Week 9 Listening Guide

Week 9

               I’ve heard Jimi Hendrix play one time before, and he was just playing the national anthem. That video alone made me have the most respect for Hendrix ever. You can just tell he was a star. He knew he was talented and seemed to always move and do things his own way. That alone makes me a fan of Hendrix. Now I don’t know much about guitar, but with that being said, I think it is safe to say he is an exceptional guitar player. I love how loud and crazy his whole vibe is. He seems to put a lot of energy into his music and I can respect it.

               One thing I loved about this track is the guitar is valued just as much as the vocals. Sometimes he’d bring the guitar down a little and start singing, but then for a pretty even amount of time, just goes ham on the strings. Nowadays in popular music, we don’t see that too often. People seemed to get bored if it is just the instrumental playing, it feels like somebody’s always singing nowadays. Jimi has such a perfect voice for the type of music he plays. He doesn’t have the most special voice ever, but he uses it in a way not a lot of people can relate. The outro is especially crazy in this song to me. The guitar screams many different notes and slides everywhere for the last 30 seconds. All in all this is such a solid track and I can see why Hendrix is held to the standard he is.