The Subsim Music Thread (pt3)

vienna · 08-24-24, 01:06 PM

An addition to the harpsichord vids...

Rocking out on the harpsichord... Jimi Hendrix...?...

Hendrix was in a studio where there was a harpsichord in one corner and he sat down and began tinkering around with the keys and came up with the opening note progression heard in the finished song; Jimi was not at all an accomplished keyboard player, but he liked to dabble, if the opportunity presented; he played throughout the track, but stuck to just chords; this track is also notable in its being the very first recording Hendrix did with a new fangled effect called a "wah-wah", something he took to heights probably never dreamed of by the effect's creators; the song also features backing vocals by The Sweet Inspirations, the first, IIRC, the only time Jimi formally used a backing vocal group on his recordings...

Also of note is the director/creator of the video clip, Allen Daviau, who started his career as a cinematographer making short films, experimental films, and very early music clips such as the above; he later went on to be a highly respected major film cinematographer who collaborated with Steven Spielberg on his films; you might have seen his handiwork on a little film called "ET"...

I wanted to post this clip a while back, but I kept getting distracted by other things; I sometimes like to watch so-called 'reaction' YT clips where some one, usually a person or persons not familiar with a particular artist posts their reaction to hearing/seeing a performer's work for the first time; sometimes, as in the following clip, the reactor is coming from a perspective of being a couple of generations removed from the artist in question; her reactions to the lyrical content of this song is very amusing and telling, and her reaction to the guitar skills of Hendrix is priceless...

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08-24-24, 01:06 PM	#11
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,725 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	An addition to the harpsichord vids... Rocking out on the harpsichord... Jimi Hendrix...?... Hendrix was in a studio where there was a harpsichord in one corner and he sat down and began tinkering around with the keys and came up with the opening note progression heard in the finished song; Jimi was not at all an accomplished keyboard player, but he liked to dabble, if the opportunity presented; he played throughout the track, but stuck to just chords; this track is also notable in its being the very first recording Hendrix did with a new fangled effect called a "wah-wah", something he took to heights probably never dreamed of by the effect's creators; the song also features backing vocals by The Sweet Inspirations, the first, IIRC, the only time Jimi formally used a backing vocal group on his recordings... Also of note is the director/creator of the video clip, Allen Daviau, who started his career as a cinematographer making short films, experimental films, and very early music clips such as the above; he later went on to be a highly respected major film cinematographer who collaborated with Steven Spielberg on his films; you might have seen his handiwork on a little film called "ET"... I wanted to post this clip a while back, but I kept getting distracted by other things; I sometimes like to watch so-called 'reaction' YT clips where some one, usually a person or persons not familiar with a particular artist posts their reaction to hearing/seeing a performer's work for the first time; sometimes, as in the following clip, the reactor is coming from a perspective of being a couple of generations removed from the artist in question; her reactions to the lyrical content of this song is very amusing and telling, and her reaction to the guitar skills of Hendrix is priceless... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __