Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix

 This week I chose Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix. This song no matter where you listen to it at it makes you feel like you are at a rock concert. I have always heard the name Jimi Hendrix but I do not think I have ever listened to very many songs of his until now. I love the guitar in this song. I love the intro to the song where it begins with just the single guitar and then the percussion joins. This song seems like its designed to just make the electric guitar sound cool which it does a pretty good job of. I love all of the different notes and sounds they are able to make with the guitar in this song. The lyrics add character to the song but from what I can tell they are the sideshow compared to the guitar because they seem quite meaningless. This song seams like it is a self hype song. Kind of like AC-DC where it is a rock song about how cool they are. The drum set in the background also adds so much to this song. It gives the song's beat much more emphasis as well as it has its own style. 

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  1. McKenna BeechNovember 2, 2020 at 8:10 PM

    I agree with you that it was cool that the song starts off with just one guitar and then the drums come in and it sounds so cool. I thought it was funny you compared it to ACDC because I personally only know a few songs from them, and I didn't think it sounded like that. But I'm sure that if I listened to them more then I would agree with you. It was a cool song! Very good job!

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  2. Chase YoungNovember 3, 2020 at 5:39 AM

    I would agree with your first statement that I haven’t really listened to his songs, but I know his name haha. I also agree with how you on how they used the guitar to start off the song and kind of left it in the center of the song. Back in that day, it wasn’t always used because they had a lot of the musics blend together instead of trying to let a guitar do a little more work and even tho its most prominent at the beginning of the song, I love how they incorporated that into the song

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  3. AnonymousNovember 9, 2020 at 12:38 PM

    I love that you said this song was written to make the electric guitar sound cool and that it did a fantastic job of that. I agree that the drum set gives a steady beat to the song and makes it more fun to dance to because it has a specific rhythm. Great post!

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