Batman Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Cool new smilies! ! Okay, back to business. I heard a kid at school humming a song. I asked him what it was, and he said it was "Cocaine, by Jimi Hendrix." And it sounded familiar, so I looked it up, but couldn't find it. Then I heard a song on the radio that sounded EXACTLY like it. It was Cream, sunshine of your love. So did this guy just mix up the titles, or did Jimi do a cover of Sunshine, or what? This happened long ago, but I still haven't found the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Jayson_ Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Ive never heard of Jimi doing a song called Cocaine. But he might have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 I've been listening to Jimi a long time, and I've never heard a cover of Sunshine of Your Love.I even have access to a lot of bootleg stuff, and have never heard that. I think that guy had his titles and artists mixed up. Cocaine was Eric Clapton and Sunshine was Cream (with Clapton of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jippers Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 I've been listening to Jimi a long time, and I've never heard a cover of Sunshine of Your Love.I even have access to a lot of bootleg stuff, and have never heard that. I think that guy had his titles and artists mixed up. Cocaine was Eric Clapton and Sunshine was Cream (with Clapton of course). Au contrere my friend. Hendrix DID do a cover of Sunshine Of Your Love. It was an impromptu done in the middle of his appearence on the Lulu show (where he was supposed to play "Hey Joe") on BBC TV in England in 1968. This version appears on the Experience Hendrix 2CD/3LP "The BBC Sessions" towards the end of Disc 2/Side 6 on the LP. However, "Cocaine" was originally done by J.J. Cale sometime in the mid-1970's and redone by Clapton in 1977 for the "Slowhand" LP. J.J. wrote the song long after Hendrix had passed away. But he may have done another song called Cocaine written by somebody else that I don't know about. BTW Hendrix's "Sunshine" is short but explosive and well worth checking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted May 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 thanks for the info everybody! I would tell him the info, but he just switched schools I found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 Oops! You are so right - I just got the cd out and checked. Thanks for straightening me out, and getting me to listen something I hadn't pulled out in a while! :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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