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Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California
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Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 08:22
 
 LowPhreak wrote:
Best thing is the guitar solo at the end. Gotta love that anyway. 
 
A tip of the hat to Randy California? 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 14:09
 
 RedGuitar wrote:

John Frusciante, no?
 
The sober John Frusciante era is the best of all  RHCP eras in my opinoin.


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 14:08
 
 adroc wrote:
Apparently Tom Petty's wasn't the last dance with Mary Jane - the Chili Peppers took her for one last spin around the dancefloor, but for some reason they call her Dani.
 

When learning acoustic guitar this summer we learned both songs and discussed their chord similarities at length.

adroc
(T dot O dot)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 14:07
 
Apparently Tom Petty's wasn't the last dance with Mary Jane - the Chili Peppers took her for one last spin around the dancefloor, but for some reason they call her Dani.

Chinju
Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 19:28
 
It says this was last played on September 29, though as I recall, it was played last night, on October 30. A bug?


a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 06:28
 
GREAT Video!

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 06:28
 
I don't normally like these guys, but I like this one.

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 09:33
 
 LowPhreak wrote:
Best thing is the guitar solo at the end. Gotta love that anyway. 
 
John Frusciante, no?



crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 09:32
 
So much for Red and Hot...maybe if Flea takes his shirt off the song will sound better. That's about all they have going for them at this point.  Sick of Mr. Kiedis' voice. {#Headache}

Wait, maybe they could all wear costumes and each have different face make-up or masks. That would work. Cool new idea, too!

aelfheld
Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 09:30
 
They're like a tribute band to themselves.


iscoot4peace
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 07:41
 
Yeah...these guys are so far past being exciting any more.  What a shame.  4.

bronorb
(Wisconsin)
Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 06:50
 
 gregler wrote:


Totally agreed, what the hell is the average age of RP listeners, 50? RHCP rock, including this song!!
 
Has nothing to do with age. Anthony Kiedis's (Is that right?) voice grates on my nerves for some reason. I liked them a little when they first hit it big in the early 90's. Bought a couple of their CD's but got tired of them quickly.

On the other hand, I have to aggree that Flea IS a great talent (acting aside) and that guitar solo at the end kicks butt.



fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 04:56
 
As a stark contrast, folk should also check out the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, which are bagpipes on crystal meth and absolutely fantastic live. No disrespect to the Peppers, mind, though they never rung my bells, sadly.


pgp1964
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 15:13
 
Rock on Chilis!

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 20:37
 
love this whole album

LowPhreak
(United States of Duplicitous Tools)
Posted: May 23, 2009 - 02:51
 
Best thing is the guitar solo at the end. Gotta love that anyway. 

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 11:11
 
 gregler wrote:


Totally agreed, what the hell is the average age of RP listeners, 50? RHCP rock, including this song!!
 

I'm 53, have seen em live, have their Slane Castle DVD, and completely agree that they rock.  Flea is a huge talent.

This tune isn't one of their better efforts, that's all.


ryuujin23
(North of the purple sage)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 11:03
 
I want to like the Chilli Peppers, but everything since Blood Sugar Sex Magic sounds about the same. They've grown from Funk/Punk to Adult Contemporary Funk, and I have to wonder if their knowledge of geography extends past California.

I hate to say this Anthony, but I think you're getting pretty lame.

hippiechick
(Heaven, a place where nothing ever happens)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 10:56
 
Love this song, love Anthony. His voice always touches my heart; it's like I can feel all his pain.

BTW, I'm an oldster, and I think the Peppas RAWK!!!

{#Bananajumprope}

strauch
(Autobahn)
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 - 03:51
 
 e_b wrote:
All that being said, I still can't believe this song didn't rate higher {#Confused}.
 
There are some fans that don't like the new songs from rhcp and "cry about the old time" (i have no idea if i can say it in english). So they rate the song very low whatever the song is good or not.

I like the "new" album from the rhcp.


e_b
(Michigan)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 10:13
 
All that being said, I still can't believe this song didn't rate higher {#Confused}.

gregler
(Chile)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 09:35
 
 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote:
Puttin' in another Grouchy 10 to counter the ignorant and the haters. Go back to listening to your Clearchannel Classic Rock(tm) station.
 

Totally agreed, what the hell is the average age of RP listeners, 50? RHCP rock, including this song!!

Oscar_the_Grouch
(In my trash can)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 09:33
 
Puttin' in another Grouchy 10 to counter the ignorant and the haters. Go back to listening to your Clearchannel Classic Rock(tm) station.

blotto
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 09:29
 
Best band ever.

hippiechick
(Heaven, a place where nothing ever happens)
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 09:28
 
I really like this song...ok, it's because I love Anthony  {#Hearteyes}

kcar
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 16:31
 
fluffybum wrote:
boy oh boy the chili peppers sure do suck the big one.


Well...that's a bit harsh in my book. But not by much. I do like their version of "Higher Ground."



fluffybum
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 16:28
 
boy oh boy the chili peppers sure do suck the big one.

Xeric
(Up on the Roof)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 16:28
 
A band that reminds me of CCR: pretty much one song in the repertoire.  Oh, sure, they call slightly different versions by different names, but still. . . .

Good thing it's a fairly good song.

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 12:36
 
 coding_to_music wrote:
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; i'm your priest


 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Simultaneous+release

You asked...

hippiechick
(Weekendland)
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 12:34
 
Love the Peppers!!!

{#Hearteyes} Anthony

{#Bananajumprope}

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 12:33
 
 lsherida wrote:
I can't listen passively to this song any more.  Too much Rock Band on the xbox. :)
 

Yes, one of my favorites to play!

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 12:33
 

what a bummah, while givin' me a hummah
I blew a rippah, she snagged it on my zippah



lsherida
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 12:32
 
I can't listen passively to this song any more.  Too much Rock Band on the xbox. :)

siandbeth
(Santa Cruz California)
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 - 12:47
 
Every time I hear someone say "too mainstream" I just have to imagine what you have in your collection. Ever hear of Johnny Cash? He was mainstream. It's not about classification, it's about enjoyment. My husband has a recording studio and the most pretentious "musicians" are usually the least creative and least humorous. Take my brother for example, who lives in Berkeley and decided the only way he could be truly "radical" in Berkeley was to dress up in Western garb. The looks he gets from the birkenstock/grubby hippy people are priceless! Alter your perspective and enjoy life
meydele
(By the sea)
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 - 12:43
 
I know a guy who years ago had a cable-access show on local tv, and he had the RHCPs on. He said they were totally unknown and sucked beyond belief. He was watching tv a couple years later and literally didn't recognize them until the announcer said the name . . . so I guess the moral is "practice".
coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 - 12:42
 
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; i'm your priest


Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 - 12:41
 
They are in a serious rut, lacking their former creativity.

Bring back the days of True Men Don't Kill Coyotes.
Alexandra
(The American Riviera--so come visit!!!)
Posted: Mar 01, 2007 - 12:40
 

orpheus
(east coast)
Posted: Feb 13, 2007 - 20:24
 
I sure miss the boyz of yesteryear. I guess it's only fitting this dreck won the dubious award of "grammy" (as in didn't the grammys vote Jethro Tull "best heavy metal group" in 1989 or something like that. Guess it's about right giving this total schlock "album of the year" then.) Maybe next they'll be writing songs for some awful disney movie
bethesda
(sacramento)
Posted: Feb 13, 2007 - 20:22
 
way overplayed.
torio
(Zurich)
Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 03:50
 
beautiful purple haze-solo at the end :p
if then blood sugar sex magic, please
TJOpootertoot
(Toronto)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:14
 
sqqqrly wrote:


Its me to. They are the KennyG of their genre!


Sorry, it's me too.
Their songs seem to sound the same because while they can play really well, Keidis can't sing.
So the first 1/2 of their career is mostly him quasi-rapping.
Then, with "Under the Bridge" he realized he could actually hit five notes instead of just one and they started dabbling in something I like to call "melody."
Sometimes they pull of a nice tune and Flea plays a mean bass but, in the end, Keidis' limited (and I mean limited) "vocal range" (and I use the term loosely) brings down their songs.
IMHO.
Still, they've started wearing shirts (sometimes) and that seems indicative of some kind of artistic growth.

There are worse bands out there.
TJ

p.s. I'm sure it's mentioned elsewhere in this thread so I won't belabour the fact that this sounds like "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (complete with substituting Alabama for Indiana). Nor will I engage in the "all rock music steals from something else" debate. This isn't a RIPOFF but it ain't a triumph of originallity either.

p.p.s. I'm not saying they invented the wordplay but Toronto's own Rheostatics used "Californication" in a song in 1993, beating RHCP by a few years. So props to the Rheos.
celadonstone
(Charleston, SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise))
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:12
 
rgrace wrote:


O Genius, hear me now:

300 Ft. tall Redwoods in my back yard
Skinheads in Huntington Beach
Charles Manson
Silicon Valley
Highway 1 thru Big Sur
Meth heads pretty much everywhere
Sensimilla groves in Humboldt County
Left-wing house-proud snobs in Berkeley

You want more? Too busy to further elaborate but I have MUCH more....


California, like New York, has areas of cultural significance in the USA. It was nice to visit LA and Hollywood last summer but I really dont think I would want to live out there. Too pricey.

I am waiting for a song about Maine. I dont know if its lack of syllables works in its favor, though.
sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake, NH)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:07
 
lunar1963 wrote:


"Bocephus wrote:
Maybe it's just me, but all their songs sound basically the same."

That's you, that only goes for their early work...
As for the California theme, some songs are part of a cycle, with the same protagonist... and California is a surreal world...


Its me to. They are the KennyG of their genre!
stevo_b
(Rock Ridge!)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:06
 
Sorry, worthless....
go_ski_mully
(lakeside n Muskoka)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:06
 
phishmanx wrote:
:puke:


I will match your :puke: and raise you another :puke:
milehighYinzer
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:06
 
smilestoomuch wrote:
The more I hear the Peppers, the more I think they're overrated. Anthony has a very limited vocal range, so their melodies are pretty ho hum. They're evolution as a band is probably the most interesting thing about them.
I always thought their evolution as a band was the most least interesting thing about them. I mean they change, but for the amount of albums they had their change is very subtle.
gandalfbmg
(Missouri)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:05
 
ChardRemains wrote:
A valid observation... And then there's the whole California thing. But then again, there's not much to sing about, say, Missouri.

You know... I could resent that remark...

I'm torn between knowing you're right (I've lived in California as well as Missouri), but mostly the indignation at the whole coastal 'it's only flyover contry' attitude annoys me. It's different, but different doesn't necessarily mean worse, here than on the coasts. Both places have their ups and downs.
phishmanx
(Milano)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:03
 
:puke:
smilestoomuch
(Mad City, WI)
Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 13:03
 
The more I hear the Peppers, the more I think they're overrated. Anthony has a very limited vocal range, so their melodies are pretty ho hum. They're evolution as a band is probably the most interesting thing about them.