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| '''Electric Church''' was a ] belief popularized by ] and his band |
'''Electric Church''' was a ] belief that electric music brings out ]s, feelings, and creative ideas in people, and encourages ] maturity. It was popularized by ] and his band ], as well as other followers of ] in the 1960s. | ||
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In an interview promoting his third album '']'', Jimi Hendrix said "the influence the psychedelics have on one is truly amazing, and I only wish more people appreciated this belief and genre". When asked why he didn't name the album "Electric Church" instead of "Electric Ladyland", Hendrix said that some ladies were "electric too".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/archives/1968/mar12/hendrix014.html |title=Jimi Hendrix interview |work=] |accessdate=2008-12-24 |date=1968-03-12}} {{dl}}</ref> | ||
| When asked why he didn't name his then-new album "Electric Church" instead of "Electric Ladyland", Jimi said that some ladies were electric too. (Then he laughed as if he were embarrassed.) | |||
| Hendrix made numerous allusions to the concept in his musical work, |
Hendrix made numerous allusions to the concept in his musical work, most famously in his widely distributed live performance of the song "]", in which he introduces his band by saying that he is about to present them all to the "Electric Church". | ||
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Electric Church was a quasi-spiritual belief that electric music brings out emotions, feelings, and creative ideas in people, and encourages spiritual maturity. It was popularized by Jimi Hendrix and his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, as well as other followers of psychedelic music in the 1960s.
In an interview promoting his third album Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix said "the influence the psychedelics have on one is truly amazing, and I only wish more people appreciated this belief and genre". When asked why he didn't name the album "Electric Church" instead of "Electric Ladyland", Hendrix said that some ladies were "electric too".
Hendrix made numerous allusions to the concept in his musical work, most famously in his widely distributed live performance of the song "Red House", in which he introduces his band by saying that he is about to present them all to the "Electric Church".
References
- "Jimi Hendrix interview". Rolling Stone. 1968-03-12. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
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