Behind The Sun: The Official RHCP Thread.

[Strat]

I mean, i just like all the guys so much. I could listen to them talk shop all day long.

But ive rolled my eyes at the chili peps for soooooooooooo long. How can i stop?

[Ello Sailor]

I literally just told you.

[Strat]

Pussy power, bro.

[VinylGuy]

i wanna Party in Strat´s Pussy right now

[washing machine]

Ugh, am i becoming a chili peps fan?

The day I realized that I was pigeonholing RHCP the same way most casual music fans pigeonhole Pre-No Code Pearl Jam was an enlightening day. Pretty much everything after Blood Sugar Sex Magik gets into some pretty non-funk territory. A lot of it is deeply mellow and even dark. The funk stuff got refined too as the core band gelled together. Plenty of stuff prime for visiting and revisiting. It's a shame this group is so stigmatized.

[Farmer John]

Minor Thing is probably my favorite on By The Way.

It's a bop, but Don't Forget Me and Dosed both shit all over it.

Don't Forget Me is definitely up there. I've watched this video too many times to count.

[washing machine]

Ugh, am i becoming a chili peps fan?

A lot of it is deeply mellow and even dark.

Case in point:

This is the Place>Dosed>Don't Forget Me

This trilogy is practically a non-linear narrative of addiction, heartbreak and depression and what happens in the places where those things live.

And those guitar lines on Dosed. My god.

[VinylGuy]

well, mostly everything in One Hot Minute is super dark

[washing machine]

well, mostly everything in One Hot Minute is super dark

Oh for sure. Most atmospheric RHCP record? I love how out of place Dave Navarro looks on the back of that CD too. The band's like, "we're here and we're weird. We're the Peppers!" And Navarro's just like, His guitar on that album functions the same way.

[VinylGuy]

i think he looks good in the context of that moment of the band. Damn, he did a brilliant job on that album, he brought this psychadelic element, almost as a new version of Janes Addiction.

And the band looks so sad, dark..

I love this phase of the band.

[Strat]

It’s not the funk that bothers me. It’s AK’s rhyming, voice, and lyrics.

[washing machine]

Ah

[Rob]

Minor Thing is probably my favorite on By The Way.

Definitely a contender for me.

[Ms Harmless]

the main thing I can't get behind with this band is the lack of emotional weight to their songs; if all your lyrics are nonsense, what's the point of writing one after another for decades? I know this is my hangup and totally personal though

[verb_to_trust]

the main thing I can't get behind with this band is the lack of emotional weight to their songs; if all your lyrics are nonsense, what's the point of writing one after another for decades? I know this is my hangup and totally personal though

If the music SLAPS, who cares?

[tree_]

It’s not the funk that bothers me. It’s AK’s rhyming, voice, and lyrics.

Same. I may like this band if they had a good singer.

[Ms Harmless]

the main thing I can't get behind with this band is the lack of emotional weight to their songs; if all your lyrics are nonsense, what's the point of writing one after another for decades? I know this is my hangup and totally personal though

If the music SLAPS, who cares?

me, but more importantly, not enough RHCP slaps for me to see past it

[VinylGuy]

the main thing I can't get behind with this band is the lack of emotional weight to their songs; if all your lyrics are nonsense, what's the point of writing one after another for decades? I know this is my hangup and totally personal though

wrong.

They have many emotional lyrics. To name a few from different eras:

Taste The Pain
Knock Me Down
I Could Have Lied
Transcending
My Friends
Brendan´s Death Song
Porcelain

[tree_]

I like Kedis I just wish he could find a pitch

[Birds in Hell]

Can't Stop is absurdly good, but I think Otherside is their greatest ever single. John's backing vocals are bonkers on both.

I know it’s hardly the connoisseur’s choice, but I really have to give this to Under the Bridge. It’s just a great song.

I’m actually not a big fan of Can’t Stop.

This is the Place is the By the Way song I’m most fond of.

This new album’s growing on me, at least a little.