Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:32 AM
Went to the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert last night...very good show...8/10 I'd say. Why only 8 out of 10?
Reason 1: Mars Volta
As in Mars Re-volt-ing. Wait, that's a little harsh. I commend these guys (who opened the show) for trying something a bit edgier...they were made up of a 7 or 8 piece band, including a sax player. But the music...it just sounded like noise...or that each member of hte band was playing a different song. We actually got up and hung out in the arena concourse until they were done. I'm sure there's an audience for them, but it wasn't there last night.
Reason 2: No Soul to Squeeze
The one song that I wanted to hear didn't get played. But I can't really fault them. We're talking about a band with quite a large song library. I'm sure they had to make sacrifices when picking for the two hour set, and the songs they did play were awesome. Alot was off of Stadium Arcadium, which is to be expected since its the latest album I guess.
Flea is a genius on teh bass guitar. Seriously...dude put on a clinic last night. John is possibly one of the most artistically skilled guitar players of all time. Anthony seemed like just the token singer during some songs, where the real star performers were the ones on the instruments.
So yeah, great show overall. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go download Soul to Squeeze off of ITunes.
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