Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Chile’ is an incredible 5 mins 12 seconds of Jimi torturing all kinds of ungodly yet awesome noises from his guitar. At various point it sounds like his instrument is harmonizing with him in squeals of agony. A rock classic. Except it’s not. That’s ‘Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)’. ‘Voodoo Chile’ itself is a ponderous, overwrought blues epic from earlier in the Electric Ladyland album that goes on for nearly 3 times as long (length being inversely proportional to rockness here). Definitely two things not be confused. And lets not even get started on the Rogue Traders’ Voodoo Child where, true to their name, they attempt to pass off a bootlegged sample of Elvis Costello and the Attractions ‘Pump It Up’ as their own gear from out of the back of a van in Sunshine West. Hendrix once asked: “Is this love, baby, or is it just confusion?” It’s just confusion, Jimi. Definitely just confusion.
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I love many and all things about this blog. Thank you for the needless rock & roll segway into needless semantics, leading to the paradox of the table seating. I say needless, your insight & angle is super interesting. Please keep writing things like this :)