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Luna Lee — Voodoo Child
Album: Luna
Avg rating:
7.3

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Total ratings: 2377









Released: 2016
Length: 3:50
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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You can find her website here.
Really cool version btw - wonder what Jimi would have said.
 carmelmike wrote:


dude.  Trump's America is not a racist America. Check your facts before spewing hatred and dumbass sh*t like this.  Main stream media pushes this kind of false narative.  Really now, if anyone thinks bad things about Trump please check your sources.  He is not perfect, he is human, however he did a lot of good for this country.  


Are you on drugs? We don't have to trust the MSM since there is video and audio of the actual terrible things coming out of tRumps mouth.  Stop watching Faux News which shelters you from all the terrible things he says and does.
like they say in that movie:

this is some pretty trippy stuff.
Curious and appealing. K-Hendrix :o)

I like the gayageum instrument which brings a quirky dimension to the tune. A woman to look out for. Thanks again to RP for yet another new artist I'd not have heard otherwise. 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely to grow. 
I shouldn't like this, as I revere the original so much ... but it's pretty awesome.
incredible. Thank you. A wonderful interpretation of a classic. 
Delightful.
 lily34 wrote:


agreed! this is amazing. i would love to see her play this.



Me too!
 diannemck56 wrote:
I'm actually diggin' this version.    



Me too!  GREAT!!  Thanx RP!
amazing, fantastic, great
 ziggytrix wrote:

Is that the most racist thing you could think to say? Amatuer! This is Trump's America. Either bring the grade A top shelf racism, or don't even bother. {#Frustrated}


dude.  Trump's America is not a racist America. Check your facts before spewing hatred and dumbass sh*t like this.  Main stream media pushes this kind of false narative.  Really now, if anyone thinks bad things about Trump please check your sources.  He is not perfect, he is human, however he did a lot of good for this country.  
 lily34 wrote:

this was played just yesterday on the main mix, too.

but this time, i'm happy to hear a repeat 2 days in a row. i'm really into this artist now.



outstanding treat for the ears ...      Thanks Bill   and ... Happy Birthday       many more   Please !   (-; 
this was played just yesterday on the main mix, too.

but this time, i'm happy to hear a repeat 2 days in a row. i'm really into this artist now.
 Jelani wrote:

So, how is Trump more of a "top shelf" racist than Barack Obama? or even the rest of his leftist league of denizens?


Ahhhhhahahahahahaha. I... hahahahahaha... see Barack is.... aaaahhhhahahahahahahaha... can't. even. leave. a comment. laughing too hard. 

(your comment has entered my personal hall of fame for funniest (and a contender for dumbest) comment I've ever read here. congratulations!)
 Geecheeboy wrote:

This is actually brilliant. I had to turn it up!  Very fresh take. Expect to hear it in a Netflix movie or something. 



agreed! this is amazing. i would love to see her play this.
This is actually brilliant. I had to turn it up!  Very fresh take. Expect to hear it in a Netflix movie or something. 
 ziggytrix wrote:

This is Trump's America. Either bring the grade A top shelf racism, or don't even bother. {#Frustrated}

So, how is Trump more of a "top shelf" racist than Barack Obama? or even the rest of his leftist league of denizens?
Hard to tune are they?
I feel like I can see Jimi sitting on a couch smokin some weed, lightly stoned as he listens to this. Eyes kinda closed, whispering, "That's groovy baby" while thinking of what it would sound like if he electrified a gayageum.
No puedo creer el nivel de ciertos idiotas. Avobe all the one who say the sushi thing. Fo me it is an espectular cover from a multicultural sense of art. That is music.
personally I would´t hear a mariachi version . And certanly for sure I wouldn't  like it either .  Pero esta versión de Luna es sesnacional. Gracias RP
Very talented.
Its nice, but not outstanding. 
Strange but fascinating

Wow, first time hearing this!
An easy 8 for originality, and man, it does remind me of Hendrix.
Maybe I'm just going nuts...
 eileenomurphy wrote:



I'll check it out. Thank You.


I like that one too but this one is in my play list rotation.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

More distortion needed!!!
ever since seeing Kung Fu Hustle years back (one of my most rewatched films) Ive wanted to learn one of the Asian zithers. Finding a teacher isnt easy even somewhere large like London where I live, so its on the bucket list for now
Sorry Stevie Ray, this blows your bar band note for note blueshammer approach right out of the water
 Jelani wrote:

I like this version of hers better...https://www.youtube.com/watch?...




I'll check it out. Thank You.
I like this version of hers better...https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
 DaveDalzell wrote:

Jimi is rolling in his grave...



...a fat one... ?
I don't always like covers, there's a few I wish were never made, but I DIG this!
She rocks this Gayageum style, that's for sure.  This actually is a really good cover, and considering how experimental Hendrix was it's right in line with that.  
I'm ruined for life: My Seven Bizzos... (2LC /As Nasty As They Wanna Be)
I just do not have the ear for enjoying the gayageum...just doesn't produce a sound that I have pleasant.  It kind of makes me feel unsettled...like a wicked sense of disharmony...
 DaveDalzell wrote:
Jimi is rolling in his grave...
 
More like grooving to this remake
Knowing how the ultra-patriarchal Korean music business (and society at large) works, I wonder how much this is her own thing and how much she's just a pretty face for a corporate (or at least male) music machine.

Obviously, I'm not saying that a woman can't make music on her own. I'm saying that Korean society, and the Korean music industry, wouldn't allow her to get far without male, corporate backing.

No matter who's behind it, this rocks.

By the way, the Vietnamese version of this instrument is called the dan tranh. During the War years, there was quite a niche of South Vietnamese folks doing American rock covers on the dan tranh. 
Jimi is rolling in his grave...
Wow, that was a surprisingly original cover. Really quite cool
great cover!
 ziggytrix wrote:

Is that the most racist thing you could think to say? Amatuer! This is Trump's America. Either bring the grade A top shelf racism, or don't even bother. {#Frustrated}


what a tribute to JIMI I think he would have loved it and sushi Grow up nob head
 BillG wrote:


Glitch in our system. It doesn't allow 2 different artists with the same name. We'll fix that shortly.



woohoo, entry fixed! Thanks BillG
 sfyi2001 wrote:



                          F O R - THE - LOVE - OF G A W W W D, please return to preparing Sushi. 

 


Please return to your village - it's missing its idiot.
 westslope wrote:


I want to thank you sfyi2001 for sharing so much about yourself.  



Yeah, I know too much. How do I block a poster?
 amach362 wrote:

Luna lee plays R&B and Rock classics on a traditional Korean instrument known as the gayageum, a 12-string zither-like instrument related to the Chinese guzheng, Japanese koto, and Vietnamese đàn tranh. A quiet instrument with a beautiful sound, the gayageum was originally designed to play traditional Korean music in a small room during intimate gatherings. But Luna plays it like a rockstar. She saw amazing potential and possibilities in the gayageum, even though she recognized that its quiet sound was not well-suited to music created for drums, bass, and guitar. So Luna got busy. First she re-developed her gayageum for a sound that better matched modern instruments – increasing the volume and pressure, developing the tone, and increasing the sustain. Then she studied guitar effects and amplifiers, experimenting to see how they fit her instrument. And finally, she started playing contemporary music on it. The results of her efforts are stunning. It is as exciting to watch Luna play her music as it is to hear her play. Her passion for the music is obvious. Whether she is playing a rock classic like “Voodoo Child” or an iconic R&B track like B.B. King’s, “The Thrill is Gone,” Luna’s body language expresses the same mix of tension and ecstasy you see when great guitarists/musicians lose themselves in the music.





Thank you for taking your time and explaining what's behind this marvelous interpretation.
Woah!!  Me likey!
Somewhat reminiscent of Yoshida Brothers, not so much in audio-scapes but in genre bending.  Love it.
questa musica è una gran figata. Cool! 
If you like this kind of thing (I do!),  check out Koto Vivaldi.
Yow! What a scorcher! 8.
I get it, and like it very much.  This past set starting with Oh Well to this point is a keeper.

{#Cheers}


 memoryboxer wrote:


A year later and this still hasn't been fixed. 
Come on Bill... I know there's a pandemic and all, but... 
 

Glitch in our system. It doesn't allow 2 different artists with the same name. We'll fix that shortly.
 memoryboxer wrote:


A year later and this still hasn't been fixed. 
Come on Bill... I know there's a pandemic and all, but... 
 
Info for Luna looks corrected now to me.............this was outstanding.
I don't want to like this, I hate myself for liking it, but I like it. Maybe it's because the actual song is so good that a cover will have some baseline level of awesome, or that it is truly a different take on the music (if not a reinterpretation, an exploration with a way different instrument), but, ugh, I like it.
Imagine what she could do with a Stratocaster.
No, sorry.
Thought I was going to like this after the first few bars, but then it just became a novelty that added absolutely nothing to the original. Oh well.
Weird and wonderful.
 Liam_Metaluna wrote:
She does other popular rock songs, too
 
So does that mean she should be classified as K-Pop?
yes. just yes.
 ziggytrix wrote:

Is that the most racist thing you could think to say? Amatuer! This is Trump's America. Either bring the grade A top shelf racism, or don't even bother. {#Frustrated}
 
It is, but you're welcome just the same 
.


Luna lee plays R&B and Rock classics on a traditional Korean instrument known as the gayageum, a 12-string zither-like instrument related to the Chinese guzheng, Japanese koto, and Vietnamese đàn tranh. A quiet instrument with a beautiful sound, the gayageum was originally designed to play traditional Korean music in a small room during intimate gatherings. But Luna plays it like a rockstar. She saw amazing potential and possibilities in the gayageum, even though she recognized that its quiet sound was not well-suited to music created for drums, bass, and guitar. So Luna got busy. First she re-developed her gayageum for a sound that better matched modern instruments – increasing the volume and pressure, developing the tone, and increasing the sustain. Then she studied guitar effects and amplifiers, experimenting to see how they fit her instrument. And finally, she started playing contemporary music on it. The results of her efforts are stunning. It is as exciting to watch Luna play her music as it is to hear her play. Her passion for the music is obvious. Whether she is playing a rock classic like “Voodoo Child” or an iconic R&B track like B.B. King’s, “The Thrill is Gone,” Luna’s body language expresses the same mix of tension and ecstasy you see when great guitarists/musicians lose themselves in the music.



Electric Ladyland:
Side 1, track 4: Voodoo Chile
Side 4, track 4: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) or  (Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) on UK edition)
 arihenrikpistol wrote:
Isn't it a wrong spelling of the name of the song? 
 
Jimi Hendrix occasionally used different names and spellings for some of his songs. In his handwritten lyrics, he used "Voodoo Chile" for the longer song, while he used both "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" for the following one recorded with the Experience. In his handwritten album notes for Electric Ladyland sent to his record company, he listed the songs as "Voodoo Chile" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"; when the album was released in the US by Reprise Records on October 16, 1968, these spellings for the two songs were used. When the album was subsequently released by Track Records in the UK, the songs were listed as "Voodoo Chile" and "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)". In 1970, the "(Slight Return)" song was released as a single in the UK and it was simply titled "Voodoo Chile", without the further designation. Later album reissues usually follow the Reprise or Track album spellings, depending on the country of origin.


The artist at work. 
 arihenrikpistol wrote:
It's not only wrong information about the artist, it's also a wrong spelling of the song title. Voodoo Chile is the correct title. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(singer)

 
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" was developed from "Voodoo Chile", recorded May 2, 1968, during a studio jam with Steve Winwood on organ and Jack Casady on bass. The next day, Hendrix returned to the studio with Redding and Mitchell for the filming of a short documentary by ABC television. Noel Redding explained, "We learned that song in the studio ... They had the cameras rolling on us as we played it". Hendrix added,

Someone was filming when we started doing [Voodoo Child]. We did that about three times because they wanted to film us in the studio, to make us—'Make it look like you're recording, boys'—one of them scenes, you know, so, 'OK, let's play this in E, a-one, a-two, a-three', and then we went into 'Voodoo Child'.

According to Hendrix biographer Steven Roby, eight takes of the song were recorded by Hendrix, Redding, and Mitchell, and the final one was chosen as the master, which appeared on Electric Ladyland.

"Chile" is a phonetic approximation of "child" without the "d". In the UK, "Voodoo Chile" was also used as the title of the 1970 single release of "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", that has caused confusion regarding the two songs.



It's not only wrong information about the artist, it's also a wrong spelling of the song title. Voodoo Chile is the correct title. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(singer)

 geodesmo wrote:

Just googled her - I think you are correct Liam.. and wow - she has some great stuff going on....   I encourage listeners to check her out. http://www.lunaxmusic.com
 
Very cool!  Thanks for the link.
Wow, that was cool. I'll bet the inventor of the Gayageum never imagined anything like this! I'm try to visualize a court in ancient Korea and the local ranking official asking for some music and then somebody cranking this out. Ha!
 memoryboxer wrote:


A year later and this still hasn't been fixed. 
Come on Bill... I know there's a pandemic and all, but... 
 
This is this Luna:  https://laughingsquid.com/tale...    
She's awesome.

Korean musician Luna Lee is an incredibly talented performer who skillfully covers such rock songs as “Space Oddity“, “Love Me Tender“, “Back in Black“, “Stairway to Heaven“, “Layla” and a great many more on a modified Gayageum, a traditional multi-stringed instrument with deep historical roots.
 Liam_Metaluna wrote:
i think you have the wrong information on the right side for Luna (Luna Lee). She is from South Korea, does covers of famous rock songs. you have Luna an American pop band on right formed by Dean Wareham. I do like Luna's videos of her playing in a small bedroom. such music!
 

A year later and this still hasn't been fixed. 
Come on Bill... I know there's a pandemic and all, but... 
Isn't it a wrong spelling of the name of the song? 
Outstanding! This is exactly why I love RP! (But please change the info...)
 Liam_Metaluna wrote:
i think you have the wrong information on the right side for Luna (Luna Lee). She is from South Korea, does covers of famous rock songs. you have Luna an American pop band on right formed by Dean Wareham. I do like Luna's videos of her playing in a small bedroom. such music!
 
Just googled her - I think you are correct Liam.. and wow - she has some great stuff going on....   I encourage listeners to check her out. http://www.lunaxmusic.com
 diannemck56 wrote:
I'm actually diggin' this version.    
 
I know no other version but this one is workin' just fine for me. I'm sending  voodoo to you too.

Image result for voodoo
I'm actually diggin' this version.    
The Band Luna shown in the sidebar on the right side of the screen and the artist who does this are not the same. Here is a link to the artist who performs what we are listening to: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhaxH03Xok
I think this is fantastic. Damn cool guitar work.

(BTW, Thanks Bill, for all the cool covers you discovers)
excellent!!!
Nice to hear this reimagined version, excellent.
R5 jonahboo wrote:
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN.....doesn't mean you should 
 
Right 
 Liam_Metaluna wrote:
i think you have the wrong information on the right side for Luna (Luna Lee). She is from South Korea, does covers of famous rock songs. you have Luna an American pop band on right formed by Dean Wareham. I do like Luna's videos of her playing in a small bedroom. such music!
 
Definitely not Luna Lee, she's the show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfOHjel-Bns
i think you have the wrong information on the right side for Luna (Luna Lee). She is from South Korea, does covers of famous rock songs. you have Luna an American pop band on right formed by Dean Wareham. I do like Luna's videos of her playing in a small bedroom. such music!
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN.....doesn't mean you should 
The Wikipedia link is presently showing Dean Wareham's band "Luna".
Love it! But, can't find her on Spotify!
 westslope wrote:


I want to thank you sfyi2001 for sharing so much about yourself.  

 
       
                         A h h - You're welcome, westslope. {#Hug}
Nice take on a classic
Bill, I commend you for playing Luna. I have been living in Korea for a long time so I hope you don't mind if I correct your pronunciation of Luna's instrument. It's guy-YAG-gum. If that's makes any sense. Totally traditional instrument. Probably a precursor to the guitar.
She does other popular rock songs, too
Got out my air Gayageum out
super sound
Luna is brilliant. Check out her YouTube channel.
This is pretty cool!
Voodoo Child-Jimi Hendrix / Gayageum ver. by Luna

https://itunes.apple.com/us/al...
Jury still out, but glad RP has it in rotation. Good to hear a new take of Jimi classic.
This is a lot of fun and an excellent cover...Jimi would approve of it!
Say what you will, they sure sounded like they had fun doing it.
Interestingly Talented {#Dancingbanana_2}
Newish Luna that I didnt know about...how is the rest of the album?  This one gets a 9+
 {#Beat}Webfoot wrote:
Interesting rolls into annoying pretty quickly on this one.

 


For years the Hendrix version was my amp-up tune before surfing contests. Since that version is pretty close to my heart I should be ambivalent about this, but holy mackerel this is good.
Head say YES and Heart say Yeah...love it{#Laughing}
Head says no, heart says YES!
Interesting rolls into annoying pretty quickly on this one.
A tall glass of coolness... 
 Hannio wrote:
Counterpoise to the two cellos playing Smooth Criminal earlier.  Up next, Beethoven's Fifth played on kazoos.
 
The Portsmouth Sinfonia's rendition will do if you haven't sufficient kazoos.
Again, interesting....but listen to David Torn get down with his bad self on his version of the song from Door X. His vox are a little sketch, but his playing truly channels the spirit if not the style of the master.
 sfyi2001 wrote:

                          F O R - THE - LOVE - OF G A W W W D, please return to preparing Sushi. 

 

 

I want to thank you sfyi2001 for sharing so much about yourself.  
This is awseome thanks for finding it RP!
 
 davidteacher47110 wrote:

I hope G.A.W.D. forgives you.  Sushi is Japanese.  Racial remarks ain't cool, even when you've dun gawn off and got the wrong nationality.

Dreamt of being the first to learn this cool instrument, the KayaGeum, and play it into modern, chill music; but Luna beat me to it!  

Many folks here in Korea enjoy this peerless eclectic music station.  Thanks Bill!  You're recipe needs a hint of . . . nothing! It's a perfect blend!
 


 sfyi2001 wrote:

                          F O R - THE - LOVE - OF G A W W W D, please return to preparing Sushi. 

 

 
Is that the most racist thing you could think to say? Amatuer! This is Trump's America. Either bring the grade A top shelf racism, or don't even bother. {#Frustrated}
 sfyi2001 wrote:

                          F O R - THE - LOVE - OF G A W W W D, please return to preparing Sushi. 

 

 





                          F O R - THE - LOVE - OF G A W W W D, please return to preparing Sushi. 

 

This is an absolute hoot! I love it totally and unconditionally!


Everybody get on board the Seoul Train!
I could definitely see this in an American-goes-to-Korea action flick.
Pure 10! {#Music}
 Jota wrote:

I think he'd dig this.

 
Probably
 Redpoint wrote:
If you listen carefully about midway you can hear Jimi Hendrix turning in his grave.
 
I think he'd dig this.
 Redpoint wrote:
If you listen carefully about midway you can hear Jimi Hendrix turning in his grave.
 
Yeah to slam a tuna roll and  chug a shot of Sake