id love 2 see him playing with prince. he can be so funky!


can anyone tell me if hes better than prince playing guitar?

i mean someone that really knows about guitar playing

thanx

I don't know too much about playing guitar, but anyway: Frusciante is good but he is also very overrated..... Why? Because he has become this legend! In in '92-'94 he was an hardcore heroine-junkie, stepped out of the Peppers and everybody thought he was going to die..... Well, Johnnie didn't die, Johnnie managed to do what was seemingly impossible: kick his very serious heroine-habit. He has worked hard on his comeback and made it back into the Peppers. Now he is receiving all that respect.....Sure, he is a good guitar-player, but I liked his style better while he still was hooked on smack. Listen to Blood, Sugar. Sex, Magik.....that shit was funky! Now compare that to the lousy By The Way.....

People love survival stories.....Frusciante is ok, not exceptional! Definitely not better than Prince!

Prince is more versatile, Prince can also play very fast and precise.
Frusciante is a good guitarist, but I don't consider him to be 'great'.

Prince is one of the most underrated guitarists around, but he's got great technique and plays very emotional. But that's only my opinion.

Back in the old days, They described Prince as the reincarnation of Hendrix.. they called him that for a reason.

He's good and all but i always feel his guitar is a tiny tiny bit off key
on "Californication"

Dewrede said:

Californication'.....or the definite demise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.....

Actually i really like it
"By The Way" on the other hand is shit

abierman said:

hehehe.....agreed.

minneapolisgenius said:

californication was way better than one hot minute or whatever the title was

fartman said:

I don't even have that one. I guess I lost interest. Although I DO want to read the autobiography that Anthony Keidis wrote.

I like both , they're different
cause Dave Navarro plays guitar on it

C'mon now surely you must know "Aeroplane"
"I like pleassure spiked with pain and music is my aeroplane
(it's my aeroplane)"

Also you must know "My Friends"
[Edited 1/13/05 6:58am]

i loved By The Way...

Yes , there ARE a FEW good songs on it but many sound alike , for instance
the chorus in "Universally Speaking" sounds almost identical to "The Zephyr Song"
And there are really quite a few unispired songs on it too
[Edited 1/13/05 7:10am]

fartman said:

I skipped that one....

Dewrede said:

is that that song with the kids-choir? how funky.....

'My Friends' is a 'Under The Bridge' re-hash.....

Yes , it's the song with the kids
I like "My Friends" , it does sound a bit like "Under The Bridge"'s chorus
indeed (never noticed it before)
Still i like it
[Edited 1/13/05 7:24am]

You just have to admit that 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' was their last good effort. It was loud, funky, punky & nasty.....and Anthony was still rapping. John's guitar-work was smoking and Flea's bass thumping!
Just listen to songs like 'My Lonely Man', Frusciante's outbursts on 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik', Flea on 'Funky Monks', etc. etc.


I want my Peppers back! Fuck that crooning shit they made afterwards!

Navarro was a mistake.....cool dude, killer-guitarist but just didn't fit in!

I am only familiar with the more up-to-date Chilis stuff but from what I've heard I always thought Frusciante kinda sucked

There's something not quite right about the Chilis' whole sound that I can't put my finger on. It's sort of thin sounding...



Prince is by far the more accomplished guitarist.

Agreed "Blood , Sugar , Sex , Magik" is their best
However , i'm playing "One Hot Minute" right now , it kicks ass !!!
How can you say Dave Navarro was a mistake when you haven't even heard the album ?!
Very trippy psychedelic AND funky guitar playing
"Tearjerker" is a great song
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RocknRollDave said:

This is why you should go back....go way back to their earlier stuff.

Get "Freaky Styley" (produced by George Clinton) and "Mother's Milk". SO funky.

Mother's Milk is the best RHCP CD with John. BSSM, the beginning of the end.

i like the music he did for "the brown bunny", even though i still haven't managed to get my hands on that soundtrack. it's kinda on the noodley side, but i really enjoyed what i heard.

minneapolisgenius said:

its all about drugs drugs drugs!

hes sucha nice guy with no ego at all...thats what its seems after reading the book

Anxiety said:

Better than the movie, I bet.

Anxiety said:

Anxy: I've been trying to get my hands on that for a while, but none of my local stores will order it because it's like $50 bucks and nobody wants to uste their Japan distributors. It just got re-released with a different cover and package.

http://www.forcedexposure...japan.html

Dewrede said:

I have heard the album, I just never bought it!
About Navarro: it didn't feel right, something about the chemistry. Navarro (I do like him) was great in Jane's Addiction, and he's good as session-/guest- guitarist. Hell, I even liked the performance he gave with Christina Aquilera at the VMA's a couple of years ago (I believe it was 'Younger').....

abierman said:

I love "One Hot Minute," but I listen to it when I'm in the mood for Jane's. It's hard to mix it in with BSSM or Mother's Milk. It sounds like the missing link between Deconstructon and Jane's Addiction's Strays album.

To me, it sounds like a quarter Navarro doing Frusciante, a quarter Kiedis doing Farrell, and half uniqueness.

Thunderbird said:

so true!

speaking of janes...NOTHINGS SHOCKING is the best cd ever. better than any of princes

I think By The Way has some great stuff on it. It's a bit long and some of the lyrics suck. But same with their masterpiece Blood Sugar...

Never bought Californication, but the stuff on the radio sounded like By the Way, that is, an older more mellow Chili Peppers. I think their new stuff is more mature, diverse, musical, and thoughtful than Freaky Styley. Just less funky.

As for John, he's great. He's really trying to be understated at this point. Adds a few long notes where Dave Navarro (who's also great) would blast us with guitar. John seems to fit with where they are at the moment, but I really liked One Hot Minute, too.

fartman said:

I totally agree!! I have even emailed John Blackwell for him & Prince to listen to John's Solo work & Of course the Peppers

John & Prince have the same basic vibe, the only difference is the way they talk. John is more Cali-Surfer Laid Back. But they both bring up the same topics. They would get along great!