"Bold as Love is a song by Jimi Hendrix the final song and title track of the Jimi Hendrix Experience s 1967 album [[Axis: Bold As Love]]

Themes and lyrics

Jimi Hendrix, a self-taught guitarist, was unable to read music, and as such often experienced musical and emotional ideas in terms of color (similar to the condition of synesthesia . The lyrics reflect this (Hendrix stated, in explanation of his color-emotion interpretations, "Anger is purple; Im purple with rage...", paralleling the lyrical reference to the "purple armor" of a personified anger). The piece also has elements of a love song as Hendrix explained that his usage of color is how "... you explain your different emotions in colours toward this certain girl who has all the colors in the world...".

Recording

The song was recorded on a four-track machine. After the initial recording was completed, Hendrix overdubbed harpsichord and additional bass parts. Recording engineers Eddie Kramer and George Chkiantz introduced phased stereo sound, which Hendrix called the sound he had been "hearing in his] dreams". Noel Redding did say that the song came quite naturally to the group, yet it took 27 takes to fulfill what needed to be recorded. Take 24 can be heard on the box set.

Covers

The song was covered by John Mayer in 2006 for his album [[Continuum (album)|Continuum]] That cover was later performed by the John Mayer Trio on Mayers live DVD [[Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles|Where the Light Is]]

Personnel

*Jimi Hendrix: Singing guitar , bass guitar harpsichord *Mitch Mitchell Drum kit *Noel Redding bass guitar

See also

*1967 in music

References

* John McDermott (1997). Bold As Love. In Experience Hendrix(p. 13) CD liner notes]. Universal City, CA: MCA Records, Inc. Category:Jimi Hendrix songs Category:Songs written by Jimi Hendrix Category:1967 songs es:Bold As Love pl:Bold as Love