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Post by mkoasis on Dec 3, 2014 21:24:50 GMT -5
The other thread on Frusciante, got me into listening to their albums, having only been familiar with the big singles. At the moment, I'm listening to the Uplift Mofo Face Party (1987) and am surprised to hear how their sound has evolved/changed since the mid 80s (first album was 84).
So what are your thoughts on this band? Favourite songs? Albums?
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Post by jordan71421 on Dec 3, 2014 21:50:27 GMT -5
By the Way is my favorite album from them, so many great songs on it like By the Way, Can't Stop, Venice Queen, and Dosed (my favorite RHCP song.) Frusciante is an absolute machine on the guitar, I love him
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Post by World71R on Dec 3, 2014 22:56:27 GMT -5
For me, the Chilis are tied with Oasis for my favorite band.
Love their music, love how they've evolved over time, from being just a rough riding funk group, with a rapper for a frontman, doing songs about "partying on your pussy", to a wonderful mix of love songs, guitar solos, rapping, and very articulate songwriting & instrumentation, with Anthony's singing developed from years of practice & what not, singing songs about wishing "All I want is for you to be happy/Take this woman and make you my family."
All of the main guitarists have been worth noting, to say the least. Whether it be Hillel Slovak, the wonderful guitarist, who was an inspiration for John Frusciante, but left the World much too soon, or Frusciante himself, who is one of the all-time greats, imo, or Dave Navarro, a pretty good guitarist who unfortunately never quite fit with the group, or Josh Klinghoffer, Frusciante's protege and is great in his own right, the band has had quite the talent in the lead guitarist spot.
Whoever's been there has had time to blend in with Flea, Cliff Martinez, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, and Jack Irons over the years, and as a result, almost every album & every song has been wonderful.
Stadium Arcadium and Blood Sugar Sex Magik are my two favorites, and probably their two best, with By the Way very closely in third. BTW is easily their most experimental album, with SA also having experimental aspects to it. All three of those albums prove why Frusciante is one of the greats in rock & roll history, as far as guitarists go.
Flea's bass playing is also marvelous too (Ex: Funky Monks) and Chad's had a drumming style that puts the bass & guitar right together. He's also pretty good with custom percussion, too (Ex: Breaking the Girl, The Zephyr Song, Hump de Bump). Anthony hasn't always been the best vocalist, but he most certainly gets the job done for the group when it's been needed. His voice may be slightly out of pitch at times, but like on Funky Monks, Apache Rose Peacock, and Sir Psycho Sexy, it sounds really cool and adds to the raw, funk sound. Love his rapping, too. The Power of Equality is probably his best rapping track, imo.
Awesome group, awesome tunes, and it's amazing how Flea, Anthony, and Chad have been together for (coming up on) 26 years making music, through all the times of people coming and going from the lead guitarist spot, the rise and falls, but still have a strong sense of friendship & overall love for what they do. To me, that's truly what a band is all about, and why the Chili Peppers appeal to such a wide demographic, myself, a Funky Monk & MadFerIt, included.
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Post by mkoasis on Dec 4, 2014 0:02:32 GMT -5
I'm surprised to hear Stadium Arcadium as being really good, to be honest. As a double album, there's always potential for hit and miss and I loved Dani California but Snow, Tell Me didn't do it for me. I'll have to give it a proper listen.
I've also heard that Anthony's book Scar Tissue is really good. The amount of "drama", death, drugs in the band's story is just ridiculous. Hard to beleive what that must be like living through.
@letitbleed, I know you like this band too - let's hear from you!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2014 10:05:15 GMT -5
Great thread ! I'll tell you something. This band is weird for me , I never considered them great , never thought of buying any of there lps , yet when I'm out and about especially when I was a barfly or working in a bar I ALWAYS PICKED A PEOOERS TUNE WITH MY 5 bucks. Sometimes more than 1 ...blood sugar sex magic , californiacation , under the bridge , by the way , that song with give it away give it away now , , the list goes on , as time goes by I realized THERE A GREAT BAND love them, always changing styles , top band. My initial opinion on them was so wrong theyre great
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Post by The Milkman & The Riverman on Dec 4, 2014 12:24:55 GMT -5
I like Stadium Arcadium
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Post by Headmaster on Dec 4, 2014 14:02:08 GMT -5
I like thir hits, massive hits btw, but never dug deeper than that, maybe someday.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Dec 4, 2014 18:54:27 GMT -5
The Red Hot Chili Peppers for me, are in my top 10 bands ever. As I said in the John Frusciante thread, I prefer the older albums.
I wasn't too enamored with Californication and quite honestly haven't listened to much after that except the singles on the radio; I should dig a little deeper into their newer material. I don't listen to a wide range of music these days, that's not to say I'm ignorant to new music, I just tend to get stuck/like to listen to certain bands/songs til I wear them out. It's, uh, kind of a problem of mine.
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is in my top 10 albums ever. To give a little perspective, I bought that album on cassette tape. I was about 13 when that album came out, and only really listened to 'Under the Bridge' and the other singles like 'Give It Way', etc. Later, in my late teens I rediscovered the album and came to really appreciate it. Mother's Milk is my second favorite album by them, both albums featuring a very young John Frusciante.
I actually really liked One Hot Minute featuring Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction fame, but it was a very different version of the Peppers, and I preferred John and Hillel's contributions more.
I think it's cool how the current guitarist Josh is influenced by John, like how John was inspired by Hillel. Hopefully the Peppers continue making music long into the future.
God bless.
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Post by Cast on Dec 5, 2014 10:53:59 GMT -5
I don't mean to be rude but RHCP is one of the most annoying bands to me.
Grant they have made some good-great albums. Mother's Milk and Blood Sex Sugar Magik are fine albums. The latter is one of those 90's defining albums. Californication and By the Way are nice evolutions of band. Showcase that they do have some songwriting chops, but I can't stand Kiedis. As musicians they're one of the best groups around. Kiedis just gets annoying fast and he is definitely the weakest link in the band.
Used to listen to them a lot in middle school, started phasing them out in high school, and by college I didn't even have anything my them on my library. Now that I've discovered and gotten into Funkadelic, its pretty clear to me that RHCP just based their career off of them. Way more so then Oasis did the Beatles in my opinion.
They're a good band that has had great moments but I don't think they've been good for at least a decade now.
Some artists just fade away and don't hold their relevance with people over time. RHCP is one of the biggest bands that had this effect on me.
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Post by mkoasis on Dec 9, 2014 23:49:22 GMT -5
Had some time to listen to more albums, so I thought I'd give my thoughts:
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) - raw, gritty guitar with Beastie Boys style rapping. Not really into it but still worth a listen to see how they started. Surprised to find that the album was produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill.
Freaky Styley (1985) - The music breathes a bit more here, produced by George Clinton, much more funky.
Uplift Mofo Face Party (1987) - Here it starts to get interesting. Band is gelling and songs are better.
Mother's Milk (1989) - First album with Frusciante, very riff-based and very good. This is where you find yourself thinking "This is a good album!" And it is.
Blood Sugar Sex Magic (1991) - This one everybody knows, very funky, band sounds more clear than in past records. This is also where their style becomes more recognizable to today's.
One Hot Minute (1995) - Album with Dave Navarro, more grungy guitar sound. Half of it I like, half not too fussed over. Aeroplane, My Friends, Walkabout, Tearjerker stand out.
Californication (1999) - One of the best. At 15 tracks, it does sag near the end, should be 11 or 12. But those 11 or 12 songs are very strong and melodic. If you like the title track, you'll like the album.
By the Way (2002) - Pleasantly surprised by this one. The melodies and songwriting strike me as rather Beatlesque. Like Californication, the album is long, 16 tracks and mostly mid-paced so can feel long.
Haven't worked my way through the rest yet but I'd say Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Californication, Mother's Milk, and By the Way are the best so far. All good to listen start to end.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Dec 22, 2014 20:36:04 GMT -5
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Post by Lennon2217 on Dec 22, 2014 21:46:22 GMT -5
I don't own any RHCP albums but I did catch them in concert once. It was the summer of 2000 and they were doing a co-headlining tour at summer amphitheater with the Foo Fighters. It was a great time. Plus they played Soul To Squeeze and that song is the bees knees.
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Post by World71R on Dec 22, 2014 22:41:54 GMT -5
Had some time to listen to more albums, so I thought I'd give my thoughts: Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) - raw, gritty guitar with Beastie Boys style rapping. Not really into it but still worth a listen to see how they started. Surprised to find that the album was produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill. Freaky Styley (1985) - The music breathes a bit more here, produced by George Clinton, much more funky. Uplift Mofo Face Party (1987) - Here it starts to get interesting. Band is gelling and songs are better. Mother's Milk (1989) - First album with Frusciante, very riff-based and very good. This is where you find yourself thinking "This is a good album!" And it is. Blood Sugar Sex Magic (1991) - This one everybody knows, very funky, band sounds more clear than in past records. This is also where their style becomes more recognizable to today's. One Hot Minute (1995) - Album with Dave Navarro, more grungy guitar sound. Half of it I like, half not too fussed over. Aeroplane, My Friends, Walkabout, Tearjerker stand out. Californication (1999) - One of the best. At 15 tracks, it does sag near the end, should be 11 or 12. But those 11 or 12 songs are very strong and melodic. If you like the title track, you'll like the album. By the Way (2002) - Pleasantly surprised by this one. The melodies and songwriting strike me as rather Beatlesque. Like Californication, the album is long, 16 tracks and mostly mid-paced so can feel long. Haven't worked my way through the rest yet but I'd say Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Californication, Mother's Milk, and By the Way are the best so far. All good to listen start to end. See, that's one of the small things I love about the Chili Peppers. They can solidly nail down a 14-16 track album (or even two 14 track albums, see SA) that goes for an hour+, and it still sounds absolutely brilliant from start to finish. I think that's one area where the chemistry, hard work, and passion, definitely shine through with them. |
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Post by Manualex on Dec 22, 2014 23:25:11 GMT -5
I don't own any RHCP albums but I did catch them in concert once. It was the summer of 2000 and they were doing a co-headlining tour at summer amphitheater with the Foo Fighters. It was a great time. Plus they played Soul To Squeeze and that song is the bees knees. Muse.were opening, that gig right now wouldnt be possible(unless you went to a fesrival). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 19:05:47 GMT -5
i could just never get into them. nothing makes me reach for my car stereo preset buttons faster than when a RHCP song comes on.
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Post by World71R on Jun 29, 2016 17:01:56 GMT -5
The Getaway is a really good album. I'd say it's tied with BTW, and just a tick behind SA, as far as best Chili Peppers albums go. Josh sounds more "in the band" and it shows. The textures he adds are elegant and funky, almost like what Froosh and the guys set out to do with BTW but fell just short of doing.
Speaking of which, BTW is another good album. It's a bit poppy at times, but that also makes for some of the best moments on the album (like with Dosed). There's a wide variety of sounds and influences, aside from the usual funk affair, like on the synthesizer-driven Warm Tape, the two-in-a-half-part-in-one Venice Queen, the Beatlesque Tear, the Latin-infused Cabron, and the 60s psychedelic pop-influenced Universally Speaking. It's their most wide-ranging work to date and is worth a listen, even if you don't usually listen to the Chilis.
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Post by Headmaster on Jun 29, 2016 21:20:07 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 8:02:25 GMT -5
I can enjoy some RHCP from time to time.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Feb 3, 2023 5:24:43 GMT -5
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Post by The Escapist on Feb 3, 2023 7:53:56 GMT -5
I like that "Parallel Universe" tune.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Feb 6, 2023 10:50:00 GMT -5
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