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.
Hear my train comin´
Jimi Hendrix Lyrics
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Well I wait around the train station
Waitin' for that train
Take me, take me, take me away
From this lonesome time, lonesome time
Too bad you don't love me no more, girl
Too bad you people want me down
Tears burnin' me in my eyes
Way down, way down in my soul
Tears burnin' me way down in my heart
Too bad you don't love no more, girl
Too bad you and me have to part, have to part
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Well, I hear my train a coming
Hear my train a comin'
Hendrix's "Hear My Train A Comin'" is a melancholic blues track that explores the pain of heartbreak and loneliness. The singer is waiting at a train station, hoping that the train would take him out of his misery. He longs for his lost love and expresses his deep sorrow and despair as he waits. He finds himself shedding tears because of the intense pain he is feeling.
The chorus, "Hear My Train A Comin'", is a reminder to the listener that the singer is longing to leave his current circumstances and go somewhere else. The train represents an escape from the pain he is feeling, and he desperately wants to board it. The melancholic and soulful guitar solo emphasizes the strife and despair laid out in the lyrics, further enhancing the emotion conveyed in the song.
Overall, "Hear My Train A Comin'" is a powerful ode to anguish in heartbreak and a yearning for escape. Hendrix's guitar-playing elevates the emotional depth of the lyrics and makes the song a hauntingly beautiful piece.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah
Acknowledgment of the situation
Well I wait around the train station
I find myself lingering at the station
Waitin' for that train
Anticipating its arrival
Take me, take me, take me away
Desire to escape from the current predicament
From this lonesome time, lonesome time
Current state of loneliness
Too bad you don't love me no more, girl
Regret of a lost love
Too bad you people want me down
Frustration with those who bring negativity
Tears burnin' me
Emotional pain
Tears burnin' me in my eyes
Physical manifestation of emotional pain
Way down, way down in my soul
Deep emotional pain
Tears burnin' me way down in my heart
The emotional pain is profound
Too bad you don't love no more, girl
Regret over a lost love
Too bad you and me have to part, have to part
Unfortunate end of a relationship
Hear my train is coming
Awareness of transportation approaching
Hear my train is coming
Transportation is getting closer
Hear my train is coming
The sound of the train is increasing
Hear my train is coming
Transportation is drawing near
Well, I hear my train a coming
I am aware of the sound of the train approaching
Hear my train a comin'
I am hearing the train getting closer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Jimi Hendrix
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@prespos
Jimi was 1 of the top 100 musicians of the 20th century.
That said, he was less than 1% of the potential of music.
Jimi is one of the greatest teachers of music.
He plays with a true love of music in his heart, in his soul.
"God bless your heart, and keep living'" - Chuck D
I believe that soul-power is a Truth of the human imagination.
John
(Prespos)
@sabata414
"When the power of love overcomes the love for power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
@thelonewolf1894
gotta steal this my man
@swaggypanda1808
Damn beautiful
@jarisaarenpaa9910
Like that saying is a "new" thing???? But thank you for the reminder for the youngsters! Keep On Rocking Sabata14...
@alrivers2297
I believe i read somewhere that Jimi didn't actually create this saying. But it's not important who first said it, what's important is the message. It's so very true
@stevenlight5006
Thankyou Jimmie
@MrZiggy019
“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” Jimi Hendrix
@Enter5tube
sing on brother... play on drum..
@michaelwatson9849
"I don't live today, maybe tomorrow baby I just don't know" Jimi
@jrubs9719
No words...