Members Bigsnake Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 haha, for those that have read Scar Tissue this story was in it. Basically, they took a break from their European tour to do SNL and from the time they got there John kept getting in fights with their sound guy. He was pissed off when they went on stage for this song and was basically rewriting it as they were playing it. Anthony in the book says, "...because he started playing some {censored} I'd never heard before. I had no idea what song he was playing or what key he was in. He looked like he was in a different world." When John started yelling at the end I start laughing so hard. I actually like the new intro though. http://video.yahoo.com/watch/803878 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Villano Dude Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 funny man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garyfanclub Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 that sucked, but that's not really a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 Scar Tissue was a great read, in my opinion. Say what you will about him deciding to {censored} up the song, that band has a long and interesting history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clorox Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 Anthony Kiedis's voice pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bigsnake Posted February 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 Scar Tissue was a great read, in my opinion. Say what you will about him deciding to {censored} up the song, that band has a long and interesting history I thought it was interesting too. I like the RHCP, early work all the way to Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 I thought it was interesting too.I like the RHCP, early work all the way to Stadium. BSSM is one of my all-time favorite albums, and some of the songs you don't think of too (soul to squeeze, some of the random b-sides off of by the way, etc) Stadium has some good tracks but sometimes I miss the old style of funk, which they don't ever really come back to, except a little bit in turn it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Catfish Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'm skeptical...seems more like he's just wasted and {censored}ing it up to me...of course, it's no secret that he was pretty {censored}ed up at one time, so I'm not sure why they'd come up with the "deciding to play it wrong" cover story. Who knows...not the best performance, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bigsnake Posted February 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'm skeptical...seems more like he's just wasted and {censored}ing it up to me...of course, it's no secret that he was pretty {censored}ed up at one time, so I'm not sure why they'd come up with the "deciding to play it wrong" cover story. Who knows...not the best performance, though. It's not really like he's just {censored}ing it up, it's more like he's experimenting with some of the stuff. It's not like he's playing gibberish or can barely play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DADGADammit Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 i don't know, there's a lot of really horrible elemental timing {censored}ups. that was complete garbage IMO, but at least nice to hear something different than the studio version. i've seen terrible two bit cover bands put that performance to shame. i can't believe there was that thread a few weeks ago about them being the best band of the last 15 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DADGADammit Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 It's not really like he's just {censored}ing it up, it's more like he's experimenting with some of the stuff. It's not like he's playing gibberish or can barely play. dude, frusciante goes into the outro right after the first chorus, and then realizes he {censored}ed up and catches up with the band, and you think that was an experiment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Catfish Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 It's not really like he's just {censored}ing it up, it's more like he's experimenting with some of the stuff. It's not like he's playing gibberish or can barely play. It seems like that in a couple places, but he completely missed the chord changes a couple of times. I've "experimented" on stage before while I was wasted, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bigsnake Posted February 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 dude, frusciante goes into the outro right after the first chorus, and then realizes he {censored}ed up and catches up with the band, and you think that was an experiment? didn't catch that until you pointed it out. And you can tell he's {censored}ing around. There's lot of {censored} in there he never plays. Like Anthony said, "he was in a different world" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bigsnake Posted February 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 It seems like that in a couple places, but he completely missed the chord changes a couple of times. I've "experimented" on stage before while I was wasted, too. I don't think it was just a cover story and I don't think John was thinking, "Let's {censored} this up on national TV". idk. It's on page 290-291 of Scar Tissue if you want to read it or see it somewhere. Anthony said he had heard John was on Heroin during it. lol I just like how he kicks in the distortion at the end too. lol I do that too but I don't think the people I play with like it when the OCD and phaser turns on in the middle of Flake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 I've posted this video a few times. It's a great way to educate youngsters against doing drugs. That performance is definitely drug related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoFilter Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 I cringed...I remember seeing that live, and knowing something was really wrong with Frusciante... There was nothing intentional about that performance...he was really, really smacked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 Yeah, that book is probably full of lies. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gillibi Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 Wow, what a mess. I remember the other song they played that night......Kiedis was jumping around like a fool and knocked John's mic stand right into his face while he was singing.............payback??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SonicVI Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 Anthony Kiedis's voice pisses me off. Me too. I hate how he can't seem to say "I" without an L in front of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members junior4 Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 Wow, what a mess.I remember the other song they played that night......Kiedis was jumping around like a fool and knocked John's mic stand right into his face while he was singing.............payback??? yeah i saw that too, but didnt they play Stone Cold Bush first? I'm not sure, but yeah that is one of my favorite versions of UTB...At the end it looks like Anthony is giving John the stare of death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnrambo Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 there's nothing artistic/experimental about that. it's just a smacked out guy standing on stage in his own little world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MB-1 Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4105663132296760112&q=red+hot+chili+peppers+under+the+bridge&total=2169&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Poopsicle Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 You have to understand the context of that performance more completely. Before Hillel Slovak died he had asked John at an early RHCP show "would you still like us even if we played the L.A. Forum?", and John replied back to him "No, it would ruin the whole thing". John loved the Peppers because he felt they were the best undiscovered thing that the mainstream hadn't got around to {censored}ing up basically. When BloodSugarSexMagik, and in particular Under The Bridge became a huge hit he was bothered by what he had told Hillel before his death. He had severe mixed emotions from the fame and the reasons why he loved and then joined the band in the first place to what was happening to it since he had joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members junior4 Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 You have to understand the context of that performance more completely. Before Hillel Slovak died he had asked John at an early RHCP show "would you still like us even if we played the L.A. Forum?", and John replied back to him "No, it would ruin the whole thing". John loved the Peppers because he felt they were the best undiscovered thing that the mainstream hadn't got around to {censored}ing up basically. When BloodSugarSexMagik, and in particular Under The Bridge became a huge hit he was bothered by what he had told Hillel before his death. He had severe mixed emotions from the fame and the reasons why he loved and then joined the band in the first place to what was happening to it since he had joined. we have a winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lawndart Posted February 26, 2008 Members Share Posted February 26, 2008 It was good and fresh, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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