My favourite Hendrix song is "Machine Gun" from his BAND OF GYPSYS album. My favourite cover version of Jimi's is his either his version of Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" or his jaw dropping rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" from Woodstock.
@@AceofBadeReacts "Machine Gun" is Jimi's ultimate anti-war statement. The live version from the BAND OF GYPSYS album is my favourite live performance of any song by any artist. Ever. He did a killer live version of "Johnny B Goode" too from 1970 in Berkeley.
The thing a lot of people either miss or don't mention is the rhythm playing in general and during this song, that kind of chord work influenced everyone, it's beautiful how he did it.
Music videos started in the late 1920s. The Beatles and Elvis did them. Most big hit songs had them in the 1970s. MTV was born in 1981, and that's when it pretty much became mandatory to make a music video if you wanted to have a hit.
I didn't think they went that far back. Sometimes I prefer a music video and sometimes I prefer a live performance. It's the live performances that people really didn't know how to film in the 60s and 70s for the most part. Some did but the majority did not
Absolutely. You are experiencing talent beyond talent, performance beyond phenomenal. Plays rhythm and lead simultaneously. This is next level. Jimi was ten blocks up the street musically from every other musical artist. Look carefully at that guitar. Yes, it is a standard stratocaster BUT it has been turned upside down and strung to play left hand which means the stringing is reversed and the control knobs are in the way of playing the guitar. Jimi could play with his teeth, over his head, behind his back, and between his legs. Seen live by me on more than one occasion. Conclusion? Genius!
ADDENDUM: Per my other comments re concert camera work, the concert footage too often was shot by camera generalists who would default to shooting almost exclusively the frontman, who in the case of Cream was bassist, Jack Bruce, who sang most of Cream's songs. Also, during Cream, bassist Jack Bruce & drummer Ginger Baker were considered by the music world then to be music GIANTS. So, that may have also accounted for some of the camera attention given to them. With other music artists at the Monterey Pop Festival performing throughout the daytime over three days, there was plenty of footage shot of the festival audience, if you watch the festival documentary. Bear in mind also that Monterey Pop was one of the very first big Rock Concert Festivals! Jimi also performed at night. So, like with the Woodstock Festival documentary, when most of the audience is in nighttime darkness outdoors, the camera might only capture shots of the audience front rows, during the night time. These weren't stadiums, and low-light camera technology 56 years ago wasn't like what it is today! What you're also witnessing here is Jimi's singing early in his solo career. Jimi aways thought that he didn't have a good singing voice. Though he must have been doing some singing in clubs before being discovered. He apparently was very self conscious about his singing, when making takes of his just singing, during studio recordings. Plus, playing guitar while also singing, during a live performance, is also challenging. Jimi's singing when recording, and when performing live, improved over time
It's frustrating watching that Cream farewell concert. It's full of odd choices by the cameramen/producer. It's awesome that it got filmed. But it's dreadful watching sweaty faces instead of the awesome playing going on on their instruments. I guess it's supposed to be "arty". That's maybe a side effect from the abundance of drugs infesting the world of flower power.
Good observations, guys! This is concert footage of the Monterey Pop Festival of mid June 1967, and the American debut of The Jimi Hendrix Experience band, formed in London, after Jimi was first discovered and brought to London. Prior, Jimi had worked for some time as a side musician for a number of different touring R & B artists, during which he refined his alternating rhythm & lead guitar style. The producing of a true music video for the release of a given popular music recording began around the 1981 start of MTV (Music Television), a 24 hr cable television network, dedicated to showing music videos. Because earlier concert footage was often shot by just general videographers & cinematographers, who weren't dedicated to shooting music band concert performances, concert shot footage was often frustratingly poor. Footage of other band members was often omitted. The camera often wouldn't focus on a musician performing a solo. If the frontman was singing while also playing guitar, the camera would often be focused on only the frontman's face. A faster arrangement of the song Hey Joe was performed by a number of mostly west coast bands, during the mid '60s. Though Billy Roberts claimed songwriting credit for it, Hey Joe reportedly was originally one of a number of folk music murder ballads that have existed for years. East coast musician, Tim Rose, had recorded a slower version of Hey Joe, which Hendrix based his version on. You usually didn't see Hendrix chewing gum during concert performances. But I did read that, backstage prior to his Monterey Pop performance, Hendrix had accepted certain recreational offerings made by someone. So, the chewing gum may have been to prevent dry mouth.
Ha, be thankfuk the camera stayed on Jimi for this one, most of the live video recordings show anything besides him playing for 75% of the time. Favorite Jimi cover? National anthem at woodstock. All along the watchtower. Born under a bad sign (Blues compilation). Check out voodoo child live at woodstock and machine gun on band of gypsys to really see why hes the best ever. ❤
It's like no one knew how to work a camera properly in the 60s and 70s. At least in the 80s they got better at it. Solid covers for sure. Those 2 songs are on the list.
agree ..its a travesty and very frustrating that in most cases while Jimi is burning we get to see the back of some hippies head , a horse ect ..camera men and producers were complete fools back then its really sad how we were robbed of seeing him up close and shot properly like its so easily done today.
Was 12 years old when i heard about Jimi for the first time. Saw Woodstock in the cinema. That was my startingpoint to buy records from him. Never been to a life performance, I'm from the Netherlands and was to young to do this. The wind cries Mary, Manic depression, All over the Watchtower and Machinegun are other good songs from him. Still got the vinylrecords Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland and Band of gypsys.
For some reason people are always more amazed at the playing behind the head than with his teeth but as a guitarist I can assure you that playing accurately with your teeth is 100 times harder than playing behind your head
Hendrix magic goes beyond his playing. Are you aware he played his guitar upside down? (Watch the video.) He was left-handed, but couldn't afford a left-handed guitar when he first started. So he took a right-handed guitar flipped it over to his left, and re-strung it. He continued that way---as you see in the video.
It wasn't a matter of being able to afford it, all guitar makers back then only made a handful of left handed guitars, and some could only be specially ordered. They were just super rare. They're still rare about 5% of all guitars made per year are left handed, You just made due with what you could find.
You could be right. But one documentary stated he was very poor in the beginning so--like you said, he made do with his resources. Either way, he was genius for learning to play an upside down guitar.@@rebeccabailey527
you should watch the Monterey pop festival video. 1967, nearly all the big names of the day, and the camera pans around indeed. You know why he chews gum while singing and playing with his teeth? Cos he can. And his voice matches his guitar.
Good job! A few notes: This was 1967, not 1970. He was known professionally only for a year before that, after going to London. But he exploded there, right away considered the electric guitar G.O.A.T. in that town by all his peers: Beck, Clapton, Townsend, et al. The Monterey Festival was huge and a first, tens of thousands in the audience, and Hendrix was the biggest star. Jimi's raw ability shown in countless ways: at Woodstock in "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" he hammers (plays one-handed, only the frets) for around 8 seconds straight, and you *can't tell* by the sound! He was on fire. His greatest performance was, I believe, "Machine Gun" live at Fillmore East on NewYear's Day, 1970: ruclips.net/video/Lw2L_vGUMtE/видео.htmlsi=Sz3MACo86Ba-OOji
Thank you for the information. I did react to Machine Gun, but from what I can tell, it wasn't the right one, so I will be circling back later on to re-react to it
The bass player wasn`t really a bass player, he was OK guitarist. He was able to keep up with Jimi. The drummer Mitch Mitchell, the drummer was one of the top 20 drummers of all time. A blues and Jazz drummer. Simply awesome drums!! Jimi didn`t have a great voice, but playing lead and rhythm guitar at the same time. Most guitarist don`t sing. Clapton did, but he didn`t have a great voice SRV - Didn`t have a great voice Eddie Van Halen was a super guitarist, but never sang. Johnny Winter played super guitar, but his voice wasn`t good I don`t know who is in the top 50 guitarist that had a great voice. Listen to him Jimi on the Bold As Love album. His voice is quite beautiful
@@AceofBadeReacts There is a newly coloured video clip of the album version of the song going around. Failing that the audio only clip from his BAND OF GYPSYS album is the one.
LOL! Music videos started in the late 1920s. The Beatles and Elvis did them. Most big hit songs had them in the 1970s. MTV was born in 1981. So you are wrong on all accounts.
@@AceofBadeReacts oh yea! He hated singing. He’d try and smother the vocals when mixing a song but people had to convince him that he had a very unique voice.
What's your favorite Jimi Hendrix song? What's your favorite song he covered?
My favourite Hendrix song is "Machine Gun" from his BAND OF GYPSYS album. My favourite cover version of Jimi's is his either his version of Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" or his jaw dropping rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" from Woodstock.
@@davescurry69 solid covers for sure. I haven't heard Machine Gun, but it is on the list
@@AceofBadeReacts "Machine Gun" is Jimi's ultimate anti-war statement. The live version from the BAND OF GYPSYS album is my favourite live performance of any song by any artist. Ever.
He did a killer live version of "Johnny B Goode" too from 1970 in Berkeley.
@@davescurry69 I'm looking forward to it
Machine Gun (Band of Gypsys) Greatest guitar solo of all time. Rock, Blues, Soul and Metal fusion
There's Jimi & then there's everybody else
Solid opinion
Actually, this is from 1967, not 1970. It was the group's first live performance in front of an American audience.
Oh fair enough. There wasn't really any information on the video's description
@@AceofBadeReacts No problem, enjoyed your reaction.
@@Mike-kv5pl thank you. I had wanted to do another Jimi Hendrix reaction and I'm glad we did
The effortless charisma. The man was incredible ✌🏼
100%. Also when I uploaded to instagram today about this reaction I added the studio version. I definitely noticed this one is faster
The thing a lot of people either miss or don't mention is the rhythm playing in general and during this song, that kind of chord work influenced everyone, it's beautiful how he did it.
That is true. It's talked about in a different reaction how Jimi Hendrix was a huge influence, but I can't remember exactly which one
And that chaps is why he was the best guitarist ever.....
100%. Who was the first guitarist to play with their teeth?
Music videos started in the late 1920s. The Beatles and Elvis did them. Most big hit songs had them in the 1970s. MTV was born in 1981, and that's when it pretty much became mandatory to make a music video if you wanted to have a hit.
I didn't think they went that far back. Sometimes I prefer a music video and sometimes I prefer a live performance. It's the live performances that people really didn't know how to film in the 60s and 70s for the most part. Some did but the majority did not
Absolutely. You are experiencing talent beyond talent, performance beyond phenomenal. Plays rhythm and lead simultaneously. This is next level. Jimi was ten blocks up the street musically from every other musical artist. Look carefully at that guitar. Yes, it is a standard stratocaster BUT it has been turned upside down and strung to play left hand which means the stringing is reversed and the control knobs are in the way of playing the guitar. Jimi could play with his teeth, over his head, behind his back, and between his legs. Seen live by me on more than one occasion. Conclusion? Genius!
A true master guitarist
He was the coolest guy back then, way ahead of everyone.
ADDENDUM: Per my other comments re concert camera work, the concert footage too often was shot by camera generalists who would default to shooting almost exclusively the frontman, who in the case of Cream was bassist, Jack Bruce, who sang most of Cream's songs. Also, during Cream, bassist Jack Bruce & drummer Ginger Baker were considered by the music world then to be music GIANTS. So, that may have also accounted for some of the camera attention given to them.
With other music artists at the Monterey Pop Festival performing throughout the daytime over three days, there was plenty of footage shot of the festival audience, if you watch the festival documentary.
Bear in mind also that Monterey Pop was one of the very first big Rock Concert Festivals!
Jimi also performed at night. So, like with the Woodstock Festival documentary, when most of the audience is in nighttime darkness outdoors, the camera might only capture shots of the audience front rows, during the night time.
These weren't stadiums, and low-light camera technology 56 years ago wasn't like what it is today!
What you're also witnessing here is Jimi's singing early in his solo career. Jimi aways thought that he didn't have a good singing voice. Though he must have been doing some singing in clubs before being discovered. He apparently was very self conscious about his singing, when making takes of his just singing, during studio recordings. Plus, playing guitar while also singing, during a live performance, is also challenging. Jimi's singing when recording, and when performing live, improved over time
That does make sense. I also understand about singing and playing guitar at the same time.
It's frustrating watching that Cream farewell concert. It's full of odd choices by the cameramen/producer. It's awesome that it got filmed. But it's dreadful watching sweaty faces instead of the awesome playing going on on their instruments. I guess it's supposed to be "arty". That's maybe a side effect from the abundance of drugs infesting the world of flower power.
@@megamaniac7402 the 60s were a time
Good observations, guys!
This is concert footage of the Monterey Pop Festival of mid June 1967, and the American debut of The Jimi Hendrix Experience band, formed in London, after Jimi was first discovered and brought to London.
Prior, Jimi had worked for some time as a side musician for a number of different touring R & B artists, during which he refined his alternating rhythm & lead guitar style.
The producing of a true music video for the release of a given popular music recording began around the 1981 start of MTV (Music Television), a 24 hr cable television network, dedicated to showing music videos.
Because earlier concert footage was often shot by just general videographers & cinematographers, who weren't dedicated to shooting music band concert performances, concert shot footage was often frustratingly poor. Footage of other band members was often omitted. The camera often wouldn't focus on a musician performing a solo. If the frontman was singing while also playing guitar, the camera would often be focused on only the frontman's face.
A faster arrangement of the song Hey Joe was performed by a number of mostly west coast bands, during the mid '60s.
Though Billy Roberts claimed songwriting credit for it, Hey Joe reportedly was originally one of a number of folk music murder ballads that have existed for years.
East coast musician, Tim Rose, had recorded a slower version of Hey Joe, which Hendrix based his version on.
You usually didn't see Hendrix chewing gum during concert performances. But I did read that, backstage prior to his Monterey Pop performance, Hendrix had accepted certain recreational offerings made by someone. So, the chewing gum may have been to prevent dry mouth.
There's a lot here I didn't know. Thank you
I'm 72 yrs old. I saw JIMI twice in Houston. I am truly Blessed. All praise JIMI
That is awesome
I'm 71. Saw him once in L.A. about a month b4 Woodstock. 🤗
@@JoeDowns-i4d That's pretty cool
Ha, be thankfuk the camera stayed on Jimi for this one, most of the live video recordings show anything besides him playing for 75% of the time. Favorite Jimi cover? National anthem at woodstock. All along the watchtower. Born under a bad sign (Blues compilation). Check out voodoo child live at woodstock and machine gun on band of gypsys to really see why hes the best ever. ❤
It's like no one knew how to work a camera properly in the 60s and 70s. At least in the 80s they got better at it. Solid covers for sure. Those 2 songs are on the list.
agree ..its a travesty and very frustrating that in most cases while Jimi is burning we get to see the back of some hippies head , a horse ect ..camera men and producers were complete fools back then its really sad how we were robbed of seeing him up close and shot properly like its so easily done today.
Was 12 years old when i heard about Jimi for the first time. Saw Woodstock in the cinema. That was my startingpoint to buy records from him. Never been to a life performance, I'm from the Netherlands and was to young to do this. The wind cries Mary, Manic depression, All over the Watchtower and Machinegun are other good songs from him. Still got the vinylrecords Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland and Band of gypsys.
That's awesome. I didn't know Woodstock was turned into a movie
ruclips.net/video/UeD1wDeoz5A/видео.html@@AceofBadeReacts
For some reason people are always more amazed at the playing behind the head than with his teeth but as a guitarist I can assure you that playing accurately with your teeth is 100 times harder than playing behind your head
I'm amazed at both
Music videos really did not become a thing until MTV in the very early 1980's.
Yeah that's a fair point
I love Jimi hendrix laid-back voice it sounds cool as he is
For sure
Yeah, I'll argue. Top tier vocalist!
Recognizable for sure. But not in my top 10 vocalist list
Music Videos came about in the early 1980's - Needing a platform to showcase them, in 1984 MTV was born and was carried over cable TV outlets!
Yeah the 80s were a time
And casually chewing his gum at the same time....
Very much so
Hendrix magic goes beyond his playing. Are you aware he played his guitar upside down? (Watch the video.) He was left-handed, but couldn't afford a left-handed guitar when he first started. So he took a right-handed guitar flipped it over to his left, and re-strung it. He continued that way---as you see in the video.
I didn't even notice. I also learned this year that Paul McCartney played that way
Paul McCartney was left-handed but he could afford a left-handed bass guitar.@@AceofBadeReacts
It wasn't a matter of being able to afford it, all guitar makers back then only made a handful of left handed guitars, and some could only be specially ordered. They were just super rare. They're still rare about 5% of all guitars made per year are left handed, You just made due with what you could find.
You could be right. But one documentary stated he was very poor in the beginning so--like you said, he made do with his resources. Either way, he was genius for learning to play an upside down guitar.@@rebeccabailey527
@@rebeccabailey527 Ooh ok. I see
you should watch the Monterey pop festival video. 1967, nearly all the big names of the day, and the camera pans around indeed. You know why he chews gum while singing and playing with his teeth? Cos he can. And his voice matches his guitar.
It is on the list. As for the gum, commenters have given a myriad of reasons why.
no ones gonna comment on how you predicted the lyrics at the end 100% accurately
haha I'm psychic. No I've heard the song before. I've just never seen him play it before
JII was in 191st Airborne.in there he slept with his guitar. He KNEW his guitar. Later
101 st airborne
That's pretty cool
Good job! A few notes: This was 1967, not 1970. He was known professionally only for a year before that, after going to London. But he exploded there, right away considered the electric guitar G.O.A.T. in that town by all his peers: Beck, Clapton, Townsend, et al. The Monterey Festival was huge and a first, tens of thousands in the audience, and Hendrix was the biggest star.
Jimi's raw ability shown in countless ways: at Woodstock in "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" he hammers (plays one-handed, only the frets) for around 8 seconds straight, and you *can't tell* by the sound! He was on fire.
His greatest performance was, I believe, "Machine Gun" live at Fillmore East on NewYear's Day, 1970:
ruclips.net/video/Lw2L_vGUMtE/видео.htmlsi=Sz3MACo86Ba-OOji
Thank you for the information. I did react to Machine Gun, but from what I can tell, it wasn't the right one, so I will be circling back later on to re-react to it
@@AceofBadeReacts Thank you Ace! Blessings!
STILL HAS THE GUM!!
He does have the gum. Or maybe it's a different piece
Did you notice that he was playing the guitar upside down. Check out the string tuners.
I didn't and I keep forgetting to see that in every Jimi Hendrix performance. I'm just so caught up in what's happening
Playing the guitar with his teeth with gum inhis mouth behind his back
It's insane
The bass player wasn`t really a bass player, he was OK guitarist. He was able to keep up with Jimi. The drummer Mitch Mitchell, the drummer was one of the top 20 drummers of all time. A blues and Jazz drummer. Simply awesome drums!!
Jimi didn`t have a great voice, but playing lead and rhythm guitar at the same time.
Most guitarist don`t sing.
Clapton did, but he didn`t have a great voice
SRV - Didn`t have a great voice
Eddie Van Halen was a super guitarist, but never sang.
Johnny Winter played super guitar, but his voice wasn`t good
I don`t know who is in the top 50 guitarist that had a great voice.
Listen to him Jimi on the Bold As Love album.
His voice is quite beautiful
Agreed, but those listed that did sing had a very recognizable voice that fit extremely well with what they played.
Guys, when it comes to Jimi, that was nothing. Check out "Machine Gun".
That will probably be the next Jimi Hendrix song. I don't think I've ever heard it so it'll be fun
@@AceofBadeReacts There is a newly coloured video clip of the album version of the song going around. Failing that the audio only clip from his BAND OF GYPSYS album is the one.
Hey can you guys react to the new Intervals song Mnemonic? Thanks.
I've never heard of them. I'll add it to the list
Music videos started up in the early 1980's which led to needing a platform to showcase them, thus in 1984 MTV was born!
LOL! Music videos started in the late 1920s. The Beatles and Elvis did them. Most big hit songs had them in the 1970s. MTV was born in 1981. So you are wrong on all accounts.
He played with his teeth and he had gum in his mouth when he played.
It's crazy people can play with their teeth
Think it was Monterey
Ok fair enough. It's quite possible
chewing gum so he doesnt get cotton mouth...he did smoke pot you realize
That makes sense
No its in 1967 not in the 70 😂
Fair enough.
“Not the greatest technique wise” he was self taught. It may look sloppy but listen to the innovative music…..
Oh I don't doubt it, but we were referring to his singing
@@AceofBadeReacts oh yea! He hated singing. He’d try and smother the vocals when mixing a song but people had to convince him that he had a very unique voice.
@@bratachban It's very recognizable. That's unfortunate that he didn't like singing
The gum.......is a tab of acid
Ooooh ok. It was chewed like gum?
It is not a tab of acid! @@AceofBadeReacts
@@JimiChristopher well now I'm just getting mixed answers
It was gum but he was on 2 hits of owsley acid. Insane.
How do you know that?@@raiderfan71269