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"Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967, in the United Kingdom. The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Eastern modalities, shaped by novel sound processing techniques.
'Purple Haze' Jimi Hendrix, 1967. What you thought you heard: “Excuse me while I kiss this guy." What you actually heard: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.”
Kiss the Sky is a compilation album by American rock guitarist, singer–songwriter Jimi Hendrix. In the US, it was released by Reprise Records in October 1984 and by Polydor Records in the UK in November 1984. [1] The album's title is taken from the lyrics of "Purple Haze."
A person may mistake an unfamiliar stimulus for a familiar and more plausible version. For example, to consider a well-known mondegreen in the song "Purple Haze", one may be more likely to hear Jimi Hendrix singing that he is about to kiss this guy than that he is about to kiss the sky. [7]
In “Purple Haze,” Jimi Hendrix sings the words, “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.” As poetic as it is, it might be the most frequently misquoted line in music history.
Although the lyrics to "Purple Haze", which opened the US edition of Are You Experienced, are often misinterpreted as describing an acid trip, Hendrix explained: "[It] was all about a dream I had that I was walking under the sea." [101] He speculated that the dream may have been inspired by a science fiction story about a purple death ray.
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