Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the U.S. after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the U.S.; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in utilizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."
Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year, and in 1968, Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.
Cocaine
Jimi Hendrix Lyrics
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If you want to get down, get down on the ground, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine
If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine
When your day is done and you got to run, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine
If your thing is gone and you want to ride on, cocaine
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back, cocaine
At first glance, Jimi Hendrix's song "Cocaine" may seem like an endorsement of the drug, but upon closer examination, it reveals a much darker message. The lyrics reflect the destructive power of addiction and how cocaine can manipulate and control those who use it. The chorus "She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine" refers to the way that the drug can take hold of a person's life and distort their sense of reality. The song is structured around the idea that when you're feeling down, cocaine can give you a temporary high, but in the end, it will leave you feeling worse off and wanting more.
The first verse is about using cocaine to impress or please a woman, in a way that suggests the drug is necessary to get her attention. The second verse talks about using cocaine to escape negative emotions or situations, once again highlighting how the drug is used to seek refuge from uncomfortable feelings. The third verse is about using cocaine to feel good and enjoy oneself, despite facing the consequences of addiction. And finally, the last verse warns about the irreversible harm caused by cocaine and how it can take away everything that's important in life.
Overall, "Cocaine" is a cautionary tale against the destructive power of addiction and how it can take over one's life. The use of the female pronoun in the chorus creates the sense that cocaine is personified as a seductress, luring people in with false promises of pleasure and escape.
Line by Line Meaning
If you want to hang out, you've got to take her out, cocaine
If you want to spend time with this drug, you have to acquire it through illegal means
If you want to get down, get down on the ground, cocaine
If you want to fully experience the effects of this drug, you need to physically get down on the ground
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine
The drug is perceived as truthful and reliable, never deceiving or disappointing the user
If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine
Using the drug can numb emotional pain or alleviate negative feelings in the short term
When your day is done and you got to run, cocaine
After a long day, using this drug can provide a burst of energy for further activity
If your thing is gone and you want to ride on, cocaine
If you've lost something important to you, taking this drug can create a temporary escape or distraction
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back, cocaine
The drug can be highly addictive and can permanently alter the brain and body of the user
Contributed by Isaiah M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Lyrics
Its getting near dawn,
When lights close their tired eyes.
Ill soon be with you my love,
To give you my dawn surprise.
Ill be with you darling soon,
Ill be with you when the stars start falling.
Ive been waiting so long
To be where Im going
In the sunshine of your love.
Im with you my love,
The lights shining through on you.
Yes, Im with you my love,
Its the morning and just we two.
Ill stay with you darling now,
Ill stay with you till my seas are dried up.
Chorus
Second verse
Ive been waiting so long
Ive been waiting so long
Ive been waiting so long
To be where Im going
In the sunshine of your love.
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@@ethnicleanserberg7975 the music of the video is not cocaine and it's not jimi hendrix, the song is called sunshine of your love and it's a cream song, this guy made a joke saying that the real slim shady is pink floyd, but it's not, it's an eminem song, he just made the same joke as the video
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@@yagopereira5067 4 months late but thanks bro!