Jimi Hendrix at the Pop Think-In
uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 28 January 1967
FREAK OUT: Well, whatever the word means to you, add a few musical notes to that. Each to his own. I think for a new freak out people should get really high and dig a Mrs Miller single on 33 rpm. Then they can talk about that for about two weeks until they're bored – then you look for something else. Musically, freak out is almost like playing wrong notes. It's playing the opposite notes to what you think the notes should be. If you hit it right with the right amount of feed-back it can come up very nice. It's like playing wrong notes seriously, dig? It's a lotta fun.
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