I have a deep love for this man. He was and will always be the greatest guitar player of all time. As well as one of the greatest and sweetest of men. "Hey, move over it's crowded up here". Great, great interview. Thank you.
this is a fantastic interview, and I love the interviewer. he is very personable and genuine with Jimi, and because of that Jimi's replies and answers are very honest and genuine. thank you for posting, this was great to listen to
he also talks about dreaming in colors. Alot of people think he was a color synthesist, a person who can hear colors. So everytime he played guitar, he was literally seeing, like a kaleidoscope, all these different shapes and colors dancing, automatically, thats why he never plays "red house" the same twice, hes always creating new shapes and colors and feelings inside his head and what makes him special was he made it into excist, while we all are still imagining.
I'm a life long Hendrix fan, this is a fucking great interview, it reminds me of a Howard Stern type interview where he just gets people to open up and just forget that they're even being interviewed, thanks for posting it..
Thank you sir for this upload, you did a beautiful job on this interview, you brought out the real Jimi Hendrix, that is how he relates to people, and i can tell by the excitement in his voice that he was happy to be interviewed not as a musician, but as a person, socializing with a friend... I love the tone of his voice as he is relating his life experiences to you, like a child, so happy to share... RIP Jimi...
You'r e right,; it is a beautiful interview. I love the easy persiflage. He sounds like such a lovely bloke. I have seen interviews and heard him and I am convinced he was a good 'un. Oh, and he was the absolute cutting edge of music. He was the wave. There were experimenters such as 'Silver Apples' and 'Pink Floyd, of which the Barrett stuff is gorgeous but Jimi was driving that scene. Syd would have said the same . he loved him. Great interview. Made me cry. Thanks for reviving it.
not to detract from historical interview but Jimi did mention something which sounded like sleep paralysis. I use to have them. One i can remember: i had this dream of drowning. i sort of woke up, but i could not move. I was aware i existed but all my senses were gone. no alcohol or no substances when i went to bed. so im laying there, no hearing, no sight, no nothing. i felt buried alive. im almost sure that it was horror and anxiety that brought my senses back and then in about half an hour i was able to get out of bed. very scarry. you here of people in comas for several years and they will tell you the same thing when they are the lucky ones to come out of coma. there needs to be more research into sleep paralysis and coma so the outside world can someday communicate with those in coma, and reassure them, there's people here who are caring for you and love you
I had something similar but when I was sleeping I woke up couldn't move a muscle in my body but my mind was completely awake. But it wouldn't last very long, weird shit that's for sure
I had sleep paralysis years ago, and was terrified. Finally was able to move my little finger and touch my husband, who incredibly sensed something and asked me if I was ok. That snapped me right out of it. Since then I've studied "out of body experiences" and know this can be part of that. William Buhlman has some great videos, and books if you are inclined to delve into it.
Thank you for posting, I listened to them all...the most revealing insight into a man on another level...So profound, so pure..it blows my mind..all those pressures, surrounded by corp bullshit but he kept lazer focus on his purpose..He was such a cool cat...just lovely thanks:)
I loved this interview more than many conducted then. It finds him in a private setting, and as usual, he is kind to the interviewer in his soft voice, NEVER EVER rude to anyone other than those who would hurt the ones he loved. There is no trace of the 'wild man' his later manager depicted him as.
I remember listening to the radio in late 1989 early 1990 to a program called Flashback and they also had a program by the same people called the Live Show. Anyhow I used to record parts of these shows esp for Jimi stuff. Around the 2:30 mark in this video he talks about Astral Travel or Astral Projection. I had that part tapped from the Flashback show and I used to listen to it all the time. I was 15 then and I thought Hendrix was talking about LSD. I recently did some more digging on this interview and some other ones and discovered what he was really getting on about. Needles to say I believe Astral Projection is real. I believe ESP is real and premonitions. I've had my run ins with all of this stuff. I think Jimi was wise beyond his years and not some drugged up lunatic. Thank you for posting this. It's been a long time since I heard it but his words have stayed in my mind since I first heard them.
I have always loved Jimi's music, vibes and honesty. Imagine where he (we) would have gone had he been free to go there. It is very tough to have what you have already done hold you back. Life's frustrations added to the mix, but also derailed him. May we meet again my friend!
hendrix was a conduit letting the energy of the earth and spirit flow through him and some how translating it into music . He was walking in multiple worlds
Thank you EVER SO MUCH for this interview. I have been depressed lately, due to several people that I have personal known, have died recently. This interview put a smile upon my face. Thank you again for sharing this 'special' interview. ( an acid thing, that's what it was, ha ha ha) Love you JIMI.
Absolutely amazing. Jimi Hendrix was a person whom was touched by God from the beginning. It is so obvious listening to him talk. I can tell what you mean about how he could make you high. I almost felt like I was tripping while listening to him speak. What an amazing, amazing human being. And what a very sad loss to the human race that he had to leave us so early. His best was yet to come.
There's a beautiful little snippet on the inside of the band of gypsies album: 'Baby-child as a man As a living grain of sand Sitting on the Ever Changing Shore Greeting the Sunrise .... ' And it goes on a little bit more but i forget the words. Anyway...If i don't see you no more in this lifetime, I'll see you in the next one. And don't be late. Don't be late....
AMEN, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM FOR A SHORT WHILE ,GOD BLESS HIS SOUL, HE WAS JUST AS MESMERIZING OFF STAGE AS ON, RIP JIMI KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRULY, TRULY, MISSED....
@@mrbsred1 I agree with you...let's leave "god" out of this...Hendrix was totally responsible for how accomplished he became of guitar...He practised constantly, from the age of 15, until he died...no help needed from any god.
great interview, i can so relate to what he's feeling, the recurring dreams, i know exactly what he's talking about when letting himself immerse into a fear, letting it go just to see where this takes you, being on a quest to understand what this feeling is, like have you ever felt a wave of happiness and stopped to think and remember what thought it was that made you feel this way? his mother died when he was 16 so all that makes sense. jimi had a very acute awareness of his surroundings and feelings, i'm like who hasn't looked at an animal and felt the connection or kinship with it? jimi had cherokee in him and native american religion is based on their connection with nature, the wind, sky, sun, earth, animals. he may not have been aware of this and was trying to simply understand the "feeling" he had, he was being true to these instincts he felt. last bit about heaven is hilarious, "you had no business dying either."
Loved these interviews. And I love how insightful you are in regards to how Jimi was feeling. You seem to be very perceptive to the vibes. It was awesome listening to these. Thank you
his mom was unfit because of the disease of alcoholism .Part Cherokee indian, she was never really healthy.she died when Jimi was young but well past the toddler age .his father was essentially a single parent .I remember that interview ,at least in part from the soundtrack and the movie from '73 which is now re-issued and even longer on DVD.he had very cinematic recall of his mom leaving. it was sad then and it's sad now .but that's what makes great art.
I will never forget me and my high school friends went to a Jimi Hendrix concert in Chicago on a cold February evening in 1968. That was the first time I heard music so loud it actually move your clothing. Front row tickets was $6.50 cents. The act before Jimi Hendrix experience was call the 'Box Tops'.
Hey Carl Parrish, i was @ that concert also, The Chicago Amphitheater, i was never the same after i saw him i was so entranced by his ability to play the sounds that came out of that guitar, were truly mesmerizing, and what a performer, never saw anything like him then or now...I liked The Box Tops also, but Jimi was The Man, i was with my then husband / boyfriend, @ that time and my best friend and her husband , we were all scraping up $ 6.50 a piece, or it may have been more, depending on were we were seated.. And i was just telling someone the other day it was in Feburary and cold as hell!!, Wow, what a small world!!
Hey, I just came across these. Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to edit and upload these to youtube. Jimi seemed like a real cool dude. I think it's good to remember him for who he was as a person and not just what he accomplished.
We shouldn't forget though that we all were rambling about star signs, pyramids,reincarnation etc..combined with the soundtrack of the latest amazing psychedelic albums and acid comedowns and what not..The interview on the inside gatefold sleeve of "Rainbow Bridge" is a prime example... Hendrix being without a doubt a legend, but wasn't it mostly about the music ?...His lyrics were often inspired by science fiction dime novels ; scribbled on the back of hotel notes ,which brought forth some beautiful poetry, but often also somewhat caricaturist naive ramblings...still...we should've been so lucky to have had him around longer....
These are awesome...I about cried listening to these. He sounds so shy and awkward, yet intense and engaging at the same time. Would give anything to kick it with Jimi for a day...
I absolutely love this interview; the interviewer was actually interested in Hendrix as a human being, and cared enough to listen to him and give him the ability to express himself. I could see why Hendrix opened up; he had grown so accustomed to others trying to take advantage of him that he rejoiced when Meatball Fulton wanted to just converse on a human level. Heh, just noticed Meatball Fulton's name is Thomas Lopez; my name is Tomas Lopez, and I am very happy to (sort-of) share a name with this man!
This person was a great interviewer and gave Jimi a chance to be himself, Jimi loved to talk and he was very expressive , and i till this day love to talk also, like some say to me Paula, You never shut up,lol!!!
This is a great interview and you've captured something special here. Thanks for sharing. As you say we hear from Jimi the artist and man as opposed to the star. Excellent interview. Interestingly at 2:36 Jimi is talking about sleep paralysis, i suffer from it too, and he describes it more accurately than any one else ever has in my life. It's actually quite scary when it happens. I wish there were more interviews with jimi like this one. Good work.
ukwingchunstudent I experienced what must have been sleep paralysis, or lucid dreaming, now almost 8 years ago, near the end of August, 2009. On that afternoon, a person I knew delivered a cat to me, that I said I could adopt. Well, of course this cat was terrified of being in a new environment, and I had just moved into the place myself. He ran under my bed and wouldn't come out, naturally, so I slept on an inflatable bed in my front room, giving the cat his space until he acclimated. That night, it felt like I slumbered long and deep, maybe with delight because the cat was so gorgeously precious, albeit understandably (or so I thought) prone to vociferous hydraulic-blast hissing at me from under my bed! But just before the break of dawn I recall, I was in an intensely inert dreamy state, and yet it seemed I had been aroused from sleep though under some paralyzing gravity, and what's more, like a warm creature had surreptitiously been peering into my face studying my respiration while sleeping! What a dream impression that night. Quite similar to Henri Rousseau's painting, "The Sleeping Gypsy". That was my first crush on my boy, who turned out to be a feral but we became closest confidants dwelling in this etrrnal mirage!
ukwingchunstudent I experienced what must have been sleep paralysis, or lucid dreaming, now almost 8 years ago, near the end of August, 2009. On that afternoon, a person I knew delivered a cat to me, that I said I could adopt. Well, of course this cat was terrified of being in a new environment, and I had just moved into the place myself. He ran under my bed and wouldn't come out, naturally, so I slept on an inflatable bed in my front room, giving the cat his space until he acclimated. That night, it felt like I slumbered long and deep, maybe with delight because the cat was so gorgeously precious, albeit understandably (or so I thought) prone to vociferous hydraulic-blast hissing at me from under my bed! But just before the break of dawn I recall, I was in an intensely inert dreamy state, and yet it seemed I had been aroused from sleep though under some paralyzing gravity, and what's more, like a warm creature had surreptitiously been peering into my face studying my respiration while sleeping! What a dream impression that night. Quite similar to Henri Rousseau's painting, "The Sleeping Gypsy". That was my first crush on my boy, who turned out to be a feral but we became closest confidants dwelling in this etrrnal mirage!
Back in about 1965-1970 there was a lot of talking going on. People got into long conversations and talked about all kinds of things. Dreams, drugs and everything in between, nothing was off limits to talk about. People really communicated. This interview is like that. It's not like listening to someone and thinking about what you're going to say next. It was truly listening to people and getting inside their heads.
Wow, what a mind. He's like a child with all the strength, insecurities, and fluidity of thought that can come with it. We rarely (never?) hear from each other about that "trippy" bits of childhood, but these can form a basis for creativity. He sounds so gentle and open to unfiltered experience.
I think he was a fully right-brained individual whose creative energy was almost completely unhindered by the things that obstruct the flow in most of us and he simply used the left side of his brain for the technical aspects of his expression. That's probably why he played left-handed because the right hand was doing all the fret work while the left hand did the easy bit. Drugs don't produce intelligence and many of the things he said in interviews had a logical yet almost mystical substance to them which was far beyond mere incoherent druggie rambling.
i truly think he was a mad genius, just in a spiritual way. Left brain controls things like math, organization, speech, thought pattern ie Einstein, bill gates,etc. Right Brain controls: creativity, music, arts, spirituality. ie, Jimi, Mozart,etc,. So i think he was just as much a genius as Einstein, but in his "field".
I remember being awake a few times this past year just sleeping in my bed with my guitar (my stand and only chair getting hogged by an acoustic and a bass). It was so weird I was just like laying there and I didn't feel paralyzed or anything but I just felt this burning heat in my chest. I know I wasn't dreaming 'cause I was just there kind of scared as hell for about an hour and I didn't go back to sleep. I'll never forget those nights. I've woken up at the same hour every night since. 3:33 am
"Sleep paralysis is when, during awakening or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak.[1][2] During an episode, one may hear, feel, or see things that are not there.[1] It often results in fear.[1] Episodes generally last less than a couple of minutes.[2] It may occur as a single episode or be recurrent.[1] The condition may occur in those who are otherwise healthy, those with narcolepsy, or may run in families as a result of specific genetic changes.[2] The condition can be triggered by sleep deprivation, psychological stress, or abnormal sleep cycles.[2] The underlying mechanism is believed to involve a dysfunction in REM sleep.[2] Diagnosis is based on a person's description.[2] Other conditions that can present similarly include narcolepsy, atonic seizure, and hypokalemic periodic paralysis.[2] Treatment options for sleep paralysis have been poorly studied.[1] It is recommended that people be reassured that the condition is common and generally not serious.[1] Other efforts that may be tried include sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioral therapy, and antidepressants.[1] Between 8% and 50% of people experience sleep paralysis at some time.[2][3] About 5% of people have regular episodes.[2] Males and females are affected equally.[2] Sleep paralysis has been described throughout history.[1] It is believed to have played a role in the creation of stories about alien abduction and other paranormal events.[1]" wikipedia
@MickyG4444 Very well put, and it's such a hard thing to lose these inhibitions and free ourselves, because by human nature we feel we are vulnerable when we do so; vulnerable to others peoples judging eyes.
+Ad Potta ya you're right! jimi had sleep paralysis, that's crazy. its so cool how he has all these vivid dreams and amazing memories from when he was so young
"Sleep paralysis is when, during awakening or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak.[1][2] During an episode, one may hear, feel, or see things that are not there.[1] It often results in fear.[1] Episodes generally last less than a couple of minutes.[2] It may occur as a single episode or be recurrent.[1] The condition may occur in those who are otherwise healthy, those with narcolepsy, or may run in families as a result of specific genetic changes.[2] The condition can be triggered by sleep deprivation, psychological stress, or abnormal sleep cycles.[2] The underlying mechanism is believed to involve a dysfunction in REM sleep.[2] Diagnosis is based on a person's description.[2] Other conditions that can present similarly include narcolepsy, atonic seizure, and hypokalemic periodic paralysis.[2] Treatment options for sleep paralysis have been poorly studied.[1] It is recommended that people be reassured that the condition is common and generally not serious.[1] Other efforts that may be tried include sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioral therapy, and antidepressants.[1] Between 8% and 50% of people experience sleep paralysis at some time.[2][3] About 5% of people have regular episodes.[2] Males and females are affected equally.[2] Sleep paralysis has been described throughout history.[1] It is believed to have played a role in the creation of stories about alien abduction and other paranormal events.[1]" wikipedia rules
I HAVE BEEN THERE, FREAKS YOU OUT BECAUSE YOUR IN A REM SLEEP KIND OF, I REMEMBER BEING PARALIZED BY FEAR, I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD KIDNEY SURGERY IN 2016, THE FIRST NIGHT I WAS HOME, A MAN WALKED IN TO MY ROOM GRABBED MY RIGHT TOE, AND WALKED AROUND THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BED, I WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN AFTER THE 2ND SURGERY, AND I SAID TO MY SELF, LORD JESUS, HE'S GOING TO RAPE ME, AND I SAT STRAIGHT UP, BECAUSE I HAD PAIN, AND NO ONE WAS THERE.... Sorry for the caps, my fingers always slip on that key, but it's a horrible dream sequence, but can be beautiful @ the same time..
A "night mare" is actually named from the feeling that there is a horse upon you, keeping you from moving, even though you are partly conscious... you aren't sleeping. I've had several.. you try to jerk your body awake... but you're stuck "The earliest origin of the word seems to indicate the effects of sleep paralysis, which causes the person dreaming to wake up and be unable to move. The first use of the word in the context of having a very unpleasant and distressing experience when awake seems to be somewhere around the early 1800s. www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-word-nightmare
I don't wanna sound crazy, but it sounds like Hendrix was on the verge of experiencing astral projection. Sleep paralysis, and the "zzzzz" sound he makes at about 3:10 makes me think he's talking about feeling vibrations. From what I've read, paralysis and vibrations are what happens right before you astral project. I've had both of those happen to me, but I always panic too much to let it go any farther.
@mysterymediacorp There is a photocopy of a manuscript in Jimi's handwriting of the original draft of Purple Haze in which he wrote the line "Purple Haze Jesus saves." Listen to the lyrics of "Message of Love": "'cuz in the eyes of God, you're both children to Him." and "We're travelling the speed of a reborn man."
@mysterymediacorp As far as Jimi changing his opinions: We have the "Purple Haze" manuscript (late 1966) and the performance of "Message of Love," on January 1, 1970, which spans all but the last nine months of his international career. And the posthumous "The Cry of Love," containing the songs "Ezy Ryder," "Astro Man," "Angel," & "Belly Button Window," all of which mention "Heaven" in some way, do not suggest that his thoughts changed within those nine months either.
@xdeathrowx i thought i was going crazy! I experienced that and it felt like i was about to go to another place, almost like i was falling thru life. It happened twice and the first time i got so scared because it was a completely new feeling. The second time it happened to me was the same night and it felt like it was 5 minutes after the first one, i was more aware and tried to relax and let it take over but i snapped out of it. i cant remember why tho.
Just a thought... What about the 2 main woman in his life? Are there any interviews with them?Anyway to get a interview with them now, if they are still alive? I would love to hear a truthful interview from them✌❤❤
@OKandNOWwhat the point is that no matter what he said in songs...he expressed his doubts in this interview by questioning how the hell can heaven hold all the good people who ever lived
Thanks for this...interviews Kevin and the interviewer Thomas Lopez.. CAN WE EVER HEAR ENOUGH OF JIMI, in any form.? Naturally its CUUL and REAL... He knew the past lives, dreams, karma, dimensions, the alien reptilian, the human compassion and deceit disquise, the music scene MANipulation, the real side of Life, and we all should have gone T'Here" with him, only a few really did, the rest bought the machine.. just as he said, the musicians looking for fame money sex drugs, the games, plays and days of blame shame and fear tears and weird america world and universe here..so makeup your views but come into the present or live for TODAY, whatever THE REAL CUUL is now, 2020, 2010, 2001, 1969 or 000 just let yourself rip IT
I have a deep love for this man. He was and will always be the greatest guitar player of all time. As well as one of the greatest and sweetest of men. "Hey, move over it's crowded up here". Great, great interview. Thank you.
Best interview of Jimi I've heard so far! Great interviewer too!
yeah
Wow. A real interview with the real Jimi.
Thank you both.
This is barely an interview it's so much more, it's like having a conversation with the man himself. Absolutely amazing that you for sharing ❤️
this is a fantastic interview, and I love the interviewer. he is very personable and genuine with Jimi, and because of that Jimi's replies and answers are very honest and genuine. thank you for posting, this was great to listen to
he also talks about dreaming in colors. Alot of people think he was a color synthesist, a person who can hear colors. So everytime he played guitar, he was literally seeing, like a kaleidoscope, all these different shapes and colors dancing, automatically, thats why he never plays "red house" the same twice, hes always creating new shapes and colors and feelings inside his head and what makes him special was he made it into excist, while we all are still imagining.
I'm a life long Hendrix fan, this is a fucking great interview, it reminds me of a Howard Stern type interview where he just gets people to open up and just forget that they're even being interviewed, thanks for posting it..
Yes, Yes!!!
I am shocked that, as a life-long fan, you have never heard this?...It has been available for several decades.
Thank you sir for this upload, you did a beautiful job on this interview, you brought out the real Jimi Hendrix, that is how he relates to people, and i can tell by the excitement in his voice that he was happy to be interviewed not as a musician, but as a person, socializing with a friend... I love the tone of his voice as he is relating his life experiences to you, like a child, so happy to share... RIP Jimi...
He is totally describing entering lucid dreaming after he starts talking about sleep paralysis. This interview is amazing.
he was an incredible spiritual soul. sooo glad u captured this genius in a REAL way
You'r e right,; it is a beautiful interview. I love the easy persiflage. He sounds like such a lovely bloke. I have seen interviews and heard him and I am convinced he was a good 'un. Oh, and he was the absolute cutting edge of music. He was the wave. There were experimenters such as 'Silver Apples' and 'Pink Floyd, of which the Barrett stuff is gorgeous but Jimi was driving that scene. Syd would have said the same . he loved him. Great interview. Made me cry. Thanks for reviving it.
not to detract from historical interview but Jimi did mention something which sounded like sleep paralysis. I use to have them. One i can remember: i had this dream of drowning. i sort of woke up, but i could not move. I was aware i existed but all my senses were gone. no alcohol or no substances when i went to bed. so im laying there, no hearing, no sight, no nothing. i felt buried alive. im almost sure that it was horror and anxiety that brought my senses back and then in about half an hour i was able to get out of bed. very scarry. you here of people in comas for several years and they will tell you the same thing when they are the lucky ones to come out of coma. there needs to be more research into sleep paralysis and coma so the outside world can someday communicate with those in coma, and reassure them, there's people here who are caring for you and love you
I had something similar but when I was sleeping I woke up couldn't move a muscle in my body but my mind was completely awake. But it wouldn't last very long, weird shit that's for sure
I had sleep paralysis years ago, and was terrified. Finally was able to move my little finger and touch my husband, who incredibly sensed something and asked me if I was ok. That snapped me right out of it. Since then I've studied "out of body experiences" and know this can be part of that. William Buhlman has some great videos, and books if you are inclined to delve into it.
I have had those same kind of dreams, scary!
Thank you for posting, I listened to them all...the most revealing insight into a man on another level...So profound, so pure..it blows my mind..all those pressures, surrounded by corp bullshit but he kept lazer focus on his purpose..He was such a cool cat...just lovely thanks:)
I loved this interview more than many conducted then. It finds him in a private setting, and as usual, he is kind to the interviewer in his soft voice, NEVER EVER rude to anyone other than those who would hurt the ones he loved. There is no trace of the 'wild man' his later manager depicted him as.
Thank you for this interview.. It is the best thing I've ever heard Hendrix do outside of music. This is special.. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you..
Thank you brother for the upload. Rock on !!
Jimi Hendrix is my favorite artist and this interview was absoloutley great, you really let Jimi flow with it and show us Jimi! So good and personal
Jimi Hendrix is my favorite artist and this interview was absoloutley great, he really let Jimi flow with it and show us Jimi! So good and personal
Thanks for posting..By far the best interview with Jimi 🎸
WE LOVE YOU JIMI!!!!
Incredible piece of history. Thank you for posting.
Great interview, it's a surreal experience to take a glimpse into the mind of light being and a true artist. Cheers 🍻
I remember listening to the radio in late 1989 early 1990 to a program called Flashback and they also had a program by the same people called the Live Show. Anyhow I used to record parts of these shows esp for Jimi stuff. Around the 2:30 mark in this video he talks about Astral Travel or Astral Projection. I had that part tapped from the Flashback show and I used to listen to it all the time. I was 15 then and I thought Hendrix was talking about LSD. I recently did some more digging on this interview and some other ones and discovered what he was really getting on about. Needles to say I believe Astral Projection is real. I believe ESP is real and premonitions. I've had my run ins with all of this stuff. I think Jimi was wise beyond his years and not some drugged up lunatic. Thank you for posting this. It's been a long time since I heard it but his words have stayed in my mind since I first heard them.
I have always loved Jimi's music, vibes and honesty.
Imagine where he (we) would have gone had he been free to go there.
It is very tough to have what you have already done hold you back.
Life's frustrations added to the mix, but also derailed him.
May we meet again my friend!
Damn, playing in the hamper in Seattle back then ...and I can't play a lick.
Jimi telling his trippy dreams- priceless interview.
hendrix was a conduit letting the energy of the earth and spirit flow through him and some how translating it into music . He was walking in multiple worlds
Thank you EVER SO MUCH for this interview. I have been depressed lately, due to several people that I have personal known, have died recently. This interview put a smile upon my face. Thank you again for sharing this 'special' interview. ( an acid thing, that's what it was, ha ha ha) Love you JIMI.
Wonderful! Really brings you inside his thought process!
After listening to all 3 sections I thank you for sharing your otherwordly experience with one of the most beautiful human's ever...
Absolutely amazing. Jimi Hendrix was a person whom was touched by God from the beginning. It is so obvious listening to him talk. I can tell what you mean about how he could make you high. I almost felt like I was tripping while listening to him speak. What an amazing, amazing human being. And what a very sad loss to the human race that he had to leave us so early. His best was yet to come.
+Stephens Answer "touched by god" is a matter of opinion. Nothing is obvious. For everything else said... Spot on!
There's a beautiful little snippet on the inside of the band of gypsies album: 'Baby-child as a man As a living grain of sand Sitting on the Ever Changing Shore Greeting the Sunrise .... ' And it goes on a little bit more but i forget the words. Anyway...If i don't see you no more in this lifetime, I'll see you in the next one. And don't be late. Don't be late....
1000% agree !!
AMEN, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM FOR A SHORT WHILE ,GOD BLESS HIS SOUL, HE WAS JUST AS MESMERIZING OFF STAGE AS ON, RIP JIMI KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRULY, TRULY, MISSED....
@@mrbsred1 I agree with you...let's leave "god" out of this...Hendrix was totally responsible for how accomplished he became of guitar...He practised constantly, from the age of 15, until he died...no help needed from any god.
Jimi forever.
matthewervvin forever
great interview, i can so relate to what he's feeling, the recurring dreams, i know exactly what he's talking about when letting himself immerse into a fear, letting it go just to see where this takes you, being on a quest to understand what this feeling is, like have you ever felt a wave of happiness and stopped to think and remember what thought it was that made you feel this way? his mother died when he was 16 so all that makes sense. jimi had a very acute awareness of his surroundings and feelings, i'm like who hasn't looked at an animal and felt the connection or kinship with it? jimi had cherokee in him and native american religion is based on their connection with nature, the wind, sky, sun, earth, animals. he may not have been aware of this and was trying to simply understand the "feeling" he had, he was being true to these instincts he felt. last bit about heaven is hilarious, "you had no business dying either."
My son reminds me of Jimi.
Very cool. Thank you for uploading this! I appreciate any glimpse into this man's mind.
Five years later.... BEST INTERVIEW I'VE EVER HEARD! This was much more than a interview... this was talking to a man, Jimi! Much love ✌❤❤❤
Loved these interviews. And I love how insightful you are in regards to how Jimi was feeling. You seem to be very perceptive to the vibes. It was awesome listening to these. Thank you
his mom was unfit because of the disease of alcoholism .Part Cherokee indian, she was never really healthy.she died when Jimi was young but well past the toddler age .his father was essentially a single parent .I remember that interview ,at least in part from the soundtrack and the movie from '73 which is now re-issued and even longer on DVD.he had very cinematic recall of his mom leaving. it was sad then and it's sad now .but that's what makes great art.
I will never forget me and my high school friends went to a Jimi Hendrix concert in Chicago on a cold February evening in 1968. That was the first time I heard music so loud it actually move your clothing. Front row tickets was $6.50 cents. The act before Jimi Hendrix experience was call the 'Box Tops'.
Carl Parish Wow!
Hey Carl Parrish, i was @ that concert also, The Chicago Amphitheater, i was never the same after i saw him i was so entranced by his ability to play the sounds that came out of that guitar, were truly mesmerizing, and what a performer, never saw anything like him then or now...I liked The Box Tops also, but Jimi was The Man, i was with my then husband / boyfriend, @ that time and my best friend and her husband , we were all scraping up $ 6.50 a piece, or it may have been more, depending on were we were seated.. And i was just telling someone the other day it was in Feburary and cold as hell!!, Wow, what a small world!!
@@paulablissett9396 That was the evening that Jimi met "The Plaster Casters"!
I've never seen a picture of Jimi looking depressed or really down. He's always at peace with Himself. Will always love Jimi.
A rare spirit who left because the world was too cruel
Thank you 👍
Hey, I just came across these. Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to edit and upload these to youtube. Jimi seemed like a real cool dude. I think it's good to remember him for who he was as a person and not just what he accomplished.
We shouldn't forget though that we all were rambling about star signs, pyramids,reincarnation etc..combined with the soundtrack of the latest amazing psychedelic albums and acid comedowns and what not..The interview on the inside gatefold sleeve of "Rainbow Bridge" is a prime example...
Hendrix being without a doubt a legend, but wasn't it mostly about the music ?...His lyrics were often inspired by science fiction dime novels ; scribbled on the back of hotel notes ,which brought forth some beautiful poetry, but often also somewhat caricaturist naive ramblings...still...we should've been so lucky to have had him around longer....
i love this!!! thanks!!
Great interview.
These are awesome...I about cried listening to these. He sounds so shy and awkward, yet intense and engaging at the same time. Would give anything to kick it with Jimi for a day...
Jimi talking some heavy stuff !!
What a creative and fun world 1967 !!
I absolutely love this interview; the interviewer was actually interested in Hendrix as a human being, and cared enough to listen to him and give him the ability to express himself. I could see why Hendrix opened up; he had grown so accustomed to others trying to take advantage of him that he rejoiced when Meatball Fulton wanted to just converse on a human level.
Heh, just noticed Meatball Fulton's name is Thomas Lopez; my name is Tomas Lopez, and I am very happy to (sort-of) share a name with this man!
This person was a great interviewer and gave Jimi a chance to be himself, Jimi loved to talk and he was very expressive , and i till this day love to talk also, like some say to me Paula, You never shut up,lol!!!
@@paulablissett9396 What did your husband think about Hendrix?
really special interviews
This is a great interview and you've captured something special here. Thanks for sharing. As you say we hear from Jimi the artist and man as opposed to the star. Excellent interview. Interestingly at 2:36 Jimi is talking about sleep paralysis, i suffer from it too, and he describes it more accurately than any one else ever has in my life. It's actually quite scary when it happens. I wish there were more interviews with jimi like this one. Good work.
ukwingchunstudent I experienced what must have been sleep paralysis, or lucid dreaming, now almost 8 years ago, near the end of August, 2009. On that afternoon, a person I knew delivered a cat to me, that I said I could adopt. Well, of course this cat was terrified of being in a new environment, and I had just moved into the place myself. He ran under my bed and wouldn't come out, naturally, so I slept on an inflatable bed in my front room, giving the cat his space until he acclimated. That night, it felt like I slumbered long and deep, maybe with delight because the cat was so gorgeously precious, albeit understandably (or so I thought) prone to vociferous hydraulic-blast hissing at me from under my bed! But just before the break of dawn I recall, I was in an intensely inert dreamy state, and yet it seemed I had been aroused from sleep though under some paralyzing gravity, and what's more, like a warm creature had surreptitiously been peering into my face studying my respiration while sleeping! What a dream impression that night. Quite similar to Henri Rousseau's painting, "The Sleeping Gypsy". That was my first crush on my boy, who turned out to be a feral but we became closest confidants dwelling in this etrrnal mirage!
ukwingchunstudent I experienced what must have been sleep paralysis, or lucid dreaming, now almost 8 years ago, near the end of August, 2009. On that afternoon, a person I knew delivered a cat to me, that I said I could adopt. Well, of course this cat was terrified of being in a new environment, and I had just moved into the place myself. He ran under my bed and wouldn't come out, naturally, so I slept on an inflatable bed in my front room, giving the cat his space until he acclimated. That night, it felt like I slumbered long and deep, maybe with delight because the cat was so gorgeously precious, albeit understandably (or so I thought) prone to vociferous hydraulic-blast hissing at me from under my bed! But just before the break of dawn I recall, I was in an intensely inert dreamy state, and yet it seemed I had been aroused from sleep though under some paralyzing gravity, and what's more, like a warm creature had surreptitiously been peering into my face studying my respiration while sleeping! What a dream impression that night. Quite similar to Henri Rousseau's painting, "The Sleeping Gypsy". That was my first crush on my boy, who turned out to be a feral but we became closest confidants dwelling in this etrrnal mirage!
This was awesome thank you
Back in about 1965-1970 there was a lot of talking going on. People got into long conversations and talked about all kinds of things. Dreams, drugs and everything in between, nothing was off limits to talk about. People really communicated. This interview is like that. It's not like listening to someone and thinking about what you're going to say next. It was truly listening to people and getting inside their heads.
Jimi is in my living room
Wow, what a mind.
He's like a child with all the strength, insecurities, and fluidity of thought that can come with it. We rarely (never?) hear from each other about that "trippy" bits of childhood, but these can form a basis for creativity.
He sounds so gentle and open to unfiltered experience.
Excellent upload, thx
Thank you Thomas Lopez - Its like listening in on 2 best friends talking
Thank you .
Lucid =Clear or easily understood. I'll meet you on the next one, don't be late.
a very gracious man that was loved by all
As always jimi being a gentleman so humble Hale to the king of guitar 4 Ever. The Best
sleep paralysis, it is scarry
I think he was a fully right-brained individual whose creative energy was almost completely unhindered by the things that obstruct the flow in most of us and he simply used the left side of his brain for the technical aspects of his expression. That's probably why he played left-handed because the right hand was doing all the fret work while the left hand did the easy bit. Drugs don't produce intelligence and many of the things he said in interviews had a logical yet almost mystical substance to them which was far beyond mere incoherent druggie rambling.
i truly think he was a mad genius, just in a spiritual way. Left brain controls things like math, organization, speech, thought pattern ie Einstein, bill gates,etc. Right Brain controls: creativity, music, arts, spirituality. ie, Jimi, Mozart,etc,. So i think he was just as much a genius as Einstein, but in his "field".
I think it’s was chicks and music on the left, guitar and music on the right
as far as Hendrix &God go, Jimi mentions the big guy in at least a few songs.
Love you Jimi !!
I remember being awake a few times this past year just sleeping in my bed with my guitar (my stand and only chair getting hogged by an acoustic and a bass). It was so weird I was just like laying there and I didn't feel paralyzed or anything but I just felt this burning heat in my chest. I know I wasn't dreaming 'cause I was just there kind of scared as hell for about an hour and I didn't go back to sleep. I'll never forget those nights. I've woken up at the same hour every night since. 3:33 am
awesome
2:35 Astral Projection
Exactly... he was going to Astral Projection until something woke him up.
"Sleep paralysis is when, during awakening or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak.[1][2] During an episode, one may hear, feel, or see things that are not there.[1] It often results in fear.[1] Episodes generally last less than a couple of minutes.[2] It may occur as a single episode or be recurrent.[1]
The condition may occur in those who are otherwise healthy, those with narcolepsy, or may run in families as a result of specific genetic changes.[2] The condition can be triggered by sleep deprivation, psychological stress, or abnormal sleep cycles.[2] The underlying mechanism is believed to involve a dysfunction in REM sleep.[2] Diagnosis is based on a person's description.[2] Other conditions that can present similarly include narcolepsy, atonic seizure, and hypokalemic periodic paralysis.[2]
Treatment options for sleep paralysis have been poorly studied.[1] It is recommended that people be reassured that the condition is common and generally not serious.[1] Other efforts that may be tried include sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioral therapy, and antidepressants.[1]
Between 8% and 50% of people experience sleep paralysis at some time.[2][3] About 5% of people have regular episodes.[2] Males and females are affected equally.[2] Sleep paralysis has been described throughout history.[1] It is believed to have played a role in the creation of stories about alien abduction and other paranormal events.[1]"
wikipedia
Ayla One its the paralysis that happens to me before astral projection if that is what it is even.
@MickyG4444 Very well put, and it's such a hard thing to lose these inhibitions and free ourselves, because by human nature we feel we are vulnerable when we do so; vulnerable to others peoples judging eyes.
thanks
this is pretty great
He was Astral Projecting
I would have loved to have a conversation with this guy
so out there! "the closest to a black and white dream was in pastel shades"!
my hamper had a rabbit in it...an off-white rabbit. My guitar with me in my dreams...maybe it's not me, but someone took Jimi Hendrix away
2:36 he's on about sleep paralysis
+Ad Potta ya you're right! jimi had sleep paralysis, that's crazy. its so cool how he has all these vivid dreams and amazing memories from when he was so young
"Sleep paralysis is when, during awakening or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak.[1][2] During an episode, one may hear, feel, or see things that are not there.[1] It often results in fear.[1] Episodes generally last less than a couple of minutes.[2] It may occur as a single episode or be recurrent.[1]
The condition may occur in those who are otherwise healthy, those with narcolepsy, or may run in families as a result of specific genetic changes.[2] The condition can be triggered by sleep deprivation, psychological stress, or abnormal sleep cycles.[2] The underlying mechanism is believed to involve a dysfunction in REM sleep.[2] Diagnosis is based on a person's description.[2] Other conditions that can present similarly include narcolepsy, atonic seizure, and hypokalemic periodic paralysis.[2]
Treatment options for sleep paralysis have been poorly studied.[1] It is recommended that people be reassured that the condition is common and generally not serious.[1] Other efforts that may be tried include sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioral therapy, and antidepressants.[1]
Between 8% and 50% of people experience sleep paralysis at some time.[2][3] About 5% of people have regular episodes.[2] Males and females are affected equally.[2] Sleep paralysis has been described throughout history.[1] It is believed to have played a role in the creation of stories about alien abduction and other paranormal events.[1]"
wikipedia rules
I HAVE BEEN THERE, FREAKS YOU OUT BECAUSE YOUR IN A REM SLEEP KIND OF, I REMEMBER BEING PARALIZED BY FEAR, I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD KIDNEY SURGERY IN 2016, THE FIRST NIGHT I WAS HOME, A MAN WALKED IN TO MY ROOM GRABBED MY RIGHT TOE, AND WALKED AROUND THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BED, I WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN AFTER THE 2ND SURGERY, AND I SAID TO MY SELF, LORD JESUS, HE'S GOING TO RAPE ME, AND I SAT STRAIGHT UP, BECAUSE I HAD PAIN, AND NO ONE WAS THERE.... Sorry for the caps, my fingers always slip on that key, but it's a horrible dream sequence, but can be beautiful @ the same time..
billytheweasel I guess in his case it was narcolepsy😂👍
A "night mare" is actually named from the feeling that there is a horse upon you, keeping you from moving, even though you are partly conscious... you aren't sleeping. I've had several.. you try to jerk your body awake... but you're stuck
"The earliest origin of the word seems to indicate the effects of sleep paralysis, which causes the person dreaming to wake up and be unable to move. The first use of the word in the context of having a very unpleasant and distressing experience when awake seems to be somewhere around the early 1800s.
www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-word-nightmare
Obvious he's a star seed but it's great to hear him talk about astral projection.
He must have been the most adorable baby.
I don't wanna sound crazy, but it sounds like Hendrix was on the verge of experiencing astral projection. Sleep paralysis, and the "zzzzz" sound he makes at about 3:10 makes me think he's talking about feeling vibrations. From what I've read, paralysis and vibrations are what happens right before you astral project. I've had both of those happen to me, but I always panic too much to let it go any farther.
So interesting he had such a aura if you want to call it, or energy soul. Not sure what it felt like to people around him.
@mysterymediacorp
There is a photocopy of a manuscript in Jimi's handwriting of the original draft of Purple Haze in which he wrote the line "Purple Haze Jesus saves." Listen to the lyrics of "Message of Love": "'cuz in the eyes of God, you're both children to Him." and "We're travelling the speed of a reborn man."
That dream is one rainy wish
Shit man he was depressed he was missing a best friend he could trust and rely on.
@mysterymediacorp
As far as Jimi changing his opinions: We have the "Purple Haze" manuscript (late 1966) and the performance of "Message of Love," on January 1, 1970, which spans all but the last nine months of his international career. And the posthumous "The Cry of Love," containing the songs "Ezy Ryder," "Astro Man," "Angel," & "Belly Button Window," all of which mention "Heaven" in some way, do not suggest that his thoughts changed within those nine months either.
ending was teh best.
"hey move over man, not enough room up here in heaven" hahah
I'm sure it's already been said but Jimi was talking about sleep paralysis at 2:36
part 2 is gone?
I loved the girl laughing in the back ground, sounded like Kathy Etchingham....
@TheTruthMusicDoubleT and how do you enjoy that 'afterlife' with out a body ?!
This was so awesome. Is there somewhere I can find part two?
sounds like it was recorded yesterday
Jimi is just fucking with the guy, just add lib stream of consciousness
@xdeathrowx i thought i was going crazy! I experienced that and it felt like i was about to go to another place, almost like i was falling thru life. It happened twice and the first time i got so scared because it was a completely new feeling. The second time it happened to me was the same night and it felt like it was 5 minutes after the first one, i was more aware and tried to relax and let it take over but i snapped out of it. i cant remember why tho.
Just a thought... What about the 2 main woman in his life? Are there any interviews with them?Anyway to get a interview with them now, if they are still alive? I would love to hear a truthful interview from them✌❤❤
do not fear when u try to sleep and that happens, its the pasage way to the other side, u must try to go there fully conscious
@OKandNOWwhat the point is that no matter what he said in songs...he expressed his doubts in this interview by questioning how the hell can heaven hold all the good people who ever lived
it sounds like he is talking about an outta body experience
Thanks for this...interviews Kevin and the interviewer Thomas Lopez.. CAN WE EVER HEAR ENOUGH OF JIMI, in any form.? Naturally its CUUL and REAL... He knew the past lives, dreams, karma, dimensions, the alien reptilian, the human compassion and deceit disquise, the music scene MANipulation, the real side of Life, and we all should have gone T'Here" with him, only a few really did, the rest bought the machine.. just as he said, the musicians looking for fame money sex drugs, the games, plays and days of blame shame and fear tears and weird america world and universe here..so makeup your views but come into the present or live for TODAY, whatever THE REAL CUUL is now, 2020, 2010, 2001, 1969 or 000 just let yourself rip IT
This makes me sick to hear. He is hurting and so talented.
Which is true about heaven. Can you imagine all people since the beginning of time, and everyone who will be born, and die, all up in heaven?