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Jimi Hendrix — Born Under A Bad Sign
Album: Blues
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Released: 1969
Length: 7:33
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GREAT!!!   I gave it a TEN!!
Posted 10 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]


For god's sake, somebody call the cops.

Posted 1 year ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Demonically fabulous.  One of a kind player.  No cover of this track is stranger or more unique.  Maybe Albert King never had it so good. 
Posted 1 year ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
GREAT!! I had never heard this version before. Thanx RP!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

I don't rightly know what should keep me from granting this a godlike 10.  Someone give me a reason to keep it a 9 or boost it to Beethoven and Coltrane status.  Good lord amighty, this guy was superfreak. 



I've got it at a 9. Despite Jimi's pyrotechnics, Mitch is too good a bass player to be stuck with that plodding bass line. No chemistry between them on this song. 
Posted 2 years ago by sunward    [ Reply ]
wheres the fire extinguisher?

i hate it when thats happens.
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Brings tears to my eyes, it sounds SO UNBELIEVABLY GOOD! He was so clearly channeling something Divine, from God only knows where!  Jam on, Jimi!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Despite Hendrix's superb skills, I find this tune to be plodding and tedious.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I don't rightly know what should keep me from granting this a godlike 10.  Someone give me a reason to keep it a 9 or boost it to Beethoven and Coltrane status.  Good lord amighty, this guy was superfreak. 
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 einsteinstoe wrote:

Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums yeah? 




I Agree completely!!  I had never heard this tune, prior to hearing it on RP,  a couple of months ago. Now, the more I hear it, the more I like it!!  Thank You RP!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.



You poor scrap iw,  everyone misunderstands your sense of humour.
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:

Finally...thank God!  Another song by the genius, Jimmy, besides the ones we always hear over and over again (Watch Tower, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, etc.).  This is awesome!



You must mean Jimi.  Jimmy is that Led Zeppelin guy. 
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.


Humor and sarcasm are lost on some (including myself in the past).  I have since learned to get a kick out of the wind blowing off of this particular "idiot", whomever they might be. 
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums yeah? 
Posted 2 years ago by einsteinstoe    [ Reply ]
I love good, emotive, innovative guitar work. I’m a fan of many artist but no one quite takes it to the level of Jimmy. Man he makes that guitar sing.
Posted 2 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 PhoenixArtDj wrote:
Jimi melts things. It's just what he does.

In a good way, of course!
Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Somebody call the cops.
Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Any RPer who rated this <7 really needs to get with the program.  In fact, for me, 9 > 10.   A track that is its own masterclass guitar academy.  
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
On my own playlist today I hit 'FF" on this...
Now I'm home with the big speakers.....
"let him talk"
Posted 2 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
SUPERGREAT!!! I never heard this before. Thanx RP!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
If jazz and rock had a baby that's what it would sound like.

Posted 2 years ago by kevinpobrien    [ Reply ]
RP on a roll again. I usually head straight to the Mellow Mix yet here I am. Luca Strincagnoli 'Thunderstruck'. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 'Gone, gone, gone (done)', Alannah Myles 'Black Velvet' (who I thought was the original Heart rendition), and Jimi Hendrix, 'Born under a bad sign', beautiful. Thank you.
Posted 3 years ago by MysteryMan    [ Reply ]
I've been a bit ill.  I'm about slept out and then this.  WOW!  It just doesn't get any better.
Posted 3 years ago by rhiangalthie    [ Reply ]
Electric Jimi✌️
Posted 3 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
got a sore thumb by tapping violently on my tablet, trying to get a 11 out of it…
Posted 3 years ago by Odtphy    [ Reply ]
I like Jimi's instrumentals most of all. He's just not a great singer, so I appreciate this one a lot.
Posted 3 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
I'm a massive Hendrix fan, but this is actually a bit ho hum.
Extended live versions of Red House, Yes
Hear my Train a'coming YES

This a bit formulaic
5
Posted 3 years ago by Stetsonman    [ Reply ]
Wow! Everybody alright after that one?
Posted 3 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
Lush.
Posted 3 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
Finally...thank God!  Another song by the genius, Jimmy, besides the ones we always hear over and over again (Watch Tower, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, etc.).  This is awesome!
Posted 3 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
outstanding .  Have a burnt cd copy of this and need to buy the record . Its one of those recordings worth having at home. Not a huge Jimi fan but can't deny his genius.   If someone can make 6 strings sing it was Jimi and this is a classic example of that.
Posted 3 years ago by ratbbb2    [ Reply ]
 Egctheow wrote:

Dum, dum dum dum dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum, dum,
The bass is awesome!!! Almost sounds as though it's the thing that keeps the guitar going. And going it is!! Got that album when it was released! Niiiiice

Thanks for playing it :-)



I guess I've been sheltered, this was my first listen of this song and just a couple minutes into it, I hit the ebay and ordered one up...
Posted 3 years ago by flashmesa    [ Reply ]
Solid album. The best of the posthumous releases
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]


That album cover would make a really cool T-shirt
Posted 3 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 SteveInVa wrote:

Jimi melted another one of my speakers🤪



HA - you should see what's left between my headphones!  
Posted 3 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 kquinn03 wrote:

A lot of Jimi's songs just grab me and hold me, take me over. More than any other artist.



Don't overlook Prince.
Posted 3 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

"Self-proclaimed great guitar players"?  Really?  When did either of them make such proclamations?






Easy Pro. I think IW may be kidding.   
Posted 3 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
I'm ashamed to be listening to this on a little Dell monitor speaker.  This should be on something real 
None the less, glad I'm here to hear Jimi play!
Posted 3 years ago by mjlucas    [ Reply ]
That's what making love to a guitar sounds like. 
Posted 3 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Says 'performed by Band of Gypsies' so Buddy Miles. Sounds about right.
Posted 3 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Is Mitch Mitchell or Buddy Miles at drum's ?? The sound is not like Mitch ...
Posted 3 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
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Posted 3 years ago by edwinlegters    [ Reply ]
Jimi melts things. It's just what he does.

 SteveInVa wrote:
Jimi melted another one of my speakers🤪
 

Posted 4 years ago by PhoenixArtDj    [ Reply ]
Dig this groove✌️
Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
So badass.
Posted 4 years ago by vpanzano    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
27. .  just 27 years old and taken from us. 

Just how much epic noodling were we deprived of? 
 
As well as Duane Allman - way too young....
Posted 4 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Jimi melted another one of my speakers🤪
Posted 4 years ago by SteveInVa    [ Reply ]
As a guitar player/hobbyist, I often wonder what Jimi Hendrix - if he were still alive - would make of the modern day glut of effects pedals and digital modelling amplifiers. Would his playing have evolved to become more subdued and atmospheric, or would he have eschewed a mammoth pedal board and stuck with his Strat, Wah, Fuzz, Uni-Vibe, and Marshall amps?
Posted 4 years ago by alexandersmcmillan    [ Reply ]
A lot of Jimi's songs just grab me and hold me, take me over. More than any other artist.
Posted 4 years ago by kquinn03    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.
 
You must be a lot of fun at parties.....
Posted 4 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
 guntherkraft376 wrote:
Y E A H !!!!! Thanks for playing this!!
 

YEAH!
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
godlike even if he was born under a bad sign. 
Posted 4 years ago by guilhem34    [ Reply ]
A mere 8? What was I not thinking? 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Y E A H !!!!! Thanks for playing this!!
Posted 4 years ago by guntherkraft376    [ Reply ]
 Silvervanman wrote:


I've not heard either of those play lead licks I've really thought "wow". Dave's a competent all round musician but he ain't in JH's league, neither is the twat Jack W
 
Neither of them ever claimed to be.
Posted 4 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Staggering.
Posted 4 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:
27. .  just 27 years old and taken from us. 

Just how much epic noodling were we deprived of? 
 
Is noodling a good thing or bad? Or is epic the important qualification? 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.
 

I've not heard either of those play lead licks I've really thought "wow". Dave's a competent all round musician but he ain't in JH's league, neither is the twat Jack W
Posted 4 years ago by Silvervanman    [ Reply ]
27. .  just 27 years old and taken from us. 

Just how much epic noodling were we deprived of? 
Posted 5 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 SeriousLee wrote:
Man, this is good. I have this CD and it's my fave JH album.

Edit: I think I said this before,  that I have this CD. 
 
I have this album too, and it is one of my absolute favorites. Hendrix doing what he loved...the blues 
Posted 5 years ago by kanga311    [ Reply ]
Man, this is good. I have this CD and it's my fave JH album.

Edit: I think I said this before,  that I have this CD. 
Posted 5 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Hadn't heard this before. Thought it was Robin Trower! Partially because I knew it wasn't Mitch Michell on the drums.
Posted 5 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.
 
"Self-proclaimed great guitar players"?  Really?  When did either of them make such proclamations?
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
by 27 Jimi had paid plenty of his dues to play his blues
Posted 5 years ago by max_p    [ Reply ]
 sunflowerbee wrote:
You a funny dude!

 

Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.
 

Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.
 
You funny!
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.
 
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?
Posted 5 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
I have that CD. Awesome from start to finish!
Posted 5 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
Dum, dum dum dum dum dum dum, dum dum dum dum, dum,
The bass is awesome!!! Almost sounds as though it's the thing that keeps the guitar going. And going it is!! Got that album when it was released! Niiiiice

Thanks for playing it :-)
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
Old enough to have seen him live and been a fan ever since... but I'd never heard this one.
Posted 5 years ago by jcyr    [ Reply ]
never heard this before, wow just wow, thanks RP
Posted 5 years ago by B16    [ Reply ]
 david16 wrote:
Now THAT’S guitar tone! There is. No. Substitute.
 

Posted 5 years ago by Jackalope1    [ Reply ]
This is such a wonderful interpretation of the Albert King song.. one of my favorite Jimi Hendrix blues songs. He really lifted blues to a different level.
Posted 5 years ago by Caturman    [ Reply ]
NOW  YOU'RE TALKIN' :) There is. No. Substitute.
Posted 5 years ago by Jackalope1    [ Reply ]
Well...I guess this guy needs to take some lessons from today's self proclaimed  great  guitar players:Dave Grohl and Jack White.
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Let's go sugar mama u know I looove ya
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Now THAT’S guitar tone!
Posted 6 years ago by david16    [ Reply ]
Jimi Hendrix = Electric Guitar God
Posted 6 years ago by shahin.po    [ Reply ]