After numerous line-up changes, plenty of drug abuse related rumours ( most of them were true anyway), this california based group sure has come a long way. Damn long.
By The Way was like released 4 years back. I personally din really warm up to this album as much as their previous works. But the recent release Stadium Arcadium ...damn shiok. Luckily the band din go as planned to release this as part of a trilogy of albums spaced 6 months apart. Nah....knowing these folks, 6 years apart might be a better gauge.
Interestingly the single Dani California , well its about Dani, the same characte referred to in the other RHCP single By The Way and my fav Californication. Funny part is, Dani California will be the theme song of the movie remake of Death Note. (dunno why, wanna laugh when I heard that.....just wierd. )....hail the big warner machinery at work. Wonder if the RHCP folks know what they are getting into. Nothing against the movie....but, funny lor. ( digress abit, the trailers for the movie......nyek nyek nyek! Each time i see yagami light, i cannot stop laughing)
Kind of agree with what Flea said about this new album : "If you dun like this record, you dun like RHCP. Period." ~~~~~Not that I seriously think this is one of RHCP's best efforts, but its 100% RHCP....and I have been starving for good ol funk rock for quite a while.
Grab your copy....must support all this ah peks who are still giving the young punks a run for their rock $$. And this is one of the rare efforts by the band whereby the lineup has remained unchanged for the past 3 releases...Yip Yip Hurray!
The current line up include Kiedis, Flea, John Frus-sthg ( never can quite remember how to spell his last name) and Chad Smith.
My fav RHCP album/single ranking remains unchanged despite the commendable effort by RHCP in Stadium Arcadium
#1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik (highly highly highly recommended, despite selling only about 12 million w/w compared to californication's 15 million sales.)
#2. Mother's Milk (one of their earlier releases, dunno why sales were miserable at less than 3 million sold w/w. )
#3. Californication
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