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.
Get Out My Life
Jimi Hendrix Lyrics
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Get out my life woman
You don't love me no more
Get out my life woman
You don't love me no more
Get out my eyes teardrops
I got to see my way around
I got to see my way around
Get out my life, heartaches
Nothin' but heartaches by the pound
Get off my ladder, woman
I got to climb up to the top
Get off my ladder, woman
There is nothin that can make me stop
Get out the way, woman
I got to be movin' on
Get out the way, woman
I got to be movin' on
Get out the way, woman
I got to be movin' on
I'm sorry I've got leave you
The song "Get Out My Life Woman" by Jimi Hendrix is a blues rock anthem that was released in 1969. The lyrics of the song deal with a relationship that has gone sour and a man's desperate attempt to move on. The repeated lines "You don't love me no more, get out my life woman" suggest that the woman in question is no longer interested in the relationship and the man wants her out of his life. The lyrics express the emotional turmoil that the man is going through and his desire to be free from the pain of heartbreak.
The song is a prime example of Jimi Hendrix's skill as a blues-based guitarist. The opening riff and solos throughout the song showcase his incredible ability to play the guitar with precision and soul. The song is also notable for its use of horns, which adds a funky element to the blues rock foundation of the tune. The horns come in during the chorus, creating a catchy melody that is impossible not to sing along with. The lyrics of the song may be simple, but they are powerful and to the point, which only adds to the impact of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
You don't love me no more
You have lost all feelings for me and have stopped loving me
Get out my life woman
I want you to leave me alone and stay out of my life altogether
Get out my eyes teardrops
I need to stop crying because I have things that need to be done
I got to see my way around
I need to see clearly so I can move forward in my life
Get out my life, heartaches
I need to get rid of all the pain and suffering caused by this past relationship
Nothin' but heartaches by the pound
This relationship has caused a lot of pain and suffering, and it feels like it's never-ending
Get off my ladder, woman
I need to climb the ladder of success without you holding me back
I got to climb up to the top
I am determined to make something of myself and be successful
There is nothin that can make me stop
Nothing will stand in my way of achieving my goals and dreams
Get out the way, woman
I need to move on with my life and you are in my way
I got to be movin' on
I need to leave this past relationship behind and move forward with my life
I'm sorry I've got leave you
I regret that our relationship did not work out, but it is time for us to part ways
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Allen Toussaint
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