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Is Jimi Hendrix overated?
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Bardeaux
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^ Decided to share that gem, from my own private collection, on You Tube
Thank you indeed, I enjoyed that
Speed King
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He is in no way overrated. He set a tone that other people followed. Great guitar player. He did his own thing.
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ramajamsam
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At this point in my life I'd say most classic rock artists, even the ones I like, are overrated just because so much music since then has so much going on yet so many aren't willing to explore beyond the artists that are placed right in front of their faces by mainstream culture...I suppose the more experimental among those classic rock artists did help pave the way for a lot of the music id consider more interesting now, and Jimi certainly did plenty of experimenting, paving the way for lots of great psychedelic music that's come out since his time, though
Fishface
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spacejunk said:
oxyfen said:
He played guitar left-handed, he combed his hair with his left hand and threw with his left hand BUT answered the phone with his right hand, wrote with his right hand and painted with his right hand.
He was ambidextrous AND a wonderful artist and human being.
CosmicG
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Jimi Hendrix overrated?
LMFAO
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Interesting.
I'm similarly ambidextrous, but my right-hand is dominant.
Give me a shovel or an aussie rules football and i dig and handpass like a lefty, respectively.
Undeniably so.Fishface said:
PotatoMan
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david gilmour >>>
i find lots of musicians overrated due to hype. like wu-tang isn't really that good. they're just 'wu tang'.
hendrix sounds like noise to me honestly but so did jazz for a while at first. takes time to take liking to music.
i find lots of musicians overrated due to hype. like wu-tang isn't really that good. they're just 'wu tang'.
hendrix sounds like noise to me honestly but so did jazz for a while at first. takes time to take liking to music.
Cream Gravy?
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Hahahahah... David Gilmour.
Honestly I'm pretty ambivalent about Jimi Hendrix. Generally speaking I don't like a heavy blues/rock sound, so I've never really warmed up to him.
I've given two or three albums of his a listen, but it's been quite a while since then. I remember liking them alright, but clearly he wasn't my thing since I haven't returned... Though I do rather enjoy his cover of "All Along the Watchtower", to me it seems like a very classic psychedelic sound.
Honestly I'm pretty ambivalent about Jimi Hendrix. Generally speaking I don't like a heavy blues/rock sound, so I've never really warmed up to him.
I've given two or three albums of his a listen, but it's been quite a while since then. I remember liking them alright, but clearly he wasn't my thing since I haven't returned... Though I do rather enjoy his cover of "All Along the Watchtower", to me it seems like a very classic psychedelic sound.
Orrin
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Just Wu Tang? They are rap legends
Nas47
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No man...absolutely not.Clapton is great,Jimi Page ...Santana also...there are lot....but what made Jimi with his fender nobody can"t.The sound effects...etc and the way he use it-distortion,feedback....etc.Composition of melodies,lyrics.....absolute genius.One of my favorite musician...there is no other like Jimi and never will be
...U know the story when Clapton saw his first arrival on scene in London...He talked himself""-no man this is imposible""
...U know the story when Clapton saw his first arrival on scene in London...He talked himself""-no man this is imposible""
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SpiralusSancti
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Every time I read word sloppy in this thread I heard a great sound in my mind. I think I know to what those who wrote, sometimes he sounded sloppy, refer but I think it's a totally wrong word or sloppiness can be gorgeous as fuck.
Foreigner
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I think he was noteworthy for his time, but hasn't aged well. Had he lived into his 30s and beyond, his style would have matured and become a lot more amazing with the passing of the decades. He had a lot of raw, unrefined talent.