Abortion, the other white meat - Part I

[lauraahah]

In this world there is the life, the death and The Mars Volta.

[TheDanification]

i believe this jam ends up on the album megaritual

[DoubleBassAlejo]

@heyitsgav hey i was standing next to the dude who got the paper, were you him?

a big dude, afro, dark skin, black t-shirt with a mostly red mars volta design on the shirt. i spoke to that dude right before the show, me, my two friends and his girlfriend were there

[TomasMejor]

I was there. Quite the treat.

[DoubleBassAlejo]

Haha he was a hardcore volta fan. we actually spoke to him during the set, he was pretty chill. he even had a custom made volta shirt haha. but yeah it was a pretty dick move. and yeah he handed it out and our imaginations can only tell us what was written on it. i bet the guy has it framed lol

[DoubleBassAlejo]

Were you there? Did you happen to see the girl who got punched in the face right as Volta went on? They were boo'ing Volta because Bloc Party got kicked off early so they could come on. At the end of the set when Cedric handed out what he was writing, my friend almost grabbed it but the dude who punched the girl was holding it as well and she said fuck it I'm not getting punched over a piece of paper LOL

[gbtapin]

"You know what they say about weenies, Lips and assholes everbody, lips and assholes." LMFAO

[marioc007]

sounds like population councils wet dream

[accountname1977]

Pridgen would be all over this and it's taking Jon forever to even think of something to play. IMO as a drummer. I see why Omar thinks it's less work to play with Thomas.

[TheMasterNull]

Who ever thinks this sucks can go.... nvm. But this doesn't suck.

[CerpinTaxt1983]

the mars volta are the best thing arounf right now.

[TheMasterNull]

So true.....

[nughuffer00]

this is absolutely terrible. i can't believe you people actually think this is improv. there's no theme development or interplay between the band. they are just making noise. if you want to hear real improv listen to herbie hancock, ivan jones, or a band like Phish/the Disco Biscuits. those bands actually develop jams and create themes . any garage band can do what is done in this video.

[nicolasdurruti]

...  XD

yeah, sure.

[ironwall666]

Really??? You missed all that stuff? I heard it all in there, and then some beautiful things I'd never heard before. Interesting.

Anyway, These guys rock for just pulling this out for their set, this is awesome.

[cavemanfarts]

@nughuffer00 It's a jam man, there doesn't have to be a theme. That would be considered a composition or a song. You're right on one part though, it is just noise and in my personal opinion it wasn't that good, but I also don't like Phish too. Herbie Hancock is pretty delicious :)

The Grateful Dead is a pretty good jam band too.

[TheFreeshooter]

@cavemanfarts its not really jamming but its more grooving, which is absoultly sick. lot of these jams omar already made up and he pops em out every now and then. as for jam bands, i liked phish better than the greatful dead, though you can relax and groove to the dead but phish has more of a youthful feeling (circa 91-95)

[cavemanfarts]

@TheFreeshooter I would like to know the difference between jamming and grooving please. They seem the same to me.

[TheMo0]

@cavemanfarts jamming is like when you play and its all like yeah thats good but grooving is like when youre like oh yeah thats it. i accidently the whole other white meat

[yamaholic365]

@TheFreeshooter It's a pretty thin line if it exists at all. Even trey busts out a lot of the same licks in jams. I've heard it been said that improvisation is just what you've learned earlier emerging at a later date.

[dlix13felix]

adrians sick.

[entertheredfox]

dose anyone know whats on omars stacks? it looks like a tape delay?

[stratocastermaster2]

i wanna know too, but my guess is its either an attenuator or a mixer for all of the mics on his amps.

[hypoclit]

yea thats the roland space echo

[PornoPlaylist]

Adrian's work is so underrated.

[nicouh]

wow, just noticed how much the beat remindes me of "Population Council's Wet Dream" of old money

[Labbi4]

that's because Omar incorporated some of this song into Population Council... :D

[chubetoz0r]

Juan Alderete is the bassist in the video? ... looks like he have an afro.

[xVaultx]

pretty good for complete improv!

[JefeElMilagro]

How dare you not like this boring video! RATE HIM DOWN!!!

[DeLoused777]

everyone in the crowd look so stupid like they dont know whats going on! LOL

XD

[RobotTalkCerpinTaxt]

some parts of the guitar solo sounds like Jacob van lennepkade II and Please heat this eventually guitar solos

[ModulationCracks]

well he was recording Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange and Se Dice Bisonte No Bufalo at the time this video was shot!

[MiNunderthesun]

"u know what they say about weenies"

"lips and assholes everybody lips and assholes!!" CLASSIC LOL!!!

[redlik]

i guess supporting free choice makes me a psycho lawbreaking baby killer!! cool!

[ColtH41]

I like how it appears that Cedric is just reading a newspaper... this is an amazing video..

[420lexi]

haha i was just said to myself "i wonder what cedric was doing during this?"

[JefeElMilagro]

Shortened version of this song just saw a studio release on Omar's new solo album "Old Money." The song's called "Population Council's Wet Dream."

[organizationdisaster]

yeap. i was sooo happy when i heard that part of the jam finally in a record

[gslopez30]

So they never did make up a song. It was all staged lol.

[pangtjoff]

I think they made it up... most of it. And then omar remembered it and recorded it.

But I miss the slow outro thing with the simple little addicting meoldy in the old money version... why does it have to be sp short? :P

[mfishrules]

I feel like so much of TMV's work either is formulated during live improv or is workshopped during live improv.

[PureCore]

noce band, but i miss at the drive in :(

[blackl1steddrums]

My FAV band

[DrFrizzeh]

I think it's cool they can jam like that. it shows they're not just robots who go and play their set list.

[blackl1steddrums]

FUCK YEAH! true words friend

[Sarcophagiest]

it was the last show for jon rigth?

[ZapataTheMute]

No.

[goldfishattack]

i wish more bands would just fucking jam onstage, just like, no setlist, just improve. that's a world i want to live in one day. like the part at i think 9:15-the end of this clip. reeeeaaaallllly cool. i kill kittens

[damarsvolta]

i guess it was like a typing machine, & he was like waiting for the right jam, i love mv! they rule

[rockon987]

hes typing lyrics on a type writer

[DrFrizzeh]

god, couldn't even imagine playing for that long at once, man.

[TheMiracleTheSleeper]

Amazing song plus one of the best titles ever.

[clerksdogma]

This is proof that Omar can play, in comparison to the crap albums he produces, this actually shows his talent.

[twigyman]

crap albums?...what?

Shut the fuck up.

[pimpriggsley]

are u fucking kidding me?! crap albums? crap albums?

if anything that is the biggest reason why i love TMV... their albums are unbelievable and literally impossible to reproduce on stage.

[tarantism]

what exactly was the restriction?

[bahl97365]

@tarantism what does it matter. they wanted them to play their music they have played for years and they said, FUCK YOU!!!

[javiercamafeo]

@tarantism They wanted to use the classic opening intro with a fistful of dollars, instead the organisation of the festival put a very happy girl who introduced them... that's why omar said "don't know what that introduction was all about... anyway, so we couldnt think of anything we wanted to play at this...uh thing..."

[YouChavA]

so loco and creativo, that´s why I like this fucking band!!!!

[neildw]

Wow, the drummer!

[fearstalkstheland]

Adrian: The best thing to happen to The Mars Volta...

[headfullalead]

No One Will Ever Understand The Genuis Of The Mars Volta

[Mars13]

dude that guy was playin the crap outta those maracas lol

[Adrenochrome]

you gotta love these guys

[JoshyRotton]

Cedric was fucking writing lyrics...that guy is insane to make up lyrics on the spot. I guess it isn't that hard when you create lyrics that are about dreams and random shit.

Best fucking show!

[vorte297]

Omar Rules!

[trinizclutch]

lol was cedric reading during all of this?

[georgiapeaches88]

I think he was reading the dictionary.

[jazzedonjava]

rofl, all the comedy i need :D

[meccaamputechture]

haha

[spankazoid]

best band in the world !

[mebizzle]

rofl!!!!

[anthonymuise]

You know what they say about weenies

Lips and assholes

I love it

[kolyayo]

dont worry about it

[blackl1steddrums]

haha good reply