Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Slane Castle

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Summary: amazing, simply amazing
Review: I was at slane on August 23rd 2003 and saw one of the most amazing shows ever. This DVD manages to capture the atmosphere of that day and really sums up that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are the greatest band on Earth. If you were there or if you weren't there get this DVD and see for yourself that this show was truly spectacular and showed a great band at their very best. You will never tire of this concert.

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Summary: One of the best concerts ever!
Review: I find this dvd pretty exiting, it was an exellent camara and a perfect sound. The songs are cool and damn! i was just thown by the view of the stage, the crowd and the red hot chili peppers. You have to buy it! i didn't put 5 stars because they sang some songs i didn't like but that was ok.

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Summary: review
Review: I just recently got my copy of "Live at Slane Castle" and I much say that by far this was the best DVD i've ever bought. I know that I may only be 18 and haven't been around for the 20 years of the Chili Peppers, but I've heard almost all of their music, and I've managed to get myself to a concert and this DVD was just like being at the concert all over again. The music was great and you know they love to perform for a crowd. I highly recommend this DVD to anyone.

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Summary: Red Hot hits concert
Review: I would not say that this is an excelent dvd, maybe because there is a lack of soul..There were really many people in Slane Castle, and I believe it is a reason for that we fell a distance of the band. Most of the concerts they're more vigorous. Most of the time, the concert was predictable. Even with the best audio equipment, this great track selection - focusing Californication hits - didn't make me feel inside of the crown.

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Summary: Live at slane rocks!!!!!
Review: I had the pleasure of going to see the Chili Peppers during this tour with great seats - I was dead center in the pit. There couldn't have been more than twenty feet seperating me from the band. Being only a casual RHCP fan, I was blown away by the awesome power of their live performance. That remains the best concert I've ever been too. And this DVD is a perfect way to revisit that experience again and again.

If you were also went to see them during that tour, this DVD is essential. They were smart in that they played almost the same setlist and wore the same clothes even (most remarkably Flea's Skeleton costume - reminiscent of John Entwistle) so that for all intents and purposes no matter where you saw them this concert is almost exactly like the one you saw.

The Chili Peppers were full of great surprises here. First of all, John Frusciante has new solo's for every song and he's in prime guitar god form. His improvisations are brilliant, including the intro to "By the Way" which opened the concert and especially the extended solo after "Throw Away Your Television" will blow your mind. I still recall my jaw dropping when watching him perform this live. Also it's good to see they included his solo performance of "Maybe", a 60's pop love song, which comes right after "Scar Tissue" although it's not listed. That was an odd and memorable part of the show I saw.

The filmmakers were smart to film the concert from start to finish. No breaks to hear short interviews from the band. No 'Song Remains the Same' style movie clips. Just pure unadulturated Chili Peppers goodness. There are also some cool effects such as the still-motion, 180 degree, Matrix-style camera trick used to capture and accentuate Anthony Kiedis's crazy jumping around. I also liked how they focused on the right people at the right time, so that interested guitarists such as myself could see the fretboard during many of Frusciante's solos.

Overall there's nothing to complain about with this DVD. It's the best live document of the Chili Peppers that you could hope for. The only thing I would have liked (if only as a lark) is as an extra feature some footage of opening band French Toast, who came on before Queens of the Stone Age. My friends and I had many laughs at their expense, especially when we realized the lyrics to one of their songs chorus's was "This is what I had for breakfast!" Anyone who came early and saw them knows what I'm talking about. Anyway, if you were at this tour you would do well to have this as a reminder. And if you weren't at the tour, buy this to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers at their absolute best.

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Summary: truly magnificient
Review: This DVD is simpliy one of few things I can claim as money well spent. The Dolby 5.1 and DTS sound is amazing, and the camera work is fabulous. But besides all that, you get to see one of the top performances from one of the most talented groups on the planet. If you like this DVD , you will also like U2 Live from Castle Slane.

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Summary: erge
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Ok first of all, i'm really not a fan of the rhcp, but i'm definitely a fan of the song "under the bridge." That's the only reason why i bought the dvd. I saw the rhcp performed on vh1 at someone's backyard pool party for an hour or so set, and i thought they were just an average garage band that adds funk/rap to rock n roll.

now with that said, I really didn't think that john is spcecial at all. He can't be more average than that! hence, he's not known among guitar gods (steve vai, hendrix, satriani, malmsteen, etc)!

lead singer's voice does his job just fine.

flea has some really nice and interesting hook.

drummer is just fine.

maybe it's just me, but i really didn't like the rapping! I use to listen to undergroup hip hop mc's and to go from that and listen to anthony rap is a disrespect in a way.

reminds me of limp bizkit and some other corny ass mtv pop bands that adds rap into rock. eys yes yes, i know that run dmc and aerosmith paved the way for these kids, but come on, you can't say that it works! i hate it. i give them props for being original.

I think what killed it for me is the fact that 90 percent of the song on this dvd has some sorta rap in it.

of course the dvd was professionally made, and i appreciate that. freakin' matrix! nice!


so all in all, i felt like the rhcp does not fit my taste, and i feel that john's guitar playing should not be talked about. cuz it's not even worth it. go buy joe satriani's dvd or steve vai's dvd. those are the real hardcore pros. any guitar beginners can play what john does.

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Summary: The best live concert DVD ever!
Review: Lets start with the location: Slane Castle, Ireland. Slane is renowned worldwide for the annual Rock Concerts held in the natural amphitheater in front of the Castle. Artists such as U2, R.E.M., Oasis, Neil Young, David Bowie, Queen, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones and Madonna have performed live. So The Red Hot Chili Peppers are in good company here.

The Peppers deliver a mind blowing performance. I would go as far as to say that the live performance are better than the album version of the songs in several cases. John Frusciante delivers a blistering performance, changing up riffs, adding guitar sections, and adding more funk to the show. John also as an incredible voice. Some people don't realize how much Frusciante adds to the band; but they will after seeing this DVD.

Not only is the performance perfect, so is the production. This is probably the best sounding live concert I've ever purchased, and I have several. The sound is very loud. The guitars, bass, and drums all sound crystal clear; and nothing over powers Anthony's incredible vocals.

This DVD is worth every penny. You'll find yourself watching it multiple times.


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Summary: Great Show..........PERIOD
Review: With Live at Slane Castle, the always excellent chili peppers show you why they are argueably the best band still around today making new music. Even with a setlist of songs mostly from their last two albums, some of which I never particularly liked are played so well that any viewer is easily swayed into just loving the performance. A real treat with this show is how essentially all the songs form this massive hour and a half jam with multiple songs getting cool new intros (take for example the amazing guitar solo intro to By The Way which I wish they had included on the album) and you will agree that the Chilis are absolutely fantastic live. John Frusciante shows why he is arguably one of the most skilled guitar players of all time with his multitudes of great riffs and amazing improvisational skill when it comes to soloing (Just listen to Scar Tissue and you will be swayed to believe that the man is truly a god.) I particularly like how he plays Under The Bridge shirtless exposing his arms which are scarred from years of shooting heroin. It really drives the message of the song home that you should take an example from him and never use drugs because you will get f**ked up like he was and be all scarred and permanently screwed up. Flea, as a musician, has pulled off a total three sixty and totally changed his playing style as of late and it is shown quite well on this DVD. He used to play mostly slap riffs and steal the show with just mindboggling playing but has now essentially converted to being a rhythm guitar player who just happens to play bass but throws millions of amazing fills into every song. Can it always be heard well? NO! That doesnt change the fact that if you watched this DVD at a high volume you would see his amazing skill as a musician. He still though does the crazy trademark Flea antics of jumping around like a jackass and doing a buncha crazy dance moves while playing. (SIDENOTE:Before the three song encore you must watch Flea's semi hilarious trumpet solo which intros the encores) Flea still though has a solo before around the world and adds a much needed solo to By The Way (No offense but the album version of the song should've had Flea soloing instead of playing the verse riff during what would essentially be a good solo). He also does some really cool stuff along with John before Californication. Anthony Kiedis is, as always, in absolute top form jumping around and putting every bit of energy he has into performing. Then there's the good ole backbone of the band, their drummer, Chad Smith. The guy is fantastic and sadly only gets to shortly showoff during his about minute long drum solo before Flea's trumpet solo. He basically does what he's always done with a smile on his face, which is grabbing what Flea's doing and what John's doing and fuzing it to create a song. It's cool when he comes out before his solo and starts playing drums on key with the crowd which is singing OLE OLE OLE OLE. Sure the guy doesn't get to do too much during the show but it really is a joy to watch him play. Overall, sure the setlist isn't that great but it's the state of mind they're in right now so deal with it but they do manage to take an average setlist and whip out this awesome show for the ages. Anyone who loves music should go out and buy this DVD right now. That's my two cents. Peace Out.