Does anyone really like the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

RHCP seriously don't deserve all this hatin'
Yes they do.

No further questions, m'lud.

(However, if Tom Waits ever joins a band and has a hit....)

Hooray for Google!

Maybe it's the insomnia talking, but something about it is clicking tonight. I wonder if Miccio still thinks there's a good 10-track album (out of 16) here. Anyway, it in no way resembles the RHCP of old, but it could be the best of the WB-era material.

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.

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."

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...?"

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"Sikamakaneko" and "Show Me Your Soul" are both outstanding. "Soul To Squeeze" may be third place.

And Frusciante's solo stuff is excellent. Fractured lo-fi songs that go everywhere melodically but always find their way home.

True story: While listening to that album, I accidentally kicked a hole in the wall.

A more than fair point. Now, since I hate Kiedis's voice, the rest follows.

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.

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 Pain
Aeroplane
Tearjerker
Walkabout
Scar 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.

only rhcp song i will tolerate = 'scar tissue'.

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.

keep their hedz ringing lex

-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), June 29th, 2005.

otm, i'd love to see a reality show solely about cave watching tv and his reactions.

there may be a reason for that