It was that time on a particular Wednesday, more specifically 2:30 pm to 4:20 pm; I sat in the lecture room at HKU preparing myself to pay full attention to Dr. Giorgio’s lecture. He stood in front of 200+ students and lectured us about “Seeing music”. As the lecture progressed to the topic about sexuality and music, he projected a YouTube video featuring the famous guitarist of the 1970s, Jimi Hendrix. The video was recorded at Miami in 1968, where Hendrix is performed one of his best-known songs “Foxey Lady” to a crowd of audience. This video recording of Hendrix surprised me, and there are several of reasons why. I seldom listen to Rock Music, and didn’t show much interest. Growing up I was more comfortable with classical music and the Piano;
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We talked about the importance of live-ness in respect to a performance. Our tutor, Estela’s example inspired me to think about this question “what if all the audience are stationary and we replace the live performance with a CD player and we played the same song, would that still be regarded as a performance?” The answer is simply no; the liveliness of the performance is very crucial, without Jimi Hendrix on stage I will have seen the actions, and will not be able to experience this sense of desperation and eagerness that he convey in this song.
In conclusion, “Foxey lady” presented significant contrasts to the classical music I’m more familiar with. The link between sexuality and music, the link between human body and music, the link between music and society are all present in this song. With all the tricky techniques, and expressive choreography along with the catchy riff which is played with inspiration and inventiveness is what made me interested at first sight. This song marked a new beginning for me, “Rock music”. Those said: “Jimi Hendrix are amongst the greatest if not the greatest electric guitarist of all time…” there are not
We talked about the importance of live-ness in respect to a performance. Our tutor, Estela’s example inspired me to think about this question “what if all the audience are stationary and we replace the live performance with a CD player and we played the same song, would that still be regarded as a performance?” The answer is simply no; the liveliness of the performance is very crucial, without Jimi Hendrix on stage I will have seen the actions, and will not be able to experience this sense of desperation and eagerness that he convey in this song.
In conclusion, “Foxey lady” presented significant contrasts to the classical music I’m more familiar with. The link between sexuality and music, the link between human body and music, the link between music and society are all present in this song. With all the tricky techniques, and expressive choreography along with the catchy riff which is played with inspiration and inventiveness is what made me interested at first sight. This song marked a new beginning for me, “Rock music”. Those said: “Jimi Hendrix are amongst the greatest if not the greatest electric guitarist of all time…” there are not