--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost1uk@> wrote: > > > > > > (BTW Ann - I have words for you. It's not "Jimmy Hendrix". > > > And the fact that JH no longer walks amongst is perhaps a > > > sufficient refutation of the idea that God evolves. As for > > > "Vaughan is easily as good, especially when comparing the > > > two versions of that song" [Voodoo Chile, Slight Return]... > > > well! Are you stark, staring, raving bonkers? (Meaning no > > > disrespect to SRV). > > > > This just made my day, and caused a fit of milk-related > > nose-snorting. :-) > > > > Speaking as a lifelong Guitar Freak, to compare Jimi > > Hendrix with Stevie Ray Vaughn is the highest heresy. > > I've seen both play, up close and personal, and even > > though SRV was better than I'll ever be at the guitar, > > he ain't no Jack Kennedy. And he certainly ain't no > > Jimi Hendrix. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMyH4XTlVgs > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JkuLAzIAys > > Listen e.g. to the "transcendental" sound at about 1:10. > I don't think SRV ever could reach that level of subtlety, > or stuff... > Compare Rig.V 10 119
7 The heavens and earth themselves have not grown equal to one half of me. Have I not drunk of Soma juice? 8 I in my grandeur have surpassed the heavens and all this spacious earth. Have I not drunk of Soma juice? 9 Aha! this spacious earth will I deposit either here or there Have I not drunk of Soma juice? 10 In one short moment will I smite the earth in fury here or there: Have I not drunk of Soma juice? Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop it down with the edge of my hand Yeah 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
