Oscar Wilde

 

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad.
People are either charming or tedious.”
—Oscar Wilde (1856–1900), English playwright

Voodoo Child JIMI HENDRIX

 

Voodoo Child
(Slight Return)
T HE JIMI HENDRIX E XPERIENCE Writer: Jimi Hendrix Producer: Chas Chandler Released: Oct. ’68, Reprise
After a night of partying in New York on May 2nd, 1968, Hendrix, Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell, Traffic’s Stevie Winwood and Jefferson Airplane’s Jack Casady returned to Electric Ladyland studio and cut “Voodoo Chile,” a 15-minute take on Muddy Waters’ “Rolling Stone.”
Later that day, Hendrix, Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding were being filmed by a TV crew. Hendrix improvised the staggering wah-wah guitar riff that kicks off the apocalyptic blues “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” on the spot. “It was like, ‘OK, boys, look like we’re recording,’ ” Hendrix
said. “We weren’t thinking about what we were playing.”
Appears on: Electric Ladyland (MCA)

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Well, I stand up next to a mountain

And I chop it down with the edge of my hand

Well, I stand up next to a mountain

And I chop it down with the edge of my hand

Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island

Might even raise a little sand

Yeah

[Chorus]

Because I'm a voodoo child

Lord knows I'm a voodoo child, baby

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 2]

I want to say one more last thing

I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time

I'll give it right back to ya one of these days, hahah

I said, I didn't mean to take up all your sweet time

I'll give it right back one of these days, oh yeah

If I don't meet you no more in this world

Then I'll meet you in the next one

And don't be late

Don't be late

[Chorus]

Because I'm a voodoo child, voodoo child

Lord knows I'm a voodoo child, baby

[Outro]

I'm a voodoo child, baby

I don't take no for an answer

Question no

Lord knows I'm a voodoo child, baby