Jimi Hendrix..1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

[FlorentMT]

I love this version of 1983... where i can found the tab ?

[LalalaDanie]

Holy.... what a beautiful version!!!

[TravelerDiogenes]

Oh, man, I love this song. While stationed at an army missile base in 1970, and we dropped acid one weekend, and soared to the stars. This song lasted centuries, or a second, I can't remember which. But when I would come back from extra-galacticnesses, there it was again, beckoning me back to this strange planet. As Joe Cocker sang, "Once while traveling among the stars, this lovely planet caught my eye." - "...so down and down and down we go..."

[Akorps666]

nice, thanks!

[Evils667]

i know the book ur talking about, i got it as i gift for somebody about 20 years ago. thats the only place iv seen these acoustic song. i wish i had kept it!!

[vCRoNiqulz]

can anyone tell me what album this is off of its for a report i am doing, please help thanks!

[admdrty]

@vCRoNiqulz Hey I dont know which album excatly it is off of BUT! I found this song off a CD that came with a book called. Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix.When you purchased the book you got the CD my brother had it I found the CD and I love it! Its just him and his 8 track recording nothing more you hear him smoking and turning his music pages lol So maybe you can search for that CD that came with it! I really wanna buy the CD also I have the book but no CD :/

[TheSnyth]

Perfect :)

[Clasico2350]

Metallica's unforgiven II sounds like this

[eamond619]

@Clasico2350 they stole it from this

[Lamegameful]

Trippy stuff. I like the surfer photos.

[Quixoticelixer009]

love this

[Skyedward1313]

wow, this song never gets old. i'ts sad to see this song only has 100 K hits and Friday by R. Black has got more. tsk tsk

[RBIKO5]

Jimi's best song - totally blows my mind

[SirGinger76]

So trippy man!

[AUSROTTENY2K]

Jimi was totally an underrated songwriter.

[hot2dethmoose]

@AUSROTTENY2K Underrated by who? Last time I checked he's one of the most celebrated musicians/songwriters of his generation

[AUSROTTENY2K]

@hot2dethmoose he gets more credit for being a guitarist than an actual songwriter is what I was saying.

[sing5new]

Where can I get this album?

[wolfpup1968]

INCREDIBLE!  almost brings a tear

[zumber33]

El legado de un gran virtuoso en la guitarra, buenísima colección de viedos, gracias y felicidades!

[TheDoggy213]

damn .... that's a master piece .....

[MrSlickmick14]

I want this to be played at my funeral

[TheDoggy213]

@MrSlickmick14 me too ... me too ... it's a unique song ....

[EvanGoss1]

great

[OrpheusIsThe1]

BEAUTIFUL

[itnow]

cosmic

[SmithGarridoLe96]

14 and i already developed a serious addiction to hendrix

like a man to cocaine.

and absolutely beautiful composition especially on an electric guitar

[SmithGarridoLe96]

@axiomatic272 thanks for the life advice

[hairgelvic]

@SmithGarridoLe96  Me too :)

[luchin542]

AMAZING!!!!

[JimmyPage97]

3:37 to 5:45 I could seriously listen to hendrix play that kind of stuff all day everyday

[JimmyPage97]

this is hendrix on all instruments no?

[BlackhawKane]

@JimmyPage97 No he "only" plays the guitar and bass on this song. Mitch Mitchell plays the drums and Chris Wood plays the flute.

[JimmyPage97]

@JimmyPage97 Well I guess it wouldn't count for THIS particular version (since like the album says, it sounds like "Hedrix. By Himself") But anyways I heard that Electric Lady Land was an album basically started and completed by Jimi on his own.

[csoutfitters]

Hey London...whats shakin? I see your vid is still alive and well! I love it! As you could expect...I am smokin a fatty to this! Love it! Stay well

[JimmyPage97]

wow

[Freedmanwalker]

I WONT GO AS FAR AS SOME OF THESE PPL AND CALL HIM GOD BUT THE MAN COULD PLAY A GUITAR.....TAKE U DIFFERENT PLACES WITH IT.......UNDERWATER OUTER SPACE NEXT TO THE FIRE.......NICE TUNE

[smp156]

oh

my

goodness

what's is that twanging?

oh my God Jimi Hendrix Prophet

[smp156]

oh

my

goodness

what's is that twanging?

oh my God Jimi Hendrix Prophet 

[joezjoezjoez1]

lov this:)

[floridashorti]

what an excellent job you've done on the graphics here.

[BestGoalkeeper4ever]

I´m the 300th like :D

[kilulafo]

hey wanna know a secret? the unforgiven2 and children of the damned both sound very different from this song. wanna know another secret? it's not a damned secret. and the guy below me misspelled wil wheaton's name!

[whilwheaton]

hey wanna know a secret? metalica and iron maidon ripped this song off, with the unforgiven 2, and children of the damned

[lGnossos]

LOL *page turn* *music resumes* I fuckin love it

[jamesjonesrocket]

can someone help me, I'm sure I heard 1983 in a jeans advert ages ago but nobody seems to remember it! I know crosstown traffic was used in a different one. does anyone know what I'm on about?

[VanTobyx]

@jamesjonesrocket acid maybe? ;D

[achemaro]

love love love this music

[cosmicdoorway]

A very stirring, alternate version of the classic "1983, A Merman I wish To Be" ... "The Moon Turns The Tides Gently, Gently Away ..."

[KangiTanka1]

This song never, ever ceases to give me chills whenever I hear it. So beautiful and haunting. Jimi loved Science Fiction, and here it shows

[jdubb242]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard

[canzer87]

beautiful!!!! speechless Hendrix forever!

[jimbob1969]

RIP BROTHER

[TheArbiter74]

We would not be listening to this if it wasn't for the city of London! America would've ate him up and spit him out!

[jlambert321]

so cool,

[leunamme888]

Well I thought it is kind of mild children of the damned cover when I heard the intro.

[TheSoberfreak]

Um, F*#% yeah!

[Skeletorical]

Same progression as "Last Trip To Tulsa" by Neil Young. A/C/D Good one.

[chronos1411]

Who the F*CK cares about Jimmi's religion. Who cares wether he was a sinner or not? All I care about him is the music he made, and about that sinner stuff, how can you possibly make evil to another person by drinking a bottle of booze or getting high? I really don't get the meaning of the word sin for religious people.

[Kletterator]

This is such a great song - Jimi walking the outer style. I like this awesome version just as much as I like the other great version on Electric Ladyland, too...

"A musician, if he is a messenger, is like a child who hasn't been handled too many times by man, hasn't had too many fingerprints across his brain. That's why music is so much heavier than anything you ever felt "- Jimi Hendrix 1969

[niveamaranha]

Jimi Hendrix is my hero!

Awesome!!!

[rockrory]

man, this song is so good.

I nearly pissed my pants because my bladder was full and i didn't want to leave the computer/song when it started.

That's how good it is.

[SLACKER614]

this is my fav Hendrix album and song..

[flathead59]

James Marshall Hendrix, when I die ,I hope to meet you ,my good brother...Jesus Christ first of course...am a very strong follower of he and you...men without sin...

[kick4p00]

@flathead59

jesus christ first of course??

epic fail.

[DJDansound]

@flathead59 Many religous people say Jimi Hendrix sinned alot. Sex, drugs, booz, rock n roll, hippies, and he did not follow a religoin. But I belive that he was perfect.

[unchanged100]

@DJDansound that life sounds perfect to me

[romienomie]

In some ways this is more haunting than the studio version. Apocalyptic no doubt !

[jamablues83]

great work Londonpenda!! thanks for that. I love the graphics. have a nice day

[londonpenda]

You're most welcome Jama..

And to you (o ']

[s96822]

Nice work, and from one surfer, a SERIOUS swell to boot

[lGnossos]

Personally I like to see where they came from with the song. I like this precisely because 1983 on Electric Ladyland is one of the most profound songs in the entire rock catalog. Yeah, this is sloppy, but you can hear it, he had it in his head already. My disagreement with releases like this is greedy people make a lot of money issuing things Jimi never would've felt comfortable releasing. But, this intro lick IS mighty fuckin' tasty.

[coolfundylan]

I feel the same. I prefer Jimi's concerts and stuff like this more than studio's. It feels more real. You also get to hear : mistakes, improvesations, ect.

Eff the studio execs!

[fatherprime]

if a mistake is intentional is it still a mistake?

Zen. I think Hendrix was referring to pretty much everything in life as a general conscious awareness of the human condition. How we are evolving with our technology. Not to die but to be reborn, reincarnation, transhumanism. cybernetics, mickey mouse. people take Hendrix lightly because he was into drugs, haha he was just trippin' right? no. in 1983 love drowned in cash near skyscraper lane. care was cremated. politicians became actors. G I Joe

[coolfundylan]

Well, I guess mistake was the wrong word. I guess what I was trying to get across was the concerts where he was tuned differently, played faster/slower, put more emphasis and soul into a certain part of the song, ect ect

[SquallRealm]

Hendrix has a weird tuning in this song, I can never tune right, its not half step down nor is it a full step down, its somewhere in between.

[dan78nad]

down & down We go

[dan78nad]

I feel like a strange girl called Alice, Dan

[wou86]

@dan78nad

ye... and noway to tell how deep u are in.

[MikeBruceSullivan]

Like pasta and tomato sauce; pastries and coffee/tea; butter and baked potato--this song was made to be used with a water/aqua visual since there are so many water-refererences in the lyrics! Great genius work in adding the 2 together-- :)

[Varangian1915]

this is Hendrix's best composition, and one of the most mystical pieces in all of rock.

[jw22345]

@Varangian1915

i heard this on the mystical mushroom last night... ohhhh mannnn it was amazing.

[THug0001]

my god how cool is that version!! you can hear how he changes the sites of the textbook

[mp2096]

great video, suitable to the song, check out my vidoe response

[edmudshark]

This is beautiful on Electric Ladyland. You gotta hear the whole album.

[meathead66]

Was this released on any "album" or comp.?

[numerobofis]

Electric Ladyland.

[meathead66]

I meant this version

[numerobofis]

Oh, I have no idea. Maybe on a posthumous compilation.

[LennonIsNotDead]

Yes it is on a really hard album to get ahold of. The only way I have found it is with a book, called Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix. It comes with the Book, CD is called Jimi Hendrix by Himself: The Home Recordings

[unforgivenheadshot]

hadn't heard this one yet, it's great, although they all are!

[yatah]

Thanks for accepting my video response man :)

[londonpenda]

No problem..

[,` 0)

[fatherprime]

its so chilling!

[mrcannabis94]

Wow...What a brilliant political analysis along with a beautiful! Hendrix is so talented and amazing.

[dizzyonefourfour]

It now appears that Hendrix was killed by drowning in red wine. Is this another enigmatic e.g. of a musical genius seeming to have a glimpse of his own future demise?

[wehaveasituation]

Amazing and beautiful early take on a tune that of course was one his most realized projects on any album. Interesting how he hasn't yet arrived at the chords for the bridge (D-A-C-G) --quickly stolen by David Gilmour for comfortably numb--

but Jimi's got the hovering section mapped nicely. Tuned down almost a whole step.

[GrimEcstasy]

my opinion, greatest fucking song

[jjmm112]

So..............Beautifull....­...........,5*.

[Vegannibal]

...but where is the Electric Ladyland version on youtube!?

[mikekikdjoaz101]

I think they dont have that version cause its like 13 mins long bro

[abfplano54]

its only like 6 mins on my copy of electric ladyland

[herraotic]

This is a hotel recording that he made also in 1968.

[ProudSpermDonor]

fer real that version is the best

[Vegannibal]

My favorite song from my favorite artist, since I was a little girl. I've never heard this version though, I'm more used to the polished studio version.

[mikekikdjoaz101]

Hendrix at his fucking best. RIP man

[1AppleofEden]

I knew some would refuse to accept the opinions of others. Btw,you CAN hear him turning pages as well as far too many aspects of this song are Totally "off",from the lyrics,picking,singing & Tempo,all of it-so hey if this is just him all loaded in a basement,thats great but be honest...is this the sound you all want from him? Why didn't Jimi just release ALL his music sounding this way & hey if you guys like your heros,performing in an incoherent stupor

than your entitled to your opinion.

[smurfslapper]

okay i am not trying to judge you or your opinions just your reasoning and points. this song was originally from the album Hendrix. By Himself, do you think that he would put out a song onto a record and sell it to the public if he didnt think it was good/ people would like it? in MY opinion its an amazing song,

[1AppleofEden]

I was responding to all of those who may dislike/misunderstand my opinion....It still is an amazing song-Since I was 8,30 yrs ago,This is my all time favorite song of all time any genre -I understand reluctance to admit what sounds as if an attempt to discredit a Genius.

An earlier release,casual,Jimi goofing off,do I prefer its sound quality & performance to the later Electric Ladyland? NO & Jimi must not have once he refined it in the studio or this would be on Electric Ladyland too...

[MettwurstIstGott]

Are my english skills really that bad, i don't understand what you want to tell? Please repeat for me, in a retarded-version, lol.

[1AppleofEden]

If u like to hear or see your fav genius artists at their worst,inebriated & incoherent,thats your opinion & option.

This song DOES have a MUCH BETTER,perfectly flawless & polished studio version where Jimi creates an atmosphere never b4 duplicated

This here is not the version I'd prefer to hear.

Y is that so hard for everyone to grasp?

So,you'd rather hear Jimi sloppily goofing off than his amazingly genius studio release of this same song?

Jimi himself chose a better version 2 offer you all

[MettwurstIstGott]

@1AppleofEden No, i prefer the studio version, too, i just didn't understand, what you wanted to say...^^

[stephenhayesuk]

No, this wasn't Jimi at his worst, there are some TERRIBLE recordings out there, this isn't one of them.

Agree that the definitive version of this masterpiece is on Electric Ladyland, but this is a wonderful addition-like looking at Leonardo or Van Gogh's sketches.

Jimi was pissed or stoned a lot of the time, that's what so tragically killed him in the end, but I don't think so here.

Anyway, I love it. Peace.

[sitarbob]

Yes... you can hear Jimi turning the page in his notebook. It is a home demo. He was still working on this song. His greatest, IMHO, sandwiched between Rainy Day, Dream Away and ... Still Raining, Still Dreaming along with Moon, Turn the Tides Gently Away makes an incredible psychedelic suite. Much Love, Jimi!!!

[jimbob1969]

@1AppleofEden You really need to chill. No, seriously man. I'm worried for you. You'll go bald fretting so much. Just dig it.

[o1zeidler]

Dont fuss over Jimi's work man.. he just wanted you to listen to his song and chillax.. RIP , my greatest idol

[sergioramos66]

beautiful version

[mylesmedlin55]

2 chill man

i like this

[nitarbell]

Awesome version!

[1AppleofEden]

very sad,his condition,needing sheet music....at least he was happy?

[1983amermanishouldbe]

1AppleofEden

Think again my friend...how wrong you are!

[1AppleofEden]

I personally DO find it sad to find such a Genius,Legend & Hero,struggling to perform his OWN music,the tempo to the lyrics are all shot to hell.

Being a fan in "denial" is no justification.

Although perhaps he was "feeling good",the truth is that this is not the strong,cognitive,blissful genius,projecting his love through acoustic shamanism that we have all come to resonate with.

Who wants to hear a genius struggle with his own creations?

Playing acoustic or Live is different than incoherence.

[PurpleLightning6was9]

Someone needs an education in music

[jimbob1969]

@1AppleofEden You've never written a song have you?

[nirvanaxkid]

what, needing sheet music? jimi couldn't read music and it was most likely his lyrics which he was constantly writing. this is a raw version before the studio one was recorded

[RobotLips]

Jimi reading sheet music... yeah, right. Jimi didn't need that shi(t).

[darkestknightboo]

Which version is this...sounds awesmoe....

[10Bones01]

This version was on a CD that came with a book called voodo child about the life of Jimi. The accompanying CD is of Jimi playing at home by himself. It is an interesting CD, there are like 6-7 songs, and the book is in comic book form (with a hardcover), and has some great freakin' art in it.

[darkestknightboo]

thanks :)

[Salmaon]

so great song! top 5 of my fav jimi song (Y)

[demonbox87]

irresistible version

[thedudeabides778]

sick video

[JOELCARRALL43]

so much better that the version on electric ladyland

[N3CR0D3ATh]

what? as if, man.

[keikokaare]

The Best Song its Make Me So relax

[CleoBeatrice]

:) :)  :)

[rhydiantitch]

3:07 funny

amazing lol

thanks for the upload

5/5 + fav

[stephenhayesuk]

iits too bad that our friends can't be with us today

[t0kes42o]

its too bad

[STFDVC]

Really nice video,grat job.5 stars

[londonpenda]

Thank you.

Glad you enjoyed.

[RastafariPoet]

The song puts you in a perspective as if you are underwater or near it. And you see all the beautiful sea creatures. Amazing.

[nsalohcin]

where can u buy this album at

[csoutfitters]

Epic song...nuff said...Epic job on the video! Nuff said. The integration is so wonderfull....Thank you Jimi and londanpenda for making this a "experience"

[londonpenda]

Thank you csoutfitters.

I should enjoy this while you can, before takes it off.!

[aj777vxz]

the god of great music to bad 1983 never came for him jimi is the best may hey wacth all his little gutair players and help them get that kickass solo

[rubaloka]

Amazing! Sorry for the english, but what kind of person was Hendrix? He could play guitar with the teeth better than all the guitars that we have today! This sound is Amazing! How he got this Sound?!? Hendrix is the best!

[RustyShacklefordd]

magical man

[n2motocross]

the tune is beautiful.....the video is groovalicious... thanks for uploading man!

[londonpenda]

Glad you liked;)

If you can, save it before YT takes it off.

I'm being blitzed at the moment by YT taking my JH vids off.O.O.

[dapc59]

it's too bad they are removing some beautiful material. music as good as hendrix needs to be available to us to enhance our lives.

[foonatt]

i REALLY like the surfing sequences to go along with this song..unfortunately the same clip looped(a good clip though!!)

[flukeyballs269]

Just the man and his guitar the basis of creativity. He expands on this song on Electric Ladyland, but I like the raw thoughts. It gives you insight to his genius. So naked. His own phrasing, like talking to your soul with music.

[halo3iscool123]

SICK!!

[MyOtherBeaver]

Fuckin hell I knew I knew him from somewhere its garickjwawawawa I used to go to the same art class as him in venus.

Yeah there was me,Elvis,Jimi and Jesus it was fun.

Jesus got a bit much at times tho.

I remember jimi askin him what he thought about calling his album Electric Ladyland and Jesus said "There was two goats,one was fat,the other one not so,and each had his own ox and his freinds ox and" Jimi just said "its ok Ill ask someone else"

I gotta go this cracks not gonna smoke itself

[matrags]

lol.

[csoutfitters]

MAN! Shut up! Great music! It could do without your stupid a## thoughts!

[MyOtherBeaver]

hahaha made u look

[CLYDE488]

yes i agree

[smp156]

needs more reverb

hahaha, sorry

[stratdem]

dam i love this

[analka1]

amazing and haunting, hendrix was one of the greatest musical visionaries in any genre

[smp156]

actually, he was an inter-dimesional time-traveler. check out prophetjimi account on youtube. and read the book Rock Prophecy. Hendrix wasn't from planet earth. he might have been a venusian, there's a lot of Jovian surrounding him as well. although he might have been from an entirely different star-cluster all together.

[ShowBizComic]

Oh please. He was an acid-head, genious artist. If he soared thru other worlds and planets and dimensions, then so do we all. But he wasn't no damn alien.

[originalname33]

we do.

its called Astral Projection, we do it in our sleep every night.

and he WAS an alien; but that doesn't mean in that lifetime.

he said he had memories of his past incarnations, many years ago.

Jimi wasn't normal..his girlfriends talked about how he would meditate, astral project, and would even read their thoughts.

a lot of his lyrics are just his astral experiences, thats why they seem so non sensical.

[originalname33]

actually he said he was from an Asteroid Belt off of Mars.

he said you could ask him about it, because he remembered Mars that vividly.

[joincolors]

its all figurative speeking he belives his soul traveled but not litterally more of a figurative thing