Song Name: Are You Experienced?
Artist: DEVO - cover song
Original Artist: Jimi Hendrix Experience, recorded and released in 1967 on the album Are You Experienced?
Appears On: Shout [album], "Are You Experienced?" [single],
Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology, this is the DEVO box [2008 remaster], 50 Years Of De-Evolution (1973-2023) [2023 remaster]
Run Time: 3:08 (album/single version)
Year Recorded: 1984
Year Released: 1984
Writing Credits: James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix
Sung By: Mark
Personnel: DEVO
Trivia / Info:[]
- One of the last songs added to this album. Although it was engineered by Bob Casale and produced by DEVO, it was the only album track not mixed by Mike Shipley.
- Mark altered some lyrics and the reverse guitar solo - imitated using the Fairlight CMI - is the chorus melody from the Hendrix science fiction song "3rd Stone from the Sun".[1]
Video:[]
Short Film / Music Video[]
- Available on the LaserDisc release of The Complete Truth About De-Evolution and online.
Live Video[]
- None
Controversy[]
- The Hendrix estate chose not to authorize the inclusion of RU Experienced with the DVD issue of the Complete Truth About De-Evolution, so the video does not appear, but the commentary track was still included.[1]
- Jerry said, Hendrix’s importance could not be overstated and the video included a "wake, not a funeral." It is DEVO’s "irreverent reverence."
- The cover song was approved by the Hendrix estate. Some critics say it is respectfully close to the original and they had expected the DEVO version would be more far out.
Artistic Authenticity[]
- For an era-authentic depiction of a liquid light show, original light artists were recruited.
- Hendrix tribute artist Randy Hansen participated. He is capable of emulating both the look and sound of Hendrix. He toured as the only tribute artist authorized by the Hendrix estate.
- Jerry said, DEVO intended to do something as artistically groundbreaking visually as Hendrix did with his style and his aural innovations. This led to the production of DEVO’s most lavish video yet.
Restoration[]
- Restored for DEVO by Peter Conheim and Cinema Preservation Alliance from original 35mm film elements and with reconstructed effects and then toured around the globe in De-Evolution Is Real: The Restored Films of DEVO.
Additional Info:[]
- DEVO and the Jimi Hendrix Experience would later appear together on compilations including Steal This Disc (1987) and Steal This Disc III (1991) by Rykodisc.
Spelling / Orthography[]
- This cover song is titled "ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?"
- ◦ The title is stylized on single art as "ARE U X-PERIENCED?"
- ◦ The music video title is "R U EXPERIENCED"
References:[]
- ↑ "Devo regrets that 'Are U Experienced?' is not included in the program. The current executors of the Jimi Hendrix estate were determined to prove to us the old adage - To seek permission is to seek denial." - The Complete Truth About De-Evolution dvd.
External Links:[]
- [single release] https://www.discogs.com/master/52817-Devo-Are-You-Experienced