How the Red Hot Chili Peppers Write A Song | Artists Series S2E8

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[@Jahu-qs2us]

The best RHCP lyrics: I know I know for sure Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong ding dang I know I know its you Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong ding dang

[@mylesbradshaw8251]

Perfection

[@kitarajaba9154]

No the best lyrics are ”DO THE FAT DANCE DO THE FAT DANCE DO THE DO THE FAT DANCE” x50

[@Playstationguy1999]

Can't forget: "Up to my ass in alligators , lets get it on with the alligator haters"

[@hojcigane]

Well, thats enough when u have flea and frusciante in your band

[@himynameisangel1]

7eventhSen5e I’ll put my middle finger in your monthly blood?? Eeek.. oh, Anthony

[@AlexAnder-ri8ns]

How each band member creates a chili's song: Chad: Awesome drum beats Flea: Badass bass lines Josh: Great guitar riffs Anthony: California

[@rayhoodoo847]

"Josh"

[@stulora3172]

@@rayhoodoo847 O_o He said the J-word

[@superpig4589]

*John

[@jacksonunruh5076]

But... it works! That’s why we love this band

[@Flamengo1981]

dumb ass

[@TheRealMantisTobogganMD]

California California Heroin California

[@raisa_cherry35]

😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😆

[@prune_l]

California California Heroin California Helena Vestergaard

Funky Sentimental California Drugs

[@isaacwilliams9919]

No you’ve got it wrong California California Heroin Sex

[@oliveoil6417]

Bro no they just talk about their life (sex drugs California people)

[@TheDutchCreeperTDC]

I think you don't give the lyrics enough credit for their meaning. There actually is a meaning buried within these random sounding words most of the time, but it's not really a wholesome picture but more a vague silhouette of what Anthony's trying to say and the music is trying to convey. Also I think it's really cool that the band writes relatively simple music (harmonically speaking) but at the same time it can be pretty hard to perform with Flea's awesome bass lines, Chad's groovy drum patterns and Frusciante's unforgettable solos. I honestly think RHCP is one of the most brilliant bands ever for their right mix between simplicity and weirdness and somehow still standing strong 3 decades after their first albums.

[@aprilchoyce7588]

Perfect post

[@independentrecord1739]

Yeah, I agree on the lyrics do have meaning. If you read Scar Tissue (the book) He does go into some of the meanings behind some songs, and it shows that he does put thought into it.

[@tracymorgan2983]

Ding dang ding ding ding dang ding dong ding dang

[@catm9431]

I agree how the lyrics aren't just pure nonsense. He definitely mixes it up in many songs from very metaphorical to pretty direct.

[@RunawayTV]

their lyrics dont have any surface level meaning, instead the words are used in a way that points towards abstract ideas and intangible things that cant be described but can be felt. For example, californication is about a lifestyle created from a negative energy or at least a source of that energy that results in a world of post modernism, consumerism, and materialism that ultimately damages the human soul. Instead of speaking about it bluntly the words used point towards it and only by looking at where the words point and not at the words themselves will you be able to understand.

[@ethanwilliams4352]

I'm gonna request Rage Against The Machine until it happens

[@thecoderofyoutube]

See also Mastodon.

[@hansonstage]

California Pentatonic Bass-heavy Key changes

[@camilloa.1680]

weeeeeed don't forget the weed

[@pedreiroelegante6563]

DING DING DENG DONG DING DING DONG DENG

[@TheZooropaBaby]

and some convoluted rhyming

[@TrollsAndScrolls]

+ John Frusciante

[@brudbbb1]

Not many key changes actually

[@tanner_miller]

Anthony almost plays the role of another instrument in the band.

[@mattmarkus4868]

Yeah, and an unnecessary one too.

[@hamburgerdan101]

He plays ass suck

[@stulora3172]

while other singers actually *are* one more instrument. and not just almost....

[@superpig4589]

Why TF everyone in this thread hating on Anthony? His voice is friggin iconic

[@cyberspace667]

@@superpig4589 because his success mixed with his lack of pretense makes people insecure

[@whiterunguard698]

Describe Red Hot Chili Peppers in 4 words: The Best Band Ever

[@GunsNArnolds]

true!

[@GargeBarge]

Oh

[@ryanwoodward1921]

1. Red 2. Hot 3. Chili 4. Peppers

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

1. Anthony 2. Chad 3. Flea 4. John

[@olivertatarimusic]

@@Purpleskyshorizon 1.John 2.Flea 3. Chad 4.Tony

[@kelleydawn1967]

1.)Flea and Chad's melodies 2.)Anthony's unique voice and personality 3.)John's solos 4.) California love

[@scee1871]

In Anthonys book he actually goes over the "Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation" line. Guy-O is Guy Oseary, one of Anthonys friends.

[@lucas.n]

very well reminded! i've read that book, but didn't remember... "When I was in Auckland one time, I ran into a crazy lady on the street, and she was ranting about the fact that there were psychic spies in China. That phrase stuck in my mind, so when I was back home, I started writing and writing, and they became my favorite of all the lyrics that I’d collected over the last year."

[@lukedebiase8212]

Favorite Chilli Peppers lyric: "ding dang dung dong ding dang dung dong ding dang"

[@Noahkais]

Well Anthony Kiedies is one lucky MF for being friends with talented musicians. Otherwise he would have just died as another nameless addict decades ago. I don't know if there was ever a time where he was the best singer in the Chili Peppers

[@jojobar5877]

LMAO

[@rafazeppelin]

RHCP can be described in 4 words: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

[@eon5811]

And california

[@HandeeGaming]

I disagree with the point that the same strumming pattern gets repeated over the remainder of his riffs. If you analyze his live work, his solo work, and anything else other than the albums you can see the improvisation that takes place over every single repeating of the song, no two verse guitar parts sound the same in the live version.

[@HandeeGaming]

Also, Anthony's songs have meaning in mind as a first. Look at their Stadium Arcadium song explanation video from the album.

[@UltraReptar]

Funky Bass-centered Californian Fun

[@endelavproblemet7506]

can you do The Cure next time ?

[@kaicanyonellis]

I LOVE The Cure! My head would explode if he gave us some 80s bands

[@milesdoodling1054]

That would be something great!

[@Brax1982]

Oh, that would be nice! I would like to see how he combines all their phases into one unified image.

[@redhotchiliplanet]

No meaningful lyrics? What? Anthony Kiedis uses a lot of metonymy to express himself. It makes you wonder what he's actually trying to say instead of just easy language. For example, if you write about love and how great it is you can either say somehting like "I love you and we are great together" or "Two of a kind beats all hands tonight", the last lyric is from the song Universally Speaking. I believe that his writing is fantastic and actually very deep but I guess that his style isn't something that everyone understands. I liked the video but I thought that I should point that out.

[@rayhoodoo847]

To finger paint is not a sin I put my middle finger in

[@redhotchiliplanet]

Haha good one. I didn't say that all of his lyrics are like that, there are definitely songs that are a bit more superficial and easier to understand. The funky songs tend to be more like that.

[@rayhoodoo847]

@@redhotchiliplanet sure, I'm just joking, I agree with what you said

[@Sophie-vw5ol]

It's so hard to understand and it's sag to me that I don't get it most of the time. I love RHCP.

[@FyreWithenue]

Righteous And The Wicked is pretty superficial...NOT!🤣

[@mulefa1]

Great video. RHCP are my favourite band and I think you could argue that there is another emotional narrative relating to California being driven through the chord progressions. Many RHCP songs are very melancholic and this is due to Frusciante’s use of major and minor chords in his progressions. Most of the time, his progressions begin with majors and end on a minor; te most common being F - C - Dm, which shows up in so many chillis songs. This in itself reflects an emotional narrative of happy to sad, much like the Californian dream itself, it sets up expectations of happiness, but ultimately concludes with a sad note; much like the people who go there with hopes of fame and glory only to be disappointed by the reality of California, something that Anthony talks about a lot in his lyrics e.g. tell me baby.

[@Brax1982]

I change the key from C to D you see to me it's just a minor thing, yo

[@_baalshamin]

@@Brax1982 He knows everything

[@hadriewyn]

@@_baalshamin Uhhhh uhh uhhhhhhhhhhh

[@reservoirfrog1]

You've got your bit part, Mozart Hot dart acceleration Pop art, pistol chasin' Cat fight intimidation (oh, oh, oh, oh)

[@aprilchoyce7588]

Beautiful post

[@Holistic-songwriting]

Thanks for all the kind comments folks! As to why I didn't talk about Flea - I just had to make some choices. I always try to talk about what's not so obvious, and I feel a lot has been written about Flea already. He's an incredible bassist though, no question about it. Also, Ron Burgundy is real good at the drums, too. Cheers

[@zxlime]

+1 for Will Ferrel reference. The part about the chord change was very interesting to say the least. However, how others have said (and considering the first word that comes to mind when I think of Red Hot, is Funk) it is surprising that there was no mention of their unique Bass.

[@DaP84]

Yeah, he's got the guns! ;D

[@Holistic-songwriting]

​@@DaP84 I don't know if you heard me counting, I did over a thousand.

[@DaP84]

@Holistic Songwriting Hahaha, classic! :D By the way (unintended RHCP song title), love your work!

[@Holistic-songwriting]

@@DaP84 Thank you! :) Appreciate it!

[@kamikazedude]

6:10 I change the key from C to D You see to me it's just a minor thing, yo He knows everything To readjust you've got to trust That all the fuss is just a minor thing He knows everything It's just a minor thing And I'm a minor king He knows everything

[@benkruse5533]

"Whats up everybody its fimina finesse fertilistic songwriting." **pauses video** "I'm sorry, what did you say?!?"

[@TheLowLandGardener]

Simplicity Less guitar effects sounds louder and clearer. No band ever did that.

[@4scended498]

Can we have a how the Beatles wrote songs, Lennon-McCartney and Harrison?

[@Holistic-songwriting]

I would, but from what I hear the video would be taken down instantly. :/

[@JakubPiasekMusic]

As a chillis fan IMO you didn't explained much in this episode. There is a lot more stuff to their music, that makes it so great and unique.

[@Brax1982]

You don't get the point of this series. It's not to meant to sell an artist's music to you, it's about how THEY sell it to you.

[@JakubPiasekMusic]

@@Brax1982 That's right, but he didn't explained it well. I think there is more to say for example about the rhythm section of the band and explore a lot more eras of the band besides Californication. There is more than Anthony's lyrics and Frusciante's chord progressions.

[@Brax1982]

​@@JakubPiasekMusic He did list all songs referencing California, some of them from the debut album. Judging by that, I think he took their entire discography into account. He needs to focus on the aspects that never changed throughout their career. Are you talking about any of those? What would they be? I agree that some elements were not present in the beginning, like the inclusion of ballads. Kiedis starting to sing more and more up to the point that rapping is the exception. To be fair, for some artists he described how they re-branded themselves. Adele, for instance. But that was last season. Maybe the rules changed, haven't seen it all, yet.

[@JakubPiasekMusic]

@@Brax1982 I think that the Chilli Peppers are the band that can't be defined by only one song or album. They passed through so many years and eras. Each album is different and neither is similar to other. They got through the funk metal rap style singed music to kind of alternative rock. You can't judge them by only one era. To experience the whole idea behind their music you have to dig deeper. Understand how they get through this progression. How the band line up was changing and how it affected their sound and playing. The guy in the video explained the idea behind the most popular songs which mostly featured Frusciante after the rehab. I think that is the most important era in their career and it helped them grow and develop musically. This band has really splited out fandom, that isn't centred on only one song or album. This guy should have mention they did it in the Hillel's, Navarro's and one that is today - Josh's. Each era has really different musical ideas, influences and styles. You can tell that just by listening. The aspects that haven't changed are the Flea and Kiedis. They are in the band since the beginning. Their musical ideas always were mixed well with whoever they had to work with. They're the foundation of the band. Choosing only the most popular songs is really underestimating the greatness behind the rest of their stuff. This is the band that even has b-sides on level of the studio album songs.

[@Brax1982]

@@JakubPiasekMusic Yeah, they are around for longer than any of the others he analyzed, I think. Still, I think he at least picked the three things that never changed. Then again, I stopped listening to them after Stadium Arcadium. Clearly something has changed too much for me to bother. I didn't like the songs any more. I guess there is somethin to analyze there.

[@loganbarclay5075]

My words were funky, juvenile, drugs and extroverted. But that's just me.

[@Inzersdorf93]

I thought he meant "funky" when he said "i'm surprised if it isn't on everyones list"

[@loganbarclay5075]

@@Inzersdorf93 tbh I'm surprised I didn't get California

[@hartmnundus4273]

Can you do a video on how to pronounce your name?

[@lloolloollooii]

funk and groove were the first words that came to my head. not even a word about one of the greatest bassist/greatest guitar/bass works, duos in rock history???

[@2k13Ghost]

exactly the only two words that popped up in the first 3 seconds for me

[@SteveAstronaut]

Funk punk rock.

[@dannyspencer5529]

Yesss, could you do Led Zeppelin next?

[@carimabdala]

I was hoping to get also some analysis on kiedis' vocal melodies and their cool basslines. Good video tho.

[@jorgedutra5891]

My 4 things to say about them: each melodic instrument and vocal usually uses a diferente mellody which harmonize altogether VERY Well (Mellowship Slinky in b major for exemple), Rap/Melodic vocals w gr8 lyrics, Bass as not only "making company" for guitar but also leading the songs and a Drummer expert in Ghost Notes and Groove! They are my favorite band!

[@XistoKente]

The counterpoint in Mellowship Slinky is too damn good

[@cotopaximusic]

Saying the lyrics have no substance just goes to show you don't actually dig deep enough into them. How ignorant.

[@COFsux]

calling other people ignore just makes you sound like one fam. It's fine if you disagree with him, but at least be grateful for what you did learn

[@cotopaximusic]

@@COFsux you wanna go ahead and form a cohesive sentence please?

[@COFsux]

@@cotopaximusic 1 typo and you can't read 2 sentences? are you ok?

[@cotopaximusic]

@@COFsux I think the real question here bud is are YOU okay?

[@sunscrave]

I don't think he means for all of the lyrics.

[@HogFlamboli]

1. Wacky/almost random 2. Funky 3. California

[@emilstudios7395]

Melodic, funky, creative, and fun

[@zzzkarlzz]

melodic psychedelic funk.. thats what best describes RHCP to me

[@k.bizzle]

How is the chorus for Dani “I-V-vi-ii” when the song is in Am?

[@Vermoot]

"The band doesn't use a lot of overdubbing or fancy effects such as reverb, or stereo" --> Uh, have you ever listened to... the entirety of Stadium Arcadium? That's not what I'd call "simplistic production".

[@TheEmpyrean15]

Every album since By The Way is very heavily layered.

[@stulora3172]

Yep, sadly RHCP were overproduced heavily most of the times. Listen to Californication on good head phones and cringe with the constant clipping. Victims of the loudness war. @Rick: WHYYYYY!!!!??????

[@nehemiahzo_]

Give It Away solo intensifies

[@felixvids7238]

Ok here are my 3 words: Wild Unhinged Funky ...oh wait, those are words for 80s chilly peppers, my bad...

[@Gabe4D]

Please do Billy Talent (Ian D'sa - Guitarist). He plays Drop D and basically tries to play both rhythm and lead guitar in 1.

[@jkoleee7107]

It's so wierd that you mentioned that they do not use a lot of overdubs and fancy effects, and then you showed Dani California, which has a lot of overdubbed guitar with synths and dry and wet guitar on Left and Right :) Also, for those of you interested in RHCP, you should definitely do yourself a favor and listen to Frusciante's solo work, this is where he shines as songwriter, instrumentalist and overall genius of musis

[@xaid-yf5ii]

An episode about swans would be great

[@alonsog3r]

RHCP can be described in 4 words: RED HOT CHILI SHIRTLESS

[@renapeppers20]

To say that their lyrics are complete nonsense just shows how ignorant someone can be. Listen to the entire by the way album and you'll see what I mean. I know they aren't the deepest band ever, but that doesn't mean they don't write about interesting stuff. People tend to say they don't write about deep stuff because the only songs they've listened are give it away or around the world.

[@chantoya17]

Omg, THIS and it annoys the crap outta me. By the Way isn't the only example of his scope, but listen to all of their albums, even the 80s ones. Yes, the lyrics in their funk songs are going to be more sound based rather than content based but it's not like that is an easy task and it's not like that's all Anthony does. His emotional range, diversity and skill as a poet/songwriter is severely underrated because people want to turn a few Chilis songs into dumb ass memes and talk about how they only sing about California and drugs. The quality of his contributions to the band are always being downplayed or outright discredited, even within the fanbase at times. I wonder if he finds that frustrating sometimes. Who am I kidding, he's obviously sensitive, of course he does lol. He just tries to act cool about it in public by jokingly referring to himself as "the idiot" in the band.

[@renapeppers20]

+chantoya17 lmao yeah I think, regardless of their immense success, they're are massively underrated. Like people who bash on them are pretty unaware of the amazing sense of humor the band has and the fantastic lyricism and energy of the whole band. I think they are super unique and they did whatever the fuck they wanted no matter what people thought. That's why they're my favorite band.

[@cursedmale7490]

There words ant meaningless, there code

[@franciscobecerra5660]

Relaxation Enthusiasm Movement Familiar Great video as always! I think the transition from that Dm to the F#m chord in Californication works fine because it's a slight variation in brightness, since it's just a modal interchange from D dorian (feels to me like that because of the time they sit on the last chord) to D major. What happens in Zephyr Song I believe, is very similar. Going from A minor to D major has the same change in brightness between the two tonalities. It makes me think that there is certain amount of brightness that makes the transition just the right amount of impressive to not slap the listener's face while still giving that sensation of freshness. I'll try applying the conclusion you left for the harmonic analysis aswell, I had never thought of it that way O: .

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

Funk Rock - Authentic - Musicianship - Rock Star Life Even though some of the points that you brought up were interesting to me, I feel like you barely went into how the Chili Peppers *actually write a song*. There's lots known about their writing process and I'm sure it seperates their songs from other people's. Instead you mentioned some aspects that are interesting, but sometimes inaccurate or even false. Admittedly it would be difficult to please caring fans, but this is where most of people's criticism on this video would come from. 03:35 what do you mean ''often songs revolve around him (John Frusciante)''? They don't. Maybe you're attracted to his playing as a guitar oriented musician or fan, but that's something else. Your take on Anthony's background as a rapper and its influence on his lyrics may be correct, I feel like you downplayed his lyrical intentions and authenticity massively. His biography Scar Tissue is full of his life's stories that inspire his lyrics. Just because the lyrics are rhymy and you don't know exactly what he's singing about, doesn't mean that the words aren't meaningful. They're both. I'm convinced you could've made a much more accurate video, including Chad and Flea, in the same 12 minutes. I'm sure music fans would enjoy your future videos even more:)

[@jubelbrosseau7966]

Have Flea noodle a baseline, intersperse real words amongst a whole bunch of “riggy-diggy” scat nonsense, and call it a day.

You forgotten to mention the F - C - Dm & Am - Bb - C - Dm Chord progression that Frusciante uses in a lot of RHCP songs. That F - C - Dm is almost like a music law.

[@likwidude7]

The reason they say ding dong dang in songs is because he couldnt come up with lyrics so he used it as a filler but Fleas daughter liked it so they kept it in

[@edwin-jq4dp]

Funk, naked performance, chilling, entertaining.

[@lukethemuse9921]

My 4 words are: Funky, Energetic, Passionate, and Careless

[@neve4020]

I disagree; Funk Sexy Rap Rock

[@qsusio]

my god please soundgarden next, ben shepherd is one the greatest songwriters along with chris cornell

[@tiros8056]

My four words after literally pausing the video: 1. Dreamy (Guitar with chorus effect, certain slow parts) 2. wild/energetic (Gimme the FUNK!) 3. crazy/liberal (speaking openly about topics, in kind of a crazy way) 4. virtuoso instrumentation (bass, guitar, drums? )

[@scottdunning5723]

Arctic Monkeys, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon, Dappled Cities, The Killers, Daft Punk, or something like that.

[@Legenymusic]

Hi Friedemann Findeisen, I am reading the book " the addiction formula", which is really interesting, a good book! THERE is SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT to KNOW: on PAGE 80 YOU SAID "From my experience, I could show you similar structures in marketing, card magic and public speaking". CAN YOU PLEASE TEACH ME THE PATTERN IN THOSE ARIALS??? PLEASE!

[@effiemars_]

Their lyrics do have a meaning, even though it's very cryptic. But I don't think Anthony writes without thinking of what he is saying in favour of the sound. He does write much in favour of the sound, but there's always a reason behind those words that he's trying to comunicate. Even if only him or the band knows it.

[@shadow_self8564]

1. Hilal Slovak 2. Heroin 3. Death 4. John Frusciante 5. Heroin 6. Near Death 7. Rehab 8. Californication 9. John quits again 10. Josh Klinghoffer 11. Getaway 12. Still RED HOT

[@milesdoodling1054]

I wonder how you would go about doing a video on Beck?

[@josephsmith8087]

Most certainly want to make a recommendation of either Chevelle or Seether.

[@lucascorreadl]

Bass (rhythm heavy) Guitar (mind blowing solos) Drums (funky as f) Vocals (the mental part)

[@Blubbii88]

I am very dissapointed to see half of the band excluded in "How the RHCP write a song" just because enough people already talked about flea. RHCP introduced me to a new way of funk. And not even that. Before RHCP I didn't even know that bass was an instrument. I liked music but was never really interested in the details. When I first heard desecration smile and a friend told me, that this is a bass, I wanted to learn it. (thats 13 years ago and I still own my e-bass) For the first time I heard a bass having his own sound and not just being the shallow background noise that assisst the guitar player. RHCP feels like every instrument has its stage. Guitar and bass going so different roads sometimes and still work so nicely together. Thats the answere I was hoping for in the video. Even if this video had some nice information, it's mostly about John Frusciante. And to be honest, thats the person I heard enough from any guitar player ever.

[@nedarangelova9595]

I wish there was an episode about the great Ramones 😃 which were so great with onlu a couple of power chords and somethimes pretty random lyrics in my opinion

[@Kausie123]

I really don't like your approach to their music. Because i know that most of their songs indeed have a familiar chord progression (thanks Frusciante) but your approach is in a to much theoretical way. And also saying the lyrics are meaningless and their videos and way of playing in front of an audience is nonsense? All the things they do, how they perform, the way they come up with songs is form a highly creative level and personal experience. So i don't think your video is right about the peppers. It might be your opinion but i don't agree.

[@Frenkel111]

The transition in Californication from Dm to F#m can actually be a resolution. Basically, dominant chords resolve well because they contain notes which are a half tone away from notes in the target chord. Dm is composed of the notes D, F and A. F#m is composed of F#, A and C#. So D resolves to C#, F resolves to F# and A stays in place. It's not the traditional secondary dominant resolution but it still works. It's a harsher sounding resolution and maybe the voicing their using makes it even harsher, I don't know. Another way to look at both of the examples you gave is that the chord they modulate to is the chromatic median of the chord before the change. Still, it's a great observation, that you only need a good exit strategy.

[@lbarnesmusic]

My 4 words for RHCP: Spontaneous, energetic, charismatic, California

[@ralphg.curtis9297]

Funky Smooth/mellow Ambivalent For me, the ambivalence comes from the funky, groovy happiness from the style the musicians play in mixed with some bittersweet sadness in the actual harmonic/melodic structure. At least, that's what it feels like to me. And it pretty much fits what Friedemann says about "Califonrication": Superficially, all seems fine, but you can't get away from this feeling of something darker looming beneath. Both the lyrics and the music reflect how the band can see right through that illusion.

[@masterofthetelecaster]

Red hot ....Strat, Frusciante, absolute flowless fender cleans and voiline like creamy dirts....Simply divine!

[@AvaMaino]

sensitivity love harmony surf funk fun california...most of all how they enjoy making music

[@TROGULAR10000]

geezus this is so much to do about random shit we already knew and shit that doesn't actually matter in answering the question posed by the title, which seemed reasonably interesting for anyone into the band and studying music.

[@88Orpheus88]

i love you so much

[@KeenestObserver]

I'm astonished that their use of harmonies wasn't mentioned at all. It's literally in almost all of their songs!! Amazing video non-the-less!

[@bobsbigboy_]

Frusciante's riffs SOUND simple but they rly aren't

[@snoman5618]

Awesome video as always, my vote for an artist series is Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails!

[@emperorpingusmathchannel5365]

Weed, beach, soft

[@michaelhackney1524]

The words I came up with are California, funk, feel, and emotion

[@pivovinorakija]

10:30 - "Breaking the Girl"

[@mehdibelbachir9836]

Hi please do an episode about Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl on Season 3, thanks !

[@benje1403]

Please consider doing features on EDM artists. I think it would be awesome to see if their image and messaging is as consistent when they dont have the benefit of using lyrics most of the time. It would be a great test to the idea that chords and progressions would generate the sameish reactions.

[@Tod_oMal]

Someone can explain why Dark Necessities is such an amazing song?

[@Giselle1544]

Recently came across your channel, you do amazing work! Got yourself a new subscriber!

[@MaxTropicola]

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[@aidantalbot9587]

Thanks for focusing on Anthony's lyrics! One comment about the "Psychic Spies..." line: I think that the strength of the line is in the fact that on the surface it's just meaningless words that flow well, but it contains a message about the way victims of "Californication" are taught to villainize foreigners and fear them for outrageous reasons. To me, the line is not just flow and sound, it's deeply meaningful.

[@brigwood7658]

God, really? I've tried, but I have to say it sorry, to me Anthony K's lyrics are the absolute worst, utterly moronic.

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Funky, creative, mellow, amazing

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John Frusciante and Micheal "Flea" Balzary will never be duplicated. Seriously one of the top 3 duos of all time. Awesome video brotha!!!

[@avshae]

great vid, now I have all I need to write a mega hit like Californication

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beautiful inspiring video!! Thanks!

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[@Jedwink]

California. Sex. Funk. How did you get through this entire video without a single mention of Flea and his utterly astounding bass playing? . . . Which is the core of the band.

[@RayNS80]

“Hey Ladies and gents, It’s... who now??

[@yorpslorg8933]

The genius of Anthony is by turning the lyrics into flow, this allows him to act like the rhythm section, allowing flea to create awesome counter melodies with Frusciante while still maintaining the classic two rhythm two lead structure (ie californication) or focus on rhythm where each musician adds a lot of rhythm and a bit of melody creating a groove like in around the world

[@thamastha]

“Emmit Remmus” lol When you realise the person doesn’t know it’s ‘Summer Time’ spelled backwards

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Interesting

[@jjvillafanemusic]

According to Kiedis’s biography “Scar Tissue”, the phrase “Psychic Spies from China Try to Steal Your Mind’s Elation” came from a sign a homeless-crazy person was holding on the street. Kiedis said he happened to see it, so I think the “steal” rhyme break wasn’t intentional! Love your videos BTW!

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Snow hey oh Californication Impressive content i.e Title theme songs Bassist

[@xcorism1113]

Slipknot or KoRn should be next

[@jaimetrevino4650]

Forget Slipknot. KORN!

[@xcorism1113]

@@jaimetrevino4650 yea tbh korn would be more interesting

[@volt0z]

I guess where will be whole video about Flea? Because not mention his contribution and his role in the band at all is quite rude

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

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[@myenemysenemy1043]

As a massive fan of the Chilis, I really enjoyed this vid and found it fascinating - especially the way you broke down Anthony’s method for writing. Well done!

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