Difference between revisions of "Purple Haze"
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| − | *Originally written and recorded by [[Jimi Hendrix]] on his 1967 debut album ''[[Wikipedia:Are You Experienced|Are You Experienced]]''. | + | * Originally written and recorded by [[Jimi Hendrix]] on his 1967 debut album ''[[Wikipedia:Are You Experienced|Are You Experienced]]''. |
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| + | Interviewed by [[Chuck Ash]] in 1988, Frank Zappa said the once contacted the annual [[Wikipedia:Mummers Parade|Mummers Parade]] in Philadelphia, [[Pennsylvania]], to be his opening act in the city, but they declined. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxO4UrqyMXw</ref> In 1986, he also considered a film project about a teenage son disinterested in the Mummers Parade, whose dying father asks him to continue the Mummers' tradition, whereupon the son modernizes the event by performing ''[[Purple Haze]]''. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSiGEj_c7aQ</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 4 August 2026
Lyrics
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life version:
Purple haze all in my brain
Well, lately things they just doesn't seem the same
Oh, I actin funny, and I doesn't know why
'scuse me while I kiss this guy.
Purple haze all around
Don't know if I'm goin up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
What ever it is, that doll put a spell on me.
Help me
Smack me
Listen here
[faint, spoken lyrics ... partly questionable]
Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if its day or night
You got me blowin' and you blew my mind
Tomorrow, or just the end of time?
Players On This Song
- Frank Zappa - lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal
- Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal
- Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, synth, vocal
- Bobby Martin - keyboards, vocal
- Ed Mann - vibes, marimba, electronic percussion
- Walt Fowler - trumpet, flugel horn, synth
- Bruce Fowler - trombone
- Paul Carman - alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax
- Albert Wing - tenor sax
- Kurt McGettrick - baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinet
- Scott Thunes - electric bass, mini-moog
- Chad Wackerman - drums, electronic percussion
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Singles
FZ Albums & Side Projects
Tribute & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
- Originally written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix on his 1967 debut album Are You Experienced.
Interviewed by Chuck Ash in 1988, Frank Zappa said the once contacted the annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be his opening act in the city, but they declined. [1] In 1986, he also considered a film project about a teenage son disinterested in the Mummers Parade, whose dying father asks him to continue the Mummers' tradition, whereupon the son modernizes the event by performing Purple Haze. [2]
