Best thing I've seen all week - Red Hot Chili Peppers Carpool Karaoke

Man I want to hang out with those guys. RHCP are the best!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfudXO_vzWk

Ya know, there's nowt wrong wi' a little RHCP every now, and then. Yeh they're a bit generic, but there's definitely something to be said for them.

Did you hear the in ear mix of Frusciante? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCKtaKmg6fs Interesting

My favorite member is Poblano

I really enjoyed this. I would watch a weekly series of just this. Bands, singing karioke to their own stuff, and being interviewed. Brilliant.

@ dukeuke Yes!! I think we posted that on the EB Facebook page at one point. I super-geek out over stuff like that. The mix logistics/preferences of a band live on stage - especially at a huge show - is fucking fascinating.

When I was younger and just starting to attend live shows I was the guy who was gear spotting (of course), and always wondering about stuff like: What does everyone like to have in their monitors? What banter and interactions between the band am I not privy to? Do they like the way the mix is sounding at this specific show, do they hate it and are just putting on a nice face? What do they think of the crowd haha

@ boom762 Totally! They all seem so at ease, and the RHCP guys in particular seem so damn fun to hang out with. :)

Ya know I honestly don't know much about Josh Klinghoffer. I truly miss RHCP John Frusciante :( In fact, gonna throw on a live show of theirs in the background as I work today!

Must be interesting for Klinghoffer to join a legendary band like that so late in their career. Huge honor no doubt, but also kind of weird in some ways? Maybe? This is interesting:

Klinghoffer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2012, becoming the Hall of Fame's youngest-ever living inductee at age 32 passing Stevie Wonder, who was 38 when he was inducted.

I watched every carpool karaoke yesterday. I love it. I wish they'd drop all that other stuff they do on that show and just do these.

When I was younger and just starting to attend live shows I was the guy who was gear spotting (of course), and always wondering about stuff like: What does everyone like to have in their monitors? What banter and interactions between the band am I not privy to? Do they like the way the mix is sounding at this specific show, do they hate it and are just putting on a nice face? What do they think of the crowd haha

the band has no idea what the mix sounds like, even if they go out and check it out from the FOH position at soundcheck while their techs play for them, once the place is full of fans acting as 5' to 6' tall sound diffusers that raise the temperature of the air and all their sweat drives the humidity up effecting the speed of sound? the mix will be tweaked at FOH subtatnially during the first 2 numbers... so the band has no clue. As for monitors, some guys are like me and just want a couple key feeds loud and proud every night so they can ock and do their thing with confidence, while other people might vary it based on the size and shape of the stage because that effects perceived stage volume and diffusion. Even if you use sidefills every stage can be a crap shoot and you might need different stuff everynight if you aren't a kick/snare/bass guy. If you cue off the vocalist and not the rhythm section for example.Then there's the in-ear bands, you know, the wimps..... sorry, I just think earbuds on stage are wimpy. We're not DJs, we're supposed to be interacting with eachother and balancing ourselves, and putting a pair of cans on is not helping. Its a viable way to get a great FOH mix but I think it hurts the organic quality of a performance and it starts turning into a bit of a modern pro tools session.