The Roots performing Roxanne cover & The Seed 2.0

[MCLR1990]

man quest is awesome

[whathafruzz]

bass is off

[subajogu]

The Roots! Next time they come to Japan, I'm there!

[ericrazy1]

the cover for Roxanne shouldn't be taken too seriously... they do it just for fun. Which is why they bring their tour manager on stage to play the bass. In his tour diary Quest said it was just a crazy idea they had after playing soooooo many shows on tour.

[Irishroyal]

@hsal20 well if 'nobody' cares what I think, then it's perfectly likely that 'nobody' cares what YOU think, or anyone who comments here for that matter. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, otherwise none of us would make comments on these things. Nice to know I sparked some real lively debate!!

I honestly would rate this band now as accomplished, but this performance is utter crap!

[heyfredboobear]

@Irishroyal . if you really want to understand the roots, checking out their own music is good, but seeing them live is more than necessary. there is no substitute for that experience.

[Irishroyal]

As a bass player myself, I appreciate the guest player here getting the white reggae back beat just right, but the guitar is too quick, and the drummer always misses the lovely "hold on a mo" delay at the end of each instrumental.

The singing! That's what I had to laugh at!! Eddie Murphy in '48 hours' was better!!!

So my first impression of this band was their dire U2 tribute and this badly recorded total miss. I promise I'll look out for them in future, but they're not my taste anyway.

[SlyHobbit]

Im giving your comment a thumbs up just because MUSICALLY speaking you are pretty much right. But being a fan of these guys I gotta say you need to see some more vids of them, they are indeed VERY good musicians. The U2 tribute was actually pretty damned good man, takes balls to cover a band like that. I dont understand the "not my style" thing....good musicianship is good musicianship, regardless of style. The best artists cover many styles. That being said, yeah, this is pretty fucking bad.

[Irishroyal]

I like to think I can be corrected, if necessary. Seldom happens, though. LOL.

I found this band while searching for U2 vids - The U2 tribute @NAACP. I was impolite, but not abusive, trying to say "I can't rap - I don't think these guys can play or sing" Comment quickly removed!

U2 always admitted they couldn't do others' songs. I listened to Roots' own stuff, and was impressed, particularly with 'Here I Come' - they ARE good at their own stuff, but their U2 tribute was insulting to U2, IMHO.

[Irishroyal]

Are these guys a spoof band? I've just commented on how bad they were doing a U2 'tribute' and now find this!

If this is meant to be a serious 'experimental' attempt at a rock classic, this band should be chucked in the middle of the Atlantic. Please tell me it's a joke!

[PeachRobbler]

roots pump that bass

destroys your mic

[frrrrruuunkis]

how about ?uest killin that stewart copeland beat.

[funkyyeti]

Sounds like Scrantonicity!!!

[djl4007]

Kevin and quest should duel drumms

[Asstricks]

0:34-0:45 - the wailing. oh the wailing lol!!

I love how these guys are having fun. This is what making music's all about.

[ulm200786]

This is why i love the roots... they do some experimental shit... and can pull it off!

[NEMISIS50]

haha He has the voice go quest

[dirtysouthernhotshot]

I think he gave it a good shot lol he has that mad scary funk/soul voice.

Better with the percush tho lol

[gliza]

hahahahaha!!! that was quest?? that makes this even better! yeah, it sounded horrible but they were just having a good time. i'm sure if you were at that show you would have been loving that shit.

[risen27]

i can understand it! nice

[Kanblu]

I think their guitarist sang this at their Dublin gig last year.. he sounded fine as he'd also sang Erykah Badu's part for 'you got me' . Legendary Roots opened with 'the web'.. does it get much better?

[baldo1211]

?uestlove!got the groove man!much respect!

[vidman606]

there are twenty people on the stage, couldnt they find someone who could sing the lead?

[ckd1]

Hell yes!!! Roots singing The Police great stuff

[toast1985]

I seen this live in Orlando's House of Blues. Man the crowd went ape shit when this came on. Breath taking to witness this cover live.

[andreas140]

Yeah ?uestlove rocks!!!!!

[skurfja36]

ahaha in baltimore they sang this, and it was amazing, i had no idea who was singing, and suddenly i see ?uestlove, belting this out. the concert was soo tight.

[ArcShady]

lol questlove you are still the man

[ACUTEFAILURE]

Oh shit, that was questlove. Nevermind

[ACUTEFAILURE]

I love 'Roxanne'. Only problem is you know...coulda gotten someone better to sing it, but who cares, its the roots.

[Renegade125]

is that a James Brown tribute they do at the end, whatever it is its tight!

[Rafreaky07]

naw that was bobby wommack "i can understand"

Man that concert was crazy!!! Even though Akon played Jill Scott made up for it

[dtegg91]

I love when quest yells out "Rooooooxaaaane"

What's the song they play after it?

[dmNcccc]

seed 2.0

[aqt3000]

best concert of 07 so far.... HEY, does anybody have the footage when they covered bob dylans song and when HUB did his bad-ass bass solo?

[ciaranaine]

i'm glad he did as now i can relive this moment over and over!

[jennipear]

umm....i'm female....so that makes you glad that i did. you're welcome btw.

[ciaranaine]

oh, my mistake!

[bnewberg]

Wow I can't believe you actually were willing to sacrafice your experience to record this. This concert was amazing!!!!