Nuo pat tada, kai sekmadienio (vasario 2 d.) vakare "Red Hot Chili Peppers" surengė pašėlusį pasirodymą kartu su Bruno Mars, atlikdami dainą "Give it Away", netyla šnekos. Kadangi ne vienas akylesnis žiūrovas pastebėjo, kad bosistas Flea "grojo" net neprisijungęs prie stiprintuvo, imta garsiai kalbėti, kad "RHCP" tik vaidino pagal fonogramą.

Atsakydamas į kaltinimus, vakar (vasario 5 d.) Flea prisipažino, kad visa tai yra tiesa - grupė imitavo grojimą pagal anksčiau padarytą įrašą. Taip nuspręsta padaryti, nes nenorėta susimauti per tokį svarbų Amerikai renginį. Bet, pasak Flea, nors jis ir gitaristas Justinas Klinghofferis "grojo" neįjungtais instrumentais, tačiau Anthony Kiedis dainavo gyvai.

Visai tai sukėlė daug kontroversiškų reakcijų, įskaitant ir kolegų muzikantų.

Dabar gi panoro savo savo požiūrį panoro išsakyti ir "Guns N' Roses" vokalistas Axl Rose, kuris nusiuntė "Hollywood Reporter" ir "Billboard" ilgą pareiškimą. Jame jis gina "Red Hot Chili Peppers", tačiau taip pat ir švelniai patraukia juos per dantį, pasirodymą šį pasirodymą "karaokiniu".

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"In The Name Of Science

In regard to the internet’s “no wireless” controversy regarding the Red Hot Chili Peppers Superbowl performance as reported on ESPN…

I enjoyed the show and I’ve no idea what the real story is nor would I want to suggest or imply anyone wasn’t actually performing or that what they were playing wasn’t what we actually heard. That said I feel it’s important to always look on the positive side of things and to give the benefit of doubt.

So consider that maybe sometime before their actual performance that rather than use a guitar cord or standard wireless, that in the name of science and for all mankind Flea courageously had a newly invented breakthrough in microchip technology installed in his ass that picked up the frequencies of his bass and transmitted them to his amplifier.

Maybe they all had microchips installed in their asses and not only pick up the frequencies of their instruments but get Direct TV and the internet too! Like Google Glass… Google Ass! They could be “Scientific Pioneers!” Like Buzz Aldrin and shit! True (pardon the pun) ASS-tro-nots! Or like Superbowl crash test dummies for bands kinda like those cars that drive themselves!

And besides… If the band wasn’t really playing or wireless or whatever and Anthony was really singing they may have set a new world record for the largest karaoke audience ever! Awesome!

So relax and show some pride! This is probably all just Google finding new ways to enrich our lives with the selfless volunteering of the Peppers and the ever ongoing creative process of true innovation or perhaps a new lounge bar record of super magnificent proportions and a new pinnacle of human achievement not seen since the sign language guy in South Africa!

God Bless America, the Peppers n’ technology… PN’T!

Ax"


Skandalą sukėlęs "Red Hot Chili Peppers" pasirodymas per "Super Bowl" (žiūrėti maždaug nuo 07:30):