John Frusciante - My Smile is a Rifle w/ drums

[Lidieyes]

I seriously fell in love

[BeenInsane23]

I really really wish he'd re-record some of that his niadra lades and smile from streets you behold stuff like he said he might do! i mean i love the originals but itd be so interesting to hear them now.

[damastaispro]

incredible.

[professor7000]

what a guitar chameleon man John is..

[OutsiderDrummer]

John look's like young EMINEM with guitar on this picture ! haha !

[thefallingdream]

@OutsiderDrummer ROFL!! yup!

[Nick943098]

I honestly can't beleive that John went on tour when he was still a junkie like this.

[intermolloy1]

this is pretty cool, its pretty out there

[emceeacc]

Made a pretty sweet Hip Hop beat using this check it out in the video responses

Peace To The Musical Inspirator/Genius We Know As John Frusciante

Much Love

[LaGulaDelNorte]

When i listen to this album my dad says that is shit...but i love it.

[saltjunkie77]

@LaGulaDelNorte Dad's are supposed to say that. Wouldn't it be more weird if he loved it as much as you do? I think that would take something out of the equation.

[LaGulaDelNorte]

@saltjunkie77 haahaha so agree

[Masterreese1]

just throwin it out there that it wasnt written when john was a junkie only played

[101united101]

still produced some fine music as a junkie

frusciante one of the best yet

[RedHotChiliPrimus]

i prefer accoustic version,drummer is doing too much

[Chilignome]

This is john - but it's not Flea and Chad, it's from 1997 Nutstalk tour, the ones playing drums and bass are Chris Warren and Norwood Fisher from Fishbone

[k0stil]

wikipedia says that chris warren can`t play drums.

he is a vocalist.

maby it`s another chris warren?

[saumonnn]

@k0stil maybe wikipedia is wrong ?

[k0stil]

@saumonnn

i dunno.

i think the chris warren that plays with john is just some chris warren that isnt famous or something

[clw550235]

@k0stil Or maybe Wikipedia's not always right.

[Manwithcam]

@k0stil If it says he can't play drums then this is probably him.

[jrcsgtpeppers]

sounds like chads drumset

but i know this couldnt have been a chili peppers concert

so...i didnt hear flea

it may have been with that fish guy like the other vid

[InvisibleShoeLaces]

Was this recorded live? This is the one I have on my Ipod. :) I like both versions.

[chrisrave]

This is really cool!

[johnfrusciantefan123]

This is GREAT!

[goblinob]

not digging the drums...

[wolboatpo]

this quality sucks, i dont mean the song, but the audio, i love john, musically <3

[MatthewCasey]

I can see why the guy got offended. For those who think grammatically and use punctuation properly, things like "..." at the end of a sentence have a certain connotation. If the responder isn't a jerk for being condescending, then he's an idiot for putting "..." at the end of a sentence.

[AgneSsOnHighway]

rozumiem gościa maksymalnie, mogłabym się w nim zakochać..

[Yourand]

@AgneSsOnHighway c'mon baby bite my wire

[krizizizizob]

Kinda has a breaking the girl feel at one point. Wicked thanks for posting this verison, any idea when and where this was???

[ricvdb]

This is quite clearly chad on drums and flea on bass - you can hear it.

[FischKopfD]

@ricvdb

i don't think so

[TehSorso]

@ricvdb there;s a video for this and it;s not them.

[markbooher1]

@ricvdb not even close.

[Fallinldols]

this might be ataxia?

[DontFunkWithMe]

does anybody know what acoustic john uses in the picture.?

[ilr111]

a martin guitar...

[ilr111]

who's a fucking idiot?

[Johnfrooshlover]

lol i dont think he meant anything bad just by putting 3 periods at the end

[snackhappypappy]

I don't understand some, correction, most comments on youtube...

[okamasphere]

wow you get offended easily. You are the prick.

[220891nb]

did someone(fan) just add drums to this or was it actually recorded with drums?

[chewablemoo]

There is a video on youtube where John performs with a band, I think that's where this audio is from.

[fefiss86]

I've heard this version like 10 years ago and i still have the same doubt...

[ilovethepeppers]

what doubt?

[wontacceptthis]

2:40 - 2:45 and 2:56 - 3:05 WTF!!!

[CrazyRottenApples]

..What?

[RHCPh4x]

what?

[okamasphere]

whats so WTF!!! ????

[wontacceptthis]

Thats an insane vocal range. I couldn't speak for a day if i tried that. No negativity intended.

[secretperson20058024]

I love it

[yosimotsu]

the drums are so powerful on this i love it suits the song

[BreakingCityLights]

This is definitely John Frusciante the vocals and the guitar work is totally him. Magnificent art here.

[CiscoNast]

This is so dope.

[k0stil]

watch?v=SfgGVIptimI -here is another version with drumnbass

[k0stil]

yeah - 1997.04.26 @ Anchor Inn, NB

[k0stil]

i think its a live in 1990th era

[chap1234]

where did you get hold of this? It is amazing! I have never ever heard this before

[Frogpaw94]

fucking amazing..im pretty sure this is from the '97 shows he did with Fishbone's drummer.i think there were others involved but im not really sure who.

[earlymorningeagle]

This is flea and chad playing with john

[arrisfilms]

no its not

[rhcplyrics]

I like it

[k0stil]

it has another tempo,i really liked that

[RedHotLove21]

Yeah this song is definitely from Niandra La Des...and usually just a t-shirt. And nobody can cover John no matter how hard they try. That's definitely him. lol John is so great that even when he was a heroin junkie he was still able to create interesting music.

[FucklyDuckly]

@RedHotLove21 you think of heroin you can't create interesting music?

I think without drugs we wouldn't have john as he is today, sure he be alive but not as he is today, not as alive

[RedHotLove21]

@FucklyDuckly I don't even know what you are talking about, I can't understand your question. I was complimenting John, so don't try to change this around into something else. Yes I know people wouldn't be the way they are today without the things they've experienced in their past, so idk what you want me to say in response to your question but I wrote that over a year ago.

[FucklyDuckly]

@RedHotLove21 you said "John is so great that even when he was a heroin junkie he was still able to create interesting music"

my question was, do you think that heroin in anyway would make a musician worse?

what I wrote after that was just a comment on the whole drug addiction.

[RedHotLove21]

@FucklyDuckly Um Yeah considering drugs can kill you.

[FucklyDuckly]

@RedHotLove21 What? Can? So driving a car can make your music bad, because driving a car can kill you? If you're not even reading what I'm saying, whats the point in answering?

[RedHotLove21]

I am going to send my response over a message.

[RHCPFreaklol]

@FucklyDuckly Dude, just shut up, you're annoying. 

[FucklyDuckly]

@RHCPFreaklol who the hell are you? honestly why should i shut up?

[MorganKai]

@RedHotLove21 specially when he was a heroin junkie he created art,, and the best he ever create,,

[TurielMelody]

frusciante's songs can't have covers, it is't possible, john is john

[susiq212]

wow nice

[wahlapcow]

i am quite sure this is infact john. from 1997. during the short tour with norwood (from fishbone) on bass... and not sure who the drummer was... but ya. awesome to hear. listening to him sing, you know thats him..

[rueckwaertssalto]

it's on niandra laDes ;-)

great post thanks!

[Talonxandy]

nah its not from niandra lades all the songs from niandra lades are called untitled (insert number)#

[rueckwaertssalto]

you mean the second half of niandralades & usually just a t-shirt, called 'usually just a t-shirt'. niandra lades consists of 12 tracks who all have titles, usually just a t-shirt of another bunch who are untitled. Smile's a rifle is track number2 on niandra la des. so that was smartass power

[Addicted2TheShindig1]

this is great

[kalli199]

is this frusciante or just a cover?

[johand77]

This would the greatest cover in the history of covers if it was!