| deleted user 04.01.2005 18:34 |
Hi Queenzone team. I don't want annoy anyone by asking you this but who here likes Jimi Hendrix. Only i used to hate his music but My dads just got a new album and 2 DVDs. I think he's pretty brilliant. I like his guitar work. Only thing i don't like is the way he never seems to make any real tunes or melodys. I still think he's great though anyone agree? Sorry this may not be a good topic. |
| OrAnGe SoDa 04.01.2005 18:42 |
he was kinda hot... |
| markaw 04.01.2005 18:45 |
My friend you want melodies listen to the first Hendrix album 'Are You Experienced'-any of it. Or 'Axis Bold As Love' excellent. Nice you appreciate a true guitar genius, remembering you have to put it in the context of the time he was doing his stuff-60s, it was very far reaching, still is really. But try these albums and happy listening. |
| deleted user 04.01.2005 18:48 |
Okay. Thanks. I've only just started listening to his stuff. I quite like it. Especially Voo Doo Chile live. Brilliant. I have live at the Isle Of Whight Aug 1970. If you ever see that in the shops it's worth getting. |
| Anto1 04.01.2005 19:01 |
Not only was/is Hendrix the best guitarist/musician ever imo!!, he was one cool mother****er. You gotta check out Voodoo Chile at Woodstock. |
| deleted user 04.01.2005 19:11 |
"Foxxxy ladddyy!" :^) |
| Mean Mistreater 04.01.2005 19:12 |
I love Hendrix. There's a song called "May this be love" that has a lovely melody to it. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 04.01.2005 20:32 |
MEGA musician. Such a waste. Castles Made of Sand, Wind Cries Mary and All Along the Watchtower are my faves. |
| Yogurt 04.01.2005 21:06 |
Aww, Jimmi. Good musician. |
| thePresence 04.01.2005 21:15 |
man, i like hendrix.he, to me, was a great guitarist, but i dont think he was the best. |
| Daburcor? 04.01.2005 21:53 |
So, Joe, Did you say 'dads'? How many do you have? |
| Mr.Jingles 04.01.2005 23:27 |
I like Jimmy Hendrix, but I have to say that the most respect that I have for Jimmy is because without him Queen might have never existed. Jimmy Hendrix is undoubteably Queen's biggest musical influence. |
| rachael mae. 05.01.2005 03:04 |
I like Hendrix, even though I haven't heard much of his work. He was coool ;) |
| iGSM 05.01.2005 03:42 |
I just love the fact he played a right handed guitar upside down. Best ever. |
| Mr.Jingles 05.01.2005 12:57 |
It's arguable the fact of whether Jimmy Hendrix was the greatest guitarist ever or not. What I think can't be denied is that Jimmy Hendrix has been indeed the most influential of all guitarists. |
| deleted user 05.01.2005 13:06 |
So, Joe, Did you say 'dads'? How many do you have? My dad has, Voodoo Chile and a German import which incluedes rare tracks from 1965-1967. On DVD he has Live at the Isle Of Whight 1970 and a documentry simply entitled Jimi Hendrix. The German Import i bought for my dad when i saw it in a shop sale. |
| David Jones 05.01.2005 13:51 |
> I have live at the Isle Of Whight Aug 1970 Machine Gun from that gig is amazing, really immense and powerful. Jimi Hendrix IS the best guitarist in the world. |
| brENsKi 05.01.2005 14:42 |
how can you say they don't have melodies? all along the watchtower, hey joe, stone free, foxy lady and wind cries mary are fine melodic peices of work |
| rachael mae. 05.01.2005 16:11 |
Foxy Lady is awesome! |
| Banshee 05.01.2005 17:23 |
I don't really like his music, and I don't think he was technically as great as some people say he was. But it goes without question that he was a decent musician and rather innovative as well. I'd just not buy any of his records. Btw, what's with Jimmi Hendrix and his bass-players!? He always had decent drummers backing him up, but somehow (in my opinion) he always had this second rate bass players? |
| markaw 05.01.2005 17:24 |
<B><font color=#ff7f00>Brenski</B> wrote: how can you say they don't have melodies? |
| markaw 05.01.2005 17:32 |
Banshee wrote: I don't really like his music, and I don't think he was technically as great as some people say he was. But it goes without question that he was a decent musician and rather innovative as well. I'd just not buy any of his records. Btw, what's with Jimmi Hendrix and his bass-players!? He always had decent drummers backing him up, but somehow (in my opinion) he always had this second rate bass players?Wooaahh technically every guitarist of repute Clapton,Blackmore, Page and yes Brian acknowledge just how technically brilliant he was-he was far ahead of his time (see my 1st post at top of page). Decent is a massive understatement. Not really sure where the 2nd rate bass player bit comes from-you'll always hear a solid bit of playing keeping the 'engine' going which allows the improvisation which made Jimi so brilliant. |
| David Jones 05.01.2005 18:04 |
> Btw, what's with Jimmi Hendrix and his bass-players!? He always had decent drummers backing him up, but somehow (in my opinion) he always had this second rate bass players? Well Noel Redding was originally a guitarist, but still a great bass player (bless his soul) and Buddy Cox is a brilliant bass player. I just guess their overshadowed by the awesome abilities of JIMI Hendrix too often. I tell you, I'd have him in my ultimate band with that Freddie Mercury... |
| Banshee 05.01.2005 18:20 |
I'm not arguing he was ahead of his time. I'm also not ignoring the impact he had on modern-day music. But I don't believe the stuff he did was all that difficult. As far as Clapton and Page go, I don't rate them as great guitarists either. Not saying they are crap, but I can name quite a few others who are better in my opinion. As far as the bass-players go, I'm not an actual bass-player myself. But I've heard some recordings and some live stuff as well, and I couldn't detect anything special about it. Again, I'm not saying it was crap, but I've heard MUCH better bassparts even from players back then. Beofre this results in a flame-war. I'm not trying to diss the musicians some hold close to their hearts. Just stating my opinion. Which is all it really is... MY opinion. And I'm just a 4th or even 5th rate guitarist myself. :) |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 05.01.2005 19:27 |
David Jones wrote: > I have live at the Isle Of Whight Aug 1970 Machine Gun from that gig is amazing, really immense and powerful. Jimi Hendrix IS the best guitarist in the world.Yes, id like to back you up on that one. His melodies were light years ahead of thier day. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 05.01.2005 19:28 |
Banshee wrote: I'm not arguing he was ahead of his time. I'm also not ignoring the impact he had on modern-day music. But I don't believe the stuff he did was all that difficult. As far as Clapton and Page go, I don't rate them as great guitarists either. Not saying they are crap, but I can name quite a few others who are better in my opinion. As far as the bass-players go, I'm not an actual bass-player myself. But I've heard some recordings and some live stuff as well, and I couldn't detect anything special about it. Again, I'm not saying it was crap, but I've heard MUCH better bassparts even from players back then. Beofre this results in a flame-war. I'm not trying to diss the musicians some hold close to their hearts. Just stating my opinion. Which is all it really is... MY opinion. And I'm just a 4th or even 5th rate guitarist myself. :)Im sorry mate, I have to think to myself that youre talking bollocks. |
| Banshee 06.01.2005 04:45 |
Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: Im sorry mate, I have to think to myself that youre talking bollocks.And you say that without a decent explanation? Great post then. To me it's very easy. I can play Hendrix and Clapton the way they played it. Ofcourse, most Queen-songs are not that hard either. But some solo's by Brian May (especially those with delay) are bloody hard to play. And frankly I haven't heard many guitarists who were able to really mimic both the sound and the technique Brian used. Some come close, but it's often slightly simplified. |
| Anto1 06.01.2005 05:53 |
>>>To me it's very easy. I can play Hendrix and Clapton the way they played it. Post an mp3 |
| Banshee 06.01.2005 08:37 |
To prove what exactly? That a mediocre player like myself can imitate Hendrix or Clapton? Just go to your local musicschool, take a guitar-tab, and ask someone who has been seriously playing the guitar for about 5 years wether he wants to learn the piece. Really, I can't be bothered with buying recording equiptment because you don't believe me on my word. |
| markaw 06.01.2005 18:57 |
[. Beofre this results in a flame-war. I'm not trying to diss the musicians some hold close to their hearts. Just stating my opinion. Which is all it really is... MY opinion. And I'm just a 4th or even 5th rate guitarist myself. :) Hey no flame war-you are entitled to your opinion-albeit a little misguided! I can't help being ever so slightly sus about your claims of playing Hendrix like Hendrix could though. Hey no sweat oh and you should check out Andy Scott (Sweet) on Desolation Boulevard or Sweet FA-another fine axeman. |
| deleted user 06.01.2005 19:02 |
I've just watched this DVD of my dads and relised even more just how amazing he is. He's a brilliant guitarist. I also thin k the drummer he has during this concerts brilliant too. Not as good as Roger though. |
| tymd 07.01.2005 03:35 |
After Pete Townsend saw him he told his friends -this bloke is going to put me out of work. I saw Jimi live in Memphis.To young to apreciate his genius.Guess who the warm up band was-The Monkeys-no kidding. |
| Steve Via 07.01.2005 05:55 |
Here's something odd. You'd think its pretty much obvious that Brian was influenced by Jimi, but Roger is also influenced by Jimi... and he's a drummer! What's going on there? I suppose he does play guitar too... Didn't Roger start out on the guitar or something? |
| David Jones 07.01.2005 13:22 |
> To me it's very easy. I can play Hendrix and Clapton the way they played it. Why aren't you famous then? You can probably play the notes, but not put the same feeling and expression in it. The Hendrix tone and style of playing is near impossible to emulate, no-one has every really come close. Maybe Stevie Ray Vaughan. Don't know of many others... Just cause your a drummer, doesn't mean you can't appreciate and be influenced by other people playing other instruments. At the end of the day its all down to rhythm and Hendrix had a lot of that... |
| Mr.Jingles 07.01.2005 15:17 |
I think that Stevie Ray Vaughn and Yngwie Malsteem are more skilled than Hendrix, but I don't thiink it's only skill what makes a great guitarist. Jimmy Hendrix is considered the greatest mostly thanks to his huge influence on just about every single guitarist who came after him. Without him, there might not have been a Stevie Ray, a Malmsteem or a Brian May. |
| David Jones 07.01.2005 18:17 |
Technically, Malmsteem is a brilliant guitarist, but lacks the honesty and feeling of people like Hendrix. Theres so many guitarists from that era who can play lightningly fast, but have no feeling what so over. As Carlos Santana once said, if theres no feeling in the music you play, whos going to listen to it?... |
| Banshee 07.01.2005 18:41 |
That's true ofcourse. Perhaps I'm using the wrong criteria. Malmsteen has been accused of taking Mozart's melodies and playing around them. Never investigated that myself though. Take BB King for example. Not the greatest technical player around. But when you hear live recordings, he never plays the same solo. He's always winging it. Which I guess is because he is so musically talented. Same can be said about Clapton. I've heard him make humoungous mistakes, but he always finds a way out of it by improvising. Not a trait I'm am particulary interested in, but ofcourse should be acknoweledged. |
| Steve Via 11.01.2005 10:18 |
Alex Solan has no color now... wrote: are you Steve Via or Steve VAI?? ;)Yeah... I've only just noticed that but the site won't let me change it. I'll try again later... |