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Jimi Hendrix

reviewed by Chrisrianna

Chrisrianna
05/22/2009

Jimi Hendrix 1

The reason that anyone on this Earth knows about him is because of his so called "stage presence", where he acted like some crackhead looking for his next fix and somehow this excited people. This is the only reason we even know who he is today, because it sure as hell was not his playing ability, that is for certain. Some guitar players have "limited range" if this is true then Hendrix had absolutely NO range and the only evidence that one needs to prove this theory is to have the ability of hearing.


People that like Hendrix are incapable of original or intelligent thought. They remind me of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", they are just like the rats in that story, they follow blindly because they believe the word of some drugged out stoner from the sixties who pretends he/she saw him back in the day and had some kind of revelation. So keep on being a rat and follow the word of some aging hippie, because that seems to make you happy!


Criteria to be the Greatest Guitar Player of All-Time according to the positive reviews of Jimi Hendrix on this web-site: 1. Must be able to play a guitar with your teeth, behind your back or any other non-traditional way 2. Be able to play a right handed guitar left handed (even though it is strung for a left handed player) 3. Flailing around the stage, this includes dry-humping your guitar and amplifiers and sometimes setting your guitar on fire(see picture above) 4. This part is crucial, you must be able to tweek your face so much that you appear to be playing your guitar with your "Soul", because this step will show your greatness. 5. You must be able to bend your strings, this is an un-natural act for a guitar player, because it is not a basic technique for a guitarist and this would make you unique amongst other guitar players 6. Absolutely do not play with skill and dexterity, just play sloppy and with lots of distortion 7. Appeal to the drug culture and die young to further your legend before your auidence can get bored with your abilities.


 

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Flick01 commented 1000 days ago.
When I gave you a well thought out response you republished your post which, before the format change, eliminated my comment.

lawrence commented 1000 days ago.
This review will be deleted unless you edit out the personal attacks on other RIA reviewers. Please see the site rules for more details.

numbah16tdhaha commented 998 days ago.
Dang, I want to know what happened to get the "change it or delete" message...

magellan commented 998 days ago.
if he was a great guitar player, why are you giving him one star? you're not spamming the list are you?

AutzenMaven commented 987 days ago.
About his playing a right handed axe lefty? The guitar was restrung lefty.

Chrisrianna commented 986 days ago.
Another review says "he had to teach himself to play the guitar upside down" I know that, tell the other people this.

Victor83 commented 986 days ago.
Chris, if you don't watch it, you're going to be even less populr than I am...lol

numbah16tdhaha commented 986 days ago.
Re-post it a couple more times. That always changes peoples minds...

Chrisrianna commented 986 days ago.
Who's mind am I trying to change? I don't get that comment.

chicagoman commented 985 days ago.
Must be able to play guitar

numbah16tdhaha commented 983 days ago.
(yawns) still re-posting?

AutzenMaven commented 982 days ago.
Well Chris, I am a left-handed guitarist, so I know a little bit about playing "upside down." Please look at him playing his Strat and note the position of the "fat" E-string.

Wiseguy commented 982 days ago.
One star??? c'mon man.

AutzenMaven commented 982 days ago.
Now...while it is true that Hendrix could play "upside down," he performed playing standard. Otis Rush is the only guy I know of who routinely performed playing "upside down." Interestingly, I play lefty, but I flip my guitar over to tune it right handed. A lot of lefties that are of my vintage did crap like that because we couldn't get lefty guitars...there weren't any. Dick Dale was our patron saint...and, come to think of it, he was an "upside down" guy. We didn't do this crap because we were guitar gods, we did it out of necessity. Another interesting note is that most lefties can also play right handed (not well, but playable), whereas I have never met a righty that can flop it over.

Chrisrianna commented 982 days ago.
Autz, I did not know that back in the day that there were not many left handed guitars, and that is why using a right handed guitar was necessary, thanks for the knowledge drop. As far as the one star, I give him that because I do not like his playing. It's like if you hate the taste of a hotdog, you are not going to say "I hate the taste of hotdogs, but I recognize its great taste". That would make no sense.

Flick01 commented 949 days ago.
I'm quite surprised that after you read my review of Van Halen (and commented on it) and explained in detail that style does not reflect ability, you have not gone back and changed this review. I am not a fan of certain types of Jazz but just because I do not like the music or the style of playing means that John Coltrane was an untalented musician. I wish you would seriously reconsider what you currently have posted and approach it from a different angle.

bassman44113 commented 949 days ago.
One of the reasons Jimi's recognized as one of the best guitarists has been his pioneering of guitar effects. The bending of strings and distortion along with phasing, echo, octave effects among them. All guitar effects in modern music we now take for granted. And he was one of the first to really use stereo sound to its full potential. Sure he played sloppy live, he was loaded out of his mind a lot of the time. But in the studio, he really shined, and thats where his skill and dexterity will be remembered. And its not that he set out to appeal to the drug culture. That was the pop culture amongst the youth of the period. I know, I was there. I was a youngster myself, But I do remember The late sixties.... "tune in, turn on, drop out" was a theme of the period. And Jimi reflected his times. Obviously, you are not old enough to know. It truly was a different world than we live in today.

Chrisrianna commented 949 days ago.
Les Paul said that he made the electric guitar, and Eddie Van Halen is the one that has made it the monster that it is today. I can not change my review because that is how I feel about Hendrix's music and playing. I did not ask anyone to change their review because that is how they feel. Opinions are what they are and that is it. This poll is not like asking who is the greatest baseball player of all-time, where you have statistical data to back-up your arguement. The only stats that you can use here is album sales, chart positions and if you do, one would get the over used response of "that doesn't mean anything or prove anything" and someone will say something like "Quiet Riot had a number one album, does that make them the greatest band of all-time?". These stats do not prove who is the best, but they are the only statistical data that we have to base anything on. No can say with certainty that Jimi Hendrix, if he did not die, wouldn't have faded out of the spotlight as he got older. I do not think he would have lasted as long as the Stones or Eric Clapton.

Flick01 commented 948 days ago.
I'm not asking you to change your mind but your review is mostly about style and doesn't seem to touch on musicianship, ability, musical innovations, or a number of other items worth mentioning. I'm not looking to get into a pissing match with you. Like Bassman, I was also there in the 1960s and shared the same pop culture. It really was a different world. Film clips and album cuts don't do justice to what we as teenagers were living for 24 hours a day. I guess Bassman is right. Unless you lived through the times as they happened, and walked down the new paths that were being blazed by people like Hendrix, it's very difficult to get a feel and understanding for the ground that was broken and the debris that was cleared which showed the Eddie Van Halens and others like him what was possible. Hendrix showed us and them, when we were just kids, that there was more to playing a guitar than just strumming chords and plucking out individual notes for a lead. People like Eddie took what Hendrix showed us and built upon it, and rock music and all rock guitar players, whoever they may be, are better for it.

bassman44113 commented 943 days ago.
Good one Flick. Very well said.

bassman44113 commented 943 days ago.
You mean that Quiet Riot isn't the best band of all time? I dont understand....... OH NO, my world isnt making any sense again....lol.

Chrisrianna commented 865 days ago.
I reposted to get rid of the name calling.

Victor83 commented 865 days ago.
I know that you are a VH worshipper, but I don't get the Hendrix bashing. Personally, I think Hendrix was far superior to Eddie- but I still like Eddie and would never give him one star.

ma duron commented 863 days ago.
It might help to look up the Stones', Clapton's or van Halen's opinion about Hendrix.

Chrisrianna commented 862 days ago.
Watch on YouTube, Eddie Van Halen interview (part 2) and then tell me if Jimi Hendrix was an influence on Eddie.

numbah16tdhaha commented 862 days ago.
*whistles and look around* Hey, we agreed not to discuss them so I ain't saying squat...

ma duron commented 862 days ago.
The question concerned Eddie van Halen's opinion on record about Hendrix as a guitarist, not whether van Halen acknowledges anybody's influence. This obsessed elusiveness to dismiss Hendrix's place in music history has become tiresome.

Chrisrianna commented 861 days ago.
Eddie towed the line in the interview and said "Hendrix was great", but in the same breath he said that he never listened to him because he didn't care much for Hendrix's distorted sound. So think whatever you want to think about that, if it makes you feel better about yourself.

NotesInGroove commented 836 days ago.
You have to want to go into the extreme areas that the feeling Hendrix puts into his playing. Alot of people could play more technically correct. But many are boring to listen too. Plus, Hendrix died young, after just having 4 straight top 10 albums. Insofar as string bending: HENDRIX WAS BLUES BASED. STRING BENDING IS BLUES 101 OR EVEN BLUES KINDERGARDEN. WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON COMPLAINING ABOUT STRING BENDING?

rh287 commented 726 days ago.
Hendrix, by today's benchmarks, was a mediocre guitarist. (And thats only because he was a pioneer of sorts). By the 60's and early 70's benchmarks Hendrix was a crazed genius prodigy. Man, how things change. He did pioneer controlled distorted feedback and actually by the time of his death I think he had a good mastery of it. Besides that and I suppose pioneering crazy, (and stupid), antics while playing live, Hendrix really was in my opinion, at best, a very good, and fairly inventive guitarist of his generation. When I listen to his rendition of his original live version The Star Spangled Banner, I cant help but laugh. Sounds like a 12 year old trying to play the guitar like a modern rock guitar God... I simply have only been able to bear the full thing maybe twice. He was a VERY good song writerno doubt about that. The main contribution Hendrix made to the truly great guitarists that followed his overall minor achievements was what might be possible with the guitar. Although he NEVER achieved those possibilities as a guitarist himselfwell maybe remotely. Maybe had he lived longer? Did fewer drugs? Who knows? But look at the level of guitar virtuoso that someone like Eddie Van Halen achieved by age 17. Or Malmsteen at 17. Or Vai at like 16. You really have to be truly great to play at those levels at such young ages. Hendrix was just making electric noise still, in his early twenties. And I know people will say had it not been for Hendrix there would be no EVHs. BS. There was Clapton, and many others who pioneered the electric guitar much more than Hendrix ever did. Hendrix?....Way over rated as a guitaristWay under rated as a songwriter.

fitman commented 466 days ago.
Personal attacks are fine by me. The reviewer who makes 'em just reveals his/her own insecurities. Wish there was less censorship around here.

irishgit commented 466 days ago.
Its impossible to take you seriously, when you have anonymously rated so many great guitarists on this list with one star. I don't suggest you have to like them all or give them all 5 stars, but its hard to imagine anyone uniformly and anonymously giving 1 stars to dozens of acknowledged masters. Clearly, you're doing that to ensure no one gets near your beloved Eddie. Which means your opinion isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit. And don't bother denying it, I checked.

fitman commented 466 days ago.
Many years ago, I was explaining to my friend Samantha (Gram Parson's gf) how the Rolling Stones developed their sound by copying artists like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Howlin' Wolf. She stopped me and said, "I don't care about all that stuff. I just want to fu*k Brian."

Chrisrianna commented 465 days ago.
I won't deny it, because it's true. I went to those youtube links you left and it was exactly what I expected, CRAP!

numbah16tdhaha commented 262 days ago.
Hey! Nice to see you back! Still scrappin', huh?

FranksWildYears commented 208 days ago.
7. Appeal to the drug culture and die young to further your legend before your auidence can get bored with your abilities.

Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad Mr. Van Halen.
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