John Frusciante does the Velvet Underground

[rhcplovebug]

awwwww, baby john!!! hes just too damn cute!

[FlySparksVideo]

In a famous Dutch documentary Frusciante and Kiedis play this song in a boat, sailing down the canals of Amsterdam. It's a better version. Great song.

[fede018]

0:58 he didn't like Chad's drumming

[Lithiukz]

anthony kiedis sang this better in an italian interview

[xxxnickrhxxx]

@Lithiukz Johns a great singer better then this but this was around the time he wanted to quit so i assume he didnt care much

[RasburryMuphinz]

where can I get this DVD??

[themuffinmansays]

Frusciante can sing--- just hear Knock Me Down--- amazing!

[TheDGUITAR]

His face to chad when he wants to drum on it:P

[Shouldersization]

dang, he has worked worked on his voice, you can tell he is struggling here, and his voice even breaks up on the first line, and he went on to have an ultra powerful voice e.g Otherside at Slane castle or Tiny Dancer at Pinkpop 90'

[bleachfreakchris]

from which dvd is this?

[bleachfreakchris]

from which dvd is this?



[ibook06]

john must hate drums under his solo songs... at 1:00 he turns around and says nono to chad when he started to play drums... and at la cigale when he was playing how deep is your love he stoped and said "chad.. fuck" because he started to drum a little...:D

[Josip185]

@ibook06 He said "sorry, fuck", and I believe it's because Anthony started to sing a little, but it actually sounded like humming haha

[kubiksahara]

shit

[04callwilk1]

He just doesn't want to be there and it's made worse when Anthony's telling him what to do. "Sing this, sing that" you know what I mean :)

[Str1keRS1R]

He is singing like shit because at this point he hated being in the band. Seriously how could his voice not have developed yet when one year before this he sang tiny dancer like an angel. Look him up singing that and tell me his singing sucked before.

[friponX]

@Str1keRS1R dude have you heard of the original version of after hours? the vocals were all out of tune but that's what makes the song so charming.

[FriendsOfNone]

good to know frusciante couldn't always sing....there is hope yet

[fenderstratman120]

it has nothing to do with being on drugs his voice just hadnt developed yet he didnt start singing alot in the band until later in life

[spatoola]

i liked the long credits and that this was recorded off of a television. richard white, you are decent. just decent.

[musicgetsmehigh1989]

awwww my my my....where has this video been hiding!!!! johnnnnn <3

[Machinegunjoeson]

@weekendchannel2 he was on drugs then he has a really good voice doe now listen to some of his solo stuff

[weekendchannel2]

haha when jhon sings bad haha

[k0stil]

beautiful

[realbeereels]

ahaha at 0:59 hes like telling chad to stop haha... love you john

[MrEspenBakke]

gotta admit anthony sings it better.. well not better but i think its more comfortable listening to him..

[OswaldoFrusciante]

maan, I really love Frusciante's voice, but that video makes me ROTFL!

[grzana2429]

john, please do not sing... or ffs learn to sing... its painfull....

[ChillestVibe]

@grzana2429 you're an idiot, John Frusciante has been doing back-up vocals since forever.

[grzana2429]

@ChillestVibe

And it never worked well...

[ChillestVibe]

@grzana2429 uhh, Frusciante actually hits higher notes than Anthony.. Please watch this and say the same thing /watch?v=hvG6bYcHrIM

[StickFunk]

it's weird that john is playing on the right side of the stage, not the left.

[jamochlon555]

best

[added23]

I HAte you raw420x!!! ur just like the mainstream music industry. wanna advertise the shit out of ur music and ruin the fuck out of it

[RedHotChiliZephyrs]

Why didnt you space the credits out some more, why take what could fit easily on one 4 second long page, and waste a third of the video on it

[TheMoqueca]

Song is afterhours. RHCP are a good band, but here very young. When you are very popular you think you may go there and just play no matter how out of tune, This version of the song is c'mon....is horrible.

[dandansade]

even john has a hard time getting u calm after 45 seconds of credits

[TininSkywithDiamonds]

haha. he didn't want Chad to play the drums :D

[zacman182]

i like how he shakes his head no at chad haha

[icedbannanas]

love this band

[alehi1]

is it just me or are john and flea standing on opposite sides from where they usually are?

[mikolene97]

@alehi1 they are

[jac277]

good point. but compare any tiny dancer rendition from the early 90s with one of his 2000s solo shows. i think my point remains in place.

[tonyburger]

es una joya este video

[raw420x]

one, two, the three!

[RogerRabbit94]

now?

[killdaclownz]

You should have made the intro credits a bit longer!!

[northwarrior21]

hahaha

[norwali]

@killdaclownz no! 

[JuanAndreful]

@killdaclownz jaja... good one... totally right...some people seem to not get it....

[jaaf86]

mieirda que tal video!!

[djejebaononestalo]

john was on drugs :D

[g3orgepl]

the name of the song ?????

[raw420x]

after hours

[g3orgepl]

oh thx yes

[ProzorVerloc1]

he can't sing the velvet underground

he does it terrible

[zigistardusted]

retard, hes singing a song sung by a chick drummer on the VU recording, plus its supposed to be sung sloppy its a song about being drunk and lonely.

[CYCanaan]

dude. he transposed the chords much higher than it really was.

[PsychoTherapy123]

wow this is weird.. this is the first time i see flea and john playing on the opposite side of stage as they usually do !

great cover by John btw :d

[mopiszczon]

yeah, After Hours! :D

[Elendil161]

Or For Emily

[Rhavaniell]

Once more ! :D

[loverhcp4ever]

after hours!!!!! <3333

[jac277]

amazing to see how john had to go through all his pain to become such a confident person. compare this singing to 2003 slane castle's 'maybe' or, even better, 2006 'how deep is your love'.

[myautomobilefunk]

IS HE YOUR GOD? XD

[jac277]

not quite yet.

[Josip185]

on which dvd is this?

[28charlotte28]

Cool video but I was ready to punch the screen when all that writing kept coming up at the start! 28 seconds worth is excessive!

[driesmuylle]

after hours it's called

[eatmyminilice]

john and flea are on the wrong sides:P:P

awesome!

[LasseLoek]

Hahaha look when chad tries to join in and John is like shaking his head "no stop" and then continues haha so cute :D

[AsphaltedLife]

they are so fucked up here, yeah on drugs

[sunwater16]

Anthony was not on drugs at this time. he was sober in 1991. you should read his book "Scar Tissue". it is a great read and you will learn alot. peace and love.

[RHChilliPeppers]

i'm reading it right now XD

[cilson123]

as am i. lovin it :D

[GuitarLord71]

o scar tissue is the best book and probably the only book i will ever want to read again. learned a lot and such a great book.

[AsphaltedLife]

yeah on druggss-aa

[sourgirlx]

Aww, he's cute. :D

[magicfungus]

Oh yeah! he did for me on my birthday ;D

[hottyeyez]

his so adorable lol

[Josip185]

his voice sounds funny, guess it's stage fright

[zu3tu7]

no i dont think so ...he always was quite a cool personality... he was pissed by the audience they played for...not nervous or something....this voice was planned...

[SweetPurpleHaze4]

I think it's great to see such a great singer at this point of his singing. It just shows he wasn't born with these talents. But if this is his singing voice what about the vocals on BSSM?

[musicowned]

he is an awesome singer watch his cover of tiny dancer in 89 its awesome...

i think the reason he was singing bad here is because he didnt want to be in the band anymore. he wasnt giving it 100%.

[susiq212]

thenks for puting it on line nevar seen it before

[johnfrusciantezzz]

its not sung by nico its sung by the drummer the girl

[naurispunk]

You should have put your long ass credits at the end not in front of video.

[redhotchilipepperite]

@naurispunk he did that so we would watch them

[tatayaya]

@naurispunk stop bitchin, this is awesome!

[Jmako7]

@naurispunk seriously, this isnt the 90s anymore



[lifeisabath]

awesome..thank you so so much, he is wonderful

[Kuru03]

It was 1991 i think pretty close to the month he left the band, now ,you can see various performances of him at pinkpop and he nails his singing ,like the cover of inca roads where he was not a bit nervous. I think there are two reasons for him to be so out of tune

1. He was pretty damn High

2. Or he did it on pourpouse

John's life and way of playing guitar have opened my eyes and inspired me, and he keeps doing it

[judowojtus]

Dude, are you trying to win something with that speech ?

[Kuru03]

Well, no, i just wanted to speak my mind about this video and john's music, but well i guess not everybody can understand and love music as much as i do

:) oh and..if you dont have anything clever to say ,dont say nothing

[judowojtus]

Truth. So shut up :)

[JRR951]

lol man you're comedy

[SweetPurpleHaze4]

How does your "speech" show your compassion towards music?

[zu3tu7]

he left 1992

[mahrhcp]

so fucking wonderful!!!

[roo1219]

ohh wonderful

[dardardarvin]

hahaha. he told chad to shutup

[emilio06rhcp]

it so nice

[funkymonk09]

cute

[tainted2180]

lol i don't care if john was out of tune he's still adorabe all of them are, they were just kids.

[CharlieLeek]

haha well his singings improved!

[en4sm8zn7g8]

Im pretty damn sure he sang out of key at purpose!

[carlososorio01]

no...im pretty sure he just didnt sing back then as well as he does now. listen to the stuff from Niandra Lades. thats his singing right there ('94), and as the years progress, his voice keeps improving. Just compare all his early solo stuff to the later songs he has put out.

[zu3tu7]

so what it sounds great out of tune!!

[carlososorio01]

haha. agreed!

[chilipeppers01]

haha i like it when john says no to chad :P

[assleyyyyyy]

what is this song called?

[FunkyAbonn]

after hours

[honestpanda]

Its called "After Hours" by the Velvet Underground from their third album. Its the last track on the album and its originally sung by Maureen Tucker, the Velvet's drummer.

[fetpipan77]

nooooooooooo

it's sung by nico

[YouAreAKunt]

um it is sung by moe

[fetpipan77]

indeed, I can't believe I wrote nico

[zbuntowana14]

What Anthony said to the end?

[Jazzmaster1962]

"That's a lovely little tune"

I agree =)

[Mike3303]

My favorite vide from you, Raw.

[supergene256]

He performed this song again a few months ago. He's come a long way...!!!

[UnKsReD]

Yo

I really enjoyed this one

and yes I've seen another version

but I do thank you for openin the can

of RHCP worms~

[ReNo65Jam]

Nice, was this shot at BSSM release party show, with Buglamp & X??

[boobadilha]

o raw this is rarity...john is so out of tune, i think it is coz he was too young and nervous...

anyway..

i loved it, cant wait for the next video (is there a next one?)

[raw420x]

yeah, he was 21 at the time this was shot.... voice still maturing, or he sang it like that on purpose...

[loserfest]

@raw420x I think he would have done it on purpose, since a woman sings the original one, he probably thought he should just fuck with it

[NielsJeMoer]

@raw420x I think he just doesn't give a fuck.

[theberto]

@raw420x

I think on purpose.. it's an john's interpretation of the song

[GTOWNRT57]

@boobadilha Yeah I think he sang it out of tune on purpose.. that's how the singer from Velvet Underground sang it haha

[BUSTtheTIVO]

i feel i kind of nostalgy of those times...

[zebiezebee]

the only time i've seen john performing on the left side of the scene, great one

[raw420x]

Yeah from this show he's on the left, this was a semi full set, the played under the bridge and give it away at this show.....

[kiyo123]

Do you have the video of them playing under the bridge ?

[shelta]

wow! Thank you thank you thank you!!!

[iAmQuinnM]

I don't see how this is defining rock history...I've seen a few vids of them playing After Hours

[raw420x]

maybe not in this clip, but up until a few weeks ago my films were in a safe in my closet, no one has ever seen them, now that I 've posted them on youtube I've opened a can of worms that now re-defines parts of Rock history.... I hope that makes sense.

[SCODgreenhood]

cool!

[haproductions]

Coolness. It is called "After Hours" though.

[raw420x]

Thanks, I was trying to figure out the name so I googled Glose the door and a velvet underground song came up...Excellent

[Barracuda007]

Raw this is all gold man! Love seeing John perform (if a little nervous and out of tune!) he's my fuckin idol! Kinda got put on the spot there by Ant though!