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| “1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)” | |||||
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| Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |||||
| Album | Electric Ladyland | ||||
| Released | October 16, 1968 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, psychedelic rock, blues-rock, acid rock | ||||
| Length | 13:39 | ||||
| Label | Reprise | ||||
| Writer | Jimi Hendrix | ||||
| Producer | Jimi Hendrix | ||||
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"1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" (also known as "1983") is a song by American psychedelic rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, featured on their 1968 third studio album Electric Ladyland. Often recognised as one of the most psychedelic songs written by Jimi Hendrix, "1983" is also the second longest song by the band, surpassed only by the fifteen-minute "Voodoo Chile."
"1983" details a science fiction scenario of an apocalyptic war and the protagonist/Hendrix' desire to "take our last walk through the noise to the sea" with his female companion in order to escape the destruction.[1] The song segues into Moon, Turn the Tides...Gently Gently Away, which represents their descent together into the ocean depths.[2]
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- ^ "JIMI HENDRIX Lyrics : 1983 (A MERMAN I SHOULD TURN TO BE) Song". http://www.searchlyrics.org/jimi_hendrix/1983_(a_merman_i_should_turn_to_be).html. Retrieved on 2008-07-06. "So my love, Catherina and me/decide to take our last walk through the noise to the sea/Not to die but to reborn,/away from lands so battered and torn"
- ^ "JIMI HENDRIX Lyrics : 1983 (A MERMAN I SHOULD TURN TO BE) Song". http://www.searchlyrics.org/jimi_hendrix/1983_(a_merman_i_should_turn_to_be).html. Retrieved on 2008-07-06. "So down and down and down and down/And down and down we go"