"I found the essential Jimi Hendrix vol.2 cassette at the salvation army"
I listened to this cassette and I really liked machine gun, I cant live today, and hearing the star spankled banner again.....machine gun had some really awesome guitar playing....at one point, it sounded like jimi was playing japanese on the guitar and some really nice effects and technique.....gloria is also an ok song with jimi talking about a girl that slept around and who's breath smelled like so called "whipped pussy"....so he says in the song. it also included when the wind cries mary and wild thing.....anyways, this is the song that I stands out for me especially since Ive heard his star spankled banner many times..
1. "RE: I found the essential Jimi Hendrix vol.2 cassette at the salvation a..." In response to Reply # 0 Sat Sep-07-13 08:28 AM by Strangeways
damn, everybody here hates me on this ratchet board and I wont be coming around here much anymore. I was just posting about a cassette that I bought and that I spent all day listening to yesterday evening because it was that good and all posts ever do is sink on this forum.
3. "RE: You just used the word "ratchet?"" In response to Reply # 2 Sat Sep-07-13 09:41 AM by Strangeways
yes....I did....I really meant to say this old ratchet board....I toke the time out to make a post and even include a youtube link to one of the songs that i liked but I cant live today really stands out for me because I was listening to that song last night and that song is very nice but I wont be coming around here much anymore because I dont get appreciated for anything and all I get is a lot of HATE and BRUTAL INSULTS and tired of this board. its a done deal.
6. "RE: Well, what kind of reply did you want?" In response to Reply # 4
man, I been discovered hendrix long time ago and let me be bold and confess that I always thought that Prince was a better guitarist than hendrix. I always thought that Prince was a better overall musician that hendrix, let alone showmanship.the only other thing that I have by hendrix is a red vinyl called high,live and dirty and I only liked people people people which was ok but i havent listened to it in a long time.
10. "and you dont speak for EVERYBODY........" In response to Reply # 8
just because I think that Prince is a better guitarist than hendrix is probably why you dont reply to me and that you dont like me but that is your opinion....not everybody's opinion. you trying to speak for everybody which isnt right at all....
>you haven't listened to enough Jimi Hendrix. > >Prince doesn't even believe he's a better guitarist than Jimi >Hendrix. > >Jimi Hendrix did more for guitar in 4 years than Prince has in >40 & I say that with Prince being one of my favorite >all-around artists of all-time.
16. "apparent personal attacks aside this is a serious critique" In response to Reply # 11
We all our entitled to our ways, so feel free to carry on with yours, but what i've noted throught the years of watching you post here is that you tend to reply in a way that leaves no room for conversation. this post is about your finding a cassette of a greatest hits compilation. what are folks supposed to reply to that?
then you come with your opinion about prince vs hendrix which you're entitled to, but one it's not something a lot of folk will agree with you on and two you don't really offer much room for anything to be said other than bickering about your opinion. so most i'm sure do what i do which is get a quick chuckle and keep it moving rather than trying to engage with it.
and not for nothing i think you probably have quite a bit to contribute because you seem pretty knowledgeable about the artists you like, but again the presentation of your ideas here are often less about conversation and more just you sounding off your opinion. again you're entitled to it, but don't throw a hissy fit when people don't bite.
31. "You can swear at me all you want, I'm just being" In response to Reply # 29
honest. I don't even know how old you are, so you could be in that age bracket for all I know. Most of the people in this forum are music nerds, so they aren't going to respond to a post that simply states that you purchased a Hendrix album and you liked it. You have a larger point though about Prince and Hendrix, so just make it, and move on from there.
45. "FYI...I posted that main title because I thought that it was a RARE jimi" In response to Reply # 31 Sun Sep-08-13 09:26 AM by Strangeways
hendrix title to find on cassette and some of the stuff that you find at the salvation army are rare and go for a lot on ebay....just becuz of how rare it is....I dont care how the fuck you take....I really dont appreciate you comparing me to 9-14 year old and I AM JUST BEING HONEST so the hell with you. I am done with this thread....
12. "the only problem that I had was hendrix is that he didnt have any funk " In response to Reply # 9 Sat Sep-07-13 11:30 AM by Strangeways
and that he catered to mainly a predominantly white audience but Prince was different because he went across the board especially with a diverse crowd.
14. "RE: Aight, now I got problems." In response to Reply # 13
again, I am not a big hendrix fan and ive said that before.....hendrix did cater to a predominantly white audience and what i said wasnt bullshit....it was the truth.....he did cater to a predominantly white audience and all i am saying is that Prince had a different approach and had a diverse crowd....I never said that there was anything wrong with hendrix catering to a predominantly white audience, all i am saying is that ive always liked Prince better.
18. "obviously, you dont know a damn thing about FUNK" In response to Reply # 15 Sat Sep-07-13 12:10 PM by Strangeways
because machine gun is not funk. that is a blues and rock....you go learn something about FUNK.....before you come to my thread talking some old bullshit....I guess you think that everything that hendrix did was funk or every other genre for that matter...
27. "cuz the fact that you would even say that machine gun proves just that....." In response to Reply # 26 Sat Sep-07-13 01:50 PM by Strangeways
you dont know a doggone thing about FUNK but yet, tell me that I dont know what funk is....go somewhere with that ol' trash. this fucker thinks that machine gun is funk.........lol......and you know nothing about funk.
Joe Corn Mo Member since Aug 29th 2010 15139 posts
Sat Sep-07-13 12:12 PM
19. "why did hendrix HAVE to have funk? " In response to Reply # 12
i'm not saying you have to be a fan, but why is a knock on him that he wasn't deep in the funk?
is it because he's black?
yeah, hendrix was a rock guy. he didn't sing or play with soul in a traditional way.
so what? why do you feel that he had to?
i just accept your premise that hendrix didn't have funk, even though i disagree. he could play funky when he wanted to, although to be honest, i was never a fan of band of gypsies.
but why is it a problem for you that hendrix wasn't funky?
20. "RE: why did hendrix HAVE to have funk? " In response to Reply # 19 Sat Sep-07-13 12:30 PM by Strangeways
because I always liked Prince better, thats why and unlike hendrix, prince had plenty of funk in his catalog even in the beginning....actually, he stretched the boundaries of funk with pop music.
Joe Corn Mo Member since Aug 29th 2010 15139 posts
Sat Sep-07-13 12:56 PM
24. "that just means you like funk more than rock. " In response to Reply # 20
>because I always liked Prince better, thats why and unlike >hendrix, prince had plenty of funk in his catalog....actually >he stretched the boundaries of funk especially with pop.
which is fine. but it's not a knock on hendrix. also, the idea of hendrix "pandering" to anybody is laughable. nothing about his music is accessible.
34. "With Band of Gypsys, he was bringing more blues/soul" In response to Reply # 19
into his music, and it's too bad that we were robbed of further refinement of this strand. That is my favorite album of his. Jimi doesn't fit neatly in the box, but the dude had soul for days
Joe Corn Mo Member since Aug 29th 2010 15139 posts
Sat Sep-07-13 08:35 PM
41. "my 'problem' with band of gypsies wasn't hendrix. " In response to Reply # 34
i think i just preferred it when he was in front of dudes that played like jazz musicians. but that band did have some cuts.
i really dig machine gun.
was he playing with band of gypsies on "crash landing" and "first rays of the new morning sun?" i also dig that new "Neptune" album that was released recently.
really, Hendrix stuff is usually great to listen to because even his outakes sound inspired.
> >into his music, and it's too bad that we were robbed of >further refinement of this strand. That is my favorite album >of his. Jimi doesn't fit neatly in the box, but the dude had >soul for days
43. "RE: my 'problem' with band of gypsies wasn't hendrix. " In response to Reply # 41 Sat Sep-07-13 09:37 PM by Jakob Hellberg
>was he playing with band of gypsies on "crash landing" and >"first rays of the new morning sun?" i also dig that new >"Neptune" album that was released recently.
"Crash Landing" to a large extent is based on producer Alan Douglas overdubbing new music to barely-finished Hendrix-tracks. However, the two BoG-songs on the record (="With the power/Power of soul" and "Message to love") are largely authentic even if I think the percussion was overdubbed. Much of the rest is other guys replacing the OG backing-tracks and I've heard rumours that much of this had to do with Douglas beefing with Mitchell and-to a lesser extent-Redding over the way Hendrix legacy was treated; by removing them from the package, they didn't get performer-credit for the songs...
Anyway, many of the songs on the last two Hendrix-posthumous albums are tracks from these records done without overdubs from outsiders but it's worth pointing out that many songs are cut-and-paste jobs with producer Eddie Kramer using numerous different takes and also the time-stretching function (not available in the 70's to Douglas obviously) to make various tracks fit in terms of timing (time-stretching allows you to change the tempo without changing the pitch).
For example, the great version of "Somewhere" on "People..." has Kramer combining a newly discovered instrumental backing track that Steven Stills sold the label-he plays bass-with the previously released, rugged version available on the boxset (seriously, Mitchell's drumming on that track is wack as fuck but in his defense, he was trying to fit his drums after Jimi's death unto a loose demo-recording not meant for general consumption)-it's not really "Real" Hendrix-performances and that's the issue I have:While I dig hearing those songs as nice as possible, new technology has also made it possible for them to repackage the same shit over and over with slight differences.
As for "First Rays...", it's primarily a combination of the Cry of Love and "Rainbw Bridge"-albums released shortly after Jimi's death and those were the most finished songs available even if Mitchell overdubbed many drum-tracks in '71 (=the songs where Buddy Miles played drums; while I prefer Mitchell overall, Miles drumming on "Earth blues" as heard on the boxset and in a more stripped-down form on "People..." is SO much better than Mitchell's-the latter seemed to miss the gospel/soul-vibe and instead just plays fancy fills and shit which misses the point of *that* song) and several songs were, again, either unfinished or posthumous hatchet jobs. Still, I *think* most of those songs were closed to finished even if it is impossible to know of course... >
35. "what is going on in here???" In response to Reply # 0
a post that basically says i like a Jimi tape only as a mask to speak about how Prince is a better artist? and than when folk retort personal insults flew through the keypad
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