Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, John Frusciante & Flea Live in Los Angeles 2004

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, John Frusciante & Flea Live in Los Angeles, 2004.
Members:
John Frusciante - Guitar
Flea - Bass
Omar Rodríguez-López - Guitar
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[@raditmahindro]

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[@anwonio]

never seen the flea with so many clothes on

[@cartierOK]

never seen sting play guitar so good

[@cartierOK]

wow long time ago but still have it

[@reddrivers5269]

no joke, immediately as it started I thought “oh, dude looks like Flea”😂

[@AvrahamAvigail]

😂

[@fenderstrat609]

Anybody 2024...?

[@ДмитрийЕлдин-р6ш]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!

[@Aujhost]

Yeah

[@mathyskulik4993]

hell yeah

[@gabrielbarrera3835]

Yup

[@SatanWantsU]

We back up

[@icps86]

I don't understand why people call this a "JAM" it is a masterpiece and is obviuolsy structured and rehersed

[@kasperkloster2563]

Ize Eze I think they know were they are heading in the different pieces. Between that a lot of impro, and just go with the flow.. A rehearsed jam - That's what I would call it. :)

[@charlespineda1685]

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet

[@maestrostring00]

+Ignacio Pezo yeah Omar wrote all of this, they said so in an interview, and i dont understand why some of you fucks that probably dont even play music have anything to say, its about the energy and how it fills in with the vibe at the moment, if you knew about music werre not in medieval times where certain scales and chords were prohibited and everything was based on simple cadences etc, we can RECORD our music now to the point that from MY view. Music at its greatest even surpasses Cinema in all of the imagery which is actually sound and is interpreted by the audience in its like a telepathic way, its like the telepathic way of making movies to me. has nohing to do with any rules, its Art dawg

[@OK_man_45324]

Congrats on the 30 upvotes but If you think this was "obviously" rehearsed then you don't play music....

[@Erickchicas]

you are the clueless Mathew lol.

[@joblins3753]

the fact that they have not formed a prog rock band yet is an affront to humanity

[@guy38800]

Both Frustiante and Flea on Mars Volta records. I'd highly suggest checking into that. They're fantastic as a trio though I agree!

[@isaiahdelacruz8703]

John frusciante played guitar on the amputechture record

[@nangeles99]

bruh omar's color coordination to his guitar

[@asmodeo111]

no way!

[@T0MBRA1D3RR]

The sound quality makes this sound like something that came out of a Sega game. I love it.

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

It does sound midi at some points when they match keys .wild shit.

[@pakafew22]

this is a straight up castlevania dungeon soundtrack

[@petermoss4972]

Very early 80's King Crimson like at times. Not surprising though considering the influence Fripp had on Omar.

[@heioca9556]

The look on Flea and Omar's faces around 5:16 is priceless 🤣 "John? .... John?!"

[@lynnstacks]

The nonverbal communication in this video is just adorable

[@sashasathyabb]

+lynnstacks until John yells NO at 9:12 lol

[@Gueeru]

Flea is genius, omar a crazy scientist and jonh has the flame of victory

[@guitaoist]

Omar is like Jazz where it seems like he plays the wrong notes but it’s exactly whats intended

[@mikecortez7775]

A meeting of the minds. 3 people having a conversation in a different language. A Different opinion on the same subject and they're all valid.

[@killedbykato]

Omars talent comes in the form of knowing the notes of the scale, and choosing not to play them lol

[@7BlueDodger]

So damn true. Not gonna lie, can’t listen to his riffing for too long. Seems a bit too self indulgent to me.

[@redacted5035]

His talent comes from selecting and curating musicians much more talented\skilled\with more musicality\etc. better than him that will entertain his wild ideas that sometimes end up sounding cool

[@quainejohnson4808]

its really only his solos that sound like that. Omar writes great riffs

[@nuke97]

Yes.

[@DFA1979999]

This is a whack opinion

[@moodyteen6968]

Musical level god

[@smitty_5939]

I was lucky enough to see ATDI and RHCP both live once, amazing experiences.

[@christopherlopez2491]

I seen the Mars Volta open for RHCP. I will completely honest... I left a few songs into the RHCP set because TMV absolutely destroyed it! That’s a tough show to follow.

[@gumshake689]

@@christopherlopez2491 thats funny, what songs did The Mars Volta play?

[@alexmarion2674]

Wow, some fortunate sons of bitches. Couldn’t imagine..

[@isaiahdelacruz8703]

@@gumshake689 that was 2006. They were playing amputechture with some Frances and deloused. I’ll leave it at that.

[@isaiahdelacruz8703]

Omar always showcase why he’s top 10 of everything

[@isaiahdelacruz8703]

9:45 visibly pissed at sound settings so decided to stop mid riff and adjust lollllll

[@PapaZannie]

For some reason Omar always makes me think of space ghost and I love it

[@peterpetruzzi]

Flea looks like he’s in his Sting from The Police era lol

[@MisterJawaman]

2:16 Flea playing the bass line to the theme song of 'Stranger Things' 12 years prior :P

[@Will-pt5vu]

Lol, I guess they both involve somewhat similar arpeggios, but the riff that starts at 2:16 is far more similar to "tetragrammaton" by Omar's most noted project "the Mars Volta". John Frusciante's part here is also something straight out of the tmv playbook, albeit with more of a "De-loused in the Comatorium" vibe.

[@johnunderwood3132]

MisterJawaman you caught that as well.. good one

[@Dr_JK]

WHAT.ON.EARTH.CAN'T.UNHEAR.IT

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

I was there that night... one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. 😯🔥🔥🔥

[@Dutchmexican]

Wowww how cool u were there!!!

[@Cron0s91]

So lucky man

[@andrewoverhere8525]

Amazing you can still see after staring at the sun for 20:26

[@fredojams7537]

Texturally this feels a lot like Adrian Belew and Fripp, as people mentioned the Crimson element. Obviously all three players up here are very different stylistically and all share in a certain virtuosic bravado, Frusciante's loose dynamic to rhythmically complex material like this is reminiscent of Belew whereas the Fripp influence on Omar is much more evident. Personally, without the risks Omar takes musically, the genre, if not electric guitar playing generally, will fall to the banal monotonous spell of everything else. We should consider ourselves lucky to have such a publicly recognized musician taking the risks Omar does. If you want predictable and unchallenging you can find that everywhere.

[@Fernfrond]

+Fredo F. I agree with backing anything Omar does, lol. His ballsiness with throwing all his experiments into the public eye is appreciated. The world would be a sad place if we tried to keep familiar structure in everything we do, not allowing for any deviation.

[@faithnoman2635]

Awesome summary.

[@TTAOnlineVideos]

Yes, definitely Frippish. I suspect RF had an influence on Omar. This is insanely brilliant. No jamming going on here very orchestrated.

[@codyblaire627]

i swear dude i still hear this in my dreams like 7 years later.

[@potatoid-0158]

A hidden gem in the greater spectrum of modern music. Please keep this video up as long as possible, it is an important piece of music genius.

[@FOZ23]

Imma download it and reupload it if it's ever gone

[@730arthouse8]

I'm so curious what happend at 14:20 It seems like John and Flea had some weird feel or something. They always had that connection in RHCP. Amazing stuff.

[@LucidLiquidity]

That's usually the look you give to get ready for a different part coming up... probably signaling that was the last cycle through that riff between going into the quieter bit.

[@wickedras934]

The essence of sharing the music.

[@joeyclemenza7339]

@@LucidLiquidity i was just going to say the same thing... yup, exactly what it was. just signaling to make SURE... that they were in sync with the time. and sure as shit, they nailed it three master musicians... al in sync... all on the same journey.... amazing

[@Mrius86]

Slowing down the video helps if you want to play along. Introduction is in E minor, both guitars strumming on a single note idea on E. I can't get the first two-part bass riff but It goes Em-C-Bm then ends on G. Now repeated but this time Em-Dm-Gma7-C#m-C. Then fade out and cue the bass riff. It''s the notes E, G, B and C, with some variations. With the bass riff going, Omar arpeggiates Em7 and John plays a solo on the notes B, G and F# ending on E. 2:57 John plays the notes F#, A, E, G, D#, F#, D and E. Omar and Flea fills it out with the chords F#m, Amajor, E major, G major, B major, Eminor and D. Then back to E minor bass riff amd then the riff at 2:57 again. Main bass riff. Then impro on the chords from the 2:57 riff. John truly blasts away here. 5:33 is a variation of the main bass riff in the key of F#.

[@bartholowmeobooce6176]

Wow thank you

[@isaiahdelacruz8703]

you give me hope for humanity, thank you

[@Mrius86]

+Arman Dhani Bustomi Thank you, my brother, much love, I hope to do a tutorial on this on my channel if there is a crowd for it.

[@florian5560]

@@Mrius86there definitely is!

[@yulliet]

No matter how much time passes by... this is always pure gold

[@jamesdavid1710]

Can't help but imagine deantoni parks drumming over this...

[@superstimulatedminotaur3681]

It's too bad there wasn't a drummer there...Guess it's still cool as is

[@kiosc0ok105]

I wonder if an IA can add dums to it...

[@sciencemathematics]

God, I hope not

[@thesnorman5666]

This is some of the best music I’ve ever heard. Transcendent. It trips me out, I can listen to it and enjoy it every time. Plus John and Flea are gold together anyway and Omar is amazing as well especially with John.

[@dyr234]

I love Omar's solo playing, its so weird that it fits right in, it's like an example to all the early weird noise rock stuff.

[@TeamZer0_Phoenix]

I love all the recent comments on this. I remember seeing this many years ago around 2006, right after I saw the chili peppers and the Mars Volta in Albany

[@PrawnLambo]

Probably one of the greatest things I've ever seen or heard in my life, like ever. Far out mang.

[@endlessmotion2255]

About time these three did another live show together. 20 years flew by!

[@unwind6553]

you mean 20 years Flea by.

[@agustinfrusto]

That lapse where Omar is just playing all notes out of scale he can is gold

[@RyanMannebach]

Come back to this years later and it still sounds as fresh the first time I heard it. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE TRY CHANGING MY MIND!!!!

[@ezmedellin]

I’m back at to this video 10 years later. Still amazing!

[@braythirteen]

Wish I could go back and time and see this live. Preferably right after just smoking a joint on the back patio.

[@ilolaura]

I love this so much

[@brendtperez1865]

Yes definitely an amazing show

[@AnonYmous-lk9qy]

I genuinely believe this is one of the greatest jams humanity has ever come up with collectively

[@Alucard361_41]

Fact that each take turns to put there mix in while other two just chill back awesome

[@Cluefan]

It’s like a real life end game raid…

[@kevinmyrick218]

Damn ya it’s kinda retro bossy. Shit..

[@Dutchmexican]

I believe that too

[@ratiugsound]

I can tell you that this 3 persons REALLY REALLY love King Crimson !

[@lindsaywhite7474]

ratiugsound my thoughts exacty

[@jimijimi5512]

ratiugsound or maybe king crimson really likes steve reich, john cage, stockhausen etc and these three persons do too

[@joeyclemenza7339]

im pretty sure thats what brought this together

[@tutenike96]

9:30 your face when you realise that u r playing with Omar and Flea at the same time

[@Zeal808]

Thank god this upload still exists

[@Tonvilden]

Omar is from Frank Zappa's School/conception of the guitar. Unpreddictable and free.

[@vasdaris]

I'm pretty sure Coltrane would have joined this jam. In an imaginary world this would be a revelation. This jam is a Dope.

[@jonwhitt3679]

It's too boring for Omar to play on time sometimes

[@drugstorerecords]

I wish they would do this kind of shit more often. So good

[@AlmightyJoeSpinell]

Please everyone, suggest me more as magical live performances as this one. This is like the best of all time!

[@ryanw3874]

Woodkid + Son Lux "Easy"

[@Dutchmexican]

Couldn’t agree more

[@tinabecker8923]

So jealous of the people who saw this live. Mesmerizing.

[@johnf6228]

Best Session ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@postmortem4783]

I always keep comin back to THISSSS UGH

[@JohnR32111]

Robert Fripp approves

[@leeumhopkins]

14:22 when they all realize they are synced in the perfect jam

[@johnunderwood3132]

If your mind isn’t blown away from this. Then see you later. Fucking awesome

[@pablobarrio1270]

There are REAL musicians!!!!!

[@rudykremer2469]

Robert Fripp I'm sure is very proud of this!!

[@dhollsynthmusic]

haha i also thought of Fripp's guitar meetups

[@pluckyduck11y]

@@dhollsynthmusic Who originally wrote this? Was it Fripp? I thought it was Rodriguez and Flea and John added on

[@andrewoverhere8525]

@@pluckyduck11y would love to know. If I meet flea, I'm asking him. Will report back to comment section with the answer, one day...

[@Chardansearavitriol]

This still rips in 2020

[@floriantenerife]

I don´t know how often I watched this and I come back, again and again and again. It is just out of this world - masterminds!

[@KrisRentals]

Same here, I get lost in it and I find peace

[@FMeraz119]

Third, to admit I do the same.

[@andrewoverhere8525]

Me too. On this thousandth viewing, I'm peaking on a bag of mixed mushrooms. Omar's solo at the end of track one really freaked me out. When he giggles and pushed his glasses back up I fuckin lost it. I'm in tears

[@andrewoverhere8525]

Also, that exact bit between 15:05 and 15:15. I'm gonna need the 12 minute post rock version, stat

[@floriantenerife]

@@andrewoverhere8525 hope you had a nice trip dude :)

[@dyr234]

Three incredible people from three incredible bands.

[@esdee3729]

2 bands lol

[@dyr234]

@@esdee3729 I said three because Omar was also in at the derive in

[@utubedestroysmytime]

@@dyr234 flea is in atoms for peace

[@Santosv708]

This is brilliant

[@dyr234]

that noise solo Omar did, damn! that's all I can say.

[@vincentmalloch5652]

16:00 youre welcome ;)

[@wobzjelly7386]

would legit pay $5k for a blu ray/high quality master of this

[@travisewald1]

Omar Rodriguez lopez and John furs I ate have an album similar to this if you haven’t heard it check it out. They released vinyl copies too.

[@guitasurf]

@@travisewald1 Name please ?

[@Algyr_]

@@guitasurf kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_ngchAri0B6xe-H5dLn--3V1rfooUiTJrY

[@sstaners1234]

3 legends. This is the modern day equivalent of seeing Jimi Hendrix jamming with BB King and Eric Clapton in some dive.

[@BTBAM819]

Totally agreed. Omar gives so much Hendrix vibes

[@AshleyRDA]

Holy shit

[@ravdiz9995]

indeed.

[@nash475]

This was so fucking amazing. Visceral. Savage.

[@SkeeterMcBeater]

Robert Fripp: *heavy breathing

[@aledquen]

Robert Fripp fingertips all over this jam

[@guitaoist]

This isnt a song, its a meditation/exercise

[@Arthurk346]

damn i remember watching this as a hardcore rhcp fan in highschool 9 years ago.... how can human brain store so many things

[@cjparrott]

sounds a little math rockish

[@knew_man]

My hands are cramping just watching this. These guys are so good.

[@matthughes1969]

John looks like Bret from Flight of the Conchords

[@renoar5664]

Welcome to the 4th dimension gentleman

[@3three3three3three]

where time and space are the same thing

[@maxobra13]

Flea the goat

[@zlion723]

this is one of the greatest jams ever!

[@antennawilde]

@10:45 Frusciante dripping sweat by the end of the first song; then Flea taking off his jacket and shaking his left hand, looking at John like, "DAMN that was off the hook," while Omar's in the background unfazed cause he's the youngest, LOL. Flea was 42 years old here; Omar 29

[@devonesquivel9384]

Flea is the driving force here but Omar and John do great at adding to the greatness. Wish I coulda seen this live❤

[@unchanging1]

This video could be from 1973, 2003 or 2123, I can't tell

[@Zeal808]

Super Mario black version

[@depletable]

That zone you're in while playing something like this with others is the best feeling.

[@movimentodoscacos]

It's so funny how almost 20 years later some people still don't get Omar

[@thirdtrumpet4446]

I love some of the guitar work of theMarsVolta, but to be honest, he sounded like crap here a lot - sounded at times like he was randomly hitting the notes, LMAO - Omar is the still the man though

[@alibabaschultz352]

@@thirdtrumpet4446 It was intentionally discordant. Many of the greatest musicians played around with these concepts like John Coltrane or Robert Fripp. If you dont enjoy it, thats fine, but just be aware that it was all very intentional.

[@mamaloh8165]

So many new comments, after 9 years posting this! Seems people are beginning to understand 🤩

[@superstimulatedminotaur3681]

I've been a fan of all 3 of these guys for years. Just now is it being recommended to me...Goddamn it

[@jfjhjpmusiclove6149]

9:30 That look says everything.

[@anthonykatern]

16:00 is like the clouds opening up and the sun coming through after a wild storm

[@Dutchmexican]

Nice sonic analogy of yours

[@ryanw3874]

If you like this check out Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Damo Suzuki "Please heat this eventually"

[@alismor]

No

[@jarg7]

this aged well

[@Dutchmexican]

This sick cosmic addictive performance must be the most shocking, beautiful, mesmerizing and impressive thing my senses have ever perceived.

[@Some_Cat_]

Imagine this lineup plus Robert Fripp and Josh Homme. 🤯 I can dream...

[@skymedicine2554]

we musicians with raw talent fine tune our craft with theory and develop and understand the rules of keys, modes, relative majors and minors etc... only to master and break all rules and chew them up and spit in theories faces!!! this body of art is three modes molded together to create a beautiful master piece...

[@jeffriley2218]

Just realized.. none of the 3 musicians are wearing straps on their instruments

[@juliangonzalez2953]

because they're sitting down

[@gitzcrazyboy]

because their instruments are apart of them

[@bff6434]

🤪 LOL

[@cremejockey8636]

Pretty sure this was just an open mic or similar thing they just rolled up on while tmv and the peppers were touring together so they probably came with the guitars in the road cases and not the straps that have bulky wireless packs on them. Flea and John played 2 sets every night during that tour. For the mars voltas first album flea and John were actual members and played on the whole album. Since then John has played on all of the mars voltas albums (maybe not the upcoming album but I hope so) john even recorded every guitar track you hear on amputechture so omar could listen, engineer and produce his own parts without having the stress of playing them as well. he just instructed John on exactly how he wanted it done. John also did a lot for bedlam in Goliath you can even hear him count in the 4 on things behind the sun.

[@antennawilde]

@@cremejockey8636 This is after the By The Way tour ended, as they're in LA and it's 2004; Fru was doing crazy solo stuff that year, Ataxia plus 6 solo releases all in 2004, so he couldn't have been touring.

[@gonzalojimenez3484]

14:20 both heads going up at the same time and them both nodding like: Yeah we are literally the same person right now.

[@zeitok8]

is for the change omar make

[@jakubsteiner6844]

omar made a rhytmic mistake

[@beefen3907]

Omar so good he got Flea to wear a suit

[@FunkyMonk_96]

4:30 reminds me of solo from While My Guitar Gently Weeps, it’s very quick and subtle but same sound.

[@pedromaioli8707]

yasssss i was going to write this but you beat me lol

[@VishalSharma-mt6rq]

Mind blowing !

[@jamdielcalvo5321]

Omar playing sounds like a long time ago old telnet connection for router connectivity

[@joseraymundomartinezmena8411]

This is so beautiful and amazing 😍😍😍

[@dimith8635]

7:41 Flea taking the “slap bass” tehnique to the next level

[@restacks8777]

0:45 yeah

[@Generic_Randoms]

This is beautiful

[@eddieg8691]

All True Masters