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  • Sorry Anthony, there is no way John could mess this song up. I mean, come on, this is John Frusciante you are talking about.

  • 3:45 that's what I do when I orgasm:)

  • Considering Anthony Kiedis absolutely slated this in his book, I think it actually sounds alright (apart from the weird echo - but that may just be the video quality). Yes, John shouldn't have been high or 'experimenting' when they were live in front of millions when they were trying to break through, but I don't think that it deserved that much negative attitude towards it. Obviously not as good as the original way, but I think it's nice to hear it in a slightly different way.

  • hahaha chad at 1:17

  • Frusciante drogado kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

    

  • I read in Anthony's autobiography that John was high on heroin during this performance, you can tell during the bridge when he's just doing and singing what the fuck ever haha. I still don't think it's a bad performance though, John is being creative

  • Anthony HATES John at 4:44

  • dont know why everyone thinks he played bad, for me its the best version of Under the Bridge there is so much creativity in john's playing

  • @samybazizi are you on heroin?

  • @GregoryJohnsonJr whats wrong with this version?

  • @samybazizi nothing. Im asking if you are on heroine

  • fucking ass holes not showing flea most of the time clearly just because he's wearing some weird thing on his head

  • It seems to me like he played bad on purpose. cause we all know he's a great guitarist. and even high musicians who are great sound better than this. feel bad for Anthony. those bad notes and chords throw his vocal melody all off, no fault of his own.

  • Can anyone else feel the passive aggressive fury and "wtf?" there? It's so thick u can cut it with a knife 20 years later. Music aside, the body language screams volumes and skill mastery aside, the instuments are involved in the dynamics. Like lazer pointers going from one to another concurrently, its all "wtf?' and "f-y". These are really young men, especially John. Compared to the guys I knew at that age they almost maintained considering. IMHO

  • ((((((RHCP92))))))

    

  • They played this right before John left, Anthony was pissed and believed John did it on purpose

  • This is so painful to watch

  • Maybe I'm wrong but I thought John said he didn't even start using heroin until after he left the band. I just don't think he wanted to be there, hence the carelessness.

  • @AmisDeNeige No, he dabbled in it a little before leaving. after he left then he went overboard with it.

  • scumbag John, not giving a fuck.

  • John is as high as Pie. Get over it..Just look at his face pale. And how slow he is and he goes whoaaaaaaaa lol

  • 2:05 : WRONG !

  • GŁOŚNIEJ

  • this actually sounds pretty good I don't get it,

    I can see john trying to screw up but can't

  • @GetMadBeHappy

    At this time, the only one high was Frusciante. Not saying he was on drugs during the show, but he definitely was during this time. And Chad looked that way because of John's "alterations" to the tune.

    And to others, I'd like to make the note that John could never, ever, ever make a mistake on that song. Hell, Anthony and him had made it together. He was feeling a lot of stress at this time, but in his words, he said he was experimenting. A bad time to experiment, in my m

  • Chad doesn't play out of time! Just listen to the Part 1:03.. They sound like crap just because of John who refused to play it the way they used to. So it was difficult for Anthony to get the right cue and pitch. (--->Scar Tissue) ;)

  • I quite like this version, it's proper gloomy. I'm not a dickhead who reckons this is pure intentional genius though, because it isn't.

  • this isn't heroin or crack, jesus christ you're chatting out your arse. Frusciante is purposely throwing anthony off the whole way through because anthony accidentally knocked a microphone into him which looked rather painful in the previous song. John basically sabotages the whole song for that reason and because of his other circumstances at the time. Frusciante could keep in time with anything under any circumstance.

  • Thats how you know John is done..he is the only one not SHIRTLESS:/

  • Haha frusciante mandando um jam pra estrega a música só fez a melhor versão dela. Exemplo da loucura frusciante. Ele de blusa e todos sem camisa, a cara do kiedis fudido. Muito bom

  • the only reason this is so bad is because they are all on crack and can't keep time! bahaha. just watch the drummer play, he is like WTF? The guitarist is out of tune and they are all high out of their minds. its actually really funny. I understand they are good musicians but even good musicians are influenced by drugs... this time it just happened to be for the worse.

  • @GetMadBeHappy The drummer and the guitarists have names

  • @GetMadBeHappy

    this is not true. they are attempting to a slightly altered version of the song, set by john at the beginning. this was during a period of great turmoil and I believe john is trying to throw anthony off with a slightly diminished intro.

  • anthony was right when he said john played it completely differently but in some ways i like this version a lot and then in some ways its kinda weird but hey thats heroin for ya

  • !!!

  • The intro is sick. They should've recorded it.

  • john did heroin

  • @MynamesNOTDevon OMG NO WAY!

  • @ItchyWangProductions yeah your right he didnt, what was i thinking

  • WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOO IS WHERE I DREW SOME BLOOD... #MeGusta

  • chad with long hair LOL!!

  • He plays it so bad.....it's good....only an amazing guitarist could do this....

  • Frusciante is a spoilt bratt! Imagine if it was your first performance on TV. He never could stand their popularity, he was still in puberty lol

  • @smudgek3 stfu he's a genius. he makes music for the sake of music not fame.

  • standup redheads

  • Głośniej KURWA ! ! ! !

  • I love this version.

    who cares if john sabotaged it; it's been played a million times before, go and watch one of those versions.

    He is being childish because AK hit him in the face with a mic before this but that's just funny.

  • poopoo weewee dicky bumbum willy doodle

  • Stop sh***ing around, i'm saying that John made perfect job in second part of song here! He did it just from the spot, and it was awesome...

  • I love how even though it looks like Anthony and John are about to break out into a massive fight, Flea just carries on rocking in the corner :D

  • 0:26 GŁOŚNIEJ

  • Good band, but like most talented players drugs seem to be part of their lives and Chilli's are no exception. Yes, John seems to be "chemically enhanced" during this show. I've heard better versions of this song like the live acoustic version for Katrina victims.

  • I like how everyone came here because of Scar Tissue.

  • @SamuelsMom1 haha . at the scar tissue coment, totally why i checked it out, and he was right, pretty much haha

  • @SamuelsMom1  YES!!!!!

  • I hope all you kids know why john did this... He didnt mess,up. He hated fame, and he hated Anthony. It eventually led to extreme amounts of heroin leaving john an inch from death. Anthony never confronted him cause "I just didnt wanna see him like that".

  • @rickyfarasy he didnt hate anthony john was a huge chili peppers fan when he replaced hillel the problem was that he decided to "experiement" on live tv...not a good time to do it especially since they had never performed the song

  • Dear everyone that read scar tissue and think this performance sucks or says it is out of key (which it isn't):

    Go fuck yourselves, this version shows more emotion than any other version.

  • @raphanon das all too trew

    

  • @raphanon Yep, i agree with you, Anthony is wrong about John playing off key, this is their best performance of this song!

  • @raphanon I've never even read scar tissue and I still think this performance is pretty bad. I mean, flea, anthony, and chad all did really well but john purposely fucked it up, sabotaged it. He hated the fame that rhcp was attaining and was always strung out on heroin, and decided that the biggest shit disturber he could pull was to fuck them up on live on TV. The only emotion I see here is anger, and that's not even from the song.

  • @gitghetto Well, I'm sorry music is lost on you. You really think this version of the song sounds bad? John's howl instead of "under the..." doesn't convey any emotion to you? You should stick to poorly trolling mac videos and leave music appreciation to those with ears.

  • @raphanon The only emotion I find that it conveys is frustration, and that's only in light of Johns admittance to sabotaging the song. Yes, I really do think this version of the song sounds bad. I like that it's slowed, but I wish that John wasn't so intent on sabotaging the song.

    And what makes you think you're so much better than anyone else when it comes to appreciating music? Music is art. Criticize it or praise it as you see fit. There's no need to tell other people to not appreciate it.

  • @gitghetto "Leave music appreciation to those with ears."

    You really think that means I am the only one with ears?

    You don't appreciate it, so, you're right, there's no need to tell you not to.

  • At least it's not a big mess as anthony described in his book.

  • Polish accent at 0:26 ' głośniej ' - ' louder ' : ))

  • Ya John def f'd up this. totally off key. Just outta of his mind like AK said in his book

  • @jefferyj823 the fun thing is that it isn't off key... only one small part for about 3 seconds

    I prefer this version to the real deal

  • And everyone, in case you didn't read scar tissue, anthony wasn't happy because, even though it sounded good, he always struggled with singing this song. And he thought John was fucking with him because John knew that.

  • @Dobeene i read and it said he was high throughout the entire time and anthony punched him backstage

  • Haha the beginning: AK: "You're not in key, JF. What am I supposed to do?" JF: "Dude, what are you doing? Sing already!" Haha John didn't even know he was off key.

  • watched this cause anthony was talking in his book about how off john was and hes completely right hahaah poor anthony

  • Wait a minute is that Will Farrel 1:00 on the drums

  • I really really really like the guitar throughout this video, better than the original

    

  • johns screaming into the mic.. hahah

  • Uknow even though he screwed anthony on this show...the guitar throughout is very pretty

  • Look at the way they're dressed. One of these things is not like the other!

  • i dont know Eminem know how to play guitar,too

  • @TheNazizz John Frusciante looks nothing like Eminem.

  • The lady in the beggining said The Red Hot Chili Peppers in an annoying ass way -_-

  • Still sounds beautiful tho no lie...

  • Fun fact: Will Ferrel didn't consider being a cast member on SNL until this very performance. He eventually joined in 1995. Truly a man of many talents!

  • LOL CHAD SMITH LONG HAIR

  • John done this to throw Anthony as he was fed up with this song and what is was portraying

  • I could not get enough, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAA

  • the reason john is playing like this is because john doesnt want to be that commercial, he really hated to be on this show playing live

    and yeah...i guess he toke a nice shot of heroin before to show them that those guys could suck his balls hahaha

  • he doesnt even fuck around that much, it sounds awesome to me. just goes to show how bad anthony is at adapting; john is in key the whole song, just throws a few extra notes in. i think the screaming at the end is what had anthonys panties in a twist

  • This was the point where John was starting to half ass it, too many drugs, he clearly didn't want to be in the band, this is just before he left I believe. I remember seeing this years ago and thinking what a douche, but drugs etc. This must be painful for him to watch

  • The thing is I kinda like the way John plays the song, but I can imagine being royally pissed by that if you're Anthony.

  • i could not get enough

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOO

  • are they stoned or what? xD

  • @gutelauNe95 No, John had done a bunch of heroin about 5 minutes before they went on, because this is when he was going to leave the band for the first time....

  • I actually love the screaming....

  • @metal97100 apparently he took a shot of heroin before he took to the stage....

  • i love this version

  • Vacation time....

  • shit, where's the motherfuckin' uncontrolled performance by john frusciante?

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  • ok so i read the comments and wait for the part where john supposedly "fucks up big time". the song ends and i'm like "where was the mistake?" it was a perfect performance IMO and im not being a fanboy; i seriously found nothing wrong. john has always ad libbed the riff a lot. all the chord variations were in key. I even had to fucking wikipedia this shit to figure out what the deal was about. and now i know :)

  • @aydooknow bull fucking shit, don't act like you didn't hear about it on wikipedia first

  • @ayubisobhan haha. I assure you, I did not :)). but whatever floats your boat, bro.

  • Haha john makes a mistake at 2:04

  • @NTGNS This is all him fucking up.

  • that which annoys Keidis makes us stronger.

    

  • Everyone watches this video as that last turning point for John, but all I'm thinking is WHAT THE FUCKS ON FLEAS HEAD?????????

  • When listening to this all I could think about was the book scar tissue

  • Nice backup vocals.

  • @MrHaircut1 lol

    

  • It's not about bad or good part of guitar...what john is playing it's just not what they set before...A.K.explains it perfectly in the book

  • after that Frusciante make a depression during 5 years.

  • 4:41 - 4:49 anthony stares at john lol  like saying "you're gonna pay for this shit after the show ....madafuka"

  • @GILFTS He actually kicked him during the performance of Stone Cold Bush while he rolled on the ground; check it out.

  • scar tissue... wow

  • scar tissue... wow

  • I reakon it sounded algood, Don't know wat anothony was on about

  • @unSTEVOED He played it in a different key and was using chord alterations that they hadn't really rehearsed before. It got him mad cause John did it on purpose to fuck with him lol.

  • @iMakeY0Ucrazy its not a diffrent key

  • Argh , Fucking Hard years for RHCP... anyway Epic WOOOOOOOO! :D haha

  • 3:11 john also hits the distortion pedal which was uncommon but still pretty awesome.

  • In Stone Cold Brush, Anthony kicked John in the knee, that's why he' so pissed off, among other things

  • John shot up heroin before this show, that's why he's acting so weird.

  • @AnonymousWR hes acting weird because hes about to quit the band he doesnt enjoy it anymore he is pissed and it shows in the way he plays, hes trying to piss people off

  • @TacticsnGameplay It says this was in 1992, which was when John was smack dab in the middle of a bad drug addiction and depression, but you're right too, he was trying to piss Anthony off.

  • i dont mind the guitar, i reckon its brilliant, though the screaming is annoying, and peeps, stop gettin your info off wikipedia, cause wikipedia lies

  • you are just stupid , john plays the song well , he just change the voicing of his guitar part , he play the right chords , its just a different way to play the chords and its great , the only disapointed things here are the backing vocals ! john always improvise on the intro and it's very cool , it"s more harder to improvise your guitar part in live than play the same way every night ....

  • @samwylde2 No you are just stupid. John was just being a dick. From wikipedia: Frusciante, however, began to resent the song's popularity and would play convoluted intros, purposefully throwing Kiedis off. An example of this was during a televised performance on the highly rated program Saturday Night Live on February 22, 1992. Continued...

  • @vedderfan94 i know kiedis said that and frusciante want leave the band , but the guitar here is not BAD like you think , is just a different way to play the guitar part and it work .... it fit well in my way because i like this kind of guitar chord voicing

  • @samwylde2 Kiedis said it "felt like I was getting stabbed in the back and hung out to dry in front of all of America while [Frusciante] was off in a corner in the shadow, playing some dissonant out-of-tune experiment."[38] The guitarist used a distortion pedal for the ending verse and screamed incomprehensibly into the microphone when providing backup vocals, neither of which were originally planned or typical of live performances.

  • John made Anthony feel the lyrics to this song for real again here

  • kurt frusciante

  • i love the fact frusch is improvising most of it. best kind of music. thats how religion was made.

  • i fucking love this version. i dont know but it speaks to me. the kind of fight thingy they have in this video is really something you dont want to see in a band, but still it results in an incredible preformance.

  • I'm a big John frusciante fan an all, but why does he have to be such a fucking diva?

  • @hellfirejona11 he was on drugs man. he's not a diva anymore, absolutely not.

  • O john tava lokao aheuaheuheue

  • In fact, JF didn't want to play for thousands and the year 1992 was very difficult for RHCP. This song had been played in this weird way because of John protests. If anybody read Anthony's biografy then he should know that.

  • where can i get tabs for this?!

  • im amazed at how well john improvises and creates musical textures so unexpectadly in this vid, i think this is an insane clip

  • as a singer it must've been difficult to deal with this unexpected arrangement..

  • One of those moments when you can see a band starting to fall apart. Part of me is suprised the John actually bothered to play at all. Still a decent performance, though.

  • I don't think what John did was bad... I think he hit the chorus... it's different but also beautiful!

  • from 4:05 to 4:25 its actually really beautiful sounding if you listen real close haha

  • haha who gives a shit what john did. Its just a lil "Punk rock" influence and smack, that's all hahah

  • that's sad what John has done.. :/

  • anthony is so fucking hot!!

  • fuck that john never changed the song john is so fucking outta it in this video

  • John and Anthony both rock, but this video makes it evident that Chad and Flea are what holds the band together

  • if someone is a musicians, even if his mind says to demolish the music, his and will never do a wrong work

  • john  esta drogado,mt mesmo

  • 'Scar Tissue' is a great book

    saludos desde peru :D

  • john is like "lets fuck up our popularity." i totally understand him.

  • i love the back up vocals actually..

  • Kiedis talks about this performance in scar tissue. John really wanted to quit the band. Awesome performance though.

  • why the fuck john never plays the REAL intro??? I'm staring to think he CAN´T

  • @simpleboy98 Don't be stupid

  • @AICALEXAIC shut up cocksucker

  • @simpleboy98 Well you sure are simple coming out with comments like that. You obviously don't know much about Frusciante if you think he can't play the intro that HE made up. He is arguably the best improviser of a guitar that has ever lived, try watching a few more RHCP live vids before coming up with a comment saying you starting to think he can't play in intro. Jeeeeeeeeeeesus.

  • @AICALEXAIC I've watched a lot of utb live performances and the only one that plays the intro like it is is Dave Navarro, check out this: /watch?v=jXNZgR7cSSs John sucks cocks. Cheers.

  • @simpleboy98 Whoa now, If you actually just said John sucks cocks you need to re listen to a lot of music. He really is a god to the guitar that puts people like Navarro to shame. Not saying you favor Nav to John but if you do you really need SWIFT KICK IN THE DICK!

  • @simpleboy98 I see what your doing and I don't like it. Go suck a dick!

  • i wish everyone would stop hating on john..this version is really fuckin awesome

  • @GuitarMacable I totally agree. I f*#kin love this version!

  • You know you're an awesome guitarist when you try to destroy one of the best songs ever and make it one of the best versions instead

  • Even though John changed the song to scew Anthony up it still sounds beautiful

  • CHAD with hair pahahahhhahahahahahhahahahahah­hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahaha­hahahhahahahahahashahahhahahah­ahhhahahahahahahhahahahahahaha­hhahahahahah

  • 2:05 he wants to start the outro indeed, quite a bad mistake but still, it's worlds best guitarist so its okay!

  • john frusciante such a good guitarist <3

  • tht was amazing!!

  • what happens when drugs drive people apart, you can see the spite between AK and john :/

  • Anthony's face at the end like "I'm gonna kill you..." lol

  • Everything is possible if you are on drugs

    everything,like ruin the "Under the Bridge" Backing vocals

  • @kaplanjoedudugames

    lol its awesome, not ruin.

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  • Yeah John wasn't trying to suck. He just didn't care much anymore and decided to do whatever he felt like. And since John is so talented and creative the result is good!

  • The Kiedis did not like what John did, you can see the expression on his face ...

    Drugs are a shit, I'm glad that John got rid of it long ago!