This is one of the best songs of all time from one of the best bands of all time. The video might not be the most capturing but the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been one of the most consistent and invigorating bands of our generation, providing songs like this for the past couple decades. This is the song that catapulted them into the mainstream and officially made them superstars. Lead singer, Anthony Keidis, wrote this song in response to his own emotions about drug addiction and loneliness, and you can hear the emotion in the song with every listen. This song was released in early 1992 from their fifth album, but arguably their best, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Legendary hip-hop producer, Rick Rubin, produced this album and pushed Keidis to write the song after finding a poem in his notebook. The Chili Peppers have had hip-hop influences in their music, especially with lead singer Keidis's very quick, rhyming style that would probably sound just at home over drum and bass kicks than he does over his fantastic band which includes the infamous bassist, Flea.
I'll always be a fan of the Peppers since it seems that we basically grew up with them and they produced some of the best music around. I also had the luck to see them perform at Woodstock 1999 in Rome, NY where their rendition of Jimi Hendrix's Fire basically was the kickoff to the audience literally burning the venue to the ground. I'll never forget the image of small fires being started throughout the crowd to full fledge giant bonfires and large trucks being set ablaze. A visual that can never be scripted nor duplicated.
This video was directed by Gus Van Sant in California, enjoy.
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