Wow. This video is from 1990 in Portland Oregon, they were there for the filming of My Own Private Idaho directed by Gus Van Sant. Flea, River, Keanu Reeves and the rest of the cast and crew were all staying at Gus Van Sant's house. There were so many people there, Gus decided to leave and stay at an apartment in downtown Portland - probably to get away from the crowd and noise. According to cast and crew many people would play their instruments and jam. River would sometimes play his guitar for three hours. He learned to play his guitar when he was six years old. Thank you so much for posting this.
River was an extremely experimental individual, he appeared on smile from the streets you hold.. doesnt get much more out there than that. I'm sure he's playing exactly what he wished he was an accomplished musician
The way River played the guitar is plain and simple: the way he played it. Whether it’s good or bad is up for interpretation. There is no such thing as a good or bad player, there are just people who like to colour between the lines and people who want to see where the colouring pencils take them and River was probably one of those people. This is personally not really my style but saying that he’s a bad guitarist or musician is just rude and disrespectful because judging off of Aleka’s Attic music I think we can all say he was talented. Really talented.
I mean, I think you can argue that an innability to play would be bad. However he clearly knows how to play the guitar. Whether or not people like it is another story. 6:45 sounds like he could play a traditional rock riff if he chose to. He's just fucking around.
What is needed against Flea's bass fartings are more melodic and sustained guitar lines. He's should play off off Flea rather that try to "Flea out" himself.
@@sashabrown1796yeah too bad people expect Jimmy Page whenever a person is on video playing guitar, and if they’re not mind blowing people say they suck. River obviously didn’t suck, but wasn’t great. But he was an actor, not a guitar player so people just take things to serious on RUclips instead of just enjoying the video.
River definitely had the musical talent running through his bones. If he's entirely self-taught like I've seen claimed he would have been quite the guitarist eventually. Thanks for the rare piece of history
Barley Mob - he started early... his family was involved with this strange Children of God cult and he and his sister Rainbow 🌈 had to go out and busk for money and River would play guitar and sing and his sister would collect the money... River was supporting his family from well before his balls dropped and was supporting like 30 people or more on his acting career but his first love was music... but it's hard to be an actor and musician simultaneously- Hugh Laurie being an exception... But River definitely had talent and desire... obviously Flea kind of dominates... which is debatable if you should do that as that more experienced player... No slight on Flea intended... It was River being told they had to many people jamming at the Viper and they couldn't fit him in (this they told him when he got there though they told him he was scheduled- granted... doing a speedball in response wasn't the answer... Still, I don't like it when people screw with musicians... if they let him play for 5 minutes maybe he would still be with us...
Yeah, like mentioned below, River was pimped out in the streets playing music to support the cult he was in at the time. We're talking August Rush and Slumdog Millionaire style. He's used to improvising in the streets of 3rd world countries for coins to being home to a cult known for molesting children, not your normal upbringing. His musical talent is self taught as a child in South America and experimental as hell. Funny thing is his music was far out then, now would fit right in with many bands out there this day in age.
The 90s are you rock crowd hung around and jammed w River but never accepted him as on of them. That night at the Viper Room they wouldn’t let him play, which is possibly the reason John gave him that drug concoction because River was pissed and he felt bad
Any other person playing like River: “Dude are you sure you play this instrument” When River plays: “what a beautiful experimental piece of holy beauty” *chefs kiss*
I once read Michelangelo hated painting and only did it to buy marble for his true love... sculptures. I guess depending on how you feel about what you are doing at a particular time can make anything feel like a side gig. For 2 cats jammin on a buzz, this is great. Flea is Godzilla on that bass after many years on stage. River is developing and his use of chord chemistry shows he was well on his way until drugs stopped him.
What can ya say... Flea is amazing... and River was exceptionally good looking; he was every bit the guitar player as Johnny Depp and Steven Seagal are today... 25 yrs later.
Man, everyone judging the playing here pretty harshly considering they're just sitting around noodling, and are likely fuct up. I know me and one of my old jam buddies used to sit around and noodle after a ball, and thank god nobody recorded it, lol, but we were both good players... they're just goofing off a bit. It's not a real reflection of ability.
Love this, he was jamming out. As in playing whatever he felt like. Not necessarily matching the other person, or trying to lead.. just messing around :)
If you listen after it sounds like "I was doing that blow" or "I was doing that for awhile". There is obviously something in the bathroom that people keep going in for.
I think the people defending river's playing A. dont play instruments themselves. and B. have no idea that music theory is a thing and that being in the same key is part of jamming with someone lol and not just randomly plucking at any note sporadically. I give it up to flea in this video for having so much patience.
Flea, John and River all jammed quite often together. There must be something they got out of the experience. Maybe they were connecting on a level beyond music theory. Despite your opinion of this video, River actually was decent guitar player.
@@loganhartrick8127 I agree with your comment jamming does connect people, thats 100% percent accurate its genuinely fun to jam with friends and theres a bond that occurs. im just focusing on this particular video not their whole history as friends. you cant deny the fact that as cool and talented as Rivers was, he is just playing complete nonsense in this video nothing about his playing here resembles any sort of musical pattern or melody its just randomness. its like asking someone to write a poem or just a sentence and they write "hgdfaghkghasdfhgagh"
A. I play bass. B. Music is what sounds good - music theory need not apply. Additionally, in a jam setting, music is what feels good. A jam can be more about having fun together than making high art.
I'm glad river isn't those 4 chord players that call themselves guitarists, he's not bad at all with. Knows his way around the fretboard of a telecaster.
I love all the smart ass musos here commenting on Phoenix's (lack of) guitar skills. Some bitty leaked home movie of a self-taught young guy fucking around with friends at whatever-AM hardly warrants a critique of his ability. Lets sit you lot opposite Flea and see how you fair. Not a thought for nerves or being tired after work, substances or plain not giving a fuck. Plenty of evidence about that Phoenix was in fact a terribly decent musician i.e. the list of rated musicians who kept him in their company and examples of his own projects- which are beyond decent for an 18-21 year old. He was a creative soul. He's a one of the rare few deceased performers where I miss what they may have done.
Exactly, It's just two friends jamming in a living room together for fun. They're not charging money for a concert, who cares if the guitar playing is accurate or not. Some of these armchair experts in the comments have probably never even picked up a guitar in their lives. At least River was actually doing something with his life.
Only John Frusciante can keep up with Flea. Rivers band and playing didn’t sound like this, they very melodic. Although josh the drummer from Rivers band has stated before Rivers music timings were pretty crazy
The night he died..he had asked ta play with the band and Flea turned him down..within a half hour he was throwing up ..he wanted sum fresh air....so his friends helped him outside where he collapsed and went into seizures..so sad..RIP River*
p!nky ch!nd!a i read the book “last night in the Viper Room” and i think River was sad and maybe upset because he asked to play with them and someone said no because there were too many people on stage that night 🙁 he did not deserve to hear that from his supposed friends! And then we all know what happened...so sad and a waste of talent 😥
No truth in any of those books. The truth is not well known to most, only that John gave him a deadly drink and River died from it... His brother and sister didn’t call for help...River should be alive!!!
Jrrcor was really john who gave him the drinks? you mean john frusciante right? how do u know it was him? and if it was I don’t think he meant to kill him
@@larusbar John felt under depression and almost died the year after River's death , I believe he gave him the drink with the intention of getting higher but I doubt he intended to murder his friend in the middle of a club. I think he felt guilty.
Did anyone else feel like they were doing drugs in the background. Towards the end River was like I'm sticking to cigs for a while. Then flee looked up over in a direction away from River where there was a girl, sees something (drugs) and stops playing and says hes done. And then River tried to get him to play more but flee was more intertained with what the girl in the background had
I’ll take River Phoenix sounding unique and true to his own over a million John Mayer blues copycats any day of the week. I find his music very true to his personality. Occasionally he sounded mainstream but would launch off that springboard into musically-derived torrents of chaos that made you pay attention.
It seems like they didn’t communicate what key they were in. And from what I’m seeing it looks like River doesn’t know theory enough to figure it out on the spot. Flea seems to have a more stable tonic going on. My guess is that River was self taught and is used to writing from a more slow and methodical approach. Just because you aren’t great at improvising doesn’t mean you can’t be a great player. His songs show that he was fully capable of playing cohesive pieces of music.
I never knew there were so many guitar experts in the comments. I bet the majority of you criticising River have never even picked up a guitar in your lives. It's just two young guys playing around and having fun in a living room, they're not charging anyone to see them. Who cares if the guitar playing is accurate or not. Plus flea is a professional musician, River was an amateur guitarist who liked to play for fun, obviously flea is going to be better.
Too bad people expect Jimmy Page or some world-class player whenever a person is on video playing guitar, and if they’re not mind-blowing people say they suck. River didn’t suck but wasn’t great. But he was a professional actor, not a professional guitar player, who was just having fun with friends. People just take things too seriously on RUclips instead of just enjoying the video. You can tell at certain parts (6:43 is one example) he does know how to play a bit, but was just messing around w friends. I’m still not claiming he’s an amazing guitar player but he’s not as bad as some are saying. Give “Aleka’s Attic” by River Phoenix a listen, he really shines in that one, I highly recommend it if you wanna hear an actual song he's performing on stage with a band.
i just found out the first night john furchante played with the peppers was at the viper room the night river died. river did so many drugs that night because he realized he wouldnt be playing with the peppers
I like the experimentation, but it seems like River was doing stuff, because he didn't know technique. I have Jammed with people like that, where it sometimes sounds alright, but they are just doing nonsense movements.
You mean like at 6:56 where he hears the riff Flea plays like twice and then plays it back perfectly? It honestly feels like his problem in this 9 minute clip, is playing 'with' Flea vs just randomly wandering off and not paying attention to the vibe.
yall need to understand that everyone have their own way playing guitar. cant everyone play like flea or river or kurt art have so many pieces everyone picks one different piece
Excuse me? You’re literally so disrespectful. River was the most amazing, talented loving person you’ll ever get in this entire universe. River was an angel and he is a legend to this day. He was most different to the other celebrities out there in the 80s. River was truly the best.
@@-unhoelyn2727 this is what he's talking about. It worse that River was ever born than him dying, because he wasn't meant for this world. Stop the veneration of humans.
I wonder if River would still like rhcp considering what happened to him... I do but I often feel contradiction about it... I mean I know Flea and River were friends but a lot of ppl say it was john frusciante who gave him the drink that ended up killing him
He did kill him. It all could’ve been prevented. John frusante gave River a concoction of a mix of drugs into a liquid and was told to drink it. When he did minutes later he started violently vomiting and started having seizures on the ground . And died before even getting to the hospital What John did was probably not on purpose BUT it was very irresponsible and could’ve been prevented . John ended up running home scared and hid in his house threatening to kill himself because of the incident and told Johnny depp he was afraid of rivers parents pressing charges and even going to prison for murder . Rivers parents ended up not pressing charges . But Rivers father told the press that if he ever saw John frucante he’d kill him . And I don’t blame him for saying that . If John didn’t do what he did , River would still be alive today .
For anyone on here knocking the playing, I thought jam session implies it's an experiment of sorts. Does every musician who is skilled sound aces 100% of the time? I find that hard to believe...
Sounds like free jazz or captain beefheart, Ornette Coleman. his guitar playing is so cool and very experimental in his own way. A Very interesting jam, River was so fucking talented, what a loss.
this is the most 90s video ever
I thought the same 😂😂
💗💗💗RIP River💗🙏
Wow. This video is from 1990 in Portland Oregon, they were there for the filming of My Own Private Idaho directed by Gus Van Sant. Flea, River, Keanu Reeves and the rest of the cast and crew were all staying at Gus Van Sant's house. There were so many people there, Gus decided to leave and stay at an apartment in downtown Portland - probably to get away from the crowd and noise. According to cast and crew many people would play their instruments and jam. River would sometimes play his guitar for three hours. He learned to play his guitar when he was six years old. Thank you so much for posting this.
@Ios5513 damn bro whats with the attitude g XD
@Dogman tossed my salad Fuck you bitch.
And he played like a six year old ever since, pretty impressive
He picked up a guitar when he was 6.
Cool back story thanks for sharing... How do you kno all of this?
Flea is a fucking monster on that bass.
still is. seen them live this year. he's an animal
yea he's no les Claypool
ayahuaski I yuh wass kee , agreed. Just had the same thought their jam kinda sounded like Primus-esque...
Okay but Flea is killing it
like always :D
Okay but Fuck off!
@@dadasha ??
He is, River can’t find a melody at all though, just riffing and not well either-
@@brabbit3389 there doesn’t have to be rules with music. It sounded great and cool... don’t spread smug unoriginality.
River was an extremely experimental individual, he appeared on smile from the streets you hold.. doesnt get much more out there than that. I'm sure he's playing exactly what he wished he was an accomplished musician
3:38 beauty out of nowhere...and its gone
yes man incredible !
I really wish they had filmed what he was playing 😔
River makes me feel a lot better about my own guitar noodling, and for that I appreciate him.
This sounds great! I don’t care what anyone else thinks but to me, this is legendary :)
The way River played the guitar is plain and simple: the way he played it. Whether it’s good or bad is up for interpretation. There is no such thing as a good or bad player, there are just people who like to colour between the lines and people who want to see where the colouring pencils take them and River was probably one of those people. This is personally not really my style but saying that he’s a bad guitarist or musician is just rude and disrespectful because judging off of Aleka’s Attic music I think we can all say he was talented. Really talented.
I mean, I think you can argue that an innability to play would be bad. However he clearly knows how to play the guitar. Whether or not people like it is another story. 6:45 sounds like he could play a traditional rock riff if he chose to. He's just fucking around.
What is needed against Flea's bass fartings are more melodic and sustained guitar lines. He's should play off off Flea rather that try to "Flea out" himself.
He fucking sucked .. get over yourself
@@sashabrown1796yeah too bad people expect Jimmy Page whenever a person is on video playing guitar, and if they’re not mind blowing people say they suck. River obviously didn’t suck, but wasn’t great. But he was an actor, not a guitar player so people just take things to serious on RUclips instead of just enjoying the video.
River had his own approach to guitar, the same as his acting. Pretty good for being 19-20, but haters will be haters as always.
Cy Brunel absolutely agree
Except he was actually good at acting.
I mean, he was 20 but he was playing since he was 5, religiously.
Im impressed with alekas attic like em more than red hot chili peppers
Kurt Cobain = musician
River Phoenix = actor
Accept it for what it is.
Id like to see more of River's face please. Man he's so gorg!
You can see River progressing over time
River definitely had the musical talent running through his bones. If he's entirely self-taught like I've seen claimed he would have been quite the guitarist eventually. Thanks for the rare piece of history
Barley Mob - he started early... his family was involved with this strange Children of God cult and he and his sister Rainbow 🌈 had to go out and busk for money and River would play guitar and sing and his sister would collect the money... River was supporting his family from well before his balls dropped and was supporting like 30 people or more on his acting career but his first love was music... but it's hard to be an actor and musician simultaneously- Hugh Laurie being an exception... But River definitely had talent and desire... obviously Flea kind of dominates... which is debatable if you should do that as that more experienced player... No slight on Flea intended...
It was River being told they had to many people jamming at the Viper and they couldn't fit him in (this they told him when he got there though they told him he was scheduled- granted... doing a speedball in response wasn't the answer... Still, I don't like it when people screw with musicians... if they let him play for 5 minutes maybe he would still be with us...
Yeah, like mentioned below, River was pimped out in the streets playing music to support the cult he was in at the time. We're talking August Rush and Slumdog Millionaire style. He's used to improvising in the streets of 3rd world countries for coins to being home to a cult known for molesting children, not your normal upbringing. His musical talent is self taught as a child in South America and experimental as hell. Funny thing is his music was far out then, now would fit right in with many bands out there this day in age.
The 90s are you rock crowd hung around and jammed w River but never accepted him as on of them. That night at the Viper Room they wouldn’t let him play, which is possibly the reason John gave him that drug concoction because River was pissed and he felt bad
I had to pause at 6:54 & drool. How is it possible to be THAT gorgeous?
+Hypnotherapy Adv. I know :P
I personally find myself far prettier.
George London nope
Wondering the same thing... What a huge loss..
Eternal River It's actually NOT possible, thts why he's not here😢, the world wasn't ready for all tht beauty.😍😍😇
Any other person playing like River: “Dude are you sure you play this instrument”
When River plays: “what a beautiful experimental piece of holy beauty” *chefs kiss*
Wow Phoenix has such a wild unique unpredictable style I’m super impressed. And music was his side gig!
Acting was his true side gig it’s the music that he’s loved
I once read Michelangelo hated painting and only did it to buy marble for his true love... sculptures. I guess depending on how you feel about what you are doing at a particular time can make anything feel like a side gig. For 2 cats jammin on a buzz, this is great. Flea is Godzilla on that bass after many years on stage. River is developing and his use of chord chemistry shows he was well on his way until drugs stopped him.
rip river your an inspiration to us all.
Flea can't hear anyone or anything over how awesome he and River Phoenix are.
8:10 looks like river is wearing airpods
Flea is a good friend to hang in there with him in the jam session lol.
What can ya say... Flea is amazing... and River was exceptionally good looking; he was every bit the guitar player as Johnny Depp and Steven Seagal are today... 25 yrs later.
Brett Allen have you listened to any of River’s music? Guess not.
Man, everyone judging the playing here pretty harshly considering they're just sitting around noodling, and are likely fuct up. I know me and one of my old jam buddies used to sit around and noodle after a ball, and thank god nobody recorded it, lol, but we were both good players... they're just goofing off a bit. It's not a real reflection of ability.
Yeah ikr . Your smarter and more perceptive than other people in this comment section.
why do u assume theyre fu**** up?
I’m in love with River Phoenix ❤️
oh my god i love river phoenix and all but DAMN all these comments mocking him playing guitar is hilarious
@@vasiavasia766 it's hilarious cause they're wrong and im mad 😐
Why random ass strangers on youtube always trying to pick a fight? Like damn
Love this, he was jamming out. As in playing whatever he felt like. Not necessarily matching the other person, or trying to lead.. just messing around :)
It's not fair to be that good at acting, that good at music, and that good looking all at the same time. River is too precious.
Wow Flea is unbelievably good...and River is learning from the master.
8:27 river "I should probably just stick to smoking cigarettes for awhile"
kottonkandyx pretty little ditty
Damn you caught that, what do you think he meant by that?
Peleke Torres II I honestly don’t know prolly weed
If you listen after it sounds like "I was doing that blow" or "I was doing that for awhile". There is obviously something in the bathroom that people keep going in for.
That he was doing lots of drugs and should stop them for a while (?) i think..
I could watch this allllll day. :)
I absolutely adore this video and river , thank you so much for posting it.👼🏼💕
God damn that bass tone and fleas bass are beautiful.
I think the people defending river's playing A. dont play instruments themselves. and B. have no idea that music theory is a thing and that being in the same key is part of jamming with someone lol and not just randomly plucking at any note sporadically.
I give it up to flea in this video for having so much patience.
Flea, John and River all jammed quite often together. There must be something they got out of the experience. Maybe they were connecting on a level beyond music theory. Despite your opinion of this video, River actually was decent guitar player.
@@loganhartrick8127 I agree with your comment jamming does connect people, thats 100% percent accurate its genuinely fun to jam with friends and theres a bond that occurs. im just focusing on this particular video not their whole history as friends. you cant deny the fact that as cool and talented as Rivers was, he is just playing complete nonsense in this video nothing about his playing here resembles any sort of musical pattern or melody its just randomness. its like asking someone to write a poem or just a sentence and they write
"hgdfaghkghasdfhgagh"
Also I don’t think River jammed here knowing it would be analyzed and picked apart 30 years later. Just messing around the guitar..likely stoned too.
Yeah, he sucked. No wonder flea didn't let him play in The viper room
A. I play bass.
B. Music is what sounds good - music theory need not apply. Additionally, in a jam setting, music is what feels good. A jam can be more about having fun together than making high art.
Love it... exactly how me and my mates would Jam in our house... all over the place until something clicked
3:18 beautiful riff
:( happy to see play together
River may not be the best technical player but I don’t hate the noises he produces for the most part, sounds funky.
WAIT ALSO DANG I DIDNT KNEW THAT RIVER WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I'm glad river isn't those 4 chord players that call themselves guitarists, he's not bad at all with. Knows his way around the fretboard of a telecaster.
5:50-end is when it really starts to cook.Great video
Wow Ive been waiting for someone to upload this vid. Thx alot this is killer
Two talented dudes
Fantastico.river,bravissimo 😍😚
this is my favourite thing ever
River is so talented boy.
River's hands❤️
Dogman tossed my salad
why are you on the internet ? You’re like 5 .
@Dogman tossed my salad 💀💀
Rivers guitar is Fender american performer telecaster vintage white
Keep picking notes river. One of them might be in key one day.
River Phoenix forever! Mi maluco preferido mano esse "doido "
I love all the smart ass musos here commenting on Phoenix's (lack of) guitar skills. Some bitty leaked home movie of a self-taught young guy fucking around with friends at whatever-AM hardly warrants a critique of his ability. Lets sit you lot opposite Flea and see how you fair. Not a thought for nerves or being tired after work, substances or plain not giving a fuck. Plenty of evidence about that Phoenix was in fact a terribly decent musician i.e. the list of rated musicians who kept him in their company and examples of his own projects- which are beyond decent for an 18-21 year old. He was a creative soul. He's a one of the rare few deceased performers where I miss what they may have done.
We're unfortunately in a world were all artists are compared to the greats.
Exactly, It's just two friends jamming in a living room together for fun. They're not charging money for a concert, who cares if the guitar playing is accurate or not. Some of these armchair experts in the comments have probably never even picked up a guitar in their lives. At least River was actually doing something with his life.
Only John Frusciante can keep up with Flea. Rivers band and playing didn’t sound like this, they very melodic. Although josh the drummer from Rivers band has stated before Rivers music timings were pretty crazy
Lisa Surlie oh fuck off you skank
@Lisa Surlie
You're a nice person. Glad I don't know you.
Only John killed river...
@@2011americanman Enough with these fake news.
@@2011americanmanno no no flea did I promise
The night he died..he had asked ta play with the band and Flea turned him down..within a half hour he was throwing up ..he wanted sum fresh air....so his friends helped him outside where he collapsed and went into seizures..so sad..RIP River*
p!nky ch!nd!a i read the book “last night in the Viper Room” and i think River was sad and maybe upset because he asked to play with them and someone said no because there were too many people on stage that night 🙁 he did not deserve to hear that from his supposed friends! And then we all know what happened...so sad and a waste of talent 😥
oh my god.... this is so sad :( river didn't deserve the bad things he went through considering his love for this world... but, you know, that's life.
No truth in any of those books. The truth is not well known to most, only that John gave him a deadly drink and River died from it... His brother and sister didn’t call for help...River should be alive!!!
Jrrcor was really john who gave him the drinks? you mean john frusciante right? how do u know it was him? and if it was I don’t think he meant to kill him
@@larusbar John felt under depression and almost died the year after River's death , I believe he gave him the drink with the intention of getting higher but I doubt he intended to murder his friend
in the middle of a club. I think he felt guilty.
I hav no comment both are so good and Cool at playing!!!!
Bravissimo River!!!! 👍👍👍👍
Did anyone else feel like they were doing drugs in the background. Towards the end River was like I'm sticking to cigs for a while. Then flee looked up over in a direction away from River where there was a girl, sees something (drugs) and stops playing and says hes done. And then River tried to get him to play more but flee was more intertained with what the girl in the background had
flea was clean then
I’ll take River Phoenix sounding unique and true to his own over a million John Mayer blues copycats any day of the week.
I find his music very true to his personality. Occasionally he sounded mainstream but would launch off that springboard into musically-derived torrents of chaos that made you pay attention.
I see what you’re saying but John Mayer is much more than just a “Blues copycat” he’s actually a spectacular guitar player.
Miss sneaking into Rivs room with Joaq to play his guitars while we babysat Marie's gorgeous children.
very good !!!!!!! very funky !!!!!!!!!!!!! :}
3:45 the only semblance of any kind of musical groove...and it didn’t last long.,lol
3:19 flea thinking wtf are you playing lol.
Pretty Little Ditty at 8:21 OMG
River was good, Flea was insanely good.
river was awful but better than me for sure
It seems like they didn’t communicate what key they were in. And from what I’m seeing it looks like River doesn’t know theory enough to figure it out on the spot. Flea seems to have a more stable tonic going on. My guess is that River was self taught and is used to writing from a more slow and methodical approach. Just because you aren’t great at improvising doesn’t mean you can’t be a great player. His songs show that he was fully capable of playing cohesive pieces of music.
Well said. 🙏🙏
Damn they were badass
I never knew there were so many guitar experts in the comments. I bet the majority of you criticising River have never even picked up a guitar in your lives. It's just two young guys playing around and having fun in a living room, they're not charging anyone to see them. Who cares if the guitar playing is accurate or not. Plus flea is a professional musician, River was an amateur guitarist who liked to play for fun, obviously flea is going to be better.
Wish I knew them
Wow Can you even imagine
Too bad people expect Jimmy Page or some world-class player whenever a person is on video playing guitar, and if they’re not mind-blowing people say they suck. River didn’t suck but wasn’t great. But he was a professional actor, not a professional guitar player, who was just having fun with friends. People just take things too seriously on RUclips instead of just enjoying the video. You can tell at certain parts (6:43 is one example) he does know how to play a bit, but was just messing around w friends. I’m still not claiming he’s an amazing guitar player but he’s not as bad as some are saying. Give “Aleka’s Attic” by River Phoenix a listen, he really shines in that one, I highly recommend it if you wanna hear an actual song he's performing on stage with a band.
6:51 i thought river was wearing airpods then i remembered that this was filmed in the 90‘s 😅
Shittt!!! That’s the talent you can’t learn fast! 😭 missed riooo! 😢 maybe if he’s here he’s touring with his band
Flea can't do nothing with this man
It's kinda nice to see him just messing about
F*CK DRUGS!!!
Ditto. Fucking drugs!
I believe his drink was spiked by a star whacker. Seems more likely.
Porque um menino tão bonito e tão talentoso desse foi morrer tão jovem Danielle m Brito.
Fucking beautiful
So fucking cool!
8:24 flea getting bored
He never got bored playing music. Mby it was just you,;)
Dominik Hyde Haverla okkkk I meant he got bored because River Phoenix wasn’t playing anymore
Makes me think of Primus.
Awesome
i just found out the first night john furchante played with the peppers was at the viper room the night river died. river did so many drugs that night because he realized he wouldnt be playing with the peppers
River could hold his own 😍🎸
Nobody's going to mention how cool those pants are?
So I return to the essence....
I like the experimentation, but it seems like River was doing stuff, because he didn't know technique. I have Jammed with people like that, where it sometimes sounds alright, but they are just doing nonsense movements.
I like the flea bass line at 7:23 I would know exactly what to play with that.
on a 56 fender
You mean like at 6:56 where he hears the riff Flea plays like twice and then plays it back perfectly? It honestly feels like his problem in this 9 minute clip, is playing 'with' Flea vs just randomly wandering off and not paying attention to the vibe.
Actually river has pretty sweet rythme flea was a grooveless nutjob
Amen.
Everything up to 7.14 sounds like captain beefheart lol but after that is FUCKIN GREAT!!!
@3:18 cant remember the name of this tune HELP
this is not a jam.. this is delirium after a heroin shoot
yall need to understand that everyone have their own way playing guitar. cant everyone play like flea or river or kurt art have so many pieces everyone picks one different piece
How come Keanu never seems to be in these mopi behind the scenes videos? X
Sounds like Primus :v
Except Primus' timing is meticulous
I wonder if Flea ever used any of these riffs in RHCP songs.
There is a lot of them played from songs lol
I understand the missing him, but honestly people talk about him like he was some sort of God and its tiring
SkullDogTim he is though
Excuse me? You’re literally so disrespectful. River was the most amazing, talented loving person you’ll ever get in this entire universe. River was an angel and he is a legend to this day. He was most different to the other celebrities out there in the 80s. River was truly the best.
*cough* fangirls *cough*
@@-unhoelyn2727 this is what he's talking about. It worse that River was ever born than him dying, because he wasn't meant for this world. Stop the veneration of humans.
Jason Higdon that’s kinda what Fruscinate said too
2:53 psychedelic riff
3:39 - 3:43
I wonder if River would still like rhcp considering what happened to him... I do but I often feel contradiction about it... I mean I know Flea and River were friends but a lot of ppl say it was john frusciante who gave him the drink that ended up killing him
He did kill him. It all could’ve been prevented. John frusante gave River a concoction of a mix of drugs into a liquid and was told to drink it. When he did minutes later he started violently vomiting and started having seizures on the ground . And died before even getting to the hospital What John did was probably not on purpose BUT it was very irresponsible and could’ve been prevented . John ended up running home scared and hid in his house threatening to kill himself because of the incident and told Johnny depp he was afraid of rivers parents pressing charges and even going to prison for murder . Rivers parents ended up not pressing charges . But Rivers father told the press that if he ever saw John frucante he’d kill him . And I don’t blame him for saying that . If John didn’t do what he did , River would still be alive today .
Bree James is this in a book?
scottsrush no but it’s online and in articles and documentary’s multiple people have witnessed it.
scottsrush look up the mojo .com video called the tragic life over River Phoenix that kinda sums it up .
For anyone on here knocking the playing, I thought jam session implies it's an experiment of sorts. Does every musician who is skilled sound aces 100% of the time? I find that hard to believe...
Sounds like free jazz or captain beefheart, Ornette Coleman. his guitar playing is so cool and very experimental in his own way. A Very interesting jam, River was so fucking talented, what a loss.
Pretty bad ass.
What the hell was 4:53!!!! 😁
You made it all the way to 4:53? WOW, you must either be deaf or have extreme amounts of patience.
Lucky by Radiohead
he’s just playing behind the nut. plenty of players do it, john 5 does it best
y nobody got an attention to flea? he's really fucking good at this, i mean he's always good
Damn. Flea laying down the slap