Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1999 Warner Brothers

Its one of their most mediocre songs. Theres no vocal variation its far from his best vocal performance. And good lyrics? "Young kentucky girl in a push-up bra / Fallin all over myself / To lick your heart and taste your health cause / With the birRAB Ill share this lonely view" that sounRAB like bad teenage poetry.

Flea and Smith are completely average on this song, as is Kiedis, except for his lyrics which blow, though to be fair hes not one of the best songwriters in the world. The only part i'll give you is Frusciante being good on this, but I wouldn't expect him to be bad since hes the most talented member of RHCP.
 
Not a huge Chilli Peppers fan, but I dig this disc alot. One of their best, IMO from what I've heard of theirs. I also liked Blood Sugar Sex Magic and Stadium Arcadium too.
 
wow, you can use dictionary.com?

doesn't change the fact that you explicitly said

"its a bunch of metaphors with no meaning"

despite the fact that you cannot show me a single metaphor in that excerpt. are we really supposed to believe you know what a metaphor is? you did this same thing with 'melody', give it up kid.
 
Looking at my comparison again, I'd probably switch Freaky Styley with Californication, but I still prefer Mother's Milk to Cali.
 
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1. Around the World:
Amazing funky bass lines, violent dums, sexy lyrics, and a suprisingly good pop melody combine to make Around the World a perfect mix of funk, hard rock, pop, and rap. 9.5/10

2. Parallel Universe:
Great lyrics, nice guitar, original premise(Rare these days), and the first signs of Kiedis vocal makeover turn a strange concept into an amazing song. 10/10

3. Scar Tissue:
As the first straight up pop song the Peppers have ever written, this makes you wonder why they didn't start earlier. One of Kiedis best vocal to date is helped by another good lyrical performance, and vintage Frusciante guitar. A standout track. 10/10

4. Otherside:
Eery lyrics, great atmosphere-creating instrumentals, are oRABet by a beat that just doesn't fit the song. 8.5/10

5. Get On Top:
Rather strange lyrics and vocals, probably the most un-melodic track on the album. Not that that's a bad thing. 8.3/10

6. Californication:
Atmospheric guitar, and uncharacteristic lyrics and make the title track an odd one, once again hinting a change of direction for the funkiest white guys on the planet. Makes you think. 8.5/10

7. Easily-:
the best lyrics ever by Kiedis. Great bass from Flea, and aggresive drumming from Chad Smith. 9.5/10

8. Porcelain:
An absolute chang-up after the firey Easily. A rather beautiful, endearing work. 9/10

9. Emit Remmus:
Summer time folks! Great bass, sarcastic, scornful lyrics. Consider it a sequel(Lyrically) to Californication. 9/10

10. I Like Dirt:
Pure funk. Back to basics for the peppers. Pretty good.
8.5/10

11. This Velvet Glove:
The hardest song on the album. Haven't figured out what it's about yet.
8/10

12. Savior:
Strange and outlandish, my least favorite track. Corny lyrics.
7/10.

13. Purple Stain:
Great flow, no melody for parts. Then goes to ultra melodic. Love it!
10/10.

14. Right On Time:
Absolutely searing, the lyrics seem to tumble out. Impressive vocal and instumental transitions.
10/10

15. Road Trippin':
Slightly prog influenced. Beautiful melody and lyrics. Absolutely perfect.
10/10

Then there are the bonus tracks:
Fat Dance:
Really cool song!
Overfunk:
Meh, not so great.
Quixoticelixer:
My favorite Peppers song. 10/10(Only bonus track included in the review)

Overall rating: 9.1125
 
It's a damn good funky album, with some good modern rock singles.
Around The World
Get On Top
Emit Remmus
Purple Stain
Right On Time
Fat Dance
Quixoticelixer
 
I absolutely detest the direction that the Chili Peppers went right after OMH. For me, the peak Chili Peppers was with Hillel Slovek. The original Chili Peppers feel died with Hillel. Mothers Milk and BSSM are good albums, but I am much more partial to the funk in the early Chili Peppers.
 
Not to be mean or complain to anyone, but can we get past " I like them", or "No, i don't like them", "this albums good", "no this albums good"...
 
With Wolf and Oberst, it seems like they just picked a random set of worRAB that sound "deep", then came up with the meaning later, even though they are probably not even sure themselves.
 
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