cedric giving omar crap for his guitar being out of tune. the mars volta bonnaroo 2009

[@seermusic1430]

oh, come on. If him starting it off by addressing the crowd as Burning Man didn't give you a clue that he's joking around, then you'll never get it

[@NickB-md1oy]

Lol Omar would do the common lefty trick of just reversing the strings on a righty guitar.. but he never bothered to intonate the guitar and that’s where his signature detuned sound comes from

[@RustinChole]

Bingo. All the way back to ATDI. My band opened for them in 1996, and the guitarist for Botch went up to Omar and pointed out that if you set the intonation it won’t go out of tune instantly. “It sounds better a little out of key.” - Omar “Yeah, but that was ALOT out of key” botch guitarist to me.

[@quainejohnson4808]

@@RustinChole botch guitarist as in Dave Knudson?

[@jetcheneau5811]

He beat the shit out of those inverted Squiers.

[@Edgarsopper]

I feel like that was directed to whoever their guitar tech was.

[@LoveMicahBlue]

he’s talking about the festival tech that tuned the guitar not omar lol

[@chiclespateyro]

I don't think the guitar was out of tune. I think Omar forgot his own riff for a second. You can tell after he tuned the guitar, the notes still didn't match the bass or the keybords. This shit actually happens. Sometimes your brain farts and you happen to be onstage. It's rare but I've seen it and I have experienced it too.

[@heatseeker9738]

I mean to be honest Cedric shouldn't even talk, his singing is always out of tune lol

[@yesfan157]

It's kind of cooler that that happened versus not. You just got to experience more Cedric and Omar in action, even if an accident.

[@RexVergstrong]

Now you try to sing in tune, Ceddy.

[@Digitalknifeparty]

LOL bruh

[@sun6moon9]

Ouch...a guitar is easier to be tuned though

[@ElHombretheman]

Clearly comes from someone who doesn’t sing or play guitar

[@MetalDrummer08]

cedric such interact more with the audience, he's such a funny guy!

[@Fervor2Germinate]

Hey this is crazy, I was here! Thanks for posting!

[@dyr234]

I swear they post these video's to argue about our favorite musicians lol, I'm gonna go listen to relation of command.

[@AContusionInside]

i don't know, for the 10 seconds he sang in this video, he sounded pretty on point!

[@samurai641]

@ryanlk I'll agree that *most* of his solos are kind of out-there, but he's written some freaking face-melters too. Ever listen to Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt?

[@Hyperiontje]

well thats fucking ironic, cedric sings 9/10 out of tune

[@ExternusArmy]

+venison music The more drugs he's on, the more off pitch he sings. He sings significantly better the more sober he is.

[@skippyjack101]

+ExternusArmy This probably applies to literally any normal human being.

[@ExternusArmy]

Seraph Arceus I mean, I said this because there's a difference between singing and tuning your guitar. Though you were probably joking.

[@skippyjack101]

Yeah I was joking. I know what you mean

[@letz5464]

He's completely sober nowadays and still sounds like his voice is ruined.

[@linxcor]

i miss thomas, he set the bar pretty high. I also loved jon theodore, madddly. aagh *sigh

[@damnitalltohell100]

i think they secretly hate each other

[@movimentodoscacos]

Highy doubt it, 20+ years of friendship. I think that's probably just their personal dynamic tbh

[@Dante-ve1ox]

This comment didn’t age well

[@distortionaladdict]

@@Dante-ve1ox what happened? :0

[@Dante-ve1ox]

@@distortionaladdict the band broke up lmao

[@distortionaladdict]

@@Dante-ve1ox Ah, yes. I thought something else happened xd

[@linxcor]

@gwendolyniswendy "Omar writes everything but the lyrics." Yeah I herad Omar say that he passes the material to Cedric, and they are theonly people to hear and see the material. Before they can start recording or practicing.

[@Palefirecreative]

Thanks for this. If you have any other videos, maybe post them for posterity?

[@computervidsfromme]

@ryanlk Sorry it was so long till I replied. Anyway, yeah I will check it out. I think what makes Omars playing not register to you is he said for the first 2 albums he was trying to make his guitar sound like anything but a guitar. Said he was angry he couldn't communicate musically with other musicians as well without the guitar. On amputechture he said he made peace with his instrument. Note thats the album vermicide is on. I think his playing is slowly getting better with each album.

[@rch6650]

I agree w/ Edgar. Wasn't meant for Omar.

[@missg5893]

Omg Cedric's being brutal af 🤐😂

[@Monsterslag]

I don't think his guitar was out of tune maybe he's just playing wrong notes. notice how juan is showing him the proper notes (no tuning going on) and the 'I just wrote it I don't have to remember it do I?' remark.

[@TylerHNothing]

He's playing "La Hysteria" while he's tuning!

[@jakewyeth8280]

it's just the opening of Goliath

[@ReggaeMusic3]

saw them sep 19th and ced spoke to the crowd alot, guess it was bcuz it was in san antonio and he could relate more with his ppl i guess...

[@MPrint67]

Why you didn't keep filming is beyond me

[@linxcor]

hahaha b/c Cedric only writes the lyrics, but forgets them, so he has them upon a booklet, by his side, at times. Too funny. AMPUTECHTURE FOR EVER!!!

[@mrcool9090]

Well he also has so many songs

[@deadeyes2803]

cedruc also has a lil book to forget about u linxcor.

[@growskull]

his lyrics are very weird and drug induced so you cant blame him and he doesnt always reference the book, sometimes he even improvs new stuff

[@linxcor]

Wow, 22 y o internet me was reading his booklet to filth because i was in his intro to Cedric Lyrics class and trying to learn a new dialect. And ya'll really came for me. Of course he slays at being his self: the singing, dancing, the producing of their siren sound, and what is far funnier now is that we think we knew anything. I forget the lines to my poems and i was really having a shame fest here. It's all about doing it how you want to. Baiii.

[@MESTupONmuffens]

The song they are playing, it's "Goliath", right?

[@findus8269]

yes or rapid fire tollbooth

[@LuisSidd]

Its Goliath, Rapid Fire had a slower tempo.

[@RustinChole]

It’s not a rare issue. Check out every pro shot ATDI footage out there.

[@sandwich675]

It was in tune, just started at wrong fret.

[@pgte]

djeez, doesn't Omar have a tuner?

[@dlsNi]

@gwendolyniswendy Omar writes everything but the lyrics.

[@RustinChole]

Well. He actually wrote the short book Deloused’s lyrics are taken from🤷🏻‍♂️. So he wrote some lyrics too.

[@Mapasmandragora]

thomas pridgen is the leyend

[@smallmantynan]

@Antom1234 yeah pretty much got it except he says "throwing up" instead of 'throwing poop'

[@computervidsfromme]

@ryanlk its seem like you won't admit that at least 1 solo is good. You will say "coherent" or "inside" but wont simply say any of his solos are good. He DOES have a lot of good solos. I can understand where you are coming from cause a lot of their stuff is off the wall and weird but not ALL of it is random notes. What might be random notes to you and me might be awesome to someone else. It's all according to taste. I respect your opinion though. I'm just glad you like the band! :)

[@computervidsfromme]

@ryanlk btw I checked out a video of him playing in some club and I have to say, very cool guitar playing.

[@RustinChole]

Depends on the year

[@DangerRifai]

A guitar-tech was fired that day. Also, as for Omar's playing being 'outside', I do agree, and I think he intentionally guesses the notes to make it sound as random as possible. His technique is far from horrible though. If you require proof of this, watch the videos of him playing alongside Flea and John Frusciante.

[@computervidsfromme]

@ryanlk oh, sorry I meant you won't be able to convince me that its not good. Okay end of discussion for real this time lol.

[@Seethi_C]

Ironic, considering Cedric’s voice is out of tune at basically every live show

[@chadwickwright2833]

Yeah, you really don't, soooooo, stifle.

[@deadeyes2803]

@@torpidcloud ill enlightened you, ignorant babboon, vocals are a hard technique and u see cedric is a man of passion not perfect and that makes him good no matter what tune he is in. omar is a man of perfection he needs to be in tune.

[@lessthanpinochet]

@@deadeyes2803 that makes no sense whatsoever. You either can sing in tune live or you can't. If cedric was capable of hitting all the notes correctly consistently, he would.

[@johnsfan1]

@ryanlk No, no he doesn't!

[@0010sandy]

juan rulz, i miss thomas X(

[@zagyex]

usually the roads tune

[@Drivenut4]

ummm probly cuz he was actually there... HA! so was I

[@nickforce]

@ravelength ummmmmmmm...no. volta without theodore is like zepp without bonham.

[@hurtztwopee]

Though thomas pridgen is quite insane.

[@TheFreeshooter]

i think omar is only capable for this

[@computervidsfromme]

@ryanlk drunkship of lanterns, eriatarka, cygnus vismund cygnus, vermicide, viscera eyes, just to name a few :)

[@PhilUpProductions]

@milkboy94 it is, great song

[@milkboy94]

@ReznikeN pretty sure thats goliath

[@RicochetKing2113]

@DangerRifai don't bother to be so defensive, we know he's good lol

[@computervidsfromme]

@ryanlk I disagree as well, ALL of it is coherent. ALL of its good ALL of it I (and many others) like. you are entitled to your opinion but you won't be able to convince me that ALL of it is good so.... end of discussion.

[@joewbbmest311]

it wasn't out of tune, they were off. You think a band like this with guitar techs would let their lead guitarist go on stage out of tune? That's pretty much the tech's main job duty.

[@woutervanrijn8590]

+Joe sorry, what? How about setting up equipment, doing elaborate soundchecks, hauling all the equipment from one stage to the next, pretty much everything besides actually playing guitar? Tuning a guitar is the last thing a tech should do. If you are the one playing the guitar on stage, then you better make sure you tune your own instrument. Really an ignorant statement, man.. techs have a lot of shit to do.

[@growskull]

you can hear that it is out

[@PeterPerson21]

and a vocalist that doesn't impersonate a certain someone.

[@screenheads3812]

Who does he impersonate?

[@yesfan157]

Deantoni fills all voids.

[@frankenstein01]

@Tubbs2Cool100 Judging from me being there, most probably

[@ReyCarmesi97]

Goliath attempt?

[@deadeyes2803]

this song is called Abortion: The Other White Meat.

[@growskull]

​@@deadeyes2803 not true

[@HoboJones10]

It didn't sound that bad

[@pat353]

lol its pretty funny thou that he has like 40 guitar pedals on his board n not one is a tuner lol

[@Kittyfufu]

HOLY FUCK TMV WAS AT BURNING MAN?! Fuuuu, when did this happen? God, fml, they're like the only band I want to see live. They better go back every year....please :'(

[@sebaba001]

are you fucking serious

[@SIGHBOY6]

LOL