There is a sexy quality to the beat and the vocal performance but I'm with Ant on this one. Oddly, it's because the lyrics say something like "are you experienced? Well, I am. And I can prove it," then the lyrics stop for a while and you just hear the pure aesthetic expressiveness of his guitar solo, which sounds like mystical experience to me - for reasons I cannot say. It's not a secret or anything. I just don't know how to put that into words and it's not really an idea or a concept anyway.
> 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 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
