Its cool that Jimi is so well remembered threw this series Belly Button Window, he deserves to be well spoken of we all miss him& love his amazing abilities has an intertainer a very special human being! J.H.E. forever 🤟
Man I don't blame jimi for taking that time he needed I'm so happy to know that he had that break from so much. He was always so busy and loving to a fault and trusting but I know he'd do it all again! Goodness Jimi I love you so much and whole heartedly!😊
The movie is hard to get through, and I get why alot of people commenting don't like seeing that scene of a drunk Jimi rambling about Astral travel,etc...but by that point in the film, it is a much welcomed diversion, and whether he is trolling the wizard or not, that line about choking on the grape/wine is SO eerie!!! But as far as the concert goes, yes it is thin compared to his normal sound overall, and the strong wind definitely affected them (especially Mitch) but, Jimi made the absolute most of this situation, and when you see the 'whole' concert you realize that Jimi was quite aware of the cameras and in turn, gave one of his best vocal performances of 1970 live music IMHO...(and of course, his guitar playing is always a step above and beyond)
The thin tone is probably due to the Univibe, which did not have a bypass switch and rolled off the bass. His amps would also have had 6550 tubes biased to ~30% at that point, producing a more brittle crossover distortion sound than KT66's at a more standard ~65% bias.
Love everything about this movie. Perfect for its time. You just have tune in. You have to.have lived in that era of enighnment and awareness to appreciate the message. Magical & Spiritual
I think the dialogue of the movie focused on new age, yoga, tai chi ufology, surfing and the green movement in which all these concepts became even more popular and acceptable in years to come.
interesting how Mitchell says that Hendrix was goofing during his talking part because, until hearing that, it seemed like he was completely out of his mind.
There was a time I walked on the George Washington bridge leaving NYC. There were several holes in the sidewalk where one could easily fall the ~200 feet into the Hudson River. Being involved in construction, of course my mind was racing with questions about the condition of the walkway, what I would do if I felt it give way, why were there no barricades, how would I posture to strike the water, why am I seeing in black and white...? They fell through the holes in the Rainbow Bridge.
Saw the movie in a drive in, I remember being disappointed that Jimi had so little time on screen, and the concert sounded really bad, especially through drive in speakers. Found an LP (at Kmart) in a plain white cover stamped “Incident at Maui- Jimi Hendrix”. Got it home and the vinyl was see-through yellow with only a paisley pattern in the center where song titles should be. The sound quality was horrible, it had obviously been a bootleg from a cassette recorder someone had in the audience, because you could hear people talking. But it had a cool version of “Villanova Junction” and some other songs that would eventually be on Cry of Love. I only paid $1, so it was totally worth it. Let somebody “borrow” it and never saw it again. Last year I was on Maui and found the field where the concert was, and saw the building where Jimi pretends so shoot out of the window. It’s a girls academy or something now.
I know that many people hate Rainbow Bridge, and that it doesn't really work well as a film, but it is nevertheless a very interesting piece when it comes to capturing the zeitgeist of the late sixties, in particular the more extreme fringes of the hippy movement. It was an exciting, strange, and sometimes downright off the wall period of recent history. It also makes me wonder sometimes would Jimi still have been Jimi as WE know him without all of those heightened energies around him? How did it all affect his vision, creative process, and evolution as an artist? All of that adulation, and the expectation that he was a figurehead for a new liberated western consciousness. It must have weighed heavily on him. Not that he wouldn't have still had his unique genius, but in the end, the late sixties seemed to free him to explore his FULL potential. For better and worse, as it also exposed him to a LOT of dangers and pitfalls I guess. We all know how it ended, sadly. It's an absolutely fascinating study. His stoned rap later in the movie is very interesting though. The common perception of Jimi is as a very sweet, but spaced out cat with a lack of awareness of what was going on around him. When It was clear that he was a very open minded, but also very self aware individual, and no fool. He called out the 'wizard' on his b.s. - in the nicest possible way of course - and in the song if 6 was 9, he saw how being a hippie, with its own dress code, language, and beliefs was just another type of conformity to be avoided. Strange too how he seemed to foresee his own death in a VERY specific fashion. Very eerie. Weird scenes inside the goldmine for sure.
" in particular the more extreme fringes of the hippy movement." Couldn't agree more. astrology kind of started it but new age blew up through the 80's. Feel bad for those seeking but they need to get out of it. I believe Jimi did. I think he is just B.S. ing these people...making stuff up.
Great work B B W. Personally i would not agree that this concert was good at all! Yes it's Jimi jamming out but i think his tinny tone, an over use of the univive gets hard to listen to quickly. I mostly feel sorry for Jimi because he got pushed into the whole mess by Jeffreys. As usual Jimi showed up an made the best of a bad situation. He did allegedly tell Sharon Lawrence on the phone about enjoying his bed rest after his foot injury, an described the whole rainbow bridge project as some "Michael Jeffreys hippie dippy crap!"
There was a lot of wind during the concerts, which wreaked so much havoc with the recording, that Mitch Mitchell had to attempt overdubs to get a decent drum sound, and which likely contributed to an overall "thin" mix to compensate. Some modern remixes have resolved this to some degree, Trying to do sound in a windy place is still a bummer; Lol! Peace :)
This movie and performance, moved me more than anything I have ever heard or seen! Yes the audio isn't the best, the filming wasn't that bad. The editing did suck. The vibe was both high and low. But I both love and hated the film. I don't know if anyone out there knows of all the lost footage of this event! I bought the original CD of this back in the '90's. Then when TH-cam first came out, someone posted a black and white film of this, and it was totally different than the original film! They were filming from the scaffolding in the background. I think some different songs were on it too. Different angles. They took this down years ago😥. I understand the Hendrix family bought the rights to this movie recently and put it out again. I was hoping they would track down this lost footage. It may have been bootlegged. I hope some day it will come out again! ✌🏼
A rather strange film that could only have been made in the year 1969. I consider the soundtrack album Rainbow Bridge as Jimis best album after Electric Ladyland. And the concert sequence of the film is great. Watch it!
Jimi had some heavy duty generators to crank out those marshal amps….the gig was LOUD. A disgruntled lady complained to the local police…about the noise a mile away !!
Dissapointing yes,but the people in Makawao,speak of his presence there with fondness,a nice vibe,all these years later,Jimi sure touched people in his short visit on earth
Thank you for this "Rainbow Bridge" special. Whilst listening, I wondered whether some critical annotations should have been added to the interview with Chuck Wein. Upon reflection, however, I think that it is fine to allow that source to stand as it is. Each listener can make up his or her own mind regarding Chuck's comments. Personally, I tend to concur with Eddie Kramer's assessment of Chuck - and also with Mitch's more direct viewpoint as expressed at the close of this episode, which echoes Gerry Stickells' take, too. At best, Chuck was what Americans might call a grifter and Brits a wide boy... and that's being kind, in my opinion.
@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW You didn't think the CIA was going to just let HENDRIX'S audience organically enjoy the show and go home without testing things on them?
Interesting that Mike Jeffery had arranged filming of the MSG show for use in a movie. Him having a vested interest in the show to that extent somewhat negates the conspiracy theory that he spiked Jimi.
@@bartrobinson2103 You're entitled to your view. But as a Black Indigenous Person myself and Jimi Hendrix & Buddy Miles were As well. We are some pretty Straight up people we use People we tolerate on HIT Songs. And as far as Believing things I seriously Doubt that anyone would've Had any Negative feelings Towards Micheal Jeffrey if Micheal Jeffrey allowed Jimi Hendrix to take breaks as he Saw fit because from a Musicians point of view. Constantly performing Rehearsing the once High Flame, High Energy once felt Turns to a extremely low Flame and the Music will Sound like that Low Flame. Because Musicians need to Recharge and that's something that Micheal Jeffrey obviously didn't Care About Because of the $$$$.
@@wolfgangdevries127 He had built a studio and had 2 albums worth of recordings ready, Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge, and he had played live almost constantly. Fact.
@@andymccracken4046 Hendrix did not perform that much in 1970. Tracks as being released in 1971 were unfinished. They were concocted by Eddie Kramer afaik. Hendrix was a perfectionist. Compared to his official releases the tracks are still in the experimental phase afaiac
As a man of science and critical thinking... all of this just breaks my heart and makes me lose faith even more in humanity.. I am not sure I can afford to give time to watching the film.. I still love the music and its interesting to see where and how it came from.. I love Sun Ra but do I think we are from outer space....?? um NO !! Come on man .. I mean its been over half a century but we knew a lot of things then that are still true now... Yup math chemistry, astronomy ( not astrology) physics, electronics etc are my way of understanding the universe....
A horrible ‘movie’, with one of the more interesting Hendrix shows caught on film. Hendrix hated the idea, and hated participating. He’s clearly winding up the so called ‘wizard’.
Yes the movie was boring but good to see some of the actors tripping on orange sunshine ,the guy with the blond longish hair was u see him at theconcert stood up I think
A crappy movie that exploits the stoned out counter culture with no proper plot or sequencing! You're STILL doing the blurring/smearing of the pictures which really sucks and takes away from your otherwise great work.
Hey my friend, thank you very much! It's not easy to find pics and more often, they are very low resolution, which means a bad look on a bigger screen. I do my best. Cheers!
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Its cool that Jimi is so well remembered threw this series Belly Button Window, he deserves to be well spoken of we all miss him& love his amazing abilities has an intertainer a very special human being! J.H.E. forever 🤟
Thank you so much! Cheers
How far was the series thrown?
James Hendrix's middle name was Marshall.
Jimi’s Univibe was so insanely Amazing this show…
Totally agree! Cheers
Love the way that pedal sounds so Spiritual.
Man I don't blame jimi for taking that time he needed I'm so happy to know that he had that break from so much. He was always so busy and loving to a fault and trusting but I know he'd do it all again! Goodness Jimi I love you so much and whole heartedly!😊
Good one! Cheers
The movie is hard to get through, and I get why alot of people commenting don't like seeing that scene of a drunk Jimi rambling about Astral travel,etc...but by that point in the film, it is a much welcomed diversion, and whether he is trolling the wizard or not, that line about choking on the grape/wine is SO eerie!!! But as far as the concert goes, yes it is thin compared to his normal sound overall, and the strong wind definitely affected them (especially Mitch) but, Jimi made the absolute most of this situation, and when you see the 'whole' concert you realize that Jimi was quite aware of the cameras and in turn, gave one of his best vocal performances of 1970 live music IMHO...(and of course, his guitar playing is always a step above and beyond)
The thin tone is probably due to the Univibe, which did not have a bypass switch and rolled off the bass. His amps would also have had 6550 tubes biased to ~30% at that point, producing a more brittle crossover distortion sound than KT66's at a more standard ~65% bias.
Great comment! Cheers
Love everything about this movie. Perfect for its time. You just have tune in. You have to.have lived in that era of enighnment and awareness to appreciate the message. Magical & Spiritual
Totally agree! Cheers
I think the dialogue of the movie focused on new age, yoga, tai chi ufology, surfing and the green movement in which all these concepts became even more popular and acceptable in years to come.
interesting how Mitchell says that Hendrix was goofing during his talking part because, until hearing that, it seemed like he was completely out of his mind.
True! Cheers
There was a time I walked on the George Washington bridge leaving NYC. There were several holes in the sidewalk where one could easily fall the ~200 feet into the Hudson River. Being involved in construction, of course my mind was racing with questions about the condition of the walkway, what I would do if I felt it give way, why were there no barricades, how would I posture to strike the water, why am I seeing in black and white...? They fell through the holes in the Rainbow Bridge.
Cool!
Saw the movie in a drive in, I remember being disappointed that Jimi had so little time on screen, and the concert sounded really bad, especially through drive in speakers. Found an LP (at Kmart) in a plain white cover stamped “Incident at Maui- Jimi Hendrix”. Got it home and the vinyl was see-through yellow with only a paisley pattern in the center where song titles should be. The sound quality was horrible, it had obviously been a bootleg from a cassette recorder someone had in the audience, because you could hear people talking. But it had a cool version of “Villanova Junction” and some other songs that would eventually be on Cry of Love. I only paid $1, so it was totally worth it. Let somebody “borrow” it and never saw it again. Last year I was on Maui and found the field where the concert was, and saw the building where Jimi pretends so shoot out of the window. It’s a girls academy or something now.
Thank you so much for sharing that! Cheers
I know that many people hate Rainbow Bridge, and that it doesn't really work well as a film, but it is nevertheless a very interesting piece when it comes to capturing the zeitgeist of the late sixties, in particular the more extreme fringes of the hippy movement. It was an exciting, strange, and sometimes downright off the wall period of recent history. It also makes me wonder sometimes would Jimi still have been Jimi as WE know him without all of those heightened energies around him? How did it all affect his vision, creative process, and evolution as an artist? All of that adulation, and the expectation that he was a figurehead for a new liberated western consciousness. It must have weighed heavily on him. Not that he wouldn't have still had his unique genius, but in the end, the late sixties seemed to free him to explore his FULL potential. For better and worse, as it also exposed him to a LOT of dangers and pitfalls I guess. We all know how it ended, sadly. It's an absolutely fascinating study. His stoned rap later in the movie is very interesting though. The common perception of Jimi is as a very sweet, but spaced out cat with a lack of awareness of what was going on around him. When It was clear that he was a very open minded, but also very self aware individual, and no fool. He called out the 'wizard' on his b.s. - in the nicest possible way of course - and in the song if 6 was 9, he saw how being a hippie, with its own dress code, language, and beliefs was just another type of conformity to be avoided. Strange too how he seemed to foresee his own death in a VERY specific fashion. Very eerie. Weird scenes inside the goldmine for sure.
" in particular the more extreme fringes of the hippy movement." Couldn't agree more. astrology kind of started it but new age blew up through the 80's. Feel bad for those seeking but they need to get out of it. I believe Jimi did. I think he is just B.S. ing these people...making stuff up.
Totally agree! Cheers
Yep!
Great work B B W. Personally i would not agree that this concert was good at all! Yes it's Jimi jamming out but i think his tinny tone, an over use of the univive gets hard to listen to quickly. I mostly feel sorry for Jimi because he got pushed into the whole mess by Jeffreys. As usual Jimi showed up an made the best of a bad situation. He did allegedly tell Sharon Lawrence on the phone about enjoying his bed rest after his foot injury, an described the whole rainbow bridge project as some "Michael Jeffreys hippie dippy crap!"
You mean Jeffery, I suppose
There was a lot of wind during the concerts, which wreaked so much havoc with the recording, that Mitch Mitchell had to attempt overdubs to get a decent drum sound, and which likely contributed to an overall "thin" mix to compensate. Some modern remixes have resolved this to some degree, Trying to do sound in a windy place is still a bummer; Lol! Peace :)
I completely agree. This is an.
Average performance same with atlanta pop festival. I never liked the sound of his amps for most of that 70s.Tour
Totally! Thanks for sharing this.
This movie and performance, moved me more than anything I have ever heard or seen! Yes the audio isn't the best, the filming wasn't that bad. The editing did suck. The vibe was both high and low. But I both love and hated the film. I don't know if anyone out there knows of all the lost footage of this event! I bought the original CD of this back in the '90's. Then when TH-cam first came out, someone posted a black and white film of this, and it was totally different than the original film! They were filming from the scaffolding in the background. I think some different songs were on it too. Different angles. They took this down years ago😥. I understand the Hendrix family bought the rights to this movie recently and put it out again. I was hoping they would track down this lost footage. It may have been bootlegged. I hope some day it will come out again! ✌🏼
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing that. Cheers!
Apart from the concert,the film was utter rubbish.
Cool!
A rather strange film that could only have been made in the year 1969. I consider the soundtrack album Rainbow Bridge as Jimis best album after Electric Ladyland. And the concert sequence of the film is great. Watch it!
Love it too! Cheers
Baron's dialogue when asked "who are you?" was extremely deep imo. (I actually wrote it down to keep for myself.)
Cool! Cheers
What a fantastic video from my favorite youtuber have a wonderful day ❤😊
Thank you so much 😀
Jimi had some heavy duty generators to crank out those marshal amps….the gig was LOUD. A disgruntled lady complained to the local police…about the noise a mile away !!
Wow! Thanks for sharing that.
Dissapointing yes,but the people in Makawao,speak of his presence there with fondness,a nice vibe,all these years later,Jimi sure touched people in his short visit on earth
Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing that with us, best wishes!
Thank you for this "Rainbow Bridge" special. Whilst listening, I wondered whether some critical annotations should have been added to the interview with Chuck Wein. Upon reflection, however, I think that it is fine to allow that source to stand as it is. Each listener can make up his or her own mind regarding Chuck's comments. Personally, I tend to concur with Eddie Kramer's assessment of Chuck - and also with Mitch's more direct viewpoint as expressed at the close of this episode, which echoes Gerry Stickells' take, too. At best, Chuck was what Americans might call a grifter and Brits a wide boy... and that's being kind, in my opinion.
Great point, thanks for sharing that. Cheers!
@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW Thank you!
If i didnt know better i would say the crew that organized this gig are the same crew now running the country.
Awesome, I think you nailed it! Cheers
Director Wein was a complete CIA operative.
Where’s the evidence?
@@Mike_Greentea LOOK at his background. HE NEVER REALLY EXISTED. HARVARD grad goes rogue and makes shty movie in Maui. Are you fkng daft?
@@Mike_Greentea Did you see all of the hash that they pulled out of that surfboard?
That's interesting, thanks for sharing! Cheers
@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW You didn't think the CIA was going to just let HENDRIX'S audience organically enjoy the show and go home without testing things on them?
Interesting that Mike Jeffery had arranged filming of the MSG show for use in a movie. Him having a vested interest in the show to that extent somewhat negates the conspiracy theory that he spiked Jimi.
...also murdered.
I choose to go along with
Buddy Miles & What he Said About That final Band of Gypsy show.
@user-bc9vl5kq8r I personally wouldn't believe much of anything buddy said. But just my opinion. I think jimi just tolerated him.
@@dennismason3740No doubt my mind
@@bartrobinson2103
You're entitled to your view.
But as a Black Indigenous Person myself and Jimi Hendrix & Buddy Miles were As well. We are some pretty
Straight up people we use People we tolerate on HIT Songs. And as far as Believing things I seriously Doubt that anyone would've
Had any Negative feelings Towards Micheal Jeffrey if Micheal Jeffrey allowed Jimi Hendrix to take breaks as he Saw fit because from a Musicians point of view.
Constantly performing Rehearsing the once High Flame, High Energy once felt
Turns to a extremely low Flame and the Music will Sound like that Low Flame.
Because Musicians need to
Recharge and that's something that Micheal Jeffrey obviously didn't Care
About Because of the $$$$.
he did mention he would die from the grape
I thought of that too. :(
Yes, fascinating indeed!
Don't do drugs kids!
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All jimi needed was a straight year off to fix himself.....if he coulda got it, ...i believe hed still be with us
Fix himself? Yeah right. He had not released an official studio album since oct 1968. Fact
Sadly, he was on a slippery slope regardless. Like so many others of that era.
@@bartrobinson2103 yea
@@wolfgangdevries127 He had built a studio and had 2 albums worth of recordings ready, Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge, and he had played live almost constantly. Fact.
@@andymccracken4046 Hendrix did not perform that much in 1970. Tracks as being released in 1971 were unfinished. They were concocted by Eddie Kramer afaik. Hendrix was a perfectionist. Compared to his official releases the tracks are still in the experimental phase afaiac
As a man of science and critical thinking... all of this just breaks my heart and makes me lose faith even more in humanity.. I am not sure I can afford to give time to watching the film.. I still love the music and its interesting to see where and how it came from.. I love Sun Ra but do I think we are from outer space....?? um NO !! Come on man .. I mean its been over half a century but we knew a lot of things then that are still true now... Yup math chemistry, astronomy ( not astrology) physics, electronics etc are my way of understanding the universe....
Totally get it. But, then again, each one of us has our own reality. Cheers!
A horrible ‘movie’, with one of the more interesting Hendrix shows caught on film. Hendrix hated the idea, and hated participating. He’s clearly winding up the so called ‘wizard’.
Yes the movie was boring but good to see some of the actors tripping on orange sunshine ,the guy with the blond longish hair was u see him at theconcert stood up I think
Totally agree!
A terrible movie saved only by Jimi's performances. I don't like the footage of Jimi sitting around drunk on the wine. I wish that had been left out.
Exactly
Me too! Cheers
I saw the movie in a theatre. I only remember that it was awful and the live music was suitable.
Cool!
the only good thing about the rainbow bridge thing was the album
I prefer to see it as a time capsule of the past. Cheers!
@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW yes it is. in that way it is worthwhile
MIKE KILLED JIMMIE
Hey my friend, will will cover this topic very soon. Stay tuned! Cheers
A crappy movie that exploits the stoned out counter culture with no proper plot or sequencing! You're STILL doing the blurring/smearing of the pictures which really sucks and takes away from your otherwise great work.
Hey my friend, thank you very much! It's not easy to find pics and more often, they are very low resolution, which means a bad look on a bigger screen. I do my best. Cheers!
Horrible movie.
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