Что-то скучно стало…
Похоже удалось найти откуда у этих поцелуев «уши растут». Вот очень интересные воспоминания очевидца:
This remembrance of a legendary Hendrix performance comes to us from reader Carl Zaner
carl.zaner@usa.net
In late 1967 (!) I saw Jimi Hendrix perform for six concerts (two on Saturday night) over five nights in-a-row, at Washington, D.C.'s "Ambassador Theater", in the Adams-Morgan section of the city. The theater was just that -- a movie theater which had been gutted of seats, with the stage remaining, leading up to a huge screen onto which oil-pan psychedelics were projected live from the projection room, above and behind the performers' heads. Concerts were scheduled six nights a week and the admission price for each concert was ONE DOLLAR (!!!).
While performing "Purple Haze", for six performances in a row, Hendrix, standing to the left of the stage, clearly pointed directly at Noel Redding standing to the right, and they both laughed and made a "thing" out of it, each time the phrase came up, "...scuse me while I kiss this guy." This was not a mistake or a "misheard lyric". The two of them were clearly "goofing" on and with the crowd and having a great time! Hendrix even walked over to Redding during one or two of these performances, and mimed kissing him!
I also saw Hendrix perform this song twice in 1968, at the "Washington Hilton", in D.C., and the same on-stage gestures and pointing occured. Since seeing these performances live, going back and carefully listening to the original recording, I've always believed that he intentionally slurred his diction on the studio take, to achieve the same effect -- just to "goof" on the audience.
Нас интересует фраза MIMED kissing, что значит ИМИТИРОВАЛ поцелуй, т.е. никаких поцелуев НЕ было.
Ну что ж, жаль конечно, но очевидно, что никаких доказательств не существует. Допустим Хендрикс рано ушел и не успел сказать об этом в своих интервью, но Ноел Реддинг, человек, которого якобы целовал сам великий Хендрикс, не смог бы этого забыть. А растиражированная по всему Инету статейка, ну очень похожа на странные шутки С.Кастальского в его «Рок-энциклопедии».
Но это ничего, главное – все опять всем довольны и счастливы!
Быть добру!