When this came out there was nothing else even close to this music. He made his OWN sound.

Jimi Hendrix is a big part of what hard rock is made of 👌🏼

Hate to burst the 'dream' bubble, but purple haze was acid, it came in a strange little purple pill that was very fragile, and you did see a lot of purple things, Jimmie wasn't dreaming, he was tripping. Regardless, Jimmie was a genius, he played a right-handed guitar strung upside-down left-handed. You need to watch "Hey Joe" live.

All along the watchtower is a Killer tune

Rumor was on purple haze acid you would trip in purple. Perhaps an exaggeration though it was pretty crazy no matter what variety you swallowed. Yes you had to be there. I was. This plus redlining a racing geared 70 Corvette LT-1 while tripping out on Hendrix and The Doors!

Revolutionary is the perfect word. I was a teenager in the 80's, and Jimi Hendrix was highly revered by our generation as well. I was schooled about what's good by older friends and family members. Also, many of our favorite rock/metal musicians from our decade named Hendrix as an influence. And here you three are, 55 years later. Talking about revolutionary. Greatness.

I was in the 7th grade, my father was Air Force and we were stationed on Okinawa when this song first hit the local English-speaking radio station on the island. My brother and I were blown away that night by this song; we'd never heard anything like it before. It was all we and our friends could talk about the next day at school. I still marvel when I hear it. Such a great great song!

My dad (who attended two Hendrix concerts including one at the Berkeley Community Theater. He forgot about seeing him at the Oakland Coliseum arena until much later. As Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane said, "If you remember the 60s, you weren't really there! ;) air-guitared the Foxey Lady intro and blew my mind. I had Are You Experienced? on cassette and picked up Axis: Bold As Love pretty shortly thereafter. I was around 10 years old or younger and already listening to The Beatles cassette Vol II on loop with my Walkman! 1983 baby :D

" may this be love" is my fave Jimi song

Music should be magic. Hendrix reminds us of this.

Yes, I got Jimi right away. He was an iconoclast, and all his peers knew just how good he was - Page, Clapton, Richards, Santana. He was the goat, but was humble enough to deflect such labels. He named Terry Kath ( guitarist who played that incredible solo on Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 ) as the best. All Along The Watchtower will appeal I think, and for a completely different Jimi - Little Wing.

Jimi is the best. I loved his sound immediately upon hearing it and was hooked. So unique, not only in his amazing musical talent but also as an individual. Each of his songs take you on a different journey. "Crosstown Traffic", "Angel", "Hey Joe" etc. etc Also check out his interviews with Dick Cavett. Jimi is bright, funny and humble. Thanks guys for reacting to this one🦋

'I Don't Live Today' and 'Third Stone From The Sun' from this same album. They were not 'hits', but his creativity on the guitar and the sounds he created are why so many guitarists were astounded by what he did. He painted audio masterpieces with genuine uniqueness on his very 1st album. Nobody ever made sounds like this on a guitar until Jimi. Every track from this album is good.

The amazing thing is that this album came out in early May of 1967 and then he released his second album in early December of 1967. So in 6 months he released 2/3rds of his original albums. Electric Ladyland being his 3rd and final original album. On that Are You Experienced album released in the US it had Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Hey Joe and Are You Experienced. Then on Axis Bold As Love you have: Little Wing, If 6 was 9. Castles Made Of Sand and Axis Bold As Love. 8 memorable songs in only 6 months. Today artists release maybe 2 albums in 3 years. And how many memorable songs are on them?

"Castles Made Of Sand" and "Angel" are two of his very best. I think y'all would like them both.

Oh yeah I got it. Heard Are You Experienced? At 14. Blew my tiny little mind, and I was never the same. Jimi gave us music we didn't even know we wanted because we hadn't heard it yet. It was what we were waiting for. I'm thinking Foxy Lady was most frequently played on AM radio, but late at night my stereo was tuned into FM. And that was where it's (was)at! My favorite is Little Wing, very short album track with lyrics so beautifully sung by him. IMO, he had a sweet voice when singing slow, also as in Angel, Hey Joe,The Wind Cries Mary, Castles made of Sand. However, I do like the funny little tune, Red House, which is a bit bluesy. RIP, Jimi. 🎸👽I know I'll never forget you. ☮️to all.

One of rock's greatest songs.

He is the greatest electric guitar player ever !!! No one even comes close. I was lucky enough to see him twice before he died. The best overall guitarist is Robert Johnson, the blues genius who recorded some tremendous music in the mid 1930's. You never get tired of Jimi's playing.

An iconic pioneer of music not just for obvious reasons but for he was playing left handed with an upside down right handed guitar.What a great artist.

Stereo recordings were pretty commonplace by 1965-66. The vocals on the right channel would have been by choice by either Jimi or his producer, or both. For more incendiary Hendrix music from his 4 official releases, check out "Red House", "Are You Experienced?", "Bold As Love", "Little Wing", "Voodoo Chile", "All Along The Watchtower", "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" and "Machine Gun". Just to get you started.

The dawn of heavy metal music.

Some artists are bigger than their instrument. Hendrix was one of them.

I loved Jimi's music from the very first listen. I either love to sing along (especially his version of Hey Joe), or dance to all of it. I love his style of guitar playing. I was a 70s baby though, and maybe the context of growing up with hearing my parents' music, which was big band and jazz standards, and my siblings' music, which was 50s to 70s softer stuff, helped me "place" Jimi's music.

I was there. Jimi was transformative. All Along The Watchtower, Voodoo Child, Rainy Day Dream Away - were great compositions fantastically executed.

An interesting, little, tidbit: That, iconic, opening line/phrase (guitar line) is, actually, the opening line (guitar line, again - they're not "riffs" (these)) from Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" played 'in reverse' (not note-for-note, but: essentially. Yes.) Jimi loved that song and was inspired to create something "in tribute." ...I have no idea how the dream of getting lost in a "purple mist" ..."combined" with that...but: that ls the magic of art and creation and serendipity: Things don't need to make sense, or "the normal kind of sense" and you don't need to understand where they come from, or why, at all. ...just let it flow... 🤘🤘⚡

Jimi Hendrix was a hero to the artist Prince.

Watching Jimi live is a must!

When this song was released, I was 11 years old and the top 3 songs on the US radio were The Letter (The Box Tops), Never My Love (The Association) and To Sir With Love (Lulu). You really cannot imagine the impact this song, and the album, had when released. It changed everything. It was like taking acid without taking it. The guitar sound was radical. The solo uses harmonic intervals that simply had not been not used. The drums had that jazzy swing. The whole thing was heavy and trippy.

Drug-induced psychedlic rock. This is what made Jimi Hendrix famous. One of the most misheard lyrics of all time is in this tune - he sings ''scuse me while I kiss the sky' but a lot of people heard 'excuse me while I kiss this guy.' Check out the film of him on stage burning his guitar. He did the definitive version of Dylan's All Along The Watch Tower. My favourite Hendrix songs are Hey Joe and Wind Cries Mary.

I read a great documentary on his life. According to that his first guitar was a dilapidated acoustic from his grandma with one string but he didn't get it for playing. That came later. It was part of his costume he made up. He wanted to be a super hero but his imagination was not to be one that already existed. He he was too far outside the box and too creative for that. Then he started messing around with the one string guitar and became more interested with that and went on from there. He followed his muse and made things happen that nobody had even though of. A combination of being a great musician, a willingness to appreciate and listen to other great musicians, an open mind, with an imagination that was even bigger than all his other attributes combined made him a phenomenon in music. A true shooting star, there for a moment then it's gone.

Jimi Hendrix played with much more weight & levity with more of a cutting edge than the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, he really made the guitar talk, he had a good vocal too.

Purple Haze was a popular variety of blotter acid in the Sixties.

All Along the Watchtower is my favorite Hendrix song.. and it's a cover! Bob Dylan wrote it.

Placed in its proper context, The Are You Experience Album was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress, in recognition of its cultural significance. It was added to the US National Recording Registry. The album was a monumental leap forward in recording achievement. Coupled with the masterful guitar wizardry of Hendrix. An extremely exciting, unique and inimitable playing style. No one had ever heard anything like it at that time. This album, along with Hendrix' playing, is still considered light years ahead of its time. Coaxing, altering and developing sound, manipulating feedback and creating an assortment of new techniques. Eventually changing the role of the guitar in music, and studio recording methods.

Yeah, it's about a trip, which he said before giving a sanitized quote. Oh, have having tripped over 50 times in my miss-spent youth - I can tell you everything had a bright purple Haze around everything, and multi-colored trails... Good times.

and the rest is History ! Peace and Love

All Along the Watchtower, Castles Made of Sand, Little Wing, Voodoo Child. I was born in the 60s so of course he was part of the culture by the time I was hearing music. If you start your music listening life w/60s-70s music, it sounds 'normal'. Yes, absolutely creative, boundary pushing, genius etc, but we aren't thrown off by unusual music like many younger people who were born in the 90s.

I was only a year old when this came out, and as I grew up in the 70s this sounded amazing to me. No problem getting it

the sound was revolutionary, this is the first or one of the first songs he used the "octavia" on, which had been recently designed and built

This makes me visualize as a ragged, weary soldier riding Huey helicopter above Vietnam jungle

Excuse me, while I kiss the sky? Or kiss this guy?? Mitch Mitchel was a Jazz drummer at heart. Noel Redding learned to play bass for this, before he was a guitarist. Not a huge difference, but still... This album sounds like the album cover looks.

Unless you were there in 1967 when this came out you have no idea what it sounded like back then , Jimi's guitar was just exploding out of the stereo and just flip us out, we never heard anything like it and there wasn't anything or anyone that sounded like it. now in 2024 "Are You Experienced" is still as intense as ever and young people are reacting to it. BTW this is stereo the very early infant stages of it and A.Y.E. is mixed exactly like they wanted it to be and was ahead of it time in 1967 (57 yrs ago)... the Beatles released St. Peppers May 1967 right after this came out in stereo as well. 2 seminal records that changed the sound of modern music and laid the groundwork for many artist and sounds and ideas that we simply take for granted today..it was a real good year.

The track isn't in mono, its stereo. The reason for the sound is it was recorded on 4 track, and on a very small budget. In a few years when Jimi was recording in 1970 they had 32 track recording.

Had this album when it first came out.

I was in awe when I first heard this song I thought to myself who makes the guitar sound that way who can do that

Even MISA of BAND-MAID was influenced by Jimi Hendrix , the Bass MISA was using when BAND-MAID started was a Fender /Jazz Bass 4 string it has a Jimi Hendrix sticker on it .

Foxy Lady is another Jimi Hendrix song worth reacting

♥ Hendrix. One of my all time fave musicians and this is one of my all time fave songs! Band Maid's MISA is a big Hendrix fan. In the Thrill video you can glimpse a Hendrix sticker on her bass

The Traveling Wilburys song It's End of the Line written by George Harrison (I think) references this song.

Hendrix, Prince and Eric Clapton were all self taught guitarist

I love bleu cheese, Ty! "Dreaming" is tripping on acid. Only a few years later (or maybe it was less time), Jimi, Noel & Mitch covered Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" and it probably remains the best cover of all-time. Dylan prefers the cover. When you listen to more and consider all that you boys usually do with regard to production tech for the time, think of the sound this trio puts out. Also, probably one of the most legendary and incredibly impressive trios. Watch Jimi play right-handed guitar as a lefty. Truly a prodigy. So enjoying your experience!

Hi guys! How about a reaction to a guitarist that was thought to be the equal to Hendrix, Clapton and Page, the legendary Rory Gallagher? Rory's fans include Slash, Johnny Marr, Brian May, Joe Bonamassa and even John Lennon, back in the day. Try taking a listen to anything fron Irish Tour '74, but I really recommend "A Million Miles Away" or "Who's That Coming?" as a starting point. "Do You Read Me?" from the 1979 Rock Goes to College video is a great example of his stage energy as well. Thanks!

Jimi told his drummer and bass player that they had to keep time, but they could play however they wanted. Obviously, for official recordings, they are more subdued, but that's why they are freaking out on live performances.

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"Purple Haze," was purportedly inspired by a batch of acid he distributed at the Monterey Pop music festival in 1967. The Grateful Dead's "Alice D. Millionaire," Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne," are both songs where he's directly referenced. Jimi Hendrix can be heard at the end of his cover for BBC of the Beatles' "Day-Tripper," saying "Oh, Owsley, can you hear me now?" reports Rolling Stone. An early manager and pioneering sound engineer for the Grateful Dead as well, Stanley made LSD for people like Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, and Ken Kesey and became a kind of cult figure as the drug provided the chemical inspiration for the psychedelic movement. Some eccentric highlights from a strange and visionary life:

Jimi played Star Spangled Banner for us at the Atlanta Pop festival on July 4th, 1970. A month and a half later he left us behind. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd now wears the exact guitar strap Jimi wore that night in every concert he plays. His wife bought the strap from the Hendrix trust and gave it to Gilmour as a birthday present. Imagine what that strap is worth today!!!!!!

Fantastic drummer too

Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze was the song forbidden in most music stores when testing out a guitar.

Check out "Red House". Great blues playing by Jimi'.

I couldn't click the like, it's at 420, and it is SOOOO appropriate for Jimi Hendrix. 😉

Jimi was one of the best. Many try to play like him. Nice to see you reacting to him.

BoyZZZZZZ do Jimi's cut, ' Fire'...........BLOW u AWAY

Whatever you do, watch him play The Star Spangled Banner, at Woodstock, the man is a genius on guitar! Modern(ish) day equivalent to Jimi, like jimi, Prince, could do anything on his guitar. Check out his Purple Rain solo. As well as his solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne & Dhani Harrison, the man made it weep, that's fer sure! Also please react to Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 live at Woodstock, another brilliant guitarist, since it was at the same festival as Jimi! Also check out another member of the 27 Club, Janis Joplin, at a different festival, but she did Woodstock too, doing "Ball & Chain" at The Monterey Pop Festival.

Great song!

I can hear Jimi!

67.....so cool. A lot of experimentation back then.

I Was there and it was great! A Wind Cried Mary is a great listen.

Since you guys mentioned that although you liked the appreciated the song, you still nonetheless found the production and sound values notably dated, at least by today's standards. I'd agree this is true regarding the first "Jimi Hendrix Experience" album, released in 1967, from which this track is taken. That said, things would change in this regard very rapidly shortly thereafter. In 1969, Jimi recorded and released his classic "Electric Ladyland" album, which broke massive new ground on several levels. Regarding production and sound values specifically, this album in particular has been widely regarded as a "Great Leap Forward" so to speak. It's been said many times in the rock journalist literature that Jimi intended to explore the possibilities of the recording studio itself as another instrument on this album in particular. He certainly succeeded. To hear probably the best example of this, check out the classic track "Voodoo Chile" from this album, all 14 minutes and 59 glorious seconds of it. You'll feel the depth and brilliance of this one on your headphones for sure!!

4 track recording board, not much room to work with for the engineers. Drummer Mitch Mitchell is from the jazz world, unique like Ginger Baker. And yes, Beatles records were mixed in mono, they preferred it even after Sgt Pepper.

Being a bit of a old timer I have listened to Hendrix on every format possible starting out on 8track tape to start , then vinyl and CD of course even cassette and I can say that every time they remix it loses something. If you can get ahold of a original LP and actually hear it through a older analog stereo system I think you’d have a better experience ( no pun intended).

You have to watch him live at Woodstock - isle of wight - live at Maui - Filmore East . Just to name a few .

My aunt got to see him live when he was stationed at fort Campbell KY super jealous 😊

maybe Jimi and SRV are jammin' right now.

Jimi was a real guitar master, his music was emotion. Sad, he left us too soon in 1970. 🎸🎸🎶🎶

Hi,you are my favorite trio, Canadian rock that is not very well known in the u.s. Sass Jordan high road easy

Hendrix did 2_shows in Memphis when I saw him a matinee and a late show .Noel Reddings band Fat Matress opened for him.

Purple Haze was also the name of a line of LSD

You really need to see a video of him live playing "Hey Joe". It will explain why people say he was the greatest guitarist ever. He was almost literally making love to his guitar. Amazing. His version of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock has gone down in history.

He wrote this shit and lots more! He made a couple tunes he didn't write very famous: All Along the Watchtower by Dylan and Hey Joe by ??

🙏❤🌹Jimi, Noel, Mitch 🌹❤🙏

You guys need to listen to more AC/DC If you can watch the music video versions. You will love it.

Classic!

Yeah, this *is* in stereo, my dudes. The stereo effect often used is to have things left in the mix. I won't bore ya with all the ying yang about it. You'll notice the extreme use of this on early Van Halen albums.

Man saw Jesus...so Hendrix came back from his trip to save us like the myth of Christ? I'd believe it, he certainly changed music like the second coming of christ!

Great job guys keep up the good work love your channel happy holidays

brilliant

Another iconic Jimi piece of music is "All Along the Watchtower" - do listen to that one and react.

This song was my first exposure to Jimi. The 45rpm record was in the local pinball arcade's Juke box for many years. The sound got to be a little wonky😄 The Zeppelin choices were just as worn out.

Classic song! It seems like he "talk/sings". He is not my favorite guitarist/singer. But mad respect for being a pioneer! He influenced so many... Friends of mine growing up - their mom won something and she got to ride in a limo with him in 1969. That was pretty cool. This song was very similar to Foxy Lady. (In Wayne's World if you seen that).

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Hey ! You guys should review Frank Marino and Mahagony Rush doing Purple Haze from the Mahagony Rush Live album ! Even better than Hendrix's version.

This is about LSD. While the name Purple Haze came from a dream. It is so much about Acid

Face it; this simply blows away anything you can hear today and was recorded 55 years ago!

The mix is what it's supposed to be. Voices, instruments, all where they're supposed to be. Yes, you had to b there.

LISTEN TO ELECTRIC LADYLAND….STEREO…TO THEMAX.

Nice 'n' Raw 'n' Sloppy with a dash of Fire. 🤟

“Psychedelic “

Now check out the Cure's version. Good reaction guys.