I feel like I'm putting up with their music than I am enjoying it... I know that's wrong, but I'm not really digging anything they've done in the last 10 years or so...
Really? Cause for me Californication, By The Way, and Stadium Arcadium might possibly be the greatest 3 consecutive releases by any band since the Beatles or Zeppelin.
Californication was the last one that resonated with me... Can't explain it...
They started to chill out musically after Californication so I can see way you're saying. To each his own. I seem to listen to Stadium more than any other Chilis album. Johns guitar work I that album is amazing
I take it back... There's a song from Stadium that ended up in the movie "The Fighter"... Strip my mind or something... I dig that track...
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Been revisiting some of their albums lately. "One Hot Minute" is still a solid album almost 30 years down the road.
"Californication" is solid throughout but the way the vocals were recorded makes it an "in the car" album for me. Lots of harshness and sibilance on revealing equipment in a quiet environment. Takes away from the experience.
Listening to "By the Way" right now. I haven't played this album in years. It didn't really click with me when it came out but it sounds pretty fucking good now!
If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
Been revisiting some of their albums lately. "One Hot Minute" is still a solid album almost 30 years down the road.
"Californication" is solid throughout but the way the vocals were recorded makes it an "in the car" album for me. Lots of harshness and sibilance on revealing equipment in a quiet environment. Takes away from the experience.
Listening to "By the Way" right now. I haven't played this album in years. It didn't really click with me when it came out but it sounds pretty fucking good now!
Agreed on all counts. OHM is so underrated, the mixing and mastering on Californication ruins an otherwise great album and BTW gets better with every listen.
Been revisiting some of their albums lately. "One Hot Minute" is still a solid album almost 30 years down the road.
"Californication" is solid throughout but the way the vocals were recorded makes it an "in the car" album for me. Lots of harshness and sibilance on revealing equipment in a quiet environment. Takes away from the experience.
Listening to "By the Way" right now. I haven't played this album in years. It didn't really click with me when it came out but it sounds pretty fucking good now!
Agreed on all counts. OHM is so underrated, the mixing and mastering on Californication ruins an otherwise great album and BTW gets better with every listen.
You know, I don't think I appreciated "By the Way" until I got onboard and fully absorbed "Stadium Arcadium". The singles from those albums that were played on the radio didn't do much for me but a close friend urged me to buy SA and listen to it all the way through. That's when that evolution of the band finally clicked with me.
Now, I love "Stadium Arcadium" and I think of "By the Way" as the prefect bridge between it and "Californication".
Funny how sometimes you have to go backwards for something to make sense.
If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
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They started to chill out musically after Californication so I can see way you're saying. To each his own. I seem to listen to Stadium more than any other Chilis album. Johns guitar work I that album is amazing
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EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
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Yep, Strip my Mind is the one. Great tune. I dig Johns vocals to open the song.
9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
Just watched the fighter the other night. This 'forgotten' song caught my ear too- I've listened to it a few times since.
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"Californication" is solid throughout but the way the vocals were recorded makes it an "in the car" album for me. Lots of harshness and sibilance on revealing equipment in a quiet environment. Takes away from the experience.
Listening to "By the Way" right now. I haven't played this album in years. It didn't really click with me when it came out but it sounds pretty fucking good now!
Now, I love "Stadium Arcadium" and I think of "By the Way" as the prefect bridge between it and "Californication".
Funny how sometimes you have to go backwards for something to make sense.