Un post pas très sérieux... mais j'avais remarqué que dans les textes de Jimi Hendrix, on trouvait une certaine orientation vers le spirituel, parfois des références à des expériences spirituelles.
Ce qui est marrant, c'est l'évolution, dans ses premières chansons, les textes sont souvent des trucs macho un peu typique du blues, et très rapidement les textes deviennent beaucoup plus lumineux ou "perchés". Sa musique a aussi beaucoup évolué, du blues-rock à une musique totalement personnelle... et bon, il a complètement révolutionné l'utilisation de la guitare électrique en juste 3 années de célébrité en restant en permanence dans un flot créatif...
Bon, c'est assez drôle, mais déjà physiquement, il ressemblait à un hatha yogi indien, la peau brune, grand et mince, musclé....
les cheveux non peignés, les colliers et tout...
Une certaine souplesse...
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Mais au-delà de ces détails extérieurs, c'est surtout les textes qui m'ont marqué. J'ai relevé des extraits :
Up From The Skies
Bon celle-là est assez bizarre. Il dit qu'il était venu (sur terre) avant l'âge de glace et qu'en revenant il trouve les étoiles mal placées et un changement de climat (!), qu'il veut en apprendre plus sur la nouvelle Terre Mère et les humains si j'ai bien compris... et sur la pièce/l'espace derrière le mental (le vide ? des vibrations ?)
I just wanna know about
The rooms behind your minds
Uh do I see a vacuum there
Or am I going blind ?
Or is it just uh, remains of vibrations
And echoes long ago ?
Uh things like "Love the world" and uh
Uh "Let your fancy flow"
Is this true ?
Please let me talk to you
Let me talk to you.
I have lived here before
The days of ice
And of course this is why
I'm so concerned
And I come back to find
The stars misplaced
And the smell of a world
That is burned
A smell of a world
That is burned.
Yeah well, maybe, hmm...
Maybe it's just a... change of climate
Hmm, hmm...
Well I can dig it
I can dig it baby
I just want to see.
So where do I purchase my ticket ?
I'd just like to have a ringside seat
I want to know about the new Mother Earth
I want to hear and see everything
One Rainy Wish
Dans celle-là, il décrit un rêve très marquant "de la couleur des roses et d'or" (ou rose d'or ?) où il tombe amoureux d'une jeune femme dans un paysage idyllique et non terrestre (11 lunes etc). Typiquement l'opposé de ses textes macho d'avant)
Gold and rose (golden rose ?), the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago
A misty blue and the lilac too
A never to grow old.
A there you were under the tree of song
Sleeping so peacefully
In your hand a flower played
A waiting there for me.
I have never
Laid eyes on you
Not like a before
This timeless day
A but you woke and ya ha
Oh, ya smiled my name
And you stole
My heart away
A stole my heart away little girl, yeah
All right !
It's only a dream
I'd love to tell somebody about this dream
The sky was filled with a thousand stars
While the sun kissed the mountains blue
And eleven moons played across rainbows
Above me and you.
Gold and rose the color of the velvet walls surround us.
Castles MADE OF SAND
Dans celle-là, il décrit la différence entre les rêves de chacun, et l'impossibilité de les réaliser. Un jeune indien qui rêve de devenir
un grand guerrier et qui meurt dans son sommeil la nuit précédant son 1er combat, une jeune femme muette qui vit en fauteuil roulant et qui décide de plonger dans l'eau pour se noyer. "Et les châteaux de sables se dissolvent dans la mer"...
A little Indian brave who before he was ten,
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built up a dream that when he grew up
He would be a fearless warrior Indian Cheif
Many moons past and more the dream grew strong until
Tomorrow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle
But something went wrong, surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night
And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually
There was a young girl, who's heart was a frown
Cause she was crippled for life,
And she couldn't speak a sound
And she wished and prayed she could stop living,
So she decided to die
She drew her wheelchair to the edge of the shore
And to her legs she smiled you wont hurt me no more
But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say
Look a golden winged ship is passing my way
And it really didn't have to stop, it just kept on going...
And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually
AXis : bold as love
Ici, il décrit les émotions des couleurs. Quand on lui avait demandé la signification du tire, qui est aussi celui de l'album :
"Ce n'est pas dur, c'est l'amour. C'est comme l'axe de la Terre. S'il change, il change toute la face du monde, comme tout les milliers d'années: de nouvelles civilisations apparaissent quand il change (...) C'est la même chose avec l'amour. Ca peut changer ta vie du tout-au-tout, c'est cette puissance, c'est ce "Bold"." (audacieux, intrépide, etc)"
My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war
And ribbons of euphoria.
Orange is young, full of daring but very unsteady for the first go 'round.
My yellow in this case is no so mellow.
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me.
And all of these emotions of mine keep holding me
From giving my life to a rainbow like you.
But I'm a yeah, I'm bold as love,
Yeah yeah.
Well, I'm bold, bold as love.
Hear me talkin', girl.
I'm bold as love.
Just ask the Axis.
He knows everything. Yeah, yeah.
Angel
Dans celle-là, il décrit sa rencontre avec un ange qui lui prend la main et lui dit que c'est désormais le moment pour lui de se lever (to rise, comme le soleil...) et l’emmène avec lui.
Angel came down from Heaven yesterday
She stayed with me just long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
And then she spread her wings high over me
She said she's gonna come back tomorrow
And I said, "Fly on my sweet Angel
Fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet Angel
Tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side"
Sure enough this morning came on to me
Silver wings silhouetted against the child's sunrise
And my Angel, she said on to me
"Today is the day for you to rise"
Take my hand, you're gonna be my man
You're gonna rise and then she took me high over yonder
And I said, "Fly on my sweet Angel
Fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet Angel
Forever I will be by your side"
burning of the midnight lamp
Là, il décrit un gars que sa femme a quitté (il reste une photo, des boucles d'oreilles...), mais il dit aussi qu'il continue de brûler la
lampe de minuit et qu'une explosion lui traverse l'esprit (sans doute la tristesse et les pleurs dans le cas présent....) et qu'il voit de la poussière tomber en permanence...
Now the smiling portrait of you
Is still hangin' on my frowning wall
It really doesn't, really doesn't bother me too much at all
It's just the ever falling dust
That makes it so hard for me to see
That forgotten earring layin' on the floor
Facing coldly towards the door
I continue
To burn the midnight lamp
Lord, alone
Loneliness is such a drag
So here I sit to face
That same old fire place
Gettin' ready for the same old explosion
Goin' through my mind
And soon enough time will tell,
About the circus in the wishing well
And someone who will buy and sell for me
Someone to toll my bell
Electric ladyland
Cette chanson est l'introduction à son 3ème album, il dit qu'il va emmener l'auditeur dans un voyage à travers les émotions, etc, mais les images qu'il emploie pourraient être comprises autrement...
As-tu déjà été dans le territoire de la femme électrique ?
Regarde là-haut, je vois la terre de l'amour, bientôt tu comprendras
Les anges étendent leurs ailes, le bien et le mal côte à côte pendant
que l'amour électrique pénètre le ciel...
Have you ever been to Electric Ladyland?
The magic carpet waits, for you.
So don't you be late
Oh, I wanna show you, the different emotions
I wanna run to the sounds and motions
Electric woman waits for you and me
So it's time we take a ride,
we can cast all of your hang-ups over the seaside.
While we fly right over the love filled sea
Look up ahead, I see the loveland, soon you'll understand.
Make love, make love, make love, make love.
I wanna show you : The angels will spread their wings, spread their wings
I wanna show you : Good and evil lay side by side while electric love penetrates the sky
I wanna show you : Lord, Lord I wanna show you, show you
Message to love
Là, on dirait presque un prêche, il dit qu'il est un homme qui a connu une renaissance (?) et qu'il a beaucoup d'amour à donner, que
chacun doit regarder son coeur, apprendre à se connaître et le suivre... que les hommes et les femmes sont identiques dans les yeux de Dieu...
WELL I TRAVEL AT THE SPEED OF A REBORN MAN
I GOT A LOT OF LOVE TO GIVE
FROM THE MIRRORS OF MY HAND
I SENT A MESSAGE OF LOVE
DON'T YOU RUN AWAY
LOOK AT YOUR HEART BABY
COME ON ALONG WITH ME TODAY
WELL I AM WHAT I AM THANK GOD
SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
WELL HELP THEM GOD
FIND YOURSELEF FIRST
AND THEN YOUR TOOL
FIND YOURSELF FIRST
DON'T YOU BE NO FOOL
HERE COMES A WOMAN
WRAPPED UP IN CHAN
MESSIN' WITH THAT FOOL BABY
YOUR LIFE IS PAIN
IF YOU WANNA BE FREE
COME ON ALONG WITH ME
DON'T MESS WITH THE MAN
HE'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND
I SAID FIND YOURSELF FIRST
AND THEN YOUR TALENT
WORK HARD IN YOUR MIND
SO YOU CAN COME ALIVE
YOU BETER PROVE TO THE MAN
YOU'RE AS STRONG AS HIM
CAUSE IN THE EYES OF GOD
YOU'RE BOTH CHILDREN TO HIM
EVERYBODY COME ALIVE
EVERYBODY LIVE ALIVE
EVERYBODY LOVE ALIVE
EVERYBODY HEAR MY MESSAGE
room full of mirrors
Dans celle-là, il dit qu'il vivait dans une chambre pleine de miroirs et qu'il ne pouvait voir que lui-même, puis qu'en saisissant son esprit, il a brisé tous ses miroirs et que le monde entier était alors visible devant lui..
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I used to live in a room full of mirrors
All I could see was me
Then I take my spirit and I smash my mirrors
And now the whole world is here for me to see
Now I'm searching for my love to be, Hey!
A broken glass was solvin' my brain
Cut and screamin' crowdin' in my head
A broken glass was loud in my brain
It used to fall on my dreams and cut me in my bed
It used to fall on my dreams and cut me in my bed
I say making love was strange in my bed
Voodoo Chile
Le version longue.. il dit qu'il est un enfant vaudou... qu'il peut faire l'amour à une femme tout en étant à des millions de miles de là, qu'un aigle l'a pris sur son dos et l'a amené jusqu'aux limites de l'infini
Well, I'm a voodoo chile
Lord I'm a voodoo chile
Well, the night I was born
Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red
The night I was born
I swear the moon turned a fire red
Well my poor mother cried out "Lord, the gypsy was right!"
And I seen her, fell down right dead (Have mercy)
Well, mountain lions found me there waitin'
And set me on an eagle's back
He took me past to the outskirts of infinity
And when he brought me back
He gave me a Venus witch's ring
Hey And he said "Fly on, fly on"
Because I'm a voodoo chile, yeah, voodoo chile
Well, I make love to you
And Lord knows you'll feel no pain
Say, I make love to you in your sleep
And Lord knows you felt no pain (Have mercy)
'Cause I'm a million miles away
And at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame (Yeah! What did I say now)
'Cause I'm a voodoo chile Lord knows, I'm a voodoo chile (Yeah!)
Straight ahead
Dans celle-ci, il encourage les gens à "sortir de leur tombe" et à rejoindre le mouvement de la vie.
Hello, my friend
So happy to see you again
I was so alone
All by my self
I just couldn't make it
Have you heard, baby
What the winds blowing round
Have you heard, baby
A whole lot of peoples coming right on down
Communication, yeah
Is coming on strong
And don't give a damn, baby
If your hair is short or long, huh
I said, get out of your grave
Everybody is dancing in the street
Do what you know, don't be slow
You gotta practice what you preach
'Cause it's time for you and me
Come to face reality (it sounds like he says "fake reality")
Forget about the past, baby
Things ain't what they used to be
Keep on Straight Ahead
Keep on straight Ahead
Straight Ahead, baby
Straight Ahead, baby
We got to stand side by side
We got to stand together and organize
They say power to the people,
That's what they're screamin'
Freedom of the soul
Pass it on, pass it on to the young and old
You got to tell the children the truth
They don't need a whole lot of lies
Because one of these days, baby
They'll be running things
So when you give them love
You better give it right
Woman and child and man and wife
The best love to have is the Love Of Life
Pushing on Straight Ahead
Straight Ahead, baby
Pour finir, j'étais tombé sur une vidéo illustrant le morceau "machine gun" avec des photos de la guerres du vietnam (le texte évoque un type qui est sur un champ de bataille avec les balles qui sifflent de tous les côtés, la batterie imite parfois des rafales de mitrailleuse, enfin j'imagine). Ca m'a frappé à quel point la musique illustre bien l'ambiance de ce conflit, comme s'il avait capté l'esprit de l'époque....