Axis: Bold As Love es un álbum de Jimi Hendrix, publicado en 1967. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «EXP», «Up From The Skies», «Spanish Castle Magic» y «Wait Until Tomorrow».
Sobre el álbum
El segundo álbum de The Jimi Hendrix Experience, una gran obra de la psicodelia, es una pieza clave en la discografía de Jimi Hendrix. "Axis: Bold as Love", lanzado a finales de 1967, apenas unos meses después de su debut, es un trabajo que expande la riqueza sonora de la banda, adentrándose en territorios más melódicos, atmosféricos y líricos.
El sonido del disco es más sofisticado y sutil que el de su predecesor. Jimi Hendrix comienza a experimentar de manera más profunda con los efectos de estudio, como el phasing y el flanger, creando paisajes sonoros etéreos y de una belleza sobrecogedora. De hecho, el álbum muestra una faceta más introspectiva y romántica del guitarrista.
El disco contiene algunas de las composiciones más hermosas de su carrera. "Little Wing", con su icónica introducción de guitarra a través de un altavoz Leslie, es una de las baladas más influyentes de la historia del rock. Asimismo, temas como "Castles Made of Sand" o la canción que da título al disco, "Bold as Love", con su espectacular final de guitarra, demuestran su increíble madurez como compositor.
"Axis: Bold as Love" es una joya de la psicodelia. Es un álbum que, si bien no tiene la crudeza de su debut, gana en profundidad, belleza y complejidad. Es la prueba de la increíble y rápida evolución de un genio que, en apenas unos meses, fue capaz de crear otra creación notable atemporal.
Listado de Canciones
- EXP1:55
Letra
Announcer: (mitch mitchell) Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to radio station exp. Tonight we are Ffeaturing an interview with a very peculiar Looking gentlemen who goes by the name of mr. Paul corusoe, on the dodogy subject of are there Or are there not flying saucers or... Ahem, Ufo's. Please mr corusoe, pleased could you Give your regarded opinion on this nonsense About spaceships and even space people. Mr corusoe: (jimi hendrix) Thank you. As you all know, you just can't Believe everything you see and hear, can you. Now, If you will excuse me, is must be on my way. Announcer: (mitch mitchell) Bu... But, but... I, i, don't Believe it - Up From The Skies2:55
Letra
I just want to talk to you I won't uh, do you no harm I just want to know about your diff'rent lives On this is here people farm I heard some of you got your families Living in cages tall and cold And some just stay there and dust away Past the age of old. Is this true? Please let me talk to you. I just wanna know about The rooms behind your minds Uh do I see a vacuum there Or am I going blind? Or is it just uh, remains of vibrations And echoes long ago? Uh things like "Love the world" and uh Uh "Let your fancy flow" Is this true? Please let me talk to you Let me talk to you. I have lived here before The days of ice And of course this is why I'm so concerned And I come back to find The stars misplaced And the smell of a world That is burned A smell of a world That is burned. Yeah well, maybe, hmm... Maybe it's just a... Change of climate Hmm, hmm... Well I can dig it I can dig it baby I just want to see. So where do I purchase my ticket? I'd just like to have a ringside seat I want to know about the new Mother Earth I want to hear and see everything I want to hear and see everything I want to hear and see everything Yeah... Aww, shucks If my daddy could see me now Everything, everything, everything, oh everything. - Spanish Castle Magic3:00
Letra
It's very far away It takes about a half and a day to get there If we travel by my uh, dragon-fly No it's not in Spain But all the same you know, it's a groovy name And the wind's just right. Hey! Hang on my darling Hang on if you wanna go Here it's a really groovy place It's uh, just a little bit of uh, said uh, Spanish Castle Magic. The clouds are really low And they overflow with cotton candy And battle grounds red and brown But it's all in your mind Don't think your time on bad things Just float your little mind around Look out! Ow! Hang on my darling, yeah Hang on if you wanna go Get on top, really let me groove baby with uh Just a little bit of Spanish Castle Magic. Yeah baby, Here's some Yeah, ok babe, ok It's still all in your mind babe Oww! Yeah! Ah! Hang on my darling, hey Hang on, hang on if you wanna go And it's happening, oh no, damn hey! That's right baby, listen A little bit of Spanish Castle Magic Hey! Little bit of Spanish Castle Magic Hey hey! I can't uh, sing this song, no Yeah, ok baby Get on baby Yeah It's all in your mind baby Little bit of daydream here and there Oh! Yeah! Ooh! Yeah! Ow! Ev'rything's gonna be alright! - Wait Until Tomorrow3:00
Letra
Well, I'm standing here, freezing, inside your golden garden Uh got my ladder, leaned up against your wall Tonight's the night we planned to run away together Come on Dolly Mae, there's no time to stall But now you're telling me... I think we better wait till tomorrow Hey, yeah, hey (I think we better wait till tomorrow) Girl, what 'chu talkin' 'bout? (I think we better wait till tomorrow) Yeah, yeah, yeah Got to make sure it's right, so until tomorrow, goodnight. Oh, what a drag. Oh, Dolly Mae, how can you hang me up this way? Oh, on the phone you said you wanted to run off with me today Now I'm standing here like some turned down serenading fool Hearing strange words stutter from the mixed mind of you And you keep tellin' me that ah... I think we better wait till tomorrow What are you talkin' 'bout? (I think we better wait till tomorrow) No, can't wait that long (I think we better wait till tomorrow) Oh, no Got to make sure it's right, until tomorrow, goodnight, oh. Let's see if I can talk to this girl a little bit here... Ow! Dolly Mae, girl, you must be insane So unsure of yourself leaning from your unsure window pane Do I see a silhouette of somebody pointing something from a tree? Click bang, what a hang, your daddy just shot poor me And I hear you say, as I fade away... We don't have to wait till tomorrow Hey! We don't have to wait till tomorrow What you say? (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) It must have been right, so forever, goodnight, listen at 'cha. (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Ah! Do I have to wait? Don't have to wait (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) It's a drag on my part (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Don't have to wait, uh, hmm! Ah, no! (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Don't have to wait, don't have to wait, yeah! (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Don't have to wait, don't have to wait (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Oh, oh I won't be around tomorrow, yeah! (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Don't have to wait (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Goodbye, bye bye! (We don't have to wait till tomorrow) Oh, what a mix up Oh, you gotta be crazy, hey, ow! Don't have to wait till tomorrow. - Ain't No Telling1:46
- Little Wing2:24
Letra
Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind That's running wild Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams And fairly tales, That's all she ever thinks about Riding with the wind When I'm sad she comes to me With a thousand smiles She gives to me free It's alright, she says It's alright Take anything you want from me Anything Fly on, little wing - If 6 Was 95:32
Letra
Yeah) (Sing a song, brother) If the sun refused to shine, I don't mind, I don't mind. (Yeah) If the mountains fell in the sea, Let it be, it ain't me. Got my own world to live through And I ain't gonna copy you. Now, if 6 turned up to be 9, I don't mind, I don't mind. If all the hippies cut off all their hair, I don't care, I don't care. Dig, cause I got my own world to live through And I ain't gonna copy you. White-collar conservatives flashing down the street Pointing their plastic finger at me. They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die, But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high. .. High! Hah, hah Fall mountains, just don't fall on me Go on mister Businessman, You can't dress like me. Nobody know what I'm talking about I've got my own life to live I'm the one that's gotta die When it's time for me to die So let me live my life the way... I want to. Yeah. .. Sing on brother, Play on brother. .. - You Got Me Floatin'2:45
- Castles Made Of Sand2:46
Letra
Down the street you can hear her scream you're a disgrace As she slams the door in his drunken face And now he stands outside And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool He cries oh, girl you must be mad, What happened to the sweet love you and me had? Against the door he leans and starts a scene, And his tears fall and burn the garden green And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually A little Indian brave who before he was ten, Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends And he built up a dream that when he grew up He would be a fearless warrior Indian Cheif Many moons past and more the dream grew strong until Tomorrow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle But something went wrong, surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually There was a young girl, who's heart was a frown Cause she was crippled for life, And she couldn't speak a sound And she wished and prayed she could stop living, So she decided to die She drew her wheelchair to the edge of the shore And to her legs she smiled you wont hurt me no more But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say Look a golden winged ship is passing my way And it really didn't have to stop, it just kept on going... And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually - She's So Fine2:37
- One Rainy Wish3:40
Letra
Golden rose, the color of the dream I had Not too long ago A misty blue and the lilac too A never to grow old. A there you were under the tree of song Sleeping so peacefully In your hand a flower played A waiting there for me. I have never Laid eyes on you Not like a before This timeless day A but you woke and ya ha Oh, ya smiled my name And you stole My heart away A stole my heart away little girl, yeah All right ! Golden rose, the color of the dream I had Not too long ago Misty blue and lilac too A never to grow old. Golden rose, the color of the dream I had Misty blue and lilac too Golden rose, the color of the dream I had Misty blue and lilac too Gold and rose, gold are rose, gold and rose. It's only a dream I'd love to tell somebody about this dream The sky was filled with a thousand stars While the sun kissed the mountains blue And eleven moons played across rainbows Above me and you. Gold and rose the color of the velvet walls surround us. - Little Miss Lover2:20
Letra
Little miss lover, Where have you been in this world for so long Well, I love A lover that feels like you Would you like to tag along? Well I really don't need any help little girl But I believe you could help me out anyway Ah sack it to me Would you believe babe I've been looking for A sole That feels like you For some time Excuse me wihile I see If the gypsy in me is right If you don't mind Well he signals me ok So I think it's safe to say I'm gonna make A play Ah yeah See me walk towards you baby Ah give me some Oh get into it Hey hey little miss lover Well now, there's so much you and me can discover And I think we should start, we should start right now, baby Hey little miss lover Ah little miss lover Yeah little miss lover Ah baby Ah look at me baby Litte miss lover Hey baby Hey! Etc. - Bold As Love4:09
Letra
Anger he smiles tow'ring shiny metallic purple armour. Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him. Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground. Blue are the life giving waters taking for granted, They quietly understand. Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready, But wonder why the fight is on. But they're all, bold as love. Yeah, they're all bold as love. Yeah, they're all bold as love. Just ask the Axis. My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war And ribbons of euphoria. Orange is young, full of daring but very unsteady for the first go 'round. My yellow in this case is no so mellow. In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me. And all of these emotions of mine keep holding me From giving my life to a rainbow like you. But I'm a yeah, I'm bold as love, Yeah yeah. Well, I'm bold, bold as love. Hear me talkin', girl. I'm bold as love. Just ask the Axis. He knows everything. Yeah, yeah.