Hi David, Ant, Jan, Oh, no doubt about it, David. I mean, listen to the words of the song: But first... are you ex... perienced? Have you ever been experienced? Well... I haaave. And the throbbing beat of the music is classic Hendrix. Yep. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
Enlightenment? No, sorry Ant. Jimi just wants some of that sweet stuff. Dan On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:25 PM, David Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- http://www.danglover.com 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
