Jimi Hendrix - Rape Board

shysnale · 07-26-2006, 10:15 AM

I never never understood why so many people gave Hendrix the best credit ever. I mean I tried to listen to some of his stuff, ok, it's not bad, but I would never call him the best player ever as Malmsteen, Satriani and so many other does. What's wrong with me ? Am I deaf ? When I'm listening to the Who, the Stones, then ok, they have left their mark, and today's music probably wouldnt be the same without them, but Hendrix......please help me understand...

BoredMom · 07-26-2006, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by shysnale

I never never understood why so many people gave Hendrix the best credit ever. I mean I tried to listen to some of his stuff, ok, it's not bad, but I would never call him the best player ever as Malmsteen, Satriani and so many other does. What's wrong with me ? Am I deaf ? When I'm listening to the Who, the Stones, then ok, they have left their mark, and today's music probably wouldnt be the same without them, but Hendrix......please help me understand...

Don't feel bad. I never understood why he was so over the top either. There are far too many tastes in music to understand why any one person could rise to such fame. But then again, many people have never understood the appeal of Elvis either.

shysnale · 07-26-2006, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BoredMom

Don't feel bad. I never understood why he was so over the top either. There are far too many tastes in music to understand why any one person could rise to such fame. But then again, many people have never understood the appeal of Elvis either.

It's good to know I'm not the only one.
You know I agree we owe a lot to our elders.
If the black people didn't come up with the blues back to slavery times, then Chuck Berry or Jerry Lee Lewis could never have found the essential roots for the first rock'n'roll songs, then 80% of what we hear on the radio today would remain as a dream..

When I'm listening to 50's rock'n'roll, it really touches me. I can feel the newness, the freshness of it, even as a hard rock fan. But hendrix....I don't know...it sounds marshmallow to me...sometimes I wonder if as music fans we are getting 'mind control' influences by those music history folks that try to tell us what we are capable or not capable to enjoy....

gal4 · 07-26-2006, 01:26 PM

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Get stoned.

innocent · 07-26-2006, 01:59 PM

get stoned! very ttue gal
think that sums it up for many of the classics...hendrix pink floyd, led zepplin.
i dont seem to be able to get into them nowadays but in my misspent and very hazy younger days they were the perfect music and most often played in my collection.

BoredMom · 07-26-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by innocent

get stoned! very ttue gal
think that sums it up for many of the classics...hendrix pink floyd, led zepplin.
i dont seem to be able to get into them nowadays but in my misspent and very hazy younger days they were the perfect music and most often played in my collection.

I steer clear of the too now, but believe it or not, my teenage daughter and her boyfriend are into them. They have been having me download some of their music. I really never figured that music would come back around again, but seems it has.

07-26-2006, 10:15 AM	#1
shysnale Neurotic Escargot Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Poker Table Posts: 2,754 Reputation: 13179	Jimi Hendrix I never never understood why so many people gave Hendrix the best credit ever. I mean I tried to listen to some of his stuff, ok, it's not bad, but I would never call him the best player ever as Malmsteen, Satriani and so many other does. What's wrong with me ? Am I deaf ? When I'm listening to the Who, the Stones, then ok, they have left their mark, and today's music probably wouldnt be the same without them, but Hendrix......please help me understand...

07-26-2006, 01:26 PM	#4
gal4 UnWanted Trick Baby Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 834 Reputation: 584	How to Make Love to a Woman Get stoned. Last edited by gal4; 07-26-2006 at 01:29 PM.

07-26-2006, 01:59 PM	#5
innocent Privileged Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: uk Posts: 2,110 Reputation: 9976	get stoned! very ttue gal think that sums it up for many of the classics...hendrix pink floyd, led zepplin. i dont seem to be able to get into them nowadays but in my misspent and very hazy younger days they were the perfect music and most often played in my collection.