Favourite underrated Hendrix song

Littlejonny

Been listening to Are You Experienced this week…my god, it must have been exciting to be in the studio when that music was being created for the first time. 

So…what’s your favourite underrated / overlooked Jimi song?

im going with May This Be Love.

guitars4you

Not sure how to determine underrated - But you don't hear The Wind Cries Mary played to often and I love the tone on that track as well 

LionAquaLooper

Freedom

bobacco

I quite like ‘Earth Blues’. 

maharg101

House Burning Down, for one..

It may be underrated by others, but not by me. The tango rhythm, surreal lyric, vocal delivery, and that through-zero flanging on the sublime leads.

english_bob

you don't hear the studio version of The Star Spangled Banner much, but it's an insight in to a whole other side of Hendrix that you don't really expect. Multitracked, speeded-up and slowed-down guitar parts, all very carefully orchestrated. It's like Brian May before Brian May. I wonder if Brian heard it.

lovestrat74

Keefy

lovestrat74 said:

Beat me to it. There are various versions tucked away on the many posthumous albums. I really like the studio version on First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997), complete with Jimi asking, ‘Is the mic on?’

MikeP

Favourite recording is probably born under a bad sign but it's not his song. 

drofluf

guitars4you said:

Not sure how to determine underrated - But you don't hear The Wind Cries Mary played to often and I love the tone on that track as well 

That would be my choice too, but as that's been taken I'd go for "Third Stone from the Sun". Partly for nostalgia as, with hindsight it was the first Hendrix song I heard as it used to get played on BFBS when I was young. 

theatreanchor

Machine Gun. 

GoFish

Izabella, Fire, Drifting, Bold As Love... they're just so many and not a dud amongst them. I'm not sure I'd even be able to tell, there's something interesting on every track. imo, of course.

mudslide73

Castles Made Of Sand, Wait Until Tomorrow, Long Hot Summer Night, The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice.. the list is endless as the bar is so high (basically what @GoFish said). 

DrCornelius

@mudslide73 , I was about to say ‘ The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice’ too.  Cracking tune 

joeW

Driving south is Jimi at his best for me.  

Open_G

In no way is it underrated but as it’s not really one of the hits I’ll mention it. Little Wing for me is what made me sit up and say, wow… this guy can play!! 

rze99

I realise I haven’t listened to any Jimi in a long while . Thanks guys youve inspired me to go back and listen this weekend

Blueingreen

The Burning of the Midnight Lamp. I had access to the single as a kid when the only other Hendrix I’d heard were the big hits like Hey Joe and Purple Haze. I couldn’t get enough of it and I still feel the same on the rare occasions I hear it.

scrumhalf

The intro to Killing Floor from Monterey, and the rest of the song isn't bad, either.

The Wind Cries Mary is amazing when you think it was recorded in 20 minutes left over at the end of a session.

GoFish

mudslide73 said:

Castles Made Of Sand, Wait Until Tomorrow, Long Hot Summer Night, The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice.. the list is endless as the bar is so high (basically what @GoFish said). 

You've got 4 of the very best there. Long Hot Summer Night may be my favourite Jimi overall, just for the memories and positive vibes.

Col_Decker

51st Anniversary for me, and Stone Free