“Venice Queen” is also an awesome song
I agree w brad’s criticism of keidis occasionally goofy word choice but I don’t actually have a problem w his persona or singing or any of the other stuff really
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 10 January 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
I like the orchestral accompaniment on "Midnight" (a first for the band, right?) and what sounds like a modular synth of some sort ping-ponging around in "Throw away TV"…
― veronica moser, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
"That Klinghoffer guy who had been playing guitar in RHCP used to play drums in Warpaint," holy crap I didn't realize that.
― akm, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:43 (four years ago) link
I gotta hand it to you, brad: this thing does indeed pick up towards the end (this is the tale end of the often ill-advised Metallica/RHCP "we are going to cram 80 mins of music into this CD) , and makes something worthwhile out of the "we are going to sound solemn and chastened" thing that I disliked about them in 1999… "A Minor Thing" is really quite remarkable…I can't quite believe that I'm impressed with this record, yet this absolutely is because its JF's thing…
― veronica moser, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
"this is the tale end of the often ill-advised Metallica/RHCP "we are going to cram 80 mins of music into this CD" era
― veronica moser, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
I really like “soul to squeeze”. Might be my favorite song by them in retrospective and it’s sort of a template of the RHCP sound. Would be the song I recommend to hear to a newcomer. Also Kiedis is good in it, he’s oddly relaxed instead of annoyingly spastic.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 11 January 2020 04:09 (four years ago) link
It's a pretty good barometer for this band that the singer is relaxed instead of annoyingly spastic on the song where he says "Doo doo doo doo ding le zing a dong bone ba-di ba-da ba-zumba crunga cong gone bad".
― cwkiii, Sunday, 12 January 2020 02:21 (four years ago) link
hahaha yeah I guess he can't avoid it but still, he keeps it down to a bare minimum. That's why I think it's some sort of RHCP sound template, it has them both on ballad mode (that bass is the highlight) and doing that spastic thing but only for a brief moment, it ends before it gets too annoying.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 12 January 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
If he'd take a sudafed now and then
― papa stank (Neanderthal), Sunday, 12 January 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
RHCP are outsider music
― 💠 (crüt), Monday, 13 January 2020 02:57 (four years ago) link
i will begrudgingly admit to loving by the way across the board. it's very much a frusciante record. the overall tunefulness it possesses and the harmonics on some of the tracks (mostly thinking of 'tear' here) are really just beautiful. very consonant music. never did hear those extra tracks from the sessions, but would very much like to.
also this:
what sounds like a modular synth of some sort ping-ponging around in "Throw away TV"…― veronica moser, Friday, January 10, 2020 12:40 PM
is actually a guitar pedal! it's called the seek wah and it's made by sonic mad scientist zachary vex! very cool stuff.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 13 January 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
also, for anyone interested in a good, quick shot of super legit solo frusciante, check out the ian mackaye-produced (no, honestly) dc ep.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 13 January 2020 23:15 (four years ago) link
In the Red Hot Chili Peppers song Funky Monks, there's a line "Can I get a little lovin' from you?/Can I get a little bit of that done did do?" Later on the record, in the song Naked in the Rain, Kiedis sings "Doctor Dolittle, what's your secret?" But for the longest time I thought the lyric was "Done did do, baby what's your secret?" Like it was a callback to the earlier nonsense.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Thursday, 16 January 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
Having just heard Walk This Way on the radio, I maintain that Aerosmith sets the Chili Peppers template. Not just a song like Last Child, which is totally proto Chili Peppers, but in other regards, too. You've got a gibberish jive spouting lead singer, you've got a singer and guitarist who struggled with heroin, the bassist is probably the most talented member ... Against all odds you've also got popular peaks in the 90s. They should tour together.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 January 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
Does anyone in RHCP have their own signature hot sauce though?
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 20 January 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
Probably.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 January 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Just put them on when you are cooking and everything will come out funky.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
Chad Smith seems like the most likely to have a hot sauce because he played in Chickenfoot with Michael Anthony (who has a line of hot sauces) and Sammy Hagar (who has tequilas).
― ☮️ (peace, man), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 13:17 (four years ago) link
a band named the Red Hot Chili Peppers probably has a hot sauce
― Rhoda from Steubenville (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 13:19 (four years ago) link
Their streaming stats are insane, they’re over the stones and Zep but below the Beatles
― calstars, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
Sammy Hagar (who has tequilas)
...and is a full-blown restaurateur.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
I Can't Chive 55
― Rhoda from Steubenville (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
New Chi-Peps song sounds AN AWFUL LOT like the McDonald's Menu Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioojKFSH6hM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfH3yf-vf3A
which itself sounds like Life Is A Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) by Reunion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcRe6DO-sE8
Which influence is cooler?
― peace, man, Sunday, 6 March 2022 21:13 (two years ago) link
This band really sucks, I hate hearing their music
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Sunday, 6 March 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
looooooooooooooooooooool
omg
― the world's undisputed #1 fan of 'Spud Infinity' (Karl Malone), Sunday, 6 March 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
that is fucking HORRIBLE
― the world's undisputed #1 fan of 'Spud Infinity' (Karl Malone), Sunday, 6 March 2022 21:36 (two years ago) link
excellent work peace, man
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 6 March 2022 21:45 (two years ago) link
If you change the playback speed on the RHCP video to 1.25, it's almost a perfect match.
― peace, man, Sunday, 6 March 2022 22:01 (two years ago) link
kill me now lord
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 March 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
Oof, that's what they came up with *after* John Frusciante came back?!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 March 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XxjAshUWE
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 March 2022 22:59 (two years ago) link
It's also like, 4 different Ian Dury & The Blockheads tunes
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 6 March 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
at least Anthony's rapping again
― Josefa, Sunday, 6 March 2022 23:19 (two years ago) link
kkvgz wrote this on thread Does anyone really like the Red Hot Chili Peppers? on board I Love Music on Jun 2, 2010AVC: Did you see any Anthony Kiedis hairs in the shower drain or anything?JM: No, there were a lot of System Of A Down stickers around the place, but that’s about it. No Chi-Peps stickers.AVC: Did you just say “Chi-Peps”?JM: Yeah, man. Jane’s, Chains, Peppers, and Rage, dog. Chi-Peps!
AVC: Did you see any Anthony Kiedis hairs in the shower drain or anything?JM: No, there were a lot of System Of A Down stickers around the place, but that’s about it. No Chi-Peps stickers.
AVC: Did you just say “Chi-Peps”?JM: Yeah, man. Jane’s, Chains, Peppers, and Rage, dog. Chi-Peps!
lol, I posted this w/o context 12 years ago, but that was James Murphy talking about recording in the Rick Rubin mansion.
― peace, man, Sunday, 6 March 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link
How do you pronounce Chi-Peps?
― calstars, Sunday, 6 March 2022 23:48 (two years ago) link
like chai tea.
― peace, man, Monday, 7 March 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
like Chia Pets
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Monday, 7 March 2022 00:35 (two years ago) link
imo
Enough about their pubes!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 March 2022 01:02 (two years ago) link
Having just heard Walk This Way on the radio, I maintain that Aerosmith sets the Chili Peppers template. Not just a song like Last Child, which is totally proto Chili Peppers, but in other regards, too. You've got a gibberish jive spouting lead singer, you've got a singer and guitarist who struggled with heroin, the bassist is probably the most talented member ... Against all odds you've also got popular peaks in the 90s. They should tour together.― Josh in Chicago, Monday, January 20, 2020 1:36 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, January 20, 2020 1:36 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is a quality take, excepting that Aerosmith don't have a ton of songs explicitly about Massachusetts, with titles like "Assachewsetts", "Boobston"; or "Fenway or My Way".
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 March 2022 01:07 (two years ago) link
I mean, Anthony Kiedis had to have bruised his forehead when he realized Tyler beat him to "I wanna get high on the crack of that ass".
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 March 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
Sounds like Barenaked Ladies with a sick rhythm section
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 7 March 2022 01:28 (two years ago) link
like, under the weather.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 March 2022 01:34 (two years ago) link
RHCP & Kirk Douglas in Tough Guys (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRsj3YjwGg0
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 March 2022 07:24 (two years ago) link
Oof, that's what they came up with *after* John Frusciante came back?!― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, March 6, 2022 2:57 PM
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, March 6, 2022 2:57 PM
Sums up my reaction pretty well. At least "Dark Necessities" was kind of good. Bring back Klinghoffer.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 7 March 2022 16:20 (two years ago) link
i like this new song idk
the other one was very bad tho
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 March 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
I'm going to continue asserting that the first three albums are great along with at least half of BSSM and some of the singles afterward and then ignoring everything else that tips over into the corny pile
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 7 March 2022 16:55 (two years ago) link
DJP's assertion seconded
It's also like, 4 different Ian Dury & The Blockheads tunes― Maresn3st, Sunday, March 6, 2022 5:01 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Maresn3st, Sunday, March 6, 2022 5:01 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I wouldn't have made that connection, but lol yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiulgP9kR7c
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 March 2022 16:58 (two years ago) link
For sure Norman Watt-Roy seems like a big Flea precursor.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 March 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
my only hope for this album is that at least one song will contain a huge multitracked choir of frusciantes a la
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3-TO3CE2dY
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 7 March 2022 17:08 (two years ago) link