Jimi Hendrix Experience?

[splattabreakz]

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[donkey tugger]

Hendrix had one of the worst drummers in the rock era. It's very hard to listen to some songs. Thrashing loud and off the beat more than should have gotten onto any record, esp. 1st album. -- Did get better

I'm less qualified to discuss the bass player, but really no great shakes.

Hendrix -- without peer.

holy motherfucking goddamn c**t of a bitch... you are probably the only person in the world to ever say that. i would really like to know who you would have preferred in his place?

Mo Tucker might have been quite interesting....

[Hink]

Rush is *second* best: Jimi Hendrix Experience takes number one. Other contenders: REM, Medeski Martin and Wood, Crosby Stills and Nash, ZZ Top...

Sorry I've been playing guitar for 33 years...and I'm gonna tell you something you'll hate. If Jimi Hendrix was to appear on the scene 10 years later then he did, he would of met the same fate he did when he tried to get his start in the U.S....you do know he opened for the Monkees and got booed off stage almost ever night until he was dropped...he moved to ebgland and imressed the new wave of British bluesmen....that's it my friends, he was a lousy singer, a less then avergae musician, he was rarely in tune, sometimes he managed to get in key, most of his guitar playing was innovative fdor the time but face it....fuzz sux when it comes to distortion and his style often was nothing more then masturbating the neck with a lot of distortion and noise making...he's an idol because he had some memorable moments (and very few sadly) that were a big hit during a drug induced time,The Jimi Hendrix legend is much better then the Jimi Hendrix guitarist...no doubt in my mind that the Jimi Hendrix Experience couldn't hold a candle to Cream and Eric Clapton.

But you can'y compare Rush to Hendrix, that's an absurd comparison. We were not allowed to see him grow. Rush often talks of how their albums really define their growth as atrists. Each album being better (in their opinions) and they admit they learned along the way (and how they did learn)...after 30 years of being able to commit to this and the short window of time we had Hendrix you cannot draw comparisons.

Sorry if my opinion of Hendrix bothers or offends anyone, it's not intended to and surely it's my opinion only. I grew up a fan of the stones, purple, alice cooper and queen (the only sabbath I have is dio sabbath and I have every ozzy album ). There are many that say I was queens number one fan (atleast in my town I was) their brilliant harmonies are what I liked, so Jimi's playing would naturally be like fingers on a chalkboard too me...

[donkey tugger]

Queen are the worst band of all of time, and thats a fact.

[Hink]

I saw Jimi Hendrix in 1968. It was in Portland, Oregon, USA and it was the last night of the tour. After the first tune he announced that he was feeling tired, and if anyone had come there that night expecting him to do anything interesting, show wise, they could forget it. By the middle of the third tune half the house of about 10, 000 people, had left because he sounded so bad. It was to this date the worst performance I ever witnessed. Truely lame.

Baxter

Ritchie Blackmore did that too me in 1980, though I agreed with him. After the third song he swore and left the stage...the noise of the rainbow drove him crazy (it would me too), a few years later I saw rainbow (with turner, 4th row) and Ritchie was on fire, playing with his guitar chord, the amp, his face, his feet, mic stand...great show...in 1990 I saw Deep Purple at one of my last and worst shows I ever saw..ritchie stood there like an ass being forced to play...sad, I loved his guitar playing but 2 out of 3 shows I saw sucked really bad...

[herodotus]

Queen are the worst band of all of time, and thats a fact.

So do you like any good music?

[donkey tugger]

Queen are the worst band of all of time, and thats a fact.

So do you like any good music?

Mebbe.

[nuffink]

...It was to this date the worst performance I ever witnessed. Truely lame.

pfft. I've seen Level42.

[Hink]

Queen are the worst band of all of time, and thats a fact.

Yeah Freddie couldn't sing worth a damn (actually he sang only some songs) Roger Taylor couldn't bang a drum with a jack hammer (what the hell does that mean?) and Brian built one crappy guitar...

Well I am 1/3 right, I understand a lot of guitarists have wondered how he plays that guitar, yet the model he made with Guild was pretty cool (but too pricey for a guitar I would never play). Of course as song writers the were the pits...















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[donkey tugger]

Keep yer poodle perms on lads! I was only speaking me brain. You probably don't like Joy Division or The Smiths, I can live with it!

[Bunnyboy]

So far tonight we have had someone admitting to going to a Level 42 gig and people defending Queen.

This place is getting far wierder than anywhere on the planet

[clueless]

within the parameters of pop not being in the least bit important in any way, Jimi was the most 'important' 'thing' to grace a stage in the 20th century. Technically, I suppose he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. 'Technically' I don't think it matters a damn. And I don't buy that 'had he come along 10 years later he'd have been blown away by his peers' either. Fact is, he didn't, and he hasn't been blown away by anything since. As a 'complete package', icon, and sign of the times, or whatever you want to call it. IMHO.

[Eric Bourne]

And to think Bush wants to privatize Social Security and let you folks decide what to do with your money... Crazy old farts!

My apologies to the Brits. Enjoy your universal health care.

[clueless]

And to think Bush wants to privatize Social Security and let you folks decide what to do with your money... Crazy old farts!

My apologies to the Brits. Enjoy your universal health care.

whatever the hell that means

[whyterabbyt]

clueless quoth

whatever the hell that means

Delerium. Obviously boiled his nads in the hot-tub again...