With the opening kick of a simple but loud drum machine beat and multiple full-throttle guitar wails over the top, it quickly becomes apparent that John Frusciante has also given a swift kick to his heroin addiction. Hard drugs left the Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist derailed, deranged, and near death before an L.A. Weekly reporter detailed his frail state in a chilling story, moving some friends to help Frusciante check into a rehab center. He got off drugs and rejoined the Peppers in time to help Californication become a critical and popular success in 1999. In his time off from the band, however, Frusciante released two solo records, which he later admitted were made for drug money. Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt and Smile From the Streets You Hold displayed an intriguingly dark departure from the Peppers' polished funky punk. The scratchy and naked lo-fi ramblings reveled in the art of voyeuristic discomfort. And while some of the results displayed intense, edge-teetering freakouts, ragged beauty, or bleak intelligence -- celebrating the idea that the process and development of a song can sometimes be just as engaging as the "finished" product -- others simply unraveled into crumbs of little or no value. To Record Only Water for Ten Days, however, is made up of 15 "legitimate" songs. The whole is still quite simple -- stellar guitar work, impressive vocal range, drum machine, and minimal effects -- but it's a much healthier and "together" sound. Still a departure from the Peppers, To Record has an overall almost goth-like singer/songwriter vibe, at times colliding into ock catharsis. But Frusciante hasn't forgotten his shaky past, utilizing similarly abstract and slightly disturbed lyricism: "Where you go doesn't matter/Cuz there will come a time/When time goes out the window/And you'll learn to drive out of focus/I'm you and if anything unfolds/It's supposed to." Although most fans will no doubt be relieved that Frusciante has pieced his life back together, appreciators of the "falling apart" aspect of his past work might be disappointed by To Record's more accessible, less collapsible sturdiness. Even the look of the record is excessively clean, with a simple two-color design and all-caps block letters.
John Frusciante.... there's no other guitarist doing what he does. You know (automatically) it's a frusciante song when you hear it.Best guitar arrangement ever.It's curious (if you're a Yes/Steve Howe fan) that another simple beautiful guitar song is RAM from Steve Howe album Beginnings.
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i just almost accidentally threw out this album, and it's one of my favorites. that would have been a tragedy. good thing i saw it before it was too late, especially since i never put this one on itunes. maybe i'll do that now. to celebrate my triumph over disaster, here's a song that has always intrigued me. the guitar is sort of hypnotic. and the i've always been curious about the title :)
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I started at 7 am this morning. I'm still here at work and will be until 10 PM. with John Frusciante playing and you guys to keep me company I shouldn't fall asleep.
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the fragility of life compacted into a short, minimalist, multiple layered guitar piece
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I lived in Dallas for a while and learned to love the city, but that's a whole different story. I don't really know why I started out with that, but anyway...When I was in Dallas, I met Robert Wilonsky, who at the time was the pop/entertainment editor for D Magazine and the Dallas Observer (music and film/ entertainment weekly newspaper.) We got to talking and I was picking his brain on recen...
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How's the new album??? I don't have it yet and want to hear from some true Frusciante fans how they feel about it. Please let me know. Again, the album was released on 1/20/09 and it's called Empyrean - don't be afraid to share.Thanks
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John Frusciante.... there's no other guitarist doing what he does. You know (automatically) it's a frusciante song when you hear it.Best guitar arrangement ever.It's curious (if you're a Yes/Steve Howe fan) that another simple beautiful guitar song is RAM from Steve Howe album Beginnings.
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i have officially chosen a favorite john frusciante tune.listen, it's almost transcendent.
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i just almost accidentally threw out this album, and it's one of my favorites. that would have been a tragedy. good thing i saw it before it was too late, especially since i never put this one on itunes. maybe i'll do that now. to celebrate my triumph over disaster, here's a song that has always intrigued me. the guitar is sort of hypnotic. and the i've always been curious about the title :)
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I started at 7 am this morning. I'm still here at work and will be until 10 PM. with John Frusciante playing and you guys to keep me company I shouldn't fall asleep.
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Parfois le clip est moche et on a beau aimé l'artiste le clip reste moche, nobody's perfect no ? mais là ça fait collection quand même .
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the fragility of life compacted into a short, minimalist, multiple layered guitar piece
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Chili Peppers are nothing without Frusciante - solo stuff amazing!
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| 1 Going Inside |
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| 2 Someone's |
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| 3 The First Season |
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| 4 Wind Up Space |
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| 5 Away & Anywhere |
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| 6 Remain |
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| 7 Fallout |
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| 8 Ramparts |
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| 9 With No One |
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| 10 Murderers |
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| 11 Invisible Movement |
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| 12 Representing |
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| 13 In Rime |
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| 14 Saturation |
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| 15 Moments Have You |
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