New RHCP Single

gubble

Just heard the new RHCP single on Radio 2 (that clearly means I'm old as it's no longer relevant for radio 1)

It's very meh - the melodies sound like a mix of 3 songs from Stadium Arcadium, there's a surprising amount of piano, it's not very memorable.

I'll take my copy of BSSM and cry quietly in the corner 

ThorpyFX

did it sound like this:

ICBM

I haven't heard it yet but I'm not surprised. Any RHCP without John Frusciante is a waste of time for me - it lacks some sort of spark.

I apologise to fans of Hillel Slovak and Dave Navarro but I've never been able to get into the albums with them on. But I'm probably unusual for a Chilis fan in that By The Way and Californication are my favourite albums, and I prefer Stadium Arcadium and Mother's Milk to BSSM as well.

gubble

100% agree with you @ICBM - Frusciante is a huge part of their sound and without him it sounds terrible.

Recently saw on youtube a concert from last month, sounded rubbish if I'm honest (but to be fair a rubbish RHCP live set is not a rare thing).

Interestingly they played a couple of songs you don't normally hear live such as Aeroplane. Here's the set including a false start !:

Intro Jam
 Can't Stop
 Chad solo
 Dani California
 Jam
 Scar Tissue
 Ethiopia
 Aeroplane
 Snow ((Hey Oh))
 Jam
 Right on Time (False start)
 Right on Time
 Universally Speaking
 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
 Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder cover)
 Under the Bridge
 Suck My Kiss
 Magic Johnson (tease)
 Jam (Californication intro jam)
 Californication
 Jam
 By the Way
 Flea solo
 Around The World
 Jam
 Give It Away

stickyfiddle

I'm with @ICBM. Californication and By The Way are both phenomenal melody- and harmony-soaked nuggets of joy and all the funky stuff and records with "the other guys" are just nowhere near as good. 

The current chap, whose name I forget, is a great and interesting guitar player but the last album was so one-dimensional because it missed not just Frusciante the guitarist but the a band leader, arranger and harmony vocalist

Col_Decker

pish

One Hot Minute makes the rest of their output sound childish imo. (apart from the "I'm a little pea, I love the birds and the see" song natch)

ICBM

Col_Decker said:

One Hot Minute makes the rest of their output sound childish imo.

I thought the literal exact opposite. It's why I don't like OHM.

joeyowen

Does it mention which state they come from? I'm not sure

Deadman

I'd have had an advance copy of an advance copy years ago. Can't even be arsed listening to it nowadays.

english_bob

stickyfiddle said:

I'm with @ICBM. Californication and By The Way are both phenomenal melody- and harmony-soaked nuggets of joy and all the funky stuff and records with "the other guys" are just nowhere near as good. 

The current chap, whose name I forget, is a great and interesting guitar player but the last album was so one-dimensional because it missed not just Frusciante the guitarist but the a band leader, arranger and harmony vocalist

Josh Klinghoffer.

And yes, Californication and By The Way are probably the strongest albums they've made. 

BSSM is too long and too samey.

STFU. Yes it is.

Deadman

BSSM FTW. STFU back.

andyp

My two favourites are also Californication and By they Way, by quite a long way. Me and my mates all listened to Californication to death through Uni, one of my lifetime favourite albums, so many events and memories around that time. I never quite got properly into the more rap / funk type stuff they did earlier and the newer stuff after Stadium Arcadium is pretty forgettable really - I think it's too bland for me.

I'm kind of expecting more of the same here. Especially without JF.

Flink_Poyd

Im a fan of a lot of their stuff but his voice just bores me now, his lyrics/rap when you listen to them properly are just nonsenical.

No mention of California

Flink_Poyd

Hard to top this for me

benmurray85

was actually pleasantly surprised with that ethereal intro then it dropped into that "funky" shite and he started signing - nope not for me

Flink_Poyd

benmurray85 said:

was actually pleasantly surprised with that ethereal intro then it dropped into that "funky" shite and he started signing - nope not for me

Exactly what I thought, great feel to the intro then just a massive let down

Deadman

Hang on. You can't put 'funk' and 'shite' in the same sentence.
I'm eating my words a bit here as I quite like it. Its.....pleasant. And I want to hear funky bass humping my face

pmg

Bassline isn't too different from can't stop. Ugh, poor grammar.

ICBM

Flink_Poyd said:

[Otherside]

Hard to top this for me

I like that a lot too, but if I had to pick just one, it would be this…

Not just my favourite Chilis track but one of my favourites by any artist ever.

Nice to find I'm not as alone as I thought I would be on liking By The Way and Californication best, too.

Strat_a_tat_tat

Damn... the title had me thinking Random Hand Claps had released a new single.

(Wasn't sure what the P was for... but there are times when we all need a P)

duotone

Heard it on spotify yesterday, I agree the piano took me a bit by surprise, but was one of the things I liked most about it. 

Also thought that it was a bit Stadium Arcadiumy, and generally not very exciting.