Closing out Side One of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's sophomore album, Axis: Bold As Love, this counterculture anthem finds Hendrix waving his metaphorical freak flag as a symbol of his individuality. He's not interested in joining the ranks of long-haired hippies ("I ain't gonna copy you") or white-collared conservatives ("They're hoping soon my kind'll drop and die") - he just wants to live his life on his own terms. After Hendrix introduced the phrase "freak flag" in this tune, it quickly became part of the late '60s lexicon.

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