It's not impossible tho, just start by learning the structure, if you just move your right hand without having to think then all you have to practice is the picking, which is hard but you can always simplify it (I usually play the riff as it should be played but downpicking instead of alternate)
I remember learning it to begin with, it was a 2 week, 8 hour a day test of will haha. It's still one of my main warmups/practice riffs nearly 20 years later
For everyone who insists Josh's version doesn't sound as good.... well no shit. John wrote the music for this song. So clearly he is going to play it better than anyone else. He's also one of the best guitar players of the modern era so there's that too. But Josh is pretty fucking good in his own right. His style is more minimal and he is less aggressive but he is damn good and I've seen him live so I have proof. He can definitely play. He is friends with John for a reason....
I see it like the Queen & Freddie Mercury situation. No matter who you get, they’ll never be as good as Mercury. Doesn’t mean the replacement isn’t a master of their craft though.
I think that most of those people aren't jumping and screaming, cause, like us, they're impressed, staring at John playing that riff and singing at the same time with no mistakes.
1 guitar + 1 bass guitar + drum kit + singer = Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is amazing all they can do with just garage band instruments. I don't know about you but that is the real definition of talent.
+Ed Ram Garage band instruments? John's guitar is an original 1962 Fender Stratocaster. Its worth $30k+. Don't know many garage band guitarists with that kind of hardware.
+rdhntnght you have no clue what your talking about a 180 dollar squier affinity will not sound the same as a pre cbs era fender thats been modded, and hes runnin it through vintage amps(marshall i think) which are very expensive as well
The most amazing thing in here is that each musician is one of the best ever. Best bassist, Best drummer, Best guitarist, best frontman. Quite an amazing band
The problem with this particular riff is that it gives you hope, in the starting of learning it you feel like its not that hard and with some practice you'll get it down, and you do get it down but not at full tempo, you think I"ll practice slowly and then increase tempo but boom you play 4 bars and your hand hurts and cramps. This riff is harder than other riffs because it gives you hope unlike other songs which you know are hard ( like every dragonforce song ever) But I'll learn it frusciante, you just wait, I'll learn it alright.
HERE ARE THE LYRICS FOR ALL TO ENJOY : Come to decide that the things that I tried Were in my life just to get high on When I sit alone Come get a little known But I need more than myself this time Step from the road to the sea to the sky And I do believe that we rely on When I lay it on Come get to play it on All my life to sacrifice Hey oh Listen what I say, oh I got your hey oh Now listen what I say, oh When will I know that I really can't go To the well once more time to decide on? When it's killing me When will I really see All that I need to look inside Come to believe that I better not leave Before I get my chance to ride When it's killing me What do I really need All that I need to look inside Hey oh Listen what I say, oh Come back and hey oh Look here what I say oh The more I see, the less I know The more I like to let it go Hey oh, whoa, whoa, whoa Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Privately divided by a world so undecided And there's nowhere to go In between the cover of another perfect wonder And it's so white as snow Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed And there's nowhere to go When to descend to amend for a friend All the channels that have broken down Now you bring it up I'm gonna ring it up Just to hear you sing it out Step from the road to the sea to the sky And I do believe what we rely on When I lay it on Come get to play it on All my life to sacrifice Hey oh Listen what I say, oh I got your hey oh Listen what I say, oh The more I see, the less I know The more I like to let it go Hey oh, whoa, whoa, whoa Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Privately divided by a world so undecided And there's nowhere to go In between the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed And there's nowhere to go I said hey, hey, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, tell my love now Hey, hey, yeah, oh yeah, tell my love now Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Privately divided by a world so undecided And there's nowhere to go Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder Where it's so white as snow Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed And there's nowhere to go I said hey oh yeah, oh yeah Tell my love now Hey, yeah, yeah, oh yeah.......
@kiki the gerbil Josh plays it in his own way. Different from John, different from anyone else that can play it. That's the cool thing about guitar, it's such a personal instrument, it's sound is unique to everyone that plays it.
Hope everything went alright! I'm playing live in 8 days, I play bass in a metal band so its easier for me ig haha! I'd never imagine myself doing all that string skipping
Damn I’ve been playing for a long time and I can play the riff pretty well but the tempo is damn fast is hard. John is on another level to sing at the same time and not looking at the guitar.
Yeah I’ll never be able to see John playing live :( Worst of all is that they gave a concert in my city in 2007 with him but I didn’t even knew the band XD
This riff is really difficult but fantastically hypnotic. Practise and more practise! Alternate picking is absolutely essential plus a very RELAXED wrist action. I use a flexible, light pick for more intimate string contact. Cheat by always staying on the 4th fret for all the syncopated arpeggios🤫. If the wrist is not relaxed it will tense up giving painful muscle cramp.Demanding? Yes but doable.
Back in 94 l was Putin marquees up for reading fest l got to stand in the gest area wen the chilly peppers played l could see the crowd going crazy best gig ever seen
I love 💘 the chili peppers I listen to the words and it sounds like my struggle with addiction since I was 12 years old.My Brother started listening to them when I was 13.So 30 years.
Bro the best part about this band, is they sound exactly like they do on the album, of course it's a little harder to hear his voice but that's not their fault
there is different levels to this riff, 1. get to play it 2. get to play it at proper tempo, and with proper nuances, he accentuates the pull offs 3. the above and have the endurance to play it for the length of the song
Was reading the interview in guitar player, he likes to practice 2 hours in the morning then 4 hours at the show venue , before the show, so there is that
Does anybody else get hit by their childhood when listening to this? Not that I was really into RHCP when I was young, this was just everywhere in the 2000s, in a good way
Incrível que as músicas do red hot chili Peppers só tenham a magia completa com todos esses caras juntos. Os cds aos quais John esteve fora da banda e como um vazio, um corpo sem alma. Incrível, inteligente e único.
+Jale Goaty McSwagger This concert took place when Stadium Arcadium was just released, that's why the crowd didn't seem "excited", since the song was barely heard.
actually its because its like the worst crowd of the world, here in argentina ive seen them twice and snow is an epicly high emotional moment every time, the whole crowd jumping in ecstasis, little lame americans...
It's not like that, dude. Here in brazil it's something like that too, but it's not USA fault. The song wasn't very popular at the time, so no one knew how to sing it, or feel its emotion
Exactly, the song wasnt a commercial radio hit yet so people cant know it right?? great highlight of the USA people cold chest lol, the album was already released, whether it was in the top 10 of the charts or not, in other countrys like here and brazil the crowd would be decent anyway.
"In May 2006, following a special Red Hot Chili Peppers concert recorded in the car park of BBC Television Centre, Hammersmith and Fulham Council (which governs the area the centre is located) informed the BBC that in order to legally conform to an Act of Parliament which came into force in 2004 they needed to have a special licence to continue to admit members of the public to any future performances. Before the matter was resolved the BBC requested the assistance of their own staff members to fill-in as audience members for this and other music shows." -Top of the Pops Wikipedia
![Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby & Snow (Hey Oh) [Live]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/72yZlg12kAA/mqdefault.jpg)
1% of comments good song
2% of comments: good band
97% of comments: JOHN
Coast X and you still couldn’t spell it right
What about comments talking about Flea on clothes
Does john intentionally make his rifts impossible to play so people won't cover and fuck up his songs? Lol he's amazing
It's not impossible tho, just start by learning the structure, if you just move your right hand without having to think then all you have to practice is the picking, which is hard but you can always simplify it (I usually play the riff as it should be played but downpicking instead of alternate)
@@mateotierno3780 You are not able to play this song only by down-picking though, you need to alternate pick otherwise it’s gonna sound bad
@@MilesColtrane. my bad, I meant I used some sort of economy picking though after practicing I usually play it with alternate picking
@@MilesColtrane. yeah bro normally my hands make downpicking but i always try to alternate it.
At the end of the day, the only person who will make this song sound right is frusciante
This riff is the nightmare of every guitarist. But also a pure eargasme to hear.
I remember learning it to begin with, it was a 2 week, 8 hour a day test of will haha. It's still one of my main warmups/practice riffs nearly 20 years later
the nightmare of every amateur guitarist
It doesn't take lots of practice to master the riff, but it takes tremendous stamina to play it the whole song through
Frusciante is so talented
+Gus Gissel They're all talented!
He's my fav guitarist
yup. like me. we learning together in high school.
Miike Conville I would if he wanted me to.
He practises 15 hours a day since he is a child he said in an interview. Unbelievable
1. Easy
2. Normal
3. Hard
4. Impossible
5. John looking at the fretboard
Thelegend27 lmao so true
Thelegend27 dude never looks at the fretboard
Yeah ive played alot of rhcp songs but this is the hardest bc its rlly fast af
Dont forget he sings backing vocals while playing it!
@@ravdiz9995 this riff isnt hard its just the same 3-4mins long, the riff is very easy to play
For everyone who insists Josh's version doesn't sound as good....
well no shit. John wrote the music for this song. So clearly he is going to play it better than anyone else. He's also one of the best guitar players of the modern era so there's that too. But Josh is pretty fucking good in his own right. His style is more minimal and he is less aggressive but he is damn good and I've seen him live so I have proof. He can definitely play. He is friends with John for a reason....
I see it like the Queen & Freddie Mercury situation. No matter who you get, they’ll never be as good as Mercury. Doesn’t mean the replacement isn’t a master of their craft though.
It's amazing that John plays that verse riff so well, while singing a lower harmony too.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
listened to Triptych by Arcane Roots. Try playing that riff and singing, that's something
I totally agree, I've seen Arcane Roots three times now, and what he sings and plays is unbelievable!!
Too right! Love Andy, what an incredible guitarist
he did so many times so its easy for him
I think that most of those people aren't jumping and screaming, cause, like us, they're impressed, staring at John playing that riff and singing at the same time with no mistakes.
right on!this is incredible guitar riffing!..it doesnt look easy!
im just curious how does somebody do this for a entire song?
Also, this song was pretty new at the time so I get not a lot of people knew it like we all do now
this show was on April 15, 2006, Stadium Arcadium was released on May 9, 2006
This show was the 2nd time that Snow was played live
1 guitar + 1 bass guitar + drum kit + singer = Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is amazing all they can do with just garage band instruments. I don't know about you but that is the real definition of talent.
Of course! But i would be pleased if John could comeback
They actually some really good vintage instruments.
+Maloman05 lol I was wondering how nobody said it already
+Ed Ram Garage band instruments? John's guitar is an original 1962 Fender Stratocaster. Its worth $30k+. Don't know many garage band guitarists with that kind of hardware.
+rdhntnght you have no clue what your talking about a 180 dollar squier affinity will not sound the same as a pre cbs era fender thats been modded, and hes runnin it through vintage amps(marshall i think) which are very expensive as well
The most amazing thing in here is that each musician is one of the best ever. Best bassist, Best drummer, Best guitarist, best frontman. Quite an amazing band
sorry, i love Antony but he's even not top 30 frontman, if we talk about voice
frusciate is a legend playing that riff and singing at the same time
Yep. And for the whole song. Monstrous. Sounds simple but that's seriously advanced shit he's doing there.
Has to be one of the hardest songs to play on guitar.
+Darrin Connor Not really. I just learned this song. I first learned it on my Martin D-18. I am 62 yrs old.
it's not easy but it's not as hard as it sounds
The song is pretty easy only the picking is tricky
+Darrin Connor Song by itself is easy but playing at the right speed can be hella hard
+Darrin Connor that's what i thought when I started playing guitar... it's not super hard, but not easy too. takes a lot of practice
If Hilel Slovak could see John as his replacement he would've been so proud. John is a gift :)
I watch this performance so many times and I can't get over how unreal john is. Harmonizing while perfectly doing that difficult riff.
The problem with this particular riff is that it gives you hope, in the starting of learning it you feel like its not that hard and with some practice you'll get it down, and you do get it down but not at full tempo, you think I"ll practice slowly and then increase tempo but boom you play 4 bars and your hand hurts and cramps. This riff is harder than other riffs because it gives you hope unlike other songs which you know are hard ( like every dragonforce song ever)
But I'll learn it frusciante, you just wait, I'll learn it alright.
Progress on learning it
How are you, man? Are you winning? I just need to know if theres hope???
hardest red hot chilli peppers guitar riff ever. John Frusciante is simply amazing. every note means something.
I love how John is still in tune even though Anthony is way out of it at the beginning. John was solid like a rock in the band
🤣
This is the calmest I've ever seen Flea performing
JF will always be the best guitarist this band ever had! Thanks for lighting up our lives with your riffs and your soul John!
What a lucky audience. Small venue, the band in its prime. 2006.
Johnny es de otro planeta por crear ese riff! Gracias Dios por dejarme ser contemporáneo de la epoca de John! JOHN=RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Can't get enough of this song lately
Hey Oh
Me too
I v roce 2024 me neomrzi tato překrásná píseň. Dik za probdelou noc 😊❤
Amazing people no smart phone, just watching and enjoying the vibe
John is one of the top most underrated guitarist ever
John Frusciante plays guitar like nobodies business.
ill never be tired of saying that john it’s just an amazing performer ❤
One of the best songs ever
HERE ARE THE LYRICS FOR ALL TO ENJOY :
Come to decide that the things that I tried
Were in my life just to get high on
When I sit alone
Come get a little known
But I need more than myself this time
Step from the road to the sea to the sky
And I do believe that we rely on
When I lay it on
Come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice
Hey oh
Listen what I say, oh
I got your hey oh
Now listen what I say, oh
When will I know that I really can't go
To the well once more time to decide on?
When it's killing me
When will I really see
All that I need to look inside
Come to believe that I better not leave
Before I get my chance to ride
When it's killing me
What do I really need
All that I need to look inside
Hey oh
Listen what I say, oh
Come back and hey oh
Look here what I say oh
The more I see, the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover of another perfect wonder
And it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
When to descend to amend for a friend
All the channels that have broken down
Now you bring it up
I'm gonna ring it up
Just to hear you sing it out
Step from the road to the sea to the sky
And I do believe what we rely on
When I lay it on
Come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice
Hey oh
Listen what I say, oh
I got your hey oh
Listen what I say, oh
The more I see, the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
I said hey, hey, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, tell my love now
Hey, hey, yeah, oh yeah, tell my love now
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
I said hey oh yeah, oh yeah
Tell my love now
Hey, yeah, yeah, oh yeah.......
only frusciante plays that riff that way
@kiki the gerbil Josh plays it in his own way. Different from John, different from anyone else that can play it. That's the cool thing about guitar, it's such a personal instrument, it's sound is unique to everyone that plays it.
This song is timeless. 05/13/22 and it still sounds amazing and relevant.
Will remember this band until i die.
guys i'm 12 and i'm playing this riff for 4 minutes tomorrow night at a concert, wish me luck....
Hope everything went alright! I'm playing live in 8 days, I play bass in a metal band so its easier for me ig haha! I'd never imagine myself doing all that string skipping
Hey, did it work?
How'd it go?
he ded
Τζίμης from metal to this? You got good taste
Damn I’ve been playing for a long time and I can play the riff pretty well but the tempo is damn fast is hard. John is on another level to sing at the same time and not looking at the guitar.
my mistake was using my pinky finger to do de hammers and pulls insted of the ring finger like john and eveeryone else
5.3 million views and only 36 thousand likes on this epic video?? Totally unfair to the channel!
Swear to god, him and Hendrix make the guitar look so fucking simple and natural. Love just watching (and hearing obvioiusly) them play
Frusciante rhapsody, and a RHCP perfection... This song is highly underestimated...
Ok but like John is literally. Jesus Christ omg I don’t understand how he can play like that. Sometimes they do this song at faster tempo live
本当にこの曲が大好き
what the flip... That riff is so sweet!
I'm getting more and more psyched about John being back in RHCP!
I’ve never understood how someone could be at this and, just stand perfectly still watching.
Wayne Rooney on the Bass!!
JOHN IS BACK!
i get genuinely upset knowing that i will never see them live with john, i mean josh is great, but it's not the same.
Madeline Wilkins same... I love Josh but nothing can beat the chili peppers with John. I miss him so much.
Yeah I’ll never be able to see John playing live :(
Worst of all is that they gave a concert in my city in 2007 with him but I didn’t even knew the band XD
Never say never.
HERE'S GOOD NEWS! HE JUST REJOINED RHCP!
Welcome back to this post, Madeline Wilkins. The king has returned
This riff is really difficult but fantastically hypnotic. Practise and more practise! Alternate picking is absolutely essential plus a very RELAXED wrist action. I use a flexible, light pick for more intimate string contact. Cheat by always staying on the 4th fret for all the syncopated arpeggios🤫. If the wrist is not relaxed it will tense up giving painful muscle cramp.Demanding? Yes but doable.
Back in 94 l was Putin marquees up for reading fest l got to stand in the gest area wen the chilly peppers played l could see the crowd going crazy best gig ever seen
John's guitar is hypnotizingg
Rooney the best bass
1:07-stay in your box Flea
Greatest band of all time
Brilliant performance
How the hell does Frusciante play that lead and give backing vocals at the same time!?
Behold: The rare RHCP concert where they all wear shirts!
Just came to watch John play this riff live. Did not disappoint he is amazing
I love 💘 the chili peppers I listen to the words and it sounds like my struggle with addiction since I was 12 years old.My Brother started listening to them when I was 13.So 30 years.
De aquel amor de música ligera
Who came back for John frusciante? You diehard fans 😉
I did :3 Immediately came to this vid especially since snow is so iconic for me lmao
All day baby
Bro the best part about this band, is they sound exactly like they do on the album, of course it's a little harder to hear his voice but that's not their fault
there is different levels to this riff,
1. get to play it
2. get to play it at proper tempo, and with proper nuances, he accentuates the pull offs
3. the above and have the endurance to play it for the length of the song
This song live is literally making me pleasantly lightheaded
Perfeita *--*
00:7 legendary guitar
Second most. Rchp song behind Zepher song, I cannot believe how incredible these guys are!
greatest show❤
John Frusciante !
FERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DEMAIS !!!!!!!!
LENDA VIVA!
Who's watching it in 2016?!
+mazaret maz me !!!!
Why
+mazaret maz Too busy watching Reana, and whatever other fat ass bitch is popular at the moment.
me! and not only this one, I watch them every f***** day
+mazaret maz I havent stopped watching since they dropped this album
Was reading the interview in guitar player, he likes to practice 2 hours in the morning then 4 hours at the show venue , before the show, so there is that
What a beautiful beginning
What's doing Puyol in Red Hot Chili Peppers
😂😂😂
don't forget about Wayne Rooney playing excellent bass
+mi culo You're right, he's there...
hahaha I was looking for this comment 😂😂😂
Hah bants
Jesus Cristo tocando guitarra?
kkkkk
Esse Frusciante é muito bom, impressionante!
Good guitar play makes the song great
Great song to play to strengthen your guitar playing
“When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual you don’t get to extreme heights” #John frusciante
that crowd is wild
ikr? they were tearing the place apart
He can sing when he playing this fucking amazing riff, he can not be a human. Must from space.
They are so great! I just love Antony's hair.. It looks better than mine haha.
Who’s watching this in 2020?
1:03 Chad almost went into the chorus and saved himself
Favorite guiterist
Это просто суперски
Anthony's haircut rocks! 🤘
The Only and One Frusciante! He is a Master!!!
I miss you so much
He without RHCP is not RHCP!!
I think i found the reason to keep motivated and keep living...
I want to meet John Frusciante.
John is just like chillin.
Does anybody else get hit by their childhood when listening to this? Not that I was really into RHCP when I was young, this was just everywhere in the 2000s, in a good way
i came from RAR 2016 live version with josh and damn... rhcp is not the same without frusciante
Incrível que as músicas do red hot chili Peppers só tenham a magia completa com todos esses caras juntos. Os cds aos quais John esteve fora da banda e como um vazio, um corpo sem alma. Incrível, inteligente e único.
2017 1st September who got this song 🔥🔥
Holy shit the crowd is dead.... So sad.
???
+Jale Goaty McSwagger This concert took place when Stadium Arcadium was just released, that's why the crowd didn't seem "excited", since the song was barely heard.
Because it's boring band
:)
dude... he said the crowd...wtf is wrong with you
아직도 들어요..ㅠㅠ 진짜 명곡임
playing that riff, while singing back vocals. fuking hard! impossible!!!
dude why is no one jumping in the crowd?
This was an semi-unkown song, at the time
actually its because its like the worst crowd of the world, here in argentina ive seen them twice and snow is an epicly high emotional moment every time, the whole crowd jumping in ecstasis, little lame americans...
It's not like that, dude. Here in brazil it's something like that too, but it's not USA fault. The song wasn't very popular at the time, so no one knew how to sing it, or feel its emotion
Exactly, the song wasnt a commercial radio hit yet so people cant know it right?? great highlight of the USA people cold chest lol, the album was already released, whether it was in the top 10 of the charts or not, in other countrys like here and brazil the crowd would be decent anyway.
Ok, I won't try to change your opinion about this
I'm watching on a sunday afternoon after a good lunch! Le pied!!
such a good band. the actual video sounds exactly like them live. god darn you technology.
MAN WHY IS NOBODY ROCKING OUT UGH
LOL "rocking out"
Richie Whoa WHAT?
Peter Tran It's snow..
Peter Tran because it's top of the pops, the main requirement to attend such an event is to either stand awkwardly or do a minor arm dance
"In May 2006, following a special Red Hot Chili Peppers concert recorded in the car park of BBC Television Centre, Hammersmith and Fulham Council (which governs the area the centre is located) informed the BBC that in order to legally conform to an Act of Parliament which came into force in 2004 they needed to have a special licence to continue to admit members of the public to any future performances. Before the matter was resolved the BBC requested the assistance of their own staff members to fill-in as audience members for this and other music shows." -Top of the Pops Wikipedia
John Mo fuckin frusciante. the man is a fucking guitar legend. I'm blown away, he's a total phenom
Fantastic! Made my heart beat so fast.
This is one of the first shows of 2006 so people didn’t know any of these songs, idek if this was played before or after the record, but still new
2:18 when John is playing the build up and backing singing and then drops right into that riff
Today I introduced my self to RHCP one of the best things I did.