Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner (Woodstock) 1969

[mysterychain78]

uhhhm thats just crap no saying i dont like him as a guitarist but he just screwed america right there :|

[ZyklonHuffer]

...Is he playing a right handed guitar left handed? lol

[RedRosesCA]

Jimi>Page>Clapton>Van Halen

[ModernVince]

I bet 50% of the crowd is on acid and had half of their brain exploding

[supercosplaypro]

'Merica!

[eddiethebulldog]

i watched a special on woodstock and they discussed this performance and I have to agree with them....they said that all the trangressions of the 60s and 70s, vietnam and the civil rights movement, was expressed in that solo

[aliciabrooke1000]

My mind has been blown.

[millerman1669]

i wonder if he was high.....yup he was. 3 minutes and forty five sec to play a minute fifteen maybe minute thirty tops.....high as FUCK!!!! love it!!!!

[jbbn2011]

@TheRedfury96 Oh I have great taste in music! Never did like Jimi Hendrix anyways, just curious to see how he did it. I grew up listening to Motown, so FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!

[Charrasca]

Its amazing how he played with thos giagatic hands.

[FlamingTrumpets]

@Charrasca having large hands helped with his playing style, he used his thumb to fret the e string, opening up a bunch of possibilities for the rest of his fretting hand. The dude was frigging awesome.

[Charrasca]

Is so good that the drummer is quiet.

[theodoregrimes]

Richard Nixon dislikes this

[1FishmanFish1]

AWESOME. FUCK YOU IF U DONT LIKE IT

[ImMIIke]

Lol jimie was so tripin on lsd on this video !

[zombofreakazoid]

Played this version for the school talent show. The principal didn't know I was doing this version. She was mad.

[tutuzella]

and that's how he orgasmed...

[dcsk8tr97]

I guess what kurt cobain said was true. "Its better to burn out than to fade away." gotta love rock and roll

[taffassgaj]

@dcsk8tr97 *Neil Young (Cobain just quoted the lyrics from Young's song "my my hey hey") Now you know!

[KTMisFORfaggots]

shut up woman!

[ForgottenSwagg]

Damn commies disliking this .

[gronksauce]

Any one ever heard of the 'faked' record that was released in the early 70's called: Moods. ? It says it's a bunch of Hendrix jams, but I guess they weren't legitimate. I just thought it was kinda interesting.

[Awolfx]

The star spangled banner the right way.

[jbbn2011]

Took him long enough, sounded like shit anyways

[TheRedfury96]

@jbbn2011 FUCK YOU, obviously u hav no taste in music

[Lemmy887]

S ST STA STAR STAR S STAR SP STAR SPA STAR SPAN STAR SPANG STAR SPANGL STAR SPANGLE STAR SPANGLED STAR SPANGLED B STAR SPANGLED BA STAR SPANGLED BAN STAR SPANGLED BANN STAR SPANGLED BANNE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

[Lemmy887]

Oh say can you see the THUMBS UP

[Rennecillo93]

the beast concer of history... :)

[cavemansmaaash]

In this playing of the Star Spangled banner, Jimi shows you the Vietnam war. In his playing, you can hear the crashing of napalm, the gunfire, people dying, and yet.. hope.

[MrPedro07]

Im not American but this is awesome! America!

[jordanfb13]

merica!

[DrummerRidley101]

The crowd look so shocked

[ghsdfghsfghfghfgn]

@DrummerRidley101 most of them are on LSD

[hammer8582]

Jimi Hendrix star spangled banner is better than Ted Nugent version

[alvinleefan]

Love Jimi. Saw him live in 1970 at the L.A. Forum. Stupendous. But my heart belongs to Alvin Lee. He is still rocking' at 67. Wish Jimi and Janis and Otis were still here.

[jaironuclear]

vietnam, the unjust war! peace and love.

[HoseaCider]

Best player ever. Period.

[SixBark]

Yeah i hope that Guitar was 18+

[TheASHER1111]

@SixBark dosent matter 18+ dosent mean that she can be violently raped

[JeppanFFS]

I wonder if that crowd realised that they were watching something historical..

[MercyCWDancing]

It sounds a lot like "All To Much" by The Beatles at 2:52-3:07

[scizotts]

PROBLEM! First, the preceding song, and the fade-in to PURPLE HAZE (an equally significant cultural "reflection" - if not statement - and a CLASSIC lead-in) were hacked off both ends. This is only the sensationalism of the NATIONAL ANTHEM, whereas the set was a PERFORMANCE OF HIS ART. I mean, enjoy this lovely bit - BUT - I have yet to see anyone post the SET as a complete, independent work of medley ART. Please someone do it. I can't afford a WOODSTOCK movie just for that sake.

[scizotts]

@scizotts Also, not only was Purple Haze edited out, they edited-IN an applause scene from SOMETHING ELSE. PURE UNADULTERATED SACRILEGE !!

[shawnmarob]

@scizotts -Jimi was ahead of his time I believe, my opinion.... but he also fit that time perfectly.... stereotyping Jimi, or wanted him banned to me was UN American.. you don't have to like his music but his talent was timeless. To this day most people think he died of heroine... myth... he wasn't honoring our troops and the US....sad.... he deserves better imho.

[scizotts]

@shawnmarob ? Why did you direct this response at ME? By the way, you last "sentence" makes little sense (I never heard that he died of female HEROES), so feel free to rewrite it when you respond to whoever you really MEANT to respond to.

[shawnmarob]

@shawnmarob -actually i was agreeing and just making an add on to your comment,,,, seems this site only do i ever have this problem, anyway thanks for the spelling lesson- and when I said "you" meant in general to anyone reading the post.. peace

[MrSpencee3]

how the hell can people dislike this.

[scizotts]

@MrSpencee3 People with an AMURICUN FLAYUG pole up their ass!

[ledzeppelin689]

@MrSpencee3 they were locked in a room, stripped of their jimi hendrix CDs, and had Justin Bieber "sing" before them for 10 days and nights

[ehickey73]

@MrSpencee3 cause they arent Americans

[debowh]

@MrSpencee3 they dislike it for attention

[jipak93]

The only version on the guitar that mattered.

[incutat]

@jipak93 gee i think its a free country and live music from the 60's and 70's is far beyond coming close to You Tube. I believe we are all intitled to our own opinions and i say fuck yours!

[incutat]

I wish Jimi was still alive and well today. No one can play the guitar like him. Pure talent unlike any other.

[ddbarnes11]

@incutat He was not the only one, how do you think the other rock legends learned? Oh I guess they had youtube back in the late 60's and early 70's huh?

[poosie52]

"God, I Love That Man"!!!

[YalkOne]

whale brains are hemorrhaging from the sonar on war ships

monsanto created agent orange

war for oil

Ron Paul 2012

[VENOM5865]

84 dislikers!!!!! hmm must be nazis

[hrel20]

wish you were HERE

[cmonCOLBY]

i bet he had like 5 tabs of acid under his bandana... oh jimi

[scizotts]

@cmonCOLBY or "under his BELT"!

[nearlnathanearlnearl]

This hurts my brain in a good way!

[Naidenov777]

painful with love

[lethalkittens]

its a shame the more recent woodstocks sucked but you cant expect them to be as good as that!

[MMAboi1126]

So. Much. Acid

[jagdpanther13]

Our problem is that the US act like we have to rule the world, we have military bases in all foreign countries for no reason we need to learn to focus on our own problems not with our noses in other countries' businesses

[greenday0319]

@jagdpanther13 well it was created before us this problem. when we went through an imperialistic time when teddy r said " speak softly but carry a big stick" he turned us into complete douchebags and we became the country who was trying to fix everything.

[iamironman662]

does anyone see a relationship between now and the 60's. I guess american government didn't know their past and were doomed to repeat it

[kcherick1]

Fkin still sick today : )

[kewlppl012]

DUBSTEP?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Markzbach]

@kewlppl012 No.

[Sneakz4Weekz17]

How can people not like this. An amazing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

[ibeawakened]

And NO NO NO, the racist ass troops DON'T DO SHIT FOR ME, MLK AND MALCOLM X DIED FOR ANY SEMBLEMCE OF SO CALLED CORPORATE FREEDOM I have today. AND THE CONSTITUTION GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO DEFEND MY DAMN SELF.

Take that NAZI DOUBLESPEAK ELSEWHERE, Building 7 and Urban moving systems IS ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

"CRIMINAL GOVERNMENTS, CORPORATE MEDIA, COMATOSE PUBLIC:THE PERFECT COMBINATION TO PERMANENTLY ERADICATE THE HUMAN SPECIES." JOHN K. : A TRUE CRITICAL THINKING HUMAN.

[LedZeppelin420x]

@ibeawakened Man get off that shit no one wants to hear it

[KoolKat2004]

@ibeawakened Innocent Iraqis and Afghanis? The hell are you talking about? America is fighting against TERRORISM, not Iraq and Afghanistan!

[chino195798]

@KoolKat2004 I really hope you don't ever disgrace this earth with children.

[SuperBspb]

@KoolKat2004 Yeah, sure. What about the millions of civilians killed and the massive amount of heroin the government imports from Afghanistan.

[ibeawakened]

What madness is this, THIS IS A PROTEST SONG!, Hendrix was OF THE PEOPLE AND SPOKE MANY TIMES ABOUT THE EVIL US IMPERIALIST RACIST REGIME, how dare you act like HE SUPPORTED THE EVIL OF THIS COUNTRY! Listen to the bombs and guns firing at INNOCENT VIETNAMESE, JUST LIKE THEY FIRE ON INNOCENT IRAQIS AND AFGHANI'S. If Hendrix was alive today, he would be speaking AGAINST the NAZI RACIST US REGIME! I wipe my ass with the flag AND MY ALLEGIANCE IS TO THE CONSTITUTION. Illuminati doublespeak LIVES!

[yankee22167]

that gave me a headache......

[toolfan5566]

the most truly american thing i've ever seen

[EvilSatanBabyFromHel]

I would have given both my nuts to be there that faithful warm day of april.Too bad i still wasnt born :@ !

[jmat412]

@EvilSatanBabyFromHel boy you would of gotten a crappy deal if you gave your balls up to be there in april. i will be your agent and negotiate that you lose your nuts to be there in august instead

[ludwig12344321]

Dumb ass need to tune !!!!!!

[timeischemical]

i hope black people like him is nice even they were using weeds

[DietPomPoms]

Woodstock 3 Anyone?

[TheGrim4746]

who the hell dislikes this i wanna know seriously cause its prob some one who is from another country that hate us Americans

[adambennettful]

@TheGrim4746 I'm an old hippie who loves Hendrixs' music. I only regret that i missed woodstock.

[1lostsoldier1]

I'll give Jimi his credits but man that was 30 some 40 yrs ago.

[pumpmykicksbitch1]

@1lostsoldier1 why does that matter

[bulldurham89]

god i was born 20 years to late, dam

[BKXer97]

This is the why can't every National Anthem Be like this?

[fleroviumUuq]

@fritz51352 Where did you get this footage?

[adambennettful]

@fleroviumUuq cruising youtube, but it's in the dvds of Woodstock

[TheTruthMusicDoubleT]

falg this for porn jimi having sex with feedback around 1:00

[IXSOBAKEDXI]

Second coolest guy of all time next to Frank Zappa

[TheInvalidChronicles]

Wow Paul wasn't kidding upside down strat plus no locking trem that must of been a pain

[ThreeLions89]

Unfortunately I wasn`t there :(

[HoseaCider]

Great solo,

[jwh1999]

Black people, don't respond to the racist comments below, he just looking for attention and trouble

[StrawberryOwl1]

Jimi Hendrix did actually try to show the people something. I'm sure the most of our generation would just sit in the sofa and not giving a shit, but this awesome man actually showed that he cares. Jimi laid machine gun, bombs, explosions, answer screams in the song.

This man is just a big man, I wished there were more of them now.

[africandude1]

@NERV361 Ha ha whatever. He could play better with his teeth than you could with your hands. Named the best guitarist to live. Dumbass.

[DreamlandSociety]

@NERV361 someones a little angry did a black man hurt you feelings :(

[Fizzipop13]

@NERV361 I dont what screen you're looking at but that's God right there. If you saw Jimi Hendrix you would drop dead at that split second you can't handle his awesomeness.

[Homework293]

@NERV361 dude you will get no where in life with an attitude like that. grow up

[MrFranklinWest]

@NERV361 Oh, what's that? You just threatened the president's life? Keep it up. Go to a government building and say that. You won't will you? You'll start shit on the internet for the anonymity but you'll shit and hide in a corner when the real world comes calling. America is founded by immigrants. Never think you're so pure blooded and special. Yes, it's obvious you're trolling, but this is for all of the little bastards who read your comment and think there's more to it than ignorant, babble.

[SuperJohncenarko]

@NERV361 alright.

[SpartanB269]

@NERV361 Then get back on the Mayflower and sail the fuck back to Europe, last time I checked it was white people who brought over the Africans to work because you were having trouble taming my people, F.Y.I, I have no problem with white people, just pompous white people who think that they have the right to kick other people out when they're technically immigrants to.

[dol1ey2005]

@SpartanB269 Yep. Agreed.

[adambennettful]

@SpartanB269 I thought Hendrix did the greatest job on the anthem. He even got the sound of the rockets and bombs. I'm an old hippie and not prejudice at all. In fact my wife is jamaican. I put up with the anti-hippie prejudice in the late 60's. Also my family is Jewish and a lot of them got gassed and baked. Also my family was in Europe in the days of slavery. You really misjudged me!!!!!!!!!!!Peace and love

[SpartanB269]

@adambennettful Dude I didn't say anything about you, I was talking to a different guy.

[SuperJohncenarko]

@NERV361 thank you. Nugent plays the best. niggers rullin the country now sad

[MrJessekayoat]

@SuperJohncenarko Completely inappropriate statement. Good music is good music. It's the one thing that brings this whole world of diversity together. Hendrix was a beyond amazing guitarist, it isn't a competition.

[MrJessekayoat]

@NERV361 I am assuming you are white? By your logic this would mean only NATIVE AMERICANS would be able to play it. I think it's asinine that you think you are better than someone who has just as much a right to be here as you or any other color person. You sound of ignorance. Jimi Hendrix is no more or less American than any other man. So get off your high horse. Bottom line, you are an immigrant as well, so you have no room to speak. You sound like an idiot.

[Arthro92]

@NERV361

there was an old saying that the first person in the prayer line at church, needed christ the most. well, you personify that saying.

[adambennettful]

@Arthro92 don't really understand your message. I think Hendrix was a great innovative guitar player! I'm an old hippie and definitely don't need church!

[TheJfaith1221]

@TheseYeahThese truth

[TheJoeZohan]

why can't they play this in school even morning

[epicfail424]

they play this song in the japanese anime eyeshield21

[RunInterviews]

Too Strange to Live--Too Rare to Ever Die

[grantzemail3]

@durrettcr15 @noless @Mattchewisa7x FUCK THE GOVERNMENT! LISTEN TO THE DAMN MUSIC YOU STUPID FUCKS! SMOKE SOME WEED AND LISTEN....

[anandr308]

This is how the Founding Fathers meant for it to sound

[Furtraderrim]

@anandr308 Except their version had the genius behind the guitar on a field somewhere picking cotton.

[curemymind]

@anandr308 Francis Scott is the person who actually heard it like this. With all them bombs going off, and yet the flag was still there :)... It's good to know history and have a passion for music...

[Pacman117productions]

@anandr308 You mean Francis Scott Key.

[101rabit]

No digital shite there and a true master of his guitar. Pass me my staaash again.

[adambennettful]

@101rabit sorry to say i'm watching this again and my staaaash has run dry!!!1111

[Mattchewisa7x]

@durrettcr15 The Republican party started out of Anti-Slavery Democrats, Whigs, and Free-soil party members.

[himjl2]

Would the German lady shut up so I can hear the song?

[TheseYeahThese]

FYI if anybody doesn't know///

Jimi incorporates bomb sounds and machine guns firing

into the song be cause of the Vietnam war going on at the time

[jimmyspin2fast]

@TheseYeahThese YES!! I was just going to post that, and you are so right.

[IXSOBAKEDXI]

@TheseYeahThese If you didnt know that your ears dont deserve the plesure of hearing this masterpiece

[Rudejack007]

Only Hendrix could perform a butchering on a song and make it better

[temporaryfailure4444]

i think alot of people play it just as good as jimi... but this is an epic stage, and jimi is far more like able than alot of musicians

[OttoLund]

Nice :)

abeldanger(dot)net

[Trower22]

ça chie des breizhs!

[AntonioRepiso]

did jimi ever comment on this performance? i know a lot of people say he was echoing his anti-war sentiments through this slightly skewed performance of the US anthem.... just wondering if he himself ever spoke about it?

[rangel6301]

@AntonioRepiso yes theres a vid about stating "i thought it was beautiful" here on youtube

[miamiwax]

he plays it just like black people sing it.. awesome.

[jackal27984]

Shut the fuck up Bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[steve9563]

1:28 son of a bitch! howd he do that??! sounds just like a plane droping a bomb, people screaming, gunfire, and all manner of crazy shit damn

[jammysau]

people say "oh B.B makes the guitar scream like a lady", i think jimi rapes one inside out

[Blink41ColdRomance]

listen to that chick orgasm...no that was me

[MemphisMaru]

Wow.... The Greatest EVER.... and left handed ..OMG

[jimmyspin2fast]

70 people hate America.

[durrettcr15]

@jimmyspin2fast Must be republicans. they despise black people.

[noless]

@durrettcr15 republicans despise black people? there are black republicans you know

[WillmaticVideo]

Alot of people don't get it! I do! Genius!

[MrMrPlop]

jimi hendrix is the guitarist thats a fact not a opinion 

[lburdick6]

im 14 and hes my favorite musician ever

[midevil656]

@lburdick6 cool story, bro.

[MultiBonzo]

who dislike this? WADEVAQH!!!

[Fealinrin]

3:07 Jimi, my soul is yours.

Moja dusza jest Twoja.

[PBGSURFER65]

Iconic.

[axjtjf]

I like Jimi.. but that was terrible

[sk8planb340]

@axjtjf He made it sound like that on purpose as if bombs were going off truly a masterpiece, sinifying vietnam