Jimi Hendrix (Long Article) Getting Booed, Egged in Harlem

[Cunt_Lyfe]

Put this on my Facebook earlier. Thanks for posting this.

 

[D0wn]

Two weeks after closing Woodstock with his reinvention of "The Star Spangled Banner," Jimi Hendrix decided to offer a free concert for a group he called "my people."



He held a concert for an African-American audience in Harlem, a place he once called home. Hendrix's homecoming, though, was almost ruined as soon as he stepped onstage. Someone threw a bottle at him that shattered against a speaker; eggs splattered on the stage. Hendrix gamely played on while much of the crowd melted away.

Hendrix traveled to Harlem because he was trying to connect with blacks who had dismissed him as a musical Uncle Tom: a black man playing white man's music. Music critics and biographers say Hendrix also was frustrated by legions of white fans who only saw him as a racial stereotype -- a hypersexual black man who was high all the time -- instead of a serious musician.

Damn, shit kind of reminded me of Jesus where his own, accepted him not

 

[D0wn]

If Jimmy was alive today, age 27, would we consider him an uncle tom???

 

[nujerz84]

Its an interesting read to see how he was welcomed/perceived by certain group of folks.

Time and Death change the perceptions of peoples legacy.

 

[D0wn]

Its an interesting read to see how he was welcomed/perceived by certain group of folks.

Time and Death change the perceptions of peoples legacy.

Word to Tupac... At the time of his death, he was the most hated.

 

[northside7]

Two weeks after closing Woodstock with his reinvention of "The Star Spangled Banner," Jimi Hendrix decided to offer a free concert for a group he called "my people."



He held a concert for an African-American audience in Harlem, a place he once called home. Hendrix's homecoming, though, was almost ruined as soon as he stepped onstage. Someone threw a bottle at him that shattered against a speaker; eggs splattered on the stage. Hendrix gamely played on while much of the crowd melted away.

Hendrix traveled to Harlem because he was trying to connect with blacks who had dismissed him as a musical Uncle Tom: a black man playing white man's music. Music critics and biographers say Hendrix also was frustrated by legions of white fans who only saw him as a racial stereotype -- a hypersexual black man who was high all the time -- instead of a serious musician.

Damn, shit kind of reminded me of Jesus where his own, accepted him not

Smh.

If Jimmy was alive today, age 27, would we consider him an uncle tom???

A strong possibility of that.

 

[vitoria]

Two weeks after closing Woodstock with his reinvention of "The Star Spangled Banner," Jimi Hendrix decided to offer a free concert for a group he called "my people."



He held a concert for an African-American audience in Harlem, a place he once called home. Hendrix's homecoming, though, was almost ruined as soon as he stepped onstage. Someone threw a bottle at him that shattered against a speaker; eggs splattered on the stage. Hendrix gamely played on while much of the crowd melted away.

Hendrix traveled to Harlem because he was trying to connect with blacks who had dismissed him as a musical Uncle Tom: a black man playing white man's music. Music critics and biographers say Hendrix also was frustrated by legions of white fans who only saw him as a racial stereotype -- a hypersexual black man who was high all the time -- instead of a serious musician.

Damn, shit kind of reminded me of Jesus where his own, accepted him not

Reminds of Jadakiss lyric - Too hard for MTV, not black enough for BET, just let me be !!

 

[Allah_U_Akbar]

Unacceptable.

Disrupting the (free concert) performance of a trail-blazing music legend..

Because you don't like his style of music...

Just stay home if you don't like it..

Problem solved.

 

[D0wn]

Two weeks after closing Woodstock with his reinvention of "The Star Spangled Banner," Jimi Hendrix decided to offer a free concert for a group he called "my people."



He held a concert for an African-American audience in Harlem, a place he once called home. Hendrix's homecoming, though, was almost ruined as soon as he stepped onstage. Someone threw a bottle at him that shattered against a speaker; eggs splattered on the stage. Hendrix gamely played on while much of the crowd melted away.

Hendrix traveled to Harlem because he was trying to connect with blacks who had dismissed him as a musical Uncle Tom: a black man playing white man's music. Music critics and biographers say Hendrix also was frustrated by legions of white fans who only saw him as a racial stereotype -- a hypersexual black man who was high all the time -- instead of a serious musician.

Damn, shit kind of reminded me of Jesus where his own, accepted him not

Smh.

If Jimmy was alive today, age 27, would we consider him an uncle tom???

A strong possibility of that.

In all fairness to Jimmy, he was not a star until he went to Europe.WWhites in america didn't fuck with Jimmy, until he came back as part of the European invasion.

N u really cant blame blacks at the time, that was during the period where churches was getting bombed, women getting raped. Men being lynched n burned n castrated, leaders being killed...

N then seeing Jimmy around all these same white folks....

So i can't really blame them.

But at the same time, blacks didnt understand n never embraced Jimmy as an artist, which was one the reasons why he went to Europe. Whites embraced him in Europe, n he came back in america as a super star.

Jimmy was just ahead of his time... ppl who are ahead of their time r punished for it, yet is why he stood the test of time.

Same thing applies to Bob Marley. Black americans didnt embrace him, until his death.

 

[kzzl]

Reads like his image is what shaped peoples view of him. And the people responded accordingly. I think the same would happen in this era. Musically, there was no reason for either side not to appreciate what he was doing.

 

[MARIO_DRO]

ANYBODY SEE THE MOVIE?

 

[D0wn]

Reads like his image is what shaped peoples view of him. And the people responded accordingly. I think the same would happen in this era. Musically, there was no reason for either side not to appreciate what he was doing.

Musically, blks aint really vibed with him, cant blame them for that, but throwing shit at the guy when he's trying to reach out to u for free. while he could of been getting money with some white folks, is typical nigger behavior.

2nd, whites in america Was in love with his image, more than his music. which played up to a stero type. they was tryna box him in as just that. They wanted him to do the same songs over n over. n rather see him play with his tongue, break or burn his guitars than hear his new shit. Theirs footage of Jimi , begging the crowd to listen his new shit.

He was like a circus act to them, and not a musician.

that tupac lyric, "Nobody knows me im a shadow", is the story to Jimi's life for real.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Same shit goes on today. Check this forum and how anyone who does anything different than the "norm" is a coon.

 

[count remy]

Jimi to this date is the GOAT guitarist. Clapton and Santana are up there as well as Slash and of course BB king at least those are my personal favorites. What he did with that star spangled banner gives me goose bumps to this day. He did that in 1969 and people still aren't hearing Jimi.

 

[I Self Lord & Master]

Before the tide of whining comrs in, this is commonplace for artists. Tell me a famous artists who ever said they never neen booed off staged or walked out

On? Even biggie got stories out there of shit getting thrown at him on stage at first...shit even later according to that e40 story lmfao

U gotta win ovee ur crowds n demographics...its obvious he hadnt won over the black demographic yet dnt make this deeper than it is

Niggas aint supposed to just feel

Someone off top cause they are sucessful wit whites

And according to miles davis they werw gonna make an albim, but he upped n dropped dead...that woulda been some shut forreal! Damn smh

 

[skpjr78]

Jimi is a legend. U cant have prince, lenny kravitz or one the most slept on guitar gods of all time ernie isley w/o jimi. Pac understood which is why jimi hendrix's character was prominent in I wonder if heavens got a ghetto/I aint mad at cha videos. Jimi did with the electric guitar what stevie wonder did with the electric piano. He used his instrument the same way minnie ripperton used her voice. Jimi is a legend and should be treated as such.

U cant revere bb king, muddy waters, robert johnson etc, rick james, prince and not revere jimi hendrix. Thats like loving kobe but hating mj

 

[skpjr78]

My dad always told that white ppl took jimi and tried to remake him in their image. He said they kept him and high and tried to use him while he was hot. Sounds like what they did to Michael Jackson. He said the brothers didnt have any beef w/jimi but they recognized the flim flammery the whites were trying to run on him.

 

[Gucci Scott King]

I heard a rumor about him wanting to quit rock music because he didn't have many black fans and him feeling alone in a genre dominated by white people.

 

[So ILL]

Its an interesting read to see how he was welcomed/perceived by certain group of folks.

Time and Death change the perceptions of peoples legacy.

Word to Tupac... At the time of his death, he was the most hated.

According to who? Everybody I know loved Pac then, niggas were bumping All Eyez On Me all through '96.

 

[SneakDZA]

I guess the author of this article decided to omit the fact that Hendrix got booed off the stage opening for the Monkees and subsequently quit that tour because of it or that when he closed Woodstock it was at 9am and most of those dirtbag hippies had already left because it didn't fit into the racialized story he wanted to tell.