I still like this song, but really wish RHCP could make a song that's NOT about California...

 blotto wrote: 
It's well crafted and unlike so much downloadable music now, should be listened as a whole entity. Like Joe's Garage. 
A friend was just on a flight with the band and said Anthony Keidas was very polite and talked to him for a while about the early days, when they used to play record store parking lots.  

Reaaaaaaaly tired of this song.

 Art_Carnage wrote: 

I am so totally wanting to explain ... but I resist the impulse

i hate to be a hater, but i hate this song.
there are soooooo many good songs on this album...please play a different one. 

snooze.....

This was a very fun summer album, for that one summer, now....eh...don't really need to hear it anymore.

"She kisses me windy"

WTF???

 GRVMPY wrote: 
Any idea where the "-10" button is? Not my cuppa. 

 helgigermany wrote: 


Well said...  yes, it is...

 

The whole album is Magic!

Holy shit this is from 1991? 20 years old already. Wow.
One of the best songs ever.

This and the cover of Higher Ground brought the Peppers home to me.

Fantastic and unique band.

 sqqqrly wrote: 


Thank you...  we be dancing...  love this song...

 

 ziakut wrote: 
Two thoughts ... since he sings it pretty much the same way in each chorus, it's unlikely that this is a "screw up".  You might not like his choice, but that doesn't mean it was some sort of mistake.  And as I've said elsewhere, if you're looking for absolute tonal precision in your music, you're probably in the wrong place, and/or listening to the wrong genre of music.

Definitely one of my top 5 albums of all time. This whole album is an 11

 nicolewe wrote: 
+1

 nicolewe wrote: 
Sadly.  I got the CD before this became a big radio hit in NYC.  Therefore, I got to know the tune on my own accord before it was overplayed.  This is probably my favorite RHCP cd but I do love the early stuff (Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Freakey Stylie).  Too bad they're soooooo far removed from that style and feel now.  They are older and wiser now, I guess.  Their music can no longer be the product of that earlier lifestyle. 

One of the few times I have to hit mute.

I'll take a little imperfection in my pop music vocals before I'll ever accept auto-tuning to save one's butt to be dead on pitch like a robot.

 ziakut wrote: 

 lemmoth wrote: 
i agree. i'm sick of it from radio-overplay but i have to acknowledge that it's a pretty fantastic song

Radio-friendly unit shifter.

It may be their most popular song and way overplayed,  but it is still a great song and a wonderful performance by the band.

 ziakut wrote:  
Jeez, loosen up a little - it's a first-person recollection about shooting heroin - not an opera performance.
I guess there are cases where an out-of-pitch warble gets to me - but I don't detect any "real dinger"s on this tune.  I imagine we all hear different things.

Way overplayed..

Anthony Kiedis does a perfect job at screwing up the pitch on the words "feel" and "love" in the chorus. Oh so beautifully sharp on those. It's a real dinger. Hard to listen to that when it happens.  Hard to believe that this is acceptable. Being a-tonal is not something I value much. The rest of the tune is pretty good. I like other tracks off of this album better.