Hendrix Plays the National Anthem

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, we have Jimi Hendrix playing the U.S. national anthem. It’s not your usual anthem. Nope, this is the anthem played dissonantly in a new counter-culture style, the anthem turned into a blistering commentary on the Vietnam War. No doubt, conservatives and the silent majority didn’t like it. But, like it or not, it remains one of the memorable rock statements of the 60s. For more Hendrix at Woodstock, check out here, here, and here.

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  1. Gene De Lisa says . . . | August 11, 2009 / 3:48 am

    Good grief. This was old and boring the day it was made.

    Blistering commentary or a marginally talented hack masturbating in public?

  2. timusic says . . . | August 11, 2009 / 9:24 am

    Careful Gene, your ignorance is showing. Skin color has nothing to do with talent or the jealousy that comes from a lack of it.

  3. Gene De Lisa says . . . | September 2, 2009 / 5:37 pm

    Who said ANYTHING about skin color?

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