video! Would gladly watch more of these, with or without the music in the videos
Apart from the mid-roll ad that forced a restart on the operation, this was fricken amazing! I'd recommend about 60-70% Spotify volume with full UA-cam volume so the loud parts don't overrun the commentary
Love this format! Would love to see you do this kind of video more often. Maybe one of the longer pieces by Bob Dylan? Or maybe selections from jazz like Bitches Brew?
i mean just... Woah
like... every single moment in my life brought me to being recommended to this video
and since fortunately for me i own a copy of this truly Historic album, playing on my speakers
The way your video synchronized the lyrics popping up with Voodo Chile playing on the CD
The way you mentioned the boundless talent of each musician just before they showed what they were all about with their instruments
This was not an ordinary youtube video, this was an experience!
Yeah so you had to remove the music from your video, but you still went on so as to not displease your audience. And look what the audience gained! Your video oozed authenticity and creativity to the point where it was more than just a visual representation of information. It was a whole experience man!
When one door closed, another opened.
Thank you for this experience Polyphonic, you have earned yourself a subscriber yet you are deserving of thousands more!
The interactivity idea is great. I nailed the sync and it played along perfect. 10/10
Beautiful video mate. It’s borderline criminal the way the Hendrix estate treat his legacy, can’t imagine the man himself would want it this way.
holy shit dude this might be the way forward for music analysis on this platform: _listen-alongs_ where the viewer can play the song on their own terms alongside the video, tweaking the relative volumes of each audio track if necessary, playing the song on whatever medium they prefer, free from UA-cam compression or copyright-dodging edits that chop up the music out of necessity.
magnificent solution to the problem, and honestly I might personally prefer it to having the song embedded into the video
dude the interactive playing of the song while you talk about it was awesome
I synced this up with Spotify and it worked perfectly. Thank you for helping me appreciate the song even more
I actually really enjoyed the fact that I could put in the music - thanks in part to the Hendrix Estate - but it give something kinda magic to this experience. Great job, as usual!
I've been watching these videos for years. This is by far, the best video in a catalogue of great videos. Well done team!
the manual sync made this already astounding video even better, holy shit that was an experience
This is fantastic, man. Had to get the song on in the background and I'm amazed at how perfectly paced your script is, never leaving dead air in the longer sections and never rushing to get everything you want to say in there when the song gets a little more intense. Great work dude.
I know the song so well I was able to play it in my head for the start and seeing the visual hits play silently while syncing perfectly in my head was a trip
Creative solution! Reminds me of the days trying to sync up Dark Side of the Moon with the Wizard of Oz.
I love this one. I love the content and the format. Would love to hear the whole rest of the album this way.
Jimmy and Miles were planning on doing an album together before Jimmy died. Imagine that awesomeness.
I just discovered the Polyphonic channel a few days ago. I synced up Voodoo Chile on Spotify and hit "play" on the countdown. Wow! That was amazing interactive video. I can't say I was a fan of Hendrix until now (I always enjoyed the classics like "Purple Haze" and loved Steve Ray Vaughan's cover of "Voodoo Chile-Slight Return"). Finally, I understand why some people hold him in regard as the greatest ever. This was an inspiring music lesson as I get ready to go to my own guitar lesson this morning.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL PIECE! Jimi is the reason I picked up
a guitar 44 years ago man! Thank you for this fine exploration! ^..^
I didn't need any links. This song was burnt into my brain around 1971. Forty years later I can still visualise the video it didn't have while remembering the sounds. A Masterpiece!
(Puts LP on just because.)
I ALWAYS learn something from your videos. Thanks for fantastic content!
I got out of bed to try and sync up Voodoo Chile to this video and couldn’t find the original recording. I only found slight return and it didn’t sync up at all. I’m disappointed that I got out of bed for this. Imma lay back down! Thanks Polyphonic…
What a legendary guitarist 🔥🤘🏼 🎸
Dude…it totally worked out with playing the music on my end. I really like that idea. Good job making it work out.
Hendrix is my favorite artist and the vids you make on him are the only breakdowns I’ve found that really do him justice. Thank you for making these.
Synced up BEAUTIFULLY! At points I actually thought "wait, didn't he say he couldn't play the music" because it just flowed so well, then a second later I remembered I was playing it on spotify.
Hey awesome work as always man!! Sorry about the copyright shit
This works extremely well, ur words hit with the rhythm and it's insane editing, props to you.
I know this is not how you wanted the video to go, but jesus I would do it again. I've never been pulled into a video so thoroughly. Synced up beautifully; lyrics and all.
Utterly masterful, I sometimes need to remind myself that content this good is free (besides just a little bit of finessing my music player to get this particular vid in sync, which I don't really mind at all)
The sync experience is amazing! I played the track on my 5.1 speakers and the video on my phone. The result was having the the music engulfing the video. Great work man. The video is amazing as always.
Syncing up the song and this video brought me back to trying to sync Dark Side of the Moon with Wizard of Oz. YT blocking songs brings this new interactive element which was fun to do. A blessing in disguise.
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen, like top 3.
I know it's not ideal, but it was a very clever solution to the copyright problems with music. It worked perfectly for me. Great video as always!
im not gonna lie....this was the best video ive watched on youtube ever, and the fact that it was about my favourite musician just added to it
Excellent!
The quality of your videos are in the top of UA-cam. This was one was incredible
Fantastic vid! Lines up immaculately!
I just watched it synced up while playing along unplugged with Jimi. Such an interesting experience listening to it for the first time hearing the history, totally lost in the moment man, such a powerful experience I've never had. I'm far from the best guitar player, especially when you put me next to literally the best but that's the best I've ever played, just totally forgot about scales and boxes, (Cheated looking up the key so I could get in the right area to start) and was just totally part of it. That shit was time travel man, my eyes were closed and I wasn't here. Was actually tearing up by the end and still crying now thinking about it type it out. such a beautiful piece of music, what a fucking powerful thing music is man. we're all so fucking lucky aren't we.
The sync up idea was amazing. I loved it.
Keep it up
I was very skeptical before I put on voodoo chile in the background, but I am sold. That was amazing.
Goosebumps with the song playing along...
That was actually a _REALLY_ cool way to pair music and video. I ran the music through my main stereo, cranked, and had the narration on my iPad. I paid such close attention to everything because I wanted to see if I synced things up right with your video. This was actually really fun! More of this, I say!
Awesome. Playing the track in the background actually made it more immersive. Maybe you should do this for your future videos as an option
ngl, I really enjoyed this even with having spotify open while doing it. I think I liked the interactive aspect of this video, but yeah, awesome job dude!
I mean hendrix did hit up the crossroads for his fame,but the intro of voodoo Chile was incredible.perfection
I have listened many times to Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) and I am sure it is a single guitar take, if so I consider it the best rock guitar performance ever.
It was take 8 of Voodoo Child (slight return) that was used on the album. 8 was the last take recorded. ABC was there filming for a mini documentary that never aired but Jimi and the band didn't just bust out the song and nail it in one take, it was a very deliberate process of rehearsing and building to the final recorded take. JImi would drive those around him crazy with the number of takes he would record as he was never satisfied and always thought he could do better with "one more take". Even Eddie Kramer has said having so many takes made it hard to single out just one as "the" one because in his opinion each one was a masterpiece. JImi's obsession with doing so many takes was what drove Noel Redding out of the studio and across the street to a bar during the recording of Electric Ladyland and eventually out of the band. Which is why Jimi plays bass on some Electric Ladyland tracks. It was the number of takes and the hangers on that Jimi had in the studio that caused Chas Chandler to quit part way through recording as well. Eddie Kramer's idea to turn a night club Jimi wanted to buy to jam in after hours into a first class studio for Jimi to record in was the perfect solution.
This method of listening along with the video went really really well
such a clever idea
Polyphonic you are a master. Nobody does this type of video like you. The way you incorporated the music into it (sorry it couldn't be how you wanted, but it worked for me!) was absolutely fantastic.
Well, the only true genius in rock, in an era where so much music was profoundly exquisite
This was an amazing experience! It sucks that you couldn't use the song on UA-cam but playing the music myself made it even more interactive and immersive! I would love more videos in this format. I can see this becoming a new phase in the evolution of video viewing and this is the beginning of it. Exquisitely well done sir! ❤
Man! This was awesome, thank you! Such a ride, the commentary was on point.
0:20 This should be reworded as "the Hendrix estate is famously aggressive at preventing new listeners from hearing his music". All UA-camrs should start wording it this way when these estates or especially labels prevent people from using music in these types of videos. Because that's all they're really doing.
I think this is actually briliant, having to sync the music myself. It felt really special.
wow, what a narration! I can't imagine this video without the music.
It synced up perfectly
This is fantastic, thank u
Jimi is the man. He was and still is 🎸.
Love this video man, great work 👑
love these kinds of videos... I think you hit upon something special here poly, wonderful job. does this format only work with longer songs though? would love to see one for A Day in the Life
this was the best piece of content I have ever experienced on YT!!!! and syncing up the song myself pulled me in even more! thank you so much for this incredible experience and I hope you can create more interactive content like this in the future!!!
Synched perfectly, great idea around the problem. If only these estates would realise creators are helping to extoll the music and keep the music relevant, and expose to new generations
I synced your video up with Voodoo Chile on my old cd player. It was a joy to listen and watch. Thank you!!☺
Synced perfectly, awesome work!
Most of the time you may see Hendrix playing a Fuzz Face in a video, it's not a Fuzz Face. Roger Mayer talked Hendrix into buying 20 Fuzz Faces at a time so Roger could gut them and put his own circuits inside, which only started with modified Fuzz Face circuits. They purchased Fuzz Faces because it was the cheapest way to procure a pedal enclosure at the time.
didnt need to stream for me the mere mention of the title of the song automatically played the tune in my head
the cue worked perfectly, thank you :) it was a beautiful experience!
Very clever workaround and amazing editing. I think having to push play at exact moment underscores the editing efforts and creates appreciation for the work put into this.
This is a PERFECT video when paired with the music
EXCELLENT! BRAVO! I take my hat off to you ! A genius and a genuine artist.
"..It's the reminder of his achievements, those we mere listeners in a way can't imagine, that makes his loss so enormous."~ Dave Marsh (Rolling Stone Record Guide)
That was one of the coolest things anyone has done on UA-cam
Finally got a chance to check this out along with the song and it worked great. Well done, as usual. I totally agree that this is one of Hendrix's best songs, and Winwood's performance is fantastic. Thanks!
The Magick is the playing while paying tribute to the blues/Beatles/Cream/The Who and later, the jazz greats.
A strange and powerful brew...🙏👍❤🙏
This was awesome. Do more like these, even if I have to play the music on my phone next to me
This is spooky. Just yesterday when I was in the shower the song Voodo Chile (NOT "Voodoo Chile Slight return") started playing in my mind. I started pondering on the Hendrix phenomenon and how he transformed the electric guitar. I wondered how music would be if he had never been born or how it would be if he lived for a few more years than he did. Today this was recommended to me. Is UA-cam algorithm indexing our brains now?