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[00:01:03] Speaker C: Foreign.
[00:01:14] Speaker D: Welcome back to another episode of Rock Roulette Podcast. That's right, the crazy ass podcast that took over 2000 albums, stuck them in a list, stuck them in a wheel. Every other week we spin the wheel. She picks a record for us and we go through a track by track. We talk about the music, the lyrics, the production, the melody and the arrangement and we give it scores. Just a bunch of friends who love music want to do a podcast. And everyone who takes this trip of discovery and rediscovery with us, we really want to thank you, whoever you are. Reach out to us, tell us what you like, what you don't like. Suggest an album for the Wheel. Suggest a song for the baby Wheel. Please keep the suggestions coming. We are a trio tonight. We got Frank.
[00:01:49] Speaker B: My name is Frank.
[00:01:56] Speaker D: And I'm sexy.
[00:02:05] Speaker E: Good evening.
[00:02:06] Speaker D: If we ever do a video feed, you will see me counting on my hands. A category so I don't forget. And dancing to Frank's Theme, we got Mark. Oh hi Mark.
[00:02:14] Speaker B: What's up guys?
[00:02:15] Speaker D: And I'm Sav.
Last week we had the beginning of our fourth year anniversary episode and as a tradition, we did Jimi Hendrix. We did Band the Gypsies, which is technically the last official new stuff, I believe. God, he passed away so closely after it. It's so scary and like haunting to think about it. Two songs. The first side, my takeaway was this. Guitar wise, he was on fire, which is probably an understatement. I think it sounded great. The songs to me were just a bit too long for what they were. I do miss Mitch Mitchell.
Not that the drummer's bad and he's got a really good voice. Definitely in the pocket. My only thing is I wish the song was shorter. I think they're a little bit shorter on this side, so we'll see. Mark as the Hendrix guy, where does this album rank for you?
[00:03:03] Speaker B: I don't rank it anywhere near Any of the studio stuff. But I like the stuff on the first side. It's a more of a jam side. I think the second side is more for song side, at least from what I remember. I don't listen to this very often. It's just not in my rotation. But I thought it was good. His playing was great. I do miss Mitch Mitchell's playing because I do like his jazz influenced, more busy style. Where Buddy Miles is a little more straight ahead and less fills. But otherwise I thought it was good.
[00:03:29] Speaker D: One thing we did, I'll say before I get to Frank, is I think there's a different experience hearing it and seeing it. I'm sure seeing it would have been a way different feeling and experience than just hearing hearing it. Frank, is that your take?
[00:03:41] Speaker E: 100%. You mentioned earlier, you kicked off by saying that you felt that the song be a little bit longer than they needed to be. Being how this is a live performance, I think they're right. Where they need to be is a jam session. I never heard a bad Hendrix album, but this is one of those albums that I think I would prefer to listen to in person than a recording for sure.
[00:03:59] Speaker D: Before we get to the second side, we have our Baby Wheel and the new BET section.
[00:04:05] Speaker E: In a world where new music is not easy to find.
Welcome to New Bets.
[00:04:24] Speaker B: All right, here's the new Bets Wheel.
[00:04:38] Speaker D: Violet Grow Thumb. We had her once not too, too long ago, but Frank wasn't here, so I think we'll just keep it and see where it goes. Frank, have you ever heard anything by her?
[00:04:47] Speaker E: Never.
[00:04:47] Speaker B: First time, it was a very 90s, I think we did Apple Fish the last time and that was pretty good, I thought.
[00:04:52] Speaker D: Yeah, raw. Very 90s.
[00:04:54] Speaker B: All right, let's do this. This is Violet Gro th.
[00:05:10] Speaker C: Dry for the weekend.
I need you in my life Least we know I try to pain on the run Circle from the citric acid zone When I'm left alone to help me self Help myself to my better fingers can't help me, can't help myself D.
If you know, you know, you know, you know Got it on my hand Fingers on my heels I leave them there yeah, leave them there.
[00:07:07] Speaker D: That was okay. I think. I like the other one better. This one's a little bit more modern sounding, I think. What do you think, Mark?
[00:07:12] Speaker B: I thought it was pretty good. I don't know, does it sound modern to you? It sounds still very 90s to me.
[00:07:17] Speaker D: Well, it sounds like a modern take on that. The other one put me in the 90s. This one didn't. This one put me in the Now.
[00:07:24] Speaker B: That was also much slower than this one was the other one. Yeah. This is more uptempo. Yeah, I thought it was pretty good.
[00:07:29] Speaker D: Frank, what do you think?
[00:07:30] Speaker E: Sound is something you listen to. Xmu. Very college radio sounding. Which I do appreciate that sound. I actually did like the song.
[00:07:36] Speaker B: Once in a while we get something. We're like, oh, that's pretty good. That's twice in a row already. What's going on?
[00:07:41] Speaker E: I know.
[00:07:42] Speaker B: Anyway, if you like it, let us know. If you don't like it, let us know. Hit us up on social media. Yeah, let's rubber stamp it. Here we go.
[00:07:50] Speaker E: In a world where new music is not easy to find, welcome to New Bets.
[00:08:08] Speaker B: All right, now we're going to get to side two.
Oh, wow.
[00:08:14] Speaker D: You just never know when this phone is gonna ring that phone again.
[00:08:18] Speaker B: I thought we disconnected that phone.
[00:08:22] Speaker D: It's the commissioner.
[00:08:24] Speaker B: Hello?
[00:08:41] Speaker A: Hey, Curly, it's Ace. You know Ace Fraley from the local bowling league.
I know this is a surprise. Let's just say the signal up here is pretty good. The WI fi is fantastic, the food is questionable, and Gene Simmons keeps trying to trademark the clouds.
Four years of rock roulette. Four years of spinning a wheel and having absolutely no idea what kind of of musical punishment is coming next. You know, it's like Music from the Elder. Nobody knows what's going on, but somehow you keep going.
That's longer than some Kiss Marriages. Tours, farewell tours. Reunion tours. Farewell reunion tours. And Gene's current list of things. He owns the trademark, too.
Some were rock and roll all night, some were Detroit Rock City, and some were Peter's solo albums.
You know, I know that seems harsh, but, hey, I'm dead. I can say whatever I want.
I know you've covered some pretty questionable albums over the years. The wheel doesn't care about your feelings, man. The wheel is like Gene Simmons. It wants your money, your attention, and possibly your soul.
Keep spinning that wheel. Keep reviewing the record.
Keep arguing about whether an album is genius or sounds like it was recorded inside a burning van.
Curly, keep the music loud, keep the opinions questionable. And never trust a wheel that has a Kiss album on it, because sooner or later, you're gonna spin Unmasked.
Happy anniversary. Rock roulette. Keep rockin'. And remember, I'm not really dead. I just finally got a phone plan with unlimited minutes.
[00:10:46] Speaker D: The number you dialed is not a working number. Please check the number and dial again.
[00:10:57] Speaker B: Message 3 ga03mn.
[00:11:05] Speaker D: Two things. One, sometimes you forget that he actually died. And two, how does he know so much about the show? He's been on a few times.
[00:11:11] Speaker B: Maybe that's why he must know everything we do. I guess. And now he has unlimited minutes, so we could call us whoever he wants.
[00:11:17] Speaker C: Nice.
[00:11:18] Speaker B: Wow. I wasn't expecting Ace Fraley to call us.
[00:11:20] Speaker D: I actually thought it was Eddie Van Halen for a second when I heard the guitar Now.
[00:11:24] Speaker B: Yeah, you could tell the difference. That voice is unmistakable from that. Let's go to side two of Band of Gypsies. The next song is Changes, he wrote called Doom.
[00:11:39] Speaker A: Changes.
[00:11:48] Speaker C: Sa.
I do Just like I'm in the of crying Every time you see me going somewhere I feel like I'm worn out of my mind yeah oh, my baby she left me the other day and we were having so much fun yeah, yeah oh, my baby she stepped out on me and that's the reason why she had the fun.
[00:12:59] Speaker D: It's got a cool vibe. It's funny. It feels that the guitar parts that in the beginning, in the middle would be for a heavier song. And then when it gets into the verse, it's very chill. I'm assuming at some point he probably goes off.
[00:13:10] Speaker B: I like it so far. Buddy Miles does have a very good voice. It's weird to hear Hendrix playing and not singing. It's only happened a couple of times.
[00:13:17] Speaker A: This.
[00:13:18] Speaker B: And I know Noel Reading sang a song. Other than that, it's always been him. It's just a strange thing to hear. I think it's pretty good. The melody is pretty decent. I like the way it sounds.
[00:13:26] Speaker D: I want to say his voice reminds me of. I don't know if it's Greg Almond a little bit. It definitely reminds me of someone that's. That's who first came to mind. I could be wrong Listen to it and tell me I'm nuts Or tell me who maybe it is I'm really thinking of.
[00:13:37] Speaker E: I like the switch up in the vocals. I really do. I'm waiting to hear how the song unrolls as it continues. I think you're right, Sav, that we're into a really nice treat for the solo.
[00:13:47] Speaker B: Okay. Verse one. Well, my mind is going through them changes I feel just like I'm in the time Every time you see me going somewhere I feel like I'm going out of my mind yeah oh, my baby she left me the other day and we were having so much fun yeah, yeah oh, my baby she stepped out on me that's the reason why she had to part chorus. It's all right yeah, yeah. It's all right. What? I say it's all right. Oh, obviously, this is not Hendrix writing. This is Buddy Miles. This is his song. The lyrics are not going to be the same kind of stuff that Hendrix usually writes. I think it's pretty decent played and I think I like the melody a lot. If the melody is good, you can almost get away with lyrics not being as good.
[00:14:24] Speaker D: It has a cool little vibe to it.
[00:14:25] Speaker B: What about his playing? He's drumming on this. It's fairly straight ahead.
[00:14:28] Speaker D: It's solid. I really like the drum sound. This is straight up live, obviously, Teddy Kramer. I just think it sounds really, really clear for a live album. It's done really well.
[00:14:36] Speaker B: Yeah. All right, let's continue here.
[00:14:46] Speaker C: Every time you see me going somewhere, I think I could commit a crown.
Sam.
Ram.
Sam.
[00:16:48] Speaker D: I like the dynamics with the volume, which they did a few times on the first side, too. They do that really well. I do think the solo is the best part of the song. Just like on the first side, I thought the solos were the best part. The bass is doing a really great job in this song. And during the verses, whatever Hendrix and the bass player doing sound really cool too. The back thing that they're doing underneath.
[00:17:12] Speaker B: Yeah. I have no problem with the guitar pulling on this. I don't even think he up one time. And that's all it was very, very good, irrespective of the whole song. And I don't think the song is bad. I just think the guitar playing here is really the standout. But yeah, the bass is doing great. His vocals are great. And it's more of a song than the other two on. The other two were more of a jam. This is more of a song which I think plays their shrinks too.
[00:17:35] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:17:36] Speaker D: Crowd is getting into it, clapping along. I hear Buddy saying, come on, clap along to it. So it's kind nice hearing the crowd clap along, which always gives it a different dynamic as well. It gives it a little bit more energy. I think that's pretty cool as well.
[00:17:47] Speaker E: I think what you want to say, it's nice to hear the crowd finally getting into it. Only that is the most tamed and quiet crowd. They must have played on a Tuesday night or something.
[00:17:59] Speaker D: Yeah. This golf clap at the end of everything's like.
Exactly.
[00:18:03] Speaker E: Are you serious? Like, this is Hendrix, Mark, as you said. I mean, that guitar soldier. It was amazing. What I'm most blown away about is that this is a live recording and you hear all the instruments, you hear the music. It's tight.
[00:18:14] Speaker B: It's great.
[00:18:15] Speaker E: I just truly enjoy it.
[00:18:16] Speaker B: Yeah. It's not easy to record this kind of stuff. Back in the day, in 1970. 56 years ago. Verse 2. Well, my mind is going through them changes I think I'm going out of my mind Every time you see me going somewhere I think I could commit a crime now she had me running she had me crying she had me running she had me had me crying she had me running she had me crying she had me running Jab me crying Chorus is pretty much the same and there's not a lot of words left. I'm probably not read anything else. I think there's maybe a bridge which is, oh no I want my love I want my love there's some crowd participation, clapping. The choruses are very similar. Yeah. I don't think it's bad at all. I think it's better that they're actually doing songs now. And I think that's just for the listener. Is a little easier than the 12 minute tour de force that Machine Gun was. Even though this is not short, it's five, 14. It's not three minutes. I think it's more because of the crowd participation. It's probably gonna make it a little bit longer. And the solo was fairly long. Wasn't short either.
[00:19:08] Speaker D: Yeah, but it was good.
[00:19:09] Speaker B: Oh, it was good.
[00:19:10] Speaker D: Definitely my favorite part. Every song. I've been looking forward to the solo.
[00:19:13] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:19:13] Speaker D: Solos.
[00:19:14] Speaker B: Solos. Yeah, but that's the thing, isn't it? That's what Hendrix does. All right, let's play it out here.
[00:19:18] Speaker C: We gonna be all right.
So.
[00:20:56] Speaker D: That was nice that they got the crowd into that a lot. They were very energetic there at the end. Finally. He also has a bit of a Van Morrison quality to his voice. And not like Brown Eyed Girl, Ben Morrison, more like Moon Dance kind of. And then the screaming. He's got a really good voice. The end. The drum thing that he did was very smooth. He can do it if he wants to. He's just playing for the song in the pocket. Something like this, you don't necessarily need to overplay. It's a fun song.
[00:21:20] Speaker B: And I just realized that Hendrix doesn't have to sing. So his guitar playing is better there. He doesn't really have to worry about singing and playing at the same time. He should just concentrate on playing. It reminds me probably of what happened while he was playing backing for all the bands that he played before he got big. Because this is very R B, soul flavored guitar playing.
That probably came into handy here because he was Able to do the stuff that he did and not have to worry about the singing. So his playing was so much better. I didn't really realize it until a second. I was like, wait a second. He's not really singing at all. Except for that one or two things at the end. The end. But he's able to concentrate and actually play without having to worry about the singing part. I thought that was great.
[00:21:56] Speaker D: Very tight.
[00:21:57] Speaker B: Frank, why don't you go first?
[00:21:58] Speaker E: That gospel revival breakdown that they had going on there, it really did loop in the crowd. It got everyone excited. Got me excited just listening to here and again. It's just one of those songs that you just wish you were there to witness it in person. For music. I'm gonna give this an 8. They're all so tight. They're playing perfect. And that guitar solo was absolutely. Just fantastic production. I'm gonna give that an 8. For live music to be able to hear it. It's so clear that we do. It's just outstand lyrics. I'm gonna give that a six. I mean, it's not a whole lot there. The melody, I'll give a seven. In the arrangement, I'll give it eight. Mark.
[00:22:31] Speaker B: I think I might do the exact same thing. Six on lyrics, seven on melody, and then eight arrest. I think it's really good. I appreciated everything. Saf.
[00:22:38] Speaker D: Four on lyrics.
They are what they are. Seven on production. Again, this album sounds amazing. And I'm gonna say sixes on everything else. I liked it. It is something that I'm relisten. Could rate higher.
[00:22:49] Speaker B: Very nice. The next song is Power to Love. This is a Hendrix and Buddy Miles, co writer. Here we go. Power to Love.
[00:24:59] Speaker C: Come on back up to earth, my friend Come on back up with me we all been up through the nighttime Baby, now let's meet the race I'll be out of sa.
[00:26:49] Speaker D: I think this is one of my favorites so far. It is probably the most straightforward Hendrix from before. Sounding, I would say, just like straight through. It's just awesome. I love the way he's playing, the depth of it, the feel of it, the rock of it. Yeah, this is my favorite one so far.
[00:27:03] Speaker A: So far.
[00:27:03] Speaker B: I gotta say, I'm so far liking this side maybe more than the first side. I know the first side gets all the love because of Machine Gun. I think these two songs have been really good. I like this one a lot. I like the bass and guitar interplay is really good. The riffs are really good. I didn't know where to stop it because he Did a solo after the first chorus. I didn't know where to stop. I just arbitrarily stopped this because I didn't know where to stop. So over three minutes. I didn't know what to do with it. But, yeah, I think it's great. I think it's awesome. Awesome.
[00:27:30] Speaker D: It started one way. I thought, there's almost gonna be a slow, bluesy song. And then it just erupted. I'm like, holy. Where did that come from? That's really been awesome.
[00:27:38] Speaker E: I love the baseline. Baseline on this one is really great. They grew up to a flying sun on this side. And Mark, I'm with you. I think I'm liking this side better.
[00:27:45] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it's been great so far. Verse 1 Shoot down some of those airplanes you've been driving Especially the ones that fly too low Shoot down some of those airplanes Especially the ones that fly you too low Come back up to earth, my friend Come back up with me We've all been through the nighttime, baby now let's reap the waves of reality Chorus. With the power of soul anything is possible with the power of soul Anything is possible Then lots of guitar. Let's continue. We're already over three and a half minutes.
[00:28:53] Speaker C: Easy.
Yeah, but old jellyfish been float so long and so slack Lord ain't don't got a bone and it's jelly bear.
Floating every day and every night Right and high Sometimes the wind ain't right.
It.
Power.
[00:31:27] Speaker D: Mark, you said this was a co, right?
[00:31:28] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:31:29] Speaker D: So here's what I envision. If this is a co, right, Buddy Miles comes in and says, hey, man, I got this thing. With the power of soul, anything is possible. And Andrew is like, yeah, man, I feel it. You know what? I'm gonna throw some lyrics around that, like, some Jellyfish lyrics and stuff.
[00:31:42] Speaker B: All right.
[00:31:43] Speaker D: You're like, okay.
That's what I picture.
[00:31:48] Speaker B: The second verse devolved a little bit. It didn't really hold the same melodies. I don't know what was going on there.
[00:31:53] Speaker D: I wonder if he almost improvised it. And someone's like, wait, what is he saying?
[00:31:57] Speaker B: That's what it feels like. It feels like there's a lot of improvising going on.
I was waiting for the same pattern to happen, but it didn't really happen. There's jellyfishes and things happening.
[00:32:07] Speaker D: Hendrix, go with it.
[00:32:08] Speaker B: Go with it. Let me read it because it's a little weird. Verse 2 Playing too much with one toy Baby leads It leads you into the foggy it's so groovy to Float around Sometimes even a jellyfish will tell you that. I said flotation is groovy and easy. Even the jellyfish will agree to that. Yeah, but old jellyfish been floating around so long and so slack Lord and I don't got a bone in this jelly bag Floating every day and every night Riding high is a risk Sometimes the wind ain't right and then back to the chorus. That's a weird verse.
[00:32:36] Speaker D: Yeah, absolutely sober lyrics.
[00:32:38] Speaker B: That's a weird arrangement. Verse, chorus, solo, and then a verse and a chorus. Usually you get at least another verse, another chorus. Part of it feels worked out and then part of it feels like, ah, we're just going to do whatever we want. And they did the volume thing again, loaded it down. Why don't you go first?
[00:32:52] Speaker D: I will say eight on the music and seven on everything else. This is definitely my favorite one so far, Mark.
[00:32:58] Speaker B: Yeah, I think I'm going to do the same thing. Seven lyrics, seven melody, eight music, seven arrangement, seven production. I think it's really good. It's maybe so far the best song. Frank.
[00:33:06] Speaker E: I'm gonna go seven across. It's groovy, man. It's quintuple. Seven Nikki titty baby. I love the whole jamming session of it. Like you said, Mark, I don't understand what he's saying. And actually sav, that whole bit that you did, it reminds me, I think it was Eddie Murphy when he used to make fun of James Brown and the band. Whenever James Brown was singing, the band be like, what the hell did he just say?
While I was listening to this and I was thinking about, oh, it's odd that the crowd is so quiet throughout this whole thing. And I think most. Markle, you said once before that Hendrix was known for recording very late night. Going in and just recording these sessions at all hours of the night.
[00:33:39] Speaker B: Yeah, but this was an actual concert. This wasn't a recording session though.
[00:33:43] Speaker E: Yeah, okay, but when did he start that concert? They come in at 2 or 3 in the morning.
[00:33:47] Speaker B: Oh, I don't think so.
[00:33:48] Speaker E: That'll be interesting.
[00:33:49] Speaker B: It sounds like it could be, but I don't think so.
[00:33:51] Speaker E: Yeah, exactly. It sounds like it's very late into the early morning hours vibe.
[00:33:56] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't think now Steve's here in spirit. Okay, next song. This is a Hendrix, right? And this is Message to Love.
[00:34:05] Speaker D: Jimmy's going to do a thing that he. He wrote called Message of Love.
[00:34:48] Speaker C: Love don't you run away.
[00:35:03] Speaker D: I really like that last part. Feels a bit disjointed. It Started out cool and then bloated in different places. This one feels like everybody's okay. We kind of got this down.
[00:35:12] Speaker B: I feel like this is very much like a song that he would record. I don't feel that it's very much very improvisational. I feel that they know what they're doing. I think there wasn't a lot of rehearsal, so maybe that's why it sounds that way.
[00:35:23] Speaker D: Yeah, that's what I'm saying is Hannah has that untied vibe.
[00:35:26] Speaker B: Yeah, they would do think that this is definitely a song that he has down and he has a definite way he's playing this. It's less improvisational than some of the other stuff.
[00:35:35] Speaker E: I mean, this side continues to prove to be the better side, but this
[00:35:38] Speaker B: song, Yeah, I think it's real good. Let's continue. We got more time, we got more to do.
[00:35:46] Speaker C: Don't understand for help of good Find yourself first and I think you too Find yourself first don't you be.
[00:37:27] Speaker D: Before we say anything else, I don't know if anybody realized we are actually recording this on the anniversary of his death 56 years ago.
[00:37:34] Speaker B: Yes, I know. I posted something up earlier today about that.
[00:37:36] Speaker D: Oh, we should mention that here, too. My dad's birthday, too. Rest in peace. It feels more cohesive now to me than it did before. And the soloing is still my favorite part of this song. I don't like it as much as the other two, but it's not bad.
[00:37:49] Speaker B: I think it's pretty good. I like it. I think the background vocals are pretty good too. Buddy Miles did a good job with that. His drumming is good, bass playing is good, and I like it all.
[00:37:57] Speaker D: Bas playing's been really good on this.
Dare I say he and Mitch Mitchell would have made a really good combination.
[00:38:05] Speaker B: Well, they did play in Woodstock. Not like they haven't played together before. And I think a lot of the stuff on Cry of Love was them. Let me read lyrics because I didn't read lyrics. Verse 1 While I travel at a speed of a reborn man I got a lot of love to give from the mirrors of my hand I send the message of love don't you run away look at your heart Baby, come along with me today Verse 2 well, I am what I am thank God some people just understand what I'm about Find yourself first and then your tool Find yourself first don't be no fool no choruses. That's kind of weird, too. It's a weird arrangement.
[00:38:36] Speaker E: I'm digging it. The music continues to surprise me because it's been so good for a live performance. I'm enjoying it, so that's all I can say.
[00:38:43] Speaker B: Well, you'll get to enjoy some more. Here we go. Let's do it.
[00:38:57] Speaker C: Pain if you want to be free come on with me.
You'll never understand I said find yourself first and then you're done Work hard in your mind with a D alive and then it prove to the man you strong too.
Cuz in the eyes of God you're both cheating. Sam.
Ram.
Sam.
[00:41:28] Speaker D: The jamming is great guitar playing, obviously. It's great. I like the voices. I was actually looking, looking at a wax statue in Madame Trussard Avendrix. It's crazy how lifelike those things are.
Holy cow.
[00:41:40] Speaker B: Yeah, this is real good. It's definitely the most put together song. He knows all the parts, he knows where he's going. There's still a little bit of wishy washy, but I think that's just because it's live. If it was recorded, it probably wouldn't be as improvisational, even though it's very low improvisational.
Let me read verse three. Here comes a woman wrapped up in chains messing with that fool Baby, your life is pain if you want to be free, come along with me don't mess with your man, he'll never understand I said find yourself first and then your talent Work hard in your mind so if you come alive then prove to the man you're as strong as him because in the eyes of God you're both chewing it to him. Outro is everybody come alive Everybody love all night Everybody love alive Everybody hear my message. And then another solo and we're out. I'm gonna go first. I think. I think the lyrics are pretty good. I'm say seven. I think the melody is good. Seven. I like the music. Eight. And then I think arrangement. I'm gonna do seven because it's weird. And seven on production. I'm liking this side a lot. I think this side is really, really strong.
[00:42:36] Speaker E: Frank, I'm gonna go sevens all the way across on this one.
[00:42:39] Speaker D: Nikki Titty baby darling. It's quintuple.
[00:42:40] Speaker C: Seven.
[00:42:41] Speaker E: Yeah. The music is tight on this side. I think it's tighter on this side than it was in the beginning. Hendrix and his solo and his playing was just so good on this side. And the crowd is finally getting into it. I definitely want to give a shout out to the crowd to probably realize what they're witnessing here.
[00:42:56] Speaker D: I will say seven on production and six on everything else. Whatever lack of cohesiveness, I. I Felt in the beginning. I didn't feel toward the end. The jamming is great.
[00:43:05] Speaker B: All right, we're at the end. This is a Buddy Miles, Jimmy Hendrick, Billy Cox. Right? And this is. We got to live together.
[00:43:28] Speaker D: We'd like to.
For you to clap your hands one more time and sing along with us.
[00:43:52] Speaker C: Sam.
J.
Sam.
[00:46:02] Speaker D: Dynamics are great. I wish I parked with the home screen homes a little bit shorter. But playing it live for an audience is different than just hearing it. The playing is tight. I like this one better than the last one.
[00:46:11] Speaker B: I think it's good. I think the crap participation is good. They're finally coming alive. From what I can gather, they did play some other songs that are not on the record. I know they did Foxy lady and they did hear My Trainer Coming and a song called Stop, which is a Buddy Miles song. They played some recognizable things, but in general, this is not recognizable. I don't even think the lyrics I'm looking at here are correct. I'm not even gonna both them. Okay, you guys get the gist of what's going on here. But, yeah, the crowd participation is awesome. And they're finally getting into it, which is nice.
[00:46:39] Speaker D: Yeah, Buddy Miles gets a lot of speaking time. A lot of. Not just singing time, but speaking, which is cool. It's always nice to hear drummer talk. You don't hear that too often.
[00:46:48] Speaker E: Mark, you said that this is the last song.
[00:46:50] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:46:50] Speaker E: Wow. Well, they ended it solid, man. I can't think of a better way to end it. I hear a lot of that gospel undertones in the playing, especially in this track as well. I'm digging it, man.
[00:46:59] Speaker B: There's a lot of soul playing playing in here. This supposedly was the forerunner of a lot of the funk stuff that happened in the 70s. You can hear that in this. Hendrix again, innovating as usual. Let's continue. Here we go.
[00:47:26] Speaker C: Sam,
[00:47:52] Speaker D: It.
The guitar playing is really, really good.
That probably goes without saying. Hearing it off the cuff, not knowing how many times it's been practiced, not being in a studio with take after take, it really comes alive.
[00:48:47] Speaker B: What else can you say?
Hendrick was hitting his stride, and unfortunately, it didn't continue after this, which the sucky part about this whole thing. Imagine what could have happened in the 70s with Hendrix, even in the 80s. All right, let's finish it out. Here we go.
[00:50:37] Speaker D: Great way to end it.
[00:50:38] Speaker B: Bass playing was awesome in that song.
[00:50:40] Speaker D: It was really good. I think he's really, really solid.
[00:50:43] Speaker B: Yeah, no, it's been great. SAP go first.
[00:50:45] Speaker D: I mean, lyrically, there's not much there, I guess, from what I can hear. Three, I will say seven on the music, seven on production, and six on everything else. It's good. A really strong side overall. Frank.
[00:50:56] Speaker B: I'm gonna go Sevens Across Nikki Titty Baby Quintuple 7. Zippity Bippity Bop.
[00:51:03] Speaker E: Great way to end the album. You hear a lot of that R and B and I hear some of that gospel sound, as I mentioned a few times now. I love the jam session. I love everything I. I like this side better and I loved how they ended it with this song. Mark.
[00:51:16] Speaker B: I think I'm gonna do four on the lyrics, five on the melody, eight on the musicianship, seven on arrangement, and seven on production. I think it was great. It's more of a jam than it is a song really, though.
[00:51:25] Speaker D: But it's a more confined jam, which appreciate.
[00:51:28] Speaker B: Yeah, it was less improvisational and they had places where they're going to go. Even there was some improv in there. They had more of a structure, I think on this one, I thought it was great. I would have loved to hear what these things would have sounded like actually recorded in the studio and not be live. Just curious what they would be like.
[00:51:42] Speaker E: They will lose their TR probably. You know, there's certain songs I don't know.
[00:51:46] Speaker B: I would think maybe it might even be better, but who knows? Well, that's four years, boys.
[00:51:51] Speaker D: Wow.
[00:51:51] Speaker B: What are we going to do next year? Since now we run out of Hendrick, we probably need to put a poll out, don't we?
[00:51:56] Speaker D: That'd be cool.
[00:51:56] Speaker B: Let's see what the people want to do.
[00:51:57] Speaker D: Yeah, maybe the one person who answers, whoever that is, that's the album we'll go with.
I'll try to get my wife or one of my kids to answer the poll.
Please, please, somebody answer it. Tell us what to listen to.
[00:52:13] Speaker B: Now that you heard this, since you not really heard it before, what was your overall thoughts?
[00:52:17] Speaker D: I think I definitely like the second side better because it's easier to take in when you're not there experiencing it and seeing it. Because even when they're just playing off each other other and maybe even not do anything, you're just seeing them live. It's just part of. Wow, man, this is so cool. Whereas just listening to it, especially with how on fire he is during this whole album with the soloing, which is so awesome, you just want more of it and less of that filler where I feel the first side has a little bit more of that. The second side doesn't really have that. It's really concise and the jamming is really, really tight. And it's shorter. Really pulls you in and hits you over the head, which I really, really like. What do you think, Frank?
[00:52:54] Speaker E: Overall, I enjoyed it for a live album. As I said before, I never heard of bad Hendrix album. Is it something that I would want to hear them recorded? Most likely not. I think it would definitely lose some of its charm.
[00:53:05] Speaker D: Mark, where does this rest for you?
[00:53:07] Speaker B: Again, I don't listen to it a lot, so I would say it's probably. I don't know, it's probably around neck and neck with Cry Love. The first three Hendrix albums are really where it is. I like lots of stuff in it. I like the second side. I like things on the first side too, too. I like Machine Gun, even though it's 12 minutes. I understand what he's trying to do there. For me, it's probably on the bottom side. But again, it's not bad. It's up against some other things that I like much better that he's done, but I don't hate it by any stretch of the imagination.
[00:53:33] Speaker E: It's hard to rank because it's so different.
[00:53:34] Speaker D: I was just gonna ask you, Mark, if you think after hearing it now on the podcast, you think it's something you'd go back to more often now?
[00:53:40] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, I think so. I haven't went back to it a lot. It's not really in my rotation. But now hearing it, I think the second side, parts of the songs, and lots of the pieces I really, really like, even though it still is a little loosey because it's live. And I, again, I don't think that they had enough time to woodshed these songs. Like Frank said, it's part of the charm of the album is that there's all this improvisational things going on. And he's not really confined to a three minute song, which he kind of broke out of on Luxury Ladyland on the next record that was posthumous. But that was where he was headed. And I would wonder what she would have changed in popular music if he would have stayed the course and lived past 27. Because if you think about his career was so short. It was three years.
[00:54:19] Speaker D: Yeah, they don't realize how short it was because especially back then, a lot of these bands released two albums in a year. The Beatles, they didn't make it out of the 70s really, but within that time frame, I can only imagine. The thing that I really appreciate about Hendrix is that he embraced technology. Besides the fact of him innovating upon things, he would embrace it and say, well, here's what you can do with this and here's what you can do with that. Which is really, to me, what would have been exciting. To see how he progressed along with
[00:54:47] Speaker B: the technology would have been interesting. All right, sad. Why don't you do your thing?
[00:54:50] Speaker D: We are part of the Deep Dive Podcast Network and the Boneless Podcast Network.
[00:54:55] Speaker B: Boneless, you don't like those chicken wings without the bone?
[00:54:58] Speaker D: Like I always say. Great bunch of guys took us in right away. If you want individual podcasts about bands, Judas Priest, Rush, Uriah Heap, Tom Petty, you name it, it's probably on there. So check them both out. And Mark, where can they find us on the interwebs.
[00:55:10] Speaker B: Rock with that pod on all the social media. Rockwell podcast.com. do the polls, do the merch. You know what to do, but it's on your auto download. And rate us 5 stars wherever you rate your podcast guests. Next week we'll be back to our normal format, and I'm excited to see what comes up.
[00:55:25] Speaker D: Yep, another year in the books. Five Hendrix albums.
[00:55:28] Speaker B: Yep, 500 albums. This was a little bit late because we were trying to get some other people on, but it didn't work out the way we wanted. We got Steve on for a little bit, and that was cool to see. And next year, hopefully, we'll have more people. We shall see. Who knows?
[00:55:39] Speaker D: Never know.
[00:55:40] Speaker B: Nope. All right, guys, we'll see you next week.
[00:55:42] Speaker D: Ciao. Ciao.
[00:55:43] Speaker E: Good night.
[00:55:43] Speaker B: Later.
