'Under the Bridge'
was the first Red Hot Chili Peppers song that I ever heard some 15 years ago
and I've been a fan of these funk rockers ever since. Last night, after many
years of patiently waiting to watch them live, I finally heard them live at
Cape Town Stadium. They totally blew me away. Hearing songs like 'Scar Tissue'
, 'Californication', and 'The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie' live, in person,
with Anthony Kiedis some 20m away from me, is an experience I will never
forget.
Those guys are
grungy, crusty, old but oh-so-cool. AK still does it for me despite being 50
years old and severely mixed up in all sorts of narcotics. He's still a bona
fide hottie and with a pretty radical vocal performance, I kind of forgive him
for lack of interaction/personality on stage. Flea is absolutely hysterical -
the voice that comes out of that body is not what I expected at all and I must
say, he totally made the performance come alive. His energy and interaction
with the crowd toppled AK from #1 favourite position. Chad Smith is a monster
on the drums and totally looks like Will Ferrell which makes me love him even
more. Josh Klinghoffer was pretty insane on the guitar but it annoyed me a
little when he mixed up the riff on Dani California and he freaking sang over
AK on 'Scar Tissue' chorus.
All in all, I am
well impressed. They've been doing this since like 1983 - 30 years of blood,
sugar, sex and magik is no small feat. Rock on mothertrukkkkka's.
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