schecterkid13 Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @HulloMcfly he always plays his guitar upside down (a righty guitar with the strings in reverse order)
undertherainbow100 Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @master60f6omen6, Gaga, Kesha et al are not musicians at all. They are products created in the evil lab that the industry has in a disused nuclear bunker where they keep the mad scientist simon cowell. It takes a lifetime and a miracle to make a Hendrix, easier to make the masses have mcdonalds burgers for ears so they like that processed music shit that is forced upon our youth today.
danieldedaldo Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - I'm probably a huge outcast amongst you watching this vid, cause I don' really like the guitar as an instument, but with Jimi, that's a whole lot'a DIFFERENT story!!!!!
flowrpowrlovechild Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - It must be true that the good die young. What a void he left in the hearts of blues lovers everywhere. God must really like the blues! RIP Jimmy! I bet you have an appreciative audience now, huh? Is there surround sound in heaven? Just wondering...
lighteningboy Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - To call hendrix the greatest of all time makes perfect sense to me.
johnvassoura Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - that was just awesome
benchamp Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @schecterkid13 So did he, that was his favourite. I wish I was rich, that hat and one of his Strats would be the first things I bought.
scuzzmang Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @MothershipHD I think you could make the case for most talented and creative blues/rock guitarist of the 20th century, but most talented and creative musician of all time? Best not to throw around words like that unless you actually know what they mean. Some musicians that are included in all of time: Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev... all people who had more talent and creativity in their little fingers than Hendrix had in his whole body.
MothershipHD Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @scuzzmang I respect your opinion and me being a classically trained musician myself I agree that these musicians and composers are great. However, it takes a much different skill set to play the music that Jimi Hendrix played. Comparing these musicians to Jimi Hendrix is like comparing apples to oranges. I still holdm my opinion and know exactly what my words mean. Thanks for taking interest in my comment
scuzzmang Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @MothershipHD Apples and oranges? You said greatest of all time. That means all musicians who have ever existed, including the classical ones. So you must compare Purple Haze and Voodoo Chile to Beethoven's 9th. Listening to them should be enough for you to realize what I've said, but if that doesn't work, look at the sheet music. You'll find a few pages worth of music for any Hendrix song; for the 9th Symphony alone you're going to need an entire bookshelf.
DragonerPhoenix Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @scuzzmang First of all, I respect your choices for the people that you chose to be "talented", but think about this. Jimi Hendrix is a musician who put a lot of talent into the Rock and Roll world: he may not be the most talented musician out there, but he ranks very high.Classical music involves many different layers to the piece while using a fluctuating melody and change to describe whatever emotion is portrayed. Hendrix could do that if he wished, but instead he used a different approach.
danilsky Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - genius is relative...lovely.
DragonerPhoenix Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @scuzzmang (continued) Also, though I agree that Beethoven and the rest are phenomenally talented, Jimi Hendrix decided to use the talent, (which I'm pretty sure if he wanted to create Classical music, and if he had a different state of mind, he could) for a different cause and his music will most likely stay around for future generations like Classical music did for us.
scuzzmang Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @DragonerPhoenix I'm not denying his talent and impact on the world of music, and I definitely agree that his music will outlive him by centuries. I was merely taking issue with such incredible intellectual laziness. In order to understand my argument, it is important to know what it took for a Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, or Tchaikovsky to become the icons we know of today.
scuzzmang Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @DragonerPhoenix (continued) Jimi was truly a special person of incredible ability, but his skill and talent were guitar and lyric centric and crafted the way most modern musicians skills were crafted: by playing the one instrument all the time, without any education outside of copying what is seen and heard in other people's performances. This is why I reject your assertion that Jimi could have composed classical music on the level of the composers I've mentioned.
scuzzmang Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @DragonerPhoenix (continued) The most renowned classical composers (Beethoven, Brahms, Rach, Tchai, etc.) spent their entire lives under professional training so as to be able to compose pieces of music meant to be played by massive orchestras and symphonies containing an incredibly diverse array of instruments. Composing a symphony not only requires a deep understanding of music theory, but an intimate understanding of every instrument you could imagine, from piano to violin to marimba.
scuzzmang Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - @DragonerPhoenix Therefore, it was simply impossible for Jimi Hendrix to be as creative as Beethoven because Beethoven had a palette of musical techniques so large that, in comparison, Jimi knew virtually nothing about music. To use an analogy: saying Jimi Hendrix had the ability to be as creative as any of the composers I've mentioned is to say that a child who plays with Legos could build design better buildings than an architect. It's ludicrous.
yeolstrat Says:
Apr 27, 2010 - These are some of the longest comments I have ever seen.
HillbillyJ Says:
Apr 27, 2010 - @MothershipHD Hendrix was great but if you want to hear the "most creative" musician look for guys like Bela Fleck. Theres a good chance you've never heard anything like it before.
MothershipHD Says:
Apr 27, 2010 - @scuzzmang Alright, youre saying that the numerous composers you have mentioned trained and studied to become professional, where Hendrix never took one formal lesson. Jimi was a kid who grew up in Seattle in extreme poverty in a fractured family, yet he invented his own genre of music. There was also a long journey that Hendrix took to get to his destination. Plus taking the factor that he died at the age of 27, we will never know what he would have done with his life.
JLP078 Says:
Apr 27, 2010 - @MothershipHD Agree with yeolstrat comments and I do not think we can compare Beethoven, Bach or any others of these great creators in their respective fields but Jimi in "his" area was certainly one of the best ones !!! I will try Bela Flek !! Cheers
matallica002 Says:
Apr 27, 2010 - To great composers discussed, add Frank Zappa. Bella Flek made me think of Zappa in concert. But hel, l am just an ignorant savage who thinks Jimi Hendrix will stand the test of time. Beethoven and Bach also!
dmholmes1 Says:
Apr 27, 2010 - Hendrix Trey Garcia Zappa Terry Reid The 5 most innovative guitarists that changed music!
vegetableman2 Says:
Apr 27, 2010 - pure blues
schecterkid13 Says:
Apr 26, 2010 - i love his hat