Listened: Tuesday May 18
Another really cohesive album and amazing debut. Full of great songs like Purple Haze, Hey Joe (a song I think Jimi owns, despite not writing it), Fire, etc. Also Foxey Lady – my first exposure to which was as the soundtrack to Garth’s pelvic thrusts in Wayne’s World. A perfect introduction, don’t you think?
It should be said that while I don’t really find Jimi Hendrix physically attractive – he was small in stature and despite having some fashion sense, his looks aren’t particularly notable – he has one of the sexiest voices in rock. There, I said it!
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