One day, when things at the office were slow, I put Third Stone from the Sun, by Jimi Hendrix on my little hand-held dictaphone machine, and sped it up to hear the stoned..slo/mo lyrics. Here it is...for all of you to enjoy and savor.
Gene
Third Stone from the Sun by Jimi Hendrix
Q: Starship 2000, please state your position...over.
A: I am in orbit around the third planet or stone over the Sun...over
Q: We must be heard..over.
A: Positive...it has got to have some form of intelligent species...over
Oh, strange beautiful grass of green,
With your majestic silken scenes,
Your mysterious mountains
I wish to see closer,
May I land my kinky machine.
(Repeat 1st verse 3 lines above in slo-mo)
Although your world wonders me
With your majestic superior cackling hen
Your people I do not understand
So to you I must put an end
May you never hear surf music again
Patience...
Maybe that's the trouble....
My.....
(fade...Sound of Train tracks recording..further fade..)
P.S. Of course throughout are the wonderful guitar squeals etc... Jaco Pastorius has a great live bass version of this, I think on one of the posthumous bootleg CD's..maybe "Live in New York" (I'm not sure), that's also worth a listen.
Let's face it...even if you are not into psychedelia, Third Stone has one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time.
Gene
