Everyone parties on New Years Eve. Chances are...if you are over 18 years of age in America, you were nursing an excruciating hangover on January 1st. House parties, dance clubs, and concert halls are generally to blame for our December 31st lapses into alcoholism. These end of the year parties are always extremely fantastical and frenzied but imagine standing on the main floor of the Fillmore East on New Years Eve of 1969. High-class, alcoholic libations in both hands with the funky sound of Jimi Hendrix's guitar wafting into your ears as the marijuana smoke from the hippy in front of you wafts into your nostrils. A night like that would definitely put all other New Years Eve celebrations to shame.
Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time. You could argue that the crown of six-string superiority should be set upon the brow of Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry, or even Tom Morello. Sadly though, you would be wrong. Completely wrong. No one could caress a Fender Stratocaster and make it wail the way Jimi did. He was amazing and his talent remains unmatched. However, with all of this said...I am very happy he died young.
Remember when Puff Daddy (or whatever moniker he's running with this week) performed with Jimmy Page on SNL a while back? It was some horrible song that he wrote to the music of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir." I was sick to my stomach listening to Puffy yell over one of the best songs of the last century. I still cant believe that Jimmy Page publicly disgraced his own iconic song like that. A textbook atrocity. Luckily, we Hendrix fans will never have to be subjected to something that blasphemous. We will never have to worry about a balding, beer bellied Hendrix appearing as a guest judge on America's Got Talent or on New Years Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest. Most importantly, we will never have to endure a Hendrix album dropping in 2016 with this track listing:
1. Intro
2. Hey Joe (feat. Justin Bieber)
3. Pimpin' dem hippy hoes (feat. Nicki Minaj)
4. Purple Haze (feat. Iggy Azalea)
5. Foxy Lady (feat. Adam Levine)
6. Voodoo Chile remix (feat. Kanye West)
7. Machine Gun (feat. Taylor Swift)
8. Red House (feat. Pitbull and Ke$ha)
9. Fire (feat. Katy Perry)
10. Crosstown Traffic (feat. Sam Smith)
11. Stone Free (feat. Bruno Mars)
Bonus Track:
10. The Star Spangled Banner (feat. Carl Lewis)
Thank you for dying young and never bastardizing your music. Most of all, thank you for allowing me to remember you as the rock god that you are, Jimi. R.I.P.
Because of how you organize your first paragraph, I think you will engage readers who want to see where your post is headed. Great idea to include sensory imagery (rather than just what you saw); this goes a long way in "placing" us there right along with you. Adding a creative lists is an effective way to emphasize how far superstars can fall....or how far their songs can fall.... Image works well - looks like you moved it - should you make it larger?
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