Reviews of the first of the Oakland shows
Just as expected, the RHCP concerts in Oakland, California, USA were successful….or at least the most of the reviewers agree on that. Since there are quite a few reviews available, I just picked the best bits for you and put them as excerpts for what you’re about to read when you click the links to full reviews. Enjoy.:mrgreen:
Inside Bay Area said:
Although the band’s best known members are bassist Flea and vocalist Anthony Kiedis — both of whom sounded great in Oakland — the true star of this concert was indeed Frusciante. Having gone through more than his share of ups and downs over the years, the guitarist is playing better than ever before on tracks like “Around the World” (from “Californication”) and “Charlie” (from “Stadium Arcadium”).
the whole review
SF Gate said:
Backed by a shifting video screens and a bank of lights that stretched over the arena, the four Chilis played well as a team and as individuals with distinctive styles: Flea , magnified when he and Smith took their drum-and-bass dynamic center stage on “Fortune Faded” and “Readymade.” Kiedis still dances with the grace of an athlete while switching his delivery from raps to croons and everything in between. Arguably the Chili Pepper’s brightest star, Frusciante created lithe, inventive guitar solos that might have given Jimi Hendrix a run for his money.
the whole review
ContraCostaTimes said:
But enough about what they didn’t do. Frusciante’s Hendrix-meets-Parliament guitar-playing alone is worth the ticket price.
the whole review.
Mercury News said:
He brought them places you never would have expected them to go: like the snatch of the Clash’s “London Calling” he played faithfully, and his solo song, Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 soft ballad, “For Emily Whenever I May Find Her.” You had to wonder where he came up with that obscurity, as wonderfully dreamy as its name is clunky. Probably 99 percent of the audience thought it was an original off one of his great solo discs.
the whole review
