John Frusciante returns to RHCP

[DK6]

35 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

Did you really like this thing?

I think its a muture album with beautiful melodies.

Much more laid back and a really happy feel to it.

It sounds to me like they had a great time making it.

I felt that JF took over stadium arcadium too much at times.

I'm very glad he has cut back on the falsetto backing vocals - he went way overboard with that on SA.

I like the more stripped back sound they've gone with - closer in feel to Californication at times than anything else they've done.

Of course there's songs I don't love (it's not a perfect album!) but overall I'm enjoying the feel of it.

 

[rocknroll41]

20 minutes ago, DK6 said:

I think its a muture album with beautiful melodies.

Much more laid back and a really happy feel to it.

It sounds to me like they had a great time making it.

I felt that JF took over stadium arcadium too much at times.

I'm very glad he has cut back on the falsetto backing vocals - he went way overboard with that on SA.

I like the more stripped back sound they've gone with - closer in feel to Californication at times than anything else they've done.

Of course there's songs I don't love (it's not a perfect album!) but overall I'm enjoying the feel of it.

 

My thoughts exactly. I keep listening to UL on repeat and I’m pretty sure I like it better than SA now.

[Cosmo]

7 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

My thoughts exactly. I keep listening to UL on repeat and I’m pretty sure I like it better than SA now.

I literally jumped out of my chair.

[rocknroll41]

4 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

I literally jumped out of my chair.

Congratulations.

[Dean]

One of the best sounding vinyl records I own, it provides a whole different listening experience all together IMO. 

Edited April 5, 2022 by Dean

[Nicklord]

People that dislike One Way Traffic don't know how to have fun in life

[Towelie]

13 hours ago, Cosmo said:

Ranking all the songs since Stadium Arcadium. There's a HUGE quality drop from Stadium Arcadium to I'm With You and from The Getaway to Unlimited Love, IMO. There's just an abyss between John's two albums in terms of quality. 

• Blue = Stadium Arcadium
• White = I'm With You
• Yellow = The Getaway
• Red = Unlimited Love

1. Slow Cheetah
2. Hard To Concentrate
3. Dark Necessities
4. Desecration Smile
5. Snow (Hey Oh)
6. Tell Me Baby
7. Dani California
8. Go Robot
9. Goodbye Hooray
10. Charlie
11. Make You Feel Better
12. Hey
13. Strip My Mind
14. She's Only 18
15. Stadium Arcadium
16. She Looks To Me
17. Monarchy of Roses
18. Hump de Bump
19. Especially In Michigan
20. Wet Sand
21. 21st Century
22. Dreams of a Samurai
23. Look Around
24. Readymade
25. Black Summer
26. Animal Bar
27. Torture Me
28. Encore
29. Goodbye Angels
30. Did I Let You Know
31. Warlocks
32. The Hunter
33. We Believe
34. Ethiopia
35. Meet Me At The Corner
36. Poster Child
37. Factory Of Faith
38. The Longest Wave
39. It's Only Natural
40. Feasting On The Flowers
41. The Adventures Of Raindance Maggie
42. Death of a Martian
43. Bastards of Light
44. We Turn Red
45. Let 'Em Cry
46. The Heavy Wing
47. Storm in a Teacup
48. Sick Love
49. White Braids and Pillow Chair
50. If
51. Annie Wants a Baby
52. The Great Apes
53. Not The One
54. Aquatic Mouth Dance
55. So Much I
56. Even You Brutus?
57. Brendan's Death Song
58. The Getaway
59. C'mon Girl
60. Whatchu Thinkin
61. This Ticonderoga
62. Turn It Again
63. Here Ever After
64. She's a Lover
65. These Are The Ways
66. Detroit
67. Happiness Loves Company
68. Dance, Dance, Dance
69. Police Station
70. Veronica
71. Tangelo
72. One Way Traffic

Look Around and Hump De Bump better than Black Summer? Are you for real?

[Jakey Styley]

4 hours ago, Nicklord said:

People that dislike One Way Traffic don't know how to have fun in life

This is shaping up to be one of my favorite upbeat songs on the album.

[Jakey Styley]

25 minutes ago, Towelie said:

Look Around and Hump De Bump better than Black Summer? Are you for real?

I’d agree on the basis of Anthony’s accent in Black Summer alone

 

just noticed Turn it Again being at the bottom - troll list!

Edited April 5, 2022 by Jakey Styley

[EvanG]

 One Way Traffic is one of the worst songs they've made in the last 20 years IMO.

I like Look Around more than Black Summer too. Incredibly funky and I love Josh's vocal part.

Edited April 5, 2022 by EvanG

[Cosmo]

23 minutes ago, EvanG said:

 One Way Traffic is one of the worst songs they've made in the last 20 years IMO.

I like Look Around more than Black Summer too. Incredibly funky and I love Josh's vocal part.

This.
 

And c’mon for whoever complained about Black Summer… Its a good song but that fake accent?! Hump de Bump and Look Around both kill it! Look Around has an amazing bass line and RHCP is bass-fronted band, man. 

[Rovim]

3 minutes ago, Cosmo said:

Look Around has an amazing bass line and RHCP is bass-fronted band, man. 

there is more to a song than just 1 instrument though, even if it is a prominent instrument in the band's sound played by a brilliant musician. Goes without saying, but all of this shit is subjective.

[Cosmo]

5 minutes ago, Rovim said:

there is more to a song than just 1 instrument though, even if it is a prominent instrument in the band's sound played by a brilliant musician. Goes without saying, but all of this shit is subjective.

I agree. I do think it’s an all-around great song though. Just pointing out it’s got a top-notch Flea moment I kinda miss in these new songs. I think the best bass line I can think of in UL is It’s Only Natural perhaps? Might be forgetting something. 

[Jakey Styley]

13 hours ago, DK6 said:

 

I felt that JF took over stadium arcadium too much at times.

I'm very glad he has cut back on the falsetto backing vocals - he went way overboard with that on SA.

 

I feel so different. I straight up tell people, only joking a little bit, that RHCP is about the backing vocals!

To me, By the Way is John taking over too much (still a great album, just a bit too pretty for what I want from RHCP). SA is a good balance for me, with John being very prominent but it still feeling like the band’s effort. He’s one of my favorite musicians. That’s why this album disappoints me, but at the same time I do enjoy that I can clearly hear how much of a band effort this album is.

[EvanG]

Yeah, I've said this before, the only thing that disappoints me a little bit is the lack of Frusciante goodies on the record. 
Not saying there aren't some cool guitar moments, but compared to the other records it is lacking.
Not really memorable licks or riffs, apart from maybe a few.
Lot of the solos are just guitar feedback or some generic pentatonic noodling.
Still love the guy and all, but I was hoping for a bit more.

[rocknroll41]

2 hours ago, Towelie said:

Look Around and Hump De Bump better than Black Summer? Are you for real?

I actually agree with both of those songs being better than Black Summer (tho I like UL overall).

[Cosmo]

I’m giving UL a fifth listen and I gotta say I kinda overdid it on the hate lol. It’s still the weakest album they put out since I started following them but it’s not a BAD album. There are some pretty awful songs and it lacks a top notch RHCP anthem (Black Summer is the best moment and it’s not THAT good) but it’s a fun listening experience. My main critique is still up, though: fans have waited for a John album for years. Kind of a let down to put out an album with such timid guitar moments. 

[Gordon Comstock]

2 hours ago, Cosmo said:

it lacks a top notch RHCP anthem (Black Summer is the best moment and it’s not THAT good)

 

I'd say Here Ever After is the best 'anthem' moment, it's catchy as hell. I'm surprised they released These Are The Ways as a single before it.

And, I know this stuff is subjective, but...

 

19 hours ago, Cosmo said:

42. Death Of A Martian

How could you rank one of the best songs on SA so low??

[Shacklers Absolution]

White Braids & Pillow Chair 

[Zeppelin]

On 4/4/2022 at 9:51 PM, Cosmo said:

Ranking all the songs since Stadium Arcadium. There's a HUGE quality drop from Stadium Arcadium to I'm With You and from The Getaway to Unlimited Love, IMO. There's just an abyss between John's two albums in terms of quality. 

• Blue = Stadium Arcadium
• White = I'm With You
• Yellow = The Getaway
• Red = Unlimited Love

1. Slow Cheetah
2. Hard To Concentrate
3. Dark Necessities
4. Desecration Smile
5. Snow (Hey Oh)
6. Tell Me Baby
7. Dani California
8. Go Robot
9. Goodbye Hooray
10. Charlie
11. Make You Feel Better
12. Hey
13. Strip My Mind
14. She's Only 18
15. Stadium Arcadium
16. She Looks To Me
17. Monarchy of Roses
18. Hump de Bump
19. Especially In Michigan
20. Wet Sand
21. 21st Century
22. Dreams of a Samurai
23. Look Around
24. Readymade
25. Black Summer
26. Animal Bar
27. Torture Me
28. Encore
29. Goodbye Angels
30. Did I Let You Know
31. Warlocks
32. The Hunter
33. We Believe
34. Ethiopia
35. Meet Me At The Corner
36. Poster Child
37. Factory Of Faith
38. The Longest Wave
39. It's Only Natural
40. Feasting On The Flowers
41. The Adventures Of Raindance Maggie
42. Death of a Martian
43. Bastards of Light
44. We Turn Red
45. Let 'Em Cry
46. The Heavy Wing
47. Storm in a Teacup
48. Sick Love
49. White Braids and Pillow Chair
50. If
51. Annie Wants a Baby
52. The Great Apes
53. Not The One
54. Aquatic Mouth Dance
55. So Much I
56. Even You Brutus?
57. Brendan's Death Song
58. The Getaway
59. C'mon Girl
60. Whatchu Thinkin
61. This Ticonderoga
62. Turn It Again
63. Here Ever After
64. She's a Lover
65. These Are The Ways
66. Detroit
67. Happiness Loves Company
68. Dance, Dance, Dance
69. Police Station
70. Veronica
71. Tangelo
72. One Way Traffic

Really sad to see Animal Bar at 26. Would be Top 5 in that list for me.

[Jakey Styley]

2 hours ago, Shacklers Absolution said:

White Braids & Pillow Chair 

Didn’t expect it on first listen, but I’ve been loving this track lately.

[Mr MacPhisto]

21 hours ago, Jakey Styley said:

Didn’t expect it on first listen, but I’ve been loving this track lately.

Nice wee story behind it as well.

Edited April 8, 2022 by Mr MacPhisto

[rocknroll41]

They’re confirmed to be replacing Foo Fighters at the New Orleans festival now, so I expect the same will happen with Boston Calling and the Daytona festival (though rumor has it that Swedish House Mafia is also on standby for both).

I also assumed they’d replace Kanye at Coachella, but that spot ended up going to The Weeknd.

I wonder what’ll happen to all the Euro and SA festivals that Foo were supposed to do, though. GnR, RHCP and SHM are all booked from June onward. I guess all those festivals will just go on without headliners those nights?

[Gordon Comstock]

2 hours ago, rocknroll41 said:

They’re confirmed to be replacing Foo Fighters at the New Orleans festival now, so I expect the same will happen with Boston Calling and the Daytona festival (though rumor has it that Swedish House Mafia is also on standby for both).

I also assumed they’d replace Kanye at Coachella, but that spot ended up going to The Weeknd.

I wonder what’ll happen to all the Euro and SA festivals that Foo were supposed to do, though. GnR, RHCP and SHM are all booked from June onward. I guess all those festivals will just go on without headliners those nights?

 

Nine Inch Nails are replacing FF at Boston Calling. https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-calling-headliner-announcement-replace-foo-fighters/39651321

[rocknroll41]

24 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

Nine Inch Nails are replacing FF at Boston Calling. https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-calling-headliner-announcement-replace-foo-fighters/39651321

Thanks. Just checked and it looks like NIN is replacing them at Rockville Daytona as well, and Megan Thee Stallion is listed as the headliner for their date at Beale Street. So I guess the only date RHCP is filling in for is New Orleans.

Wonder if Axl will run into Robin at Daytona.

Edited April 8, 2022 by rocknroll41