Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

Regardless, this is some of Anthony's best vocals....

The most over-hyped band I've ever encountered (and I was working as a radio DJ in the mid-70s). I don't understand the critical acclaim. I've listened to just about everything they have done and it's all spectacularly boring.

Curiously, band members have done excellent work on the recordings of other artists, but this band consistently produces drab dross. 

this

 rdo wrote: 

This song is suckium barfium.

Corporate 'dinosaur' rock circa 2006 - RP often does better than this.

Really?

These guys were just crazy and fun in the beginning.

Flea with his stuffed animal pants...

I'm sorry but almost everything I hear from them these days sounds so recycled and generic. It's like they are lampooning themselves.

It's about as adventurous as Boston (but with more tattoes and less power chords).

And Anthony Kiedis is not aging well.

 Jungle_Jim wrote: 

GOLDEN BROWN CHILI PEPPERS.
Once on smack...!

 DoctorHooey wrote: 

 
 

WONDERFUL!

"“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the f**k is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” - Nick Cave

 PA1749 wrote: 
Heaven forbid a band have their own sound.

I can't here the chili peppers without picturing them in the movie Point Break. 

 PA1749 wrote: 

Agreed. Formula at play.

This song just made me realize how much all their music sounds the same. Their is definitly a cookie cutter involved here.

Wow, that was awful. No wonder I haven't been keeping up with them.

...i don't generally go for their music, but nice ending to this track...

I don't like the Chilis, but I'm liking this one for some reason.

 alanthecowboy wrote: 

I totally agree, give me early Peppers anytime, but everything since Californication does pretty much sound the same (all mediocre and bland)

for me, one of the top 10 bands ever. Always have and always will love this band.

Up until now, I've reserved comment on the Chilis.  I wanted to give Anthony Kiedis the benefit of the doubt, and Flea? Well, he's in a universe all his own. And it's scary. The rhymes are juvenile, but then they're incredibly intelligent rap. I hate rap. Maybe if I was in the boarder-surfer ilk, this band would float my boat. I just haven't been able to get avid about them, although I have to admit, on a hot summer day in suburbia with nothing to do but kick back with a cold beer and soak up the sun, they're good on the ears.

I'm still ambiguous about them. Some days I love their music, and other days, I just want to shriek in horror and frustration.  I guess this is another of those extreme bands - either one loves them or hates them, and any attempt to be middle-ground results in brain-fry. I've done the tightwire act so far, but I swear - if Anthony Kiedis gets any more off-key with his vocals, I won't be accountable for my actions.

 h8rhater wrote: 
Eh, I think he's got a point there.  They've been making great music since I was a kid, but Californication was the end of it for me.  Now everything sounds like it.  Pick up Mother's Milk or any other early album and see if any of it resembles this watered-down stuff.

 DaveInVA wrote: 
Because you have no ability to discern.

Nope. I definitely used to love the Peppers

Why do all their songs sound the same except with different words? Seems like once they had a hit with "Californacation" they just kept using it over and over.

I like a few of their songs, but this guy really can not sing.

I wonder if some of the comments reflect the fact that fans of RHCP have not evovled as much as the band. People evovle with time, and so do bands. I actually like this, but given some comments, you would think the band had become a steaming pile of ....   ;-)

 rtrudeau wrote: 

I was referring to the tone of the comments, not that they should always be prefaced. Take a pill.