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Rating: ...Indescribable shapes and colors never seen before take shape for the first time in history...
Hello to all DeBaseriani and others! This is a true test for me, after having reviewed 4 decent albums, I am attempting the big leap, trying to review an album that made Rock History (a bit rhetorical, but effective): "Are You Experienced?" by Jimi Hendrix Experience. This album represents the Big Ben of the Rock guitarist figure, with Hendrix, the world of music undergoes a revolution that will lead to the pure and hard Hard Rock of the early '70s, all guitarists have Jimi Hendrix as their idol and model; think of Iommy, Page, and Blackmore, they are all the evolution (some in genre, some in style, and some in stage presence) of James Marshall Hendrix. Consequently, the album is tailor-made for Jimi, who has "carte blanche" in composing music and lyrics.
In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience consisted, besides the leader, of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. These were the years of the supergroup Cream with Eric Clapton and were also the years in which Hard Blues evolved. However, Hendrix goes beyond and creates an explosive mix of Blues, Rock, Fusion, and even a bit of Jazz that leaves the audience stunned by such mastery. The album was preceded by the single "Hey Joe", a Billy Roberts cover, and it is perhaps the first case where a cover is more famous than the original.
This is a crazy album, technical and psychedelic. Try closing your eyes while listening to songs like "Are You Experienced?", "Love Or Confusion", "Purple Haze", or "Third Stone From The Sun", around you, psychedelic forms, colors of all kinds will start to dance. A mystical journey in art. Music that evokes visual forms, the purest form of synesthesia.
Along with the purest experimental and psychedelic forms, there are also excellent blues tracks, the genre loved by Hendrix of which he becomes a leading exponent. "Red House", the slow and masterful "The Wind Cries Mary", are absolute masterpieces of bluesy technique.
Obviously, in this album, there are also historical riffs, who has never heard the beginning of the fast, immediate, and overpowering "Fire"? Just as impactful is the vibrato-laden entry full of pathos in "Foxy Lady", with its chorus almost sighed by Jimi's warm voice. Yes, because besides being a fantastic guitarist (playing a right-handed Fender with the left hand!), Hendrix possesses a unique voice, which perfectly matches his music, forming an inseparable duo. A perfect symbiosis, without one of the two elements any cover attempted by some teenage band makes it banal and sterile.
After finishing listening to the album, one feels the urge to re-immerse in that fantastic world, that unparalleled psychedelic dream, but now is not the time, there are still other Jimi albums to listen to.
Thanks for your attention, greetings to all DeReaders!
P.S. I apologize to the authors of other reviews on this album and to the readers who find themselves with yet another duplicate, but since I believe everyone has the right to express their opinion (this is precisely a review, a judgment, a subjective critique), I felt the need to describe the emotions that this album gave me.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Foxy Lady (03:13)
Foxy
Foxy
You know youre a cute little heartbreaker
Foxy
You know youre a sweet little lovemaker
Foxy
I wanna take you home
I wont do you no harm, no
You've got to be all mine, all mine
Ooh, foxy lady
I see you, heh, on down on the scene
Foxy
You make me wanna get up and scream
Foxy
Ah, baby listen now
I've made up my mind
I'm tired of wasting all my precious time
You've got to be all mine, all mine
Foxy lady
Here I come
I'm gonna take you home
I wont do you no harm, no
You've got to be all mine, all mine
Here I come
I'm comin to get ya
Foxy lady
You look so good
Yeah, foxy
Yeah, give us some
Foxy
Yeah, get it, babe
You make me feel like
Feel like sayin foxy
Foxy
Foxy lady
Foxy lady
02 Manic Depression (03:33)
Manic Depression is touching my soul,
I know what I want,
but I just don't know how to go about getting it.
Feeling, sweet feeling
drops from my finger, fingers
Manic Depression's captured my soul.
Woman so willing the sweet cause in vain, vain
you make love,
you break love,
it all seems the same when it's...
when it's over.
Music sweet music,
I wish I could caress, all my tenderness, now
Manic Depression's a frustrating mess.
Well, I think I'll go turn myself off and maybe I'll go down.
Really ain't no use me hanging around.
Music, sweet music,
I wish I could caress and all my tenderness.
Manic Depression is a frustratin' mess.
Sweet music, sweet music, sweet music, sweet music
Well my woman, she's so willing
She's the cause of my pain, my pain
We make love,
we break love
But somehow it all seems to be the same
Well I've been down that slick road before
Yeah, you know, I never wanna do it again
So now, I really got to tell you how I feel
Oh oh, I feel oh
I feel oh
I feel
06 I Don't Live Today (03:53)
Will I live tomorrow?
Well, I just can't say
Will I live tomorrow?
Well, I just can't say
But I don't know for sure
I don't live today
No sun comin' through my window
Feel like I'm livin' at the bottom of a grave
No-ho sun comin' through my window
Feel like I'm livin' at the bottom of a grave
I wish you'd hurry up and rescue me
So I can be on my miserable way
Well, I don't
Live today
Maybe tomorrow, I just can't say
I don't
Live today
It's such a shame to waste your time away like this
Existing
Well, I don't
Live today
Maybe tomorrow, I just can't tell you baby
I don't
Live today
It's such a shame to spend the time
Away like this
10 Remember (02:48)
Oh remember the mocking bird my baby bard
he used to sing bout supperhe used to sing for dinner
babe
he used to sing so sweetly
but since my baby left me
he aint sang a tune all day
Oh remember the bluebirds and the honey bees
they used to sing for the sunshine
they used to sing for the honey baby
they used to sing so sweet
but since my baby left me
they aint sung a tune all dya
Hey pretty baby,
come on back to me
make everybody
happy as can be
So Baby
if you would please come on home to me
i would kiss you for your supper
You know Id kiss you for your dinner babe
if you dont come on back
you know I'll have to starve to death
cuz I aint had a kiss all day
Please remember
would you remember
the blue birds and the honey bees
singin sweetly for you and me
Oh the mockin bird my favorite bard
oh wont you come home with me
remember
11 Are You Experienced? (04:12)
If you can just get your,... mind together
then come on across to me
We'll hold hands an' then we'll watch the sun rise
.....from the bottom of the sea
But first
Are You Experienced?
Ah! Have you ever been experienced?
Well, I have
I know, I know
you'll probably scream n' cry
That your little world won't let go!
But who in your measly little world are trying to prove that
You're made out of gold and -a can't be sold
So-uh, Are You Experienced?
Ah! Have you ever been experienced?
Well, I have
Ah, let me prove it to you,..........
Trumpets and violins like up here in the distance
I think they're calling our names
Maybe now you can't hear them, but you will ha
if you just, take hold of my hand
oh! But Are You Experienced?
Have you ever been experienced?
Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful
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By VoodooChild
Hendrix is discovering the infinite possibilities of the electric guitar, his genius is not yet worn out by the continuous performances.
If God exists, he is a hippie and plays the electric guitar.
By granpaul
Giving a guitar to a child and inviting them to dance on the distortion pedal would yield a result very similar to what the long-haired Jimi achieves.
"Hey Joe", that is, how to violate something that already exists... as if it were a retard at karaoke!
