Album: Are You Experienced
Year: 1967
Every other song on Are You Experienced had some kind of precedent in the past.
There were tight pop songs like “Foxy Lady” and “Purple Haze.” There were the hard-rocking pop songs like “Foxy Lady” or “Fire,” there were the bluesy songs like “Manic Depression” or “The Wind Cries Mary,” there was the psychedelia of “Love or Confusion” and the title track. And, of course, there was the mandated-by-law cover of “Hey Joe.”
Except for “Third Stone From The Sun.” It was pretty much unprecedented.
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