Are You Gonna Go My Way

While his music is not overtly religious for the most part, one of Lenny Kravitz’s biggest hit songs, “Are You Gonna Go My Way” seems to me to be written as a message from Jesus to humanity; the first verse is: 

     I was born long ago

     I am the chosen I’m the one

     I have come to save the day

     And I won’t leave until I’m done 

The music has a definite Jimi Hendrix vibe; and on the video, the musicians backing Lenny Kravitz with his flowing dreadlocks (the drummer is a woman, Cindy Blackman) look very much like the Jimi Hendrix Experience in their prime.  The ceiling above the band has swirling flashes of bright light that are perfect for the music.  

(November 2014)