# Top 5 Hendrix numbers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675 "2016-04-19T20:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/1 "2016-04-19T20:52:59Z")
Well, this will be my only top 5 thread - usually I like to go for something a bit more creative, other than just some list thread.🙂 If 6 was 9 Spanish Castle Magic I Don’t Live Today Ezy Rider (fave my a mile) Manic Depression honorable mention - Room Full of Mirrors (which I thought the Pretenders did a surprisingly good cover of) ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/2 "2016-04-19T21:59:09Z")
1. Bold As Love 2. Manic Depression 3. Crosstown Traffic 4. Castles Made Of Sand 5. Voodoo Child ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/3 "2016-04-19T22:05:17Z")
1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) Burning of the Midnight Lamp Third Stone from the Sun Hey Joe All Along the Watchtower ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/4 "2016-04-19T22:06:37Z")
Voodoo Chile All Along the Watchtower Little Wing Manic Depression Star Spangled Banner ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/5 "2016-04-19T22:14:37Z")
Voodoo Chile Hey Joe Red House Foxey Lady Fire ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/6 "2016-04-19T22:18:34Z")
Third stone from the sun Purple Haze Little Wing Angel Come On Part 1 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/7 "2016-04-19T23:15:45Z")
Purple Haze Foxy Lady Red House All Along the Watchtower. Crosstown Traffic ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/8 "2016-04-19T23:23:57Z")
1983 Drifting Angel The Wind Cries Mary Bold as Love ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/9 "2016-04-19T23:45:36Z")
Manic Depression The Wind Cries Mary All Along the Watchtower. Crosstown Traffic Voodoo Chile Used to like both Purple Haze and Foxy Lady, but they just got way too much radio play and I burned out on them. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/10 "2016-04-20T00:41:40Z")
1. Little Wing 2. Little Wing 3. Little Wing 4. Little Wing 5. Little Wing 6. Red House 7. Manic Depression 8. Angel 9. All Along the Watchtower 10. Axis: Bold as Love ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/11 "2016-04-20T01:55:51Z")
**Loach** is absolutely correct. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/12 "2016-04-20T02:18:03Z")
All Along the Watchtower Voodoo Child Fire Machine Gun Hear My Train a-Comin ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/13 "2016-04-20T13:38:36Z")
My feeling about Hendrix is that his first LP was incredible, one of the most ground-breaking albums in history, and his LPs after that never quite hit the same level… primarily because of very uneven songwriting. So, any list of my favorite Hendrix numbers pretty much starts with almost everything on that first LP. Of his other stuff, the songs that reach the same level for me are “Angel”, “Little Wing” and “Voodoo Chile”. So let’s say I take those three and then add two from the first LP. Well, “The Wind Cries Mary” has to be on the list. But what takes the last spot? I think I’m going to have to go with “Third Stone from the Sun”, although on another day I might pick “May This Be Love”. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/14 "2016-04-20T14:17:35Z")
Little Wing All Along the Watchtower Voodoo Child Hey Joe Foxy Lady ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/15 "2016-04-20T14:22:11Z")
The Wind Cries Mary Hey Joe All Along the Watchtower Purple Haze If 6 was 9 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/16 "2016-04-20T14:44:16Z")
_All Along the Watchtower_: Hendryx turned Dylan’s song into an anti-war anthem; the opening riffs and solo work are stunning. _Manic Depression Little Wing Wind Cries Mary_: just because I like to play it _Purple Haze_ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/17 "2016-04-20T21:06:12Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 1. Little Wing > > 2. Little Wing > > 3. Little Wing > > 4. Little Wing > > 5. Little Wing > > 6. Red House > > 7. Manic Depression > > 8. Angel > > 9. All Along the Watchtower > > 10. Axis: Bold as Love Nailed it! End of thread. He also did a smokin’ version of Johhny B Goode (from Hendrix in the West, I believe). ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675/18 "2016-04-21T01:28:25Z")
You guys aren’t reaching deep enough. 1. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) -Maui 1970 2. In from the Storm -Maui 1970 3. Hear My Train Comin’ -Atlanta 1970 4. Message of Love -Band of Gypsys Fillmore East 1970 5. Straight Ahead -Atlanta 1970