I don't realllly care, but I think most of the singles from Californication are stronger than By The Way. They haven't had a new song since Hump de Bump? What happened, Chilis?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 4 April 2010 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Companion poll: Best RHCP song of the pre-Navarro era - POLL
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 4 April 2010 11:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Scar Tissue is a fantastic record with a touching melodicm interplay between Kiedis and the prodigal Frusciante. Everything else since can fall in a deep hole.
― one of the jones boys (sic), Sunday, 4 April 2010 11:10 (fourteen years ago) link
The first half of these are mostly pretty great, thanks almost entirely to Frusciante. The second half I wasn't paying attention. 'Scar Tissue'.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 4 April 2010 11:45 (fourteen years ago) link
"Dani California" excepted, I couldn't hum one bar of the post-"Zephyr Song" crap.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 April 2010 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah this has to be "Scar Tissue"
― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Sunday, 4 April 2010 12:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I just love "By The Way" because it actually combines their hard rock roots and the Anthony Kiedis, Balladeer era really well. Almost all of these other songs are either melodic midtempo shit or half-hearted "hey, we still rock" moves.
― fuckshitpop (some dude), Sunday, 4 April 2010 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
what year was Californication released?
― forgotten funk-uncle (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 4 April 2010 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
1999
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 4 April 2010 13:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I figured as much. I really should've put it on my ballot for LJ's alternate 90s albums poll...that's a pretty great record
― forgotten funk-uncle (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 4 April 2010 13:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I never really liked these guys, but the By The Way record is great.
Can't Stop
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 4 April 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Dani California, for the guitar solo's.
― Marty Innerlogic, Sunday, 4 April 2010 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
"By the Way" btw
― Top Geir (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 April 2010 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Otherside
― still driving steen, banning deez, gettin my dick xhuxked (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
^
― The Reverend, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
scar tissue
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 4 April 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
"Dani California, for the guitar solo's."
I agree. That main riff in the solo should have been the song.
― earlnash, Sunday, 4 April 2010 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
a few good songs here, "scar tissue" is the only song of theirs i love, though
― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 April 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh, I actually kind of like RHCP w/ Navarro...My Friends is a great song, the Ohio Players cover (for the Beavis & Butthead movie sdtk) is pretty cool, and I always really liked Aeroplane, too...and it's been a long time since I heard it, but I remember "Pea" being a really popular song.
― forgotten funk-uncle (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 5 April 2010 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
What is the deal with the part in "Around the World" where he's all like "ching chong ching chong" etc.?
― how is abbott formed (Abbott), Monday, 5 April 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
"Anthony Kiedis has stated that in the lyrics for the verses he is telling about his journeys and his experiences on them, about being the member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and living extreme life. He also noted that Roberto Benigni's film Life Is Beautiful was a lyrical inspiration."
― how is abbott formed (Abbott), Monday, 5 April 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Dani California always sounds to me like a song Kiedis has written at least twice before...
― forgotten funk-uncle (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 5 April 2010 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUMyKcNL-Vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pHM-o2_Dk
― Tesla, the Electric Jesus (KMS), Thursday, 8 April 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Hump de Bump 1
i love whoever this is, that song is hilarious and probably my 2nd favorite after "By The Way" but i had pretty much forgotten about it until just now
― my heart will goon (some dude), Thursday, 8 April 2010 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"This is the Place" and/or "Minor Thing" should have probably made it onto this poll. Then again, I likely would've voted for "By the Way", "Scar Tissue" or "Road Trippin'" anyway.
― Nhex, Thursday, 8 April 2010 11:55 (fourteen years ago) link
For me, it would have been a tie between 'Can't Stop' and 'Around The World'.
― Turrican, Saturday, 3 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
I realized my main barrier from being a bigger fan of RHCP was Anthony Kiedis singing like he has a Micro Machine lodged in the back of his throat
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 March 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
I remember being offended at "By The Way" sharing a progression with dEUS' "For the Roses" even though it's almost certainly a coincidence.
― Simon H., Sunday, 8 March 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
Very surprised at the love for "Scar Tissue", that track was absolutely inescapable for a minute, like, "All Star" or "Smooth" levels of supersaturation...
Anyway the correct answer is "Fortune Faded"
― sheesh, Sunday, 8 March 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
― forgotten funk-uncle (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:51 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol, Pea.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SauftQfci28
― slam dunk, Sunday, 8 March 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
I always liked "Pea."
― billstevejim, Sunday, 8 March 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
not that it really matters but I've heard "Parallel Universe" (album track from Californication) spun on commercial radio more frequently than at least half of these songs.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 8 March 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link