When Jimi played the National Anthem...

[SHRED]

...at Woodstock he did it as a veteran (Army Airborne).

When Ted Nugent did it recently on FOX Noise, at the Alamo, he did so as someone who left shit in his pants for a week to get out of going to Vietnam.


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[piratefish08]

1. oooooh --- ouch!! and Bravo!

[ThomWV]

2. The first time I heard Jimi's version was at a firebase on the Cambodian border

The first time I heard Jimi's version was at a firebase on the Cambodian border, right where the tip of Laos comes together to form the 'tri-border' area. And my wife was at Woodstock enjoying the music live. The music was a revelaton for me and reflected perfect understanding of a broken nation.

[lazer47]

4. Boy!! now you have screwed up, you know it was a secret about

being in Cambo, in '69,,That was Nixon's Secret,,, Feds are coming to get you now,,,,,,LOL,, Hendrix music made all of us fell a little more together,,,,,,

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. I don't think he said "in" Cambodia ...

Nobody will say they were "in" Cambodia. We weren't there. It never happened.

I'm not sure that even Tricky would build a firebase inside Cambodia. That's a lot of gear to hide.

:hi:

[Deja Q]

3. Roseanne did it better than Ted.

[old mark]

5. First time I heard Hendrix's version from Woodstock I was a

patient in an Army hospital. The guy who played it for me had lost an arm and part of a leg in Vietnam. He loved it.
So did I.

mark

[flobee1]

6. Check out a newer one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3jv6-mW64

Always been a fan of these guys-This song makes me proud to be an American

[Fuzz]

10. How the hell does he do that?

[flobee1]

14. from the same video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE90DrK4GZw&feature=related

The dude is just incredible.....

[yowzayowzayowza]

19. I'm outa breath jus listenin to that!!! n/t

[dionysus]

8. it's a good thing he broke his ankle jumping and got discharged. we may never

have gotten to hear hism usic otherwise...

[L0oniX]

9. 5th rec

[stevedeshazer]

11. BOOM! Down he goes!

:thumbsup:

[shadowknows69]

12. Duzy nom for this thread!

I loved Jimi's interview with Dick Cavett where he was asked about it.

[progressoid]

13. Another big ass K/R!!

[lame54]

15. The Shit-Splattered Pampers

[lame54]

18. ,

[slampoet]

16. people always forget that Jimi Did the Anthem In The MORNING FIRST THING.

It was a wake up like on television. "We now begin our broadcast day."


Every single time i see it imitated the idiot wannabe forgets that.

[SpiralHawk]

17. Typical Republicon Chickehawk. Big talk. Big FAIL

So pathetic, these Chickenhawk Republicon Homelanders.

[Captain Hilts]

20. Correct. Jimi LOVED the way the Doppler affect made the airplane's engines sound as you jumped...

He was always trying to recreate that distortion with his guitar.

[yoyossarian]

21. I remember reading an interview with Ted...

...about 25 years ago (I think it was Creem Magazine) in which he gave a detailed account of these maneuvers; wish I could find it again...
Anyone have a link or anything to that?
The article was actually pretty funny... but this was 'way before Nugent became The Biggest Douche in the Known Universe!

Too bad; I kinda liked some of his early stuff...
And he still definitely beats the crap out of this guy:





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[Joe Fields]

22. I won't try to attach any personal sentiment or slant to what Jimi did.

It pretty much spoke for itself, and was further explained in the Dick Cavett interview.