"Not Necessarily POLLED, But Beautiful..."– ILM Artist Poll #101 – Jimi Hendrix – Results Thread

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Move Over, Rover!

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29 Ballots, Let's Do This...

First off: NEXT HENDRIX

Seven Voters voted for Six Guitarists, and your winner is...

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ERNIE ISLEY!

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Hazel, Frank Marino, Sonny Sharrock, and Prince all received 1 Vote to Ernie's 2.

12 Voters In Total For The Covers Poll.

Top 5 Covers:

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4. (TIE) The Isley Brothers: “Ohio/Machine Gun”
Givin’ It Back, 1971
4 Points (2 Votes)

The Track: https://youtu.be/39WxCT4U4Vk

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The Cure: “Purple Haze”
Stone Free: A Tribute To Jimi Hendrix, 1993 /Join The Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001, 2004
4 Points (2 Votes)

The Track: https://youtu.be/PxUF5cMckvg

Actually, that should have been a tie for 5th, because:

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3. (TIE) Derek & The Dominos: “Little Wing”
Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, 1970
4 Points (2 Votes, 1 #1 Vote)

The Track: https://youtu.be/fhb7Wq5-SgA

https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0000/356/0000356492.jpg

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)”
Couldn’t Stand The Weather, 1984
4 Points (2 Votes, 1 #1 Vote)

The Track: https://youtu.be/sF2ZqlPNuqU
Reaction Vid: https://youtu.be/dqx1mEm0qAA

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2. Rod Stewart: “Angel”
Never A Dull Moment, 1972
5 Points (2 Votes, 1 #1 Vote)

On TOTP: https://youtu.be/9uwWOpC1tGM

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1. Emmylou Harris: “May This Be Love”
Wrecking Ball, 1995
8 Points (4 Votes, 2 #1 Votes)

The Track: https://youtu.be/i3RdttpefBU

i ended up not voting as i just didn't feel qualified enough. looking forward to these results!

yeah! get on with it babe

don't want to pollute the thread with embeds, but here are the covers i voted for. all of the covers i chose are songs i didn't wind up picking for the tracks ballot

rotary connection - 'burning of the midnight lamp': https://youtu.be/NSvgdzgDxSA
grand and operatic with gorgeous vocals from minnie riperton, breathes new vital life into hendrix's hippy-dippiest track.

rickie lee jones - 'up from the skies': https://youtu.be/kRNcdgszivI
just a really good matchup between song and artist. rickie has a lot of fun with the groovy lyrics.

living colour - crosstown traffic: https://youtu.be/9so3U_27tVo
a faithful cover that i voted for because crosstown traffic was my final cut from the main poll and i wanted to honor it lol. didn't vote for best new hendrix, but vernon reid is as good a pick as any.

SIDEMAN TRACKS...5 Ballots here.

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5. (TIE) Curtis Knight & The Squires: “Hush Now”
Single, 1967/My Best Friend, 1979

The Track: https://youtu.be/X5vzq-Itbvs

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Robert Wyatt: “Slow Walkin’ Talk”
Flotsam Jetsam, 1994
5 Points (1 Vote, 1 #1 Vote)

The Track: https://youtu.be/agO_R0h1V84

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4. Curtis Knight & The Squires: “Strange Things”
Get That Feeling, 1967/You Can’t Use My Name, 2015
6 Points (2 Votes)

The Track: https://youtu.be/J0Bx7N2P0X4

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3. Little Richard: “I Don’t Know What You’ve Got (But It’s Got Me) Pts. 1 & 2”
Single, 1965/Directly From My Heart: The Best of The Specialty & Vee-Jay Years, 2015
8 Points (2 Votes, 1 #1 Vote)

The Track: https://youtu.be/bHHDLqOEGkI
Little Richard Talking About Hendrix: https://youtu.be/MHlRa-RPjWE

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2. The Isley Brothers: “Testify Pts. 1 &2”
Single, 1964/It’s Your Thing: The Story of The Isley Brothers, 1999
10 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1 Vote)

The Track: https://youtu.be/7fIv72EdsrE
The Isley's On Hiring Hendrix: https://youtu.be/XvATqTKI3Uc

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1. Curtis Knight & The Squires: “Hornet’s Nest”
Single, 1966/You Can’t Use My Name, 2015
12 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1 Vote)

The Track: https://youtu.be/kQCQ6MWPWgY

Can't believe Doran/Studer/Minton/Bates/Ali didn't run away with the covers poll.

I've been too busy to resubmit, but I was gonna give a shoutout to this Rickie Lee Jones cover of "Up From The Skies"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRNcdgszivI

I voted for that! And posted a tiny bit about it upthread

hooray hornet’s nest !!! would have def voted for it as a top sideman track.

very stoked to take this journey, thanks c g/m

Poll is already so fine. Forgot about how great the Little Richard tune is, love the RLJ and Hornet's Nest.

Can't believe Doran/Studer/Minton/Bates/Ali didn't run away with the covers poll.

― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC)

too many to choose from, too few slots, i used my three slots on other covers

xxxp missed that, sorry! yeah she has tons of fun with the tune

20 Ballots for Best Albums. Seven albums got widespread love, so we'll do a "Top Seven" momentarily.

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7. Blues, 1994
7 Points (4 Votes)

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6. The Cry of Love, 1971
8 Points (6 Votes)

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5. First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, 1997
13 Points (5 Votes, 2 For The Jon Scannell Reconstruction)

http://albumsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/2014/10/jimi-hendrix-first-rays-of-new-rising.html

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4. Band of Gypsys, 1970
33 Points (12 Votes, 3 #1's)

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3. Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
60 Points (18 votes, 4 #1's)

too low!

13 Points (5 Votes, 2 For The Jon Scannell Reconstruction)

http://albumsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/2014/10/jimi-hendrix-first-rays-of-new-rising.html

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain)

i didn't put on my ballot that mine was specifically for the scannell version, but it was, so make that three :)

I was one of the Scannell voters, I do like the regular version of it as well - I had the CD with the purple cover at the top there, that really is some terrible '90s CD art!

Also Axis was my #1

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2. Are You Experienced?, 1967
69 Points (18 Votes, 4 #1's)

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1. Electric Ladyland, 1968
82 Points (19 Votes, 9 #1's)

NSFW UK Cover

hmmm, I need to spend some more time with electric ladyland

i voted for the three studio albs in reverse chronological order.

he was only getting better :(

I had AYE at #2 over EL on my ballot but on reflection I think the latter edges it, especially if you go by the original tracklisting (I've only ever owned versions of the debut with the early single A and B sides tacked on the end). Electric Ladyland really is one of the all-time great double albums.

Sides 3 and 4 of Electric Ladyland are the pinnacle of rock

Electric Ladyland drives me crazy. I think the backing vocals around 2:25 of Long Hot Summer Night are my least favorite thing Jimi put on tape.

'Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)' is 'What'd I Say'. 'Burning of the Midnight Lamp' is 'Come as You Are' slowed down with wah wah. I don't know how Jimi stole it from the future.

Ladyland is killer start to finish

come on let the good times roll is one of his very best solos, the moment where it kicks into high gear after shifting up a half step is rock city.

burning of the midnight lamp is fine, but better as a rotary connection song lol

Sides 3 and 4 of Electric Ladyland are the pinnacle of rock

― Joey Corona (Euler), Tuesday, April 21, 2020 5:05 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ladyland is killer start to finish

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, April 21, 2020 5:37 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Being into a Hendrix poll and not being into Electric Ladyland is befuddling. I took House Burning Down off my ballot at the last minute and now regret it just thinking about it.

Yeah totally
like, dig:
the first 2 albums are like the thrilling countdown to blastoff & Ladyland is the moment when the rocket takes off

let’s all say “dig” a lot in this rollout

i rate the 3 studio albums chronologically, but had Band of Gypsys #1. I think my love for jimi is rooted in what sounds great on guitar in a 3-piece. EL has great moments but is a departure from that and sounds a little too loose overall for me. For example, 'All Along the Watchtower' has great guitar moments, but it sounds more like a santana song, and you can't, in my experience, have as much fun playing it alone on guitar in your bedroom. that last bit is probably the unfair bias i bring to this poll.

Not so great to use 'great' over and over in that post, but i'm fuckin wired on iced tea and listening to EL all the way through.

Speaking of Santana, I was just thinking today about much it sucks that Hendrix had to die, robbing us of a collab live album of him, Santana, and Buddy Miles jamming on a volcano in Hawaii.

we got the santana + rob thomas collabo we all desired, but it only made us hunger more for the hendrix + sugar ray collabo that can never happen.

so help me i will turn this car around

like I’m guessing “Still Raining, Still Dreaming” doesn’t make the poll, but in context it’s the glue between the astronomical wilds of Side 3 and the earthly doom of Side 4, with God’s wrath finally severing the two in a slight return. That solo! Blues as inner space.

otm

like I’m guessing “Still Raining, Still Dreaming” doesn’t make the poll, but in context it’s the glue between the astronomical wilds of Side 3 and the earthly doom of Side 4, with God’s wrath finally severing the two in a slight return. That solo! Blues as inner space.

I voted for it. No one does laid back off-handedness like Jimi. One of my favorite Jimi modes.

I listened to Electric Ladyland again with fresh ears this morning. Also switched from headphones to very loud speakers, and I enjoyed it to an extent I haven't before. I don't have it on vinyl, and I can see how the experience benefits from division into 4 sides, so thanks for that lens. I've always loved voodo child (slight return) and Gypsy Eyes -- those tracks stand out on a compilation. But the rest of em, including Watchtower, gain something from the album context. anyway, I appreciate that I have another Jimi album to love. I was wrong about it before. Sometimes you need fresh excitement, especially when you weren't around for the original releases, to give you the juice to take on a whole album alone. I could see EL taking over Axis eventually because the overall vibe is cooler. Still don't expect I'll ever enjoy it more than AYE? or BoG, though.

EL is a great early-stereo headphones album, some really cool panning that makes it feel like the solos are bouncing around your brain.

Huzzah!

I hate the stereo panning lol!

mostly because it says "i am a great early-stereo headphones album"

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xp lol, you have to start somewhere. it's not a technique i love all the time, but it works here.

xp speaking of, I loooove my mono AYE? reissue, so good

https://www.discogs.com/The-Jimi-Hendrix-Experience-Are-You-Experienced/release/4360660

i'd hoped to find user "sleeve" above the copy listed at $199.98

EL was my second choice. I love it, but AYE? made a bigger impression on me when I heard it at home as a child, and it's the one I've returned to most often. On the surface AYE? is a typical 1967 pop album with 11 short songs (the longest is 3:55!), but every track is so freaky and wtf-sounding. I'm glad he stretched out later (my #1 track is a long one from EL) but I love the speed and power of the debut, and it's fun to think about how it must have blown people's minds. The Doors' debut, Surrealistic Pillow, and Electric Music for the Mind and Body came out a little earlier, but as psychedelia they all pale in comparison to AYE?.

xp not for sale!

xp wait what? "Third Stone" is 6:40!

you're right, I overlooked that one

Tracks Anyone?

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50. “You Got Me Floatin’”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
59 Points (4 Votes)

PM Dawn Music Video: https://youtu.be/FMdDF_Tsc9I

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49. “Villanova Junction”
Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More, 1970 (as “Instrumental Solo”)/Live At Woodstock, 1994/99
59 Points (3 Votes)

The Track: https://youtu.be/dQwwxiBjLzI

got me floatin' is a song i like a lot but never considered voting for.

I voted for the PM Dawn version but not the original

a good many textures out of jimi's guitar in floatin. taking veg's note, i dig it.

villanova junction is a great jam, but i only wanted to vote for one 'jam' song, and another one got the vote.

I love You Got Me Floatin!! but it’s weird, PM Dawn definitely made their cover sound so rich & dreamy that it made the original pale a little bit somehow? (just in terms of audio i mean, song itself still rules)

my head always mashes together you got me floatin and gypsy eyes--lemme tell you that imaginary mashup is a banger.

yeah that would sound amazing!

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48. “Rainy Day, Dream Away”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
60 Points (3 Votes)

Awesome! I took this off my ballot in favor of Still Raining, Still Dreaming, because I thought I was being dumb voting for the stoner banter at the beginning of this one. I love both.

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47. “In From The Storm”
The Cry of Love, 1971/First Rays of The New Rising Sun, 1997
61 points (3 Votes, 1 Vote For Isle of Wight Live Version from Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set)

Live In Copenhagen (Audio-Only): https://youtu.be/xO3Kw2NBEaY

Oh yeah, I like that one a lot but I voted for two other Cry of Love tracks iirc. I think "Rainy Day, Dream Away" did make my ballot. Love the bends on that. "You Got Me Floatin'" one of the Axis tracks that was making me reconsider my neglect of it.

A cool thing about "In From The Strom" is that it shows he was totally ready for lumbering '70s Rock ala Sabbath, Zep etc.

yeah that would sound amazing!

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:17 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah, it's the verses of gypsy eyes mixed with the chorus of floatin'. maybe some guitar wizard can steal my idea.

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46. “Still Raining, Still Dreaming”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
65 Points (4 Votes)

Gov't Mule Live Medley of "Rainy Day, Dream Away" & "Still Raining, Still Dreaming": https://youtu.be/ZfzaYO4Ksnk

love the organ sound on this one

Nice! I guess all of Electric Ladyland will place?

Nice! I guess all of Electric Ladyland will place?

I can think of one song that probably won't make it...

i can think of two

we got the santana + rob thomas collabo we all desired, but it only made us hunger more for the hendrix + sugar ray collabo that can never happen.

― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton)

but we do have sugar ray's eno/cale cover!

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45. “Stone Free”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
67 Points (4 Votes, 1 Vote For Live Version From Songs For Groovy Children Box Set)

Live On French TV, 1967: https://youtu.be/-dnxpbxxI-Y

Was this on the UK version of the album? I thought it was a non-LP single.

It's on the consolidated CD version, which I'm using in those cases because otherwise my head hurts.

spotify has it on the expanded experienced, and i'm pretty sure my cd version has it too (plus songs like 51st anniversary, highway chile, and red house)

I left “Stone Free” off my ballot for reasons I can neither remember nor justify.

It's first LP appearance was on Smash Hits, according to wiki.

stone free live versions usually outstrip the studio version imo, but i still felt ok leaving it off.

Speaking of Are You Experienced? bonus cuts...

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44. “Highway Chile”
Are You Experienced?, 1967/War Heroes, 1972
75 Points (4 Votes)

I love so much the way the guitar/bass/drums are mixed in the verses of 'Stone Free', no idea how they got that sound.

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43. “Love Or Confusion”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
80 Points (4 Votes)

The Track (they say it's from the BBC): https://youtu.be/tIuf_SPvX-Y
Screaming Trees Cover: https://youtu.be/sqDcNW-HKyg
Eric Johnson Cover on ACL: https://youtu.be/biQKDlqeFY4

I wish they’d release the full, unedited take of “Rainy Day Dream Away/Still Rainin’ Still Dreamin’.” It’s so lame how it’s just separated into two songs.

'Stone Free' is so good. Gavin, Leeds otm about the verse sound.

the bends in the highway chile open/chorus feel seminal. 'Love Or Confusion' was a late cut on my ballot, which i regret listening to it now. opens with a pinky volume swell, percussive pickup switching, treble jangle, and then sustained feedback. the kind of shit that blows a kid's mind.

should read 'which i regret, listening to it now.' i will never regret listening to 'Love or Confusion'.

I voted for "Stone Free," but I specifically voted for the version on Disc 4 of the Songs for Groovy Children box, which also appears on the Live at the Fillmore East 2CD set from the early 2000s.

I've made notes in the entries for any different recording of a song that made the rollout. I had wanted to include links for those, but it looks like the estate has pretty tight reins on official releases on YouTube.

"was voted for and made the rollout"

Highway Chile is such a jam
i have nothing insightful to add other than i dig it

really want to urge you all to say “dig” more in this rollout

for jimi, he would want it

usually i hate a highway jam, but in this case, ho boy!

"Highway Chile" made my ballot, mostly for the catchy riff. One of the handful of AYE songs that wasn't actually on the Smash Hits comp I listened to as a kid.

in an alternate universe, I’m posting with the username highway chili

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42. “Who Knows”
Band of Gypsys, 1970
81 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: https://youtu.be/kYm3dSXKloA
Prince Live Cover (Audio Only): https://youtu.be/SflUGek1r18

An appropriate one to end Day 1 with...

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41. “Wait Until Tomorrow”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
83 Points (5 Votes)

Paul Schafer and the World's Most Dangerous Band Cover: https://youtu.be/1Ad5vVJCCXU

Wait until tomorrow was on my ballot for a while cause I knew how to play it, but as fun as it is, it’s not as mind-blowing as many so I left it off. That and residual memories John Mayer corniness

Click bang, what a hang.

XP Lolz. In collecting YTs for this I've already dodged like three or four different Mayer live covers of posted songs so far.

"Who Knows" was my #1. impeccable groove. hit that fucking snare and get us going, Buddy. we're lookin for a our sally. four face melting and groovin solos on BoG. i'm talkin bout my baby. this song fucking rips. oh yeah and buddy scats for 2 whole minutes near the middle. i don't care too much for that, but a few 'arit dit dit dit dooos' cannot ruin the party. i'm even kind of enjoying them at that point in the album.

trying to decide what fucks up who knows more, buddy or the sax solo popping into prince's version

probably buddy. once the horns get into the groove it starts sounding like "willie the pimp" but there are worse things to sound like.

track is unfuckupable imo. crosstown traffic will beat it, and there's a kazoo guitar in there. Is buddy really more annoying than a kazoo guitar?

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40. “Gypsy Eyes”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
84 Points (5 Votes)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/48hLu6odZXI

WTF Crosstown Traffic is awesome!

re: Gypsy Eyes. Love the guitar and vocals doubling.

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39. “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)”
Rainbow Bridge, 1971/First Rays of The New Rising Sun, 1997/People, Hell and Angels, 2013
93 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1, 1 Vote For "Hey Gypsy Boy")

Live At LA Forum, 1970: https://youtu.be/bki0ScmXiH0
M.A.C.C. Cover: https://youtu.be/7mVZyPSaYug

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38. “House Burning Down”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
97 Points (5 Votes)

good song. very late cut from my ballot. always loved the screaming guitar intro.

Yeah this is a really good one.

I voted for it! Funky & badass, love the rhythm here

Hey Baby was my #7. I love how the verses build to the chorus each time.

I cut House Burning Down at the last minute and fear that was a mistake.

The stabbing guitar in the chorus reminds me of a siren and just amps up the anxiety.

so i left him SIPPING HIS TEA!

track is unfuckupable imo. crosstown traffic will beat it, and there's a kazoo guitar in there. Is buddy really more annoying than a kazoo guitar?

― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton)

was that a rhetorical question? because it has an actual answer, and that answer is "yes".

"hey baby" my #1. too low!

here's a blog post i made about "hey baby" earlier this month.

https://weirdthingsonbetamax.blogspot.com/2020/04/is-microphone-on.html

xp then let me appeal to this idea: a vote for buddy is a 'fuck you' to michael jeffery

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37. “Freedom”
The Cry of Love, 1971/First Rays of The New Rising Sun, 1997
98 Points (5 Votes)

Live Version: https://youtu.be/wDvlErh5zcc
"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/VjOViXpa7Ns

this song feels like a republican anthem, and i hate it

xp then let me appeal to this idea: a vote for buddy is a 'fuck you' to michael jeffery

― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton)

would rather just vote for the jimi hendrix songs i like; don't get why so many people like to make voting into a 4d chess game

i am only justifying my deeply emotional and true to myself vote with 4d chess

https://i.imgur.com/sSZ47xA.png

36. “Come On Pt. 1”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
99 Points (5 Votes)

Live 1969 (Audio-Only): https://youtu.be/ZMDCBgWb_C4
Earl King's Original: https://youtu.be/Q3-uOu8tB0U
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Version: https://youtu.be/ZpBcjGsdvUI

xp Kate, love your write-up on Hey Baby.

Freedom was on my ballot early and maybe should have stayed. One of his most overtly political songs. Chorus seems to demand freedom from the racism/drug use etc. of the verses. Don't see a Republican connection.

https://i.imgur.com/1brEMg0.png

35. “Ezy Ryder”
The Cry of Love, 1971/First Rays of The New Rising Sun, 1997
107 Points (5 Votes)

Live W/Band of Gypsys: https://youtu.be/We-9ES-NY70

xp yeah, i don't think jimi's intention is republican at all, though i'm sure it's been distorted and used that way. i regret posting the thought here now. but i do think about it every time i hear the song, and it contributes to why i don't enjoy it very much.

come on pt. 1 snuck into the 20th space on my ballot. it was duking it out with red house for the honor of being my favorite straightahead blues solo that jimi put to tape. it's all about that moment halfway through the solo where it shifts up in key and kicks into hyperdrive.

i am only justifying my deeply emotional and true to myself vote with 4d chess

― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton)

hey, if you're cool with buddy that's ok! if you're being true to yourself you don't need to justify yourself to me or anyone else, either with 4d chess or bagging on "crosstown traffic" or anything else!

the academic paper on the star spangled banner/"this is america" (quick shout-out to donald glover, who probably wasn't making a deliberate reference) was really interesting and helped me understand more about just how many changes jimi went through in his career. in '66 he was a hawk on vietnam! hendrix by '70, when he was doing "freedom", was about as far from a republican as, say, "born in the usa" is, which is to say very far indeed.

understood, kate. sorry to throw a tantrum and challop on "crosstown traffic" in response.

https://i.imgur.com/aUDn1Nn.png

34. “Drifting”
The Cry of Love, 1971/First Rays of The New Rising Sun, 1997
108 Points (5 Votes)

Alt. Version: https://youtu.be/gpw4T4ZnTlg

https://i.imgur.com/ffawD3b.png

33. “Up From The Skies”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
113 Points (5 Votes)

"EXP'/"Up From The Skies" Live 1968 (Audio-Only): https://youtu.be/uZMqy_LLsgI
Rickie Lee Jones Cover: https://youtu.be/kRNcdgszivI

I'm glad "Drifting" made it -- I was worried I was the only voter for that one.

"Drifting" is heartbreakingly beautiful

https://i.imgur.com/kieh4cQ.png

32. “Hear My Train A Comin’”
Woodstock Two, 1971 (as “Get My Heart Back Together”)/Rainbow Bridge, 1971/Blues, 1994
114 Points (6 Votes, 2 Votes For Berkeley Version from Blues)

Acoustic Version: https://youtu.be/CzL7G0jItzU
Live At LA Forum, 1970 (Audio-Only): https://youtu.be/h6MM0MA94TE
Eddie Kramer Talks: https://youtu.be/skPerY8aGBU
Eddie Kramer Talks Some More: https://youtu.be/R5hSihj0lsk

I didn't vote for it, but Drifting is lovely in the vein of May This Be Love.

https://i.imgur.com/I3vwVds.png

31. “Night Bird Flying”
The Cry of Love, 1971/First Rays of The New Rising Sun, 1997
118 Points (7 Votes, 1 Vote for Alt. Version from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/4-x1ocJPwag

i LOVE "up from the skies"

was introduced as a young teen via mix CD from cooler older cousin. later on in high school i wrote an arrangement for small jazz combo + female vocalist and we ended up winning some kind of award at state or something ? i'm sure it wasn't actually very good, but hearing the song always makes me nostalgic for jazz band-related extracurriculars of yesteryear, weak coffee in styrofoam cups in makeshift dressing rooms in nursing homes etc

Was just listening to The Cry of Love and noticed that almost all of the first side charted today.

i've been delving deep into the weird bootlegs lately - recent listen is this comp put together by a head who goes by funkydrummer of acoustic and demo fragments from the first rays era. really enjoying this stuff, not at all "professional" or releasable but super fucking listenable

i LOVE "up from the skies"

TOO LOW

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30. “One Rainy Wish”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
124 Points (6 Votes)

https://i.imgur.com/1EBktit.png

29. “Like A Rolling Stone”
Historic Performances Recorded At The Monterey International Pop Festival, 1970/Live At Monterey, 2007
125 Points (4 Votes)

Live At Monterey Pop: https://youtu.be/iNSmL9nwQ60

"Yes, I know I missed a verse, don't worry" - that was such an amazing moment to me when I was a kid. I had this cassette when I was 14, probably the first Hendrix thing I bought with my own money (as opposed to hearing my aunt's old LP of AYE).

https://img.discogs.com/c88rZ_Jw15LPWMOkyeAmNMVEixA=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-9810472-1486673793-5202.jpeg.jpg

didn't realize people messed with "One Rainy Wish" like that. good song, but kinda redolent of little wing and may this be love.

and the best part of one rainy wish comes back with a vengeance during 1983

There have been times when "Drifting" was my favourite Hendrix song. Definitely voted for that as well as "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)" (I assume this is the same as "Come On pt 1?"), "Who Knows". "Freedom" and "Ezy Ryder" missed my ballot somehow but probably shouldn't have.

Same song. It's sometimes just referred to as "Pt. 1" because the original version by Earl King was an early "PT. 1/Pt. 2" single. Adding to the intrigue, sometimes the SRV cover was called "Come On Pt. 3".

“Like A Rolling Stone” is so awesome
And all his little asides & comments are great “There’s his grandma over there”

The first Classic Rock station I ever listened to (which later became the first Modern Rock station I listened to in the mid-'90s) used to bump the Jimi cover on the reg.

https://i.imgur.com/cNLGpoA.png

28. “Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
127 Points (7 Votes)

not only have I been, I live there

https://i.imgur.com/XeosV9P.png

27. “Power To Love/Power Of Soul”
Band of Gypsys, 1970/Both Sides Of The Sky, 2018
152 Points (7 Votes, 1 Vote For Both Sides Of The Sky Studio Version)

The Track: https://youtu.be/-k-9Hb7RdgY

I'd really dig it if somebody did a companion Spotify playlist.

Electric Ladyland is the best of his Curtis Mayfield/Impressions pastiches.

power of soul (the real title, come on) is so freakin' good, and one of the songs that makes me angry that we couldn't see hendrix compete with the funkadelics of the world in the ensuing decade.

Oh F I forgot to vote in this one.

“Like A Rolling Stone” is so awesome
And all his little asides & comments are great “There’s his grandma over there”

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, April 24, 2020 1:34 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

This an element of what I meant above about laid back Jimi being one of my favorite Jimi modes. Just that confidence in his timing to ad lib like this and have it not kill the flow of the song but actually toy with the flow of the song. *Swoon*

Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) is a good time to point out something that I noticed in listening to all this Hendrix for the poll: he has some of the best sequencing of his studio albums ever, especially EL. The way that HYEB(TEL) is such a soft, warm, welcome landing pad after the chaos of . . . And The Gods Made Love, then the blast of Crosstown Traffic. The whole album has amazing transitions.

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26. “Wild Thing”
Historic Performances Recorded At The Monterey International Pop Festival, 1970/Live At Monterey, 2007
170 Points (8 Votes, 1 Vote For Live At Winterland Version)

Live At Monterey Pop: https://youtu.be/D4LnpDj24hI
Live In Paris, 1967: https://youtu.be/FehfuJIabqM

https://i.imgur.com/ccgWDyr.png

25. “Red House”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
171 Points (9 Votes. 2 Votes For Hendrix In The West Version; 1 Vote For Fillmore East 5-10-68 Version)

Live On TV: https://youtu.be/JzUiGuQKrRE
Buddy Guy Cover: https://youtu.be/grXPx2Z4ANc
Prince, "Purple House" Live: https://youtu.be/jgWPDbVyzUg

Didn’t vote in this but if I had managed to put together a tracks ballot, one of the live versions of Red House would probably have been my #1. It made me completely re-think my perspective of the 12 bar blues.

I voted for the Winterland “Wild Thing” because a buddy and I in hs made an air guitar video to it where I played Jimi and picked me up like Ozzy did Randy Rhoads and it ruled. We turned it in as a school assignment and the teacher thought it was gross. RIP

red house is mind-blowing and the one i regret most snubbing :(

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24. “I Don’t Live Today”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
183 Points (8 Votes

Live In Stockholm, 1967 (Audio-Only): https://youtu.be/kgalbnl5D4U

Probably my number 2? Earth shattering.

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23. “Foxy Lady”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
184 Points (8 Votes)

Live At Miami Pop, 1968: https://youtu.be/_PVjcIO4MT4
Wayne's World Dance Scene: https://youtu.be/Ue0UpQBmA5s

My oldest sister bought The Ultimate Experience because of Wayne's World. Foxy Lady and Garth are inseparable in my mind, so I couldn't vote for it. But it's responsible for my first exposure to a small bit of the hendrix catalog.

Wayne's World & something else I'll be posting soon basically introduced Hendrix to my generation.

https://i.imgur.com/BcGj4lP.png

22. “May This Be Love”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
214 Points (10 Votes)

The Track: https://youtu.be/CfFlO6lHZ2g
"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/65XAecGbiNI

My #5

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21. “Fire”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
223 Points (11 Votes)

Live In Stockholm, 1969: https://youtu.be/0XCbfAzOq9c
Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover: https://youtu.be/eSlliwFN3yw
!993 Camaro Commercials: https://youtu.be/0YdUISi1Jy8

Those Camaro commercials being the other thing I referred to upthread. Seem to recall them being a bit controversial at the time. The Bowling for Boomer Nostalgia Ball was fully rolling by then.

May This Be Love was my #8. I had to have heard it before, but I most remember it being on the Soundtrack to the Movie "Singles".

I love those pastoral Hendrix numbers.

I voted for the one of the trio of hits off the first album that hasn't shown up yet. I expect it will be top 10 unless ILX is going to ILX.

Foxy Lady TOO LOW

Two straight classics, what more needs to be said

May This Be Love is fkn gorgeous — whole band really bring the ethereal loveliness, I cannot get enough of the drums on this

Yeah, the way they just skitter hear and there. Love it.

Nice catalog when Foxy Lady doesn't even crack the top 20.

don't think I really understand how the sounds in May This Be Love were created. A very beautiful and surprising song on that album.

happy to see power of soul get votes. Kind of a rollercoaster of grooves and amazing, loud rips. Sooooul, soooul, sooooul.

Xxxpost: iirc Jimi jokingly called Noel Redding "Bob Dylan's grandmother," maybe because he looked like an elderly Dylan.

looool

Best use of the image yet. My first band (40 years ago now) used to do Fire and Foxy Lady, both which were dance floor fillers for awkward dancing college students.

I'd really dig it if somebody did a companion Spotify playlist.

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, April 24, 2020 7:15 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglinkd

i'll give it a go

not only have I been, I live there

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, April 24, 2020 6:58 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

loved this post.

and also your point about his asides in the monterey 'like a rolling stone'. his brain just spilling out. i don't think my #1 is going to make the list now, but i put it there because of the casual introduction if nothing else.

https://i.imgur.com/srb9xmK.png

20. “Voodoo Chile”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
247 Points (10 Votes, 1 #1)

https://i.imgur.com/AVysZde.png

19. “Angel”
The Cry of Love, 1971/First Rays of The New Rising Sun, 1997
271 Points (14 Votes)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/12oLOU0ACAU
Fiona Apple Cover: https://youtu.be/i4ZzwG_Ztyk

"Voodoo Chile" my #1. Winwood adds an enormous amt in terms of texture, another solo voice and call-and-response with Hendrix, and Casady is my favorite rock bassist, so this was an easy vote for me.

https://i.imgur.com/tn2o2ov.png

18. “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More, 1970/Live At Woodstock, 1994/99
283 Points (12 Votes, 1 #1)

Live At Woodstock: https://youtu.be/MwIymq0iTsw
Full Interview With Dick Cavett: https://youtu.be/VGf9PTYyJ4A

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-society-for-american-music/article/this-is-america-jimi-hendrixs-star-spangled-banner-journey-as-psychedelic-citizenship/0029FB312D1A8A9C61C0345C6DB59525

20. “Voodoo Chile”
Electric Ladyland, 1968

too low!!!!

I appreciate Jimi's version of The Star-Spangled Banner, but I don't think of it as a song to put on and enjoy in the context of a normal music listening experience. But amazing on the album.

agreed there. loses a lot out of context, still blew my pre-teen mind (probably heard it for the first time around iraq war-time).

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17. “Burning of The Midnight Lamp”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
292 Points (14 Votes, 1 #1)

Alt. Version: https://youtu.be/BAL_NBTwj_A
Rotary Connection Cover: https://youtu.be/JYCLThF6uyY
Living Colour Cover: https://youtu.be/kcT_bHFJrCQ

https://i.imgur.com/S9Nc5Tv.png

16. “Bold As Love”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
302 Points (13 Votes, 1 #1)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/gkJhnDkdC-0

here's my number one. a collection of incredible moments, especially the false ending, leading into mitch's fill and the flanged-out final solo. the lyrical conceit makes me wish i had synesthesia.

I surprised myself by putting Bold as Love highest of all Axis tracks on my ballot, and the ending was a big part of that!

my yellow in this case is NOT SO MELLOW

ribbons...of eu-phor-i-a

should start using "let's ask the axis" to mean "let's look at the plot" during meeting presentations

now we're getting to the top tier shit, total classic, my #3, this is another one where it really DOES sound like he's standing on top of a mountain

should start using "let's ask the axis" to mean "let's look at the plot" during meeting presentations

― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, April 27, 2020 1:57 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he knows everything...YEAH YEAH

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15. “Spanish Castle Magic”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
322 Points (13 Votes, 1 #1, 1 Vote For San Diego 1969 Version, 1 Vote For Winterland Version)

Live In Stockholm, 1969: https://youtu.be/4E1qCAPJJPE
"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/hABJFiCzbCI
Prince Live Cover, 2009: https://youtu.be/CdEQqe1HufI

travel by dragonfly: c/d?

Castle Twofer!

https://i.imgur.com/IwXLvE6.png

14. “Castles Made of Sand”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
341 Points (16 Votes, 2 #1’s)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/tDNupQIis_Q
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Cover, 1989: https://youtu.be/5RXrjDtYrY0

this is a perfect song. so many fun bits of guitar frippery and some of his best lyrics

Yes! The Castle Battle is settled. They are both good.

https://i.imgur.com/Yz86ZBV.png

13. “Crosstown Traffic”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
357 Points (15 Votes)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/0-xyGFI_Nq8
Living Colour Cover: https://youtu.be/9so3U_27tVo

do do doodleydo do dooooooo

I do actually like Crosstown Traffic. One where the verse is the best part.

probably my favorite use of piano in a jimi song

do do doodleydo do dooooooo

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, April 27, 2020 1:20 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

well the "do do doodleydo do dooooooo" vs "arit dit dit dit doo" battle is settled

Crosstown Traffic rules, I love it so much

it almost feels like it could be made into a Sesame Street parody about looking both ways when you cross the street

we need to get sund4r back here to talk about jimi's use of the 7b9 chord!!!

https://i.imgur.com/OOkSsUn.png

12. “Hey Joe”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
359 Points (16 Votes, 1 Vote For Monterey Pop Version, 1 Vote for San Diego '69 Version)

The Track: https://youtu.be/rXwMrBb2x1Q
Live On Beat Club (With "Purple Haze"): https://youtu.be/K3K8t6wKjdg
Live At Monterey Pop, 1967: https://youtu.be/fe82eYRjiBU
Wilson Pickett Cover, 1970: https://youtu.be/lU_YD8zMq9k
Roy Buchanan Live Cover On ACL, 1976: https://youtu.be/FMcjPZgK9GM

Spanish Castle Magic: TOO LOW! My #4. I argued with Sufjan about it on the voting thread, but just here to say once again that Jimi is the coolest and Spanish Castle Magic is one of his coolest moments.

The whole thing is an aside to someone, you know the girl in the yellow hat, one time, you dig, during an overheard digression, but, anyway, the best.

Hey Joe beating Spanish Castle Magic and Crosstown Traffic makes me wish I hadn't voted for it.

SCM was my #4 too. Love the stop-time arrangement (if that's the right term to describe it).

Crosstown Traffic is the apotheosis of the entire British Invasion. The rushed, jagged vocal attack on the verses when the guitar pulls back for space, then during the chorus, the way the "It's just like", "CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC", and "to get through to you" combine gets me every time.

xp No that's right, Jimi stops time.

A Great One To Go Out On Today...

https://i.imgur.com/WD3Mqr8.png

11. “Third Stone From The Sun”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
371 Points (15 Votes, 2 #1’s)

Weather Report Live Cover, 1978: https://youtu.be/gtHbxsdExlE
Stevie Ray Vaughan Live Cover, 1983: https://youtu.be/sYEEovuhsgY
The Dreamers Opening Credits: https://youtu.be/X6t-LWDjcOc

my #2, I love everything about it, so spacy and stoned, love the drum fills, I used to play it on 78 to hear the sped up conversation

the guys in Chrome probably listened to this about a million times, on acid

xpost the outtake version on the purple box set is sooo funny, they are trying to do the opening dialog & cracking up it’s v endearing

I was one of the Third Stone #1s. Probably benefited from not being on the Ultimate Experience comp I wore the fuck out in middle and high school

tracks poll playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WInoJioIZuxaX8ZFNsTt2?si=omEj2HGHRnywFM-q7zg3NQ

side orders playlist (covers, sideman, specific live versions - a handful missing on sp.)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1XTb1pLIA9jg0RQs5pZEyT?si=NaU9WEVtQMmwAXUs63Gbtg

Thanks!

DIG

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10. “If Six Was Nine”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
379 Points (16 Votes, 1 #1)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/mDKGgkajDqg
Easy Rider Sequence: https://youtu.be/vZuFq4CfRR8
Todd Rundgren Cover: https://youtu.be/n__biqLPdiM

Nice.

My #6. "But I'm going to wave my freak flag high" is as good a summation/statement of purpose for Jimi as any.

Another "casual" Jimi song. Love all the space the riff allows in the verses.

your 6 almost turned out to be 9

NICE

I think it's fair to say my #3, " . . . And the Gods Made Love", isn't going to place at this point.

https://i.imgur.com/7cniSAj.png

9. “The Wind Cries Mary”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
411 Points (19 Votes)

Promo Film: https://youtu.be/k8Yb7um_UK0
Live On TV In Stockholm, 1967: https://youtu.be/r0EMrJTgqgM
"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/YT1zNuUpMFw

xp we can always discuss it now. First question: is jimi talking about gods creating love? like birthing it into existence? or is he talking about ripped animal gods fucking and sucking each other? if we don't know for sure, maybe just which version of that did you vote for?

love this song, this seems about the right placement.

re: Gods, I'm voting for this version (repost from voting thread):

When I was 19 I dropped acid for the first time and while waiting for it to kick in drank Bacardi Golden Reserve and smoked pot. About 4 hours in as things were really humming along, I went for a quick ride with a friend, who popped a cassette in. The most incredibly weird music with spooky voices started to assault me from the speakers. I asked my fiend who this was and he told me it was "Whole Lotta Love", but it didn't sound like that to me. After listening further I started to become concerned and told myself, "concentrate, and when you listen again, it will be 'Whole Lotta Love'". Nope! By this point I thought I had done something very bad to my brain. I (desperately) asked my friend again who it was. Anyway, this is the story of why ". . . And the Gods Made Love" will be very high on my ballot.

https://i.imgur.com/pBOkkJ0.png

8. “Are You Experienced?”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
423 Points (17 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: https://youtu.be/XxHS9lTUN4Y
Live In !968: https://youtu.be/xzCyTz_3TIU
"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/F2zavD9w98E
Eric Johnson Live Cover On ACL: https://youtu.be/77PuXrU6H2Y
Eric Burdon & The Animals, "Yes, I'm Experienced": https://youtu.be/njO0Bk0a1-U

my #1!!! such a massive guitar sound on this

woulda voted for this but every time i hear it, i get a little sad deep down when the opening guitar scratches don't turn into passin' me by by the pharcyde

https://i.imgur.com/8sXG020.png

7. “Manic Depression”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
462 Points (19 Votes, 1 #1, 1 Vote For Winterland Version)

Backing Track Outtake: https://youtu.be/Ll7w7Q1uIAk
Seal & Jeff Beck Cover: https://youtu.be/ppnwGfS7SXg

These songs today are good

My #1

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6. “Machine Gun”
Band of Gypsys, 1970
463 Points (19 Votes 1 #1)

The Track: https://youtu.be/Lw2L_vGUMtE
Live In Copenhagen, September 3rd 1970: https://youtu.be/qc2gZmcCAEk

too low! (this was my #5).

(manic depression was my #4)

xxp crypto, i was right!

My #2.

xp Yeah, to day is going to be nothing but smashes. I've figured out 5 of the 6. If I am right about the 6th, it would be a bit of surprise to me.

Not the surprise, except I thought it would be top 5.

Sufjan: yeah!

it is a v good and also interesting choice. kinda realized how amazing it is while putting together my own list.

"Machine Gun" was my #1. The unhinged-ness of Hendrix's vocal is what puts it over the top for me - that, and the unbelievable guitar soloing, of course.

the noisy, ramshackle manic is my fav track from the debut, helps that it's relatively easy to hack the main part on the guitar!

xp it is ridiculously good. It is definitely my #1 on some days.

between watchtower and machine gun for my fav hendrix solo, but i voted for machine gun higher in teh poll

https://i.imgur.com/vdJAT4Y.png

5. “Purple Haze”
Are You Experienced?, 1967
488 Points (20 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: https://youtu.be/WGoDaYjdfSg
Live On TV, 1967: https://youtu.be/fjwWjx7Cw8I
Live: https://youtu.be/5ZAVG9JbvHI
Live At Miami Pop, 1969: https://youtu.be/cJunCsrhJjg
Pepsi Commercial: https://youtu.be/QgtWTER5dXk

hey this song is pretty good

I know there was stuff like "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Eight Miles High" out there already, but the opening of "Purple Haze" really feels like the "We're Not In Kansas Anymore..." of Psych.

https://i.imgur.com/BHYB18E.png

4. “1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)”/”Moon, Turn The Tides…Gently Gently Away”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
521 Points (18 Votes, 3 #1’s)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/3AeWMHW0aWM
Gil Evans Cover: https://youtu.be/2dA8nefLtno
Allman Brothers Live Cover -->"Mountain Jam": https://youtu.be/RZYM7ipgVlE

im unreasonably happy that this placed so high

how dare jimi's friends suggest that he may not be able to live or breathe underwater? the nerve on some people.

This poll's "Sway"? or would that be Machine Gun?

This = the surprise, but not the track I thought! I didn't vote for it, but I love it! Three #1!!!s

I’ve forgotten what the OG “Sway” is now 😆.

Anyway 1983/Moon would have been high on my ballot if I’d voted.

they also threw this in my face

Re: Purple Haze - to me the most sonically audacious of the big songs off the first album. So big and beefy. You would probably have gotten to metal anyways, but this song definitely pointed the way more than any other I can think of that music could be that heavy.

1983 was #3 on my ballot but on some days it could be #1. Electric Ladyland was the first Hendrix I head beyond the hits and I just wasn't expecting something like this at all.

1983 was my #13. i love it more in theory than in practice. loses the plot towards the end, imo; too much psychedelic horseshit (and i _like_ psychedelic horseshit). somewhere in my head there's a version of "1983" that's truly transcendent, "mysterium" in full rather than just an unfinished prelude.

https://i.imgur.com/mAm9sVN.png

3. “All Along The Watchtower”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
634 Points (23 Votes, 2 #1’s)

The Track: https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY
Bob Dylan, Live At Woodstock '94: https://youtu.be/jd3iytj9SDQ
Neil Young & Crazy Horse W/Willie Nelson, Live At Farm Aid '94: https://youtu.be/6cusVoNKZF8

merman, dad. merman.

Too Low! My #1.

Opening riff signals danger like the rattle from a snake. There is a reason it soundtracks every 1960s based movie. It IS the 1960s and it cannot be overplayed or fucked with.

And that solo. Every section of it could be expanded to 5 minutes, but it's so concise.

https://i.imgur.com/YrW9LKb.png

2. “Little Wing”
Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
637 Points (24 Votes, 1 #1, 1 Vote For Hendrix In The West Version)

"Behind The Scenes": https://youtu.be/ENXDNjROZSM
Live (Audio-Only): https://youtu.be/0YDBdoWK2qU
Stevie Ray Vaughan Cover: https://youtu.be/6l_pY4ZDoMI
Concrete Blonde Cover: https://youtu.be/EI2aHThp3Z8
Skid Row Cover: https://youtu.be/7zPBpWwTiPs

was my #2!!! wow!

That placement surprises me. But that probably just shows how far apart my taste is from most Hendrix fans'. I've never liked that song.

it is the guitar that makes it enjoyable

it's a well-constructed and beautiful little ditty, too. hence all the covers.

Little Wing was my #5 and I knew it was going to be high on the ILX poll. Surprising to me is that is not a unique ILX take: it's Jimi's fourth most played song on Spotify, higher than Fire or Foxey Lady.

i should mention that i totally forgot until now about mr. mcfall's chamber's version of "little wing" from their "like the milk" album, which surely would have made my covers shortlist if i'd remembered. it's not on youtube, but it is exceeding fine.

stoked to see "1983" place so highly, that was my #2.

https://i.imgur.com/HBO319f.png

1. “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)”
Electric Ladyland, 1968
732 Points (23 Votes, 4 #1’s, 1 Vote For San Diego 1969 Version, 1 Vote For Hendrix The West Version)

The Track: https://youtu.be/IZBlqcbpmxY
Live In Stockholm, 1969: https://youtu.be/rXrG09MRbZc
"Behind The Scenes" on Both "Voodoo Chile(s)": https://youtu.be/R2gdC99R93A
Reaction Video: https://youtu.be/LuD3aNvi2ro

My #2. I just realized the San Diego 1969 version is the Hendrix In the West version, complete with crowd rushing the stage and Jimi begging the crowd to let them play.

this song is pretty good too, turns out.

I forgot to vote in this poll, but I'm pretty happy with the results. My question is: does anyone else prefer the futuristic, multilayered studio version of the Star Spangled banner on Rainbow Bridge to the Woodstock version?

Awesome, I was one of the #1s. VC (SR) has everything I want from a Hendrix song - riffage, cool images/phrases, face-melting guitar, pounding drums, killer solo

this thread rn
https://youtu.be/tCBcBzoYqZE

it's really the ideal jimi song, nay, rock song

My number one too. Where do you go from there?

into the center of the ring to call the macho man a 'basket case'

ok, i couldn't make do with just three picks for hendrix covers. here's my 2 1/2 hour longlist and even then i feel like i'm still missing some important stuff here:

niebiesko czarni - purple hazy
billy tipton memorial sax quartet - all manic
rozz williams & gitane demone - manic depression
screaming trees - love or confusion
emmylou harris - may this be love
the main squeeze - fire
john klemmer - third stone from the sun
dick dale - third stone from the sun
shockabilly - are you experienced?
gilberto gil - up from the skies
mr. mcfall's chamber - little wing
richard lloyd - castles made of sand
open hand - have you ever been (to electric ladyland)
chico magnetic band - crosstown traffic
earthless - come on (let the good times roll)
living colour - burning of the midnight lamp
kimmo pohjonen - driving south
prince - villanova junction -> peach -> rock me baby
bob dylan - dolly dagger
the white stripes - hear my train a comin'
alain blesing - 1983
eddie hazel - voodoo chile
shibusashirazu orchestra - little wing
miles davis- mademoiselle mabry

That screaming trees cover is impressive

Good poll, thanks for running it, CGrisso. I'm always just a little bit out of step with the results in these things, which is cool.

So when will Izabella place. Had high hopes, but #0?!

tbh the most shocking thing for me in this poll is "Up from the Skies" doing so well. I can't get a handle on what people hear in it.

but then i read it was released as a SINGLE!? And the only one from axis. wtf am i missing?

let your fancy flow, man

had fun following along with the results. thanks for your efforts, c. g/mc

Great poll. Will have more to say soon; just so hard to say anything about some of this stuff sometimes.

The question about 7b9 chords was interesting btw, since it's the 7#9 chord that always gets talked about in Hendrix's work. I'll think about that.

But yeah, I voted for all of the top 5. "1983" was my #1. I'm surprised its placing is a surprise to anyone!

I definitely meant to refer to the raised 9 lol, though I’d be interested to see if there are some b9 chords sprinkled in his oeuvre

in say...Up From the Skies

Oh ha, I'd been teaching some bossa nova tunes and was excited to look for b9 chords in Hendrix songs too.xp

Eccentric #1 (catnip to a Cream lover), the rest is pretty conventional. Thanks, C. Grissom.

1. "She's So Fine"
2. "Manic Depression"
3. "Are You Experienced"
4. "If 6 Was 9"
5. "Voodoo Chile"
6. "Hey Joe"
7. "The Star Spangled Banner" (Woodstock)
8. "Wild Thing" (Monterey)
9. "One Rainy Wish"
10. "The Wind Cries Mary"

She's So Fine is great

"Up From the Skies" just uses a regular 9th chord, I think? Or is there a 7b9 in there, further in?

just before the solo. it isn't prominent.

i have mine, thank you.

Who Knows
Power to Love
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Bold As Love
Machine Gun
Little Wing
Castles Made of Sand
Hey Joe
Manic Depression
Izabella
Pali Gap
May This Be Love
Are You Experienced?
Somewhere
Angel
All Along the Watchtower
Little Miss Lover
Night Bird Flying
Gypsy Eyes
Mannish Boy

list seems insane to me already. fell in love with some others throughout the poll, and somehow I only want to listen to more. just started woodstock for the night. thanks for running cgm!

Tracks:

1. 1983
2. Purple Haze
3. Ezy Rider
4. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
5. Machine Gun
6. Hey Joe
7. Little Wing
8. Freedom
9. Crosstown Traffic
10. Voodoo Chile
11. Night Bird Flying
12. Angel
13. Wait Until Tomorrow
14. Room Full of Mirrors
15. Third Stone From The Sun
16. Red House
17. You Got Me Floatin’
18. In From The Storm
19. I Don’t Live Today
20. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice

Sideman

1. Hornet’s Nest (Curtis Knight)
2. Strange Things (Curtis Knight)
3. Knock Yourself Out (Curtis Knight)
4. Gotta Have A New Dress (Curtis Knight)
5. Help Me (Ray Sharpe)

Albums

1. Electric Ladyland
2. Are You Experienced?
3. First Rays…
4. Axis: Bold as Love
5. Band of Gypsys

New Hendrix:

Ernie Isley

1 - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
2 - All Along the Watchtower
3 - Little Wing
4 - Hey Joe
5 - The Wind Cries Mary
6 - Purple Haze
7 - If 6 Was 9
8 - Crosstown Traffic
9 - Foxy Lady
10 - One Rainy Wish
11 - Castles Made of Sand
12 - Red House
13 - Burning of the Midnight Lamp
14 - Star Spangled Banner
15 - Spanish Castle Magic
16 - Are You Experienced?
17 - Still Raining, Still Dreaming
18 - Manic Depression
19 - House Burning Down
20 - Bold As Love

tracks

Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
I Don’t Live Today
Wild Thing (Winterland)
All Along the Watchtower
Are You Experienced
Little Wing
Crosstown Traffic
Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Foxy Lady
If 6 Were 9
House Burning Down
The Star Spangled Banner (Woodstock)
Machine Gun
Bold As Love
Fire
1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
Angel
The Wind Cries Mary
Wait Until Tomorrow
Day Tripper (BBC Sessions)

albums
Electric Ladyland
Are You Experienced
Axis : Bold As Love
Winterland
Band Of Gypsys

Hendrix as sideman
I Don't Know What You've Got but It's Got Me (Little Richard)
Hornet’s Nest (Curtis Knight)
Mercy, Mercy (Don Covay)
Sweet Thang (Billy La Mont)
Testify (Isley Brothers)

covers
May This Be Love (Emmylou Harris)
Ohio/Machine Gun (Isley Brothers)
You Got Me Floatin' (PM Dawn)

Favorite Next Hendrix: Ernie Isley

All Along the Watchtower
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (San Diego May 1969)
. . . And the Gods Made Love
Spanish Castle Magic (San Diego May 1969 w/ Sunshine of Your Love)
Little Wing
If 6 Was 9
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
May This be Love
Crosstown Traffic
Machine Gun
The Wind Cries Mary
Purple Haze
Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (BBC)
Angel
Message to Love
Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)
Manic Depression
Stepping Stone
Hey Joe (San Diego May 1969)

Thanks for running C. Grisso/McCain.

TRACKS

1. Machine Gun (from Band of Gypsys)
2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (from Electric Ladyland)
3. Wild Thing (from Jimi Plays Monterey)
4. Like a Rolling Stone (from Jimi Plays Monterey)
5. Born Under a Bad Sign (from Blues)
6. Hear My Train a Comin’ (from Blues)
7. 1983…A Merman I Should Turn to Be (from Electric Ladyland)
8. All Along the Watchtower (from Electric Ladyland)
9. Voodoo Chile (from Electric Ladyland)
10. Crosstown Traffic (from Electric Ladyland)
11. Room Full of Mirrors (from First Rays of the New Rising Sun)
12. It’s Too Bad (from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set)
13. Stepping Stone (from First Rays of the New Rising Sun)
14. Stone Free (from Songs For Groovy Children, Disc 4)
15. Power of Soul (from Both Sides of the Sky)
16. Peace in Mississippi (from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set)
17. Fire (from Are You Experienced)
18. Spanish Castle Magic (from Axis: Bold as Love)
19. Red House (from Hendrix in the West)
20. Burning of the Midnight Lamp (from Electric Ladyland)

ALBUMS

1. Band of Gypsys
2. Electric Ladyland
3. Jimi Plays Monterey
4. Are You Experienced
5. Axis: Bold As Love

Tracks :
1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)/Moon, Turn the Tides
Machine Gun
All Along the Watchtower
Purple Haze
May This Be Love
The Star-Spangled Banner
Who Knows
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Drifting
Little Miss Strange
Power to Love
Third Stone from the Sun
Crosstown Traffic
Rainy Day, Dream Away
Highway Chile
We Gotta Live Together
Are You Experienced?
Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
Burning the Midnight Lamp
Little Wing

albums:
Band of Gypsys
Electric Ladyland
Are You Experienced?
The Cry of Love
Axis: As Bold As Love

01 Third Stone From the Sun
02 1983...A Merman I Should Turn to Be
03 Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
04 Crosstown Traffic
05 Changes
06 Hear My Train A Comin’ (acoustic)
07 Machine Gun
08 Power to Love
09 If 6 Was 9
10 All Along the Watchtower
11 Hey Joe
12 Little Wing
13 Manic Depression
14 Fire
15 Burning of the Midnight Lamp
16 The Wind Cries Mary
17 May This Be Love
18 You Got Me Floatin’
19 Ezy Rider
20 Night Bird Flying

I talk too much about teaching, but I will say that showing the "Star Spangled Banner" Woodstock clip to a classroom of nine-year-olds was as much fun as I ever had. And if you gave them enough context, talking about what was going on in the country at the time, they got it.

1. Voodoo Chile
2. Machine Gun (Fillmore East 1/1/70 1st set, aka Band of Gypsys version)
3. Star Spangled Banner (live at Woodstock)
4. Spanish Castle Magic
5. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
6. 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
7. All Along the Watchtower
8. Drifting
9. Are You Experienced?
10. Bold As Love
11. Purple Haze
12. If 6 Was 9
13. Burning of the Midnight Lamp
14. Third Stone from the Sun
15. I Don’t Live Today
16. One Rainy Wish
17. Little Wing
18. Castles Made of Sand
19. Night Bird Flying
20. Wild Thing (live at Monterey)

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (BBC)

I had never heard (of) this before today, and it rules!

His “Radio One Theme” recorded for the BBC is also a lot of fun.

My ballot

Tracks
Bold As Love
Little Wing
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Manic Depression
Machine Gun
If 6 Was 9
1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Castles Made of Sand
All Along the Watchtower
Fire
Voodoo Chile
Purple Haze
Spanish Castle Magic
Power Of Love
May This Be Love
Hey Joe
The Wind Cries Mary
Angel
51st Anniversary
Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)

Albums:
Electric Ladyland
Axis: Bold As Love
Are You Experienced?
Band Of Gypsys
Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix

Covers (unranked):
Rotary Connection - Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Rickie Lee Jones - Up From The Skies
Living Colour - Crosstown Traffic

Had to include the experience hendrix comp cause that was my introduction to the man as a kid.

TRACKS
Manic Depression
The Wind Cries Mary
Purple Haze
Fire
All Along the Watchtower
Hey Joe
Bold as Love
May This Be Love
Crosstown Traffic
Star Spangled Banner (Live at Woodstock)

COVERS
May This Be Love (Emmylou Harris)
Ohio/Machine Gun (The Isley Brothers)
Room Full of Mirrors (Pretenders)

All my songs placed except for my number #2 cover, Sting's "Little Wing" with Hiram Bullock and Branford Marsalis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_dRBBM1qEA