In that song, "End Of The Line" by the Traveling Wilburys, they mention "Purple Haze."
I was wondering if that's a song - I've heard the phrase "purple haze" so typed it on You Tube, and yes, that's a Jimi Hendrix song.
Then I wondered if I have heard that song, so I played it - Oh yes, I have heard that many times, I just didn't know the title of it.
Bringing up "Purple Haze" on You Tube brought a nearby video on a channel called "Behind The Song" talking about a Bob Dylan song that Jimi Hendrix recorded: "All Along The Watchtower."
The video begins with a young lady reading a script - the first thing she says is, "Imagine you're Bob Dylan."
Okay.
She discusses Jimi Hendrix's process in deciding he wanted to record the Dylan song: "When Dylan sang his lines about princes keeping the view on the watchtower, Hendrix understood that to be him, and Dylan, and the musicians and poets of the world holding Babylon - the oppressive, warring, and impure Babylon - at bay."
Bob Dylan was in the Traveling Wilburys, along with George Harrison (the Beatles), Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra).
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