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Jimi Hendrix — Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Album: War Heroes – The Outtakes
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Released: 1968
Length: 5:11
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Well, I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand
Yeah
Well, I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand
Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an Island
Might even raise a little sand
Yeah

Cause I'm a voodoo child
Lord knows I'm a voodoo child baby

You better listen when I say

I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time
I'll give it right back to ya one of these days
Ha ha ha

I said I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time
I'll give it right back one of these days
Oh yeah

If I don't meet you no more in this world then uh
I'll meet ya on the next one
And don't be late
Don't be late

Cause I'm a voodoo child voodoo child
Lord knows I'm a voodoo child
Hey hey hey

I'm a voodoo child baby

I don't take no for an answer

Question no
Yeah
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and what about the lyrics?

let's never forget to raise a little sand
Posted 1 week ago by indatube1    [ Reply ]
 Highlowsel wrote:

This guy was born Nov 27, 1942.  Today, at this writing, it's June 7, 2021.  Can you imagine?  If he'd lived he'd be.....79 years old.  

Probably just as well he didn't, because nobody sustains this sort of energy for long.  Not nobody.  It's a direct link to divine inspiration, and such linkages burn the mortal coil thru like a short circuit on a low amperage fuse.   PFFFFFT and you are gone, baby gone.

But oh the brilliance while the arc lasts, eh?  Such blinding brilliance that ripples out for so long as such mediums as Radio Paradise, the 'Net, and the enjoyment of pure rock-n-roll exists.  

And so it goes for all of us still around on this planet, not yet ready to move on to the next.  

Highlow
American Net'Zen 


Jimi was sent down by aliens to blow our minds for 5 years but they needed him back in cyberspace to continue his work there.
Posted 2 months ago by dickmahoon    [ Reply ]
 dgeagon wrote:

Only gave it a 10 cuz I can't give it an 11!




rookie! make another account and rate it again.. 20!
Posted 1 year ago by walk2k    [ Reply ]
Only gave it a 10 cuz I can't give it an 11!
Posted 1 year ago by dgeagon    [ Reply ]
Wrong strategy for your 2050 announcement, if you let follow THIS!
Posted 1 year ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
 toterola wrote:
The Maestro... I just listened to Steve Earle talk about "Are You Experienced" and "Axis Bold As Love" coming out in the same year, 1967. Unreal...

If you're ever in Seattle, do yourself a favor and go see Paul Allen's gift to the world, The Experience Music Project. They've got a Hendrix exhibit there that is unbelievable.

It's funny how the electric guitar has been around for the 42 years since Hendrix died, and about that long before. There is not now, never has been, and never will be his equal. Here's to the best axe man who ever lived. {#Cowboy}

"It's funny how the electric guitar has been around for the 42 years since Hendrix died ..."

What's pretty nuts is that the solid-body electric guitar had only been around for a couple decades at best when Hendrix took hold of it. There were few stomp boxes at the time, a Wah Wah, and the amp. The tones he got, folks still strive for such a sound.
Posted 1 year ago by k-man    [ Reply ]
This is so damn good. 
Posted 1 year ago by jimabegglen589    [ Reply ]
I saw him play this at the Albert Hall in 1969. One of the highlights of my life.
Posted 1 year ago by msbolton    [ Reply ]
 Edweirdo wrote:

I was 11 when I first heard this on Top of the Pops (BBC chart show) and I just couldn't believe what was happening on my television.  Godlike indeed.


I'll bet your parents thought it was the soundtrack to Armageddon...
  

Permanent 10. 
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I was 11 when I first heard this on Top of the Pops (BBC chart show) and I just couldn't believe what was happening on my television.  Godlike indeed.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
You go in at the beginning of this song...but come out differently at the end.

  
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Jimi..  
Posted 2 years ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 neptunejeff wrote:
TEN..... GODLIKE.... TEN...."10"...need I say more

10 😁
Posted 3 years ago by norbertZ    [ Reply ]



That's all
Posted 3 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
yikes

how do you get back to where you was?
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Paul_King wrote:

I still prefer Stevie Ray's version for a cleaner sound, but this one is simply the best for its raw vibe.




OK! ...I'll go for the "raw vibe"!!!  Both are great!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
THE definition of GODLIKE
Posted 4 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Back there when I was in Engineering School, it was put forth by an elder in charge of tunes at a party, "No way you can appreciate Hendrix -- he's a little before your tIme..." I said, "Chuh! That's a bunch o' BULLSHIT!" I myself became the regular G.D.I. Party DJ after that... Jimi has always played and spoken his magic spells from another world to me, and I've always loved to go there with him. I still do. He's the best! Amen.
Posted 4 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
One word: A-W-E
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This guy was born Nov 27, 1942.  Today, at this writing, it's June 7, 2021.  Can you imagine?  If he'd lived he'd be.....79 years old.  

Probably just as well he didn't, because nobody sustains this sort of energy for long.  Not nobody.  It's a direct link to divine inspiration, and such linkages burn the mortal coil thru like a short circuit on a low amperage fuse.   PFFFFFT and you are gone, baby gone.

But oh the brilliance while the arc lasts, eh?  Such blinding brilliance that ripples out for so long as such mediums as Radio Paradise, the 'Net, and the enjoyment of pure rock-n-roll exists.  

And so it goes for all of us still around on this planet, not yet ready to move on to the next.  

Highlow
American Net'Zen 
Posted 4 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
 Paul_King wrote:

I still prefer Stevie Ray's version for a cleaner sound, but this one is simply the best for its raw vibe.



Remakes are remakes, always.
Posted 4 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
1969 Philadelphia Spectrum - this song. Whoa.
Posted 4 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
So when orange sunshine came along this was the music.
Posted 4 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]

A blazing hot 10.
Posted 4 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
E-gads! I hated this back then. It took years to realize Jimi wasn't so bad,  his groupies to follow were awful.  Even liked him after Belly Button Window came out.
Posted 4 years ago by hbmcc    [ Reply ]
I still prefer Stevie Ray's version for a cleaner sound, but this one is simply the best for its raw vibe.
Posted 4 years ago by Paul_King    [ Reply ]
One of the few tracks on RP for which virtually any rating is too low.  This one for me just about triggered a non-drug out-of-body and no-boundary experience.  
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 danielward34 wrote:
Can I borrow your amp?

 

Posted 4 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
Still buck wild in 2020

One of a kind
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
This is as good as it gets. Wow! This resonates beyond my bones into my soul. Truly godlike!
Posted 5 years ago by impediguy    [ Reply ]
 danielward34 wrote:
I did - volume 11!

 

Posted 5 years ago by danielward34    [ Reply ]
 BillE wrote:
Turn it up!
 

Posted 5 years ago by danielward34    [ Reply ]
Turn it up!
Posted 5 years ago by BillE    [ Reply ]
TEN..... GODLIKE.... TEN...."10"...need I say more
Posted 5 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
Solid 10 for my Jimi👍
Posted 5 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Posted 6 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}{#Music} {#Cool}
Posted 8 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 bokey wrote:
Well,if you've got a guitar and an amp, you might as well piss the neighbors off. {#Roflol}

 
I would have loved to live next to Jimi
Posted 9 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
now that's a godlike 10 if I ever heard one. {#Cheers}
Posted 11 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
PSD and I land here!.. Great rendition, but an even better one is on the hard-to-find record Hendrix in the West.
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Even today, many years from the first time I heard this "song", I feel the same strangeness the sitted guy holding that thing at the bottom of the picture, seems to.
And every time, it sounds better !




The famous lithograph from Escher 
Posted 12 years ago by naguall    [ Reply ]
Just...wow. Maybe a little OTT but so damned what. This must have gone off like a bomb in the world of professional rock guitarists when it came out. 

Fled from Interpol's "Rest My Chemistry" to this via PSD--from worst to first. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
God we deserve 
Posted 13 years ago by bobzane    [ Reply ]
When the Stereo pan effect was a novelty...
Posted 13 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
2 Live Crew has ruined the beginning of this song for me...
Posted 13 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Well,if you've got a guitar and an amp, you might as well piss the neighbors off. {#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
The Maestro... I just listened to Steve Earle talk about "Are You Experienced" and "Axis Bold As Love" coming out in the same year, 1967. Unreal...

If you're ever in Seattle, do yourself a favor and go see Paul Allen's gift to the world, The Experience Music Project. They've got a Hendrix exhibit there that is unbelievable.

It's funny how the electric guitar has been around for the 42 years since Hendrix died, and about that long before. There is not now, never has been, and never will be his equal. Here's to the best axe man who ever lived. {#Cowboy}
Posted 13 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
-16 at the time and it gets a 10 anyway {#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by Calle_C    [ Reply ]
Groovy 10 plus
Posted 14 years ago by QuestionMark    [ Reply ]
 2cats wrote:


            I think being 19 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
 
I think being 16 at the time and real acid helped make it a 10.

Posted 14 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Really, this is more like a 15 or a 20 for me...
Posted 14 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
 Kokoloco53 wrote:
Isn't it sad to read of someone's dislike for this giant of a guitarist. I pity them. They probably also don't even know that e=fþ as well as mc2.
 
Come to think of it, I didn't know that e=fþ. But I see your point. It really is a shame. I may be slow but I eventually know sarcasm when I see it.

Posted 14 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes fame, an amateur guitarist, said he heard Jimi play, I believe, at Altamonte.  And he said Jimi could play better with his toes than Andy could ever play on his best day.  Ah, Andy is good at other things.
Posted 14 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 derekd wrote:
I was 2 at the time and voted it a 10.

 2cats wrote:


            I think being 19 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
 
 
yeah, well I was -3, and it still gets a 10!

Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Wonder where he would have gone with his music had he lived to a ripe old age of 50.
Posted 14 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
 Kokoloco53 wrote:
Isn't it sad to read of someone's dislike for this giant of a guitarist. I pity them. They probably also don't even know that e=fþ as well as mc2.
 
Everybody has a right to there opinion - why should we ever assume that someone else hears the meaning we do (or doesn't hear what we do not)? I could care less what someone else thinks - if a song moves me to shake and scream like a madman or reduces me to naked emotion and stirs me as deeply as I can imagine anything ever would (as this song always does no matter how many times I hear it) - or both, I like it no less if someone else doesn't feel any of that. It doesn't change a thing for me. I'm going to react the very same way the next time I hear it.


Posted 14 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
The closest thing to distilled genius from a man recognised and revered by his musical peers for his transformational impact on the future direction of rock music.
Posted 14 years ago by TheMagus    [ Reply ]
You can hear where Jimmie Ray got it from...  {#Bananajam} 
Posted 14 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
Isn't it sad to read of someone's dislike for this giant of a guitarist. I pity them. They probably also don't even know that e=fþ as well as mc2.
Posted 14 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
great song. amazing that my '9' could actually lower the average...
 
lololol, although the spread is wide: a few folks really don't like it but not many, and most of us REALLY like it. 
Posted 14 years ago by Magikal1act    [ Reply ]
Any day with Jimi is a better day. Rockin out and smilin'.
Posted 14 years ago by Magikal1act    [ Reply ]
great song. amazing that my '9' could actually lower the average...
Posted 14 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 lowelltr wrote:
Effing noise.......
 
You're effing clueless...you probably don't get Beethoven either...

Posted 14 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
Not his best by far, but still a 10..
Posted 14 years ago by egdave    [ Reply ]
To whomever rated this a 1, I think YOU'RE sucko-barfo.
Posted 14 years ago by iam_overlord    [ Reply ]
 derekd wrote:
I was 2 at the time and voted it a 10.

 2cats wrote:


            I think being 19 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
 
  For a youngun, you have good taste in music.


Posted 14 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
...pheeeeewwww!  Man that was fun!
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
I was 2 at the time and voted it a 10.

 2cats wrote:


            I think being 19 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
 


Posted 14 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
 oldsinger wrote:
I think being 21 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
 

            I think being 19 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
Posted 14 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
 lowelltr wrote:
Effing noise.......
 
What's that? I can't hear you. I've got the volume turned way up...{#Guitarist}
Posted 14 years ago by BigIslandBlues    [ Reply ]
I am currently turning the office into a not-very-quiet environment >8^)
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 lowelltr wrote:
Effing noise.......
 
Effing sweet sounds.... {#Meditate}
Posted 14 years ago by pauleywalnuts    [ Reply ]
Perfection. I rarely resort to negativity on RP, but whoever voted Sucko Barfo above is on crack. There are a few artists who just seemed to land on this earth out of nowhere and capture the world. Hendrix was one of them. Like a nuclear freight train with no brakes...
Posted 14 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
 lowelltr wrote:
Effing noise.......
 
Yes indeed. Amazing, amazing effing noise...
Posted 14 years ago by JalapenoJoe    [ Reply ]
2 Live Crew have ruined the opening of this song for me...
Posted 14 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
Effing noise.......
Posted 15 years ago by lowelltr    [ Reply ]
 Caribbeing wrote:
I love the mix of the different elements.  His voice and guitar swoop in and out, from left to right.  Great headphone song.
 
The whole album sounds best though headphones or a really good stereo with good speaker placement. 

Posted 15 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
 oldsinger wrote:
I think being 21 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
 
Nope, 59% of RP listeners give it a 10.  I have noticed women tend to not like Hendrix as much as men for some reason.
Posted 15 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
Voodoo
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
This tune changed the world of Rock Guitar.
Posted 15 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
I think being 21 at the time this hit helps make it a 10.
Posted 15 years ago by oldsinger    [ Reply ]
Seeeeearing guitar work.
Posted 15 years ago by listen_n_sf    [ Reply ]
Being an amateur athlete I'm always looking for music to amp up before a race. I've used a number of tunes over the years but this always returns to my playlist. It's not as hard-driving as, say, Fishbone's "Modern Industry" but it has an intensity that's hard to match.
Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
... and Bill still has never played Hey Joe. What gives?!
Posted 15 years ago by ZedLeppelin    [ Reply ]
Classis classic...
Posted 15 years ago by macpeck    [ Reply ]
I love the mix of the different elements.  His voice and guitar swoop in and out, from left to right.  Great headphone song.

Posted 15 years ago by Caribbeing    [ Reply ]
I think he was only 27 when he died.  Tragic.  He put out so much good music to that point and he would have continued to do so.  I always imagined him getting more into jazz and playing jazz well into his old age.
Posted 15 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
Fantastic song!  Jimi was definitely a musical genius.  His music is timeless.
Posted 15 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 dmax wrote:

I started by thinking "what songs are as good as Penny Lane?" and realized that my "10" distribution would be mighty damn small.
 
For me, it's "Gimme Shelter."

Posted 15 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
I forgot how good this is.  10 x 10!
Posted 16 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]

 romeotuma wrote:



This song is soooo good for the ears...

 

Oh yes, absolutly agree  :) 


Posted 16 years ago by Netto    [ Reply ]
Must be the song RP was thinking about when they equated 10 with 'god-like'....
Posted 16 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
Cookin now baby!
Posted 16 years ago by mjmurphy61    [ Reply ]
Rock n roll doesn't get much better than this.
Posted 16 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
One of the best intros to a song... EVER!!! {#Guitarist}


Posted 16 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
 Mandible wrote:
What exactly is a Voodoo Chile?
 

It's not a type of hot pepper, if that is what you're thinking.

Posted 16 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}{#Yes}{#Notworthy}
Posted 16 years ago by RedTopFireBelow    [ Reply ]
 Shimmer wrote:
Fantastic guitar playing, but boring music.
 
{#Group-hug} My sentiments exactly. I hear he played excellent, but he didn't play anything I like.

Posted 16 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]
 Gryn wrote:
I'll never really understand how anybody can like this song. =(
 

actually, this is more of a song your FEEL! time to fire up the old synapses! nurse! get the poor man a doobie! STAT
Posted 16 years ago by redstorm    [ Reply ]

Thank you! There are those among us who have clearly been touched by the hand of God, and have thus become immortal. Some have one immortal song, others an album, still others have a span of time, and then there are the true immortals, the true one-offs who have a career and a legacy that continues unabated....Coltrane, Beatles, Davis, and Mr James Hendrix...we are the better, and more inspired for their efforts.
Posted 16 years ago by redstorm    [ Reply ]
Eyes wide shut and drifting off... yeah, that's the place! {#Arrowd}
Posted 16 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
{#Fire} ON FIRE BABY!!!!

Posted 16 years ago by ydorsouroti    [ Reply ]
Just close your eyes and let it take you away!!!  I LOVE IT.  {#Clap}
Posted 16 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
Good friday morning music, I am awake now.
Posted 16 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
You are probably right...You'll never understand!
 Gryn wrote:
I'll never really understand how anybody can like this song. =(
 


Posted 16 years ago by Chi_Guy    [ Reply ]
Geecheeboy wrote:

My daughter just yelled at me to turn it down.  

 rcurrier wrote:

Put her up for adoption.
 


{#Roflol}

Give her time, I'm sure she'll come around at some point.

 



Posted 16 years ago by doctec    [ Reply ]

10 !!!


Posted 16 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
What exactly is a Voodoo Chile?
Posted 16 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
 {#Notworthy}       Thank You, This is as close as  I get, to goin' to church.     {#Notworthy}

Posted 16 years ago by Chi_Guy    [ Reply ]
 Daveinbawlmer wrote:

The opening couple seconds of WhaaaWhaaa sounds just like my cat when she vomits.

Really.


 
pretty talented puss ya got there...

and oh yeah...go O's!  I'll drop a rope if you promise to climb up out of that dank basement you're living in.

Posted 16 years ago by azdcryan    [ Reply ]
 healyf52 wrote:
For me, this is the most 'bad ass' rock song of all time.
 
{#High-five} Respek


Posted 16 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]
 Geecheeboy wrote:
My daughter just yelled at me to turn it down.
 
Put her up for adoption.
Posted 17 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
 Gaylord_Meatface wrote:
Wow, who is this, he is great, I have never heard of him!!!
 
Just some dude who invented some early rock guitar techniques.  If he hadn't have died spectacularly and young, you'd never have heard of him at all.

Posted 17 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Jimi isn't "God-Like". He IS God.

Posted 17 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
HazzeSwede wrote:
First a guy that doesn't know how to hold a guitar followed by a one that can't sing!(Dylan) Time to switch on MTV!
....Time for Abba then!?
Posted 17 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
my 1st concert jimi opening for the monkees forest hills ny we booed "teenyboppers" he wasnt famous in the states yet this song gives me chills jeff beck ,buckethead are my faves now saw eddie v.h.recently he was so-so!? jeff both times was great!
Posted 18 years ago by babyboomtom    [ Reply ]
Gryn wrote:
I'll never really understand how anybody can like this song. =(
Maybe you just have to like inventive and powerful guitar playing. I've heard it a thousand times, but it never gets old. I'm inspired ... I think I'll go practice my lame ass acoustic cover which I doubt anybody likes but is SOOoooo fun to play.
Posted 18 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
For me, this is the most 'bad ass' rock song of all time.
Posted 18 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
RobRyan wrote:
Hearing this makes me realize I rate too many songs as "10" (thought not all that many). Hardly any should have as high a rating as this one.
Every RP listener should get ONE "11".
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]