How each band member creates a chili's song: Chad: Awesome drum beats Flea: Badass bass lines Josh: Great guitar riffs Anthony: California

@rayhoodoo847

5 жыл бұрын

"Josh"

@stulora3172

5 жыл бұрын

@@rayhoodoo847 O_o He said the J-word

@superpig4589

5 жыл бұрын

*John

@jacksonunruh5076

4 жыл бұрын

But... it works! That’s why we love this band

@Flamengo1981

4 жыл бұрын

dumb ass

The best RHCP lyrics: I know I know for sure Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong ding dang I know I know its you Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong ding dang

@mylesbradshaw8251

5 жыл бұрын

Perfection

@kitarajaba9154

5 жыл бұрын

No the best lyrics are ”DO THE FAT DANCE DO THE FAT DANCE DO THE DO THE FAT DANCE” x50

@Playstationguy1999

5 жыл бұрын

Can't forget: "Up to my ass in alligators , lets get it on with the alligator haters"

@hojcigane

5 жыл бұрын

Well, thats enough when u have flea and frusciante in your band

@himynameisangel1

5 жыл бұрын

7eventhSen5e I’ll put my middle finger in your monthly blood?? Eeek.. oh, Anthony

1.)Flea and Chad's melodies 2.)Anthony's unique voice and personality 3.)John's solos 4.) California love

I think you don't give the lyrics enough credit for their meaning. There actually is a meaning buried within these random sounding words most of the time, but it's not really a wholesome picture but more a vague silhouette of what Anthony's trying to say and the music is trying to convey. Also I think it's really cool that the band writes relatively simple music (harmonically speaking) but at the same time it can be pretty hard to perform with Flea's awesome bass lines, Chad's groovy drum patterns and Frusciante's unforgettable solos. I honestly think RHCP is one of the most brilliant bands ever for their right mix between simplicity and weirdness and somehow still standing strong 3 decades after their first albums.

@aprilchoyce7588

5 жыл бұрын

Perfect post

@independentrecord1739

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree on the lyrics do have meaning. If you read Scar Tissue (the book) He does go into some of the meanings behind some songs, and it shows that he does put thought into it.

@tracymorgan2983

5 жыл бұрын

Ding dang ding ding ding dang ding dong ding dang

@catm9431

5 жыл бұрын

I agree how the lyrics aren't just pure nonsense. He definitely mixes it up in many songs from very metaphorical to pretty direct.

@RunawayTV

5 жыл бұрын

their lyrics dont have any surface level meaning, instead the words are used in a way that points towards abstract ideas and intangible things that cant be described but can be felt. For example, californication is about a lifestyle created from a negative energy or at least a source of that energy that results in a world of post modernism, consumerism, and materialism that ultimately damages the human soul. Instead of speaking about it bluntly the words used point towards it and only by looking at where the words point and not at the words themselves will you be able to understand.

California Pentatonic Bass-heavy Key changes

@camilloa.1680

5 жыл бұрын

weeeeeed don't forget the weed

@pedreiroelegante6563

5 жыл бұрын

DING DING DENG DONG DING DING DONG DENG

@TheZooropaBaby

5 жыл бұрын

and some convoluted rhyming

@TrollsAndScrolls

5 жыл бұрын

+ John Frusciante

@brudbbb1

5 жыл бұрын

Not many key changes actually

In Anthonys book he actually goes over the "Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation" line. Guy-O is Guy Oseary, one of Anthonys friends.

@lucas.n

5 жыл бұрын

very well reminded! i've read that book, but didn't remember... "When I was in Auckland one time, I ran into a crazy lady on the street, and she was ranting about the fact that there were psychic spies in China. That phrase stuck in my mind, so when I was back home, I started writing and writing, and they became my favorite of all the lyrics that I’d collected over the last year."

California California Heroin California

@raisa_cherry33

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😆

@prune_l

5 жыл бұрын

California California Heroin California Helena Vestergaard

5 жыл бұрын

Funky Sentimental California Drugs

@isaacwilliams9919

4 жыл бұрын

No you’ve got it wrong California California Heroin Sex

@oliveoil6417

3 жыл бұрын

Bro no they just talk about their life (sex drugs California people)

Anthony almost plays the role of another instrument in the band.

@mattmarkus4868

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and an unnecessary one too.

@hamburgerdan101

5 жыл бұрын

He plays ass suck

@stulora3172

5 жыл бұрын

while other singers actually *are* one more instrument. and not just almost....

@superpig4589

5 жыл бұрын

Why TF everyone in this thread hating on Anthony? His voice is friggin iconic

@cyberspace667

3 жыл бұрын

@@superpig4589 because his success mixed with his lack of pretense makes people insecure

I'm gonna request Rage Against The Machine until it happens

@thecoderofyoutube

5 жыл бұрын

See also Mastodon.

Describe Red Hot Chili Peppers in 4 words: The Best Band Ever

@GunsNArnolds

3 жыл бұрын

true!

@greablood1072

3 жыл бұрын

Oh

@ryanwoodward1921

3 жыл бұрын

1. Red 2. Hot 3. Chili 4. Peppers

@Purpleskyshorizon

2 жыл бұрын

1. Anthony 2. Chad 3. Flea 4. John

@athanasia5487

2 жыл бұрын

@@Purpleskyshorizon 1.John 2.Flea 3. Chad 4.Tony

Thanks for all the kind comments folks! As to why I didn't talk about Flea - I just had to make some choices. I always try to talk about what's not so obvious, and I feel a lot has been written about Flea already. He's an incredible bassist though, no question about it. Also, Ron Burgundy is real good at the drums, too. Cheers

@zxlime

5 жыл бұрын

+1 for Will Ferrel reference. The part about the chord change was very interesting to say the least. However, how others have said (and considering the first word that comes to mind when I think of Red Hot, is Funk) it is surprising that there was no mention of their unique Bass.

@DaP84

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's got the guns! ;D

@Holistic-songwriting

5 жыл бұрын

​@@DaP84 I don't know if you heard me counting, I did over a thousand.

@DaP84

5 жыл бұрын

@Holistic Songwriting Hahaha, classic! :D By the way (unintended RHCP song title), love your work!

@Holistic-songwriting

5 жыл бұрын

@@DaP84 Thank you! :) Appreciate it!

funk and groove were the first words that came to my head. not even a word about one of the greatest bassist/greatest guitar/bass works, duos in rock history???

@2k13Ghost

5 жыл бұрын

exactly the only two words that popped up in the first 3 seconds for me

@SteveAstronaut

5 жыл бұрын

Funk punk rock.

I disagree with the point that the same strumming pattern gets repeated over the remainder of his riffs. If you analyze his live work, his solo work, and anything else other than the albums you can see the improvisation that takes place over every single repeating of the song, no two verse guitar parts sound the same in the live version.

@HandeeGaming

5 жыл бұрын

Also, Anthony's songs have meaning in mind as a first. Look at their Stadium Arcadium song explanation video from the album.

How is this stuff so unpopular?!?! huge peppers fan here, just astonished by what and how you brought it together here. great concept overall, adequat decision to go by songs with John, also the final part about anthonys contribution was just the icing on the cake. regardless of all the anothony bashing thats going on for not knowing the lyrics and not being the best singer, I think you made a really strong point with Anthony there! The overall concepts of simplicity, funk, context and nonsense goes with a lot of aspects regarding the peppers, couldnt be happier about your holisitc approach trying to figuere out what defines the peppers! keep it up :) will enjoy more of your works. Cheers have a wonderful day, as bright as you just made mine!

I'm astonished that their use of harmonies wasn't mentioned at all. It's literally in almost all of their songs!! Amazing video non-the-less!

Great video. RHCP are my favourite band and I think you could argue that there is another emotional narrative relating to California being driven through the chord progressions. Many RHCP songs are very melancholic and this is due to Frusciante’s use of major and minor chords in his progressions. Most of the time, his progressions begin with majors and end on a minor; te most common being F - C - Dm, which shows up in so many chillis songs. This in itself reflects an emotional narrative of happy to sad, much like the Californian dream itself, it sets up expectations of happiness, but ultimately concludes with a sad note; much like the people who go there with hopes of fame and glory only to be disappointed by the reality of California, something that Anthony talks about a lot in his lyrics e.g. tell me baby.

@Brax1982

5 жыл бұрын

I change the key from C to D you see to me it's just a minor thing, yo

@_baalshamin

5 жыл бұрын

@@Brax1982 He knows everything

@hadriewyn

5 жыл бұрын

@@_baalshamin Uhhhh uhh uhhhhhhhhhhh

@reservoirfrog1

5 жыл бұрын

You've got your bit part, Mozart Hot dart acceleration Pop art, pistol chasin' Cat fight intimidation (oh, oh, oh, oh)

@aprilchoyce7588

5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful post

i love you so much

Favorite Chilli Peppers lyric: "ding dang dung dong ding dang dung dong ding dang"

@Noahkais

5 жыл бұрын

Well Anthony Kiedies is one lucky MF for being friends with talented musicians. Otherwise he would have just died as another nameless addict decades ago. I don't know if there was ever a time where he was the best singer in the Chili Peppers

@jojobar5877

5 жыл бұрын

LMAO

LOVE this series. These are the BEST in-depth music discussion there is on youtube. Keep up the good work Friedemann! You make me interested in bands I never really liked. :) In the case of RHCP, even though they are not my cup of tea, I admire their talent on making great melodies and hooks in their most melodic songs (even if, structure and progression-wise, they're all pretty much similar to one another, like you pointed out. Which is actually a proof of their talent, to be able to vary just enough to make them fresh every time and STILL catchy).

As a massive fan of the Chilis, I really enjoyed this vid and found it fascinating - especially the way you broke down Anthony’s method for writing. Well done!

My 4 things to say about them: each melodic instrument and vocal usually uses a diferente mellody which harmonize altogether VERY Well (Mellowship Slinky in b major for exemple), Rap/Melodic vocals w gr8 lyrics, Bass as not only "making company" for guitar but also leading the songs and a Drummer expert in Ghost Notes and Groove! They are my favorite band!

@XistoKente

5 жыл бұрын

The counterpoint in Mellowship Slinky is too damn good

RHCP can be described in 4 words: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

@eon5811

4 жыл бұрын

And california

Another spot on video Friedemann. Well done.

Recently came across your channel, you do amazing work! Got yourself a new subscriber!

Melodic, funky, creative, and fun

Your videos are fantastic man! Keep it up. Cant wait to see more!

Great video and great band. Love your channel, Friedemann!

One of my favorite bands. thanks for the great video bro

Thank you for this video!!!! I think you just put into words what I've been grasping at for years! Amazing job.

Absolutely love this series! Thank you so much for the amazing content.

Relaxation Enthusiasm Movement Familiar Great video as always! I think the transition from that Dm to the F#m chord in Californication works fine because it's a slight variation in brightness, since it's just a modal interchange from D dorian (feels to me like that because of the time they sit on the last chord) to D major. What happens in Zephyr Song I believe, is very similar. Going from A minor to D major has the same change in brightness between the two tonalities. It makes me think that there is certain amount of brightness that makes the transition just the right amount of impressive to not slap the listener's face while still giving that sensation of freshness. I'll try applying the conclusion you left for the harmonic analysis aswell, I had never thought of it that way O: .

Perfect!! My favorite band when I was young.. but then I grew up and realised how limited they are. Please keep talking slowly. Your tone and speed really helps me to study english. Cheers from Brazil!!!

@Brax1982

5 жыл бұрын

That's funny, because he's German. =p

The transition in Californication from Dm to F#m can actually be a resolution. Basically, dominant chords resolve well because they contain notes which are a half tone away from notes in the target chord. Dm is composed of the notes D, F and A. F#m is composed of F#, A and C#. So D resolves to C#, F resolves to F# and A stays in place. It's not the traditional secondary dominant resolution but it still works. It's a harsher sounding resolution and maybe the voicing their using makes it even harsher, I don't know. Another way to look at both of the examples you gave is that the chord they modulate to is the chromatic median of the chord before the change. Still, it's a great observation, that you only need a good exit strategy.

6:10 I change the key from C to D You see to me it's just a minor thing, yo He knows everything To readjust you've got to trust That all the fuss is just a minor thing He knows everything It's just a minor thing And I'm a minor king He knows everything

Finding some words that best describe the image of a band, is simply a great way to understand why you like it and why it is succesfull! Great approach...

Wow bro again! Amazinggg analysis! Loved this episode and also got inspired to create music like RHCP because even I live in a city where people of my country dreams to live and become famous, succesful, enjoy glamour life and all.😎

beautiful inspiring video!! Thanks!

I knew that the core idea of californication is to draw attention to the falsehood we chase in life. But your comment on "looks and no substance" really illuminated how profound some of the odd lines in that song are. How closely counter-intuitive elements are linked to the single purpose of the song is mind blowing.

I always come to your channel because of these videos. I absolutely love em, no matter the band. If I could make a critique though, is that the first ones were much longer and, for this type of content, I think us, viewers, are very interested on getting as much as we can. So longer videos (just like the first ones) are better. Pesonally, I got a little sad that the Linkin Park video was one of the shortest (but It was still great). Anyway, I always drop a like (and sometimes a share) in the videos from this series because they are just amazing. Thank you for giving me such an awesome insight on music, and specially, music that I love.

I just found this channel, and its amazing. Ive bingewatched all the artist series and album series now. One thing i would really like to see would be Blind Guardian, either album series on something like Beyond the red mirror, or just a full on artist series on them. They are an amazing power metal band, but they do it their own way. They have sometimes queen-ish style vocals, and always quite complex guitar(s) and drums.

sentimental - they create song full of emotions funky - referring to their early years changing they gone trought many phases and had several band members favorite - despite I don't listen to them all the time, they have a special place in my heart since I was 12

The genius of Anthony is by turning the lyrics into flow, this allows him to act like the rhythm section, allowing flea to create awesome counter melodies with Frusciante while still maintaining the classic two rhythm two lead structure (ie californication) or focus on rhythm where each musician adds a lot of rhythm and a bit of melody creating a groove like in around the world

As a chillis fan IMO you didn't explained much in this episode. There is a lot more stuff to their music, that makes it so great and unique.

@Brax1982

5 жыл бұрын

You don't get the point of this series. It's not to meant to sell an artist's music to you, it's about how THEY sell it to you.

@JakubPiasekMusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@Brax1982 That's right, but he didn't explained it well. I think there is more to say for example about the rhythm section of the band and explore a lot more eras of the band besides Californication. There is more than Anthony's lyrics and Frusciante's chord progressions.

@Brax1982

5 жыл бұрын

​@@JakubPiasekMusic He did list all songs referencing California, some of them from the debut album. Judging by that, I think he took their entire discography into account. He needs to focus on the aspects that never changed throughout their career. Are you talking about any of those? What would they be? I agree that some elements were not present in the beginning, like the inclusion of ballads. Kiedis starting to sing more and more up to the point that rapping is the exception. To be fair, for some artists he described how they re-branded themselves. Adele, for instance. But that was last season. Maybe the rules changed, haven't seen it all, yet.

@JakubPiasekMusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@Brax1982 I think that the Chilli Peppers are the band that can't be defined by only one song or album. They passed through so many years and eras. Each album is different and neither is similar to other. They got through the funk metal rap style singed music to kind of alternative rock. You can't judge them by only one era. To experience the whole idea behind their music you have to dig deeper. Understand how they get through this progression. How the band line up was changing and how it affected their sound and playing. The guy in the video explained the idea behind the most popular songs which mostly featured Frusciante after the rehab. I think that is the most important era in their career and it helped them grow and develop musically. This band has really splited out fandom, that isn't centred on only one song or album. This guy should have mention they did it in the Hillel's, Navarro's and one that is today - Josh's. Each era has really different musical ideas, influences and styles. You can tell that just by listening. The aspects that haven't changed are the Flea and Kiedis. They are in the band since the beginning. Their musical ideas always were mixed well with whoever they had to work with. They're the foundation of the band. Choosing only the most popular songs is really underestimating the greatness behind the rest of their stuff. This is the band that even has b-sides on level of the studio album songs.

@Brax1982

5 жыл бұрын

@@JakubPiasekMusic Yeah, they are around for longer than any of the others he analyzed, I think. Still, I think he at least picked the three things that never changed. Then again, I stopped listening to them after Stadium Arcadium. Clearly something has changed too much for me to bother. I didn't like the songs any more. I guess there is somethin to analyze there.

I was hoping to get also some analysis on kiedis' vocal melodies and their cool basslines. Good video tho.

Amazing video! RHCP is my favorite band and I never stopped to think about a few details you mention in the here. On the other hand, I think you missed the opportunity to show how John and Flea parts normally are interconnected single-noted progressions, but together they make it sound like chords. Some examples could be the main riffs in Otherside and Californication or the By the Way intro

Happy to see RHCP, even happier to see John as the focal point. But would've been happiest to see some mention of emotion, because I think that's what defines John's music more than anything else. Especially live! But as always, great job with the video and the series!

This is why i like being an amateur... I get to learn lots of stuff! This will surely help chili peppers influence people like me in song writing!! THANKS MAN!!

Great video, and you've just earned yourself a new subscriber. Cheers!

I mean, Anthony it's in fact a victim of the Californication. He is from Michigan and when he was a kid he moved to California with his dad and fell in love with the place. Great video, I think you should make a second part in the future because this band is very complex and deep to understand in it's fullness, but I think you did a great job on this video!

That was just awesome. Thank you so much.

Really really beautiful video!!

Please do Billy Talent (Ian D'sa - Guitarist). He plays Drop D and basically tries to play both rhythm and lead guitar in 1.

Funky Bass-centered Californian Fun

Yay! I saw this and was immediately excited+interested.

i realized that the "motif"on can't stop makes the concept very strong cause it never stops through the whole song.

Fantastic video! Smart & concise! 👏🏻

This is amazing! Thanks

7:08 ❤ That is such a brilliant and simply put point 👏 key changes need a good exit strategy, but the first time they happen it's okay to be sudden (after all, we are starting something new!)

Please consider doing features on EDM artists. I think it would be awesome to see if their image and messaging is as consistent when they dont have the benefit of using lyrics most of the time. It would be a great test to the idea that chords and progressions would generate the sameish reactions.

Amazing, thank you for this! I asked for this video so muchh, thx. Greetings from argentina. ♥

great vid/series man!

Thanks for this amazing content!

Thankyou for this video, I geeked out on my fav band and I love talking about RHCP music.

Greetings from germany! You litterally saved my presentation

Funky Smooth/mellow Ambivalent For me, the ambivalence comes from the funky, groovy happiness from the style the musicians play in mixed with some bittersweet sadness in the actual harmonic/melodic structure. At least, that's what it feels like to me. And it pretty much fits what Friedemann says about "Califonrication": Superficially, all seems fine, but you can't get away from this feeling of something darker looming beneath. Both the lyrics and the music reflect how the band can see right through that illusion.

Can we have a how the Beatles wrote songs, Lennon-McCartney and Harrison?

@Holistic-songwriting

5 жыл бұрын

I would, but from what I hear the video would be taken down instantly. :/

Nice video as are most of yours that I’ve seen. The words I came up with were: high energy, interesting melodic lines (kind of like your comments about Fruaciante), all very strong musicians, good songwriting, and very prolific. 🍻

John Frusciante and Micheal "Flea" Balzary will never be duplicated. Seriously one of the top 3 duos of all time. Awesome video brotha!!!

An episode about swans would be great

Hey hey hey where is more artist series man??? Please don't stop making these videos I beg you please...I am missing these videos so much!

Do an episode on queens of the Stone Age. Between their constantly evolving sound and band members yet nuanced and almost reductive sounding guitar licks. They’re definitely a band worth analyzing. Love the channel. Keep making great videos!!!

You forgotten to mention the F - C - Dm & Am - Bb - C - Dm Chord progression that Frusciante uses in a lot of RHCP songs. That F - C - Dm is almost like a music law.

Wow! Didn't even finish the video before I subscribed.

Loved the analysis of Kiedis' assonance rhyming.

Thanks for focusing on Anthony's lyrics! One comment about the "Psychic Spies..." line: I think that the strength of the line is in the fact that on the surface it's just meaningless words that flow well, but it contains a message about the way victims of "Californication" are taught to villainize foreigners and fear them for outrageous reasons. To me, the line is not just flow and sound, it's deeply meaningful.

@brigwood7658

3 жыл бұрын

God, really? I've tried, but I have to say it sorry, to me Anthony K's lyrics are the absolute worst, utterly moronic.

Great Stuff! Congrats!

bass movements, main triads, rhythmic

I'm new to your work, but am highly impressed and inspired. You, sir, have yet another committed fan :) I would love to see an episode on The Mars Volta.

Love your content!!!

Amazing video brother, cheers

Nice breakdown of the RHCP! As a songwriter I really like the extra musical info you put in there like the the 1-5-6-4 chord progression in some of there songs (I think that's one of the progressions you mentioned). Have you or could you do a songwriting analysis on John Lennon? If you already have I will look for it. Keep up the Excellent videos! Cheers....

Yo that ending was sick I really wasn't expecting that. 👌

Funky, creative, mellow, amazing

Amazing analisys, amusing allies!!

Various, different, meaningful. I haven't got anything of your words in mind. But I can relate to them in some way 😄

geezus this is so much to do about random shit we already knew and shit that doesn't actually matter in answering the question posed by the title, which seemed reasonably interesting for anyone into the band and studying music.

Funk-bass, guitar-creativity, Melody & lyricism, solid drum foundation

can you do The Cure next time ?

@kaicanyonellis

5 жыл бұрын

I LOVE The Cure! My head would explode if he gave us some 80s bands

@milesdoodling1054

5 жыл бұрын

That would be something great!

@Brax1982

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, that would be nice! I would like to see how he combines all their phases into one unified image.

I can’t get over how many good songs they have written, legends.

Its fun to note that ever so sligthy you are starting to emulate a german accant. And great vids as always

funky cool/smooth makes me wanna dance badass bass riffs

Awesome! Thanks !!!

Groovy. Ever-changing. Expressive. Inspirational.

Oh I enjoyed this so much

Thank you for this amazing serie. I hope you'll make an episode on QOTSA sometimes in the future. Thanks thanks thanks

Honestly they’re one of the greatest bands ever, Flea is a crazy bass player, chad is an amazing drummer, John and josh are very talented guitarists, and Anthony is such a unique vocalist, I love em’

@lijy4328

3 жыл бұрын

@Lilly ikr, I love albums like “The getaway” or “ I’m with you” just as much as “californication” or “Stadium Arcadium”

Your video formula is great.

Great insight thx!

its amazing that you talk about RHCP music without mentioning flea and his bass

Soft vocals, hard instrumentals, & nice groove