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- "When things get too heavy just call me helium--the lightest known gas to man."
- Jimi Hendrix in his final interview
Interview by Keith Altham, September 11, 1970
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"is that luxurious? I was thinking a tent next to a river"
headybud oh my he is so precious
I like the way he said luxurious
This BLEW my mind literally. This is why Jimi's SOOOOO SOOOO important!
headybud however, just before that when he was asked if he had enough money, he said ”no, not the way I want to live”. Doesn’t take very much money to live in a tent, does it? And he also talked about waking up and diving to his INDOOR swimming pool. It feels like when the interviewer pointed out that it sounded quite luxurious, Jimi quickly tried to save his image as a hippie and made it sound like he talked about a tent beside a stream.
@@teodormiciol3612 i think it was probably all a joke just to avoid the serious question
This interview was 7 days before he died... damn.
Thelonious Burton makes u wonder what happened Sounds a little high here (not a criticism just an observation)
Thelonious Burton yeah but we know what happened, and actually he seems in a better place in this interview than I've seen in others earlier on in his career, maybe it's just me though
Rhys Evans u think any foul play there?
Mike Mcdonnell nah not really, I mean shit happens, don't think there's someone to blame, what about you?
Rhys Evans don't know but his lungs filled with wine like he was waterboarded with it and theres no question mob was involved in that industry including manager Jeffries He was hardly getting any money also and was threatening to split .... ? but who knows
He's such a chill dude
@@bobsmith-ov3kn who hurt u?
he is so toasted
he's a hippie
@@mehmed6529 that a bad thing?
@@mehmed6529 He kind of said the opposite in this video
what a beautiful person.. he has such a nice voice... I never realised not only how nice he sound when he sings, but also when he speaks.
Seriously- he thought he wasn't a very good singer and I'm like whaaaaat?! He could sing and talk to me all day!!
Jimi Hendrix was the coolest cat to ever walk the face of this planet 🌎
And when he plays?
I wish I had either his voice, or Keith David’s
this is like jim morrison , he sounds like garfield its amazingly soothing
What a beautiful human being. RIP Jim
Jimi
gdawgs101 rip james*
He used to send Lemmy to get himself a 10 strip of LSD....He'd give Lemmy 3 and take the other 7 on the spot! What a legend!!!!!
Hendrix seemed like a real nice guy. most of the interviews I've ever watched of him, he always seems to be polite, smiling and just chill toward everyone. granted, I never meet him or knew anyone that knew him, but just from the little snippets of him I've seen.
he wasn't all good... very abusive to women in his life, unfortunately.
Hmm, I can't say I have ever heard that side of Jimi's legacy to be honest.
RJ Money really? he doesnt seem like that kind of guy. physically or mentally abusive?
Don't watch the movie for your information. His girlfriend Kathy said the violence was made up nonsense.
People just looking for drama.
I love the animation style of these shorts. It reminds me of cartoons from the seventies.
SchoolHouseRock
Maybe it's a reference to Purple Haze, hmm?
Max Melo honestly shut the fuck up my dude
Hey i see you on a lot of duster videos
@Mandatory Late Term Abortions for All DemoKKKrats maybe it isn't meant to?
I don't think he understood how important he really was. Or if he did, he didn't believe it.
I doubt he ever did. He didn't have enough time or space to catch his breath in his extremely busy 3 year career. Unfortunately.
I don’t think he lived to see his impact. Hendrix seems like the most chill dude and wouldn’t even call himself the greatest guitarist ever
MrTurbowhitey that is a big part of what made him important.
He once was asked how it feels to be the world's greatest guitar player. He said go ask Rory Gallagher 😀
According to Mitch Mitchell, he knew exactly what he was doing all of the time. His meteoric rise to fame was not an accident. It was well planned by him and his managers.
Would be really cool to see a video about Syd Barrett.
Dude, that would be amazing
There's a good radio interview for the CBC that Barrett-era Pink Floyd did, which could get animated. Not sure how I feel about that spacy one with the crappy interviewer, though.
Thanks much
True!!!
that would be one of the best! He was a guy who was truly consumed by society's madness.
Jimi Hendrix was without doubt---the GREATEST rock Guitarist who EVER lived.
thats a real original opinionJohn ROBINSON III
+John ROBINSON III Actually that's just an opinion sir.
No. Just no. The man was a demigod given an ax and a thousand years.
Of course it's not original, because it's a shared opinion. Don't let that get you down.
Hell ya
"But the way I write things, I just write them with a clash between reality and fantasy, mostly. You have to use fantasy in order to show different sides of reality. Just how it can bend, as the word 'reality' is nothing but each individual's own way of thinking. And then the establishment grabs a big piece of that." ~ Jimi Hendrix 2:20
He really told a basic truth here!
Jimi was probably one of the most intelligent people when it came to being peaceful but at the same time express your deapest roughest emotions in a beautiful way.
i agree, there should be more color in the streets.
Agreed
agreed
You want more taxes?
All the coloreds live on the street, though.
@@delmanglar It's just painting
Funny enough,a Canadian company I believe actually made a business out of a room where people can break shit XD. Jimi was ahead of his time even in that
He even predicted music videos
It’s called a rage room, it’s been out for a while I think but has never become a very common thing to see
Damn he was cool.
Oooooh how great are you guys?? Fucking great
lov2aclr8 why, thank you.
lov2aclr8 Just don't say anything negative about them eg. aobut the subtitles....because they get all snarky and weird with you. Strange and rude way to treat your audience.
TrainInVain Sounds like there's a backstory to that comment...
... And I'm curious to hear it...
i get high when jimi talks
The universe called Jimi home . We weren’t ready for him . 50 years later and we still aren’t ready for Jimi .
The universe doesn’t call anyone to anything. God calls our spirits to Him and on judgement day He will decide where we go. If we have accepted Christ or not.
@@chrismarple You are just another misguided "believer" in a certain religion...You know nothing about the afterlife...and no one else does either!
@@chrismarple What a ruthless, judgmental "God" you choose to believe in!
3:21 I thought he was going to say Raging Against the Machine lmao
Yaris GG same
Yaris GG I was thinking that he would've foreseen what ended up being Rage Against The Machine.
What is the machine other than establishment principles, though?
me too bruv wtf
same hahaha
When he said music was getting too heavy, he might not have meant the literal sound of it instrumentally by perhaps the subject matter
scaredypicker prog
Both
Wow, are you explaining that to us right now?
@@turtleanton6539 no
I think every sane person understood what he meant!
The word "cool" is thrown around a lot these days. For me Jimi is the epitome of cool. His style is without equal in everything he touched. There will never be another Jimi. We were all blessed to be part of the Experience. Fly on my sweet angel....
I agree. I’ve been listening to Jimi ever since I was 13 and now I’m 15. He was so beautiful and delicate.
I love his music...but his being "cool" did not save him from an early death!
How do you not love Hendrix everything he says is just golden
Sounds like a great band...Raging Against The Establishment Principles
Jimi was an honest man. Many people wanted to project onto him a certain image. I don't think he wanted to be pigeon holed. I think he'd be the first to admit that the "establishment" of today consists largely of the group of "long haired prejudiced freaks" he spoke of back then... Jimi was an honest man. How I wish he was still here....
That is definitely not the establishment lol. Jimi constantly sang against industrialized war and basically everything that the neo liberal conservative government in the USA has been doing pretty much since he died. You massively misinterpreted what he said in this video, and that should be clear as day if you know his music lol.
@@cassanateli too right fella
@@cassanateli lol no he didn't. Most of his songs were not that. Machine gun was really it
@@cassanatelihe said the establishment of today. I think you meant it as Jimi is talking down on the hippies of the 60s but the commenter meant. If Jimi was alive today he would point out that the establishment today is those people who ran Twitter the politically leaning left people of today's time
Greatest musician ever. Bar none!
Prince was up there also
Cobain is definitely very high up in the spectrum aswell
@H Q you're being a troll
@H Q I mean I don't care if that's you're opinion if that's it I thought you were being a troll, I don't want to start an argument with someone in a CZcams comment section.
I think even Jimi would be somewhat annoyed by that honor. He was just one color of the rainbow...well...maybe he was many colors of the rainbow for moments but you catch my drift. I'm drawn to the message of his songs sometimes more than the melody because electric guitar can be too crunchy, screechy, and distorted at times for my ears. He certainly seemed to be one with his guitar like no other.
I like what Jimi says about his stuff being raw and without rounded edges. His artistry wasn't a collaboration of studio magicians and mixers...it was just him expressing himself without censor. Jimi seemed to be completely undiluted by anything and that resonates with people for obvious reasons. The truth always hits harder than even the sweetest lie.
The song that starts around 2:10 is called “hush now”. One of the many hidden Joni jams that keeps fans busy for decades finding
He had such a cool, chill voice and always seemed so humble and calm. And WHAT a guitarist....
What a beautiful mind. The stuff he says just blows my mind, like what other human thinks like that? He was crazy and odd, but a genius. An absolute genius
Thinking the way he did, seemed so exceptional....but his free-form lifestyle killed him off way too early!
He has such a soothing voice...
one thing I'm seeing in these historical people: insecurity. It's amazing. But I get that from Jimi, Phillip, Kurt, Janis, Meryl of course Elliott....all except MJ (criminal or not his voice and talent was godly...he was on a high real young). But insecurity is the main personality trait I pick up...amongst these giants....these perfectionists.
+Sam O'd Hmm..how did Jimi come across as insecure in this one?
+Sam O'd The thing is that, no one is perfect. We all know that and we all stress out about it in different ways and cope. Everybody has their own shortcomings and its important to recognize that to make yourself stronger. You only change by acknowledging your own machinations. If you can't even do that, you're going to have a tough and most likely jaded life ahead of you. It is rare for an artist who truly believes in their message to just say they have reached their peak and stop. You can't take the soul of a person out of them, you can only let it live until it gets tired. Its why suicide is a common sort of part of being an artist or at least for many artists. There's comes a point where stress just gets to you, the people all around you seem to be closing in. Its difficult. People put their lives and minds on the line for the sake of humanity and sometimes, you just snap.
+Sam O'd Insecurity is what drives some people to be secure, which is something anti-bully people over look.
+TheUnholyPosole Thank you!
TheUnholyPosole And then you know, they all die. Should maybe- I dunno- create environments where people can strive for new heights of human achievement without being traumatized by shitlord nobodies.
I love how they added the detail that he plays left handed!
There should be a lot more cuz this audio file is very valuable to some people.
Jimi's opening statement is the reason why i truly love this man and his art. fucking genius
I'm a simple man, I see Jimi Hendrix in the title I press like
Jimi was a true visionary. "Break rooms" and "Home Theater" were in his head in 1970. Also shy to being complimented. Praise him and you'll get an uncomfortable laugh back with maybe a "Nooooo".
Legitimately one of the greatest human beings ever to live. I'm so glad that his amazing voice has been preserved for posterity.
He beat every girlfriend he has but you dont care cus you’re a superficial observer
He was a great musician...but did he defeat Cancer, Polio, etc? Do not put him on such a weak pedastal...Jimi himself did not see himself like you see him.
I remember the first ever Jimi Hendrix song I heard.
It was Purple Haze.
I remember, that at that time I was still going to Kindergarten and was about to go to my grandparents house one day after.
They had this big old 1990's grey samsung T.V..
I watched so many movies on that thing, that I clearly remember.
But a very certain movie, that I don't exactly remember, but 100 percent sure wasn't a Vietnam War movie, included this very track.
My ears were nailed to the T.V.'s speakers when that intro rolled.
That exact: dah Dah dah Dah dah Dah dah Dah
And the melodic riff of Jimi Hendrix's signature song started jumping left and right and a very deep and scratchy voice was shouting words, that I couldn't understand.
I swear I felt like I heard that song somewhere.
It was of course impossible, 'cause Rock n roll was and is banned in my country.
For Years I wondered what song that was.
Who wrote it...
Who performed it...
It was like an unreachable achievement, that was only possible out of the walls and rules.
But what could a lil kid do?
It was all like that, until just around 1 or 2 years ago.
I was taking interest in music history and a thumbnail popped on the CZcams's home screen with a skinny looking, afro, black dude wearing a red dress on it, holding a stratocaster.
Simply titled The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple haze live at Atlanta.
(I didn't realised the guitar was upside down until I watched it again)
It starts with a non sence intro that I didn't recognized.
dArA DaRa dArA DaRa
But then that melodic riff.
I just simply couldn't believe it.
I found it.
That same rhythm, that same feeling, that same deep but scratchy voice.
This time I knew what he was saying.
And since that very day all I listen to is The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The very lost sound of my childhood.
It was back and was going to stay.
Thanks Jimi.
For been existing.
"You have to use fantasy to show different sides of reality" the man truly was a genius
Indeed...this was perhaps his greatest observation!
The bit about the tent and the river is hilarious ... caught the interviewer (and myself) off guard with that one.
Just that one snippet of this interview illustrates the complexity and the sense of humor that was so endearing about Jimi.
a video about Ian Curtis will be awesome for sure
I think Jimi Hendrix would have absolutely loved virtual reality. Rest in peace, my man.
He was ahead of his time damn
This is my favorite interview with Jimi. If you could just sit down and talk with him I think this is what it would have sounded like.
He had probably the heaviest song of the century with "machine gun"
t I'd say the stooges search and destroy personally but I get your point
I disagree
Nah 21st century schizoid man was or rondo by the nice
He couldn’t stay there though. He had to keep evolving.
Whistle Blower unbelievable and such a powerful song
I think the quote "as soon as the power of love becomes more important than the love of power, the world will become a better place" sums up what he was driving at. He had a heart. He definitely had a heart.
You know he never said that right?
@@kerpin09 oh noooo. That's all this cat had. Then it's just drugs. All he did was drugs and die. He was a guitar player, drugs, and dead. He had nothing meaningful then.
@@raycurryjr1925 I think he had more... he had interesting things to say and write. He just didn't say that.
Glorious!!! I've been waiting for this
Thank you.
you're welcome. thanks for tuning in.
He was so chill and intelligent
His attitude is so refreshing
I have headphones on and I was day dreaming and when I stopped I hear this voice and I immediately knew it was Jimi Hendrix and my point is I wasn't even alive when Hendrix was setting the world ablaze and I didn't grow up hearing his music but I knew his voice long after his death....TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING! 👍🏿
Honestly a beautiful person
“A time when you can put a cassette into the side of your TV and have audio and visual together…” They weren’t too far off before the VHS tape was popularized but Hendrix would’ve loved the new VR explosion. 😎🎸🤩
It’s so crazy how he just talks about what he’s gonna do like any normal person, zero idea that he was gonna die the next week
"The way I write things, I just write them with a clash between reality and fantasy mostly."
Brilliant! :D
Happy birthday Jimi🎸🎸
I have never heard Jimi's voice before very soothing
Jimi was such a humble, beautiful soul and the best guitarist of all time. He was so far ahead of his time, something from out of this world. And he was one cool cat. Long live Jimi!!!
this interview was such a breath of fresh air
He sounds so incredibly humble. The worlds worse off without him❤️
Jimi Hendrix seemed like such an endearing soul.
One of my favorite human beings
I cry every time I hear his voice. He was just the sweetest soul on earth
4:50 Literally the highest thing a single person has said
As someone who carries Jimi close to my heart and my absolute favorite guitar player, it makes me sad to hear just how light hearted and humorous he was only a week before he died. I am not sure why, but it has always been pushed that he was miserable and searching for a direction when he died. This shows how there was just no way he 'helped' the way he ended. I mean, there is a picture taken of him the day before he passed of him pouring tea into a cup for his Stratocaster he has sitting in a chair next to him. What that man did in 4 short years is staggering. One of the most gigantic tragedies in all of music is that he did not get to continue to grow and evolve.
What a soul man, what a genius
3:58 hey, that was from the Kurt Cobain Blank on Blank
Yeah ikr :)
Jimi Hendrix was so cool.and talented without a doubt. RIP JIMI HENDRIX
What an absolutely cool guy. The world needs more people like this man. Positive, visionary, and so creative.
His voice is amazing!
His voice has some melancholy in it, kind of like his soul is blue.
He suffered alienation/abuse as a child...I believe his innate sorrow is what infuses his music so touchingly. For awhile, he was able to turn "water into wine", so to speak. Then he died.
He would cry tears of joy if he tried vr
His laugh is so humble and pure.
His voice is so sweet, harm, I don’t know. It’s nice to hear him talking.
This video showed me the human side of jimi. I always saw him as this untouchable legend but he was really just a normal guy
i feel this is a re-up but still a fun watch
+obamaslilbro :/ is it diminished somehow if re-uploaded?
You can tell he's smiling as he speaks constantly. He was such a happy guy
He couldn’t have said anything better that was perfect
Jimi was so child-like.
I think that being child-like can be very positive in some respect...keeping the childs imagination as a grown-up and being an artist or musician...that is very very good ;)
Until it fails to keep your vices from destroying you
@@Yotrymp You are correct, even though what you say is painful to think about...many an artist seem to be self-destructive.
If one channel understands style and pacing it's this one, keep it up guys not only hearing but watching your videos inspires me
One of the most precious and beautiful human beings. Love you Jimi I hope your resting easy. ♥️♥️
Thanks for everything Jimi.
You changed my life for the better.
How does this not have more views?
I have not heard jimi Hendrix like I had not heard Jim Morrison speak and I'm so jealous of those ppl who spoke with them, heard their songs (live) or hung around with them they were so sorted out with their thoughts, like what they want, feel etc.... Jimi Hendrix has such a beautiful soulful voice. These gems left too soon.
I love his voice 😍
Love his laugh. Thankful I got to hear his laugh.
His voice personifies humility. A great human being.
"Freaks, they're very prejudiced... You have to have your hair long and talk a certain way..."
Our society has long been more concerned with "image", rather than "substance".
Jimi's voice is the perfect voice for the radio.
"when it gets too heavy it's going to be helium" prophetic of '80s shit rock!
Believe It or Not, Jimi was in an Army Airborne Division before his musical career. I have seen copies of his Army Psychiatric Report, and all I can say is "What were they thinking putting him in an Airborne Division!" The report indicates they seemed to be trying to accommodate him, but he was totally beyond reach. Both Jimi and the Army psychiatrists were crazy, especially in light of Jimi's bizzare behavior, which I'll not elaborate upon.
Jimi was just trying to get an early discharge from the Army, and figured out a way to get one...he acted slovenly, acted "gay" in front of a few of his fellow soldiers, and so he achieved his early -out, after 13 months of service...BTW, he had chosen to become a paratrooper, when he enlisted.
He was one groovy guy, what a chill voice.
Love Jimi' s speaking voice..
And when the music got too heavy,
just like helium,
he flew away.....
I love how playful he was when he talked. Just like his music, playful. Playful and optimistic, not super cynical, it's so refreshing to this day.
"My room is a stage." A simplistic but poetic perspective on how art comes to be.
This interview was a week before he died, that is so sad. RIP Hendrix.
So funny that they thought Hendrix's music was angry music and now we have Metallica and thrash bands
Ben Turner I think that judgement comes mainly from his version of the Star Spangled Banner. I believe dick cavett asked him that .
His reply was classic. No it’s not angry it’s beautiful.
I was fortunate to see him twice. Once in 69 and once in 70 . For me he was the most charismatic guitarist- musician- performer I ever saw . He made those Marshall stacks sing like nobody else.
Ben Turner should try death grips bro
He was An African American (aka black man) playing his style of blues music very loudly. There always seems to be a different standard for black people whenever they do anything within similar fields to white people and society projects the term "anger" on to black people, and black men, in particular, and when Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie started the bop movement, they called that style of jazz angry, too. The Who and Led Zeppelin played their music super loud and most of their songs were 2 to 3 times longer in length than most if not all of Hendrix's songs.
@@skineyemin4276 no way . that is a reach. imo
@@db5166 You're white, aren't you? That something white person would say (or write).
A shame he died young. The world needed someone like Hendrix to keep the PEACE.
RIP jimi hendrix your music rocks
Jimi's laugh, just amazing and contagious. Would love to have just hung out with him one time.
Raging Against.... The Establishment so close haha.