Man…
If Hendrix was bipolar,(back then they called it “manic depressive”), so if he was that.
I don’t remember seeing a lot clips of him being down.
Maybe he put it into the guitar.
Blues roots,
(Red house)
Sooo, what we perceived as sadness had a different flavor at the time.
Also,
The world wasn’t on his dick at the time.
Scrutiny, sure.
But not the levels that we’re used to now.
I don’t listen to that young guy and hear a sad motherfucker.
I hear a space cadet.
Just a dude walking around with a love that became a super power, doing drugs.
Do drugs change how you play?
Of course they do.
Is it worth it?
Debatable.
You’re a fucked up person, so you leave reality, because reality can eat a dick..
(Take your guitar with ya!)
And your cat.
And your failed relationships.
Just because you have a spark, it doesn’t mean you’ll drown in your own vomit.
If I had a Time Machine, I’d go visit sad Jimi Hendrix. I’d catch him at the low point of his cycle, just to talk to him.
Curiosity.
How sad could he be?
Had the world on a string, and the string wrapped around his finger…
I wonder what he would think about modern existence..
What guitar stuff the kids are on about,
Politics.
Marijuana legalization.
I wonder if he’d do Fauxpium…
He’d still be alive if he did,,
(Maybe)
Yeah yeah, if that person was born now and lived the party life,
I don’t think it’ll kill ya.
You might struggle, but it’s not like the other stuff..
Jimi Hendrix on Fentanyl…
I wonder what he would think about fame and how dumb the modern audience member is..
Maybe he’d hate it.
Maybe he’d say “fuck you” to the whole thing.. i dunno..
He was special.
You’re not.
Im not.
No one you know is.
Not like that…
dawn 