Providence Civic Center May 13, 2000
The Chili Peppers on the other hand seemed to be taking a step
back
from their days of getting the funk in your face and rocking your sock
off.
Maybe it's the tenor of the songs on their new album, but they seemed
ready
to groove a bit longer.
Most of the material that the Chili Peppers played was from
"Californication." Since John Frusciante is back in the band the groove
is
a bit mellower compared with some of his replacements over the past few
years. "Around the World" was really nice and loose, and was followed by
one of the nights only "old" songs, "Give it Away."
"Otherside" was in there someplace near the beginning, and it was
cool
to see Flea and Frusciante trade licks back and forth. Between songs Flea
or Anthony Kiedis would address the audience with some goofy banter to
keep
things light. At one point Flea even mentioned that he was free as a prom
date.
Overall the Chili Peppers didn't rock out as hard as the Foo Fighters,
but they still did a fine set of groovy rock and roll that more than
pleased the sold out crowd. Lizzy gave the Foo's a 9 and the Chili
Peppers
a 7.
After the show we headed over to the Met Caf* for Freakshow's CD
Release. Check out "Mood Swings," it's awesome and Freakshow are ready to
take over the world.
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