Oh man, i love both Jimi and Prince for everything-guitar playing, songwriting, attitude (although sometimes P can discredit himself with that), visionary, studio genius....they both had (yes, had) it all in the mix.
Some of the live versions of Machine Gun...whoa...you've got to have it DEEEEP down to write and pull that off. Fuck that "Hendrix was sloppy" shit. If you think that then you're totally missing the point of Hendrix.
Same with Prince though. The version of Computer Blue on the First Avenue concert from 83...DEEEEEP down. And as a rhythm player he leaves everyone in the dust, including Stevie Ray Vaughn (who i love).

I have a live version of Prince doing Voodoo Chile though-surprisingly bad. But his version of Whole Lotta Love rocks.

Lennon said:

Lennon, you and I are alright.

We both know that Jimi and John were not technically great singers.
But both their voices are an integral part of their artistic statements.



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

Jimi had a real power in his voice!

prettymansson said:

Looks like we're homeboys, me being originally from Brooklyn.

I occasionally wear a jacket similar to this one...


...just to piss people off here in L.A.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

im so surprized to see how many post this thread has gotten....my thought when starting it was simply to get some respect for jimi in here...with all the talk about princes sex life...clothing/hair choices ect...sometimes it feels like we forget the music and the thing that is most interesting to me personally....where it comes from and where do the roots of what we dig about prince start....there are so many great artist in the world....and anyone that loves and has a passion for music is kool and REAL 2 me...so no dissin going on here... just trying to achieve what i see ....a good discussion between a bunch of REAL music lovers...thanks guys

Yep - it's interesting to me how folks can get so twitchy about "influence"...like it's some kind of creative put down - influence is not the same as "rip off". I believe it is a sign of true artistic maturity to be able to acknowledge and celebrate influence and when Prince was responding perhaps a little negatively to the claims from critics and journalists that he played or performed like Hendrix in the early 80s, let's remember that he was a creative ego in his 20s - trying to establish himself and get people to notice his originality and points of difference. Understandable defensiveness really. He's certainly not afraid to acknowledge and celebrate his influences today and in fact wants us to value our similarities... interesting....

Prince played Hendrix Red House changing the lyrics to Purple House for the first time on the Parade tour in Paris August 24 1986 again on the Sign O' The Times 1987 tour. Prince played the Hendrix woodstock Star Spangled Banner on the Diamonds And Pearls 1992 tour. Also on the 1994 Glam Slam club tour. Prince played Voodoo Child and the Hendrix instrumental villa nova junction on the 1995 Love 4 one Another concerts. 1994 American Music Awards Prince thanked Hendrix as a person "whose inspiration contributed to my success".

Marrk said:

Cosign this! don't have an opinion on Hendrix because I have never really had a chance to listen to some of his music, but everyone I have talked to and read about Jimi, Prince is the pupil.

FLUX said:

As a session player, yes he played on loads of different albums and ads, etc., but that was before even The Yardbirds. It was the main reason he stopped doing session work, because he had to play whatever the client wanted and a lot of it was Muzak-type stuff. In your original post you say it like it's been an ongoing thing in his post-Zeppelin years. I still have not heard about this anywhere.
[Edited 12/13/04 21:18pm]

minneapolisgenius said:

i too know page was a mega in demand session cat before his own days of glory...but i have not heard any news about what he's been up to lately either ???

psychodelicide said:

The is an interview I have on cd with prince, I think it was when dirty mind came out when the guy asked him if he was influenced by Hendrix and prince was like No, he's dead isn't he

of course he alsosaid he was only going to make a few more albums too so we know how much bull that interview was : )

prettymansson said:

Elevator Music . I saw Jimmy Page on a T.V. interview , back around mid 90's . And He and Robert Plant had just got back together and touring. Jimmy didn't look the best, he started dribbling during his performance, which broke my heart, but yeh, in the post performance interview he said he'd been doing some muzak, and 'twas good to be on the road. Whether he was joking i don't know. He didn't appear to be. This was on Australian T.V.

Santana , Prince , Hendrix , all broke through new musical territory, in their own ways and I feel each broke through barriers peculiar to their own circumstances. I see influences from Frank Zappa in Prince ! Plus we all hear different. To me Hendrix had a beautiful voice, as tA said , given the "soundscape" and environment of his music.
He was also a disciplined player who was forced to play right handed, when he was lefthanded. He played for Little Richard, The Isley Brosthers, and had to move to England to get all the prejudices of American society off his back. i.e. Black, Lefthanded, Indian, virtuoso, Avante garde jazzpop Rock guitarist.
I like to appreciate players as individuals and not compare as Better or worse.
The positive thing to come out of this thread for me is; ; what a fantastic time to be alive , hearing so many great musicians taking their Art to the peak of it's limitations, and then some ...
They all do there own thang in the End.

Rhastus said:

Well Prince, we all know that Hendrix is dead, silly. Prince is constantly contradicting himself it seems.

You know, BlaqueKnight gets on my LAST NERVE....but I STILL hope he sees this thread and cusses everyone of ya'll out...

I have nothing but respect for Jimi Hendrix and I think he is one of the greatest, most innovative guitarists of all time. The sound he could get from a guitar was amazing but his musicianship was kinda sloppy (granted he was off his tits most of the time!!) Prince has definitely been influenced by Jimi and anyone who says otherwise must be blind. On the whole, I would rather listen to Prince over Jimi. I guess there are some artists you click with more than others.

LolaM said:

i really respect what u are saying...BUT...jimi being high or not has nothing (in my opinion) to do with sloppy playing ...i 100% dont agree with that...first of all we need to remember what he was working with....the effects and gear guitarist have now were not around at his time...like "locking tremelo bars " prince has one on his purple guitar that he used on the musicology tour...what that does is it enables u to vibrate the strings and bend notes down or up many steps while locking the strings at the nut so they bounce back in perfect tune....jimi was "pretty much inventing this technique" while using a standard stratocaster "non locking tremelo bar" which would make things go out of tune often....the fact that he could sound as good as he did while stretching the boundaries of guitar was and is amazing...plus he was in a three piece group...he was playing lead and rhythm all at the same time...anyone that can pull that off as well as he did is SUPERBAAD !!!! regardless if they sometimes go out of tune or not....thats my 2 cents

yes !!!!!

FLUX said:

He was kidding. He had to do the Muzak thing back in the days before The Yardbirds as a session man, and I can't imagine him going back to that on purpose. It was one of the reasons he quit doing sessions. Well that and that he wanted to perform live and do his own thing.

prettymansson said:

He hasn't done much live performing since he played with the Black Crowes. He recently spent two years gathering footage for the Zeppelin DVD that was released last year, and has also been busy attending benefits, etc. for his wife's charity for poor children in Brazil. As far as music goes, he and Jeff Beck said in a recent joint interview that they'd like to get togehter and record something. Fingers crossed!

And now back to your regularly scheduled Jimi/Prince face-off that happens about every six months around here.....

minneapolisgenius said:

jimi /prince face-off...ha ha funny...

prettymansson said:

I loooove Jimi Hendrix!

Nice pics.

While there's a battle-break, here's a new one I found recently where he looks...



...either startled or surprised.


Walking around at the Monterey Pop Festival...



...with Brian Jones.


And finally, a blast from the past...



...with Curtis Knight.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Lennon said:

Bullshit

Listen to "Little wing"(particularly the live version on "Smash Hits), "Angel" and "The wind cries Mary" and so on
[Edited 12/14/04 17:14pm]

theAudience said:

....with hand down pants.

minneapolisgenius said:

I just find that to be a cool picture. I love his gear.I want a jacket like that.

minneapolisgenius said:

Hey does that mean Michael Jackson was influenced by Jimi Hendrix as well.
The crutch touch technique i mean ! Where will it all end ?


Hey who's this, while were posting good pic's ? It aint Hendrix ...

It's none other than , theAudience who could easily be mistaken as Jimi, and whose influences could be said to a little broader than Prince or Hendrix.
Sorry Neal had to slip that one in.

FLUX said:

Hey, I recognize that guy.

He's going to kill you FLUX btw.
[Edited 12/14/04 19:00pm]

theAudience said:

Nice picture, I like it.