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Just re-discovered this tune... Has that Curtis Mayfield vibe.. Darn shame it only last at 2 minutes and 12 seconds.. Jimi sounds great overdubbing his vocals... 
One can only imagine if he had lived...  [Edited 11/24/05 1:05am] | |
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One of my all time fav albums!!! 
And I  the title track!!! 
Also love "1983", "All Along The Watchtower", "Voodoo Child", "House Burning Down" and "Crosstown Traffic"!!!
A timeless masterpiece!!!
Every music admirer should own this album!!!
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I think this jam inspired the later era of The Isley's. You can definetly hear where Ernie vibed some of Jimi's licks and phrasing in the solo. One of my favorite Jimi tunes. The solo guitar version (Jimi by himself)that's on the boxset is incredible. | |
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SPYZFAN1 said: I think this jam inspired the later era of The Isley's. You can definetly hear where Ernie vibed some of Jimi's licks and phrasing in the solo. One of my favorite Jimi tunes. The solo guitar version (Jimi by himself)that's on the boxset is incredible.
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Especially 'All Along The Watchtower' ... I think they adopted their sound off that solo alone.... | |
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Everything that needed to be said was done in a little over 2 minutes. Very efficient.
Another reason, for what you might consider the abrubt ending, is this beautiful day/night dream describing an idyllic location is suddenly interrupted by the memory of a particularly annoying "Electric Lady" (Crosstown Traffic). For a take which expands on the Hendrix background vocal ideas from someone who "got" that this is an albeit spacey R&B ballad at its core... http://s25.yousendit.com/...X6NZPTHBWA ...Check this Lewis Taylor version. tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 [Edited 11/24/05 9:45am] "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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theAudience said: Everything that needed to be said was done in a little over 2 minutes. Very efficient.
Another reason, for what you might consider the abrubt ending, is this beautiful day/night dream describing an idyllic location is suddenly interrupted by the memory of a particularly annoying "Electric Lady" (Crosstown Traffic). For a take which expands on the Hendrix background vocal ideas from someone who "got" that this is an albeit spacey R&B ballad at its core... http://s25.yousendit.com/...X6NZPTHBWA ...Check this Lewis Taylor version. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 [Edited 11/24/05 9:45am] I can dig it...
The Lewis Taylor version is hip too.... | |
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Thanks Aud..Very hip! | |
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Just listening to the album...  | |
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Shame most folks who never listened to his albums have no idea Jimi made lots of smooth, "funkballad" cuts like this one. They only think he was about "Purple Haze" and the akin. | |
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