Jimi Hendrix:
Jimi Hendrix was arguably the greatest electric guitarist to ever grace the stage. Hendrix experimented to refine his songwriting capacity. he often modeled the construction of his lyrics after notable song writers mostly Bob Dylan. Hendrix refused to be pushed into a specific genre of music. Jimi wanted to expand his music covering the past and the furture of music. Although Jimi Hendrix had many songs, the most famous of them all must be "All Along The Watchtower".
A important fact about Jimi's song is that it isn't his. The song was originally written and preformed by Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan's version however was not as great as Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along The Watchtower". It was Jimi's only #1 hit of his small career. Jimi Hendrix made Bob Dylan version much better.
Another important fact about his song is that it tells a sort of story. The story is of a thief who wants to steal something. The theif has a problem though. There are people all around it guarding it. The song states, "ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW". This clarifies that this song is about an earlier time period. We can determine this because the song has princes in it with watchtower and men riding on horseback.
The last important fact abput this Jimi Hendrix song is that the song is very short. It only has three verses. It also has no chorus what so ever. The language is simple but to point. Even though his song is quite short, his song has a lot of power when listened to. These three verses are packed with meaning and drama.
"All Along The Watchtower" is a wonderful song and Jimi Hendrix is a great artist. Even though the song was written by Bob Dylan, Jimi made this song his. The way he sang it and the way he handle his guiter while playing the notes along with the lyrics. And so even though Jimi Hendrix had many songs, the most famous of them all must be "All Along The Watchtower".
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Jimi Hendrix's "All Alongs The Watchtower"
THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF WAY OUT OF HERE
SAID THE JOKER TO THE THIEF
THERE'S TOO MUCH CONFUSION
I CAN'T GET NO RELIEF
BUSINESSMAN THEY DRINK MY WINE
PLOW MEN DIG MY EARTH
NONE WILL LEVEL ON THE LINE
NOBODY OF IT IS WORTH
HEY HEY
NO REASON TO GET EXCITED
THE THIEF HE KINDLY SPOKE
THERE ARE MANY HERE AMONG US
WHO FEEL THAT LIFE IS BUT A JOKE BUT UH
BUT YOU AND I WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT
AND THIS IS NOT OUR FATE
SO LET US NOT TALK FALSELY NOW
THE HOUR'S GETTING LATE
HEY
HEY
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW
WHILE ALL THE WOMEN CAME AND WENT
BARE-FOOT SERVANTS TO, BUT HUH
OUTSIDE IN THE COLD DISTANCE
A WILD CAT DID GROWL
TWO RIDERS WERE APPROACHIN'
AND THE WIND BEGAN TO HOWL
HEY
OH
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
HEAR YOU SING AROUND THE WATCH
GOTTA BEWARE GOTTA BEWARE I WILL
YEAH
OOH BABY
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
Poetic Devices:
1)Alliteration [Line 9]
2)Alliteration [Lines 18 & 19]
3)Sophisticated Ryhme Scheme
4)Plagiarism
5)Social Revelance
THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF WAY OUT OF HERE
SAID THE JOKER TO THE THIEF
THERE'S TOO MUCH CONFUSION
I CAN'T GET NO RELIEF
BUSINESSMAN THEY DRINK MY WINE
PLOW MEN DIG MY EARTH
NONE WILL LEVEL ON THE LINE
NOBODY OF IT IS WORTH
HEY HEY
NO REASON TO GET EXCITED
THE THIEF HE KINDLY SPOKE
THERE ARE MANY HERE AMONG US
WHO FEEL THAT LIFE IS BUT A JOKE BUT UH
BUT YOU AND I WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT
AND THIS IS NOT OUR FATE
SO LET US NOT TALK FALSELY NOW
THE HOUR'S GETTING LATE
HEY
HEY
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
PRINCES KEPT THE VIEW
WHILE ALL THE WOMEN CAME AND WENT
BARE-FOOT SERVANTS TO, BUT HUH
OUTSIDE IN THE COLD DISTANCE
A WILD CAT DID GROWL
TWO RIDERS WERE APPROACHIN'
AND THE WIND BEGAN TO HOWL
HEY
OH
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
HEAR YOU SING AROUND THE WATCH
GOTTA BEWARE GOTTA BEWARE I WILL
YEAH
OOH BABY
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
Poetic Devices:
1)Alliteration [Line 9]
2)Alliteration [Lines 18 & 19]
3)Sophisticated Ryhme Scheme
4)Plagiarism
5)Social Revelance
Interesting Facts About Jimi Hendrix:
1)Is generally considered to have been rock's most innovative electric guitarist.
2)Was left handed.
3)As an Army paratrooper, Hendrix followed up a jump by trying to recreate the sound of the air rushing by, with his guitar and amplifier, back at the barracks.
4)Was one-quarter Cherokee, through his grandmother.
5)Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience) in 1992.
6)Played his next to last performance at the infamous Isle of Wight festival in August 1970.
7)Name was legally changed from "Johnny Allen Hendrix" to "James Marshall Hendrix" on September 11, 1946. He was 3 years old at the time.
8)Was the first musician inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame.
9)He was voted the 6th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. He was also voted the greatest guitarist of all time in a 2003 poll by Rolling Stone, a claim few would dispute.
10)He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
11)Ranked #51 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
12)In spite of his legendary status, he only had one #1 hit with "All Along the Watchtower".
1)Is generally considered to have been rock's most innovative electric guitarist.
2)Was left handed.
3)As an Army paratrooper, Hendrix followed up a jump by trying to recreate the sound of the air rushing by, with his guitar and amplifier, back at the barracks.
4)Was one-quarter Cherokee, through his grandmother.
5)Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience) in 1992.
6)Played his next to last performance at the infamous Isle of Wight festival in August 1970.
7)Name was legally changed from "Johnny Allen Hendrix" to "James Marshall Hendrix" on September 11, 1946. He was 3 years old at the time.
8)Was the first musician inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame.
9)He was voted the 6th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. He was also voted the greatest guitarist of all time in a 2003 poll by Rolling Stone, a claim few would dispute.
10)He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
11)Ranked #51 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
12)In spite of his legendary status, he only had one #1 hit with "All Along the Watchtower".
Jimi Hendrix Timeline:
Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington, on November 27, 1942.When Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic guitar. In 1966, while Jimi was performing with his own band called James & the Blue Flames at Cafe Wha?, John Hammond Jr. approached Jimi about the Flames playing backup for him at Cafe Au Go Go.In the summer of 1967 Jimi performed back in the USA at the Monterey Pop Festival, a mix-up backstage forced Jimi to follow THE WHO onstage, where after a superb performance Jimi tore up the house by trashing his guitar in a wild frenzy. In September 1968 the Experience released their most successful album, "Electric Ladyland." On the night of September 17, 1970, while living in London, Jimi took some sleeping pills, which were prescribed for his live-in girlfriend Monika Danneman. Sometime after midnight, Jimi threw up from an apparent allergic reaction to the pills and then passed out. Danneman, thinking him to be all right, went out to get cigarettes for them. When she returned, she found him lying where he collapsed, having inhaled his own vomit, and and she couldn't wake him. Danneman called an ambulance, which took him to a nearby hospital, but Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead a short while later without regaining consciousness. He was 27 years old.
Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington, on November 27, 1942.When Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic guitar. In 1966, while Jimi was performing with his own band called James & the Blue Flames at Cafe Wha?, John Hammond Jr. approached Jimi about the Flames playing backup for him at Cafe Au Go Go.In the summer of 1967 Jimi performed back in the USA at the Monterey Pop Festival, a mix-up backstage forced Jimi to follow THE WHO onstage, where after a superb performance Jimi tore up the house by trashing his guitar in a wild frenzy. In September 1968 the Experience released their most successful album, "Electric Ladyland." On the night of September 17, 1970, while living in London, Jimi took some sleeping pills, which were prescribed for his live-in girlfriend Monika Danneman. Sometime after midnight, Jimi threw up from an apparent allergic reaction to the pills and then passed out. Danneman, thinking him to be all right, went out to get cigarettes for them. When she returned, she found him lying where he collapsed, having inhaled his own vomit, and and she couldn't wake him. Danneman called an ambulance, which took him to a nearby hospital, but Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead a short while later without regaining consciousness. He was 27 years old.
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