Purple Haze - Kronos Quartet

Performed by Kronos Quartet at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space（東京芸術劇場）1991

[@bmuhamad]

beautiful tribute. I believe Mr. Hendrix is a happy camper where ever he is...

[@markfrazier7442]

I stayed until the end, in case they set their instruments on fire!

[@ethanhill9460]

They should conclude performance with this cover and do as you suggest.

[@daviddemar8749]

😊

[@lynnbaccus2966]

I wish I was as adventurous as I was in the early 70s and what this would sound like under the influence of psychedelics 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@pacofgarcia5998]

No drug is needed to appreciate music... or whatever.

[@jackhammer111]

I'm 69. When I bought the "Are you experienced?" album the vinyl barely had time to cool down. (The answer to their question was yes). I saw them on their first American tour at Vet's Memorial Auditorium in Columbus Ohio. I expected to be as offended by this as I was by the Dion version. Instead, I think this is fantastic. They GET what he was doing musically with the song. I'm amazed.

[@katherine9109]

are you sure YOU get what Hendrix was doing with this song..?

[@williamboyd2019]

While a student at OSU, I and a few other dormies, also caught Jimi's concert. Great times, eh.

[@FTStratLP]

Fantastic! I'm sure Jimi would have loved it! He was always looking for new ways to express himself and had projects with serious art music in his mind, which, unfortunately, he could not realize due to his early death.

[@renenoir]

これ、また聴きたかった演奏です。 初めて聴いたときの衝撃はガーン！となるような感じでした。 スピーカーがハウッてるような音の模倣も入っていたりなかなかイカした編曲ですね。 ＵＰありがとうございました。

[@tombeckett8760]

What can you say!? Hendrix would have LOVED this. I hope. Kronos equals brilliance. They always have.

[@nanardbear3137]

Mais oui sûr

[@locovel10]

Kronos - - brilliant, fearless

[@wiggygrump0876]

My musical opinion(I play music on my trombone and piano every day)(not to mention spend everyday listening to music), I feel this remake is beutiful

[@geraldineboussin7318]

Ce morceau, ça m'électrise !... Il fait la synthèse de mon amour immodéré de la musique, de tous les bruits merveilleux et surprenants !

[@NotMeInc]

This is beyond cool.

[@viperconcept]

Perfect

[@sammuniz5360]

Brilliant.

[@matthewgreen4090]

Bowie used this to open his 1987 Glass Spider tour, great version.

[@christophersell3497]

I have no memory of that at all, mind you i remember little of the concert, I've seen him a few times and the Glass Spider was the worst for me.

[@eddiebronston]

Kronos is FEARLESS.

[@jjnmOH]

Brilliant! Absolutely love it!

[@justinhughes619]

LEGENDS!

[@brendabriery9648]

This was "YEARS" before 2 cellos!

[@dussecouin3135]

quelle curieuse époque ces 90'...

[@dansmith128]

awesome

[@markusschultz4637]

26 dislikes? you've got to be kidding

[@ethanhill9460]

Hey...trump is POTUS. Anything dumb is possible.

[@connormclernon26]

Well, this was...interesting.

[@mega00760]

like Charles Barkley would say this is TURABLE

[@smokeybrown8752]

So this is where Akira got the idea of fugo and his stand.

[@ibelieveicansoar]

I think the problem with a string ensemble covering this specific song is that the drumming in the original was some of the most spectacular, savage, and badass in rock music history. It takes some 🏀s to remove that underlying structure, though one of the members was playing a sort of “drum beat” at times. Despite this complaint, I feel it was a success overall. I love the tempo changes; one of the best bands of the ‘90s, Polvo, sped up and slowed down within their songs to great effect.

[@jordipuppo]

Súper.

[@christopherdicicco9252]

WOWZERSZ.

[@stickyjam1]

If we can't laugh at our betters who can we laugh at?

[@sawlonrijal1158]

Legendary words right there ^

[@eriktrips]

They got much better at this piece but if you don' t understand what Hendrix was doing you probably won't like this 2012 rendition either. Blues guitar--by the original electric blues guitarist--to violin takes some getting used to, perhaps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5SkqX1nlJ2BeMU

[@Bullcutter]

Brilliant rendition of a famous rock piece as a 'classical punk'! Very enjoyable. But there always are musically illiterate commenters present...

[@Augustheatsucks]

I love Kronos Q. and applaud them on the try. Yet, I think this one was eh....I dont know better left on the guitar.

[@jabu003]

para que queres tocarla igual la gracia es hacerla distinta...para escucharla igual pongo los discos...........

[@bmuhamad]

Kronos = Time. I think it sounds better without the drums, here...

[@teriknauer-schafer]

I would like a time with Clair Carlson piano and listen again

[@SuperSoupysoup]

@christiancoker1 HAHAH! Then that would be super funny to watch and I would pay lots of money to see them.

[@z-e-r-o-]

最後がΣd(ﾟ∀ﾟd)ｲｶｽ!

[@heikkinylund8617]

I prefer the original. ("Foxy Lady" was good, though.)

[@mirrorman95]

The beginning sounds like they're playing One-Winged Angel.

[@TtimWh]

Porsche 944 - Eats Corvettes for breakfast!

[@user-tu3me7tv5o]

テレビジョンの、マーキー・ムーンも、演ってるよね。

[@capeheartriz]

HaHa!....different

[@nanardbear3137]

Balaize les jeunes 😘😘😘😘

[@mingcrawford4805]

listen

[@davidkornblatt991]

I hope it pisses off people in all camps. It makes pop into classical music

[@jonobester5817]

"They wouldn't a swung if ya hung em." Both tempos off in right field.

[@vladislavsdombrovskis1173]

panedombrovska: 👋

[@SuperSoupysoup]

@christiancoker1 Hahah, well what were you expecting? Them to run around playing their instruments? xD

[@FilmsStillsCo]

#fridayjam

[@itami8985]

Qui est là pour une évaluation de musique😂😂

[@ameliiiii9907]

Hey, t'aurai pas les réponses, on doit comparer ce morceau avec le final du quatuor de l'empereur de Haydn :') et je t'avoue que musicalement je ne sais pas trop comment comparer...

[@itami8985]

@@ameliiiii9907 alors honnêtement j’en sais rien du tout 😂

[@schifferbrainz]

Kronos is great but this sounded like the soundtrack to Jaws.

[@chrisgreen3962]

Guys, I just sharted

[@erniebeggs]

Genki

[@osawero2293]

at certain parts sound like is backwards and at other like a horror movie

[@luisvazquezmedina1486]

better versions been listen of cronos...

[@user-qw5cx7ov2b]

There is no piece of music, performed by Kronos, which is not a masterpiece.

[@JoseOrtiz-nw1rk]

Creepy as hell.

[@azrelius]

no me gusto mucho esta version, la tocaron muy lenta y no capturaron la escencia de hendrix, y tampoco nisiquiera la hicieron muy sinfonica

[@josephszelski8040]

Kronos pertet sculthor is. pe

[@pickmytimecounterclockwise3035]

et ouai! parfois ça fonctionne avec une zik et pas avec d'autre! là c'est juste tout pourrie !!! berk

[@amozoness6]

plebe

[@keelahsentry2063]

Purple Haze as a dirge? Some things should be illegal.

[@richardharrold9736]

+Keelah Sentry It's not a dirge, it's just a different but equally lively take on the original. Porsche saw fit to use it on TV ads for the 944 back in the day.

[@KawaiiPotatoYT]

I hate this cover. The tempo is all over the place… it's not "griddy" enough, and the slidings are sometimes WAY too overused and emphasized.

[@anthonym8205]

Kawaii Potato I thought it was just me that thought it was slow

[@Violaphobia]

god, this is from the 90s. No excuse for that fashion abortion.

[@dmeachy]

I am still unclear as to why people like this music. The dissonance is annoying. Everytime I give this quartet another chance to prove they really have music worth listening to, I am disappointed.

[@CitizenAyellowblue]

dmeachy so don't listen to it...

[@Mist-Media]

Shockingly bad. I'm ideologically opposed to musical outfits like this anyway but this is particularly bad.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Maybe not bad, but it's not impressive

[@stevetheduck1425]

Ideology is the problem, then. Hard to see, easy to understand. My best wishes for the future.

[@russelldeanna5210]

Horrible. Someone should invent an electronic vacuum cleaner to run on KZbin at night cleaning up all this dreck.

[@giovannijimenez9232]

awful

[@markusschultz4637]

i dont think so