How the Red Hot Chili Peppers Write A Song | Artists Series S2E8
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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
Perfection
No the best lyrics are ”DO THE FAT DANCE DO THE FAT DANCE DO THE DO THE FAT DANCE” x50
Can't forget:
"Up to my ass in alligators
, lets get it on with the alligator haters"
Well, thats enough when u have flea and frusciante in your band
7eventhSen5e I’ll put my middle finger in your monthly blood?? Eeek.. oh, Anthony
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
+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.
Yeah, he's got the guns! ;D
@@DaP84 I don't know if you heard me counting, I did over a thousand.
@Holistic Songwriting Hahaha, classic! :D By the way (unintended RHCP song title), love your work!
@@DaP84 Thank you! :) Appreciate it!
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.
Funk-bass, guitar-creativity, Melody & lyricism, solid drum foundation
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
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).
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.
Absolutely love this series! Thank you so much for the amazing content.
Great video and great band. Love your channel, Friedemann!
Please do Billy Talent (Ian D'sa - Guitarist). He plays Drop D and basically tries to play both rhythm and lead guitar in 1.
Soft vocals, hard instrumentals, & nice groove
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!
can you do The Cure next time ?
I LOVE The Cure! My head would explode if he gave us some 80s bands
That would be something great!
Oh, that would be nice! I would like to see how he combines all their phases into one unified image.
Most certainly want to make a recommendation of either Chevelle or Seether.
According to Kiedis’s biography “Scar Tissue”, the phrase “Psychic Spies from China Try to Steal Your Mind’s Elation” came from a sign a homeless-crazy person was holding on the street. Kiedis said he happened to see it, so I think the “steal” rhyme break wasn’t intentional! Love your videos BTW!
Great video, and you've just earned yourself a new subscriber. Cheers!
This is amazing! Thanks
Greetings from germany! You litterally saved my presentation
1. California
2. Storytelling
3. Addiction
4. Eclectic (genre-mixing)
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!!!
Funk
Emotional
Basslines
Great drumming
friendship, outgoing, emotional
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. 🍻
Your video formula is great.
Love this analysis on Chilis songs 💗💗💗💗💗😍
Yesss, could you do Led Zeppelin next?
Its fun to note that ever so sligthy you are starting to emulate a german accant. And great vids as always
Great insight thx!
My words were funky, juvenile, drugs and extroverted. But that's just me.
I thought he meant "funky" when he said "i'm surprised if it isn't on everyones list"
@@Inzersdorf93 tbh I'm surprised I didn't get California
If you never read scar tissue and like rhcp yiu should it gives so much insight on how they come up with songs
Funky, hard, emotional, and melodic
No meaningful lyrics? What? Anthony Kiedis uses a lot of metonymy to express himself. It makes you wonder what he's actually trying to say instead of just easy language. For example, if you write about love and how great it is you can either say somehting like "I love you and we are great together" or "Two of a kind beats all hands tonight", the last lyric is from the song Universally Speaking. I believe that his writing is fantastic and actually very deep but I guess that his style isn't something that everyone understands.
I liked the video but I thought that I should point that out.
To finger paint is not a sin I put my middle finger in
Haha good one. I didn't say that all of his lyrics are like that, there are definitely songs that are a bit more superficial and easier to understand. The funky songs tend to be more like that.
@@redhotchiliplanet sure, I'm just joking, I agree with what you said
It's so hard to understand and it's sag to me that I don't get it most of the time. I love RHCP.
Righteous And The Wicked is pretty superficial...NOT!🤣
Funky, mellow, emotional
Riveting analysis as always!
Carefree, Rock, Mischievous, Fresh
Could you do a video on tool?
As for lyrical meaning I think there is a bit more to californication and other like minded songs than you're giving credit for, especially when you keep in mind what ideas the lyrics/songs as a whole are trying to convey other than just sounding really cool obviously. Other than that I enjoyed this and you had some interesting points I hadn't considered yet.
“Hey Ladies and gents, It’s... who now??
Funky, unique, interesting and awesome.
I’ve been trying to figure out OutKast. My homeroom teacher played “Hey ya” in homeroom once, and I couldn’t figure out what they wanted me to make of them. I couldn’t tell what they were trying to (or trying to not?? Idk) sell. The opening sequence has them talking to someone who is telling them to basically just go get up there and make money, he throws one a roll of hundreds and says it’s $3,000. The one goes “cool” and goes up and the music starts. There’s also a whole Beatles theme with the black-and-white TV footage of screaming girls- but 90% of the crowd is black (and obviously, so are the artists), so it almost looks like they’re trying to be a black version of the Beatles. I mean, they even have Beatles-y haircuts- but they completely lack that earlier Beatles raunchy, raw sound (John even kept his guitar a bit out of tune on purpose). Their stage presence is over-dramatic, the song sounds bright but kind of “hard”, no warmth or softness (at least to me). Some of it almost comes across as sarcastic, especially once I looked at one of their other songs, “Rose”, which is a bit more obvious about the sort of sarcastic attitude. It almost looked like they were trying to sell “insincere”. I don’t know what to make of them, I’d love to hear your take on them.
1.Crazy
2.Funky
3.Funny
4.Espontaneuos
Please analize Bjork!
Have Flea noodle a baseline, intersperse real words amongst a whole bunch of “riggy-diggy” scat nonsense, and call it a day.
awesome video
I feel like the band's work prior to Californication is pretty different from a lot of what's described here. In tracks like Under the Bridge or Power of Equality, the meaning is much more direct in the lyrics - there's much more stuff delivered in relatively plain terms rather than general vibes. There's also a lot more focus on the guitar, and really the instrumentals in general on the first 5 or 6 albums, I think, including Mother's Milk and BSSM where I would say John's guitar parts are a lot busier, though even on that album he shows a great ability to pull it back at times like the sparse chord chops in The Righteous and the Wicked. Not a criticism of the video, nor of the band, I just think it's interesting how in some ways they've maintained a consistent identity throughout but in other ways their change in approach has been pretty fundamental, but their successful execution pretty much constant.
I think some rappers might take issue with the idea that good rappers don't write for content - the best rappers are writing both.
Could you please do Ghost next?
For real though my words are: flea’s the best bassist
RHCP:
(1) flowing mood
(2) nonsense lyrics that invite magical associations
(3) optimistic with dark undertones
(4) California 😛
Crazy. Funky. Loud (in a good way)
Mr. Bungle pls!
You should do Queen! :)
Would be cool to see an episode on explosions in the sky
California
California
Heroin
California
😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😆
California
California
Heroin
California
Helena Vestergaard
Funky
Sentimental
California
Drugs
No you’ve got it wrong
California
California
Heroin
Sex
Bro no they just talk about their life (sex drugs California people)
How each band member creates a chili's song:
Chad: Awesome drum beats
Flea: Badass bass lines
Josh: Great guitar riffs
Anthony: California
"Josh"
@@rayhoodoo847 O_o He said the J-word
*John
But... it works! That’s why we love this band
dumb ass
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.
Perfect post
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.
Ding dang ding ding ding dang ding dong ding dang
I agree how the lyrics aren't just pure nonsense. He definitely mixes it up in many songs from very metaphorical to pretty direct.
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.
I'm gonna request Rage Against The Machine until it happens
See also Mastodon.
California
Pentatonic
Bass-heavy
Key changes
weeeeeed
don't forget the weed
DING DING DENG DONG DING DING DONG DENG
and some convoluted rhyming
+ John Frusciante
Not many key changes actually
Anthony almost plays the role of another instrument in the band.
Yeah, and an unnecessary one too.
He plays
ass suck
while other singers actually *are* one more instrument. and not just almost....
Why TF everyone in this thread hating on Anthony? His voice is friggin iconic
@@superpig4589 because his success mixed with his lack of pretense makes people insecure
Describe Red Hot Chili Peppers in 4 words: The Best Band Ever
true!
Oh
1. Red 2. Hot 3. Chili 4. Peppers
1. Anthony 2. Chad 3. Flea 4. John
@@Purpleskyshorizon 1.John 2.Flea 3. Chad 4.Tony
1.)Flea and Chad's melodies
2.)Anthony's unique voice and personality
3.)John's solos
4.) California love
Favorite Chilli Peppers lyric: "ding dang dung dong ding dang dung dong ding dang"
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
LMAO
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.
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."
RHCP can be described in 4 words:
RED
HOT
CHILI
PEPPERS
And california
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.
Also, Anthony's songs have meaning in mind as a first. Look at their Stadium Arcadium song explanation video from the album.
Funky
Bass-centered
Californian
Fun
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.
I change the key from C to D
you see to me it's just a minor thing, yo
@@Brax1982 He knows everything
@@_baalshamin Uhhhh uhh uhhhhhhhhhhh
You've got your bit part, Mozart
Hot dart acceleration
Pop art, pistol chasin'
Cat fight intimidation (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Beautiful post
"Whats up everybody its fimina finesse fertilistic songwriting." **pauses video** "I'm sorry, what did you say?!?"
Simplicity
Less guitar effects sounds louder and clearer. No band ever did that.
Can we have a how the Beatles wrote songs, Lennon-McCartney and Harrison?
I would, but from what I hear the video would be taken down instantly. :/
I was hoping to get also some analysis on kiedis' vocal melodies and their cool basslines. Good video tho.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
Can you do a video on how to pronounce your name?
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???
exactly the only two words that popped up in the first 3 seconds for me
Funk punk rock.
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!
The counterpoint in Mellowship Slinky is too damn good
1. Wacky/almost random
2. Funky
3. California
How is the chorus for Dani “I-V-vi-ii” when the song is in Am?
Funk Rock - Authentic - Musicianship - Rock Star Life
Even though some of the points that you brought up were interesting to me, I feel like you barely went into how the Chili Peppers *actually write a song*. There's lots known about their writing process and I'm sure it seperates their songs from other people's. Instead you mentioned some aspects that are interesting, but sometimes inaccurate or even false. Admittedly it would be difficult to please caring fans, but this is where most of people's criticism on this video would come from.
03:35 what do you mean ''often songs revolve around him (John Frusciante)''? They don't. Maybe you're attracted to his playing as a guitar oriented musician or fan, but that's something else.
Your take on Anthony's background as a rapper and its influence on his lyrics may be correct, I feel like you downplayed his lyrical intentions and authenticity massively. His biography Scar Tissue is full of his life's stories that inspire his lyrics. Just because the lyrics are rhymy and you don't know exactly what he's singing about, doesn't mean that the words aren't meaningful. They're both. I'm convinced you could've made a much more accurate video, including Chad and Flea, in the same 12 minutes. I'm sure music fans would enjoy your future videos even more:)
melodic psychedelic funk.. thats what best describes RHCP to me
RHCP can be described in 4 words:
RED
HOT
CHILI
SHIRTLESS
It's so wierd that you mentioned that they do not use a lot of overdubs and fancy effects, and then you showed Dani California, which has a lot of overdubbed guitar with synths and dry and wet guitar on Left and Right :)
Also, for those of you interested in RHCP, you should definitely do yourself a favor and listen to Frusciante's solo work, this is where he shines as songwriter, instrumentalist and overall genius of musis
Melodic, funky, creative, and fun
Ok here are my 3 words:
Wild
Unhinged
Funky
...oh wait, those are words for 80s chilly peppers, my bad...
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: .
Hi Friedemann Findeisen, I am reading the book " the addiction formula", which is really interesting, a good book!
THERE is SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT to KNOW: on PAGE 80 YOU SAID "From my experience, I could show you similar structures in marketing, card magic and public speaking". CAN YOU PLEASE TEACH ME THE PATTERN IN THOSE ARIALS??? PLEASE!
My four words after literally pausing the video:
1. Dreamy (Guitar with chorus effect, certain slow parts)
2. wild/energetic (Gimme the FUNK!)
3. crazy/liberal (speaking openly about topics, in kind of a crazy way)
4. virtuoso instrumentation (bass, guitar, drums? )
The reason they say ding dong dang in songs is because he couldnt come up with lyrics so he used it as a filler but Fleas daughter liked it so they kept it in
An episode about swans would be great
1. Hilal Slovak
2. Heroin
3. Death
4. John Frusciante
5. Heroin
6. Near Death
7. Rehab
8. Californication
9. John quits again
10. Josh Klinghoffer
11. Getaway
12. Still RED HOT
There words ant meaningless, there code
sensitivity love harmony surf funk fun california...most of all how they enjoy making music
"The band doesn't use a lot of overdubbing or fancy effects such as reverb, or stereo" --> Uh, have you ever listened to... the entirety of Stadium Arcadium? That's not what I'd call "simplistic production".
Every album since By The Way is very heavily layered.
Yep, sadly RHCP were overproduced heavily most of the times. Listen to Californication on good head phones and cringe with the constant clipping. Victims of the loudness war. @Rick: WHYYYYY!!!!??????
Give It Away solo intensifies
Saying the lyrics have no substance just goes to show you don't actually dig deep enough into them. How ignorant.
calling other people ignore just makes you sound like one fam. It's fine if you disagree with him, but at least be grateful for what you did learn
@@COFsux you wanna go ahead and form a cohesive sentence please?
@@cotopaximusic 1 typo and you can't read 2 sentences? are you ok?
@@COFsux I think the real question here bud is are YOU okay?
I don't think he means for all of the lyrics.
my god please soundgarden next, ben shepherd is one the greatest songwriters along with chris cornell
My 4 words for RHCP: Spontaneous, energetic, charismatic, California
I really don't like your approach to their music.
Because i know that most of their songs indeed have a familiar chord progression (thanks Frusciante) but your approach is in a to much theoretical way.
And also saying the lyrics are meaningless and their videos and way of playing in front of an audience is nonsense?
All the things they do, how they perform, the way they come up with songs is form a highly creative level and personal experience.
So i don't think your video is right about the peppers.
It might be your opinion but i don't agree.
Their lyrics do have a meaning, even though it's very cryptic. But I don't think Anthony writes without thinking of what he is saying in favour of the sound. He does write much in favour of the sound, but there's always a reason behind those words that he's trying to comunicate. Even if only him or the band knows it.
Arctic Monkeys, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon, Dappled Cities, The Killers, Daft Punk, or something like that.
Funk, naked performance, chilling, entertaining.
My 4 words are: Funky, Energetic, Passionate, and Careless