Red Hot Chili Peppers

Soupy

1991-2 They were probably my fav band. BSSM was one (and still is) hell of an album, but since with each passing year and new Chili's album i've gone off them more and more. Californication did bring my love back for a short while, but then they went and made the dull 'By The Way'. Stadium Arcadium has a few good tracks but way, way too much crap.

Pearl Jam and toast

darthvedder88 wrote:

Seriously, the Chili Peppers rock!!! So what if they're mainstream? They're still damn good!!!

^^ i agree.

BSSM is almost perfect, and the rest of their work is great too.

Here's a big reason why people hate them right now: Dani California and Tell Me Baby.

Crap, boring pop rock songs on an album that's fucking spectacular. By The Way was a little bit the same..

"By The Way" and "Can't Stop" kind of suck (not bad.. but kind of) but the third single I believe was Zephyr Song which is pretty. "Snow" is a beautiful song and actually deserving of the respect they've gotten, unlike the firs two singles.

red mos

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

^^ i agree.

BSSM is almost perfect, and the rest of their work is great too.

Here's a big reason why people hate them right now: Dani California and Tell Me Baby.

Crap, boring pop rock songs on an album that's fucking spectacular. By The Way was a little bit the same..

"By The Way" and "Can't Stop" kind of suck (not bad.. but kind of) but the third single I believe was Zephyr Song which is pretty. "Snow" is a beautiful song and actually deserving of the respect they've gotten, unlike the firs two singles.

I think that is part of the problem. Out of 28 songs on SA, Dani California is by far the wost song for a single. There are soooo many other songs that would have been better. Dani california was ruined for me the night it premered on Dallas radio anyway. The dj puts the track on and says "check out this new track by the chili peppers-"anything sound familiar??" He then starts singing Mary Jane's last dance by Tom Petty over the chili pepper song!" I laughed my ass off. I think "stadium Arcadium", desecration smile, wet sand (killer track... love it), and slow cheetah would be some great radio singles. Dani California is so lackluster.
Also, I really wish they would start playing some One hot minute tracks live. I understand that John quit the peppers before that album, but that was a choice he made. I think it would be great to hear his unique guitar style to those tracks as oposed to Dave Navarros guitar parts. I never really understood, why John has refused to learn/play songs from that album. Warped, and My friends were great songs. I liked aeroplane too.

Lukin66

I used to dislike them until I read Scar Tissue...which is more a biography on Anthony Keidis than the RHCP. I did gain a new appreciation for them through his writing. They've been through some tough shit, but then again, everyone is messed up to some extent.

Brez

When people say that they think Stadium Arcadium sucks, I can see why you would think that, because the songs that they used for singles either just plain old sucked (Dani California) or were too poppy and got really old really fast (Snow, Tell Me Baby).

But when some people said Californiacation sucked... I think we have to agree to disagree. I just love that album, granted some of the songs get old (Other Side), there is just not one bad song on there (for me...).

I've only seen them once, and this was back in October of 2006. And when some guys have said that they are hit and miss live, I guess I'll have to take their word for it. Seeing as I've only seen them once, but any show seeing John Frusciante (one of my favorite guitarists of all time), Flea (favorite bassist of all time), and Chad open and close with a jam is a good show. I see how if you don't play an instrument or are a person who likes to hear more singing this may get boring, but that is pretty much the only reason I went to that show, to see them jam.

Which I guess leaves the question How are they "hit or miss" live? What was a bad show that you saw them do?

EDIT: I forgot to mention how awesome of an album of Blood Sugar Sex Magik is... just for the hell of it...

LuthienTinuviel

i also understand when people say that they don't like stadium arcadium as an album...28 songs are just too much...but there are great songs as well...slow cheetah, strip my mind, death of a martian, and WET SAND...no. 3 in my RHCP all time top 3 (1. soul to sqeeze, 2. don't forget me)...and this song is a proof that tony is able to sing if he tries hard enough ...and there is not one song that is really bad...probably because of these incredible soli

and dani and tell me baby as singles were ok, snow rather not...

by the way is the most beautiful POP album i know, (beautiful and pop, yes that's possible) and californication is a great album, too...and i don't have to say anything about bssm...one hot minute is ok but i think that dave navarro belongs to jane's addiction...btw, this new band is absolutly terrible...

i never saw them live personally, just on tv, but i think that was enough i rather safe my money for pj shows

Brez

LuthienTinuviel wrote:

...and this song is a proof that tony is able to sing if he tries hard enough ...

You mean Anthony?

Pearl Jam and toast

I actually like keidis's voice quite a bit.

Frusciante's back up vox (especially that slammin falsetto) is one of the band's best features though.

red mos

I do really like RHCP's cover of Love Rollercoaster. I thought they did a great job cover it, even if it does sound like the original by the ohio players. I wish RHCP would bust this out live.

Pearl Jam and toast

red mos wrote:

I do really like RHCP's cover of Love Rollercoaster. I thought they did a great job cover it, even if it does sound like the original by the ohio players. I wish RHCP would bust this out live.

It's older than Californication and isn't "give it away" or "under the bridge" so that's not gonna happen :rolleyes:

Brez

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

It's older than Californication and isn't "give it away" or "under the bridge" so that's not gonna happen :rolleyes:

Haha, so true. But, I was actually pumped cause when I saw them in October they played "I Could Have Lied" and "Blood Sugar Sex Magik". I was not expecting that!

Pearl Jam and toast

Brez wrote:

Haha, so true. But, I was actually pumped cause when I saw them in October they played "I Could Have Lied" and "Blood Sugar Sex Magik". I was not expecting that!

seriously?

bad ass! it's about time they did that.. and more often.

Lay down the funky monks mother fuckers.

allornone

red mos wrote:

Did Gnarls Barkley's sound just completely suck? They seemed like a good act on paper (as the Dallas morning news said), but sound wise they were awful, and the problems just ruined their entire performance. I don't think hip hop acts translate very well live in arenas, but maybe that's just me. Gnarls Barkley are good at what they do, but just not really my thing. The sound was so bad, we had to get up and walk around for awhile cause we couldn't hear anything but feedback for like 3 songs.

Yes, pretty much. I agree that hip hop acts (although Gnarls Barkley isn't really hip hop) don't work that well in large arena. I saw Kayne West open for U2, and it was the same way. You just couldn't hear anything.

allornone

For those of you who give them shit for not changing up their set lists, compare last night's set to the one from St. Louis:

Nashville Set List - 01/17/07

1. Intro
2. Can't Stop
3. Dani California
4. Scare Tissue
5. Instrumental
6. Charlie
7. Havana Affair
8. Instrumental
9. 21st Century
10. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
11. Bass and Conga Solo
12. Throw Away Your Television
13. Hey Oh (Snow)
14. How Can I Tell You (John's Acoustic Cat Stevens Cover)
15. Desecration Smile
16. Higher Ground
17. Wet Sand (Over the Hills and Far Away intro)
18. Warlocks (with clavinet!)
19. Californication
20. What is Soul?
21. By the Way
Encore
22. Drum Solo (sweet latin feel)
23. Soul 2 Squeeze
24. Give it Away

darthvedder88

If only the Peppers would bust out "My Friends," "Tearjerker," and "Shallow Be Thy Game" from One Hot Minute then all would be complete!!!

red mos

darthvedder88 wrote:

If only the Peppers would bust out "My Friends," "Tearjerker," and "Shallow Be Thy Game" from One Hot Minute then all would be complete!!!

yeah. I've always wondered why they never play anything off of one hot minute anymore? I mean, I know John quit the band, and Navarro played guitar on that album, but why did John never care to learn the material for that album? I'd love to hear my friends, warped Aeroplane and tearjerker live.... Good stuff.

chelsea

Red Hot Chili Peppers were my favourite band for several years.
But now they've moved to a very close second, behind Pearl Jam.
I love BSSM and OHM the most.
Stadium Arcadium...definitely not their best album...

I saw them live in Australia just a few weeks ago.
Manage to meet Anthony, Flea and John at their hotel before the show.
Having a photo taken with John would probably be the highlight of my life.
His solo music is amazing.

Azwethinkweiz

Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Mother's Milk are great albums (their best).

I don't really enjoy By the Way or Californcation anymore. Stadium Arcadium was pretty bad.

Since i'm a bassist I also enjoy their first 3 albums. Crazy, funky stuff.

One Hot Minute is a hit or miss (I'm a big Frusciante fan, so his he was def. missed on this album).

But yeah, they're definitely not the band they used to be. I understand that bands grow up and need to progress, but I don't think this is the case. The old RHCP songs are far more complicated and original than their new stuff.

Now, they sound like a radiofriendly soft-rock band.

I'd say, BRING BACK THE FUNK!

hendrix78

Azwethinkweiz wrote:

Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Mother's Milk are great albums (their best).

I don't really enjoy By the Way or Californcation anymore. Stadium Arcadium was pretty bad.

Since i'm a bassist I also enjoy their first 3 albums. Crazy, funky stuff.

One Hot Minute is a hit or miss (I'm a big Frusciante fan, so his he was def. missed on this album).

But yeah, they're definitely not the band they used to be. I understand that bands grow up and need to progress, but I don't think this is the case. The old RHCP songs are far more complicated and original than their new stuff.

Now, they sound like a radiofriendly soft-rock band.

I'd say, BRING BACK THE FUNK!

This is not only directed at the poster I quoted, but at all the people who claim the Chili peppers have gone soft and aren't funky anymore.

I guess these people have not listened to Charlie, Hump De Bump, She's Only 18, Warlocks, 21st Century, Storm In a Teacup, or Turn It Again from Stadium Arcadium, because all of those songs are very funky. Combine that with some great rocking songs like Torture Me, Especially In Michigan, and Readymade, plus strong ballads like Snow, Wet Sand, and the title track, and I really just don't get how people can say SA is a bad or boring album. It also has the best guitar work of any album the Peppers have ever done.

Oh well, to each their own.

chelsea

red mos wrote:

yeah. I've always wondered why they never play anything off of one hot minute anymore? I mean, I know John quit the band, and Navarro played guitar on that album, but why did John never care to learn the material for that album? I'd love to hear my friends, warped Aeroplane and tearjerker live.... Good stuff.

It's not a case of John not bothering to learn the material from OHM.
It's that he refuses to. And he says he's never listened actually listened to the album before.
Stubborn? Probably.
But there's nothing that can be done about it.