John Frusciante - Ricky (2001)

[minafeyzaa]

@theberto "this song is inspired by Ricky Nelson"

[theberto]

qhat does john say at 0:33 ?

[TripleLie]

that's not right, the song is from 2004 but the recording is from 2001

john is the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deenie72]

An acoustic performance isn't meant to sound just like a record~he improvises&does what he wants when he performs. That's what makes it interesting. He's not high&he hasn't butchered anything~ he's fucking happy performing in front of friends in his hometown and it shows.

[Johnfrooshlover]

@Deenie72 I love John. But he looks like he smoked a fat one right before he went on. That doesn't make this song any worse though.

[tanimorozova]

@Johnfrooshlover I love John )))

[Oathmachine]

oh my god how high is he during this performance? I love john but here he's just butchering his own songs :/

[Oathmachine]

oh my god how high is he during this performance? I love john but here he's just butchering his own songs :/

[canibaldance]

every album john frusciante made is pure fucking gold

[pianOguy36]

anywhere you are on a page you still go to the right. =) I can't help but smile every time i hear this song.

[sqauwk]

he sure loves josh :P

[santanaFrus]

TO RECORD ONLY, SOUNDS FROM THE INSIDE AND THE EMPYREAM _______BEST ALBUMS (sorry for Shadows collide)

[andrew19vato]

@santanaFrus all his albums are awesonme but i think the will to death or shadows collide with people are my faves!

[ExMicroDotLover]

F'n love him!

[jumpyourbone]

i never knew this song was inspired by ricky nelson! i love ricky nelson!!

[GrungeRockLove]

he looks good in this vid eh?

[pudgywudgy]

This is the most innocent song. I don't really know what defines innocent but I feel it describes this song.

[DieGaKuP]

here doesn't sound good, but i really don't care,

[yonatanzohar]

Be gay and marry me please!

[VickyJost]

@yonatanzohar lol

[AFirmKickInThePants]

I had no idea that most of the songs off Shadows Collide With People were around already back in 2001

[droptheleash0]

For anyone thinking he's high, I think he just drank too much kava hehe, no drugs involved :-)

[VickyJost]

@droptheleash0 I think it too

[VickyJost]

@droptheleash0 He only drunk a little bit more than he should have...

[Knutorius]

oh, man. this show isn't really his best performance.

[silversilk15]

john frusciante, john mayer, darek and jack white....best guitarists of this generation!

[baughskeet]

@silversilk15 Jack White....eh....good musician...but in the same league as Frusciante?

[Jkamria014]

@silversilk15 john hell yes..he rules....jack hel yah whatta badass....i assume your referin to derek trucks...in that case yes....but mayer??? idkk

[italllies]

R.I.P.

River Pheonix.

you are truly loved and never forgotten.

[epidormisman]

uhmm wtf?

[italllies]

what do you mean wtf, I know it was written for ricky nelson.

but River was a great friend of johns !!! soo hence the R.I.P.

[jonjuan03]

i was afraid to be me

[johnfrusciante1]

His guitar is tune Eb

[Sangachin]

is it just me or does his guitar sound out of tune here..?

[renegadepoptard]

he is my favorite musician ever

[aculmo]

he sounds drunk....

[palenka777]

he does not drink ......well...since he join RHCP  before californication

[olix]

he doesn't take drugs, but nobody said that he doesn't drink

[k0stil]

This is so awesome when he starts some song and then stops ,says something that he forgot to say before the performance and then again!!!

[jonjuan03]

This is badass- I wish i could play like this when im stoned

[birdieboy91]

he's been clean since like 98

i mean- he prolly smokes some pot- but i doubt he that shortly after his sobriety date

[jrcsgtpeppers]

This is seriously my favorite song ever!!

I like this more than my favorite Beatles song.

[Learhcp1]

John frusciante. my husband

hahaha

I love!

[hottyeyez]

loooovin this song atm =]

[jfbiggestfan]

1:30 o lol ;) I love U JF anyway ^^

[jrcsgtpeppers]

That wasn't him, that had to of been a sound error lol

[k0stil]

???

[jonjuan03]

J FRU baby!

[HigherGround86]

this song was inspired by who?

[olrifefe]

Ele é bom nisso!

[0362868]

He is god. No one is better. Segovia sucks... Jazz singers are no good, Fuck Rembrant. He's god and Howlin Wolf is an ant. He sings perfectly in tune and listen to his genius on the guitar. No one in any medium comes even close. This is the best artist dead or alive, in the history of the world. He is god..

[Hektor88]

0362868: your entitled to your opinion, but some of the things you just said were demonstrably ignorant. Segovia practically created (or at lest codified) the modern art of classical guitar, and anyone who plays or sings jazz has to really know there shit. John creates some lovely songs, but he is basically a pop singer-songwriter, and he hasn't contributed to the art NEARLY as much as Segovia or Rembrant. No one says John HAS to, but its foolish to dismiss everyone who has done more than him.

[Slay318]

Pay no mind to him, I doubt he actually knows who Andres Segovia was.

[funkyphantom1]

and rembrant was basicly a composer so what?

if he or john or anyone didn't exist music would still be just as good, its not about the people its about the sound.

[Hektor88]

Rembrant was a painter.

Its abut the sound, i agree, but without certain people there wouldn't be certain sounds.

[funkyphantom1]

don't i feel stupid ( cringes) i can't remember who it was but there's a quote that says if you put a baby on an instrument it would get different sounds than i ever could, it was said by a master guitarist thats basically what i was trying 2 say, again excuse my ignorance but i don't know many painters

[Bssmxx57]

Didn't Victor Wooten say that?

I'm probably wrong...haha

[funkyphantom1]

yes he did!

good guess :D

[Bssmxx57]

oh okay, I thought so =)

He's one of my favorite musicians ever, but I wasn't sure if I read that on something that related to him or not...=P

[Fisch269]

In the time of 2001 John took a lot of Kava Kava, which makes you high. You can see him drinking tea on the TROWFTD tour which was from kava kava.

And you can say he is high just by looking at him :-D

[affenarsch87]

kava kava, heeee?

fischlein?

[johnnycnandy]

The first thing I thought when I saw this was that he was high here. I know he's been clean since 98 but his demeanor here is very different from what it usually is. And the singing/playing seems very reminiscent of his drug days. Messed up chords, singing out of tune. Maybe I'm wrong, but it looks to me like he's under the influence of something here. Look at 0:44-0:52. Still a genius tho.

[HerrPudding]

but maybe he is just high on the music and atmosphere, but yeah you're right.... in a strange way he seems to be high on something ..

[maxinicotra]

You´re so wrong man.

[momedown]

thats his business, you dont know shit

[heartbracher]

his singing is often not very clean, but, as we can hear, imperfection makes perfection...and we nearly lost you, john..i am so happy you are still here

[beidfuss11]

Why John you´ve got a great voice and a perfect guitar playing but why are you hitting at least not one note (singing).....Also great person i love him..

[macedaace14]

I like the Jesus look better!

[plynwithfire]

great song,love that album,but a downer that hes high and gave in the temptation to interfere with his music and playn.........i still find it hard to believe that he is never the less @ a show and @this time of his life.....

[momedown]

high or not who gives a shit

[merlindangle]

hes definitely not high.

hes not the best singer, but he sure as hell gives it emotion.

[momedown]

high or not who gives a shit

creative people and geniuses medicate their brains because its difficult being surrounded by idiots

[Hektor88]

a lot of people medicate their brains because they can't stand reality. Its called drug addiction.

To quote Anthony Keidis about John:

"People were saying 'Oh, he's a genius, so its ok (that he's taking drugs). I didn't give a damn if he was a genius or an idiot, he was dying, and it wasn't fun to watch."

So, who gives a shit? Well, anyone who wants him to be alive for longer to make music, and anyone who cares for him to make quality music.

[AutomatoNFunk]

i Definitely understand your point but i think momedown was talking more about kava kava, marijuana and things like that. But in regards to heroin and those types of drugs your 100% right

[monthejoe]

I dont think he is high. His singing was never great, until Shadows Collide With People. The singing on To Record wasnt always tuneful, and that was an album.

[entermymind00]

he sings badly here but the drugs...yeah the drugs

[valerk]

i don't think he was on drugs on the show...

[TheVelvetElvis]

This was after the drug years my friend.

[pelomb]

este tema esta muy bueno pero se nota que johnny había fumado de más, esta medio el flaco

[HooDlymUK]

This is one of my favorite songs it's amazing, strait from his heart on this performance

[EmilS91]

He is soooo on drugs

[tripsounds010rhcp]

i'm am i die hard john frusciante fan, he's inspired me so much in every aspect, but its obvious he's high, don't kid yourself. i don't judge him for that, but i feel it hurts his performance.

[jphobbit]

amazing album, not a great performance obviously, cause he's high or something... but I do like this song allot

[charliemakingmesmile]

hes high for sure, just look at him but dont know if drugs.

[MieowMonster]

this performance is pretty crap. the one from his site is REALLY good.

[bluejayway1967]

And you can function as someone besides who you are...John Frusciante rocks!

[birdieboy91]

fucking beautiful

[frusciantefan69]

great album he looks a little messed up?!

[delunahugoren]

Yeah, he messed up the chords :-P

[Tasigief]

the whole apearance is messed up(see other songs in the same show to see for yourself).. he didnt just mess up the chords, but he was all the time out of tune.. Seems like he was on drugs during the show..

[sebmat86]

...yeah, i agree... it really looks like that, and sounds like that... but hes been clean since like 98..?

[Tasigief]

he might be 99% clean since then but i can bet that during that show he was under the effect of drugs.. Listen when he says "And if its light outside" during the song, i cant believe that this is John singing..

[Hitman100]

i feel a real close connection to this mans brain

[poliplakofora]

what else to say than just to repeat: beautiful..

[surfsunadam]

If the word beautiful was made for anything... it was made for this video : )

[rhysmcb]

Shadows Collide With People = best album ever

[VickyJost]

@rhysmcb "from the sound inside", "to record only water for 10 days" & "Inside the emptyness" are very good too!

[denhhh]

@rhysmcb

es uno de los más bellos

muy bueno

[kissassdude123]

wow..truly amazing and beautiful..

[HYP03L]

so beautiful!

[hawtpink]

beautiful. just, beautiful.

[eltonrhcp]

Thanks ..

Beatiful beautiful :'(

[modernpauli]

thanks for this!!!!!

this song is beatifull!