i think the shortness of Hendrix's original Little Wing is what makes it so poignant. much in the same way that the 'slight return' of Voodoo Chile is superior to the original to most listeners. it doesn't have time to devolve into wankery. it's not that i don't like the longer versions but they're more suitable to a live situation, when you're there in the moment and you can feel the music in the air. the extended versions are meant for the stage not the studio to my ears.

Valleys of Neptune is on a cd called Hear My Music, it's an all instrumental album, basically a bunch of jams as well as a few unfinished stuff songs. Valleys of Neptune in also unfinished; there's 2 Valleys of Neptune tracks on the cd, the guitar track and a piano track(did i mention Hendrix plays piano on it?!:D)

damn, i never knew hendrix could play the piano. i'll definitely have to poke around to try to find a copy or something. thanks for the heads up.

Castles made of sand

I'd say a lot of people prefer slight return because of its faster hard rock edge, compared to the bluesy jam of the original. They're very different songs and I don't feel that the length has much to do with it.

true enough, but i was basically using it as an example of length not equaling greatness in regards to a comment about 'what if hendrix had made little wing into 7 minutes instead'

Fair enough.

I must agree, because little wing is so short, it makes me play it over and over again. that's not a bad sign I guess.
But it's just, to me it's a dreamy song and at the end of it I want to dream on, not skip back. and it would have been an awesome 7minutes song, I'm just sure.

But never mind, of course we'll never know. + the shortness might make it even more intense, you could be right.

you stated you like a studio version short and the live version longer.
That's a good point too, I agree. (well mainly, but again, sometimes I like to feel the music in the air, as you said it, even in my flat.. or laying on the grass with my headphones.. :hphones:)
But also, others do not feel the same way - I've been to a concert with a friend, and the band extended every song. It was fantastic, imo, you could feel your body reacting to the turns the music took. My friend couldn't stand it, he liked the songs the way they were on the record.

yeah well. hard to generalize that all, I guess.:confused:

well... do the 9 minutes of 'moon turn the tides...' really add that much to '1983...'? :p:

i'm also totally with you on the whole live music should be its own thing. seems like your friend is more of a passive music fan than an active one.

Crosstown Traffic.....lately.

For a long time it was Watchtower because of that scene in Rush.