My name is Mary, and I'm 72 [today Jan 24, 2024']. This was my theme song every time I opened my radio show as a DJ at my college radio station [WIIT Chicago] in 1969. I was 18 then, and still love this tune now... Wish I could have seen Jimi play live back then!

@jesseimpersonal

5 ай бұрын

He was incredible live.

@brianwells4507

5 ай бұрын

Happy birthday Mary! Myself I took my wife to see Buddy Miles on her birthday. Just so happens my wife Mary is a disco queen 😅 But I got to meet Buddy between sets and mentioned her birthday today and how she grudgingly came with. When the band got back onstage he dedicated "The Wind Cry's Mary" to my wife on her birthday! To me it was too f---ing cool!❤

@chillandgame

5 ай бұрын

🧡

@Nounismisation

5 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday Mary!

@absolutacoustic8878

5 ай бұрын

I wish I could see him perform this live today.

Jimi Hendrix is playing a guitar solo... and you've got the camera pointed at the bass player. Bravo. I hope someone in the past was waiting for him outside the studio with a sock full of pennies...

@johnedwards4765

10 ай бұрын

You got it, man. I hope that cameraman never worked again. He probably went into politics.

@truescotsman4103

10 ай бұрын

it's all lip sync. Jimi doesn't look very happy about it either none of them do. I think it was remastered to sound live but if you listen close it's the album cut note for note which is rare for any band to do live. What really gives it away are shots of the drummer when you hear cymbals ring out and he's not hitting them. The drumming looks so fake you just have to laugh.

@mrfunkee8308

10 ай бұрын

Also at the time noone really knew the band together. only solo acts and Jimi wasn't famous yet. @@truescotsman4103

@mrfunkee8308

10 ай бұрын

You can tell because mitch is playing very poorly considering.

@mjchecksfield914

10 ай бұрын

You would ge right, why were we not seeing the legend strumming instead of facial close ups? Its almost a criminal offense!

I saw Jimi do this song in 1967. It's hard now to describe how creative, new, and original his music was back then!

@margaretmoore-xm7zv

10 ай бұрын

I, too, was lucky enough to have seen him in person. Those were the days...

@digitalimager4946

9 ай бұрын

No, it's not.

@gilldanier4129

9 ай бұрын

It's hard to describe how creative, new and original his music is now.

@gilldanier4129

9 ай бұрын

Yes, it is.@@digitalimager4946

@blue-fj9ky

9 ай бұрын

@@gilldanier4129 Very true!

He was capable of loud and wild, soft and melancholy. A master!

@spiritoflights

9 ай бұрын

he channeled his emotion his vibration through his music he filtered his emotions through his guitar turning his spiritual vibration into sound!

@JosephArmeni-ct3fc

6 ай бұрын

Belly button window,from cry of love,first song that came to mind,Angle,same album!

@Slig1977

5 ай бұрын

One of the original grunge-rockers. They've got a statue of Jimi in his hometown of Seattle.

Somewhere a queen is weeping, somewhere a king has no wife..always remember this lines from my youth

Jimi's quote: "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

@TheTRUTH-lm9cf

11 ай бұрын

Fake quote. Jimi never said that.

@johnconnor9679

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheTRUTH-lm9cf What exactly did he say?

@TheMonolake

11 ай бұрын

Thx Bro

@TheTRUTH-lm9cf

11 ай бұрын

@@johnconnor9679 A lot of things and they're in all his lyrics and interviews but there is no trace whatsoever that he said that. It comes from aphorisms by Sri Chinmoy; "When the power of love Replaces the love of power, Man will have a new name: God." "World-peace Can be achieved When the power of love Replaces The love of power"

@myyootube2

10 ай бұрын

@@johnconnor9679 He said "With the power of soul, anything is possible". "With the power of you, anything you want to do". That was from a song and that's how the quotes got confused which the other one was from an 1800's English guy.

Those kids sitting on the floor had no idea what they were witnessing ❤

@mcmike100

9 ай бұрын

Why would you say that? I imagine they were thrilled.

@JohnLennon99791

9 ай бұрын

70schild420 It's a beautiful quote and I am going to call it yours. Peace and Love.

@liberioescriba6158

3 ай бұрын

what an idiotic comment ...in the 60's everybody who saw jimi live knew what they were witnesing

@apatheticaesthetic.

2 ай бұрын

@@liberioescriba6158I’m pretty sure they meant that Jimi would pass away not too long after this..

@rabidkittenapocalypse7398

Ай бұрын

I am so envious of them. I wish I was a boomer so bad.

One of the most beautiful and perfectly written songs ever created. It should one of the songs they send out to space. Simply timeless. “Will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past”?

@duskopopov77

10 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@jeffhalpin7269

10 ай бұрын

Out-Dylaned Dylan!

@user-iy6rm6pm4j

10 ай бұрын

I don't know about sending it to space. The Borg would put Earth on the top of their Assimilation List.

@JohnDoe-pp7kx

10 ай бұрын

Good lyricist too...

@spiritoflights

9 ай бұрын

right on man I utterly completely agree.

Forget the guitar for the moment. This is a beautiful and highly original dream jazz soul masterpiece. A most unusual song structure made real by three wonderful musicians. RIP the Experience

@antonmayer3767

18 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly -Jimi Hendrix invented a yet to be developed genre of music out of thin air

He was such a cool iconic person ✌️😁

This song reminds me of a very special friend of mine whom I haven’t seen nor heard from since 1998, Mary. solis, I still love and think of you every day and yes the wind still cries Mary

@AGAM1911

10 күн бұрын

I pray she sees this for you 🙏🏼♥️

Such a beautiful man. His voice, his guitar, his 'looks'. Even when alive this man orbited💫 the earth. He was from the Universe and left us his magic ❤

@cylersmiley5259

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like you need psychiatric evaluation

@whiteyfisk9769

9 ай бұрын

All coal burning mud sharks will get their just rewards during the day of the rope

@jadeshannon2272

7 ай бұрын

Yes he did

@DonFabrizioRaviolli-fm4im

7 ай бұрын

Yes.

@schorpioen7466

6 ай бұрын

Fully agree

All three gone and so much went with them. I remember the first time I saw them, TOTP about 1967/8 doing Hey Joe, I couldn't believe it. Went straight out and bought the album and played it in my bedroom on my Dansette record player. What a time to be alive.

@AnAlphabetUser

10 ай бұрын

Frist sentence is brilliantly & simply stated; so much stated with so little there. Thank you.

I wish people realised how difficult this song was to create, the guitar is just stunning, pure work of art and I absolutely love this song!

I had never bothered to listen to this song closely to realize what a gem of a poem it is. And it is the calm Jimi Hendrix, which you would see now and then. He was also saying like, man, here I am....

@smoothoperator7023

10 ай бұрын

Castles Made of Sand was very poetic also.

@pierric2748

10 ай бұрын

Jimi's not considered enough for his lyrics

@JoshLousk

8 ай бұрын

@@smoothoperator7023i came to suggest this as well!! jimis masterpiece i think in terms of poetry. it’s incredibly timeless and profound

@jakollee

5 ай бұрын

@@JoshLousk And "Castles" has that incredible "backwards" guitar solo!

Man he was the coolest looking Rocker ever! His guitar playing speaks for its self . Let’s talk about his cool vocals! That gets overlooked because of his playing!

@gailspaw5521

Жыл бұрын

I Agree❤

@donjohn2695

11 ай бұрын

Him or Jim Morrison

@domenickverderber4852

10 ай бұрын

In England and Europe he appeared on a lot of TV shows, when he came back to America, he couldn't get on Any TV show. Luckily we have these videos from when he was England and europe for us to see and treasure.

@sarahboller5912

10 ай бұрын

you can't get any cooler than Jimi hendrix 🖤✌🎸

@pierric2748

10 ай бұрын

Fact is, Jimi didn't like his voice. I couldn't imagine someone else singing his songs when he was alive. Very cool voice like you said. And also I'm thinking about those lucky men and women who had the privilege to sit there and watch the best trio ever playing in front of them. Good times for music.

Thanks so much Jimmy ! Your music is beautiful forever !

I will always be amazed at how three people can create a sound beyond the mind.

@jackieguccione94

9 ай бұрын

Yes also cream

@tabularasa7775

8 ай бұрын

Band of gypsies was the best sound

@motormouthalmighty

8 ай бұрын

that is so weird.i said that back in 1980!

@jackieguccione94

8 ай бұрын

@@tabularasa7775 manic depression

@talkingdrumfilmworks

8 ай бұрын

Just beyond the limits of our own imagination.

Spot on. He was so much more than a guitar ikon He was the whole package for the times he lived..

@victorbrown3570

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. And the key words,, 'whole package'. He was definitely that.

@toneyisaiah3556

Жыл бұрын

Jimi certainly was the whole package.

@evetsnitram8866

9 ай бұрын

Still it would've been nice to see him playing guitar but thanks to the film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly it became a fad to do extreme facial closeups.

@slidemachine13

9 ай бұрын

whole package yes, for his own and for all time

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

Sexy talented man, is right 😅

After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have all gone to bed You can hear happiness Staggering on down the street Footprints dressed in red And the wind whispers "Mary" A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken pieces Of yesterday's life Somewhere, a queen is weeping Somewhere A king has no wife And the wind, it cries "Mary" (Instrumental) The traffic lights, they turn blue tomorrow And shine their emptiness down on my bed The tiny island sags downstream 'Cause the life that lived is dead And the wind screams "Mary" Will the wind ever remember The names it has blown in the past? And with this crutch Its old age and its wisdom It whispers, "No, this will be the last" And the wind cries "Mary

@Mr75044

9 ай бұрын

Martin . This was written after Jimi saw the tradetest TV card on British TV

@questforjustice4987

8 ай бұрын

A prediction which will come true for foolish mankind!

@Mr75044

8 ай бұрын

@@questforjustice4987 keep taking the tablets mate

@motormouthalmighty

8 ай бұрын

all from watching BBC television in the late sixties!Linda Keith?

@Yeahok-pc2jd

18 күн бұрын

I just watched a video about this song a few hours ago, according to it, Hendrix had previously worked on the music for it, then one evening his gf in England- Kathy Mary Etchingham and he argued about her mashed potatoes being lumpy, leading to her leaving for a night or two but supposedly that’s where the lyrics came from… however one commenter suggested that ‘the tiny island sags downstream’ was in reference to the lump in the potatoes so take it and them with a grain of salt 😂 🥔

Still as graceful and smooth as when first released in 1967.

The cameraman needed to be fired. He missed every moment of Jimi's playing. The cutaway to Noel's bass during the solo is unforgivable

@SeafairZombies

11 күн бұрын

Seems to have been the style back then. So many films/videos of bands back then have just closeups of their faces, with some goofy fast zooming in and out - psychedelic groovy baby. Check out some old camerawork of Cream, for instance. Same thing. Opportunities wasted.

some of the best lyrics ever written

@olly8

11 ай бұрын

AMEN!!!!

@patrickstockton2091

10 ай бұрын

Kinda has a Bob Dylan mood to it...

I've never hear Jimi play this softly. What amazing footage to find. Loved this.

Sublime Still after all 5 decades , I’ve first listened to this Gentlemen Genius There’s still no word against this wonderful man. 😊🏴‍☠️🎈🥃

Amazing --- a treasure for the ages! The three of them as a band is part of the magic.

@muffs55mercury61

8 ай бұрын

Yes. The right band can do with three that other bands need five or six.

Amazing what he accomplished in such a short time playing guitar.

@MintIceCreamEnjoyer

10 ай бұрын

He wasn't nearly as good as The Edge from U2. Also, I liked my own comment!

@donjohn2695

10 ай бұрын

@@MintIceCreamEnjoyer 😂

I've never seen this before. Greatness personified. I think of all the music we missed because of his untimely death and say to myself, if only he'd lived

@margaretmoore-xm7zv

10 ай бұрын

A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday's life,

I absolutely loved this video. This is an absolute Jem. Thank you so much for the upload.

@garysmith9265

10 ай бұрын

New video to me thanks for the memories!!! LOVE JIMI HENDRIX the true spirit of my generation!!!

Thank goodness we have platforms like youtube to make sure these great artists are never forgotten

@domenicocialone1713

4 ай бұрын

This evening I played " The wind cries Mary" with my stratocaster . I learned this song long time ago,when I was young and Hendrix alive. My feeling is the same: GREAT ,WONDERFUL,ORIGINAL ARTIST!!!

@sgt.thundercok4704

4 ай бұрын

Yep, bring people together, heavily censor to steer group-think over time. Reddit, et al.

@rudolfkurtz9847

2 ай бұрын

@@domenicocialone1713 and it´s wonderful that you learned and played this timeless song‼👍

I have talked to a few players who new or opened for him in concert. Each said -"there was no one like him. He oozed soul on guitar and vocal". One player made the comment that I found very interesting: "Part of Jimi's guitar sound - was his voice - the soul was in both". One player who I had take lessons from in the 1960's related to me after Jimi's set with The Isle Bro's, he sat at the bar and they talked with him. He told my buddies he wanted to start his own band. They thought 'well, he's kinda flashy but his own band?" The rest is history...

@AndrewHeller-jn7dx

8 ай бұрын

*The Isley Brothers;...-->>NOT: "The Isle Bros."!!!!!!!!!.

Such a beautiful song!

@Gerardnolan191

6 ай бұрын

Smiles, hi paty👋

@rudolfkurtz9847

2 ай бұрын

really is‼

Amazing! Hendrix is a legend. This performance and song are phenomenal. Hendrix is one of the best people on the planet.

@alanball5750

9 ай бұрын

He is dead. 'Best people'?

@morrisparrish76

6 ай бұрын

@@alanball5750 So excuse the man’s fucking grammar!

@brandipayton4062

5 ай бұрын

Yes one of the best

@morrisparrish76

5 ай бұрын

@@brandipayton4062 Best people = opinions vary! Best music = they don’t!

I don't think I've ever heard Jimi so intimate on any other track.

One of my all-time favorite songs, and this is one of the finest performances of this beautiful song. ❤ Jimi

As close to the studio version as Jimi probably ever played live. Sweden must've seemed like Neptune or something to him so, "Hey guys, relax. Let's nail this sucker." a very high quality capture from that era. Great.

He was utterly brilliant. Very few come close.

One of the most beautiful songs ever

@Gerardnolan191

6 ай бұрын

Smiles, hi Julia 👋

probably my favorite version of my favorite Jimi song. Pure Genius in motion.

Absolute MASTERPIECE..

Glad they got plenty of close ups of the bass guitar while Jimi is soloing

@aMulliganStew

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I noticed that too. Having some basic TV production training, my guess is they had limited cameras and needed to make sure they could get back on his face whenever the solo ended. Hopefully the broadcast version did better.

@danwebb4418

10 ай бұрын

Noel Redding a man you would meet in the West Cork local Irish pub for a chat and a pint..rip

what a beautifully balanced trio... great interplay!

I think this is a live recording. Jimi was known for matching his studio tracks. The drumming is subtle and magnificent. He is playing the drums and Jimi is strumming. Even on a slow, beautiful song, his playing is effortless and exquisite.

@jakollee

5 ай бұрын

Definitely played live, not miming to the studio recording. There are small, subtle differences in Jimi's vocal delivery and in the guitar solo and ending. But it hews very close to the studio version!

glorious. Thanks for finding and sharing. What would Jimi Hendrix say to the current madness of the human world? Give peace and love a chance. Freedom. Nature.

One in a generation. And no-one really cared. I lived though it. Awesome memories of this genius!

Two clasic guys who spoke to a whole generation together. And I never thought they would ever be seen singing together again! I always loved these two!❤️

Of the highest quality-both group performance and recording.

Here's why Nashville players loved Jimi. It's an elegant country ballad, plain and simple. His Native American accent is what hides it's true nature. What a genius.

@flemingcourt

10 ай бұрын

If only all country was like this...

@averyadrian1534

10 ай бұрын

It’s blues - rock - ain’t no country in Jimi’s blood

@SuperAmin1950

10 ай бұрын

Huh'...?☆¿ 🫢

@Albrecht777

2 ай бұрын

@@averyadrian1534 There definitely _was_ country in Jimi's blood. Read the interview excerpts compiled into "Starting at Zero" and look at how he describes his own music therein, for example. "Country" is one of the forms that he mentions. Listen to the guitars on "Stepping Stone" or "Night Bird Flying". The country influences are clear. Moreover, trying to limit Jimi's music to "blues-rock" does him an injustice. Again, consider he way he sought to describe his own music in the interviews he gave. He wasn't interested in being lumped into a particular style.

This is tremendous footage. Jimi Hendrix Experience when they were just starting to make it and reshaping what people thought could be done with rock music. Amazing!

it's in beautiful colour this programme.i had this song on tape,right from the start.a lad in my class said that his parents had a Jimi Hendrix record in the house and it was the wind cries mary.he said"it's "rubbish"! I replied that it's the only Hendrix record that I didn't like.i thought that it was bland.it's actually quite mellow,soft and soothing.not bad when you're sleepy or relaxing.listening to all of his other music,you would never believe that it was the same artist!

I made many friends using this type of hairdo in the early 70’s , this song reminds me when I left El Salvador for good at age 21 and I’m 67 now, thanks.

he channeled his emotion his vibration through his music he filtered his emotions through his guitar turning his spiritual vibration into sound!

@spiritoflights

9 ай бұрын

there will never be another Jimi Hendrix!

@Voodoo66Chile

9 ай бұрын

100% spot on.

I love this version

Aside from obviously jimi being jimi, Noel and Mitch sound very good here, simple but solid and on a couple of moments Mitch lets his skills shine through with those cool fills which is always nice, criminally underrated drummer.

@TheMonolake

10 ай бұрын

Rip M.M.

@pierric2748

10 ай бұрын

Underrated ?? I don't think so. Maybe by people who don't know sh*t about music.

@sammccue500

9 ай бұрын

@@pierric2748 Mitch was taught to play drums by Jim Marshall. Yes, that Jim Marshall.

love it! miss him

@Gerardnolan191

6 ай бұрын

Smiles, hi Christine 👋

Never another person with the skills and the feel for music like Jimi Hendrix....

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE 2 AMAZING VIDEOs

What an icon .... what a guitar player .... what a talent.

Excellent job again Seedy .

As a lifelong musician, drums was my 1st instrument, but when I saw Jimi on my 14th birthday (6-22-69) @ Devonshire Downs, Granada Hills Ca. (which is on video) I realized "I'm suppose to be in front of the stage" & have been ever since. Thanks Jimi. See you in heaven.

We never got enough of jimmy. I love him and was so sad at his passing. I bet the angels are having a great time. Just miss him so...he had so much to contribute. ❤

HE WILL ALWAYS BE GREATNESS...FANTASTIC.. MAGNIFICENT GENTLE MAN AND THE BESTEST GUITAR AND COMPOSER EVER IN MY TIME...AND NOW!!!RIP BLESSINGS TI THE HENDRIX SPIRIT ❤😢😢

Was lucky enough to see Jimi live in Rokford, IL. I was just 14. Fantastic show!

Great drumming Mitch---and don't forget Noel's supporting bass.

@victorbrown3570

Жыл бұрын

Jimi was killer, but you are so right the JHE was 3 guys, Jimi of course, Mitch influenced by Jazz and Noel who 'suddenly' found himself as the bass player. Amazing what these strangers to each other did.

@InterstellarBreakdown

Жыл бұрын

The whole band is legendary imo, they flowed together like water.

@victorbrown3570

Жыл бұрын

@@InterstellarBreakdown Life long Hendrix fan here. Sent this video to my sister who always said to me, "You love that screaming guitar Hendrix, not for me." This a few other songs Iby him I sent her had her changing her tune. I always mention this video to people who think like her and who think he / they were only loud jumping around making noise. That's the thing about him / them. Jimi could be wild but he could also just stand and play his ass off with or without effects. He was very versatile and pretty good with an acoustic guitar also so there's another myth that he was all gadgets that falls to the floor.

@aquamarine99911

11 ай бұрын

Mitch played to the song, and Jimi gave him great songs to play to.

Raw.. and beautiful.....❤

Amazing document!!

Hendrix was the man 🖤✌🇺🇸🎶🎵🎸

@Gerardnolan191

6 ай бұрын

Smiles, hi Sarah 👋

Lucky audience members, can’t imagine their memories

The One and Only James Marshall (Johnny Allen) Hendrix.. That Man... The Man We Know as Jimi Hendrix Changed The Face of Music Forever.. A True Musical Innovator and Master of His Craft.. There Will Never Be Another... Rest in Power My Most Awesome Musical Big Brotha 💖💖

This is an other worldly piece of music-thanks for sharing….

nice work.

and the wind , you can't see it but you know it's there !!

@jamesneves8300

Жыл бұрын

Thou must be born-again "

@patyrod

11 ай бұрын

And you can feel the wind.

Beautiful. Thank you!!!

Truly one of my many favorites by Jimi!😢

Jimmy em cada apresentação um solo diferente 🎸.

Jimi is a legend, but the whole band is super tight.

The song just came into my consciousness again. A moment ago I haven't heard it for years totally fabulous

Beautiful!!

Thanks Seedy, the softer side of Jimi!

Awesome performance. This is very true to the recorded version. I'm guessing this must have been very close to when it was recorded and released, sounds like a studio outtake.

I COULDN'T EVEN TIE MY SHOE DAT GOOD YET, I COULD SING THIS SONG THOUGH, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKIN ABOUT, BUT EVEN @ AGE 5, IT BROUGHT TEARS 2 MY EYES. MR. JIMI HENDRIX, THE father of ACID ROCK. FLY HIGH MY HOMIE.

WOW. intimate, medatative. This is an incredible filming and performance! priceless...

Very good performance ! It is definitely a very difficult song to perform. Janis did it in an incredible way, you come very close to her outstanding way of bringing the song forward. You are the best imitation. Applause 👏🏻 😊

Thanks for posting this. I’d love to grab the camera man and tell him to zoom out from Jimi’s face so we can see him holding the guitar.

@lingcod91

Жыл бұрын

Hear-hear . . . idiotic camera work focusing on Noel-nobody when it should have been on Jimi.

So great to see this old clip. You Tube is awesome. Thanks Seedy.

Great performance. Imperfect filming choices.

Besides Chris Squire I think Hendrix wrote the best bass lines for Noel Redding, and to play on the Strat. So much rhythm and soul, it's very flowing with the guitar.

Mitch Mitchell was just the perfect drummer for Jimi

none words, just a simple and special feeling, thanks Jimi...

Subtle mastery, of the moment...captivating to say the least...Brilliance

did the kids sitting there realize that they were hearing and watching the greatest musical performance of their lives?

I hope the camera crew was reassigned to work kitchen duty in the cafeteria after this. like forever peeling potatoes so they can think about what they've done

@MrDino1953

Ай бұрын

They should be joined by Tony Palmer, the idiot who filmed Cream’s farewell concert so badly.

I love this! Thank you Seedy Jeezus!

Such a beautiful and wistful song.

Poet as well, footprints dressed in red

Jimi Hendrix is god

@ their best and more was to come...sweet if not rare :) thanks for posting

Amazing. Thank you

00:22 Look at how HUGE his hands were. His fingers were literally swallowing the neck. He couldn't have realized his inner talent without the biomechanics enabling him to reach the notes so easily.

@jimm3205

10 ай бұрын

What does 5””8 mean?

@shootfirst2097

10 ай бұрын

@@jimm3205 5-foot, 8-inches tall