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Originally Posted by Brain
Jimi Hendrix is the only artist that does the work of "Purple Haze" any justice. He has the vocals. The lead singing dude with "The Cure" is missing the maturity in the pipes. I'm not sure if the funky beat of The Cure is appropriate for that particular song. I can't take anything away from The Cure's artistic interpretations. They definitely have their own groove running. There's a multitude of artists/bands that covered Jimi's classic. None can get close to it, from what I've heard, there's no touching it.
iTunes let's you listen to a few bars of a particular piece. You don't have to buy anything, just download the player. I have a couple playlists set up on it, but I have'nt figured out how to sync it to my mp3 player. I'm also working to get those playlists to my Windows Media player, where it's a simply a click of a couple buttons, and it syncs.
You mentioned Elmore James, in an earlier post. Who didn't cover Elmore. He's one of the originators. Canned Heat covered "Rolling and Tumbling" with all the respect deserved. Stevie Ray Vaughn gets the tears flowing with his rendition of "The Sky is Crying". "It Hurts Me Too", covered by everyone and their brother, is one of the first blues songs I heard. Of course, Eric Clapton covered it, as did The Grateful Dead. The list goes on. Canned Heat gets my vote for the covering of "Rolling And Tumbling".
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I liked the cure's interpetation of the Purple haze because they did not try to duplicate Jimi's blazing guitar but the effects remind me of what the effects purple haze on a person. Not that I am for doing anything like that but from my wayback memory the version is "tripping" Robert Smiths vocals with the effects do what Jimi's guitar did for that song.
That is funny that mention rolling and tumbling,
Check out Bob Dylan's latest
"Modern Times" he covers that song.
The first time I heard the famous Elmore James riff was The Paul Butterfield blues band "Over yonders wall" that is a very long time ago with Mike Blumefield(now dead) on the guitar.