First Time Hearing Jimi Hendrix Guitar Solo (Star Spangled Banner)
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He's doing the " rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air" from the lyrics of the anthem. His distortion and controlled feedback were completely unique at that time.
Yeah, I think many overlook that. I did the first few times I ever listened to it. He is not just playing the melody. He is playing the lyric.
Exactly.
Yep. Hendrix more than anybody, IMO, expresses the most primal, spiritual, controlled chaos and rich harmonic analog guitar playing ever. There was no one like him at his time or frankly, now.
This was during the Vietnam war, and this song was both a protest of the war and a tribute to the fallen. This was, I believe, the only war (EDIT: meant this to say the last war) in which Americans were conscripted to fight against their will. Everyone lost a friend or a brother to the draft. It was extremely unpopular to say the least and the protests against the war speak for themselves. And few spoke louder than Jimi Hendrix, without uttering a word. He let his guitar do the singing and the screaming.
The lyrics in the National Anthem include lines about rockets and bombs and Jimi is portraying them with his guitar. After playing the line that goes "and the rockets' red glare" Jimi plays the sounds of the rockets. Then he comes back to play the line "the bombs bursting in air" and proceeds to play the sounds of the bombs. Then he plays a few bars of "taps" the song played at military funerals, before playing the final triumphant lines.
Because of how famous and well-respected he was by his fellow musicians and by the festival organizers, Hendrix had the honor of playing the final set of the weekend and closing out the festival. And the vast majority of the festivalgoers had already left. Of the roughly half-million people who went to Woodstock, only an estimated 40,000 people were still there to see Jimi. The rest missed out.
Wrong. There was a draft in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, and the Korean War in addition to the Vietnam War. Men have been forced to go to war against their will for centuries. The 1940 Selective Training and Service Act lasted until 1973.
@@WMalven LMAO shit I meant to say the LAST American war to have a draft but I misspoke. Thanks for catching that.
Ben, your point is well taken about how his improvisations are a comment on the lyrics. I was just about to post a similar comment. Maybe a non-American doesn't pick up so quickly on these subtleties.
nailed it. thanks cuz the reactor missed the point but he's too young to understand what was happening in 69 because evil and nixon ruled the world.
I jumped on to explain but read your comment, & couldn’t have said it any better.👍
As others have pointed out, he's using the guitar to create sounds of war within the anthem. Bombs, sirens, screams, cries, etc. The idea was that the national anthem being some beautifully arranged piece of music that in no way reflects the reality of America. It's an epiphany where the sounds are the subject matter. He is for sure making a point that behind all the beauty and tradition there is pain, death and screaming bitter anger that creeps out no matter how hard the establishment tries to hide it.
Yes, this definitely blew people's minds. And yes, hate mail came in, because the song was considered untouchable, and some took it the wrong way.
These days, people put their own mark on the anthem all the time -- but exclusively in service of self-aggrandizement i.e feature their own talents or style, and never any sort of commentary on the lyrics or the themes of the song (or the county) itself. So unless you have something to *say* (as Jimi did) then just sing the damn song. :-)
@@brovold72,or do away with it altogether.
What's up guys! If you are wondering about the England reference, this was filmed alongside the Beatles video right after we lost. I guess I was just bummed out and needed some music lol. Have an awesome day!
Jimi Hendrix is the giant that every guitarist who came after him, stands on his shoulders.
You can hear bombs dropping, machine guns, ambulances, chaos, etc .complete social commentary and revolutionary guitar playing.
Jimi jumped out of airplanes in the service, that experience fed directly into his guitar playing, you can hear it in the music. Jimi probably got that idea from Dick Dale king of the surf guitar who could emulate the sounds of waves curling over head. They were friends. The main thing about this performance is Hendrix is putting individualism above the conformity of the group. He did it his way and it was heartfelt and realistic with Vietnam and the draft etc. This was cutting edge in 69.
Jimi Hendrix went too far? Nah. He is a psychic astronaut of sound. He is an explorer without fear. Too far? He cannot go too far. And yes he's making a statement. When the lyrics of the national anthem say "bombs bursting in air..." he made the guitar sound like bombs coming down and exploding. It was a statement against the Vietnam war, as well as everything else that was going on, both terrifying and beautiful.
He was a shaman, bringing us the sounds of the other side. Telling ancient stories for a terrible time.
THE gamechanger of electric guitar playing. Also, he played left handed on an upside down righthanded guitar strung in reverse.
Just to clarify: The violent incident during a Rolling Stones concert took place later in 1969 at the Altamont Free Concert in California. Astoundingly, there was practically no violence at all at the original Woodstock festival.
Bummer about England and the World Cup. Anyway, Jimi's version of the Star Spangled Banner is my favorite. He is making the sounds of war with bombs dropping amidst the rest of the song; the Vietnam war was was going on at this time, after all. Jimi was a very shy and humble man. All the stardom was hard on him.
Vietnam was at the back (and often the front) of people's minds. As the vid mentions, Hendrix was a veteran, and wanted to link the sounds of the war with the Stars and Stripes. It was a great way to make a point about patriotism and that appalling and disastrous war.
Yes, sad about how we lost to France, but still a great team, and we've got some great young players who will serve us well in future.
I always love how the line, "the land of three free" extends "freeeeeeeeeeeeee" into a screaming cry of desperation and rage.
Guitarists had utilized feedback before, notably Pete Townshend (the Who) and Jeff Beck, but nobody displayed a mastery and musicality in his use of it like Jimi. His virtuosity and fluidity alone made him a phenomenon to all, especially musicians, particularly guitarists, who heard him. He revolutionized touring, recording, and how people viewed the instrument and music itself. 😘🤙🎶 💜
This was the first time ANYONE heard guitar playing like this. If you know the lyrics it helps. He's following the melody and when he gets to the part where the lyrics say, "and the rocket's red glare" he goes off into outer space with the rocket sounds. Then he come back to the line, "the bombs bursting in air" then he goes off again trying to make more bomb and rocket sounds. Listen to it again Bro. peace out.✌💛
Notice Jimi is tuning up right in the middle of the most outrageous feedback known to man. LOL. What a guy !
The parts that you said were distortion tricks & too far from the melody are at the section in the tune where the lyrics are "The rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air..." In context this is at the height of the Vietnam War and a LOT of the audience would be liable for the draft. And yes it was a new way to present it: demonstrating rockets & bombs during combat.
@SyedRewinds Jimi was just an altogether different cat; he blew everyone away on the reg. In this particular instance, he was making "both an expression of protest at the obscene violence of a wholly unnecessary war & an affirmation of aspects of the American experiment entirely worth fighting for," as per a very well-written article in the New Yorker. Note: The Rolling Stones were not at Woodstock. The event you were referring to was the Altamont Speedway Free Festival 4 months later.
It's art. Everyone has their own interpretation. 👍❤🤙
Jimi still blows people's minds. He was a revolutionary, and nobody has matched him to this day.
He was distorting the sounds on purpose to make a statement about the war, not the anthem. And yeah, he was magic.
I think the part you liked was where he used a univibe/rotorvibe - a guitar pedal that reproduces the effect of a Leslie rotating speaker- normally used by Hammond organs (think, Green Onions by Booker T and the MCs). Here, it's almost like a "clipping" tremolo effect on the melody. About the reaction at the time, I don't think any "pop/rock star" had done a performance art piece (see previous comments re Vietnam War, bombs,rockets, screams and alarms) on a solo electric guitar
To see who Jimi really was you should watch his interviews with Dick Cavet. Very gentle, very soft spoken. Jimi was supposed to be on the Cavit show the Monday after Woodstock. He didn't get on stage at Woodstock until Monday morning and so was unable to be on the show. Jefferson Airplane, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Joni Mitchell showed up instead.
Exactly. You hear the bombs, the planes, the sirens, the screams. It always seemed to me that this the aural analog of Picasso’s “Guernica”. Whether it rises to that level of rare air or not I’ll leave to others. But it’s not simply noise. Every note has an intelligibility and feeling.
The theatrical release of Woodstock came out in March 1970, everyone over the age of 30 lost their shit when they heard Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner". "Sacrilege" "Un-American" were a couple of the kinder things said by those folks. My husband was in Vietnam at the time and my friends and I thought Hendrix's treatment was cool. There is a few notes of "Taps" in there, along with the sounds of bombs, It fit our feelings of the war and all the crap that was going on at the time. He was speaking to us.
"...and the rockets' red glare..
the bombs bursting in air..."
Hendrix's interpretation emulated the whistling and bursting of munitions.
This is not a song about flowers and unicorns. We were engaged in an ever escalating war in Vietnam, and despite the tremendous anti-war sentiment, those being drafted to fight the Vietnamese were too young to vote for representation from this government. There existed an 18 year old draft and a 21 year old voting law (until 1971).
This song was received by American youth as a protest song.
The thing to remember is that he was using very little in the way of pedals and programmed effects, he was playing tube amplifiers and working mostly with overdrive, feedback, and reverb. He might have had a wah and a fuzz of some kind, but nothing like the processing that guitarists have today. Yeah guitarists can do a lot of things these days, but I'm not so sure that could take his equipment and do that. Hendrix was unique for that time because he was the first to 'play' feedback, distortion, overdrive, and crunch. Prior to him the emphasis was on the guitar side of 'electric guitar', but he was the first to fully explore and play the electric component. He's the first player to fully realize the potential of the electric guitar and use it to full effect.
he plays noise of war
I haven't gone through the comments yet, so I'm gonna wager I'm reiterating, but this was during the Vietnam war, & when it hits the rocket's red glare & bombs bursting in air he's painting it on guitar, the chaos of war. He also does it in Machine Gun from the Filmore East New Year 1970, which is one of his most notorious live solos. Blew people's minds back then, still blows my mind now, he rewrote the rules of guitars & brought new techniques & sounds, a totally unique approach. He's still the gold standard of playing rock to me, often imitated, but never duplicated. He did so much in a short time, we can only speculate where he might've taken music had he lived, but his legacy lives on, & there's still more to be discovered, even over 50 years since his death. The Voodoo Child lives on.
The two lines where he wnt off on were "By the rockrets red glare", "The bombs bursting in air". Thats what the improvisation was about, in the context of the Vietnam war.
That was great, epic and Iconic, but not to compare, another performance at Woodstock by him is
" Woodstock Improvisation ". Absolutely amazing. It has so much in it, truly mind blowing. Impossible to find on RUclips, but I haven't tried in years and years. I did see it on RUclips about 12 years ago.
This is also known as 'VIllanova Junction'. Here's the link:
ruclips.net/video/dQwwxiBjLzI/видео.html
@@andrewmorton9327 No, Villanueva Junction is a separate song. Believe me I have all the DVD'S. "Woodstock Improvisation" is on the Woodstock DVD box set. I just tried to find it on RUclips and no luck. Some footage is not posted or retracted from YT.
This song shows 1st hand Jimi's versatility in genres of styles of music.
@@axis2946 You're right. I just checked my Hendrix at Woodstock album and they're separate tracks. I always thought of Villanove Junction as being the improvisation, but it flows on seamlessly from the improv.
@@andrewmorton9327 ok thanks.
Is that the one where he has the longest cigarette ash in history as he plays? I can hear it now...do do do da da do da da do da da dahhhhh do do do da da do da da do da da dohhhhh...epic.
Hendrix playing the Vietnam war ... he was THE master of feedback. The "dark things" happened later, at Altamont. Hells Angels members were used as some kind of security by the Stones’ management. That did not end well.
Jimi was a very humble person.
I love your comments. Don't forget: Woodstock was one reaction to the Vietnam war.
Jimmy Hendrik's played the guitar like attacking jets dropping bombs on vietnamese cottages- which wasn't popular in these times at all - putting the national anthem on the hot seat.
That whole crazy section is creating “the bombs bursting in air”. Genus.
Asalaam alaikum.
I am personally acquainted with one of the percussionists who played with him at that gig. He said that nobody in the band knew he was gonna play that! It wasn''t rehearsed. They were like "What's Jimi doing?"
I also knew a few people who were in the audience. They said the audience was completely in shock. Nothing like this had ever existed before in all the music in human history. Nobody played the guitar like this before him. He INVENTED it, with no model to work from.
When I was 11 years old, I saw this in the theater. The years was 1972, and it was the first time I'd ever seen a video of Hendrix. I WAS IN SHOCK! I sat in the theater staring at the screen, hearing this in utter disbelief! Half a century later, I STILL get chills listening to this!
You should understand that this was during the Vietnam War, and a month after the Apollo 11 mission where men first walked on the moon. The USA was really divided, almost close to a civil war. Then, at the very end of a three day festival of peace and flower power hippie celebration, Jimi Hendrix played the most violent rendition of the national anthem possible. He was telling the hippies that this is what the world is really like, and at the same time staring the most powerful nation on earth in the face and saying "You broke your covenant with God and your people."
Nobody but Jimi Hendrix could have done this. Nobody else could have carried the symbolic weight of this.
There's another interview where he speaks about it. He said he was expressing the vibe or frequency of the time, which as he said had a lot of Static in the air.
First thing, I'm sorry about England and the World Cup. It looks like you are hurting.
Second thing, nobody says this but this performance is only the ending of a mind blowing, almost 14 minute version of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return). It plays that and then goes into The Star Spangled Banner and then right into Purple Haze. You simply must listen to that whole, approximately 22 minutes of music. It's like one big thing and it's awesome. Again sorry about England, peace.
It was sad that most of the crowd had left because of bad weather, and traffic. Jimi closed the show but it was Monday morning when he and his band hit the stage. I think there was around 50, 000 people at that point which is still a big crowd. I do recommend you listen to his whole set at Woodstock, it's certainly a great set, as well as a great piece of history.
Unmistakable renditions of, "Taps" - which is played when soldiers die, plus Sirens - distinctly the type that warn of bombs, and even ppl screaming and crying ~ these are the costs of maintaining the US National Anthem. "Does that flag still stand," asks the songwriter, unable to peer through the smoke, the next morning
This was super-different, we didnt even realise what he was doing really because it was so different from what we were used to hearing. I went to see Woodstock in the Odeon High Street Kensington just after Jimi died and the whole cinema stood up and gave him a standing ovation, in the cinema (!) after this...
This was like guitar playing from another planet. He re-wrote the book on electric guitar playing.
He was imitating the sounds of the Vietnam War - the juxtaposition of the anthem and the bombs were a comment on the US's role in 'Nam. Hendrix could do things with the guitar no-one has before or since - it's all magic to me too, and I play guitar (not well, but well enough!). You need to see him perform "Hey Joe" live in 1967 - he pretty near makes love to the guitar.
The extreme distortion away from the melody, is an audio vision of the Vietnam war. Bombs, fighter planes, human screams etc.
Voodoo chile live at maui is an amazing Hendrix performance...its coming home in 4 years maybe Syed bro
People didn't know what to think. You can see it on peoples faces during this performance. More confused than blown away. It was that ahead of it's time!
It's impressionism at it's best, making the music sound like what it's about, the guitar sounding like the rockets. Debussy would be proud.
Correct. A guitar revolutionary!
In case you didn't know or notice, Hendrix is playing the guitar upside down. He was lefthanded, and grew up underprivileged, and lefthanded guitars are expensive. So from an early age, he would restring a right handed guitar from top to bottom and play it upside down, and he kept it up even after making it big.
He's simulating bombs dropping, a baby crying, an ambulance, the sounds of war. What's brilliant is how he controlled his feedback
Look for: Jimi Hendrix - Machine gun.
As you can see from the comments below, this was protesting war in general. In the Band of Gypsys concert at the Fillmore East New Year's Eve the song Machine Gun is also a anti war song that's just brilliant. The sounds of war coming from his guitar is just genius. He's the GOAT Syed. It''s a must reaction man.
The Hendrix Woodstock performance of the National Anthem was both a tribute and a distress call. He was a veteran and had earned the right to have his say. He loved his country but thought we were on the wrong track in Vietnam. That's what he was trying to say with his unique version of the National Anthem.
He really goes off at the part where you would sing Rockets Red Glare. I always thought that made sense to go crazy at that part.
Jimi produced one of the greatest pieces of art of the 20th century; up there with Picasso, Dali etc. He brilliantly expressed the great paradox that is America - beautiful on the surface yet distorted and corrupt underneath. He painted the pain and the horror that is America's compulsion to war. That performance will forever live in history.
He was making a heartfelt version reflexing the state of the nation at the time😁✌️
Say Hey Syed, I think it's safe to say that Jimi Hendrix was the first guy to take it this far. Pete Townshend was doing guitar mayhem but not quite like Hendrix. Your reaction is thoughtful and thought-provoking, as always. Thanks.
This was innovative for the times.
In regards to Hendrix and his feedback and distortion with the star spangled banner. During the moments where he goes off melody. They are representations of the "rockets red glare and bombs bursting in the air lyrics. Also as a airborne trooper he knew the sounds of diving planes and the machineries of war. For deeper insight listen to "machine gun" Band of gypsies 👍 . You are doing a really good job and I am enjoying your musical journey.
"Went a little too far." That was the point and that's why he still amazes. Today you said that it "Went a little too far".
Great and smart reaction, as usual. I totally agree that the best parts are when he adheres to the original melody and puts his own indelible spin on it -- cutting away altogether for some side-noodling seems like a bunch of internal footnotes and distracts from the overall performance.
Love the the fact. That he is playing British music
Jimi introduced us to feedback in the music. I tried to copy him with my bass, during a gig, but wound up blowing my speaker out through the front of the amp. There was no one like him. Others have tried to emulate his style, such as Robin Trower and Stevie Ray Vaughan, but no one quite gets it.
It's Jimi telling everyone that he is America too.
No one was doing anything like that in 1969 . . the whole thing was superb . . listen to it again.
He was a very patriotic person and very humble. I'm sure I read somewhere (don't know where) that the part that goes off course represents the Vietnam war. Perhaps you should listen to Machine Gun
He was re- creating the bombardment of fort Sumpter, by the british, The bombs were bursting in air. From Francis Scott Keys description, from witnesing the bombardment while onboard a ship out in the harbor, which inspired him to write the song.
He’s making the sounds of war with his guitar.
You have to understand the Star Spangled Banner and then you have to understand the Vietnam War. If you don't understand the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner (which is actually a poem) then you are really at a loss. It was written by Francis Scott Key who was on a British ship as it bombarded Fort McHenry along with other ships in the other harbor all through the night. It was 1814. The US and England were at war. Francis Scott Key went to Baltimore harbor to plead with General Ross on the ship as they had his friend Dr. William Beanes captured on board. Because he overheard the British plans to bombard Fort McHenry he was captive on the ship until after the bombardment finished. 25 hours worth of bombs dropped on Fort McHenry. 1,500 to 1,800 bombs were fired along with 700 rockets. But only minimal damage was done with limited loss of life and in the morning after their flag was still raised at the fort. So that is why Francis Scott Key wrote his poem.
In 1969, it was the US that was dropping bombs on Vietnam. They had half a million forces in Vietnam still and there was fighting all through that August. Woodstock was in mid August of 69. This is what happened in Vietnam during that period: "The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) and ARVN 5th Regiment, 2nd Division killed more than 650 PAVN/VC from the 1st Regiment and 3rd Regiment, 2nd Division, in an operation in the Quế Sơn Valley for the loss of 60 U.S. killed"
No one can for sure say what Hendrix intended statement was when he played the Star Spangled Banner but it's safe to say that he felt strongly about what was happening.
It’s probably already been mentioned, but the distortion and wild playing you were referencing is the sound of war. The lyrics leading up to that are “… the bombs bursting in air….”
It was a country at war. That is why it had the military sound to it
Parents hearing that back in the day, blastic that from their kid's room most definitely shat their pants. 😂
I remember I reacted the very same way first time I heard this. But when it dawned on me that this was an anti war protest it suddenly made total sense and I realized how brilliant this was,
If you knew the song and the meaning of the song as us Americans do, then maybe you would know that when the distortion and strange sounds begin, that was Jimi adding the sounds of rockets flying and bombs bursting in air that coincide with the lyrics of the song at just the right moment. But of course one would have to know the song to understand what he was doing. What he did, still blows me away to this day. The song was written about the Battle of Baltimore when British war ships bombed Fort McHenry in the war of 1812 while a large flag called the Star-Spangled Banner at the time, flew victoriously over the fort.
He was replicating the horrors of the Vietnam war -bombs , missles , screaming and an emergency vehicle siren etc. Before Jimi , no one ever heard a guitar sound like that..
That freakout breakdown part was an animodpia of the vietnam artillary.
As far as how it felt at the time, it felt like the Vietnam war... like being in it... and was awesome
There are so many people out there that don't realize that Jimi served in the military.
I was there. You're missing the context. What you call distortion and sound effects were easily identified by us the audience as the sounds of Vietnam, which was raging at the time. He's making an explicit connection between the US and military rockets and bombs. He goes into 'Taps' a few moments later, the military wake up call. Jimi had served in Vietnam before starting his career. He denied it on TV, because the country was extremely divided. Yes, the sounds were on purpose and he was making a comment. If you study Dylan's and Beatles press conferences of the time, you'll see that just because you were asked a question, doesn't mean you have to answer it in a straightforward way and Jimi didn't. We knew what it was about--and certainly the troops knew.
I wasn't at Woodstock, but I think that Jimmy was into the psychedelic atmosphere of the event (ask Carlos Santana). Besides the Star Spangled Banner was written around an old British drinking song anyways. Even Ol Betsy Ross gets it
Jimi was a veteran and he loved his country. It was his version. Everyone loved it.
I heard this for the first time in 1994 I thought he went a bit far as well. Here's the thing. If you notice at around 3:30 "and the rockets red glare" right after playing that part I think he is improvising the sound of the rockets. a lil later "though bombs bursting in air" and then he improvises the explosion's. That's the two parts where he strays the most from the medley. I don't think he was mocking the song, he actually was in the Army himself. That's my thoughts anyways @SyedRewinds
This guitar solo sounds like a fucking war. Explosions, sirens, air raids, etc. Very apropos.
There's a certain irony in the fuss that people make today when athletes and others in the U.S. "protest" by taking a knee or some other gesture during the playing of the national anthem. Here, the rendition of the anthem WAS the protest. The very idea of playing the national anthem in such an irreverent way was considered subversive. The violence in Jimi's playing (and note the brief homage to the WWI era song "Over There" at 4:28 ) was intended to express the violence in East Asia. Pure genius.
Important to hear what Kenneth wrote below. Like you, I like to be able to recognize the melody. BUT, these ARE rockets and bombs we're talking about here: the kind that blow up and maim people. All that carnage on the guitar is maybe just to say, "Hey...remember this, beyond the fun, games, and patriotic fervor."
Woodstack 😂 Funny typo at the beginning Syed
I was standing just below him , first song thought he was doing it to start the show with something different from his norm
The #1 single for the year 1969 was The Archies "Sugar, Sugar". So yeah.. this is different.
@SyedRewinds You need to know the lyrics of the U.S. anthem to get the full effect of the performance.
The Rolling Stones incident was at Altamont Speedway.
Actually it BECAME a moment much later. It was the end of his set. Tired and bad weather was a factor. The band kept playing something else and he just went off on his own. They sort of followed along. Not planned. The crowd was at a low point but got a real legendary moment
You have to think of the time in context, it's not just distortion, but he's making sounds of war (Vietnam war full on) and showing the chaos and confusion surrounding patriotism in those times. When he did this live at Berkley, he paused and said "big deal" in the mic - it was a sarcastic take on the national anthem. Nothing to do with guitar technique, except that's what he used to express those mixed feelings. All this in spite of his comments on Dick Cavett.
To answer your question, no one had ever heard anything remotely close to this. None of this had ever been done by anyone before. Jimi Hendrix is the GOAT of electric guitar. You will hear this from every prominent guitarist that has come after him. A true trail blazer and innovator.
I just listened to your Hendrix video. I know it's a year after the fact of you making it, but it's better lat than never. Well, now that I got that out of the way, let's move along.
First off, you gotta get the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner. then you gonna have to listen to Jimmi play his rendition and follow along with the lyrics. Now when you get to the part where the lyrics say, for example: "Bombs bursting in air," tou gotta listen to what Jimmi is doing on his guitar. This is where he goes off the melody. Once you know the lyrics, you'll be able to here the bombs bursting in air. You'll be able to hear the missiles screeching toward the ground and exploding, etc.
Soon you'll realize that Jimmi has created a war, an all out military conflict. He has expressed what the national anthem and the american flag represent. It's musical poetry. That's why Jimmi said he thought it was beautiful. He knew what it was all about, he knew what he was doing.
So try the lyrics, try following along with the lyrics, and try to understand what he was really doing when he went off the melody by voicing the lyrics. "And the rockets red glare . . . bombs bursting in air . . . " Let me know if you get on board with my take or not.
its the sounds you hear in war, the organize chaos of war.
You need to listen to the album version of Voodoo Chile. It’s on RUclips.
The Rolling Stones didn't play Woodstock. The dark stuff you refer to was at another festival at Altamont, California at the end of 1969. Specifically, a person was stabbed at the event which had unruly members of the Hells Angels working as security. The Stones were playing Sympathy For The Devil when the stabbing took place about 10 feet from the stage. The Stones would not play it live again for more than 30 years. By the time Jimi got around to playing this at Woodstock, it was Monday morning. The concert had run way over time and many people had left to try and beat the traffic home. Out of the 400,000 who had been there, it is estimated only about 40,000 heard this performance.
Syed: guns and bombs. That’s what he wanted, not an artistic statement. No, just anger at US in the war. He wanted to express the anguish of people on the ground in Vietnam. He would add that the song was also a set of other protests against wrongs in American acts at home and elsewhere in the world.
But you _should_ hear the song right before! Jimi playing Voodoo Child (slight return) at Woodstock was on another planet!
Even better, if you can believe it, is Machine Gun love at Fillmore East in 1969. Best guitar playing I’ve ever heard.
I'm impressed that you know who Dick Cavett was. At any rate it's both actually. He was bastardizing it on purpose to make a statement because everybody was fucking sick and tired of the Vietnam War already and it's a shame because like even as a little kid I was very little during that but people on my block went away and didn't come back man and sometimes they came back and they were not the same person, they were messed up for life forever. It was too much too much it just kept going and kept going I don't care which side of the fence you were on everybody got tired of it at some point. And hats off to all those served and your family members that's a tough thing right there.
On the other hand, America is starting to realize that it can be patriotic the fuck with the traditional meaning and patriotism because you can still serve your country you can come back you can express things in a new way that expresses some anger and some dissatisfaction it's a call to change. But he also gave it a loving treatment man, when you said that he was doing all that chaos? Think about the lyrics of the anthem at that point. The bombs bursting in mid-air you know? He's showing an extending that moment of chaos that that would have been like back in the late 1770s. And we all know it from World War II I mean if we don't know it you know I know it from my parents being very little kids and definitely my great uncles that fought in World War ii. And you being British I think, that can't be a long ago memory I don't think. With the bombs falling and the air raid sirens and all that stuff. All the devastation. So it's all of the above man he was just a young black man and a white man's world just blowing everybody's minds and being heavily loved. He felt free to be himself that's the beauty of Jimi hendrix.
Jimi was sonically recreating the lyrics. It's not random.