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Are the RHCP as bad live as every one says?

SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
edited June 2012 in Other Music
...contemplating Chi town tix tomorrow morning but I hear some tough things about their live show...lemme know. Feel like it is one of those bands to be able to check off the list.
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  • hanjennihanjenni Posts: 174
    saw them in grand rapids, mi, in...2003 or 2004? i thought it was a great show, but it was also my first chili peppers show and a mini-road trip, so i may have just been excited by the overall experience in being there regardless of the show itself. i would say see them...then for better or worse, at least you won't have to wonder and it is an experience either way ;)

    curious what other people think, too!
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  • weekapaug19weekapaug19 Posts: 2,293
    were amazing the couple times I saw them, but that was years ago. now I think they basically play the new cd front to back, guessing not too much old stuff
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    I saw them on their Stadium Arcadium tour and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to (and I've seen a lot of shows). I can't vouch for them now that they have replaced John Frusciante. If the tickets are not outrageous, I would give them a try.
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  • DavieBDavieB Posts: 222
    I saw them at the VERY end of the Stadium Arcadium tour, and they were terrible. Probably the worst live show I have seen - John was very obviously bored, Flea had no real idea of where they were playing (he made comments about a "great soccer match" that had happened in the stadium the night before... which actually never took place there, cue a lot of confusion and murmuring in the crowd.), and then at the end, Kiedis left the stage and let Chad, Flea, John and Josh plough what momentum had been gathered up until that point into the ground with a 20 minute (awful) jam.

    HOWEVER, a friend of mine saw them on the IWY tour and said it was great. If you can afford it though, by all means go. Put it this way, will you regret going? Probably not, you'll hear AT LEAST a few songs you love already, plus a few you'll learn to love. Will you regret not going? Almost definitely! (unless your alternate plans for the evening are amazing!! :lol: )
  • THE CorduroyTHE Corduroy Posts: 31
    Hey, saw them a couple of months ago in Stockholm,Sweden, and as you said, they are one of those bands that you just have to see once in your life.
    i think the show was a 3 out of 5, they played for almost 2 hours, and mixed very well the old classics with the new songs from the new record, which were all pretty good "standard RHCP-songs".
    They had some energy in them, even though you could really feel that they´ve done this a thousand times and that they were pretty much doing it on routine, that including the sometimes pretty funny and not at all understandable speaches by Flea :)
    So to rap it up, good and skillful playing of both new and old songs, pretty good energy and cool scene.
    However, lack of spontanity (wrongspelled I guess) and somewhat going on just routine and not much talk between the songs by Anthony, and new guitarist, gives the show a 3 out of 5, but still, they are legends in their style, and are totally worth seeing once in your life ;)
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  • MD97728MD97728 Posts: 115
    wow - i don't like what i'm reading! and i'm about to purchase tix this morning! but i will say i was undecided about the foo fighters and i didn't go but my son did and said it was awesome and i've regretted it ever since. if i don't get this tix i know i'll regret it so i guess i'm gonna go $150 deeper in the hole! they're $62.50 in philly plus the annoying fees.
  • javis el errantejavis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,136
    I love the RHCP, I love their nusic, I have all the CD'S, the thing winth them is that they can't reproduce live what they have done in the studio, the songs live aren't as good as on the CD, I attended shows in 1993, 1999, 2001 and 2002, both small venues and stadiums, to begin with their shows are short, a lot of jamming between songs, sometimes is good, the others not, and the sound is low, specially if the show is in the open air such as a soccer stadium, I didn't go to their show last year, on account of what I said, plus JF is no longer in the band, but many friends of mine went, it was the first time for several, and they were quite disappointed, they expected a longer show, not 80 minutes, they were happy because they didn't play the last album entirely, only 4 song, they could hear some classics, some old stuff, and a few from stadium arcadium, which was good because the band ddn't tour for that record in our country, but as usual, it was a windy evening, River Plate stadium is close to the river, it's always chilly and windy, so the sound was low and there were echoes, the same happened on the 2002 show, same venue, the songs didn't sound as killing, the show never exploded even though they played great songs and their were at their prime, I got bored and tired of being standing up waiting for something to happen...
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  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    I only saw them once, on their last tour in Philly, so that is all I have to go on: It was a good show, but not what I expected. I thought, given how crazy and over the edge they make themselves out to be, that they would be more lively, have more of a stage presence. Anthony seemed shy and reserved, never said too much between songs, etc. They just played the songs, which was great, but the show just didn't have that extra element I would have expected. For anyone that has seen Green Day, the way they put on a show and create a whole experience, deliver something beyond just the songs, that was what I had expected from RHCP, but they just played the songs.

    Not seeing them this time around.
  • colors blendcolors blend Posts: 198
    I don't know if they have shaped up...but i saw them many years ago when they toured with STP....I actually walked out on them it was so bad....he just sounded awful
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  • White DiscussionWhite Discussion Melissa Texas Posts: 2,812
    I saw them twice and as much as I like their CDs..... I thought they were really not very good live. It made me sad but it was true. One time they had the Foo Fighters open for them... That was a mistake because the Foos are great live
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 835
    Saw them on the Stadium Arcadium tour and thought the show was good but nothing great
    Considering seeing them this time around but not having any luck getting through for tix right now...they weren't great enough for me to stress about this, if I get a tix great, if not, oh well
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    I have friends who love PJ and Foos who SWEAR that RHCP are awesome live; I'm going to my first RHCP show this year (just got tix woo hoo!). I figured I should see them once and judge for myself. :mrgreen:
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,315
    Fuck no! Seen em' 3x. 92' 95' 99' and they left me exhausted each time.
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  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    Suziemay wrote:
    I have friends who love PJ and Foos who SWEAR that RHCP are awesome live; I'm going to my first RHCP show this year (just got tix woo hoo!). I figured I should see them once and judge for myself. :mrgreen:
    me too. :D
  • IrishGuyIrishGuy Posts: 258
    I saw them at the Olympiastadium in Munich in 2007 and frankly if you gave me free tickets to see them again I wouldn't bother.
  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    I think the 10c saboteur is at work with the Boston RHCP ticket sales...
    can't friggin get through, and I've had tix in my cart 4 times now... it keeps timing out at checkout.
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    MD97728 wrote:
    wow - i don't like what i'm reading! and i'm about to purchase tix this morning! but i will say i was undecided about the foo fighters and i didn't go but my son did and said it was awesome and i've regretted it ever since. if i don't get this tix i know i'll regret it so i guess i'm gonna go $150 deeper in the hole! they're $62.50 in philly plus the annoying fees.

    Foo Fighters are about the most consistent band out there, I've never seen a shit show from them. RHCP have been very hit and miss in my experience - the last time I saw them was at a festival in 2007 and I left after about 15 minutes, really disappointing.
  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    I think the 10c saboteur is at work with the Boston RHCP ticket sales...
    can't friggin get through, and I've had tix in my cart 4 times now... it keeps timing out at checkout.
    :D Yeah, I've never seen it this bad before. I'm trying to get in to get tix for my friends, I grabbed the first 2 I had in my cart even though I really wanted to try for better seats. It's pretty crazy!
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    i love their albums, and i also think they're one of the band to chalk of your list, but i've had several chances to see them live, but never bothered, because i've heard too much bad things about them live, so the only way i'd go see them live if they where at a festival with other good bands so i'd feel like i wasn't wasteing my money, but thats just me, you decide for yourself mate.
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  • jack_bass_playerjack_bass_player Posts: 1,126
    they are great live

    saw them in november, klinghoffer is doing an outstanding job
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I saw them in 06 and am going back to see them this year.

    Not the best show on the planet, but worth seeing.
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  • CServantCServant DCO Posts: 1,182
    peacegirl wrote:
    Saw them on the Stadium Arcadium tour and thought the show was good but nothing great
    Considering seeing them this time around but not having any luck getting through for tix right now...they weren't great enough for me to stress about this, if I get a tix great, if not, oh well

    Perfectl review and my thoughts exactly! And like another post said, they're pretty "hit-or-miss" in the few times I've seen them. Light show was good, but a very pre-packaged show. They sold out here and had to move the show back to September, so no worries that I didn't grab tix this time around.
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  • F5AgainstOneF5AgainstOne New Hampshire, USA Posts: 1,462
    Suziemay wrote:
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    I think the 10c saboteur is at work with the Boston RHCP ticket sales...
    can't friggin get through, and I've had tix in my cart 4 times now... it keeps timing out at checkout.
    :D Yeah, I've never seen it this bad before. I'm trying to get in to get tix for my friends, I grabbed the first 2 I had in my cart even though I really wanted to try for better seats. It's pretty crazy!
    I never got through on the regular site... I did manage to secure 4 tix from the mobile site using my Android phone. Go figure. 8-)
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    F5AgainstOne wrote:
    I think the 10c saboteur is at work with the Boston RHCP ticket sales...
    can't friggin get through, and I've had tix in my cart 4 times now... it keeps timing out at checkout.
    :D Yeah, I've never seen it this bad before. I'm trying to get in to get tix for my friends, I grabbed the first 2 I had in my cart even though I really wanted to try for better seats. It's pretty crazy!
    I never got through on the regular site... I did manage to secure 4 tix from the mobile site using my Android phone. Go figure. 8-)
    I think it's finally unstuck :D
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    For Ottawa, tickets were a breeze! Grabbed 3 in the first section over from the stage in about a minute!
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  • pjpitt89pjpitt89 Posts: 1,852
    I got 2 tix for philly yesterday during the radio presale. I got on right away and somehow the best seats I pulled were like middle of the arena lower level middle-ish row. Not bad at all but I expected a little better but I guess thanks to brokers and stubhub that doesn't happen anymore.

    ANYWAY I saw them in Pittsburgh back for the by the way tour. They were good, not great. Setlist was good enough and the energy was there but a lot of the energy was from John who is now gone. Anthony doesn't do or say much, flea is in his own little world, but John and Chad really rocked. I am not sure how I feel now without John but I guess I will find out in May. Their setlist didn't include much older stuff other than the big hits, but I know that was because John never liked his playing on the old albums and didn't want to play them, so I'm curious if they will break out anything else now without him.
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  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,481
    Saw them a couple times when they toured on Californication and By the Way and thought they were pretty good. I'm not a huge fan, so I can't say I was blown away, but by no means would I say they were bad. If you haven't seen them live, I'd say they're worth checking out and crossing off the list.
  • WashMyLoveWashMyLove Posts: 804
    I've seen them live, and they are not bad at all. Who ever thinks that must be nuts. They are full of energy and Anthony gives it all. ...according to the youtube videos from South America tour last year...they still got it HOT! :D

    tried to get tix for the Newark show and didn't have luck on the presale. hope i score for the public sale tomorrow.
  • Spoony CSpoony C Posts: 278
    I saw them twice on the 2000 tour with Foo Fighters, and haven't seen them since, but I'm going to the Louisville show this year. In 2000, the first show I saw ended with an incoherent instrumental jam and most of the crowd shuffled out with a bad taste in their mouths (though the rest of the show up to that point was solid), but the second show--to a smaller crowd, partially because it was on the 4th of July and partially because it was only 75 miles from where the other show had been three months earlier--was lively, and ended with their high-energy cover of Hendrix's "Fire."

    I would say they're worth seeing at least once. They may not knock your socks off, but "not that good live" doesn't mean they come out stumbling drunk and can't play their songs or anything. They're still a tight band.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,472
    i've seen them twice...and they just sounded "off" to me. maybe i just caught them on bad nights? if i were you, i'd go & judge for yourself. just adding my thoughts!
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