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Newly unearthed footage of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing Foxy Lady at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival is totally effing awesome.
That's how it's spelled on Are You Experienced Isn't it?
posted by wabbittwax at 8:23 PM on November 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by wabbittwax at 8:23 PM on November 4, 2013 [3 favorites]
I'm from Toronto and I've seen more animated audiences.
Good recording though.
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 8:23 PM on November 4, 2013 [5 favorites]
Good recording though.
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 8:23 PM on November 4, 2013 [5 favorites]
That's how it's spelled on Are You Experienced Isn't it?
Nope.
posted by axiom at 8:24 PM on November 4, 2013
Nope.
posted by axiom at 8:24 PM on November 4, 2013
People who live where live aren't allowed to watch this video. =(
posted by rmmcclay at 8:27 PM on November 4, 2013
posted by rmmcclay at 8:27 PM on November 4, 2013
For those who suffer from Wikipediaphobia:
The United States version of Are You Experienced (also released in Canada) listed the song with a spelling mistake as "Foxey Lady" and this is how it is still known among many North American fans and critics today.
Who knew?
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 8:27 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
The United States version of Are You Experienced (also released in Canada) listed the song with a spelling mistake as "Foxey Lady" and this is how it is still known among many North American fans and critics today.
Who knew?
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 8:27 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
I watched the "Hear My Train a Coming" doc on the weekend and it's pretty good. Not a lot of surprises in there but the Miami Pop footage looks and sounds amazing. I was also struck by a set of photographs of Jimi taken Sep 17, 1970 (his last day on Earth, for those not in the know). Shivers.
posted by wabbittwax at 8:28 PM on November 4, 2013
posted by wabbittwax at 8:28 PM on November 4, 2013
It's "Foxy" on the original 1967 UK mono pressings of the album -- at least from the digital scans I have of the cover, the one with the band bios, but "Foxey" on the US versions.
posted by Catblack at 9:08 PM on November 4, 2013
posted by Catblack at 9:08 PM on November 4, 2013
I hope someone makes the raw footage available. I want to hear and see Hendrix...not audience shots, still photos, etc. Don't care much for the editing on that preview (and most music videos).
Just show me; I have the attention span and don't need flash edits every 3 seconds like the rest of TV.
PBS doc looks good; looking forward....
posted by CrowGoat at 9:09 PM on November 4, 2013 [4 favorites]
Just show me; I have the attention span and don't need flash edits every 3 seconds like the rest of TV.
PBS doc looks good; looking forward....
posted by CrowGoat at 9:09 PM on November 4, 2013 [4 favorites]
effing awesome
Too awesome to be viewed hereabouts.
[Sigh.]
posted by Mister Bijou at 9:09 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
Too awesome to be viewed hereabouts.
[Sigh.]
posted by Mister Bijou at 9:09 PM on November 4, 2013 [2 favorites]
Everytime I watch him play, no matter how many other great guitarists there are in the world, and there are many... Nothing nothing nothing I have seen compares to cybernetic interaction between Jimi and Guitar. They are truly one entity. Smooth, silky, buttery, delicious, beautiful in motion and sound. Fluid and one with the guitar, no second thoughts, no stuttering, no staccatic motion, no spasmodic herky jerky, just pure elegance. Pure sex, pure music, pure soul.
posted by symbioid at 9:11 PM on November 4, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by symbioid at 9:11 PM on November 4, 2013 [5 favorites]
Why is everyone in the crowd sitting down. what is wrong with them.
posted by empath at 9:21 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by empath at 9:21 PM on November 4, 2013 [1 favorite]
Jimi Hendrix being dead is proof that time travel will never happen.
posted by Catblack at 9:37 PM on November 4, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by Catblack at 9:37 PM on November 4, 2013 [4 favorites]
Those unable to view the video should try this version on youtube. If that doesn't work, try the audio-only version.
posted by Rhomboid at 2:46 AM on November 5, 2013
posted by Rhomboid at 2:46 AM on November 5, 2013
Watching the video again i want to echo what was said above about Jimi being perfectly in sync with his instrument but also another thing: On any other human that's ever lived the clothes Hendrix wore would look ridiculous. But somehow he always looks badass.
posted by wabbittwax at 4:27 AM on November 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by wabbittwax at 4:27 AM on November 5, 2013 [2 favorites]
Why is everyone in the crowd sitting down. what is wrong with them.
That's how concerts were back then. You'd go to the show, with some blankets, find a spot, pitch your camp with some friends, and lay back and let the music happen to you. It was pretty nice, actually.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:24 AM on November 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
That's how concerts were back then. You'd go to the show, with some blankets, find a spot, pitch your camp with some friends, and lay back and let the music happen to you. It was pretty nice, actually.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:24 AM on November 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
After a plethora of also-found footage where he looks tired and shagged out after a long squawk, pre-post-gypsies, it's great to see him absolutely on like here. Damned inspiring too. And Olympic White was his Strat (albeit with maple fretboard - no worries!). I wonder if that ends up being the one he gave Frank Zappa. (On review, no that one looks to be sunburst)
Reminds me of Clapton's quote Re: Jimi, something to the effect that the musical stage in England then was set for that guitarist to break out, and that "It could have been anyone, but it had to be him."
posted by petebest at 5:26 AM on November 5, 2013
Reminds me of Clapton's quote Re: Jimi, something to the effect that the musical stage in England then was set for that guitarist to break out, and that "It could have been anyone, but it had to be him."
posted by petebest at 5:26 AM on November 5, 2013
Well, I still can't hear this without thinking of this.
posted by koeselitz at 6:02 AM on November 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by koeselitz at 6:02 AM on November 5, 2013 [4 favorites]
> On any other human that's ever lived the clothes Hendrix wore would look ridiculous. But somehow he always looks badass.
My favorite performance outfit from those days was a pair of Tony Lamas, red velvet corduroy bell-bottoms, a black and silver satin snakeskin shirt, blue aviator sunglasses and a rumpled black kid's cowboy hat with chin-strap. It got me exactly the kind of attention I was after back then.
Of course, looking at photos from those days, now I think I looked like a bozo. Jimi, however, will look badass forever.
posted by Enron Hubbard at 7:26 AM on November 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
My favorite performance outfit from those days was a pair of Tony Lamas, red velvet corduroy bell-bottoms, a black and silver satin snakeskin shirt, blue aviator sunglasses and a rumpled black kid's cowboy hat with chin-strap. It got me exactly the kind of attention I was after back then.
Of course, looking at photos from those days, now I think I looked like a bozo. Jimi, however, will look badass forever.
posted by Enron Hubbard at 7:26 AM on November 5, 2013 [1 favorite]
I love how in this interview/demo, the guy asks Adrian Belew to discuss some specific elements of Hendrix's guitar style and vocabulary, and Belew just tells him "no". Like, if someone wants to copy Hendrix, let them at least go do the copying work themselves.
posted by thelonius at 7:31 AM on November 5, 2013
posted by thelonius at 7:31 AM on November 5, 2013
Wonderful stuff. (And a big thank you to Rhomboid for the YouTube links.) But here's a belated pro tip to the camera person: When filming Hendrix, always keep his guitar IN the frame kthxbi
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:05 AM on November 5, 2013
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:05 AM on November 5, 2013
The reminiscences of a 16-year-old at that 1968 gig... posted in 2006.
posted by swlabr at 8:25 AM on November 5, 2013
posted by swlabr at 8:25 AM on November 5, 2013
This performance of Fox(e)y Lady is part of the film Hear My Train A Comin that premiers tonight on PBS. The linked article says 9pm, but it's 8pm in Austin, so check your local listings if you want to catch it.
posted by Daddy-O at 8:47 AM on November 5, 2013
posted by Daddy-O at 8:47 AM on November 5, 2013
From swlabr's link,
The woman who owns the footage (her late husband promoted the festival) also has four track tapes of the show. Eddie Kramer engineered Hendrix's set.
Ahhh. That might account for some of the great sound.
posted by petebest at 2:14 PM on November 5, 2013
The woman who owns the footage (her late husband promoted the festival) also has four track tapes of the show. Eddie Kramer engineered Hendrix's set.
Ahhh. That might account for some of the great sound.
posted by petebest at 2:14 PM on November 5, 2013
This performance of Fox(e)y Lady is part of the film Hear My Train A Comin that premiers tonight on PBS.
And this is why they invented remote DVR access. Thanks!
posted by TwoWordReview at 3:31 PM on November 5, 2013
And this is why they invented remote DVR access. Thanks!
posted by TwoWordReview at 3:31 PM on November 5, 2013
Anyone watching PBS? It's great but there is too much talking.
posted by maggieb at 6:39 PM on November 5, 2013
posted by maggieb at 6:39 PM on November 5, 2013
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