John Frusciante Paintings- Dying I Don't Mind

[J0000z]

they need to make a book about him really...hes amazing

[MissLidi82]

ah até que ele pinta bem :) gostei de algumas.

[martinmand1r]

Most likely if you are laying around doing drugs and painting it is going to make sense. When you sober up you say "It all made sense and I can see that now" Good paintings are the ones that get bought because they are good to the consumer. They make sense. If I tried to sell those as my work I most likely would not have too many buyers, but with Frusciante it makes sense. Right? People thrive on artists who are drug addicts who are famous.Is it just because they are. Is it possible without void

[FilmPriest]

@martinmand1r I completely disagree with the statement you said about how paintings are bought if people understand them. Similarly, "You don't have to understand what 'I am the Walrus' means -- it's a beautiful string of words and that's that." - JF

[mussman717word]

@martinmand1r

How, then, do you explain the career of Jackson Pollock? Looking at these paintings of John's, I see varying shades of talent. For instance, I wouldn't pay a dime for the one at :20, but I find the ones at :10 and :46 very inspiring, despite who or what created them. My guess, based on the tone of your comment, is that you are a painter? I agree with your general sentiment, but the work of an abstract expressionist is entirely different from more traditional art.

[InsomniumX]

Sorry to all the people who says otherwise, but these paintings are mediocre at best.

Sure, they reflect that the author is an emotional person, but they also reflect that the author doesn´t know how to paint. And yes, art is subjective, but art is also a LANGUAGE and therefore no matter how creative you are you can´t properly express yourself if you are not FLUENT with it, with the medium you are using, so you can use it naturally to express your ideas.

[InsomniumX]

@InsomniumX (continued) Let´s say that Frusciante had the exact same personality and so that he has now, but had never touched a guitar in his life. He obviously would NOT be able to play in the beautiful way he does if given a guitar out of the blue (yet); he´d have to first develop technique not for the sake of technique but to familiarize himself with the instrument and how to express himself through it.

[InsomniumX]

@InsomniumX (continued) Just think of this: say that there is a very creative man, with a great numbers of ideas for different stories. You ask him to write a story in russian, but he only knows english. He has two options: he can learn russian until a point where he is fluent with it, or he can just write said story in english.

In Frusciante´s case, guitar is his english, since his "russian" (painting skill) is barely good enough to make simple sentences.

[retrohippie]

John's paintings are not much different than, say, his album Niandra Lades. To the common "stay-in-line" man, it looks like a kid half-assed them or just scribbled and dabbed paint on them, but to people who understand, it's work made under the life we'll never completely understand.

There is no flat-line standard to what is "good" art/music/life/ect. People that believe such a thing contradict themselves.

[fmartinez1897]

@retrohippie That last line is almost memorable as a quote. Very well said sir

[IntuitiveMediums]

JEAN MICHEL BASQUiAT = the Hendrix of Painting

Frusciante admired both whole heartedly. You can hear and see it in his work. Although these painting don't look like they were made with skill, John Frusicante knew exactly what he was doing. Art is as much all about who made it, when they made it, why they made it as it is about how it looks.

[sudz202]

I think his paintings are really expressive-just because they dont look like someones typical, cookie cutter idea of a 'pretty picture' has nothing to do with how good they are, some people just cant appreciate different types of artwork.

[MarkJBaber]

Learnt.

[a1Drummer07]

@PacojaKuS Yea he's not a painter for a reason.

[GraveDiggerIII]

i didnt know john frusciante paints

[TehSorso]

@PacojaKuS by what criteria are they not so good? i think they're better than most other works of art around in the emotion involved, but that's just me.

[sheptropremix]

the pic at 0.24 is garbage

[IgibDAane]

many of my paintings end up like that while listening to jf's solo stuff.

(u noticed he didnt use any green?)

[SweetKooshy]

holy shit...i made this same exact fucking intro up god damnit. god..of course JF already came up with it.

[RoadentKiller]

@SweetKooshy I hate when that happens xD Johns used all the best chord progressions

[mussman717word]

I can't believe it, man. I knew he painted, but I couldn't imagine they'd be this good.

[TheBiddleMan]

I can get really high and smash my paintbrush against the canvas too. Bet you couldn't tell the difference.

[SweetKooshy]

@TheBiddleMan ...go ahead. lose your entire life to the point where you are living in the deepest darkest corners of your house, your heart hardly beating due to the abuse of heroine and do this shit. dare you...

[fuckgodamnshit]

@SweetKooshy how empty you both can be? keep talking shit, is the best you can do motherfuckers

[SweetKooshy]

@fuckgodamnshit what the fuck are you talking about? who was talking?..and what are you even trying to get at? i was trying to tell that ass hole that john was at a point no one else would dare dream about going to (the abuse of drugs and how far it took him)...so i dont know what the fuck you're talking about, because johns my biggest idol.

[fuckgodamnshit]

@SweetKooshy fuck you

[Masterreese1]

@SweetKooshy dude his name is fuckgodamnshit hes prolly jus a fag tryin to start a fight



[fuckgodamnshit]

@Masterreese1 You´re right

[TheIndustrialism]

The first, the second and 0:48 pictures scares me a lot.

[bobule4e]

I guess these are from his drug addiction period?

[Trippedfellanddied]

The work of what drugs can do is really, really disturbing.

[TheIndustrialism]

@Trippedfellanddied agreed

[WolfmanToldmeToBilo]

I like the song well I've been try er out. If you did try it YOU'D HAVE ONE HELL OF A TRIP!

[Armatodisolfato]

are these john frusciante paintings????

[clearasil11]

yups, guess from the 90's ?

[jtorres133]

I love this song...Its got a child like innocence to it.

[scribblertheband]

is this a hole cover?

[livefortheweekend99]

definitely is not

[coitershoiter]

first off im a massive fan of the frush. i just gotta say tho if i handed those paintings to someone and told them they were made at the time of a fucked up junkie, i dont think they would argue. im still a massive fan of the frush dont shoot dont shoot . lol

[rach6st]

The piece at 0:21 looks like he was painting something on a board that was laying on a table and he accidentally got paint on the back. Happens to me eveytime I paint. Maybe I should sell them.

[44sekret44]

: )

[jjccccc]

cool art do you exhibit in second life

[awatts77]

if you look hard, you can find quite a few faces in most of this art, different sizes, shapes and expressions, amazing! Jon is a hell of a dude!!!!

[inertiatic00esp]

style is very basquiat like. frusciantes a genius.

[lamodus004]

does he sell these paintings?

they're awesome..

[popomczowzow]

The first 2 are my favorites

[inertiatic00esp]

haha yea same here

[snehesten]

he listened to a lot of van vliet's records while doing these paintings.. and yeah van vliet's paintings looks a lot like these

[pandavinczi]

he was paiting after taking drugs, and was selling paintings for a drugs, Frusciante's rebirth shows beautiful history of fight against addiction, with happy end...

[heymarlarae]

i love u john

[TanyaRiver]

WoW ...these paintings are not some amateur shit.He really has the talent and it's so great he expresses himself through paintings too. You rock John! love love love love love love love him!

[translinguistic]

Great video and song. I agree with the Cat Stevens remark, he's actually covered a Cat Stevens song live before. He's covered everything from the Bee Gees to Nirvana.

[SoulmateErezIsrael]

he s so amazing

[Arivak]

Reminds me Basquiat

[RHCPkingFrusciante]

he's johns favourite artist

[finalegirl]

i think those pix are very interesting and show sometimes more than words.

[musicowned]

and you should stick to sucking cock

[damien093]

lol-lypops

[2rainbowed]

Wow, I didn't know JF painted. Nice. He's himself, always, and that's rare. WAY back when we were tots, Cat Stevens used to paint, too.

[fullmetalfunk]

I think the first song on curtains "The Psst Recedes" Sounds alot like Cat Stevens.

[theleg222]

if i remember right he only really started painting after Blood Sugar Sex Magik came out and he quit The Red Hot Chili Peppers. cause he felt like he did not belong in a band and he was not really into the way his life was going with his guitar playing.

[ludvik199t]

I love the third one!

[Oudl3000]

Where did you find these pictures because i´ve searched a lot but i wasn´t succesfull.

Watch the film " John frusciante- Stuff" It had been shot in his old house which burnt down- you can see a lot of his paintings from that time which are now destroyed. Does anyone know if he´s still into art...?

[Thewilltodeath576]

he still does but not as much it he loves the guitar alot more then he did when he drew all these

[skyseye]

WOW great paintings... even better music... his paintings remind me of basquiat... im sure he knew basquiat work

[okyoulot]

Yes, he does. He's a big fan of Basquiat.

I love the 2nd and 3rd paintings.

[skyseye]

yeah it was pretty much obvious he knew basquiat...

i agree about the 2nd and 3rd one... i would add the one on 0:41

[Adsmusicispower]

wat album is this song off?

[xxMySmileIsARiflexo]

Internet Release

From The Sounds Inside

[jfsoftspoken]

I knew he painted but I was never able to find more than this...

This, I must say, is enough though.

I'm so amazed by all that he has done, I can't wait to see more.

[Jowea]

A lot of his paintings were destroyed when his house burned down - bummer.

[Sully28]

i honestly had no clue he painted. I knew he threw some sketches around, but some of those paintings were damn good.

[foogrrrl]

Kurt Cobain painted too! xD

[listen2radiohead]

kurt cobain is nowhere near this man.  not that there's any competition..

[foogrrrl]

just relax man

[listen2radiohead]

i'm relaxed..

[kurtcobain2902]

Shut the hell up. It's apples and oranges. You can't compare musical genres that don't share similarities.

[WackStrings22]

0:52 is the coolest painting

[WackStrings22]

his paintings are little brilliant ghetto grafitti.. i shouldn't even bother, it's hard to describe it. All I have to say is John is pure magic.

[ledzeppelinsucks]

it seems to me that his paintings have alot of emotion.

[PrettyStarFury]

if you said that in my hometown youd probably get a cap in your arse.

[yonner490]

why whats ur hometown

[yonner490]

thats an awesome username

[bass5445]

@ledzeppelinsucks dont all paintings?

[ledzeppelinsucks]

@bass5445

No they don't

[bass5445]

@ledzeppelinsucks please find me something that doesnt.

[Ant0n101]

i dont know what you guys are talking about, but I'm with tresojos, i love his paintings.

[tresojos]

fak..

i love his paintings

[kurtcobain2902]

It wasnt just one song he released to get money for drugs, it was 6 albums in 6 months.

[RHCPkingFrusciante]

no he released SFTSYH for drug money, the 6 in 6 was all the recent ones: the will to death, inside of emptiness etc...

[tresojos]

retard..

[kurtcobain2902]

You talking to me?

[tresojos]

yeah man those albums werent for drug money

[kurtcobain2902]

Ok well dont call me a retard after someone corrected me you stupid fucker. If you did that where I live you might get a slug in your fuckin head

[godamnit]

what the hell? you'd have to threaten people with guns because you know you'll just get your ass kicked confronting someone without one. pussy.

[kurtcobain2902]

When did I threaten with a gun? I said WHERE I LIVE YOU MIGHT GET SHOT FOR SAYING THAT. Not by me, dumb fucker.

[hailtheheelz]

cobain got a slug in his head. and how does it make others "dumb fuckers" for correcting YOUR mistake. John Frusciante only released one album for drug money in 1997. the 6 albums in 6 months were during 2004 and John was long clean by then

[kurtcobain2902]

I didnt call the guy who corrected me a dumb fucker, I called the guy who insulted me a dumb fucker after I was already corrected about my mistake. I am calling you a dumb fucker though, little scoundrel. Go felch a poodle's anus, and learn some punctuation.

[17283]

i think he relesed this song soloey to get money 4 drugs...he definatly did that 4 one of his songs..im pritty sure it was dis one

[jackotheripper]

LOL you have a lot of knowledge of John Frusciante's solo career dont you :/

He released a couple of albums to get money for drugs, not just one song, and this was not part of any of those albums.

[17283]

that was a month ago wen i first started listin to him ACTUALLY he relesd smile from the streets that hold u for drug money. so dnt patronise me lol

[Jeremy1281988]

He only released one album for drug money :) Smile from the Streets you hold. He took it out of stores later because he was embarrassed. but he listened to it lately and really likes it and will re-release it soon. its a great album.

That is the only album released for drugs. His first one (Niandra...) was released because his good friends said there was no good music out. it was released in 94, so he still had lots of money.

[firetheclock]

great wikipedia searching guys.

it's funny people think they know everything because of it.

and i'm not just talking about you

[17283]

ye well i proberly know than you..that was months ago wen i stared to listen to him. but who cares about who knows more? its great music

[ScarTiissue]

check out my john frusciante vids in my profile

[maxrox92]

hey so...this song is dying i dont mind and is that song where he keeps saying that line "what i really need is a heaven" called dying song? this song sounds kinda like the niandra lades songs and dying song or w/e doesnt sound much like it.

[RHCPgurl2007]

frusciante = 1%man 99%god

[tuganina]

fisic man

mind god xD

[chewablemoo]

Just like Hercules, well in that Disney movie I watched.

[wsdmn]

John rules！

[pauserewind333]

frusciante is a god

[johnloveya]

john i love ya :D

you're so talented...

[mim1988]

i kno theres repets but these are all the pictures i had send me anymore??

[untitled039]

He's a pretty amazing man

[Singingbear]

Very early Jackson Pollock. Nice one, John.

[frusciante3212]

pretty cool, some repeats though . . .

[themalcolm]

Some, he repeated the first half of the video!! That's lame.