Hi Ant,Jan I think you might consider the SEX part in the sex, drugs, and rock & roll tripartite. With Hendrix drugs & rock & roll were a constant, but if you re-listen as though it's a come-on to some sweet golden beauty he was asking, "Are you experienced?" I think it will click.
Makes sense to me anyway. Dave On 2/11/13 4:58 PM, "Ant McWatt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jan Anders Andersson stated February 8th: > > People are different and so are bathrooms. Most bathrooms are equipped with at > least one mirror. Some bathroom mirrors are covered by a huge smiley or a > photo of a film star to disquise the real picture of the spectator. But you > all know how hard it will be to comb your face in front of that. > > Some bathrooms have no mirror, the user is left to use the weak shadow in the > window glass or lift the lid and look down into the small round surface to get > a picture of him self. Sad for him if he live in an area without water > closets. > > So in this moment of 'shootgun-philosophy', isn't it just correct to ask any > person coming out from the bathroom: "Are you experienced?" (I never > understood the title of that album but I like the music) > > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Well, Jan, unless you want to head over to Khoo's haunted house with a ouija > board to ask Mr Hendrix personally, it sounds initially that he might have > been alluding to the pyschedelic experience. However, because he qualifies > the title song of the album, right at the end, with the statement: "Not > necessarily stoned, but beautiful"... > > I think he is primarily talking about enlightenment. It's my take on it > anyway and because I always forget the last line of the song, it "gets" me > every time I listen to it! > > Best wishes, > > Ant > > > N.B. The song "Are You Experienced" can be heard at YouTube sub-titled with > the lyrics in English and Spanish at the following link: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC4h1RDV7FE > > > > . > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
