Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante sits down with Guitar World magazine and discusses "Under the Bridge." From the July 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine.
Ella S - Isn't weird how people you went to school with look so old and different now, but you still look the same as you did in high school? Me too! Jeeze, I'm so glad I'm not old like they are. I could probably still get down to my wrestling weight if I wanted too. This would all turn back into muscle if i started going to the gym.
So glad to hear how “second nature” it is for you John to just “mute the strings you don’t want to play” while when I play Can’t Stop it sounds like a school bus running over drunk orchestra
Meredith Richardson - ‘John frusciante beats the shit outta puppies- you won’t believe what happens next’ you’re right Meredith that would definitely get views!
"I just didn't wanna be straight in any way, so like, Chad and Flea did a lot of experimenting with me in the studio." Lol, I love you John, but this is too hilarious not to mention.
Feels like John sees no difference between being on stage in front of 80.000 people of sitting on a couch with a camera crew when he is soloing. and thats just great
@Bob Owens true, but john is a pro musician. He can play other peoples music, his covers span multiple genres. I prefer listening to john with the rhcp, his mastery of music shines when he plays off flea and chad
@Bob Owens that being said, I love his solo work. It's clear, his rhcp stuff was influenced by his solo work. But the guitar work for under the bridge wouldn't have existed without Anthony writing the lyrics first. Best band ever
Learning before RU-vid just sucked (especially if you were shy like me). I had a guitar teacher and Mel Bay books. I think the teacher was sort of a studio/jazz guy - I was listening to Cream at the time, he wasn't. Books were shit too - chords plus some sort of melody in standard notation. I quit for a while. Finally found Stefan Grossman and Arlen Roth with tab and little acetate "discs." And harmonica with the book by Tony Glover. The internet is a wonderful thing.
best guitarist of the last 20 years, at least that i can think of..haha it just seems really quality guitarists aren't valued in music like they were in the 60's and 70's in particular
0:33 Doom Metal version can always make it sound better to my hears end up here by accident, not trying to learn the riff since i mainly play my own music but respects sir Frusciante
At 10:46 his chord/melody two-note invention demonstration is one of the most beautiful 30 seconds of playing I’ve ever heard. His music always seems to come so deep within him.
I remember back in the day when I was a beginner on guitar I would come to this video and replay it over and over until I had copied absolutely everything he was doing as close to exactly like him as I could get.
@@foreverseethe With difficulty. I'd look at where his fingers were on the fret and if I couldn't tell exactly which strings he was holding down, I'd pause the video and try out the different possibilities until what I was playing either matched or sounded close enough to what he was playing in my beginner's mind.
@@MrJCMG As a 30 year old who has played since my fingers could fit a guitar, I had to unlearn a lot of bad habits to be able to match this style. For people who learned correctly this may sound foreign, but its hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
Forget all the acid bs i feel this is Hendrix's true enduring legacy this style of playing. John is a very expressive player with great technique and feel i wish i could play like this.
The 2 chord melody just blew my mind. Have been tinkering w this for 2 straight days now and it's so much fun. Such a simple idea that can produce crazy amts of creativity and fun. Thanks so much for this John, you are a legend
I've always though John Frusciante's style was the closest to Hendrix so hearing him say this really affirms how I've always idolised his playing from "blood sugar" and prior to that, M'milk.
@youtube musicians are edited imbeciles actually quite a few junkies have been genius... Sometimes those people have the hardest time dealing with reality
What a lesson in not being constrained by a particular genre or style. True artist and a genius of our generation. Can’t wait to hear what comes next. Inspirational guitarist and human being. Love John Frusciante
What he’s explaining here about the muting of unwanted strings is a seriously advanced almost alien technique it blows my mind I struggle to mute one unwanted string 😖
I don't know, I've learnt the riff on guitar and I'd definitely say it's entirely different but I can totally see the similarities melodically. Low birds is really lovely though and I imagine people who like this riff probably would enjoy that one too. :)
wow. This is such a wonderful thing to have John himself break down" under the bridge". I'm a huge Hendrix fan, and I feel there are very,very few guitarists that have ever really captured that Hendrix style of playing. John not only captures a taste of it he adds his own style. I was attempting to pick this up from the recording, and now I find John has done this !! John thank you so much.
I try to pick up on what Frusciante says about playing music. Today when I was playing guitar I think I got a glimpse of what he means. I was playing Snow (Hey Oh) , which is a very repetitive riff. For a minute I just let my hands do the playing, and I let my mind go somewhere else. I found myself playing music, but my mind was in a different place, solely enjoying the sounds coming out of my guitar.
Ive had this too, with the exact same song lol. Though i have to say it only lasted 30 seconds or so before my hands noticed they didnt have my brains attention and fell off.
The 9:59 section is haunting…there’s a real lonely eeriness to it with such a HUGE dynamic to it as well. John is one of the very few guitarists out there on the global stage who CREATES the music, not WRITING the music. Guy is incredibly talented and looks at it all From an entirely different view outside the box
Belethor scar tissue and reckoner both use those major minor chords with the middle notes suspended those sweet two note chords with the bass treble contrast.
always been a fav song of mine growing up (under the bridge)..rhcp have always been really timeless. love hearing the musical influence of the piece; hendrix/mayfield.. def a nostalgic staple from my childhood!
Quoted from John I guess this is the first time in a video that I ever showed my arms since my arms have been scarred, 'cause my arms are-are pretty badly scarred. I guess people are always wondering so I might as well say that, um, that the way that my arms got the way that they look, um, is was from abcesses, which came from shooting huge amounts of drugs.The results could have been a lot worse, so I'm happy to have the scars from a period of my life where I was living destructively.
I know this is the last thing he wants, but I'd love a well made film of his life. He is such an incredible human being that's gotten me through so many different phases of my life. (Edit) Also, who else do you know that can pull off two different tones of maroon?
John is my hero. His style is so unique. Just play a Chili song with headphones turned up so you can hear every different little thing he adds on top of each other in his songs. Those little things add up to his big sound. Absolutely incredible.
John has been my favorite guitarist for basically my entire life but I only started playing guitar last year and now rewatching all the footage of him with the intention to actually learn something adds a whole new dimension to the experience
I remember watching this video back in 2007, this was the reason why I bought a sunburst strat and became a musician. I owe this video my life purpose.
I honestly dont hear as much Hendrix in his playing as a lot of people say they do. Watch him live and there are only a few songs that I really think sound hendrixy. Under the bridge, dani california has some hendrixy licks, snow. But their funk stuff is Hendrix inspired, but sounds nothing like the blues funk Hendrix was playing. Just my opinion!
@@PCMESS he used Hendrix style a lot but in more of a pop way.. It's more repetitive.. Hendrix you never really knew what was coming next, sometimes even if you heard it before many times.
He’s so good with his fretting hand, muting and rhythm wise and being percussive you forget that he’s equally talented in being super precise with picking. God he pisses me off
TKnowlesy that’s bc it’s delicately woven into a hall of fame song. It’s not a classic rip-off such as Yellow Ledbetter rather it’s a much better artist forming his own sound around things “borrowed”.
Thank you John. One of my favorite guitar songs from one of my favorite guitar players. I wish he or any of these legends would do formal instruction. I know most of them are to humble but what could be more inspiring or more influential. Anyway thanks for this one John
Cam Rocket they’re both great songs. Don’t judge a song by its hype, judge it based on how much you like it or how it sounds to you. They’re both influencing in my opinion, and are both greatly appreciated. I like Under the Bridge more imo, but don’t shit on Led Zeppelin.
Cam Rocket that’s just a joke from a movie. you can play whatever the fuck u want. it’s a popular song. i’m sure the employees will look at you the same way if u play highway to hell or thunderstruck or sweet home alabama, etc.
