A lot of people, seemingly. Not me, mind. Flea maybe a technically great musician, but his plinking-plonking-twanging bass sound is one of my least favourite sounds, not even just in the musical field. It's worse than the sound of belching. Ugh. "Californication" was in my top 5 least favourite albums of all time, it's an absolute dog of an album.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave M. (rotten03), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave M. (rotten03), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Yancey (ystrickler), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 11 October 2002 20:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 11 October 2002 23:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 12 October 2002 00:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
maybe, but i would argue that the self-indulgent/dull/irritating moments in JA are at least as bad as anything RHCP did. i think the fact that JA broke up before most of their fans outgrew their stuff is their critical shining armor.
― Dave M. (rotten03), Saturday, 12 October 2002 00:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Saturday, 12 October 2002 00:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Saturday, 12 October 2002 05:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― G. Turkington, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 22:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
the 1988 Sam Elliot/Paul Weller film
I would pay money to see Sam Elliot kill Paul Weller on film. Or at least abuse him.
As for the question at hand...I'll grant 'em "Give It Away" and Frusciante really is a fantastic musician on his own. But that's it.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 23:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
“Hey, why didn’t we think of that?”
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 17 October 2002 03:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 17 October 2002 03:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 17 October 2002 03:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
Copies were at Terrastock.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 October 2002 03:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 17 October 2002 11:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
it pained me to say that.
― adam b (adam b), Thursday, 17 October 2002 19:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― G. Turkington, Friday, 18 October 2002 23:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― t, Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― t, Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
frusciante's cuteness is another matter entirely.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
EVERYONE DOES. (except for me & maybe chaki)
Honestly, I loved their first 3 albums, was kinda "meh" about most of Mother's Milk (even though "Magic Johnson" & "Knock Me Down" are grebt songs, and "Pretty Little Ditty" was a thing of beauty until Crazytown raped it raw), ABSOLUTELY LOVED AND STILL DO Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and everything since then has been touched with rare moments of greatness ("Kill Your Television" fr'instance), but mostly frustrating in-that they've got great melodic/harmonic ideas (thank you John Frusciate!), but a lead singer with a rather limited range and a voice that can be k-annoying. This is a band I once loved, now a band I k-like that has some songs I love that my own band is (painfully often) compared to.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well, I'm sold!
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 10 April 2003 13:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Thursday, 10 April 2003 14:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 10 April 2003 19:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 10 April 2003 19:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Vinnie (vprabhu), Thursday, 10 April 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 10 April 2003 23:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
By The WayUniversally SpeakingThis Is The PlaceDosedThe Zephyr SongCan't StopCabronOn MercuryMinor ThingVenice Queen
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 11 April 2003 20:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
See, the problem is how we're defining 'pleasant.' ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 April 2003 20:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Friday, 11 April 2003 21:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
MAYBE? man i never miss a show. wait till you hear what Angelo Moore/Chaki are workin on in the studio together!
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 11 April 2003 21:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 11 April 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 April 2003 21:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 April 2003 21:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
Unyielding ConditioningLemon MerangueRock StarWhen Problems AriseHousework
― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 12 April 2003 01:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'm wondering how Gill's production technique has changed over the years. There's a sort've crackly, blistering quality to the sound on this album, but the players seem very sonicly tucked behind the vocals, which -- unfortunately -- highlights Anthony Kiedis' limitations as a singer (not Andy Gill's fault). At the very least -- it's got a cleaner sound, quite unlike, say, the last Killing Joke album, Democracy, so here's hoping Gill's input solves that dilemna.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Brooke Hardy, Saturday, 14 June 2003 10:20 (twenty years ago) link
AL B SURE TO THREAD
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 14 June 2003 12:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 14 June 2003 12:28 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Saturday, 14 June 2003 17:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 14 June 2003 18:06 (twenty years ago) link
Jesus Christ, this is one of the harshest damned-if-you-do/damned-if-you-don't set-ups I've ever heard of
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 14 June 2003 18:14 (twenty years ago) link
Scar Tissue is a great song btw
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:17 (one year ago) link
One of my students wrote beautifully about Scar Tissue last semester. I was a little dubious at first when she chose that song bc I had preexisting bias but she convinced me it was deeper than I thought.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:21 (one year ago) link
Idk why anyone is talking about REM jock jams but I’d vote for Stand!
Orange Crush > Stand
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:40 (one year ago) link
Turn You Inside Out could work, too. Or Finest Worksong, etc. Anything with big drums (which Stand lacks).
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:47 (one year ago) link
but what is the Pylon stadium jam?
― Brad C., Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:52 (one year ago) link
For various reasons I have fallen into a hyperlocal music scene where 30-year-old people inexplicably love 30-year-old music.
Seriously RHCP is implicated in a seemingly inexhaustible well of 90s jams that the young adults apparently crave. Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Goo Goo Dolls, Counting Crows, Sugar Ray, Hootie, Killers, Smashmouth, Gin Blossoms, Foo Fighters.
I have sat in on drums with two bands that play this stuff and it is a complete mindboink.
It's like this - I load in, set up my kit, get a drink, look out at a normal bar crowd. Ho, hum, I've done this a thousand times and mostly get ignored. Then the band starts up with "Under the Bridge" or "All Star" and the place fucking EXPLODES. All of a sudden, five 20-something women in sparkly tank tops are going WOOOO and putting money in the tip jar and asking if we know any Coldplay and buying me drinks.
It's uncanny and I have no explanation for it. When this music was current I had no love for it (I'm an 80s creature) but I can play it all from memory without thinking. If I had known this was a thing, I wouldn't have bothered with half my repertoire.
― Auf Der Martini (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 14:04 (one year ago) link
Chili Peppers should do a "Shrek" song. Whether or not there's a new "Shrek" movie. Though for all I know, they're all "Shrek" songs. "Under the Bridge" is for sure about Shrek.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link
Sometimes I feel like I don't have an ogre
― Auf Der Martini (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 15:49 (one year ago) link
Sometimes I feel like my only friend / Is the donkey I live with / A wisecracking equine
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:11 (one year ago) link
Give it away give it away give it away now
Mike Myers walking like he talkin
Understand I don't wanna be a dorkwad
How come everybody wanna keep it like Lord Farquaad
― Auf Der Martini (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
I really like Flea’s playing on higher ground, it sounds like he’s climbing a stairmaster
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:20 (one year ago) link
"Under the Bridge" is for sure about Shrek"you're right. under sheck's bridge you find shrek's mud pool
― CerebralCaustic, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 23:59 (one year ago) link