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stateoflove79
stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
edited November 2007 in Other Music
Jimi Hendrix...been listening to him alot lately...what an amazing talent.

Let's do a top ten Jimi Hendrix songs thread just for the hell of it...

Mine are as follows...

Little Wing
51st Anniversary
Freedom
House Burning Down
1983...A Merman I Should Turn To Be
Fire
Crosstown Traffic
Angel
The Wind Cries Mary
Spanish Castle Magic
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  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Highway Chile
    Stone Free
    Ezy Rider
    All Along The Watchtower
    Castles Made of Sand
    Purple Haze
    Voodoo Chile(slight return)
    Spanish Castle Magic
    In From The Storm
    Manic Depression

    Although this changes from day to day.:)
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  • Pearler
    Pearler Posts: 191
    Not a genius in my mind. Indeed unorthadox and creative.

    Angel.

    The rest.
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    The Wind Cries Mary
    Castles Made of Sand
    Voodoo Chile
    Fire
    Red House
    All Along the Watchtower
    Little Wing
    Angel
    Machinegun
    Long Hot Summer Night


    And to the person who said he wasn't a genius, seriously?? He's hands down the greatest and most important guitar player who has ever lived. No one else is even in the same ballpark.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    stateoflove79 wrote:
    Jimi Hendrix...been listening to him alot lately...what an amazing talent.

    Let's do a top ten Jimi Hendrix songs thread just for the hell of it...

    Mine are as follows...

    Little Wing
    51st Anniversary
    Freedom
    House Burning Down
    1983...A Merman I Should Turn To Be
    Fire
    Crosstown Traffic
    Angel
    The Wind Cries Mary
    Spanish Castle Magic

    your list has no merit without "All Along the Watchtower".....even Bob Dylan admitted that Jimi's version was superior to his own, and began performing it live Hendrix style.
    "It's all happening"
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    reeferchief wrote:
    Voodoo Chile(slight return)

    THAT is the song! I love it so much. I'll never get tired of it.
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    The title led me to believe this thread was going to be about Nick Drake :(
    Cock Fight.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I'm all for establishing Hendrix as the greatest human being ever to walk the face of the earth, along with Muhammad Ali.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKnDtRf3Vs
  • Joe2TheRevenge
    Joe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKnDtRf3Vs

    Neato.

    Now let's make Hendrix look like the amateur he is...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW_ZTq5IAqE
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB
  • fada
    fada Posts: 1,032
    All along the watchtower
    Little wing
    Fire
    Purple Haze
    hey joe
    Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
    Voodoo Chile
    Crosstown Traffic
    Long Hot Summer Night
    Killing floor
  • Eraserhead
    Eraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,980
    Star Spangled Banner is my fave Hendrix track. Little Wing and Are You Experienced close behind.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    Neato.

    Now let's make Hendrix look like the amateur he is...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW_ZTq5IAqE

    That's just unlistenable, pointless, toneless fretwanking. You don't think Hendrix wouldn't have been able to do that, had he been into fingertapping and had thought it necessary to play all the scales at once? Hendrix was creating art in his solo. Buckethead or whatever the talentless fuck his name is is just showing that his previous job was a touch typist. Boring. Next.
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    Neato.

    Now let's make Hendrix look like the amateur he is...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW_ZTq5IAqE

    We're talking Hendrix, and you give us Buckethead?? Seriously??
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    Neato.

    Now let's make Hendrix look like the amateur he is...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW_ZTq5IAqE
    worst possible choice to try and prove hendrix is an amateur.

    being a musician is not about how fast your fingers move, it's about making something beautiful. there was no SOUL in that video. At least pick someone like Vai if you are going to choose a shredder. he actually has *shock* slow songs.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I think, seriously, if any guitarist comes remotely close to Jimi, it's more likely to be Peter Green. One note from Greeny could wipe out the entire careers of thousands of fretwankers, such is his tone.
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    worst possible choice to try and prove hendrix is an amateur.

    being a musician is not about how fast your fingers move, it's about making something beautiful. there was no SOUL in that video. At least pick someone like Vai if you are going to choose a shredder. he actually has *shock* slow songs.

    Thank you. It's amazing how many people on this board and in general just don't get this. These are the same people who think Mark Tremonti from Creed/Alter Bridge is a good guitar player. Great guitar playing is all about soul. It's about playing with feeling and invoking feeling in those who are listening.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Joe2TheRevenge
    Joe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    worst possible choice to try and prove hendrix is an amateur.

    being a musician is not about how fast your fingers move, it's about making something beautiful. there was no SOUL in that video. At least pick someone like Vai if you are going to choose a shredder. he actually has *shock* slow songs.

    that was just a showing of his skill

    if you're interested in "soul" (which to me is what people attribute to guitarists who are simply minimalists who like to close their eyes alot) then listen to Buckethead's albums "Colma" or "Electric Tears"....the man will have you crying.
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB
  • Jellyrolls
    Jellyrolls Posts: 523
    boroff89 wrote:
    Thank you. It's amazing how many people on this board and in general just don't get this. These are the same people who think Mark Tremonti from Creed/Alter Bridge is a good guitar player. Great guitar playing is all about soul. It's about playing with feeling and invoking feeling in those who are listening.

    You lose a credibility saying that Tremonti is not a good player. That is also one of the stupidest things i have ever heard about guitars and guitar players.
  • Joe2TheRevenge
    Joe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    Jellyrolls wrote:
    You lose a credibility saying that Tremonti is not a good player. That is also one of the stupidest things i have ever heard about guitars and guitar players.

    yeah the "soul" argument is what people use when they like shit guitar players like Jimi Hendrix and John Frusciante. haha
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB
  • Joe2TheRevenge
    Joe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    boroff89 wrote:
    Thank you. It's amazing how many people on this board and in general just don't get this. These are the same people who think Mark Tremonti from Creed/Alter Bridge is a good guitar player. Great guitar playing is all about soul. It's about playing with feeling and invoking feeling in those who are listening.


    here's some soul for you....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61k041I4aEo&feature=related

    it even has all the cute head shaking that comes along with "soulful" guitar playing.
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB

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