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Jimi Hendrix - She's So Fine

Jimi Hendrix - She's So Fine Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Axis: Bold As Love
Released: 1967

She's So Fine Lyrics

She walks with a bell-clock round her neck
So the hippies think she's in with time
Time...
Her hair glistens like robins on a deck
Branches attack me from her neck

She's So Fine
She's so very very fine

The sun from a cloud sinks into her eyes
The rain from a tree soaks into her mind
Mind...
Morning sign sounds just like a lock
All these signs are always a stock

She's so fine
She's so very very fine

When I veer I get so near
But so far far far away
Listen to me today

We united just beside a leaf
The ground was hard underneath her her

Ahhhahhh
She's so fine
Ahhhahhh

Writer/s: NOEL DAVID REDDING
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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She's So Fine

This is one of the few songs Hendrix performed that was written by a member of his band. Noel Redding, who played bass in The Jimi Hendrix Experience, came up with this with little help from Hendrix. It was the first song recorded for Axis: Bold As Love.

Redding did the lead vocals on this song.

Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Eyes

Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Eyes Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Electric Ladyland
Released: 1968

Gypsy Eyes Lyrics

Gypsy Eyes

This song was a salute to "Field Hollers"... where African American slaves would come up with these songs, also called "Work Songs" on plantations. The song is written about Hendrix' mother Lucille.

The line, "Two strange men fightin' to the death over me today" is a reference to 2 men claiming to be Hendrix' father in an effort to capitalize on his success and money. Neither man was Al Hendrix who was known to be his real father (Jimi's real middle name was Allen).

Recording this song was quite a process. Hendrix did pretty much everything himself, including playing bass. He also messed around with various phasing effects that show up on the song.

Jimi Hendrix - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

Jimi Hendrix - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Electric Ladyland
Released: 1968

Burning Of The Midnight Lamp Lyrics

The morning is dead
And the day is, too
There's nothing left here to meet me
But the velvet moon
All my loneliness I have felt today
It's like a little more than enough
To make a man throw himself away

And I continue
To burn the midnight lamp
Alone

Now the smiling portrait of you
Is still hangin' on my frowning wall
It really doesn't, really doesn't bother me too much at all
It's just the ever falling dust
That makes it so hard for me to see
That forgotten earring layin' on the floor
Facing coldly towards the door

I continue
To burn the midnight lamp
Lord, alone

Loneliness is such a drag

So here I sit to face
That same old fire place
Gettin' ready for the same old explosion
Goin' through my mind
And soon enough time will tell,
About the circus in the wishing well
And someone who will buy and sell for me
Someone to toll my bell

And I continue
To burn this old lamp
Lord, alone
Darlin' can't ya hear me callin' you?
So lonely
Gonna have to blow my mind
Lonely

Writer/s: ELLAS MCDANIEL
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

Hendrix wrote the lyrics on a flight from New York to Los Angeles in 1967. They express the confusion he felt at the time.

Hendrix: "That's really a song I'm proud of. Some people say this is the worst track we have ever done. I think it is the best. Even if the technique is not great, even if the sound is not clear and even if the lyrics can't be properly heard, this is a song that you often listen to and come back to. I don't play neither piano nor harpsichord, but I had managed to put together all these different sounds. It was the starting point."

Hendrix used a wah wah pedal on his guitar for this song. Frank Zappa was an influence on this.

The Sweet Inspirations, who often sang with Aretha Franklin, sang on this.

Jimi Hendrix - 51st Anniversary

Jimi Hendrix - 51st Anniversary Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Are You Experienced?
Released: 1967

51st Anniversary Lyrics

51st Anniversary

This is the first song where Jimi Hendrix used overdubs.

Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand

Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Axis: Bold As Love
Released: 1967

Castles Made Of Sand Lyrics

Castles Made Of Sand

This is one of Hendrix' most autobiographical and personal songs. He hated talking about his past, and avoided it during press conferences and interviews.

Hendrix played all of the lead guitar parts backwards, then rewound the recording of the lead guitar parts to the song to get that effect you hear in the beginning and in the middle of the song.

Hendrix' mother was a Cherokee Indian, and in this song he identifies with his heritage as a Native American.

Hendrix read the words for this song as a poem instead of singing them.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were all big fans of Jimi Hendrix and often perform this song live.

Jimi Hendrix - Still Raining, Still Dreaming

Jimi Hendrix - Still Raining, Still Dreaming Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Electric Ladyland
Released: 1968

Still Raining, Still Dreaming Lyrics

Still Raining, Still Dreaming

Electric Ladyland is the only Hendrix album to feature outside musicians, as Steve Winwood played the organ on the 15-minute slow blues jam "Voodoo Chile" (not to be confused with the album's closer "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)). A session man from New York named Mike Finnigan played organ on this track.

Jimi Hendrix - Fire

Jimi Hendrix - Fire Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Are You Experienced?
Released: 1967

Fire Lyrics

[DJ]
"The Jimi Hendrix experience sounding off again now,
With one of Jimi's own called 'Fire'"

You don't care for me
I don't care about that
Gotta new fool
I like it like that

[Chorus]
I have only one burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand baby
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
You got to let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire

Oh shucks
Yeah

You say your mom ain't home, you can't let me in
Well, I had to before I don't need you again

[Chorus]

Ah yeah move over rover
And let Jimi take over
Yeah you know what I'm talking 'bout

That's what I'm talking about
You try to gimmie your money
You better save it babe
Save it for your rainy day

I have only one a burnin' desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Yeah let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
Oh, let me stand
Let me stand next to your fire
You know what I'm talken about

Writer/s: BECK, WILLIE / WILLIAMS, JAMES L. / JONES, MARSHALL / BONNER, LEROY / PIERCE, MARVIN / MIDDLEBROOKS, RALPH / SATCHELL, CLARENCE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Fire

The main lyrics in this song ("Let me stand next to your fire") came from a time when the band had just finished a gig in the cold around Christmas, 1966. They went to bass player Noel Redding's mother's house in Folkestone, England, and when they got there, Jimi asked Redding's mother Margaret if he could "Stand next to her fire" to warm up. The family dog, a German Shepherd, lay by the fire, which inspired the line, "Move over Rover, and let Jimi take over."

This lyrical lightening bolt was a breakthrough for Hendrix, who had just started writing songs at the request of his manager Chas Chandler. Writing riffs was easy for him, and it turned out he had a talent for crafting lyrics as well, as he was able to turn a simple line into a fiery tale of lustful passion. (This story is verified in Mat Snow's Mojo story on Hendrix that ran in the October, 2006 issue.)

Hendrix is legendary for theatrics like setting his guitar on fire and playing it with his teeth (not at the same time). This was the song he was (appropriately) playing when he set it on fire for the first time. It happened at a concert in London in March 1967, two months before the Are You Experienced? album was released. Hendrix was low on the bill (below Engelbert Humperdinck), and looking to garner some media attention. When he ignited his guitar, he created a buzz that grew to a roar as his career took off.

Hendrix set fire to his guitar once again at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. At that show, he didn't do the bit during "Fire," he did it after playing "Wild Thing."

The Red Hot Chili Peppers often covered this song in their early years. They decided to play it again at Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York and were accused of deliberately encouraging the rioters. While they played it, the crowd tore the place up and set fires (yes, Rome was burning). (thanks, Tom - Trowbridge, England)

Gary Moore covered this on his 1999 release A Different Beat. (thanks, Mike - Victoria, B.C., Canada)

In the movie Wayne's World, Wayne falls in love with the bassist from an all-girl band (Tia Carrere) after seeing them cover this song at Gasworks. (thanks, Jamin King - Puyallup, WA)

Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary

Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Are You Experienced?
Released: 1967

The Wind Cries Mary Lyrics

The Wind Cries Mary

Jimi wrote this in 1967 for Are You Experienced?; it was inspired by his girlfriend at the time, Kathy Mary Etchingham. He'd gotten into an argument with her about her cooking. She got very angry and started throwing pots and pans and finally stormed out to stay at a friend's home for a day or so. When she came back, Jimi had written "The Wind Cries Mary" for her.

Kathy Mary recalled, "We'd had a row over food. Jimi didn't like lumpy mashed potato. There were thrown plates and I ran off. When I came back the next day, he'd written that song about me. It's incredibly flattering." (Source Q magazine February 2013)

Jimi wrote the song quietly in his apartment and didn't show it to anybody. After recording "Fire" (which was about his sexual relationship with Kathy), he had 20 minutes to spare in the recording studio, so he showed it to the band. They managed to record it in the 20 minute period they had. The band later recorded several more takes of the song, but they all seemed very sterile and they decided to go with the original recording.

This was the third single from Are You Experienced?. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada, for above 2)

A lot of people assumed this was about marijuana, which is also known as "Mary Jane."

This song begins with a distinctive and recognizable introduction, in which three chromatically ascending 'five' chords are played in second inversion. A 'five' chord consists of two notes (first or "root," and fifth) instead of three (root, third and fifth). The missing middle note gives the chord a more 'open' or 'bare' sound. A second inversion "flips" the notes in the chord, so that the fifth, not the root, is the lowest sounding note. This makes it more difficult for the listener to immediately identify what key the song is being played in. In addition, a syncopated rhythm makes it difficult for the listener to identify the "down beats" of the song. This combination of musical elements creates a unique and disorienting experience when the song is heard for the first time.

Jamie Cullum covered this song, replacing the guitar part with a jazzy piano. Other artists to record the song include John Mayer, Popa Chubby and Robyn Hitchcock. (thanks, Tonyz - Mandelieu)

According to the book Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy , Hendrix wrote this as a very long song, but broke it down to fit the short-song convention and make it radio friendly. Hendrix was concerned that listeners wouldn't understand the song in its shortened form.