We never feel like Jimi is delivering a performance we feel like the emotion and music is spontaneously emitting from him. His voice is equally powerful, but it is underrated. Chorus I've made up my mind I'm tired of wasting all my precious time You've got to be all mine, all mine Foxy lady Here I come Guitar solo Part II: Purple Haze Verse Yeah Purple haze all. It sounds like our reality is being distorted by Jimi’s guitar.Ī lot is made of Jimi’s guitar work. Is it the most famous psychedelic rock song? Perhaps. The sound is very psychedelic and trippy. He says: “I’m talkin’ about the hard stuff…so far out of my mind/ Something’s happening” This is clearly a drug reference. His brain gets a bit foggy because she is all he can think about. It's one of Hendricks classics.At first Jimi’s “Purple Haze” appears to be about a guy who becomes infatuated with a girl. Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScThere is a dcever by Rod Stuart, but this version I think is the best. Johnny from Los Angeles, CaJust listened to Rod Stewart's version.The Witch Doctor Meets The Purple People Eater by The Big Bopper 4. Hendrix here, can write and record a song about their mother or father(Prince's Purple Rain), then that can touch an audience in a great way. Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. In my opinion, if a high-profile musician, such as Mr. Steven from West Carrollton, OhSorry, Johnny of L.A.- but Jimi's is the best.His mother died when he and his brother were still children and his father refused to take them to her funernal and gave them money to take the bus instead, they were so traumatised they didn't go. Meghan from Canberra, AustraliaI think this song is so beautiful and sad, hendrix couldn't be with his mother in reality and so dreamt about her, as a kind of gaurdian angel.They all scrap for Jimi's estate earnings while Leon, Jimi's brother (who Jimi knew and protected) is left in a bad way these days. What's sad is the legacy of infighting after Jimi died which left the song catalog in the trust of family he never knew in life, (family his father started once remarried). She was not in a good way to care for him and it split the family apart which happens more than once to Jimi. Detlev from Geneva, IlIn his dream, Jimi talks about the shadow of leaves from a tree crossing her face as she says goodbye to him.Bri from Orange, CaPurple haze also came from a dream that jimi had.Robert from Bolivar, Mojimmy wrote this song after a dream he had where he saw his mother standing in the shade of blowing tree leaves telling him, guess i wont be seeing you anymore.Nothing compares to the master's original, though, of course. I saw Amanda Marshall cover this live some time ago, when she opened for John Mellencamp, and she did it quite well. Despite a limited mainstream exposure of four years, he is widely considered one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most important musicians. Oldpink from New Castle, InSimply beautiful, and I love the odd effect Jimi uses with the oscillator.John from St Louis, MoFiona apple did a great cover of this as well.Jimi was an excellent songwriter in addition to his other superhuman music talents. David from Youngstown, OhIt's just an opinion, but Rod Stewart's version, to me, is superior.Aaron from Miami, FlDoes anyone know the story behind the solo version? Where/how was it recorded?.It doesn't have the power of Hendrix on gutar, but the vocals are smokin'!!! Elkie Brooks is on lead vocals, with Robert Palmer singing backup. Kirk from Fayetteville, ArI just heard a really fantastic cover by the band Vinegar Joe, on the album Rock and Roll Gypsies.The song is so beautiful, I really love the solo version as well.
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