Al Kooper said it best: "Jimi Hendrix blazed through our lives like a fireball-supernova that most likely originated in a black hole in the middle of some uncharted universe. This was not just some Elvis or Beatle-everything about Hendrix was otherworldly. He had an understanding of sonics and how they related to music, which no human had ever conceived before. He was able to express these non-verbal expressions as blasts of feedback and warfare emulations; personal, unique grace notes that were apropos for the times in which he performed. Before his genius reached maturity (he died at age 27), all that was left were some blinking sparks in the tail of a once-in-a-lifetime comet. A true alien in his lifetime-now as an immortal-too much wasted effort is spent by others in trying to compartmentalize him."
Jimi will never be topped. You can pass the master but you will never master the master. Prince was the only one who came close to touching jimis level.
Bryce Valdez : While Prince was a phenomenal guitarist, the difference between he and Hendrix is that he wrote music on multiple instruments (he was at least as electrifying on piano/keyboards as he was on guitar) while, Hendrix wrote exclusively on guitar.
Jimi was murdered. I had the privelege of seeing him when I was 18, I held his guitar in my hands, I got to talk to him for a single minute, he was very shy, he blew every single guitar player in our town out of the water, they were visibly blinded by his talent. He's still out there somewhere in the dimensions having fun.....
Chaplin G The facts are that Jimi was going to leave his manager Michael Jeffries. Jeffries had a million dollar life insurance policy on Jimi's life. Jeffries was involved with the Mafia. Jeffries collected the million dollars after Jimi's death. Without Hendrix Jeffries would have been in major debt. Hendrix's autopsy showed very low alcohol in the bloodstream yet his lungs and stomach were literally full of red wine. An old Mafia way to kill someone is hold their head and empty a bottle down their throat forcefully and they drown. Jeffries confessed to the murder to one of Jimi's roadies one night when they were drinking together. There never was criminal investigation despite some big red flags in the autopsy. Jeffries died a few years later. Jimi was actually abducted by some junior Mafia guys trying to extort money, but that was resolved. Its fascinating story, Jimi knew he was going to die that year and told his best closest friends the month and year of his death. Look it up....Google....
It's only recently that I've begun to truly appreciate Jimi Hendrix... He was incredibly talented and pure musical genius, and yet he never let any of it go to his head, he had no hint of ego.
@@musselchee9560 so did people trying to tell him that a man of the universe was one color or another, or that it could possibly make any difference. Those folks who think this never got Jimi, IMHO.
Mitch Mitchell playing drums like that doesn't make much sense to me pre empting garage rock punk rock nick Mason would say years later punk rock reminded him of 67 era ; hendrix was doing something entirely as prolific as his drummer
+Brendan McDonald 😩😂🤧 still love the quote though. You think of how helium floats in stuff and you automatically get a visual. Pretty much saying his music will whisk you away to heights unknown.
We "may" never see another Jimi. He definitely left a musical path that inspires others to follow. Those who follow will probably never be legends like Jimi, but they will carry a bit of Jimi's spirit in their work. Legends will continue to return in other forms, they just need to stick around longer...
I’m only 18 and I always say to myself that maybe I would have lived a much happier life if I was alive in the 60s. But then I come to interviews like this and I learn that it’s ppl like me that have to make sure to keep legacies like Hendrix’s alive. I think Jimi will still have an impact on the new generation in 15 years.
Dear J.4.5.0.N, thanks for this. Such a thoughtful, sensitive, unselfish comment. I’m a child of the 60s and it wasn’t all cool all the time. But I can see how it might seem so. If u want to do please keep Jimi alive and relevant to generations to come. Honesty, faith and love are timeless, fashions, record and PR companies come and go. Stu X
You will notice that Jimi is laugthing in all phrases ,the guy is naturely over all ,and naturely a happy soul !that makes most of peoples jalous !Thanks Jimi for showing us the way to be !
It's fascinating, how extremely talented showmen, like Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and SRV, had very calm and soothing speaking voices. Reflective of their humble natures. Never to be seen, or heard again.
The last thing he said makes me smile so much. "Is that luxurious? I was thinking about a tent over a stream" This man is my hero. He's just so chill and humble at all times.
Having written some of the greatest songs of the 20th century he states: "I'm still trying to get that together" when asked about being appreciated as a songwriter. Talk about a humble man.
tbh that wasn't his forte, he was taught how to do it and was still learning it. Chaz Chandler apparently coached him. He's a music guy, songwriting is something different. a lot of the best songwriters can barely play instruments
Despite all of the accolades and everything I still feel Hendrix is Underrated. He was one of those cats that literally changed music. Music would be totally different now without Hendrix influence. Not just music and pop culture but civil rights and things he effected unintentionally. Definitely one of the most influential people in HISTORY
Jimi Hendrix is more than just a role model for me, it's amazing how the people that you've never met can influence you more than those in reality. It's like you met them in another world. The main reason I idolize Hendrix is because I really see myself in him - his personality, philosophy and just everything about him is paralleled to me. Hendrix has proved to people like me and others that anything is possible with a little bit of love, an instrument and a dream. R.I.P James Marshall Hendrix
I have an update LOL: I had a dream that me and Jimi did the sexytime a few weeks ago. Is that weird or? It was like oddly.. serene. When I think of sex I don't think serene. It's like he made love to my soul. It was mindblowing. I mean that's what it feels like when I listen to his music but man.. it was a real trip. I'm f*ckin nuts lol but I felt so honored and lucky to have met him there because I was always so blue about how I would never be graced by this amazing mans presence. It was truly beautiful. I wish he was still in this world, he was just a beacon of pure love & light - something we desperately need but his lessons to humanity will live on as well as his wonderful stories & music, so ahead of his time. A real trailblazer.
I agree as well. That’s why I’m sitting hear listening to him. When I was 14 maybe in the mid 80’s, MTV played that old promo film that had the Monterey footage, and I was transfixed by what I heard and saw. That one simple moment changed my whole life. And not in the “I’m gonna be a guitar player now” way. It was just pure amazement and it touched my soul. It’s so much deeper that pop records and all the hype. There was SOMETHING THERE! Jimi has been a spirt animal for me since the night I discovered him. I play drums firstly, but bass and guitars as well. I’m more of a Rundgren type of musician. Liking to play multi instruments. Like Kravitz. I’m that type. But Hendrix is always with me when I make music. Like no other musician ever. Peace and love! I loved what you wrote above. Inspired me! Thank you
Jimis voice was beautiful 🥺... and his heart was pure❤️... and he just trusted the wrong people and his fast lifestyle was an impact on his abandonment ❤️.. by his mother like my mom said “if you ain’t got love at home you’ll go searching for it somewhere else “ and that’s what he did
Agreed on all points! I remember jamming with Jimi's Electric Ladyland album and was in an altered state and he just looked at me with a smile. Better than any dream I ever had!
Left too soon? I think you mean Taken too soon. Because that's what happens to people similar to Jimi in this shitstem you want to be free theres a fee wont pay get taken away.
Hearing this makes me realise what a humble and gifted savant Jimi was. If you had met him then, you couldn't not love him. he was such a self effacing gentleman and an artist th at changed everything in the music sphere. It looks like he was aware of the power of his art, but was really reserved about letting ego get into it. that's an awesome artist. Everyone who loves music is grateful that we were here to hear this Masters sounds.
I was 13 when Jimi died. I remember it wad a Friday, and I was delivering newspapers. I saw "Jimi Hendrix Dies" when folding a paper...and at the corner of Seneca St and Princeton Ave I sat down on the curb and cried. Now, at 66, I still play live in a band, and Jimi was my total influence and teacher, to this day. Nobody ever will approach him in every aspect. He was NY friend, although I regret never having the honor to meet him.
I got to see him on June 10, 1970 in Evansville, IN. Amazing, amazing talent. He was a proud American and never forgot his service in the 101st Airborne. He refused to be drawn into political issues.
I've love Jimi Hendrix's music most of my life... This interview is sad because it is indeed his last, he seemed so down to earth and not false unlike the so called self appointed stars of today that are hyped, manufactured, greedy and egotistical.
Jimi Hendrix has influenced every single generation since he's passed, I was born in 1990, 20 years after his death, and I can say without question that Jimi shaped me as a musician and music listener. You can here is influence all over the spectrum of today's music. It sucks that he died at such an early age, with so much momentum and extra potential, but I'm glad that we live in a society today (although a messed up one), where Hendrix can be shared for free with people all around the world for years to come.
" In only four short years 1966-70 Hendrix changed the entire direction of rock-n-roll music forever. Jimi was light years ahead of his contemporaries ... his music is absolutely timeless..
It was only 22 or 23 months from his first album to his last. A short span for a star burning bright in sky to darkness. Such a short history for a huge legend. So many stars have burnt out too quickly.
What a loss. Hendrix was one of the best Black musicians the planet will ever see. His creativity and innovative guitar playing was simply sublime. RIP Jimi.
@@jamesrobertson432 ; Hendrix was a great black musician, I repeat great black musician. So go away and take all that white 'Melting Pot' BS with you. Rest in black power Jimi
I can see how he was a favorite among ladies... even his voice... the kind of resonating voice that could only sound more beautiful if you were lying against his chest.
@@musselchee9560 Well, yeah, sure, he was a horny guy, I mean he was 24 years old. But his voice is soothing and honest, and it’s beautiful to envision lying next to him with your head on his chest. Come on, don’t be jaded. He also appeared to be kind. He said in the interview that he wouldn’t want to hurt anyone.
Im 47, my dad is 67, my son is 23, my daughter is 27, my grandson is 2...an my papa is gone now....but HENDRIX is a part of us. Thank God for bringing his talent to our family. His always in our lives with his awsumness! He will be here when Im gone.
I can't imagine what classic music covers would sound like if Jimi lived longer to cover it. Wagner, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart and Jimi playing it full tilt would of been beyond incredible.
@@artistaccount Jimi loved Wagner, Strauss and Beethoven, amongst others. He had been speaking about working with an orchestra and choir since 1968. It's such a shame that he never got to do it. One of his biggest interests was attempting to get the older and younger generations to understand each other more. Some of the songs for what would have become "First Rays of the Rising Sun" hint at this. Had he turned his hand to integrating classical music into (one or some of) his projects, I think that it would have been under this aegis. That also would have been ground-breaking and would have pre-dated later music which tried to do likewise.
@@d2dar459 I don't think that he ever voiced any wish to do a jazz / classical fusion project specifically. However, it wouldn't surprise me if something like that had materialised at some point. He had already integrated so many sounds and styles into his music, such as rock, blues, experimental, country, jazz, funk, folk and more. He mentioned keeping the three-piece combo at the same time as he was talking about expanding to use other musicians in different contexts. As such, I suspect that he would have devoted himself to various projects in a multitude of areas concurrently.
Hendrix did end this interview with a tremendously witty joke: after describing swimming to breakfast and then swimming on for shave ... the interviewer says that apparently (all that swimming) Hendrix apparently needed enough $$ to live luxuriously. Hendrix said "a tent over a stream." very clever!
Lol, i had no idea he liked Pink Floyd! Makes me like him even more... " _Sometimes you just lay back by yourself and appreciate them._" I wonder what would he think if he would have got a chance to listen to the dark side of the moon. That's exactly how i enjoy this album every now and then, just sit back and relax press play and let the speakers pour out 43 minutes of a magical sound journey...
Didn’t he align himself with the black panthers tho? That’s pretty political. He may not have done it on purpose but I feel like that’s how the mainstream viewed jimi. Thoughts?
I've admired Jimi my whole life. I never heard this before. So sad to hear him talking of future plans that would never happen. So full of life and yet so close to death.
@@jerrywoods4066 Those are are great players, of course. It also shows your understanding, appreciation n range of knowledge is teeny tiny weeny. Many years from now- you will agree.
At 59, Jimi Hendrix is a hero of mine. No hate in him, just love for all. Today’s world could learn a lot from this young man who was wise beyond his years.
I miss you Jimi. There was so much more to come. You were looking to a new direction. You were transitioning into another phase of music that would have left us all spellbound. You wanted to do big and small. You wanted to do what you had always done....experiment. Having been with Jimi at the beginning in the UK, and having followed him to most gigs, his loss can only be described as the musical loss of a generation. Truly gifted, for this loss I wept. May God bless you Jimi.
There was no more tragic death than of Jimi Hendrix...there was then and always will be a very deep, spiritually profound coolness about him. I salute you for eternity Jimi Hendrix!!!
I met his dad in Seattle and he was running a rock and roll place and driving a gold caddy and i felt after talking to him that he had no idea what jimi was about ...he was capitolizing on his son's death ...I almost got physically ill over it
Read a book by music journalist Sharon Lawrence called The Man, The Music, The Magic. She was the person who informed Al of his son's passing. You will be disgusted, and then resolved as to which camp you belong. The book was written long after Al's death. It highlights all the litigation after Jimi's death.
Can't argue that he was great and humble. There is no such thing as the greatest though. Many jazz, classical, flamenco guitarists had just as much control, technique, creativity and expression.
Individual expression is personified in the musical performances of Jimi Hendrix. It seems to be difficult to be truly original today or am I just getting old? Jimi Hendrix never got old and never will. His music lives on and is appreciated by people today. The energy in his music is what makes it unique.
I just cannot imagine how a guitarist can play the guitar both left and right handedly the way this dude was blessed to do. I believe he is the only person who passed doing that and I don't think there will be another person with that caliber. His brain was wired uniquely!!
If Jimi were still alive, he would have possibly changed the world. I love his songs. I mostly only play his songs. The first electric guitar song I learned was Purple Haze. Best soloist with an electric guitar. Talent and wisdom. Best role model.
It's kinda sad to hear how many ideas and Plans he still had stuck in his head, but wasn't able to make them happen, because he died. Imagine how his music would have been evolved when he just had lived a few years longer. Rest in Peace you legend.
I watched a video in class today about the history of rock and roll and some footage of Jimi playing live came up for a bit and I immediately got goosebumps and started to tear up just watching him go up there, god bless his beautiful soul
Hendrix was always mellow. He didn't really change at all. The crappy aspect of the business of music, burns everyone out, We were notdeprived of anything Hendrix would have created. God took him at the perfect time. He was who he was, and gave us everything he had.Absolutely no one, Clapton, Page, Beck,Santana,,, whoever, were more creative than Jim. He was the best,period. He floored evry guitar player who went to see him play. AS Townsend said, he was doing all the stuff we dreamed of, and wanted to do...Turn me on guitar man!
ditto ever hear machine gun live at the filmore with buddy miles the guitar solo is from another planet star spangled banner sounds like bombs going off his feedback jimi I heard was going too do things with an orchestra behind him , but died too soon could u imagine if he was still alive the shit he would have came up with?
AR$3N OK Beck is amazing, noo one like him, yoou are right, but my point was simply that it is impossible to say anyone was better than Jimmi, or even Beck. Though I believe Jimmi will be renowned more for his early arrival, and short career. I think of Beck as a the guy who did what Jimmi might have done had he lived. Yes Beck is that good, and no one can touch him either
This is a great interview. The interviewer asks good questions and conducts the interview brilliantly. And - of course - as usual Jimmy came through as the great human being he was.
perfect calls and responses, along with mitch mitchell, prolly my favorite with the self protaganizing lyrics and references to blues greats , what a story teller ! 💉
Without any doubt Jimi was in will ALWAYS be the most overearthly greatest guitarist EVER ❤ So humble wise and amazing with a fantastic soft beautiful voice too... If a person didn't like Jimi Hendrix then this is not good person period!
He was a shy individual. Yet when he was allowed to speak freely, his voice was as free, creative and expressive as 6 strings in his fingers. Would love to have a Q & A with Jimi. What a cool artist. Born in America, made in England.
He seems so chill he gives off summer vibes. To all the people who got to see him perform in real life are truly lucky. I could only daydream about it.
It’s been about 50 years since Jimi left; here I sit just now discovering his music wondering if he’s the greatest that ever was, or ever will be. He truly stands right at the top of his transcendent era.
This was definitely one of the better interviews of Jimi that I've heard. Most of the other ones were full of rather ludicrous questions. This interviewer was relaxed and thoughtful and Jimi's responses reflected this. I really enjoyed listening to this...but the end clip of "Jimi died 7 days after this interview" really bummed me out. What a complete waste. At least we have a legacy of his words and music. It could have been so much more had he lived.
@@joeguy6351 The 50 year legal moraltorium on Jimi's music comes off on 18 September 2020 (however, I've just learned only in some countries, apparently).
Rest in peace Jimi Hendrix you are the best that ever played a guitar… And JIMMY page I would say is right behind you in second place both of you will live in infamy🇺🇸❤️💙🤍🙏🙏😇😇✝️✝️☮️☮️💜💜⭐️⭐️🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍💔💔❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️❤️❤️🔥❤️🔥
Sadness, joy, and continuos wonder still arise from hearing his words me his laughter. Imagine being turned away from church because he only hard tennis shoes to wear, not "proper shoes". Thank you again, Jimi.
"I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to." -Jimi Hendrix
I got my own life to live through so I ain't gonna copy you
“If 6 was 9”..
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If the hippies cut of all of there hair I don't care.
Then Jimi goes "Dam, I said that ?" Deep.
Jimi's voice is so soothing.
yes it is; he had a tremendously wonderful voice
Such a cool accent
Yes. Theres kind of this theory he is actually morgan freeman. Hence why I am here lol
It truly is
Robert MacKinnon 😂
"Everyone should have a room where they can release their anger, but my room was a stage"
Jason Spinney Heavy...
Introvert vs extrovert!?
Rafael Roman 6:56
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Hes so kind and gentle in his interviews, but on stage he was a beast.
i think people have said he was very timid and shy, but he just went all out on stage
And don't forget very humbled, will u share the interviews with us, Eggy Noggy??
Oh, yes i very much agree...good thinking...
Not a beast. Not like Ozzy. He was just wild, like...makin love.
forestsoceansmusic well put! 💎
His speaking voice is more relaxing than morgan freeman
Agreed
He might be Morgan Freeman
He narrated Morgan Freeman's birth
the look like brothers
And real; Jimi wasn't acting nor had the words written for him.
"Music is something felt not heard"
Music teachers telling me i cant play with my ears i have to play with there rules its so silly. Beethoven made music by literally feeling vibrations
That is the most brilliant statement about music of all times!! PERIOD!!!! ICONIC POST!!
Pinocchio the real boy look up Beethoven’s Sonata in E minor Op 90
@@Raphsophomes sounds like you have an old fart with biased traditions, the hand don't lead the ears.
Reminds me of the movie scene in, "White Men Can't Jump".
Al Kooper said it best:
"Jimi Hendrix blazed through our lives like a fireball-supernova that most likely originated in a black hole in the middle of some uncharted universe. This was not just some Elvis or Beatle-everything about Hendrix was otherworldly. He had an understanding of sonics and how they related to music, which no human had ever conceived before. He was able to express these non-verbal expressions as blasts of feedback and warfare emulations; personal, unique grace notes that were apropos for the times in which he performed. Before his genius reached maturity (he died at age 27), all that was left were some blinking sparks in the tail of a once-in-a-lifetime comet. A true alien in his lifetime-now as an immortal-too much wasted effort is spent by others in trying to compartmentalize him."
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Perfect.
Jimi will never be topped. You can pass the master but you will never master the master. Prince was the only one who came close to touching jimis level.
+Bryce Valdez fucking PRINCE CLOSE TO JIMI? Whaaaaat the FUCK are you smoking my dude???
Bryce Valdez : While Prince was a phenomenal guitarist, the difference between he and Hendrix is that he wrote music on multiple instruments (he was at least as electrifying on piano/keyboards as he was on guitar) while, Hendrix wrote exclusively on guitar.
oh my gosh his voice is so beautiful
As Told By My'Lisa yes, the Gentleman of the universe, the greatest guitar player ever......
A wonderful voice!
His speaking voice was musical
Jimi was murdered. I had the privelege of seeing him when I was 18, I held his guitar in my hands, I got to talk to him for a single minute, he was very shy, he blew every single guitar player in our town out of the water, they were visibly blinded by his talent. He's still out there somewhere in the dimensions having fun.....
Wow, I wish I would have seen him, he was so awesome, no one else like him ever. He was also a deep soul and handsome.
No way? You didn't hold his guitar? I am so cool! What year ?
What were u talking about with him? And what did he said?:)
***** yes tell us word for word if you remember what Jimi said, he was on a higher plane than most people.
Chaplin G The facts are that Jimi was going to leave his manager Michael Jeffries. Jeffries had a million dollar life insurance policy on Jimi's life. Jeffries was involved with the Mafia. Jeffries collected the million dollars after Jimi's death. Without Hendrix Jeffries would have been in major debt. Hendrix's autopsy showed very low alcohol in the bloodstream yet his lungs and stomach were literally full of red wine. An old Mafia way to kill someone is hold their head and empty a bottle down their throat forcefully and they drown. Jeffries confessed to the murder to one of Jimi's roadies one night when they were drinking together. There never was criminal investigation despite some big red flags in the autopsy. Jeffries died a few years later. Jimi was actually abducted by some junior Mafia guys trying to extort money, but that was resolved. Its fascinating story, Jimi knew he was going to die that year and told his best closest friends the month and year of his death. Look it up....Google....
my man was about to bring a whole new genre of music to the game.... not even knowing he'd already done so.
I was thinking the SAME thing!!! ♡☆
+mikemoair fuck no, his music lives on forever
+mikemoair haha you kidding? As an act nobody compares to Hendrix, not even know tbh
BLACK SABBATH also jimi was aware of Zep and Sabbath.
Ughhhhh this kills me :( it's so true
I digg this brotha. Since im dying im finding myself getting into more old music, when it was real. He is a real kat. I hope hes where im going.
☼ You're not dying. You're living, Daniel.
Yeah man, it was quite a trip man, wow man, the 60's man, cool man. Do you know what i'm talking about man? Yeah man.
sunshine45986 I'm hip to the trip!
sunshine45986 Stupid comment "man".
Hey man, hope you're still with us.
he died 7 days after this, R.I.P jimi.. you may have died , but your music will live forever
So sad.
Just one week after this interview he passed away damn. Life is so short
Wow I didn’t know it was so soon after this 🥺🙏🏽❤️
Murdered. Monika Dannemann killed him out of jealousy. In my opinion of course.
Damn ty Hunter, had no idea.
Isn’t it so weird how such a familiar voice hasn’t actually been heard in real life for 50 years. And never will again
😢🙏
Is life really real though...
This is so sad, 7 days later we lost the most amazing musician this world will ever know, rest in peace Jimi
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It's only recently that I've begun to truly appreciate Jimi Hendrix... He was incredibly talented and pure musical genius, and yet he never let any of it go to his head, he had no hint of ego.
Do you think Jimmy Page has a Ego?
Agreed, he didn't. His responsibility to business contracts and the GREED of the people to whom he was contracted to wore him down..
@@musselchee9560 so did people trying to tell him that a man of the universe was one color or another, or that it could possibly make any difference. Those folks who think this never got Jimi, IMHO.
“Extraordinaire!!!”
Mitch Mitchell playing drums like that doesn't make much sense to me pre empting garage rock punk rock nick Mason would say years later punk rock reminded him of 67 era ; hendrix was doing something entirely as prolific as his drummer
"When things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest element in the universe." - LOVE that quote!
lightest known gas to man*
But hydrogen is the lightest.
okay but you guys got the fucking point
+Brendan McDonald 😩😂🤧 still love the quote though. You think of how helium floats in stuff and you automatically get a visual. Pretty much saying his music will whisk you away to heights unknown.
Me too
jimi was otherworldly, a legend the likes of which we will never see again.
or will we
Travis Adams >:D
u cant really be so true
We "may" never see another Jimi. He definitely left a musical path that inspires others to follow. Those who follow will probably never be legends like Jimi, but they will carry a bit of Jimi's spirit in their work. Legends will continue to return in other forms, they just need to stick around longer...
Like many
this is my favorite guitar player of all time💙🎶🎸
I’m only 18 and I always say to myself that maybe I would have lived a much happier life if I was alive in the 60s. But then I come to interviews like this and I learn that it’s ppl like me that have to make sure to keep legacies like Hendrix’s alive. I think Jimi will still have an impact on the new generation in 15 years.
Hendrix will live forever, even if kids haven't heard his music they will know his name definitely
Dear J.4.5.0.N, thanks for this. Such a thoughtful, sensitive, unselfish comment. I’m a child of the 60s and it wasn’t all cool all the time. But I can see how it might seem so. If u want to do please keep Jimi alive and relevant to generations to come. Honesty, faith and love are timeless, fashions, record and PR companies come and go. Stu X
1000 years from now people will still hear Jimi's playing ring out to infinite if we don't self destruct.
You will notice that Jimi is laugthing in all phrases ,the guy is naturely over all ,and naturely a happy soul !that makes most of peoples jalous !Thanks Jimi for showing us the way to be !
''The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye. The story of love is hello and goodbye Until we meet again.” JH
Jimi was a beautiful human being!! RIP Jimi!!!
It's fascinating, how extremely talented showmen, like Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and SRV, had very calm and soothing speaking voices. Reflective of their humble natures. Never to be seen, or heard again.
He comes across as a shy, thoughtful man... I wish he could still be alive.
Oh me TOO!
Yh same
He is. In timelines that chose empathy over greed.
his essence is alive through his music
The last thing he said makes me smile so much. "Is that luxurious? I was thinking about a tent over a stream"
This man is my hero. He's just so chill and humble at all times.
Having written some of the greatest songs of the 20th century he states: "I'm still trying to get that together" when asked about being appreciated as a songwriter. Talk about a humble man.
tbh that wasn't his forte, he was taught how to do it and was still learning it. Chaz Chandler apparently coached him. He's a music guy, songwriting is something different. a lot of the best songwriters can barely play instruments
Despite all of the accolades and everything I still feel Hendrix is Underrated. He was one of those cats that literally changed music. Music would be totally different now without Hendrix influence. Not just music and pop culture but civil rights and things he effected unintentionally. Definitely one of the most influential people in HISTORY
Agree completely. I’ve been a fan of Hendrix for a long time, and it just doesn’t stop. He left a powerful mark. He’s STILL way ahead of his time.
Even if you just look at the music, it's such a staggering influence in such a short period of time!
'Machine Gun' is still the most powerful anti- war song ever created.
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"When things get to heavy just call me helium..." - Jimi
I am learning to live with, and use the heavy to my advantage: I am granite.
Jimi Hendrix is more than just a role model for me, it's amazing how the people that you've never met can influence you more than those in reality. It's like you met them in another world. The main reason I idolize Hendrix is because I really see myself in him - his personality, philosophy and just everything about him is paralleled to me. Hendrix has proved to people like me and others that anything is possible with a little bit of love, an instrument and a dream. R.I.P James Marshall Hendrix
Well said. I relate to you so much on that! ^.^
Well said.
I have an update LOL:
I had a dream that me and Jimi did the sexytime a few weeks ago. Is that weird or? It was like oddly.. serene. When I think of sex I don't think serene. It's like he made love to my soul. It was mindblowing. I mean that's what it feels like when I listen to his music but man.. it was a real trip. I'm f*ckin nuts lol but I felt so honored and lucky to have met him there because I was always so blue about how I would never be graced by this amazing mans presence. It was truly beautiful. I wish he was still in this world, he was just a beacon of pure love & light - something we desperately need but his lessons to humanity will live on as well as his wonderful stories & music, so ahead of his time. A real trailblazer.
I agree as well. That’s why I’m sitting hear listening to him. When I was 14 maybe in the mid 80’s, MTV played that old promo film that had the Monterey footage, and I was transfixed by what I heard and saw. That one simple moment changed my whole life. And not in the “I’m gonna be a guitar player now” way. It was just pure amazement and it touched my soul. It’s so much deeper that pop records and all the hype. There was SOMETHING THERE! Jimi has been a spirt animal for me since the night I discovered him. I play drums firstly, but bass and guitars as well. I’m more of a Rundgren type of musician. Liking to play multi instruments. Like Kravitz. I’m that type. But Hendrix is always with me when I make music. Like no other musician ever. Peace and love! I loved what you wrote above. Inspired me! Thank you
I'll see you in the next one, and don't be late
Jimis voice was beautiful 🥺... and his heart was pure❤️... and he just trusted the wrong people and his fast lifestyle was an impact on his abandonment ❤️.. by his mother like my mom said “if you ain’t got love at home you’ll go searching for it somewhere else “ and that’s what he did
long live hendrix! he's never dead if we keep him alive in our hearts
JIMI LIVES
Agreed on all points! I remember jamming with Jimi's Electric Ladyland album and was in an altered state and he just looked at me with a smile. Better than any dream I ever had!
His voice is so beautiful...
makes me sad to think of all the types of musical journeys jimi could have taken us on had he not left too soon... didn't even scratch the surface
So fucking true
Bruh........
Left too soon? I think you mean Taken too soon. Because that's what happens to people similar to Jimi in this shitstem you want to be free theres a fee wont pay get taken away.
Read his biography he Admitted he was pretty much at his peak
I think he was going to do something like Pink Floyd he really liked them
what an extremely gentle and nice person he was- just a good soul and probly the most gifted musician ever.
"Music's getting to heavy" this dude just predicted metal. Damn.
Yep. This was 1970 so there was Zeppelin, Sabbath, Purple, Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, Cactus, all on the music scene.
@DYLAN COLLEY Thanks man! Yeah I sure do!
@@matthatter2849 Uriah Heep
He used' heavy ' as word to describe some things that's gone to far as well
He meant serious
Hearing this makes me realise what a humble and gifted savant Jimi was. If you had met him then, you couldn't not love him. he was such a self effacing gentleman and an artist th at changed everything in the music sphere. It looks like he was aware of the power of his art, but was really reserved about letting ego get into it. that's an awesome artist. Everyone who loves music is grateful that we were here to hear this Masters sounds.
I was 13 when Jimi died. I remember it wad a Friday, and I was delivering newspapers. I saw "Jimi Hendrix Dies" when folding a paper...and at the corner of Seneca St and Princeton Ave I sat down on the curb and cried. Now, at 66, I still play live in a band, and Jimi was my total influence and teacher, to this day. Nobody ever will approach him in every aspect. He was NY friend, although I regret never having the honor to meet him.
I learned so much from Jimi Hendrix.
So sad. I saw him in 68 - my first concert and he played electric ladies. I was 12 he changed my life. Big hurt.
I got to see him on June 10, 1970 in Evansville, IN. Amazing, amazing talent. He was a proud American and never forgot his service in the 101st Airborne. He refused to be drawn into political issues.
@@clsutton7574 That's so cool. You're so lucky and I mean that genuinely.
Your Lucky,!!!!!!!!!!
I love Jimi Hendrix!!!!!!!!!!!
I've love Jimi Hendrix's music most of my life... This interview is sad because it is indeed his last, he seemed so down to earth and not false unlike the so called self appointed stars of today that are hyped, manufactured, greedy and egotistical.
Jimi Hendrix has influenced every single generation since he's passed, I was born in 1990, 20 years after his death, and I can say without question that Jimi shaped me as a musician and music listener. You can here is influence all over the spectrum of today's music. It sucks that he died at such an early age, with so much momentum and extra potential, but I'm glad that we live in a society today (although a messed up one), where Hendrix can be shared for free with people all around the world for years to come.
" In only four short years 1966-70 Hendrix changed the entire direction of rock-n-roll music forever. Jimi was light years ahead of his contemporaries ... his music is absolutely timeless..
It was only 22 or 23 months from his first album to his last. A short span for a star burning bright in sky to darkness. Such a short history for a huge legend. So many stars have burnt out too quickly.
He was a true genius, and the most kindest soul to walk this world, 100 years from now people will still be learning his songs!
He was really a very mellow, modest, amiable man. No ego. Shame he was lost so young.
Jimi has the glow from his heart. A divine spirit, which he shared with all. Thanks, Jimi!!
I freakin cry hearing his voice, no lie
Damn. Seven more days.
Anyone else wish they could hit the pause button on that?
You just hear a very sensitive person talking. This voice is so fragile and powerful at the same time. What an artist.❤
He was shy, quiet, soft voice in person like this, but not boring!
I love hearing jimi talking to him about all these things, its so cool. He seems so layed back in this.
oh Jimi... your voice comforts me to this day. X
Amen
Really wish he was around longer seemed like a good pure soul
What a loss. Hendrix was one of the best Black musicians the planet will ever see. His creativity and innovative guitar playing was simply sublime. RIP Jimi.
Why can't you say musicians. Without using black.Because he was the Goat The Best white or Black..
He was probably the best musician period since Beethoven
@@ceciliawells1099 thank you everything has to be color Eric Clapton knows he's the best color has no value on this man's genius
FFS One of the best black musicians? That does him a disservice. He was one of the greatests musicians. People of all races admire him.
@@jamesrobertson432 ; Hendrix was a great black musician, I repeat great black musician. So go away and take all that white 'Melting Pot' BS with you. Rest in black power Jimi
He was too refined for earth
I can see how he was a favorite among ladies... even his voice... the kind of resonating voice that could only sound more beautiful if you were lying against his chest.
Yeah, well. He was just another horny male. He had the advantage of fame. And "band aids" were dime a dozen then.
Musselchee Bullshit. Jimi was always getting ladies, even when he was a "struggling nobody".
@@musselchee9560 Well, yeah, sure, he was a horny guy, I mean he was 24 years old. But his voice is soothing and honest, and it’s beautiful to envision lying next to him with your head on his chest. Come on, don’t be jaded. He also appeared to be kind. He said in the interview that he wouldn’t want to hurt anyone.
Im 47, my dad is 67, my son is 23, my daughter is 27, my grandson is 2...an my papa is gone now....but HENDRIX is a part of us. Thank God for bringing his talent to our family. His always in our lives with his awsumness! He will be here when Im gone.
jimi was a beatiful man ,wrote great music that influenced me ,thats what matters
YAY!!! A kindred spirit, keeping it subtle and real. It is what matters.
Such a cool dude, sad he passed away so early. He could've created much more great music and art. RIP Jimi Hendrix.
Hendrix isn't dead, he lives on in our hearts and souls.
I same same about Prince. there are few souls that you feel they live and shine on forever.🌟💜
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I can't imagine what classic music covers would sound like if Jimi lived longer to cover it. Wagner, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart and Jimi playing it full tilt would of been beyond incredible.
I think your on to something Jimi takes classical
@@artistaccount Jimi loved Wagner, Strauss and Beethoven, amongst others. He had been speaking about working with an orchestra and choir since 1968. It's such a shame that he never got to do it. One of his biggest interests was attempting to get the older and younger generations to understand each other more. Some of the songs for what would have become "First Rays of the Rising Sun" hint at this. Had he turned his hand to integrating classical music into (one or some of) his projects, I think that it would have been under this aegis. That also would have been ground-breaking and would have pre-dated later music which tried to do likewise.
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Didn't he wanna do some kinda jazz/classical fusion project at one point?
@@d2dar459 I don't think that he ever voiced any wish to do a jazz / classical fusion project specifically. However, it wouldn't surprise me if something like that had materialised at some point. He had already integrated so many sounds and styles into his music, such as rock, blues, experimental, country, jazz, funk, folk and more. He mentioned keeping the three-piece combo at the same time as he was talking about expanding to use other musicians in different contexts. As such, I suspect that he would have devoted himself to various projects in a multitude of areas concurrently.
Hendrix did end this interview with a tremendously witty joke: after describing swimming to breakfast and then swimming on for shave ... the interviewer says that apparently (all that swimming) Hendrix apparently needed enough $$ to live luxuriously. Hendrix said "a tent over a stream." very clever!
Hendrix was very detached from physical matter, he was such a highly spiritual person
Lol, i had no idea he liked Pink Floyd! Makes me like him even more...
" _Sometimes you just lay back by yourself and appreciate them._"
I wonder what would he think if he would have got a chance to listen to the dark side of the moon.
That's exactly how i enjoy this album every now and then, just sit back and relax press play and let the speakers pour out 43 minutes of a magical sound journey...
Ulysses M. Yup, that's why i said "if he had a chance"
He was killed off
jimi was smart to stay out of politics. he let his music speak for him.
He did stay out of politics, but his very presence and what he represented to people made him dangerously political
"House Burning Down" and "Machine Gun" are some of the best protest songs ever written.
Of course, his Woodstock performance of "Star Spangled Banner" really made his anti-war statement known.
He was killed and the police didn't back then look into but new information on CZcams just so horrible 😢
Didn’t he align himself with the black panthers tho? That’s pretty political. He may not have done it on purpose but I feel like that’s how the mainstream viewed jimi. Thoughts?
I fall asleep to this. So relaxing...
Same
I fall asleep listening to his music.
Away from the stage and the guitar Jimmy is just like us folk .
I've admired Jimi my whole life. I never heard this before. So sad to hear him talking of future plans that would never happen. So full of life and yet so close to death.
Beautiful voice and the most wonderful, the best guitarist ever. RIP Jimi - miss you a lot.
Sorry Erin he's in my tops but I'm taking blackmore Gary moore Micheal schenker also page srv and Eddie come close
@@jerrywoods4066 Those are are great players, of course. It also shows your understanding, appreciation n range of knowledge
is teeny tiny weeny. Many years from now- you will agree.
@@keisi1574 never lol
@@keisi1574 hell he's no terry Kath. Also let's not forget page beck srv al dimeola just for starts
At 59, Jimi Hendrix is a hero of mine. No hate in him, just love for all. Today’s world could learn a lot from this young man who was wise beyond his years.
I miss you Jimi. There was so much more to come. You were looking to a new direction. You were transitioning into another phase of music that would have left us all spellbound. You wanted to do big and small. You wanted to do what you had always done....experiment. Having been with Jimi at the beginning in the UK, and having followed him to most gigs, his loss can only be described as the musical loss of a generation. Truly gifted, for this loss I wept. May God bless you Jimi.
There was no more tragic death than of Jimi Hendrix...there was then and always will be a very deep, spiritually profound coolness about him. I salute you for eternity Jimi Hendrix!!!
I met his dad in Seattle and he was running a rock and roll place and driving a gold caddy and i felt after talking to him that he had no idea what jimi was about ...he was capitolizing on his son's death ...I almost got physically ill over it
Randall Polk I felt like his relatives didn’t give a damn about him.
Read a book by music journalist Sharon Lawrence called The Man, The Music, The Magic. She was the person who informed Al of his son's passing. You will be disgusted, and then resolved as to which camp you belong. The book was written long after Al's death. It highlights all the litigation after Jimi's death.
They need money just like anybody else .
Jani is the worst-case . Leon his brother got nothing. Jimi.would never have wanted that
Very haunting, was the greatest guitarist to ever live, and a very humble man.
Can't argue that he was great and humble. There is no such thing as the greatest though. Many jazz, classical, flamenco guitarists had just as much control, technique, creativity and expression.
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Individual expression is personified in the musical performances of Jimi Hendrix. It seems to be difficult to be truly original today or am I just getting old? Jimi Hendrix never got old and never will. His music lives on and is appreciated by people today. The energy in his music is what makes it unique.
I just cannot imagine how a guitarist can play the guitar both left and right handedly the way this dude was blessed to do. I believe he is the only person who passed doing that and I don't think there will be another person with that caliber. His brain was wired uniquely!!
He only played left handed, what are you talking about man?
If Jimi were still alive, he would have possibly changed the world. I love his songs. I mostly only play his songs. The first electric guitar song I learned was Purple Haze. Best soloist with an electric guitar. Talent and wisdom. Best role model.
It's kinda sad to hear how many ideas and Plans he still had stuck in his head, but wasn't able to make them happen, because he died. Imagine how his music would have been evolved when he just had lived a few years longer.
Rest in Peace you legend.
I watched a video in class today about the history of rock and roll and some footage of Jimi playing live came up for a bit and I immediately got goosebumps and started to tear up just watching him go up there, god bless his beautiful soul
A week later Jimi moved on, Thank You God for sharing Jimi with us.
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Yes! Thank You, God, for sharing Jimi with us!
True Legend
Hendrix was always mellow. He didn't really change at all. The crappy aspect of the business of music, burns everyone out, We were notdeprived of anything Hendrix would have created. God took him at the perfect time. He was who he was, and gave us everything he had.Absolutely no one, Clapton, Page, Beck,Santana,,, whoever, were more creative than Jim. He was the best,period. He floored evry guitar player who went to see him play. AS Townsend said, he was doing all the stuff we dreamed of, and wanted to do...Turn me on guitar man!
It's a thumbs up from me, John.
ditto ever hear machine gun live at the filmore with buddy miles the guitar solo is from another planet star spangled banner sounds like bombs going off his feedback jimi I heard was going too do things with an orchestra behind him , but died too soon could u imagine if he was still alive the shit he would have came up with?
John Martin beck...really?
AR$3N OK Beck is amazing, noo one like him, yoou are right, but my point was simply that it is impossible to say anyone was better than Jimmi, or even Beck. Though I believe Jimmi will be renowned more for his early arrival, and short career. I think of Beck as a the guy who did what Jimmi might have done had he lived. Yes Beck is that good, and no one can touch him either
I love you brother,, God bless you!
This is a great interview. The interviewer asks good questions and conducts the interview brilliantly. And - of course - as usual Jimmy came through as the great human being he was.
well this really helped me with my project for school thank you, and for real his voice is smooooooothingggg
He was so far ahead of his time. His guitar playing revolutionized music.
Jimi did play with an organist. Stevie Winwood's stellar playing on the jam Voodoo Chile on Electric Ladyland is beautiful to behold.
Pure free form, duelling against each other and just when you think its all over the master wants to keep going.
perfect calls and responses, along with mitch mitchell, prolly my favorite with the self protaganizing lyrics and references to blues greats , what a story teller ! 💉
Without any doubt Jimi was in will ALWAYS be the most overearthly greatest guitarist EVER ❤ So humble wise and amazing with a fantastic soft beautiful voice too... If a person didn't like Jimi Hendrix then this is not good person period!
He was a shy individual. Yet when he was allowed to speak freely, his voice was as free, creative and expressive as 6 strings in his fingers. Would love to have a Q & A with Jimi. What a cool artist.
Born in America, made in England.
He seems so chill he gives off summer vibes. To all the people who got to see him perform in real life are truly lucky. I could only daydream about it.
It’s been about 50 years since Jimi left; here I sit just now discovering his music wondering if he’s the greatest that ever was, or ever will be. He truly stands right at the top of his transcendent era.
Wow .... I have not heard this before ......Thanks for posting !
Just got here.
Thanks for posting this.
Its definitely the ending .
RIP JIMI....
Amazing artist; reticent about his feelings! Kind spirit.
This was definitely one of the better interviews of Jimi that I've heard. Most of the other ones were full of rather ludicrous questions. This interviewer was relaxed and thoughtful and Jimi's responses reflected this. I really enjoyed listening to this...but the end clip of "Jimi died 7 days after this interview" really bummed me out. What a complete waste. At least we have a legacy of his words and music. It could have been so much more had he lived.
I'm very shocked Janie hasn't had this video erased yet
See y'all inSeattle 18 September 2020.
Musselchee ?
@@musselchee9560 for what?
@@joeguy6351 The 50 year legal moraltorium on Jimi's music comes off on 18 September 2020 (however, I've just learned only in some countries, apparently).
@@musselchee9560 so does this mean he has no copy right
Rest in peace Jimi Hendrix you are the best that ever played a guitar… And JIMMY page I would say is right behind you in second place both of you will live in infamy🇺🇸❤️💙🤍🙏🙏😇😇✝️✝️☮️☮️💜💜⭐️⭐️🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍💔💔❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️❤️❤️🔥❤️🔥
Jimi raised the consciousness of the planet we owe him so much!! I'll meet you in the next world and I won't be late!!!
Jimi' s voice is soo cool, calm and soothing man✌🎶🌲
Such a talented and sensitive and beautiful young man. Too bad he couldn't stick around a little bit longer. Thanks, Jimi, for what you gave us.
Sadness, joy, and continuos wonder still arise from hearing his words me his laughter. Imagine being turned away from church because he only hard tennis shoes to wear, not "proper shoes". Thank you again, Jimi.
David Lewis I'm down with the 3rd world he talked about come as you are. No tie no masks just the real you.
Beautiful interview. Jimi is a beautiful soul.