rudeboynpg said:

1st of all, the thread topic was not about who is better (a rather pointless and ridiculous exercise), but influences.

In terms of Hendrix and funk...
Fire, Foxey Lady, Stone Free, Wait Until Tomorrow, Little Miss Lover, Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), etc.
If you can't feel the funk in those tunes, your knowledge of funk must be incredibly stunted.

Again i'll have to consult the great American philosopher Homey D. Clown...



... Hendrix not funky? "I don't think so."

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Just listening to "Little Miss Lover" right now and that sounds pretty damn funky to me.

minneapolisgenius said:

Thanks mg, help a brother out here.

Do you catch the similarities in groove between Little Miss Lover and Me and Baby Brother by War?

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rudeboynpg said:

Aye matey there's the rub.

But Jimi PLAYED with Wilson Pickett, Little Richard, King Curtis, Isley Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner and others for his.

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I never thought about it before. Now I'll have to go listen to it, but I can't at the moment because it's back in Holland. Now I'm curious though because that's sort of become my obsession lately: (besides JP ) listening and looking for influences and similarities in artists music, and who did it first, etc.

ive always felt i was missing out not being in2 jim..but i just cant dig him..ive tried..

any recomendations?

minneapolisgenius said:

Check out a sample of it on cduniverse or allmusic.

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ive always felt i was missing out not being in2 jim..but i just cant dig him..ive tried..

any recomendations?

ive always felt i was missing out not being in2 jim..but i just cant dig him..ive tried..

any recomendations?

theAudience said:

Just listening to "Little Miss Lover" right now and that sounds pretty damn funky to me.

theAudience said

In terms of Hendrix and funk...
Fire, Foxey Lady, Stone Free, Wait Until Tomorrow, Little Miss Lover, Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), etc.
If you can't feel the funk in those tunes, your knowledge of funk must be incredibly stunted.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

First of all you've got to get the facts right. Terence Trent D'Arby never claimed to be better than the Beatles, Prince or anyone else. His recordcompany at that time (Sony) announced him as the new Prince, he had nothing to do with that. Sananda (TTD) always was very open about the musicians he admired. Prince and The Beatles are also among them, together with Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, George Clinton, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie and lots of others.
I agree with you when you say he was quite arrogant in his early days, but hey, Prince still is an arrogant bastard. That doesn't say anything about Prince's music does it?!!! Prince still is one of the best musicians ever.
The onely thing Sananda said he probably shouldn't have said was that he would become bigger than Madonna.

Coming back at the real issue. Listening to the way Prince plays the guitar it's obvious he is influenced by Jimi, but so are most guitarplayers of these days, the best anyway. There's no denying Jimi was the best of his time, much better than Santana. That doesn't mean Santana wasn't good, he was, just not as good as Jimi. I believe Prince also feels that way, he probably denies that because he's fed up with all comparisations. I hardly hear Santana's guitarrifs in Prince's music, I hear a lot of Jimi's guitarrifs in Princes music, nothing wrong with that. It's a fact Prince is influenced by a lot of musicians like George Clinton, Sly and The Family Stone, Bootsy, James Brown, Miles Davis, Santana, Bach etc. Jimi is one of them. Every musician is influenced by artists that were there before him/her. That's the only way music can develop. Jimi also had his influences.

Besides all that, don't forget the means Jimi had acces to weren't as developed as the means Prince has acces to. All instruments are improved compared to Jimi's years, when Jimi would have been alive these days he'd probabily still kick Prince's ass on the guitar. And I do believe Prince is a great guitar player, one of the best alive. But we're talking about Jimi here!!!

About Jimi's voice, I love his voice.

When it comes to music it's all a matter of taste, but when it comes to great musicianship it comes to knowledge. Prince is a great musician, so is Sananda (TTD) and Santana is also a great musician. Jimi is one of the best ever. When you want to talk about great musicianship, make sure you know what you're talking about. It annoys me people talking about great musicianship while they talk about taste instead. Those two things are very different. There are lots of musicians of whom I don't like the music they make, that doesn't mean they aren't any good as musicians, it's just not my cup of tea. There are also lots of songs I do like, but the musicianship is crap (only able to play three accords).

wish i knew how to post a pic here that i have of jimi...

prettymansson said:

1. Find the pic you want to post.

2. Right-click on it and select "Properties".

3. Copy what appears to the right of "Address:"
(makes sure it ends in either .jpg or .gif)

4. Paste it into your post/reply.

5. Left-click and select the picture's "Address" you just pasted into your post/reply.

6. Click the "Img" button at the top of the text screen.
(your picture's address should now be surrounded by [img] and [/img])

7. Done

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GertjandeR said:

Whoa, hold on you're responding to me about things I didn't even comment on. First, TTD did do an interview back in the day where he made the comment that he would be bigger than The Beatles and Prince. Second, why would he compare himself to friggin' Madonna? Third, I never said anyting about TTD's music, so why are you blathering on about his musicianship. I happen to like some of his albums.

Furthermore, I never said Prince wasn't influenced by Jimi. I said there was nothing wrong with him being partial to Carlos Santana. I have more than a few Santana albums and Hendrix albums and I hear a lot Santna's style of guitar playing in Prince's style, "Blues For Salvador" comes to mind. And, I think my post was more than clear on what I was and was not commenting on.

or doing elevator music...Like Jimmy Page. I'm serious Page , from Led Zeppelin , stairway to heaven (()) fame has worked for many years making elevator music !

Lennon said:

He's commented publicly that he hated the sound of his voice and never claimed to be a singer.
But his vocals fit the musical soundscapes he created. It's just part of the package.

It's my opinion that the comical Bootsy vocal persona has a page taken from Hendrix.

I know you're not gonna claim John Lennon was a great singer.

FLUX said:

What elevator music has Page done over the years? To my knowledge, he hasn't done much in the way of recording except for a few albums here and there (not including the Page and Plant collaboration "Walking Into Clarksdale") like the David Coverdale album in the early 90s, the Deathwish II soundtrack, Outrider, and his short stint with The Firm. Do you have some secret knowledge about his "other" recording habits that us fans aren't aware of?

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Agree with you 100% that his style is closer to Santana than Hendrix.
Much more scalic and he doesn't have that slinky voodoo-blues vibe that Jimi does.
The media does have a silly habit of comparing any black-guitarist to Hendrix.
Lazy reporting if you ask me.

My original post was based on the silly comment that was made.

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theAudience said:

Damn all this discrediting of incredible artists


I think theres more than enough room for more than 2 black guitarists in a 40 year space of time. I personally see more of Santana's style in P... but there is a lil' Hendrix in the rudeboy of course. ANyone pickin up a guitar after him was pretty much spoiled...

Some peepz around here are talking about Jimi like he never did anything else than Rock and Blues. That aint true, he crossed much more musical styles.
I also hear a lot talking about Prince like he's only a Funk artist. You should give our man more credits, he released songs in almost every style of music there is. Some are Funk, most are funky but not neccesarly pure Funk. He's done a lot of songs combining Funk and Rock.

They are/were both great artists.