@@bigbowlowrong4694 So do I but I think he made more of a big deal of it cause he saw Anthony got annoyed about him signaling out just his guitar solo. Forgot to add he's ripping that on the fuckn acoustic guitar man wow!!!!
Anyone that isn't on board - and I mean FULLY on board with Frusciante, Big Lebowski, Goodfellas, Joaquin Phoenix, Christian Bale and comedian Patrice O'Neal - I just don't have time for.
No matter how many times I have watched this interview, it is still as sincere, enthusiastic, passionate and honest as the first time I saw it. And although John is clearly already a drug addict here, he literally catches fire from the inside when he starts playing the guitar.
What always strikes me in this relaxed interview is Johns pure honest reaction when the interviewer says that he must be happy at the moment, he seems to have a deep down feeling you can tell he Is going through some bad times.
i love how john so sweetly and genuinely and passionately is NOT going to let this guy not appreciate funky monks. when i first saw the short version clip of when he says "i feel so bad that he doesn't like funky monks" i thought he was just being sarcastic but he really does! lol and he's not having it. but he's so cool about it.
I reached out to Bram Van Splunteren, who conducted the interview and directed the documentary, and asked him why he didn't like Funky Monks. Here's what he had to say : "I liked the riff, just like John does it in the boat, but I think the singing is very boring and very repetitive.[...] Also the drumming is kind of simple, and I like the bass part. And the middle part to me is the most exciting part, when John does a solo" He went on more in depth about what kind of songs he's into : "I'm not so much of a funky riff man, I'm more of a 'song' man, I like good songs, like they did in the late 90's when John rejoined the band. By The Way, and Californication and the whole Stadium Arcadium album, those had really good songs, I'm just more of a fan of that, more melodic. [...] It's just a taste, it doesn't mean anything, like I said on the boat it's not really important. These sort of repetitive riffs, it just doesn't do it for me, I'm more interested in melodies." He then sent me a link to a RU-vid video of Wet Sand, adding : "I like this song a lot. So much happening melodically. Even towards the end of the song a whole new melody is introduced." There you have it folks. M. Van Splunteren would also like to know what people think of his documentaries, how are they viewed almonds the community, and would people like to see a new one now that John is back? Please share your thoughts and I'll make sure to let him know. This might spark something ;)
What a great story. I love A Dutch Connection and Europe By Storm docus. It would be great to see a new documentary about John's comeback too. And to top it all, a full concert of RHCP at Dam Square 1988 would be awesome
I always thought his documentaries is one among the greatest music docs I have ever seen. Love the questions he makes and the peculiar point of view he gives.
Jared Marshall can't see what he would, johns a reclusive artist, chili peppers are a mainstream pop band, I bet john doesn't even like the music they make now
I think it’s for his own good. It seems like being in a band makes it so hard to stay sober (as an addict, I have my own triggers that make me want to use like someone’s house, certain activities, etc.) I just think about that interview with him strung out and know how far he’s came
i love those old videos with anthony and john and i love feeling the friendship between them. i guess this is because i love all of them as persons and musicians... great guys and incredible artists! the argumentation battle on the internet in terms of "this guy is better than that one" is annoying but i can understand it: it takes some time to realise that its just the human individual brain who tries to sort. Beeing free from that expands the universe and the personal world! Especially it will raise your creativity as creativity is the living connection of everything that is
@@cedric-johnson4094 I agree with you in the sense that your statement is correct but i see their addiction as integral part of their free spirit. I mean that even the addiction was a choice and they extracted everything from it (good or bad) in a free, artistic way. This doesn't mean addiction is good or bad for artists or regular people. I'm just saying that they had a remarkable relationship even with addiction, manifested through their art because they are such free spirits.
You get it if you understand it’s about what it sounds like and the vibe not whether you get something out of or not, if you feel the vibes and go somewhere deeper you understand their music
Dude you met the Chilli Peppers in 1991 and you told them TO THEIR FACES that you don't like Funky Monks!!!!!? Hahahahahahaha FUCKKKKKKKK FUCKKKKKK hahahaha jesus I think the bass riff to that might just be the ballsiest bassriff of all time. Just sayin'
Kinda weird watching this after watching Johns interview he done in 94 when he was drugged up, basically he said he was extremely unhappy when he done this interview and this was a really sad part in his life which is odd considering how happy he seems
Danny Mullen interesting. I haven't read AK's book but I once saw that John had commented that Anthony wrote about some things that he (John) thought would always remain private. He mentioned he had forgiven him but it's obvious JF was hurt by it. Not sure what it would have been?!
Danny Mullen ah okay. so nothing necessarily "bad"...especially, as you mentioned, he was 19-20/a kid. I guess it would be similar to someone writing about old college days haha. I was most surprised to read that flea didn't know that Anthony slept with his sister until he read the book??! So weird
No he wasn't. He didn't start doing smack until the summer of 92 after he quit the band. He smoked a ton of weed and loved to drink especially red wine around this period that was his thing and maybe some coke here and there but the hard core drug use was 100% after he left the band bc he was depressed and had no direction and nothing really to do and he said he felt so depressed months after leaving the band and then he started doing heroin and felt reinvigorated in terms of creatively.
I love how John explains why Funky Monks is a good song in the most polite way with a smile on his face when deep inside he's probably like f*** this guy
He was a walking drug addict corpse back then. He then continues to tell that he was very happy at THAT time. Don't believe a word... He was delusional.
+Rhodri Phillips There's a full version documentary-it's called ''A Dutch Connection'' on this link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HDWo5SOYbgI.html
Everything is 100% clear to understand here...two great musicians, one using his talent for music to got to fame and money and another only to show people how the music should be considered as a spiritual art. After them answering on that reporter's question, I understand why John finnaly decided to leave RHCP forever...
RHCP was a band for about 7 years before they were able to support themselves with the band. They spent 7 years putting more time and money into the band than they were making selling records. Anthony personally rejected several suggestions and offers to make them more commercial. If his goal was to get rich doing music, he certainly went about it in a weird way
I'm sorry, nice story but it's totally wrong. Luckily YoDawgoneeleven explained it perfectly. Anthony cared as much about the music as John, maybe even more. Sometimes it made him a control freak because of it.
That's a Martin D-18 I believe. It was his main 6 string acoustic guitar in 1991, he also had a 12 string acoustic that he used for recording " Breaking the girl" for the BSSM sessions. This one is most likely used for recording "I could have lied"
