while you guys have nicely detailed explanations of what this song is about word for word, i think the way it feels and makes the listener feel is what its all about. its kinda sad.
@robopatrolo Yes, If you analyze Jimi\'s lyrics and lesson to what Yuma( percussion player in the lavender pants at Woodstock with Hendrix looking like the devil, has to say. Yuma said it was no surprise about his early death. He said, "read his lyrics." The song "My Friend", is just a clue to Jimi\'s soul caught up in the hand that God dealt him, a gift of a musical genius. In doing his assignment on earth, he\'s sharing how lonely it is. Never married, no children that he knew of, constantly on the road, in the studio, never brought a...
@robopatrolo Yes, If you analyze Jimi\'s lyrics and lesson to what Yuma( percussion player in the lavender pants at Woodstock with Hendrix looking like the devil, has to say. Yuma said it was no surprise about his early death. He said, "read his lyrics." The song "My Friend", is just a clue to Jimi\'s soul caught up in the hand that God dealt him, a gift of a musical genius. In doing his assignment on earth, he\'s sharing how lonely it is. Never married, no children that he knew of, constantly on the road, in the studio, never brought a house, women in the states and England, his mother dying early, all the siblings that were born after him, and always knowing where he came from. A poor environment, his African-American experience, knowing what segregation was like, so far ahead of his time with his musical gift that his own race mostly was not with him; but catapulted to the top of, at that time, music history. yes my friend, it really is sad. : (
while you guys have nicely detailed explanations of what this song is about word for word, i think the way it feels and makes the listener feel is what its all about. its kinda sad.
@robopatrolo Yes, If you analyze Jimi\'s lyrics and lesson to what Yuma( percussion player in the lavender pants at Woodstock with Hendrix looking like the devil, has to say. Yuma said it was no surprise about his early death. He said, "read his lyrics." The song "My Friend", is just a clue to Jimi\'s soul caught up in the hand that God dealt him, a gift of a musical genius. In doing his assignment on earth, he\'s sharing how lonely it is. Never married, no children that he knew of, constantly on the road, in the studio, never brought a...
@robopatrolo Yes, If you analyze Jimi\'s lyrics and lesson to what Yuma( percussion player in the lavender pants at Woodstock with Hendrix looking like the devil, has to say. Yuma said it was no surprise about his early death. He said, "read his lyrics." The song "My Friend", is just a clue to Jimi\'s soul caught up in the hand that God dealt him, a gift of a musical genius. In doing his assignment on earth, he\'s sharing how lonely it is. Never married, no children that he knew of, constantly on the road, in the studio, never brought a house, women in the states and England, his mother dying early, all the siblings that were born after him, and always knowing where he came from. A poor environment, his African-American experience, knowing what segregation was like, so far ahead of his time with his musical gift that his own race mostly was not with him; but catapulted to the top of, at that time, music history. yes my friend, it really is sad. : (