History YMMV / JimiHendrix

** His debut album ''Music/AreYouExperienced'' (along with its follow up ''Music/ElectricLadyland'') is routinely at the top of any Greatest Album lists.

* HoYay: “Kiss this guy”, anybody?
* NightmareFuel: [[MurderBallad “Hey Joe”.]]

* NeverLiveItDown: He only burned a guitar on stage three times (though he did smash guitars a bit more often). Whenever he appears in the media you'll more than likely see him doing it though. He's also infamous for [[UndignifiedDeath choking to death on his own vomit]].

* CrazyAwesome: Playing the solo in "Hey Joe" at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival ''with his '''teeth'''''.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: As noted elsewhere, "Purple Haze" contains a lyric that became a famous {{Mondegreen}} as people misheard it to say "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." Apparently this kicked in almost immediately as Hendrix was not only aware of it, but there are numerous funny recordings of him doing the song and singing that version of the lyric! (This is actually one of a very few examples where the subject of a musical mondegreen not only acknowledged it but embraced it.)

** One from Creator/EricClapton, Jimi's FriendlyRival. Clapton stumbled on a left-handed Strat in a music store, and even though he knew Hendrix was wary of left-handed Strats (feeling the right-handed model was essential to his tone), Clapton still bought it planning to give it to Jimi as a gift. He just missed the opportunity though at a party they were both at, but thought "Eh, I'll give it to him later." A few days later, Jimi was found dead. According to Clapton, he still has the left-handed guitar to this day.

** One from EricClapton, Jimi's FriendlyRival. Clapton stumbled on a left-handed Strat in a music store, and even though he knew Hendrix was wary of left-handed Strats (feeling the right-handed model was essential to his tone), Clapton still bought it planning to give it to Jimi as a gift. He just missed the opportunity though at a party they were both at, but thought "Eh, I'll give it to him later." A few days later, Jimi was found dead. According to Clapton, he still has the left-handed guitar to this day.

* ArchivePanic: For only being around til 27, the man recorded a lot. New material was ''still'' being released in 2019, nearly 50 years after his death.

* ArchivePanic: For only being around 27 years, the man recorded a lot. New material was ''still'' being released in 2020, nearly 50 years after his death.

* NightmareFuel: “Hey Joe”.

* TearJerker: "Castles Made of Sand", "Little Wing".

* AdaptationDisplacement: His version of "All Along the Watchtower" has become more famous than Music/BobDylan's original from ''Music/JohnWesleyHarding''.

* CoveredUp: "Hey Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower", even by the original artist. Music/BobDylan plays it like Jimi Hendrix out of respect. "Hey Joe" was already a standard when Hendrix recorded it, with versions by Music/TheByrds and {{Music/Love}} preceding Hendrix's.

* CoveredUp: "Hey Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower", even by the original artist. Franchise/BobDylan plays it like Jimi Hendrix out of respect. "Hey Joe" was already a standard when Hendrix recorded it, with versions by Music/TheByrds and {{Music/Love}} preceding Hendrix's.

-->''If I don't meet you no more in this world''
-->''I'll meet you in the next one, and don't be late''
-->''Don't be late!''

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: As noted elsewhere, "Purple Haze" contains a lyric that became a famous {{Mondegreen}} as people misheard it to say "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." Apparently this kicked in almost immediately as Hendrix was not only aware of it, but there are numerous funny recordings of him doing the song and singing that version of the lyric! (This is actually one of a very few examples where the subject of a musical mondegreen not only acknowledged it but embraced it.)

* BetterThanSource: As mentioned below, Dylan regarded Hendrix' cover of "All Along the Watchtower" as this, and now performs the song in Hendrix' style.

* BetterThanCanon: As mentioned below, Dylan regarded Hendrix' cover of "All Along the Watchtower" as this, and now performs the song in Hendrix' style.

* TooCoolToLive

* CoveredUp: "Hey Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower", even by the original artist. Bob Dylan plays it like Jimi Hendrix out of respect. "Hey Joe" was already a standard when Hendrix recorded it, with versions by Music/TheByrds and {{Music/Love}} preceding Hendrix's.

* CoveredUp: "Hey Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower", even by the original artist. Bob Dylan plays it like Jimi Hendrix out of respect.