Sobre el álbum
El monumental doble álbum de 1968, Electric Ladyland, es la obra cumbre de The Jimi Hendrix Experience, la expresión definitiva del genio visionario de Jimi Hendrix. Este trabajo es un viaje épico y expansivo a través del rock psicodélico, el blues, el soul y la experimentación en el estudio, una obra de una ambición y una creatividad sin límites que sigue asombrando por su audacia.
Por esta razón, el álbum es una experiencia sonora inmersiva. Hendrix toma el control total de la producción y utiliza el estudio como un lienzo para pintar paisajes sonoros complejos y de múltiples capas. De hecho, el disco es famoso por sus largas improvisaciones, sus efectos de sonido y su uso innovador de la tecnología de grabación, como en la acuática "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)".
Además, el álbum contiene algunas de las canciones más icónicas de su carrera. Su versión del "All Along the Watchtower" de Bob Dylan es, sencillamente, una de las mejores de la historia, una reinterpretación que el propio Dylan reconoció como definitiva. Asimismo, temas como "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" o "Crosstown Traffic" son ejemplos perfectos de su increíble poder como guitarrista.
En resumen, "Electric Ladyland" es una obra magna, un testamento del genio de un artista en la cima de su poder creativo. Es un álbum que no solo rompió todas las barreras del rock, sino que también creó un universo sonoro único e irrepetible. Por consiguiente, es uno de los discos más importantes e influyentes de todos los tiempos.
Listado de Canciones
- And The Gods Made Love
- Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)2:12
- Crosstown Traffic2:25
Letra
You jump in front of my car when you, You know all the time that Ninety miles an hour, girl, is the speed I drive You tell me it's alright, you don't mind a little pain You say you just want me to take you for a ride You're just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I'm tryin' to get on the other side of town I'm not the only soul who's accused of hit and run Tire tracks all across your back I can see you had your fun But darlin' can't you see my signals turn from green to red And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead You're just like crosstown traffic So hard to get through to you Crosstown traffic I don't need to run over you Crosstown traffic All you do is slow me down And I got better things on the other side of town - Voodoo Chile15:05
- Little Miss Strange2:50
Letra
No one knows where she comes from Maybe she's a devil in disguise I can tell by looking in her eyes. Little miss strange Little miss strange. Little miss strange came into my parlor I don't know just what to ask her I don't remember what we did after. Little miss strange Little miss strange. Little miss strange came out of the darkness Walked across my head, I stood beneath the light I'm talkin' 'bout the dream I had the other night. Little miss strange Little miss strange. - Long Hot Summer Night3:30
Letra
It sure was a long long long hot summer night As far as my eyes could see Well my heart was way Down in a cold cold winter storm. Well my darlin' where can you be? Where can you be baby? Where can you be? There was three sugar walls and a two candy cane windows But the serious mood melted ah all those insight Everybody's on fire but I'm uh snowin' in a cold blizzard. Where are you on this ah hot cold summer? Where are you on this ah hot cold summer? Where are you on this ah hot cold summer night? Around about this time the telephone blew it's horn across the room Scared little Annie clean out of her mind and I tell ya Roman the Candle he peeps out of his peekaboo hide and seek And grabbed little Annie from the ceiling just in time And the telephone keeps on screamin'. Yeah yeah yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Hello said my shaked voice, well how you doin' I start to stutter look Ah can't cha tell I'm ah doin' Fine There was my baby talkin' she's way down 'cross the border. She says I'm gonna hurry to ya I've been a fool And I'm tired of cryin' Said I'm tired Jimi. Yes a long long long hot summer night As far as my eyes could see But I can ah feel the heat comin' on as my baby's gettin' closer. I'm so glad that my baby's comin' to rescue me So glad that my baby's comin' to rescue me So glad that my baby's comin' to rescue me Rescue, rescue me, rescue Rescue me, rescue Rescue, rescue, What'd I say Rescue me, rescue me Rescue, rescue me, rescue Rescue me. - Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)4:10
- Gypsy Eyes3:46
Letra
Well I realize that I've been hypnotized, I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes Alright! Hey! Gypsy. Way up in my tree I'm sitting by my fire Wond'rin' where in this world might you be And knowin' all the time you're still roamin' in the country side Do you still think about me? Oh my gypsy. Well I walked right on to your rebel roadside The one that rambles on for a million miles Yes I walk down this road searchin' for your love and ah my soul too But when I find ya I ain't gonna let go. I remember the first time I saw you The tears in your eyes look like they're tryin' to say Oh little boy you know I could love you But first I must make my get away Two strange men fightin' to the death over me today I'll try to meet cha by the old highway. Hey! Well I realize that I've been hypnotized, I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes I love your gypsy eyes Alright! I've been searchin' so long my feet have made me lose the battle Down against the road my weary knees they got me Off to the side I fall but I hear a sweet call My gypsy eyes is comin' and I've been saved. Oh I've been saved That's why I love you uh Said I love you Hey! Love you uh Lord I love you Hey! - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp3:44
Letra
The morning is dead and the day is too There's nothing left here to lead me, but the velvet moon All my loneliness I have felt today It's a little more than enough to make a man throw himself away And I continue to burn the Midnight Lamp, alone Now the smiling portrait of you Is still hanging on my frowning wall It really doesn't, it really doesn't bother me too much at all It's just the eh ever falling dust that makes it so hard for me to see That forgotten earring laying on the floor Facing coldly towards the door And I continue to burn the Midnight Lamp, all alone Burn! Yeah, yeah Lonely, lonely, lonely Loneliness is such a drag! So here I sit to face that same old fireplace Getting ready for the same old explosion Going through my mind And soon enough the time will tell About the circus in the wishing well And someone who will buy and sell for me Someone who will toll my bell And I continue to burn the same old lamp, alone Yeah Darling, can you hear me calling you? So lonely Gotto blow my mind Yeah, yeah Lonely, lonely. .. - Rainy Day, Dream Away3:43
- 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
- Moon, Turn The Tides...Gently Gently Away1:01
Letra
So down and down and down and down And down and down we go. Hurry my darling we mustn't be late For the show. Neptune champion games to an aqua World is so very dear. "Right this way," smiles a mermaid, I can hear Atlantis full of cheer. I can hear Atlantis full of cheer... I can hear Atlantis full of cheer... - Still Raining, Still Dreaming4:24
Letra
Rainy day, rain all day Ain't no use in gettin' uptight Just let it groove it's own way Let it drain your worries away yeah Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back Oh yeah! Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and, lay back, lay back, lay back and groove. Ooh Aaaah! Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back and dream on a rainy day. Still rainin' still dreamin'. - House Burning Down4:35
Letra
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Somebody's house is burnin' down down, down down Down, down, down. Well I asked my friend where is that black smoke comin' from? He just coughed and changed the subject and said oh wa I think it might Snow some So I left him sippin' his tea an' I jumped in my chariot And rode off to see just why and who could it be this time. Sisters and brothers daddys mothers standin' 'round cryin' When I reached the scene the flames were makin' a ghostly whine So I stood on my horse's back an' I screamed without a crack I say oh baby why'd you burn your brother's house down? Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Look out the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burnin' down down, down down Look out the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burnin' down down, down down down. Well someone stepped from the crowd he was nineteen miles high He shouts retired and disgusted so we paint red through the sky I said the truth is straight ahead so don't burn yourself instead Try to learn instead of burn, hear what I say, yeah, yeah. So I fin'ly rode away but I'll never forget that day 'Cause when I reached the valley I looked way down cross the way A giant boat from space landed with eerie grace And came and taken all the dead away. Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! What'd I say. Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burning down down, down down Look at the sky turn a hell fire red Lord Somebody's house is burning down down, down down Look at the sky, look at the sky. Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Oh baby. - All Along The Watchtower4:01
Letra
"There must be some kind of way out of here," Said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief. Businessman they drink my wine, Plowman dig my earth None will level on the line, nobody offered his word, hey" "No reason to get excited," The thief, he kindly spoke "There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke But you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late" All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants, too Outside in the cold distance A wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl *Buisness man there, drink my wine, Come and take my herb. - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)5:14
Letra
Well, I stand up next to A mountain And I chop it down with the edge of my hand Yeah Well, I stand up next to A mountain And I chop it down with the edge of my hand Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island Might even raise A little sand Yeah Cause I'm A voodoo child Lord knows I'm A voodoo child baby You better listen when I say I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time I'll give it right back to ya one of these days Hahaha I said I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time I'll give it right back one of these days Oh yeah If I don't meet you no more in this world then uh I'll meet ya on the next one And don't be late Don't be late Cause I'm A voodoo child voodoo child Lord knows I'm A voodoo child Hey hey hey I'm A voodoo child baby I don't take no for an answer Question no Yeah