Stadium Arcadium

[Human Bass]

Flea is quite awesome in this album, right on the spot, not over the top.

 

[MicB]

I think I have the same opinion many here do...

I thought 'aww crap another BTW' the first time, but the more i listen, the more i like it. Its really growing on me.

 

[JamesM]

Got it 2day. Really impressed on 1st listen.

 

[Thunderbird91]

The only thing I don't like is that some of the horn parts, which were done on guitar with a MIDI system, sound kind of cheezy.

Wrong! Flea played the trumpet before bass and still does. (he was a hardcore jazz musician back in the day) He just decided to play on the album. That is Flea playing a REAL trumpet.

 

[heath_the_great]

just got it today..lovin it...its more guitar orientated which is awesome, flea's perfect as usual, chad, well..its chad, cant get any better...love the "newer style" ill call it....ive had BSSM since it came out (i was 5) and OHM was brilliant IMO, stadium arcadium is definately spilliting the two apart when it comes to favourites..love 21st century, tell me baby and hump de bump

 

[baba]

Just listened to half of the first disc and I really dig it. What's with all this talk of no funk on the album??!! So far it has plenty. Hump de Bump is killer.

 

[Lo end PUNCH]

They are better than this and theres a lot of repetition, Flea sounds really different and that may be because he switched back to Jazz basses. I dunno, just not feeling this one.

 

[BassGod]

Wrong! Flea played the trumpet before bass and still does. (he was a hardcore jazz musician back in the day) He just decided to play on the album. That is Flea playing a REAL trumpet.

Wrong! I read in an interview with Frusciante in Guitar World that all (or most, I can't remember) of the horn parts were done on guitar.

But yes, Flea is quite good at trumpet. His little solo on the Slane Castle DVD is cool.

Graeme

 

[phxlbrmpf]

Now that is weird. Why do the horn parts with some sort of guitar synth when you have a talented trumpet player in the band? Pretty much all RHCP albums have a tad of trumpet (done by Flea) on them.

 

[BassGod]

Apparently I need to re-read this interview. Hold on...

Graeme

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Anthony's rhymes are mad chill on this record yo.

 

[HiFi]

Apparently I need to re-read this interview. Hold on...

Graeme

Flea mentions playing horns on the album on the special edition box set DVD.

 

[BassGod]

Flea mentions playing horns on the album on the special edition box set DVD.

Damn you're right. He did play some sort of synth guitar, but he doesn't specifically say he did the horns.

On another note, is the deluxe package worth it? The album is continuing to grow on me, so I may just pick it up.

Graeme

 

[HiFi]

Damn you're right. He did play some sort of synth guitar, but he doesn't specifically say he did the horns.

On another note, is the deluxe package worth it? The album is continuing to grow on me, so I may just pick it up.

Graeme

If you really collect RHCP stuff, it's worth it, otherwise, just the normal packaging is fine. I didn't even realize I was buying the limited edition box until I got home and saw that what I had bought was that box.

 

[EricF]

Flea is still active in playing the trumpet (he takes lessons from my friend's neighbor). I'd be surprised if he played synth guitar for the trumpet parts - maybe other things, but not the trumpet. Of course, I've been surprised before.

 

[BassGod]

As I said, I think I was wrong about that. But even listening to the horn parts now, they sound so perfect that it seems like a synthesizer. Maybe Flea is just that good.

Graeme

 

[LaquerFunkMonk]

"Magic Johnson" is my Favorite chili pepper song. next to Yertle the Turtle.........God....they were funky! (were)

 

[Thunderbird91]

Pretty much all RHCP albums have a tad of trumpet (done by Flea) on them.

 

[phxlbrmpf]

Yes they do, the first three albums have a couple of songs with trumpet (not too sure about Uplift Mofo), Mother's Milk has trumpet, BSSM has trumpet, OHM doesn't, Californication doesn't, but By the Way does. That's still quite a bunch of albums.

 

[heath_the_great]

just finished listening to the jupiter disc in its entirety.....awesome love it...love the chilis sortof updated "heavy-funk" as ill describe it