How do I experience Jimi Hendrix?

[mark_h]

Warning pretentious crap to follow:

Artists like Jimi Hendrix are timeless, they transcend their epoch and the zeitgeist that contextualized them to become what they are, iconographic. The term genius is bandied about quite liberally in our times and is often miss attributed; with figures such as Jimi Hendrix, who are rightly called this in their lifetime, the moniker grows retrospectively.

I watch the footage of Hendrix at the Filmore east with the Band of Gypsies, in particular the footage of Machine Gun and I see a guitarist absorbed by his art, unconcerned with anything other than what he is playing and what he is communicating through his music. It is a true moment of expressive genius captured on film for all to see, for all time.

I never grow tired of it, I am never less than captivated and amazed by it each and every time I watch or listen to it, that is how I experience Jimi Hendrix.

 

[grammicci14]

Just wanted to 2nd "Rays of a New Rising Sun"!!!! Just get it!!

 

[bozebuttons]

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Originally Posted by mark_h /img/forum/go_quote.gif Warning pretentious crap to follow: Artists like Jimi Hendrix are timeless, they transcend their epoch and the zeitgeist that contextualized them to become what they are, iconographic. The term genius is bandied about quite liberally in our times and is often miss attributed; with figures such as Jimi Hendrix, who are rightly called this in their lifetime, the moniker grows retrospectively. I watch the footage of Hendrix at the Filmore east with the Band of Gypsies, in particular the footage of Machine Gun and I see a guitarist absorbed by his art, unconcerned with anything other than what he is playing and what he is communicating through his music. It is a true moment of expressive genius captured on film for all to see, for all time. I never grow tired of it, I am never less than captivated and amazed by it each and every time I watch or listen to it, that is how I experience Jimi Hendrix.

I actually saw Jimi Henrix live at the Filmore east (Showing Age).
He was a amazing guitarist,playing the star spangled banner with his teeth & it sounded amazing.Live he was just unbelievable.

The Filmore east was a great venue & only cost 7 bucks to get in,usually had 3 top bands in one night & I saw a lot of them

 

[achristilaw]

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Originally Posted by mark_h /img/forum/go_quote.gif Warning pretentious crap to follow: Artists like Jimi Hendrix are timeless, they transcend their epoch and the zeitgeist that contextualized them to become what they are, iconographic. The term genius is bandied about quite liberally in our times and is often miss attributed; with figures such as Jimi Hendrix, who are rightly called this in their lifetime, the moniker grows retrospectively. I watch the footage of Hendrix at the Filmore east with the Band of Gypsies, in particular the footage of Machine Gun and I see a guitarist absorbed by his art, unconcerned with anything other than what he is playing and what he is communicating through his music. It is a true moment of expressive genius captured on film for all to see, for all time. I never grow tired of it, I am never less than captivated and amazed by it each and every time I watch or listen to it, that is how I experience Jimi Hendrix.

Stuff today is construed, packaged, milked and marketed and is pure contrivance...while being labeled as "Art" and the bill of goods is sold to the public. Imagine listening to Peter, Paul and Mary with some Beatles thrown in and POW...an Asteroid called Hendrix blasted the Earth with sounds that that hadn't favored the Universe since the Big-Bang! It was the "Time" when commercialism wasn't the calling...rebellion was in the air along with Jimi's notes!

 

[MaloS]

And what's rebellius now everyone calls noise (along with a bunch of things that are actually noise). Fun.

 

[dallan]

Haven't finished the thread but i just got "Live at Berkeley" --one of the newer Hendrix releases and it is great!
Also the complete Woodstock show is pretty good, i didn't like Monterey as much. Also have that 4 cd box set that has some good stuff on it here and there as well.
When i start listening to him for a while, it is the only thing i want to hear.
Good luck, it's an adventure.

 

[milkweg]

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Originally Posted by pabbi1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif My Hendrix cd collection is at 30+

You must have a lot of bootlegs in that collection.

 

[MadMan007]

Hendrix is one of my favorite classic rock artists. Like some others from that era it's raw and straightforward, it feels more like listening to a group live in a bar or something. I like many new artists as well, from rock to electronic so I don't keep to one type of music. If there's one thing that dissapoints me about modern recordings is too often they are cleaned up and scrubbed smooth to supposed perfection and end up a lacking a little bit in emotional connection. I like hearing ''lo-fi' sounding older stuff and the little realistic errors that end up in the recording make it more real.

i also generally prefer non-remastered music, I guess it's because it sometimes gets too 'cleaned up' as above.

 

[dallan]

You'd like some of that live improvisational stuff you can download for free from archive.org free flac downloads of varying quality, some great soundboard copies of jamming though.

 

[MadMan007]

Hm not the friendleist site for searching, got any tips to find actual Hendrix stuff?

It's not quite that I like jamming or incomplete live stuff for that reason itself, I like it when it's appropriate. It's a matter of matching with the music perhaps. I don't find Hendrix, Zep etc to be 'lo-fi' even though they are a bit compared to modern recordings...it's just the way they are and it's good for them.

 

[I3eyond]

I know this is an old thread, but for any interested, compared to the MS-1s, the Audio Technia ATH-AD700s handle the "Experience" much better.  It doesn't sound bad at all, actually.

 

[tdogzthmn]

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On a turntable, of course. Preferably through vacuum tubes. A woody Grado helps, too.

No comment as to mind altering substances.

My set has worked some magic with Are You Experienced?.   CD player -> Bottlehead Crack -> K400 -> My Brain.
 
A little green never hurts either.

 

[aamefford]

Low to mid fi, 70's gear, speakers, cranked to just under (or just over) clipping.  A blacklight strobe, hookah and a bunch of the artificial euphoriant of your choice, man....  It also helps a lot if it happens to BE the 70's, and you are about 15.

 

[welchie]

I've got some 320 kbps Jimi Hendrix who I cut my teeth on via vinyl in the early 80's. I'm listening to it out of my laptop with an ibasso D4 Mamba DAC/Headphone amp with a pair of Audio Technica M50's. Little Wing sounds great! Yeah his music can sound a little dry. I can hear the snare drum vibration on Bold As Love, but come on. A three man band playing music like that in the 60's? It was pretty unique for the time. The m50's do a nice job with it. They're a steal at $98.00 and are quality listen IMO. I have DT770 600's, and recabbled UltraSone HFi 780's, I would go with the Ultrasone's with Hendrix any day, but not the Dt770's. They're way too sterile and revealing. Enjoy !

 

[9pintube]

Master Tapes played Backwards on a Revox B77 deck running through 4 double stacked Advents......per chan......Oh. the fabulous 60's/ early70's........