Jimi genetically was a white man from his fathers lineage dating back to the late 15th century from near Amsterdam, Holland. Jimi never fired anyone, Noel left as he wasn't on the same frequency. Mitch stuck by Jimi, like butter on toast. Both loved him.
@@Thunda1986 oh no it definetly did , to say people didn't care about race in America in the 60's is plain stupid , there was so much fuckin racism back then it's disgusting
You noticed Wesley gives advice to "hear" music, but "listen" to the woman in the movie. 😂 But seriously that quote has stuck with me over 30 years. Meanwhile Gen Zs got V Tubers and tide pod challenges.
Hearing is superficial. Anybody that has functioning ears can hear, but it takes real effort to LISTEN... Fuck your argument Wesley Snipes. Wasn't Hendrix part Native American as well? Not exactly purebred "black". Besides, can a god like Jimi be pigeonholed by some dumbshit in the back seat?
panzram31614 you miss the point that jimi made music that was made for hearing and the 'sophisticated' people are too busy listening when music should be heard...effortlessly
most of Jimi's fan base was white, due to the amped-up psychadelic hard driving guitar....most black people were into Motown during the period when Jimi was active
Not true you should learn your history. Jimi came out of the school of Muddy Waters,Howling Wolf which was not popular in America by any race. He went to England because Clapton and that ilk dug Blues which was more what was currently popular in the UK. Most Black People? I can promise you that Black People didn't ALL LIKE MOTOWN as much as you think. That's Stereotyping. That's like saying all white people like Radiohead and Mumford and Sons. My grandparents were into Coltrane,Miles Davis in the 60's which wasn't exactly Motown. My parents were into Isley Brothers and bands like The Meters and WAR. That's not motown. Also remember white people bought motown just as much as black people. Also Jimi's was heavily influenced by Curtis Mayfeild
Every one of Jimi albums with the Experience was in the TOP 5 R & B charts when they first came out as well as his posthumous "Rainbow bridge' and 'Cry of Love'.. So a lot of black people were into Jimi when he was active.
Everytime I look at the "Are You Experienced" album cover or watch this scene, I ask myself: How much could the guy have honestly known about Jimi if he had no idea that Jimi's Bass player and Drummer were both white? Had he never seen any tape?
@TheRabbit _123 I couldn't agree more with this. There's also a show that takes kids of today and gets them to play with toys and games of the different decades of the past. So there is definitely lots of kids who don't know much about the old stuff.
Nope my 5 year learned how to load a record before she could even walk properly now what generation was it that insisted on putting warning labels on music it deemed offensive again?
The black women in the consumer cingular phone commercial talks exactly like rosie Perez. Especially when she says You should go with consumer cellular. I'm serious identical dialect . If sound could be compared to twins. There identical twins and I mean identical.
I thought listening > hearing? Literally what I've been taught all my life, and seen in all those philosophical scenes from movies, animations, plays, etc.
Yo you can listen to a love song and it's your favorite song... but go back and listen when you in your feelings- then you would understand the difference between hearing
Point well made. Sidney is talking about how you have to HEAR, not just listen to, great music to appreciate it, So Billy plays another example of great music (albeit from another genre) and Sidney doesn't even want to listen to it, much less hear it. If he cannot hear George Jones, can he even hear Jimi? Credibility blown.
How about feeling Jimi Hendrix music in your soul to the point that it becomes part of your very being as a young boy 13 years old ? In 1967 his first album changed my life completely and the way I played my giutar of course. Love Jimi, my blood , my life,for ever Amen.
That George Jones song is super underrated. One of my favorite songs. This movie randomly was on TV today and I never even knew it was in this movie I've seen 100's of times as kid.
How on Earth is "He Stopped Loving Her Today" underrated? It's widely considered to be the greatest country song ever written. In 1980, this single is probably what revived George Jones's career. It was nominated for a Best Country Grammy. Jones won the Grammy for Best Male Country Performance on the strength of the single. It won the CMA song of the year. It's 142 on The Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs list. Finally, the single has sold over half a million copies. Once again, widely considered to be the greatest country song ever. That's not underrated.
This movie was great in the sense that nobody was truly good or bad. Woody's character was an insecure jerk and he deserved to lose his girlfriend! But still one of my favorite movies of all time!
He's correct, look at hey ya for an example. White people turned it into a party song, cuz all there listening to is the energy the song brings upon us, which is fun. There not listening to the lyrics, the meaning.
As ignorant as Wesley Snipes character is in this scene, Jimi’s greatest performance in my eyes is Band of Gypsys with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox all American all black Jimi Hendrix was a mystical force not to be recon with
I always thought it was trashy that Gloria all of a sudden couldn’t tolerate Billy taking chances on games anymore once she started getting money on the tv show but yet she had no issue with it when they had nothing and he was the only one bringing in money while she stayed home all day Really put a light on the fact that her relationship with Billy was very conditional and she didn’t really love him.
If your a man he is talking to woody character like that because his woman there idk ima man and i fo that sometime just to show girl im here.......at least im honest
I loved this movie and this scene - but I'm white and certain Hendrix songs still get me teared up - so I guess I am hearing him. He was one of these rare people who was like a conduit from some higher power. His race had nothing to do with it. I miss Jimi.
I don't mean this In a negative way but I think there's certain aspects to Black artistic expression and culture In general that others just can't understand and feel from a soulful spiritual perspective the same way we do.
I don't understand what does skin color has to do with Jimi Hendrix! I mean Jimi himself was never a racist, he had a bounch of white friends and white girlfriend..Therefore you hear with your ears and listen with your heart.......skin color fucking doesn't metter
some questions from a 2. language guy. * instrumental music : hearing or listening ? * censorship: if you're hiding the meaning (between the lines;) so the censorship can't say anything but the audience "gets it" : hearing or listening ? * women saying things , but the man is not paying attention : hearing or listenting ?
He really should have just not cared that they didn't enjoy his music, put Jimi back on and all enjoyed the music. No need to yell at your woman or be offended and get all emotional. Could have been a good scene if they altered that part, otherwise I'd say this is just simply inappropriate racist and abusive behavior from most parties present.
They wouldn't have the balls to make a movie like this today...And they swear they're so progressive. If that's not proof of today's dishonest way that our society deals with race relations, especially in Hollywood, I don't know what is. LOVE this movie.
This white man hears Jimi - he's there in every note he played. I hear you, man. I hear war, I hear peace, I hear thunder and lightning, I hear The Cause, I hear his Cherokee Indian grandmother who felt encouraged when she heard him play, shortly before she died at a century old - "I've seen slavery and I've seen Jimi Hendrix perform", she said, "and that about covers it". I HEAR it all. "I sacrifice a piece of my soul every time I play", he said, shortly before his death. I know - I HEAR it.
I didn’t know race was involved in hearing or listening to music. I hate comments on how a whole race can’t do something. Just like the title of the movie. And Jimi was African American, Native American, and White. I love Jimi Hendrix. I visited his grave to pay my respect.
I took me a long time to understand this scene. Sidney is saying that Billy may be listening to the music, but he's not hearing the message in the words.
Really, im so white im bright, on the outside , the insides got more rythm soul funk any n all music making me move to the groove always has always will you must be judging books by there colortype of dummy hopefully youll learn someday.
1:10-1:58.; What song was this, again?... I think I may have down-loaded it back when I was in middle school & still have it on my external hard-drive, but, it's been so long since I last saw this movie, I literally don't remember it & I literally completely forgot it was in the movie until now.
