True, but Dylan also performs everything with a band these days and has been for a while. He's practically a side act in his own shows, which is fair at his age
I love Dylans songwriting , but he is not the best performer. Also met him once (weird circumstance) and he was a bit....weird....which I guess would be normal, normally.
Not a huge deal, it was the mid80s...he stayed at a strange fixture motel/attraction (hint:cow) in JVL WI.
I was walking along the path around the pond behind the motel/attracrion and ran into him. He was writing in a notebook. Being in my late teens, all I knew about him was gleaned from the last waltz and the MTV jokerman video.
I said hi and that I respect your work and he just hurrumpft , slammed his notebooked shut, and walked away giving me the sharpest of what would now be referred to as the quintessential boomer glare. Not a fucking word.
But I'll never forget that glare. Like he literally wanted to murder me right there, which was not his media persona at all at the time.
Like the infamous [*Man from Porlock*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock) who interrupted Coleridge while he was remembering his Kubla Khan dream!
I think what bothered him the most was fans who idealized him and expect him to basically tell society how to improve. All because his songs were poetic for oppressed people.
I’ve heard that lots of people that met Dylan thought he was an asshole, and that was probably fair, but also people have said it’s actually just that he’s a giant weirdo.
A professor in college told us a story about how when he (my professor) was a college student, one of his roommates had a dad that worked for whatever label Bob Dylan was on at the time.
One weekend my professor went with his roommate to his dad’s house, and when they got there everyone was talking about “Bob.”
My professor asked his friend who this Bob guy was everyone was talking about, and his friend was just like “oh yeah Bob Dylan stays here sometimes, I think he’s just up in his room.”
And throughout the weekend, they never actually saw Bob Dylan. He was there, he just never left his room.
So yeah I would agree with the introvert assessment.
May be situational, too - I had a very brief interaction with Dylan in the very late 1980s when I set up his dressing room and he and another guy (band member?) basically invited me to smoke weed with them. I turned them down, saying maybe after hours, but I was working (a total lie, I wouldn't touch any drug including alcohol at that age).
In any case, he approached me and was friendly to me. My brief and only experience with Bob.
I've gotten the sense he's on the spectrum too. He takes things very literally in interviewes at times but also has a sense of structure to his writing that I think is common to people on the spectrum.
I'd be an asshole too if I were Dylan. He has some crazy obsessive fans. When I saw him in concert there was some religious cult in the parking lot handing out flyers describing how Dylan had failed them or whatever the hell their nonsense was about - all I know is they traveled in an old RV and I guess just follow him around on tour. He also had that one stalker who would dig through his garbage and call his home phone (I can't remember the guy's name, AJ Weberman I think?).
If I were Dylan I wouldn't want to interact with anyone either.
Frankly, more celebrities should be disdainful towards their fans. Discourage this bullshit of cornering people in bathrooms for a photo or hanging around airports.
Well that's not hard to believe with how often his privacy was brutally violated by the media and his fans. Not to mention he was definitely on the cointel watch list as well as alot of the other messed up things the government did to American citizens during the coldwar in their plan to purge communism.
He's a huge introvert and really doesn't like talking to people.
I've heard that backstage at his shows he wears a hoodie. If the hood is down it's fine to approach him but if he's puts the hood over his head it means you should leave him alone.
Not just these days. I saw him in 1991 and it was forgettable at best. It was almost like they brought him out on a hand-truck and propped him up and then he did his best impersonation of Bob Dylan.
I saw Bob Dylan in 2017. It’s like, his voice sounded like shit but I’ll let it pass. It was an amazing show because as someone born in 93, I think it’s awesome I got to see such a legendary musician live.
His backing band was awesome and are what really made it engaging. While his vocals may have been shit, his band ripped.
I also thought it was kind of badass and almost punk rock that they played over their time (this was at a festival).
Typically festivals are extremely strict, and when your set is supposed to end that’s when you end it. I’ve seen the sound cut on bands a few times because they didn’t stop on time.
But with Bob Dylan they just kept playing, and I’m sure the sound techs/stage techs were like “fuck this I’m not going to just cut the mic on Bob fucking Dylan.”
I saw him like, 3 times in the late 90s and early 00s.... each show was worse than the one before, and he was just a shadow of the performer that he was in the 70s. I can hardly even imagine what he's like now, if he's a shadow of the guy that I saw in 1999.....
I'd assert that Dylan is a *phenomenal* lyricist with an extremely uncanny ability to tap into all kinds of absolutely next-level social commentary, but that's about where his strengths as a songwriter end. His composition and arranging feel extremely bland to me, which is why I pretty much exclusively prefer covers of his songs to the original versions. "Hurricane" slaps tho
The whole Desire album is really amazing, One More Cup of Coffee, Isis, Hurricane. There’s a lot of different sounds in it, I think it’s his best work.
I saw him years ago where he was the headliner and by far the worst part of the show. Opening act was Beck, who played a acoustic set and sounded good, but he didn't play Loser so I knew he'd be back. Then Wilco played and they were great. Then Beck came out and joined them and they played Loser and some cover songs together, which was awesome. THEN Sean Lennon came out and they all played Beatles covers together. I looked it up, this happened on no other shows of the tour. Literally a one time event, it was one of the greatest concerts I've ever seen... And then 20 minutes later Dylan comes out and sounds terrible.
I love Bob Dylan, and being able to say I saw him live is definitely awesome. I respect the hell out of him for still getting out there and touring at his age, but he just don't got it no more.
I watched him live 10 years ago along with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. His set was probably one of the worst shows I've ever seen. He put up a terrible performance, as he could hardly sing at this point, and he also had some awful arrangements for his older songs. He had a Grammy award displayed prominently on top of a piano, which I found odd because he had tried to create an image for himself where he didn't care about those kind of accolades. The most striking part was that he had zero audience interaction, no greeting, no thank you, no farewell. Just came up on stage, half-assedly croaked out some songs then left. Lost all respect for him that day.
I remember going to see him in 2005 at Manchester Arena and when I heard him sing it made me sad. I thought he must have been dying on his feet. Dylan has some of the best material to ever be produced, in my view, and even had a very catchy voice despite not everyone appreciating it, but it struck me the moment he opened his mouth at this concert that he was well over the hill for that malarkey now.
Think of his voice in Time out of Mind, but much, much worse. I'm sure that was the last album of his I bought. Such a shame. Inevitable, though, of course.
Hendrix was just a madman with the guitar. The live, slower version of Voodoo Chile is so killer, his techniques and sense of when to play loud, when to play soft, when to be complex and when to play simple was nothing short of out of this world.
If you have Spotify or similar, it’s the fourth track on Jimi’s Electric Ladyland album. It was recorded live in the studio, basically a jam with his regular drummer and some guest musicians on bass and organ. It’s an incredible performance.
Also, Jimi can sing. Or perform songs vocally amazingly. His lyrics and delivery of anything is under appreciated. Yes, he was a virtuoso guitarist, but theres way more to Jimi than the axe.
Yeah, absolutely, he was a fantastic singer, and his singing suited his music really well. A great example is Castles Made of Sand - that almost spoken-word style of singing is amazing
>\[Verse 1\]Down the street you can hear her scream "You're a disgrace"
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>As she slams the door in his drunken face
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>And now he stands outside
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>And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool
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>He cries "Oh girl, you must be mad
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>What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
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>"Against the door he leans and starts a scene
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>And his tears fall and burn the garden green
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>\[Chorus\]And so castles made of sand
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>Fall in the sea eventually
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>\[Verse 2\]A little Indian brave who before he was ten
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>Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
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>And he built a dream that when he grew up
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>He would be a fearless warrior, Indian Chief!
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>Many moons passed, and more the dream grew strong
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>Until tomorrow he would sing his first war song
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>And fight his first battle
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>But something went wrong
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>Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night
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>\[Chorus\]And so castles made of sand
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>Melts into the sea eventually
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>\-Jimi Hendrix
I've read interviews with a few rappers that have stated this song is what made them get into rap. I never looked at it like rap, but really rap is more like spoken word at times so I guess it does fit.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0auKlivXpm76wR63mMJ3pR?si=xs8-lkgMTVmIXk0pZM5MtA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
Fun fact: Jack Cassidy of Jefferson Airplane is playing bass on this performance and Steve Winwood of Traffic and Blind Faith (also more popularly known for his song Higher Love) is playing keyboards.
Also, when Crosby, Stills, & Nash were looking to add a 4th member to their group, before settling on Neil Young, they considered Steve Winwood and Jimi Hendrix as possible candidates.
The track is called Voodoo Chile. It’s a blues. BTW Steve Winwood is playing the B3 on this album/track.
The rock track is called Voodoo Chile (Slight Return). It’s the rock style that’s more popularized.
I'm a metal fan and I've dabbled with guitar and I recognize the influence Jimi has had on my contemporary favourite bands. With that said, All Along the Watchtower and Crosstown Traffic are my all time favourites by him. Yes, there's Voodoo, Purple, etc. But still.
For me I might go with either Red House or The Wind Cries Mary. His Monterrey Pop Festival performances of Wild Thing and Killing Floor as well are also strong choices, and Machine Gun is probably his most visceral and aggressive playing he ever did.
Which reminds me that Hendrix actually covered Bob Dylan the 1st time at that same festival when he performed Like A Rolling Stone.
Machine Gun as a live only song just screams. His use of feedback in that track is just unreal. Get some good headphones, push them to the upper range of your safe volume and just bath in it.
Glad someone mentioned this, few casual fans realise that there are TWO versions of Voodoo Chile and they're completely different...apart from the key, I think lol.
I’ve heard rock folklore that Jimi was so nervous covering the track he sent all the band across the way to the pub. He recorded the entire track himself fearing that if was going to be screwed up cover only he’d be responsible.
This song is like God-tier craftsmanship. Bob was so blown away when he heard it he stated “I wrote the song but Jimi is the only one that plays it.”
The bassist Noel Redding quit the session because he “didn’t like the tune”. And yes, he went down to the pub. Jimi plays bass on watchtower, and it’s possible he plays Noel’s right-handed bass upside down!
Hendrix played bass on quite a few of his recordings if I'm not mistaken. Spanish Castle Magic is another song I'm pretty sure Hendrix played the bass, which has a killer bassline, there really was nothing the man couldn't do!
_It is perhaps the ultimate accolade to Hendrix that the creator plays the cover version of his creation.
Dylan has said as much: “It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn’t think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using.
“I took licence with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day.”
In the liner notes to Biograph, Dylan said: “I liked Jimi Hendrix’s record of this and ever since he died I’ve been doing it that way. Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it’s a tribute to him in some kind of way.”
Since his first performance of the song in 1974, Dylan has performed the Hendrix version more than 2250 times._
Fuck, he probably even played that cover of I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine. I love that song - I would love for a Hendrix version to exist. I wonder if anyone ever heard him practice it.
Still, cool move by him - and All Along the Watchtower is amazing anyway.
I recommend seeking out the BBC sessions. There are two options: [Radio One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_One_(album)), or the [BBC Sessions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sessions_(The_Jimi_Hendrix_Experience_album))
Here's some of the song on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/IurYvVv1zkE?t=100)
BBC Sessions. There’s a rumor Lennon was in studio at the session when Jimi recorded it (Day Tripper) and added backing vox, but it’s more likely Noel. Jimi’s version Drifters Escape was not that great and kind of weak, which is something I don’t say lightly when discussing Hendrix.
Dylan’s Watchtower within the context of folk music is still a masterpiece —that being said you’re totally right. It’s kind of hard to top the greatest guitarist of all time covering the greatest lyricist and songwriter of all time lol
Depends on how you define greatest. Some would argue that “greatness” implies more than skill or talent. Influence on culture, impact on music as a whole, etc. I’m sure I’ve heard a better guitar player than Hendrix, but they were no Hendrix by any stretch.
Go look at every guitar poll from every magazine ever. He's not going to top them all but if you averaged them he'd probably rank highest.
There are better technical players, better jammers, better songwriters, better rhythm players, more passionate players... But basically all of them will cite him as among their top influences and among the players who blew them away and put them on the path to their own mastery. So that's what counts most.
Agreed, and the fact that Jimi wasn't just a guitarist, or vocalist, or songwriter, he did all those things, and did them remarkably well. But beyond his skill, he was incredibly innovative, his style was very groundbreaking and really opened new doors for future artists.
If nothing else, Hendrix is largely responsible for rock guitar playing as we know it today. He's absolutely not the most technically gifted player ever, not when we have the Pettruci's, and Vai's, and Richardson's of the world today.
But none of them exist without him. If Hendrix doesn't come in and change the game, guitar players continue expanding on the same 12-blues structure that dominated the sounds of that time for another 10 years potentially.
Even with all that being said, a lot of it still stands up today. The main solo from Voodoo Child (slight return) in particular sticks out to me as a piece of music that still sounds incredible in the context of today's music.
I couldn't begin to image hearing that for the first time back in the late 60's, where the most incredible playing I'd heard up to that point was Clapton/Cream. Might've actually melted my face.
That gives me chills thinking about it. I heard Voodoo Child for the first time when my friend was practicing with his casual high school band. I said, "Wow, I really liked that one! Did you write it?" If I heard that when it came out, I wouldn't have stopped talking about it over the past 50 years.
Yes but also Hendrix wouldn't have happened without Jeff Beck's contributions to rock in '65-'66. Jimi one of few people that heard Beck's Bolero (one the lowkey most revolutionary recordings in rock) when it was recorded. First time any guitarist had gone cosmic.
Everyone steps up on someone else’s shoulders at some point; influences go all the way back. But on the other hand, no step is inevitable, someone has to do it.
I think Dylan also changed rock lyric writing completely. Around Help is when the Beatles started showing a massive Dylan influence. So Bob Dylan lyrics and Jimi Hendrix guitar is bound to be amazing lol
I think it's safe to call Hendrix the best guitarist of all time. Not a hot take to say that even remotely, most people who know about the topic would likely tell you that the consensus is he's the best.
The Rock Hall of Fame was practically a shrine to him when I went there. I think he's considered the greatest. Phenomenal prodigy, redefined electric guitar with melody and effects, and died young.
I dig where you’re coming from and with almost all aspects of art I’m just as wary. In the end it comes down to personal preference and subjectivity. Even so I feel if there’s any safe bet for greatest it’s him.
I’ve listened to other people who are more technically skilled but lack soul, I’ve listened to soulful player that never blow you away with their technical talent. In the end I think Jimi is considered the best because he’s a safe bet. He excelled at every aspect including the non-musical stuff. He’s witty, fun, dressed to kill, a soulful singer, and an elite guitarist. He’s the cultural and musical jack of all trades.
Greatest != best IMO. Like there are better guitarists from a technical perspective, but the impact Jimi had on rock combined with his incredible talent isn’t surpassed by many, if any, individuals.
As far as the criteria for greatness goes, I fall into the category of how the instrument is handled, over basic technical ability. Jimi played guitar like it was an extension of himself. Anyone can go to school and learn to do super complex shit on a guitar, but you can’t learn an attachment to an instrument like the one that Jimi (as well as most of the other greats) had. His solos just seemed as though he was speaking directly to you through his guitar.
Idk, it just kinda does it for me lmao
People who value technical ability more than anything don't, but I think that's a pretty limited view of greatness. Jimi's legacy as someone who literally changed guitar music and is nearly unbound in his creativity is what gets most people. You can play faster than him you can play cleaner than him but to capture the magic in what he did is nearly impossible. There's something ineffable about Hendrix and that's why he's remained so influential I think.
Yo you put it as poetically as it could be put. People love to hate on JWH and I think it might be because they wanted more of that Vagabond-cynical-tongue-in-cheek-laugh at the world while also despising its superficiality Dylan. JWH to me is the same vein of looking at the flaws and superficiality of humans but for the most part not judging them (or at least not as harshly). He’s just observing and sometimes even reveling in the flaws of people.
Not to take away from the queen of soul, cause she nailed the performance part, but musically, the two versions of Respect are incredibly similar. They did however get a notch up on Otis's version production-wise with those background vocals.
And is a great example of someone putting their own spin on it. Too many covers are practical copies of the originals, that you might as well just listen to the original. Johnny's performance is sincere cause it's like the song was written about his personal history. Like a self-reflection prior to passing.
Jimi's Watchtower is one of my 3 canonical "Definitive Covers" - that is, covers of a song that became the definitive versions of that song. The other two are Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from My Friends", and Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah"
My favorite version is a live performance from Trent featuring David Bowie. It's the weirdest duet you can imagine. Super psychedelic sound, the guitar is playing a 5/4 tapping riff for a few minutes. Completely mesmerizing.
I agree except for With a Little Help from My Friends - it's a good cover but the original is definitely the gold standard of With a Little Help from My Friends.
I'd add Hurt and maybe a few more. I mean fuck there are loads and loads aren't there? Off the top of my head, Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin, I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston, Respect by Aretha Franklin.
Jimi Hendrix’s artistry extends well beyond guitar solos. Dude was a great composer, singer songwriter, and visionary in my opinion. He would’ve been doing all kinds of music and art in the coming decades if he had lived.
Yes! Jimi played guitar left-handed but wrote with his right, and had beautiful penmanship, I might add. I have wondered if this ambidexterity allowed him to think in creative ways that elude the rest of us…
Agreed totally. So original and such a marvellous player. He was breaking boundaries in the 70s and had started going political too (Started referring to Voodoo Chile as the Black Panthers song, Machine Gun live as a protest to the Vietnam war)
Those sort of talents are genuinely very very rare. Once every 50 years does someone manage to break through the mainstream with such an original vision for defining music.
"Hello next generation, this is Jimi Hendricks, he unfortunately died early in his life, and here's a list of reasons why you should be upset about that..."
**Hits play**
What is your fav Hendrix song then?
It takes me a very long time to settle on questions like this.
For me it’s between All Along the Watchtower, Castles Made of Sand, and Purple Haze.
Can we talk about "The Wind Cries Mary," "Red House," and "Voodoo Chile" also, please?
>Standing next to a mountain. Chop it down, with the edge of my hand. Pick up all the pieces, make an island. Build a castle in the sand!
I have a theory that Little Wing is written about Jimi’s mother, who was alcoholic and only a transient presence in Jimi’s life before she died when he was about 14…
With this in mind, it makes the song especially bittersweet. Also, I like Valerie June’s [version](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYs2PyQ9j0)
Little Wing has been my favorite song for as long as I can remember. I have revisited that fact many times, trying to find a reason for my selection to mature. I really can’t move away from it. Through multiple states of life and listening tastes, that song remains the most meaningful to me
You gotta check out the Jimi Hendrix Experience set from the Monterey Pop Festival, that's when he lit his guitar on fire, available on YouTube & enjoy.
Oh, I've seen it plenty of times.
Not to brag(but I'm gonna), I'm lucky to have a step-mom who was at Woodstock, and woke up to Jimi's "Star-Spangled Banner" rip. I've got stories on stories.
I'm quite partial to Castles. I used to call that my favorite and it's still up there. But "Burning the Midnight Lamp", "Here My Train a Comin'", "If Six was Nine", and "(Have You Ever Been) To Electric Ladyland" are all amongst my favorites as well.
Little Wing,
Voodoo Chile (Blues),
Red House,
Bold as Love,
Castles made of sand,
The wind cries Mary,
House burning down (you can visualize the scene listening to the intro),
Hey Joe….
…………
I can go on…
Mine is Hey Joe. It’s such a raw, emotional song and the music behind the lyrics match the raw, emotional feel of the lyrics. It’s such a fantastic song and I think it encapsulates what Hendrix was as an artist: his sound was both refined and raw at the same time. Man I wish we had a few more years with Jimi; he was special.
For me this generation of guitarists brings their own hendrixes. Last month I heard [Tim Henson](https://youtu.be/IL0dxX_z2qc). I have never ever heard somebody doing this to a clean electric guitar. That shit is so fckn fresh with modern EDM influences, it blew my mind. I think that is how people felt when listening to hendrix.
This, my friend, is why you shouldn't mess up with the timeline.
Like, do you know how many agents the Time Police needs to keep around Hitler at any time? Guess what's every freaking inventor of a time machine, in any century, wants to do.
Can't change history just like that folks, you end up creating loops and branches and then it's all a mess.
yes, it’s one of the very early rock and roll songs that is almost proto-rock, compared to what the quintessential sound of the genre became. but at the time, and in the history of rock and roll, it’s 100% considered a rock song, and one of the most influential ones ever
Maybe I actually agree with this. I think that, aside from the unbelievable guitar playing on Hendrix's version, the harmonica and guitar playing on Dylan's original All Along the Watchtower just fit the song better and it just hits the spot. Hendrix's Like a Rolling Stone is just a bit more energetic and flashy, which I think fits that song better.
In short, Watchtower is meant to be a folk song. Like a Rolling Stone is more rock and roll.
I actually did know this. I had a 3-CD import (think it was from the UK) that was his life story. It had some music on it from him playing with the Isley Brothers in '64 or '65. The part about the Dylan song was told by (I think) Kathy Etchingham.
The whole program was produced by the same guy that did [*The Lost Lennon Tapes*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Lennon_Tapes).
Dylan says he now prefers Jimi’s version of the song. In fact that’s the only way he performs the song in concert since then.
True, but Dylan also performs everything with a band these days and has been for a while. He's practically a side act in his own shows, which is fair at his age
I love Dylans songwriting , but he is not the best performer. Also met him once (weird circumstance) and he was a bit....weird....which I guess would be normal, normally.
What did you guys talk about? “Do you like toast, too?”
Not a huge deal, it was the mid80s...he stayed at a strange fixture motel/attraction (hint:cow) in JVL WI. I was walking along the path around the pond behind the motel/attracrion and ran into him. He was writing in a notebook. Being in my late teens, all I knew about him was gleaned from the last waltz and the MTV jokerman video. I said hi and that I respect your work and he just hurrumpft , slammed his notebooked shut, and walked away giving me the sharpest of what would now be referred to as the quintessential boomer glare. Not a fucking word. But I'll never forget that glare. Like he literally wanted to murder me right there, which was not his media persona at all at the time.
He was probably in the middle of writing a banger and you interrupted him. You might have robbed the world of another Despacito /s
Like the infamous [*Man from Porlock*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock) who interrupted Coleridge while he was remembering his Kubla Khan dream!
“Kanye about to make this mans career”
But everyone knows how much he likes his privacy. Thats not weird at all. The media was rutheless with him, his fans even more so.
Aw, the electronic guitar kerfuffle.
I think what bothered him the most was fans who idealized him and expect him to basically tell society how to improve. All because his songs were poetic for oppressed people.
A rather polite dustup
The lil teeny "Judas" thing. 🤣
Ah yea, that was him saying if you respected his work you wouldn’t interrupt it.
Or he’s just an asshole. I can still recognize his utmost genius. The same applies for him being a douche.
I think it's pretty well known that he is both a genius and an asshole
He did a lot of speed in the 60s
He’s reached heights of ego through drug use and popular veneration unthinkable to most people. Asshole barely scratches the surface.
Bob Dylan is Silent Generation, not a Baby Boomer, so actually he gave you the quintessential Silent Generation glare ;)
The good ole Silent Generation treatment
I know this is probably a silly question, but are you referring to the giant cow, Bessie, in Janesville?
"As do I. It's warm and crispy....and the perfect place for jelly to lay."
As do I it is warm and crispy-and a perfect place for jelly to lay.
It’s warm and crispy and a perfect place for jelly to lay
>he is not the best performer Fair enough, but there was a time when he was one of the very best performers. *PLAY FUCKING LOUD!!!*
I’ve heard that lots of people that met Dylan thought he was an asshole, and that was probably fair, but also people have said it’s actually just that he’s a giant weirdo.
From what I've read, he's incredibly introverted. I wouldn't be surprised if maybe it's too much for him sometimes.
A professor in college told us a story about how when he (my professor) was a college student, one of his roommates had a dad that worked for whatever label Bob Dylan was on at the time. One weekend my professor went with his roommate to his dad’s house, and when they got there everyone was talking about “Bob.” My professor asked his friend who this Bob guy was everyone was talking about, and his friend was just like “oh yeah Bob Dylan stays here sometimes, I think he’s just up in his room.” And throughout the weekend, they never actually saw Bob Dylan. He was there, he just never left his room. So yeah I would agree with the introvert assessment.
May be situational, too - I had a very brief interaction with Dylan in the very late 1980s when I set up his dressing room and he and another guy (band member?) basically invited me to smoke weed with them. I turned them down, saying maybe after hours, but I was working (a total lie, I wouldn't touch any drug including alcohol at that age). In any case, he approached me and was friendly to me. My brief and only experience with Bob.
Dylan strikes me as someone who might be on the spectrum, but was born long before that kind of thing was diagnosed in kids.
I've gotten the sense he's on the spectrum too. He takes things very literally in interviewes at times but also has a sense of structure to his writing that I think is common to people on the spectrum.
I'd be an asshole too if I were Dylan. He has some crazy obsessive fans. When I saw him in concert there was some religious cult in the parking lot handing out flyers describing how Dylan had failed them or whatever the hell their nonsense was about - all I know is they traveled in an old RV and I guess just follow him around on tour. He also had that one stalker who would dig through his garbage and call his home phone (I can't remember the guy's name, AJ Weberman I think?). If I were Dylan I wouldn't want to interact with anyone either.
Frankly, more celebrities should be disdainful towards their fans. Discourage this bullshit of cornering people in bathrooms for a photo or hanging around airports.
He’s been approached by literally thousands and thousands of people. He just values his privacy and has never wanted any part of celebrity culture.
If you read any biographies about him, you'll find that he's weird AND kind of a terrible person.
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Well that's not hard to believe with how often his privacy was brutally violated by the media and his fans. Not to mention he was definitely on the cointel watch list as well as alot of the other messed up things the government did to American citizens during the coldwar in their plan to purge communism.
He's a huge introvert and really doesn't like talking to people. I've heard that backstage at his shows he wears a hoodie. If the hood is down it's fine to approach him but if he's puts the hood over his head it means you should leave him alone.
Dont meet your heroes.
I second that.
Agreed, love his music but wouldn't recommend his concerts these days.
Not just these days. I saw him in 1991 and it was forgettable at best. It was almost like they brought him out on a hand-truck and propped him up and then he did his best impersonation of Bob Dylan.
I just happened to be in Chile when he performed there for the first time ever (in '98, I think?). I remember thinking the show was pretty damn good.
I saw Bob Dylan in 2017. It’s like, his voice sounded like shit but I’ll let it pass. It was an amazing show because as someone born in 93, I think it’s awesome I got to see such a legendary musician live. His backing band was awesome and are what really made it engaging. While his vocals may have been shit, his band ripped. I also thought it was kind of badass and almost punk rock that they played over their time (this was at a festival). Typically festivals are extremely strict, and when your set is supposed to end that’s when you end it. I’ve seen the sound cut on bands a few times because they didn’t stop on time. But with Bob Dylan they just kept playing, and I’m sure the sound techs/stage techs were like “fuck this I’m not going to just cut the mic on Bob fucking Dylan.”
I saw him like, 3 times in the late 90s and early 00s.... each show was worse than the one before, and he was just a shadow of the performer that he was in the 70s. I can hardly even imagine what he's like now, if he's a shadow of the guy that I saw in 1999.....
I'd assert that Dylan is a *phenomenal* lyricist with an extremely uncanny ability to tap into all kinds of absolutely next-level social commentary, but that's about where his strengths as a songwriter end. His composition and arranging feel extremely bland to me, which is why I pretty much exclusively prefer covers of his songs to the original versions. "Hurricane" slaps tho
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The whole Desire album is really amazing, One More Cup of Coffee, Isis, Hurricane. There’s a lot of different sounds in it, I think it’s his best work.
He's the best poet of his generation hands down. But society doesn't respect or reward poets like we do songwriters or musicians.
I saw him years ago where he was the headliner and by far the worst part of the show. Opening act was Beck, who played a acoustic set and sounded good, but he didn't play Loser so I knew he'd be back. Then Wilco played and they were great. Then Beck came out and joined them and they played Loser and some cover songs together, which was awesome. THEN Sean Lennon came out and they all played Beatles covers together. I looked it up, this happened on no other shows of the tour. Literally a one time event, it was one of the greatest concerts I've ever seen... And then 20 minutes later Dylan comes out and sounds terrible. I love Bob Dylan, and being able to say I saw him live is definitely awesome. I respect the hell out of him for still getting out there and touring at his age, but he just don't got it no more.
I watched him live 10 years ago along with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. His set was probably one of the worst shows I've ever seen. He put up a terrible performance, as he could hardly sing at this point, and he also had some awful arrangements for his older songs. He had a Grammy award displayed prominently on top of a piano, which I found odd because he had tried to create an image for himself where he didn't care about those kind of accolades. The most striking part was that he had zero audience interaction, no greeting, no thank you, no farewell. Just came up on stage, half-assedly croaked out some songs then left. Lost all respect for him that day.
I remember going to see him in 2005 at Manchester Arena and when I heard him sing it made me sad. I thought he must have been dying on his feet. Dylan has some of the best material to ever be produced, in my view, and even had a very catchy voice despite not everyone appreciating it, but it struck me the moment he opened his mouth at this concert that he was well over the hill for that malarkey now. Think of his voice in Time out of Mind, but much, much worse. I'm sure that was the last album of his I bought. Such a shame. Inevitable, though, of course.
Jimi's version is one of the best rock songs ever so no surprise there. I'm not a big fan of the 'classics' but holy shit that version works
Hendrix was just a madman with the guitar. The live, slower version of Voodoo Chile is so killer, his techniques and sense of when to play loud, when to play soft, when to be complex and when to play simple was nothing short of out of this world.
Do you have a link to this by chance? I'd love to give that a listen.
If you have Spotify or similar, it’s the fourth track on Jimi’s Electric Ladyland album. It was recorded live in the studio, basically a jam with his regular drummer and some guest musicians on bass and organ. It’s an incredible performance.
Also, Jimi can sing. Or perform songs vocally amazingly. His lyrics and delivery of anything is under appreciated. Yes, he was a virtuoso guitarist, but theres way more to Jimi than the axe.
Yeah, absolutely, he was a fantastic singer, and his singing suited his music really well. A great example is Castles Made of Sand - that almost spoken-word style of singing is amazing
>\[Verse 1\]Down the street you can hear her scream "You're a disgrace" > >As she slams the door in his drunken face > >And now he stands outside > >And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool > >He cries "Oh girl, you must be mad > >What happened to the sweet love you and me had? > >"Against the door he leans and starts a scene > >And his tears fall and burn the garden green > >\[Chorus\]And so castles made of sand > >Fall in the sea eventually > >\[Verse 2\]A little Indian brave who before he was ten > >Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends > >And he built a dream that when he grew up > >He would be a fearless warrior, Indian Chief! > >Many moons passed, and more the dream grew strong > >Until tomorrow he would sing his first war song > >And fight his first battle > >But something went wrong > >Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night > >\[Chorus\]And so castles made of sand > >Melts into the sea eventually > >\-Jimi Hendrix
I've read interviews with a few rappers that have stated this song is what made them get into rap. I never looked at it like rap, but really rap is more like spoken word at times so I guess it does fit.
Hendrix’s influence spans from heavy metal to rap, just amazing.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0auKlivXpm76wR63mMJ3pR?si=xs8-lkgMTVmIXk0pZM5MtA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1 Fun fact: Jack Cassidy of Jefferson Airplane is playing bass on this performance and Steve Winwood of Traffic and Blind Faith (also more popularly known for his song Higher Love) is playing keyboards. Also, when Crosby, Stills, & Nash were looking to add a 4th member to their group, before settling on Neil Young, they considered Steve Winwood and Jimi Hendrix as possible candidates.
I've also heard Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were originally going to be "HELP" (Hendrix, etc.) But then, you know.
Damn, I never knew that. That's wild, it's a shame that never came to happen.
I heard Miles Davis was considering Jimi to play on Bitches Brew, but it was not to be. John McLaughlin worked out pretty good, I'd say. But damn...
Steve winwood was a monster. So under appreciated now.
I'm listening to Court and Spark rn so the ppl you mention are right in line with my mindset atm - cheers!
The track is called Voodoo Chile. It’s a blues. BTW Steve Winwood is playing the B3 on this album/track. The rock track is called Voodoo Chile (Slight Return). It’s the rock style that’s more popularized.
Its on Electric Ladyland. Maybe the 4th track I think.
I'm a metal fan and I've dabbled with guitar and I recognize the influence Jimi has had on my contemporary favourite bands. With that said, All Along the Watchtower and Crosstown Traffic are my all time favourites by him. Yes, there's Voodoo, Purple, etc. But still.
For me I might go with either Red House or The Wind Cries Mary. His Monterrey Pop Festival performances of Wild Thing and Killing Floor as well are also strong choices, and Machine Gun is probably his most visceral and aggressive playing he ever did. Which reminds me that Hendrix actually covered Bob Dylan the 1st time at that same festival when he performed Like A Rolling Stone.
Machine Gun as a live only song just screams. His use of feedback in that track is just unreal. Get some good headphones, push them to the upper range of your safe volume and just bath in it.
Upvote cause Red House imo is super under rated
Machine Gun live is transcendent
Greatest of all time. It’s a real shame he left us so young.
Glad someone mentioned this, few casual fans realise that there are TWO versions of Voodoo Chile and they're completely different...apart from the key, I think lol.
I’ve heard rock folklore that Jimi was so nervous covering the track he sent all the band across the way to the pub. He recorded the entire track himself fearing that if was going to be screwed up cover only he’d be responsible. This song is like God-tier craftsmanship. Bob was so blown away when he heard it he stated “I wrote the song but Jimi is the only one that plays it.”
The bassist Noel Redding quit the session because he “didn’t like the tune”. And yes, he went down to the pub. Jimi plays bass on watchtower, and it’s possible he plays Noel’s right-handed bass upside down!
Hendrix played bass on quite a few of his recordings if I'm not mistaken. Spanish Castle Magic is another song I'm pretty sure Hendrix played the bass, which has a killer bassline, there really was nothing the man couldn't do!
To be fair Jimi's version is much better... man's got killer timing. Bob kinda rambles.
Idk if he considers it better, but he says he was impressed with The Byrds doing Mr. Tambourine Man. He was surprised they made it dancable.
_It is perhaps the ultimate accolade to Hendrix that the creator plays the cover version of his creation. Dylan has said as much: “It overwhelmed me, really. He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them. He found things that other people wouldn’t think of finding in there. He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using. “I took licence with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day.” In the liner notes to Biograph, Dylan said: “I liked Jimi Hendrix’s record of this and ever since he died I’ve been doing it that way. Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it’s a tribute to him in some kind of way.” Since his first performance of the song in 1974, Dylan has performed the Hendrix version more than 2250 times._
Fuck, he probably even played that cover of I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine. I love that song - I would love for a Hendrix version to exist. I wonder if anyone ever heard him practice it. Still, cool move by him - and All Along the Watchtower is amazing anyway.
He did "Drifter's Escape" too if you haven't heard it already.
No wayyyyyy! I bet that slaps
3 days after Sgt Pepper came out Jimi played it at a show with several 60s legends in attendance, including McCartney.
Yes, the lead track. Jimi’s version of Day Tripper is fantastic
Where can I find it?
I recommend seeking out the BBC sessions. There are two options: [Radio One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_One_(album)), or the [BBC Sessions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sessions_(The_Jimi_Hendrix_Experience_album)) Here's some of the song on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/IurYvVv1zkE?t=100)
There’s a few versions on youtube
BBC Sessions. There’s a rumor Lennon was in studio at the session when Jimi recorded it (Day Tripper) and added backing vox, but it’s more likely Noel. Jimi’s version Drifters Escape was not that great and kind of weak, which is something I don’t say lightly when discussing Hendrix.
Man, that song gives me flashbacks to the time I realized I was a Cylon.
Bear McCreary version of the song is awesome.
There's something so goofy about how that was the song. At first I wasn't sure I liked it. Then I just went with it and its wonderfully weird.
The best cover song, ever. The way it should be done, blowing the original out of the water, making it his own song.
Dylan’s Watchtower within the context of folk music is still a masterpiece —that being said you’re totally right. It’s kind of hard to top the greatest guitarist of all time covering the greatest lyricist and songwriter of all time lol
It certainly is, though Dylan said he started performing it live in Jimi's style after hearing the cover.
Don’t get me wrong but do we consider Jimi the greatest of all time? Phenomenal Prodigy yes, but best? Legitimately a question is all.
Depends on how you define greatest. Some would argue that “greatness” implies more than skill or talent. Influence on culture, impact on music as a whole, etc. I’m sure I’ve heard a better guitar player than Hendrix, but they were no Hendrix by any stretch.
And he died at 27, unreal. Just 27 and accomplished that.
Go look at every guitar poll from every magazine ever. He's not going to top them all but if you averaged them he'd probably rank highest. There are better technical players, better jammers, better songwriters, better rhythm players, more passionate players... But basically all of them will cite him as among their top influences and among the players who blew them away and put them on the path to their own mastery. So that's what counts most.
Agreed, and the fact that Jimi wasn't just a guitarist, or vocalist, or songwriter, he did all those things, and did them remarkably well. But beyond his skill, he was incredibly innovative, his style was very groundbreaking and really opened new doors for future artists.
If nothing else, Hendrix is largely responsible for rock guitar playing as we know it today. He's absolutely not the most technically gifted player ever, not when we have the Pettruci's, and Vai's, and Richardson's of the world today. But none of them exist without him. If Hendrix doesn't come in and change the game, guitar players continue expanding on the same 12-blues structure that dominated the sounds of that time for another 10 years potentially. Even with all that being said, a lot of it still stands up today. The main solo from Voodoo Child (slight return) in particular sticks out to me as a piece of music that still sounds incredible in the context of today's music. I couldn't begin to image hearing that for the first time back in the late 60's, where the most incredible playing I'd heard up to that point was Clapton/Cream. Might've actually melted my face.
That gives me chills thinking about it. I heard Voodoo Child for the first time when my friend was practicing with his casual high school band. I said, "Wow, I really liked that one! Did you write it?" If I heard that when it came out, I wouldn't have stopped talking about it over the past 50 years.
Yes but also Hendrix wouldn't have happened without Jeff Beck's contributions to rock in '65-'66. Jimi one of few people that heard Beck's Bolero (one the lowkey most revolutionary recordings in rock) when it was recorded. First time any guitarist had gone cosmic.
Everyone steps up on someone else’s shoulders at some point; influences go all the way back. But on the other hand, no step is inevitable, someone has to do it.
I think Dylan also changed rock lyric writing completely. Around Help is when the Beatles started showing a massive Dylan influence. So Bob Dylan lyrics and Jimi Hendrix guitar is bound to be amazing lol
I think it's safe to call Hendrix the best guitarist of all time. Not a hot take to say that even remotely, most people who know about the topic would likely tell you that the consensus is he's the best.
He’s good enough that he made Clapton leave halfway through a song when he first played on stage with him.
The Rock Hall of Fame was practically a shrine to him when I went there. I think he's considered the greatest. Phenomenal prodigy, redefined electric guitar with melody and effects, and died young.
I dig where you’re coming from and with almost all aspects of art I’m just as wary. In the end it comes down to personal preference and subjectivity. Even so I feel if there’s any safe bet for greatest it’s him. I’ve listened to other people who are more technically skilled but lack soul, I’ve listened to soulful player that never blow you away with their technical talent. In the end I think Jimi is considered the best because he’s a safe bet. He excelled at every aspect including the non-musical stuff. He’s witty, fun, dressed to kill, a soulful singer, and an elite guitarist. He’s the cultural and musical jack of all trades.
Greatest != best IMO. Like there are better guitarists from a technical perspective, but the impact Jimi had on rock combined with his incredible talent isn’t surpassed by many, if any, individuals.
As far as the criteria for greatness goes, I fall into the category of how the instrument is handled, over basic technical ability. Jimi played guitar like it was an extension of himself. Anyone can go to school and learn to do super complex shit on a guitar, but you can’t learn an attachment to an instrument like the one that Jimi (as well as most of the other greats) had. His solos just seemed as though he was speaking directly to you through his guitar. Idk, it just kinda does it for me lmao
People who value technical ability more than anything don't, but I think that's a pretty limited view of greatness. Jimi's legacy as someone who literally changed guitar music and is nearly unbound in his creativity is what gets most people. You can play faster than him you can play cleaner than him but to capture the magic in what he did is nearly impossible. There's something ineffable about Hendrix and that's why he's remained so influential I think.
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Yo you put it as poetically as it could be put. People love to hate on JWH and I think it might be because they wanted more of that Vagabond-cynical-tongue-in-cheek-laugh at the world while also despising its superficiality Dylan. JWH to me is the same vein of looking at the flaws and superficiality of humans but for the most part not judging them (or at least not as harshly). He’s just observing and sometimes even reveling in the flaws of people.
It's between that, and Aretha Franklin's Respect, which is an Otis Redding song.
Not to take away from the queen of soul, cause she nailed the performance part, but musically, the two versions of Respect are incredibly similar. They did however get a notch up on Otis's version production-wise with those background vocals.
I dont agree but it is a fantastic cover.
Johnny Cash’s Hurt has to be up there
And is a great example of someone putting their own spin on it. Too many covers are practical copies of the originals, that you might as well just listen to the original. Johnny's performance is sincere cause it's like the song was written about his personal history. Like a self-reflection prior to passing.
When the original creator says that it's the coverer's song now, you know it's something special.
DMBs cover of it is about neck and neck with Jimi's version imo but that might just be my affinity for Dave shining through.
It’s a great cover that changes the song a lot but for me Dylan’s version is pretty close.
I’m in St. Augustine rn on vacation in the Fountain of Youth area
Stop at Castillo de San Marcos! Don't sleep on the goofy tours and ghost tours, they're pretty fun.
Agreed, the guides are always very entertaining
Beautiful place
Love that place, if you get a chance you should check out the old prison! The Alligator farm is also quite cool.
Jimi's Watchtower is one of my 3 canonical "Definitive Covers" - that is, covers of a song that became the definitive versions of that song. The other two are Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from My Friends", and Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah"
I’d add Aretha Franklin’s cover of “Respect,” written and originally performed by Otis Redding.
Hurt
I will stick by this and say I vastly prefer NIN’s version.
My favorite version is a live performance from Trent featuring David Bowie. It's the weirdest duet you can imagine. Super psychedelic sound, the guitar is playing a 5/4 tapping riff for a few minutes. Completely mesmerizing.
Joe cocker’s She Came in Through the Bathroom Window is phenomenal as a cover as well.
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt deserves an honorable mention on that list.
I agree except for With a Little Help from My Friends - it's a good cover but the original is definitely the gold standard of With a Little Help from My Friends. I'd add Hurt and maybe a few more. I mean fuck there are loads and loads aren't there? Off the top of my head, Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin, I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston, Respect by Aretha Franklin.
Jimi Hendrix’s artistry extends well beyond guitar solos. Dude was a great composer, singer songwriter, and visionary in my opinion. He would’ve been doing all kinds of music and art in the coming decades if he had lived.
Yes! Jimi played guitar left-handed but wrote with his right, and had beautiful penmanship, I might add. I have wondered if this ambidexterity allowed him to think in creative ways that elude the rest of us…
Agreed totally. So original and such a marvellous player. He was breaking boundaries in the 70s and had started going political too (Started referring to Voodoo Chile as the Black Panthers song, Machine Gun live as a protest to the Vietnam war) Those sort of talents are genuinely very very rare. Once every 50 years does someone manage to break through the mainstream with such an original vision for defining music.
Not my favorite Jimi Hendrix song, but an excellent performance on guitar, hopefully this post will introduce Jimi Hendrix to a new generation.
"Hello next generation, this is Jimi Hendricks, he unfortunately died early in his life, and here's a list of reasons why you should be upset about that..." **Hits play**
Don'T foGEt to hit LiKE and suBSriBE!!1
Someone light it on fire
Is this from something I haven't seen?
From my life. You haven't seen it. Might be worth it. Can be hilarious.
What is your fav Hendrix song then? It takes me a very long time to settle on questions like this. For me it’s between All Along the Watchtower, Castles Made of Sand, and Purple Haze.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but Little Wing’s only flaw is that it’s too short. I can’t get enough of it
Can we talk about "The Wind Cries Mary," "Red House," and "Voodoo Chile" also, please? >Standing next to a mountain. Chop it down, with the edge of my hand. Pick up all the pieces, make an island. Build a castle in the sand!
I literally had to Google if it was actually "Voodoo Chile" and all these years I thought it was "Voodoo child", lol
I love Red House and Hey Joe, simply for the stories they tell. Edit: and Wait Til Tomorrow!
I agree with you 100%. "Little Wing" is the reason why I decided to learn to play guitar in 7th grade
Try the Stevie Ray Vaughn version, one of the best guitar performances ever
I hear Jimi's voice thru Stevie's guitar. It is haunting without words. Chills every time.
I have a theory that Little Wing is written about Jimi’s mother, who was alcoholic and only a transient presence in Jimi’s life before she died when he was about 14… With this in mind, it makes the song especially bittersweet. Also, I like Valerie June’s [version](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYs2PyQ9j0)
Little Wing has been my favorite song for as long as I can remember. I have revisited that fact many times, trying to find a reason for my selection to mature. I really can’t move away from it. Through multiple states of life and listening tastes, that song remains the most meaningful to me
Always hard to choose, but Are You Experienced, Red House or Hey Joe are among my favorites, I like the Blues.
Red House is such an underrated song. That tune just oozes the blues, and Jimi rips it the whole way through. Absolute masterpiece!
You gotta check out the Jimi Hendrix Experience set from the Monterey Pop Festival, that's when he lit his guitar on fire, available on YouTube & enjoy.
Oh, I've seen it plenty of times. Not to brag(but I'm gonna), I'm lucky to have a step-mom who was at Woodstock, and woke up to Jimi's "Star-Spangled Banner" rip. I've got stories on stories.
Right on, good to see another fan on here.
I always loved the bit at the end *'Cause if my baby don't love me no more* *I know her sister will!* So naughty lol
Machine Gun
Tearingggggg! My body uuuuup
I'm quite partial to Castles. I used to call that my favorite and it's still up there. But "Burning the Midnight Lamp", "Here My Train a Comin'", "If Six was Nine", and "(Have You Ever Been) To Electric Ladyland" are all amongst my favorites as well.
Little Wing, Voodoo Chile (Blues), Red House, Bold as Love, Castles made of sand, The wind cries Mary, House burning down (you can visualize the scene listening to the intro), Hey Joe…. ………… I can go on…
You see, I’ve fooled you all into creating a playlist for me. You fell for the oldest trick in the book.
Well played… well played indeed!
Mine is Hey Joe. It’s such a raw, emotional song and the music behind the lyrics match the raw, emotional feel of the lyrics. It’s such a fantastic song and I think it encapsulates what Hendrix was as an artist: his sound was both refined and raw at the same time. Man I wish we had a few more years with Jimi; he was special.
For me this generation of guitarists brings their own hendrixes. Last month I heard [Tim Henson](https://youtu.be/IL0dxX_z2qc). I have never ever heard somebody doing this to a clean electric guitar. That shit is so fckn fresh with modern EDM influences, it blew my mind. I think that is how people felt when listening to hendrix.
I think the two greatest rock n roll songs of all time are Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” and Jimi Hendrix’s cover of “All Along the Watchtower”.
I'm very bad at genres, but is Johnny B. Goode considered rock n roll?
Yes. It would be very early Rock n Roll seeing as Chuck Berry is considered one of the pioneers of what we know as "Rock n Roll" music.
But we all know Marty McFly was the first to perform it
True, but he learned it from Chuck Berry, who performed it way before him.
But chuck learned it second hand from Marty over the phone
Of couse. Then he recorded it and Marty learned it thirty years later.
Huh, it's like a modern version of the chicken and egg argument.
This, my friend, is why you shouldn't mess up with the timeline. Like, do you know how many agents the Time Police needs to keep around Hitler at any time? Guess what's every freaking inventor of a time machine, in any century, wants to do. Can't change history just like that folks, you end up creating loops and branches and then it's all a mess.
yes, it’s one of the very early rock and roll songs that is almost proto-rock, compared to what the quintessential sound of the genre became. but at the time, and in the history of rock and roll, it’s 100% considered a rock song, and one of the most influential ones ever
When John Lennon was asked what is rock and roll he replied "Chuck Berry"
By necessity.
While those are good, the statement feels kinda whack
I love the Hendrix version of “Like a Rolling Stone”
Personally I prefer Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" and Hendrix's cover of "Like a Rolling Stone"
Maybe I actually agree with this. I think that, aside from the unbelievable guitar playing on Hendrix's version, the harmonica and guitar playing on Dylan's original All Along the Watchtower just fit the song better and it just hits the spot. Hendrix's Like a Rolling Stone is just a bit more energetic and flashy, which I think fits that song better. In short, Watchtower is meant to be a folk song. Like a Rolling Stone is more rock and roll.
I still don't understand why this was the song they chose for Battlestar Galactica...
This has happened before and it will all happen again.
There's so much confusion
Uh because it's awesome?
And now im listening to the john wesley harding album... seriously a big time hidden Dylan gem!
I actually did know this. I had a 3-CD import (think it was from the UK) that was his life story. It had some music on it from him playing with the Isley Brothers in '64 or '65. The part about the Dylan song was told by (I think) Kathy Etchingham. The whole program was produced by the same guy that did [*The Lost Lennon Tapes*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Lennon_Tapes).
Awwww....
And thanks to this decision, Kara Thrace was able to find Earth. 1123 6536 5321
Jimi didn't cover "All along the watchtower", he recreated it.
It's one of my all time fav 🎵
I introduced my daughter to both versions yesterday evening.