Our apologies in advance to all Jane’s Addiction fans.  While we acknowledge that band has given us some great songs and performances over the years, we couldn’t help but notice recently (when Jane’s Addiction played the Jimmy Kimmel Show the other night) how much Perry Farrell‘s stage look and persona now resembles TV show Modern Family’s dork-dad, Phil Dunphy (actor Ty Burrell).  Sadly, the similarities are not just in appearance, but also in performance (as we envision dorky-Dunphy performing as a rock ‘n roller).

Just check out the video below, where the resemblance is more clear than the pictures above.  Starting at 0:25 it’s full-on, Dunphy dork-rock.  Of particular note is Farrell’s shimmy at 3:13.  Stop it Phil, you’re killin’ us!!

On top of this, the jury is still out as to what percentage of Farrell’s actual vocals were involved in the chorus of this song.  Perry looks like Fred Astaire up there trying to tap dance all the Milli Vanilli effects/gloss on his pedal board.

The bottom line is that Farrell’s (and the band’s) stodgy stage antics, at least on Kimmel, amount to mere arena-rock caricature.  Just sayin’.  And the poses and playing of David Navarro?  Don’t get us started.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFRTS2y9iMg