So I'm arguing with my friend over whether or not Jimi Hendrix was an influential person in music. Being the major music aficianado I am (and that I'm a HUGE fan of him), I tell him how his music helped make some of the genres like rock and hard rock (which he listens to), he counters with "Well, it was the 70's, pretty much every band influenced music in that genre." He then said that "His career would've been a lot more influential if he wasn't stoned throughout most of it." He then told me that he didn't like ANY of his songs. I put this to the test by playing damn near EVERY Hendrix song I have: Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary (my personal favorite) Are You Experienced....he just said they all suck.
I then asked him what bands he thought were influential to music. He said the Trashmen.
-_-
Anyway, what does NG think of Jimi? If you've honestly never heard a song by him (which I doubt), here's The Wind Cries Mary, the closest version to the studio recording I could find.