― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 26 June 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 26 June 2005 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine eats nation-states for breakfast! (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 26 June 2005 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link
also, It's So Lonely off of Mother's Milk brings back good memories of the late 80's, especially the video with alex winter in fetal position and wearing a hat.
― ugly and mean, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― ugly and stupid and mean, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
really depends on my mood. I think its got a nice mood, good harmonies and if I'm feeling pleasant I can enjoy Kiedis' dippy new age sex king deal. That said, one of the few tracks that MAKES me enjoy the inanity is "The Zephyr Song."
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
I think I pretty well dug 'em through BSSM (dude, it's their Joshua Tree!!). After that, they just seemed to fade into MORscurity.
Now when I hear Kiedis' voice on the radio, it secretly whispers to me "don't you wonder what's on that other station...? don't you wonder what's on that other station...?"
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:10 (nineteen years ago) link
http://217.204.10.75/img_bg/6603.jpg
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 23:14 (nineteen years ago) link
"Sikamakaneko" and "Show Me Your Soul" are both outstanding. "Soul To Squeeze" may be third place.
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 02:49 (nineteen years ago) link
And Frusciante's solo stuff is excellent. Fractured lo-fi songs that go everywhere melodically but always find their way home.
― Viz (Viz), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Brett Hickman (Bhickman), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
True story: While listening to that album, I accidentally kicked a hole in the wall.
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link
A more than fair point. Now, since I hate Kiedis's voice, the rest follows.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 17:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, the thing about RHCP in the late '80s was they turned me on to about 500 other bands. There was a thing on MTV that I taped that Anthony and Flea were on and in the span of 5 minutes they mentioned the Meters, the JBs, Parliament, the Germs, X, Descendents, Adolescents, Big Boys, Minor Threat, Black Flag, Husker Du, Curtis Mayfield, Fela Kuti, etc etc etc. As a 14 year old with a burgeoning interest in funk and punk rock and whatever else, it had a huge impact on me.
― mcd (mcd), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Love Rollercoaster (by far and away their best because it was on Beavis and Butthead and it sounds nothing like the chilis)
Sir Psycho Sexy (if only for the extended outro and decent bassline, hate the rapping bit)
Songs that are okay by chili peppers:Taste The PainAeroplaneTearjerkerWalkaboutScar Tissue
Songs that I don't like by Chili Peppers:most of the rest.
Their best era was between 1992 and 1994 when they stopped releasing stuff for a while. They should continue in that direction. One Hot Minute was their best album obv. I don't know why I never liked them very much. Half of it was the erect-nipple, soxoncockjock longhair and tattoos jerk-off homomachismo of it all. RHCP instantly make me think of baggy shorts and genital warts*.
The other half is it reminds me of jerks at school. The other other half is is one minute they're trying to be all whacky and spazzed out and trying to be Rick James for dunderhead whiteguys, and next they're trying to write all these stupid lamearsed ballads for your girlfriend to like. Their lyrics put me off the idea of sex at a young age - they made it sound gross, like someone throwing up all over themselves at a party.Their recent stuff is horrible and every time it comes on the pub jukebox I wanna kill myself.
Check out the cover of their new album, really what the fuck man?
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drh200/h259/h25993jdswo.jpg
Dunno, why I don't like them. Really I don't hate them I just reckon they're very very overrated. People tell me I might like John Frustrating's solo work - anyone know if it any good or what?
*wasn't meant to rhyme but it did. if Anthony Kiddies and Feal are reading this thread and want to steal my rhymes then they can.
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:05 (eighteen years ago) link
only rhcp song i will tolerate = 'scar tissue'.
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:15 (eighteen years ago) link
except for that excruciating lyrics change from 'the city of Angels' to 'the city...of cities'
i might still like 'Breaking The Girl' but i can't offer any decent excuses for this.
that album cover and the new single and video are utterly awful.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
keep their hedz ringing lex
― 25 yr old slacker cokehead (Enrique), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), June 29th, 2005.
otm, i'd love to see a reality show solely about cave watching tv and his reactions.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link
there may be a reason for that
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kali (Kali), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link
what is the reason for that? Was it a collab?
I guess all their recent albums have had absoultely disgusting covers. This one takes the biscuit though. Looks like something I could knock up in powerpoint in about 15 minutes.
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
I read an interview where someone was making fun of Flea, saying that he wanted to keep living in Los Felix "because he thought it was more 'punk rock,'" but then Kiedis or someone convinced him to move to Malibu... ha ha.
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Monday, 24 April 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 08:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kali (Kali), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― animal, Wednesday, 26 April 2006 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 26 April 2006 01:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 4 May 2006 09:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 4 May 2006 09:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 4 May 2006 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― jbr with a z (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link
xp
― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link
history lessons /teachable moments throughout,and ROCKIN SOLO
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:51 (eighteen years ago) link
just for kicks, they should write a song about utah.
― jbr with a z (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― deeej, Thursday, 4 May 2006 13:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 4 May 2006 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link
"mormon school girls rule"
― the real world meets laguna beach for adults (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 4 May 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Chili Peppers angry at album leak
Michael "Flea" Balzary (left) said the copy was a "pale imitation"US rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers have hit out at a music "pirate" who leaked their new album, Stadium Arcadium, onto the internet.
Bass player Michael "Flea" Balzary said the group would be heartbroken if fans downloaded it illegally before its official release.
Stadium Arcadium, the band's first studio album in four years, is due to go on sale next week.
A spokeswoman for the band said she did not know who leaked the album.
'Poor quality'
In a letter on the band's website, Flea wrote: "For people to just steal a poor sound quality version of it for free because some asshole stole it and put it on the internet is sad to me.
"I cannot put in words how much this record means to us, how sacred the sound of it is to us, and how many sleepless nights and hardworking days we all had thinking about how to make it be the best sounding thing we could.
"Now for someone to take it and put it out there with this poor sound quality it is a painful pill for us to swallow."
The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Radiohead, Oasis and U2 are among the other stars who have fallen victim to internet leaks.
Falling CD sales have been blamed on piracy but an industry campaign to prosecute illegal uploaders has struggled to contain the problem.
In the US, people who copy music and films before their official release date face up to 11 years in prison under the 2005 Family Entertainment and Copyright Act.
― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 4 May 2006 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link