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[raw-karnage]

Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful

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[seanhowe]

Jimi Hendrix, photographed by Jean-Noël Coghe in 1967 and drawn by Jean Giraud/Moebius in 1975.

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[guerrilla-operator]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience // Manic Depression

Woman so willing, the sweet cause in vain You make love, you break love It's all the same When it's, when it's over, mama Music, sweet music I wish I could caress, caress, caress Manic depression is a frustrating mess

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[max-e-doodle]

Jimi Hendrix Hawaii 1968.

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[lisamarie-vee]

#jimi hendrix #the jimi hendrix experience #are you experienced #1960s #vinyllove #rock and roll hall of fame

[dancing-to-architecture]

I'M BACK? I'M BACK!

40 - Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?

So happy to have an album that isn't going to be torture to get through. Almost every track on this album is on *at least* one playlist of mine.

Purple Haze-

An absolute monster opening riff leading into one of the better songs of all time.

So, i know i have Unusual Opinions regarding music and musicians, and one of my stronger ones that I have is that Jimi Hendrix was very likely bi.

"Hold on now!" come the cries of the boomers. "prove it! Prove that the always flamboyant, immaculate, WAY ahead of his time, extremely fashion-forward and highly passionate rock star who tragically died young might be bi!".

To which i say: "did you even hear a word of what you just said?" He straight-up says "excuse me while i kiss this guy" and the entire English-speaking world collectively went "no, no, that's not what he said, he said... Kiss... umm... the sky! Yeah, that totally makes sense!".

Except i used to have a live recording of this song where he very clearly said "while i kiss. that. guy." Keeping in mind that this was before Freddie Mercury or David Bowie could sit down for an interview and say something like "I'm openly bisexual, i fancy both men and women, to roughly the same degree." and the interviewer would then immediately say some dumb shit like :"yes, but why are you gay?"

In short: Jimi was bi, most music magazine interviewers are crap, they have been crap for a long time, bisexual erasure happens TODAY, so of course it would have happened 50 years ago, deal with it.

Manic Depression-

I absolutely love this song. Also, and more distressingly, I also absolutely relate to this song.

The solo is insane, the riff work is phenomenal, and the bass and drums are perfectly in the pocket. (Also, for what seems like a fairly simple drum beat, it's MUCH harder to keep that constantly-shifting time signature in your head than one would think.)

Hey Joe-

Is this the best song about "murdering your cheating spouse and then fleeing the country" ever written? I think so.

I mean, I'd put the Dixie Chicks' "Goodbye, Earl" up there, but I don't think she left her hometown after the murder.

At any rate, a psychotic psychedelic R&B classic.

Love or Confusion-

An anthem for all the autistic folks out there like myself who genuinely can't tell if a person is actively flirting with them or just being polite.

May This Be Love-

I will always be in favor of daydreaming like a lazy-minded fool.

Much more mellow than the earlier songs on the album have been, but Jimi still works in some outstanding guitar noodling.

I would bet money this song was an influence on Incubus's "Aqueous Transmission".

I Don't Live Today-

The biggest goddamn mood on the album, and how I feel almost every time I'm made aware of The News.

The Wind Cries Mary-

Another absolute classic song. Sad but beautiful.

Kurt Vonnegut's lament: "So it goes..." in song form.

When I was young, (for some reason) I thought he was referencing the Virgin Mary. Now, I think she might have just been more of "the one who got away".

Fire-

People of a certain generation and a specific level of culture will likely associate this song with Tia Carrera.

Either way, this song melts faces. The drummer is a goddamn maniac on this one.

Third Stone From The Sun-

I've never listened to this album on acid, but this song seems perfect for that exact mindset with the trippy, heavily-distorted vocals.

It kicks ass, though, don't get me wrong.

Foxey Lady-

People of a certain generation and a specific level of culture will likely associate this song with Dana Carvey wearing a flannel shirt tied around his waist.

(Look, if you haven't seen Wayne's World, you owe it to yourself to do so.)

Are You Experienced?-

The last line of this one (not necessarily stoned but beautiful) always made me figure that "being experienced" is a shibboleth for anything from "you smoke trees?" to "DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MACHINE ELVES?!"

and damn do I love the backwards drumming.

Stone Free-

Okay, Jimi, I'm pretty sure they DID realize they "were the ones who's square". That's why they would stare at your bizarre marching band leader outfits. (I'm absolutely Not knocking his bizarre marching band leader outfits, I honestly wish I had the panache to pull that kinda shit off.)

51st Anniversary-

Man, between Stone Free and this one right after, I'm guessing Jimi didn't think much of marriage, huh?

Idk, as a happily married man, this one just doesn't click with me.

Highway Chile-

This very easily could have been me after the army, if I had had a car that actually worked.

Can You See Me-

This one rings a bit hollow after all the earlier "yeah, baby, I'm out of here, see ya never, no strings on me" songs, just saying.

It rocks, nonetheless. Also maybe the only time "aww, shucks" had been uttered in a song that still goes this hard.

Remember-

See directly above, except the aww shucks part.

Red House-

And this one, right at the end, proves the hollowness of the last two broken hearted songs in my eyes.

"Girl left while I was gone? Welp. Fuck it, her sister was cute."

A monster of a blues track, regardless. One of my favorites, and that solo is INSANE.

Favorite Track: This is a tough one. A close race, but it's Purple Haze by a nose.

Least Favorite Track: Remember. It's barely about the girl in question! It's about the bird that won't sing and the dumped dude who won't eat because he has the sads.

Sorry about the long time since last time, full disclosure I got thoroughly addicted to a podcast called Kill James Bond, wherein three trans people discuss (and frequently skewer) the poster boy for toxic masculinity. It's fantastic.

#1001 albums #dancing to architecture #jimi hendrix #are you experienced

[notesofaninsignificantmusician]

Today In Music History—May 12th, 2022:

On this day in 1967, Jimi Hendrix’s debut album, “Are You Experienced?” was released. The album, which has gone down as one of the most famous albums in history, includes such hits as “Purple Haze,” “Hey Joe,” and “Foxy Lady.”

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[ultra-francesca-mercury]

may 12, 1967

The first Jimi Hendrix album, Are You Experienced?, is released. Songs include "Foxy Lady," "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze."

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[catladychronicles]

#jimi hendrix #the jimi hendrix experience #dads album #are you experienced #music #fav albums #vinyl #purple haze

[cinemajunkie70]

Happy 80th Birthday in the afterlife to the greatest to ever do it, Jimi Hendrix!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

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[anerdindenver]

#photon2323 #are you experienced

[reckonslepoisson]

Are You Experienced (1967), Axis: Bold as Love (1967), Electric Ladyland (1968), The Cry of Love (1971), The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix’s stratospheric guitar skills are inescapably obvious, the scale of his experimentation is exceptionally plain to see, his attention to composition is wildly detailed, his singing qualities are critically sorely underrated and his legacy is entirely incalculable – but I’ve never managed to enjoy his music beyond its technical quality and historical importance. In the hunt for emotional attachment, in the quest for music I can get addicted to and submerse myself in, he hasn’t really managed to truly satisfy.

Pick(s): ‘Are You Experienced?’, ‘Little Wing’, ‘All Along the Watchtower’, ‘Freedom’

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[etakeh]

If an influencer recommends a product and you buy it, you have been influenced.

You have been

influenced.

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[max-e-doodle]

Jimi Hendrix 

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[lisamarie-vee]

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[retromusicart]

Ooh, foxy lady

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (Track, UK Cover, 1967) - Design by Chris Stamp, photograph by Bruce Fleming

A debut album that screams "I'm gonna suck your blood with some awesome rock beats!" And it did.

Well, I'm exaggerating a bit, but Stamp was clearly going for a Dracula vibe here. Unfortunately, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who admits to liking this cover. It's almost as bland as the cover for Aerosmith's debut was (except that one was worse).

Hendrix, to no one's surprise, didn't like this cover either, and arranged to have a different artwork designed for the US release. More on that one tomorrow.

Image courtesy of Discogs.

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