Anthony Kiedis, Flea and Chad Smith attended the VIP opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial this week.
There’s an interesting description of the photographer’s encounters with the band to accompany the photos of Chad and Anthony.
Anthony Kiedis, Flea and Chad Smith attended the VIP opening of the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial this week.
There’s an interesting description of the photographer’s encounters with the band to accompany the photos of Chad and Anthony.
RHCP are releasing a new single on 31st March. It will be released the day before their new album, Unlimited Love. The video will premiere at 9p.m. PT.
Photos of Flea and Anthony Kiedis will be among several previously unseen backstage photos of world-famous artists taken by Louise Schiffmacher in a display at the Hard Rock Hotel in Amsterdam. The exhibition will be held on Saturday 30th April between 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM.
More details on the Hard Rock Hotel Amsterdam website.
Flea was photographed at Pinkpop 2006 and Anthony Kiedis at the Four Seasons Hotel in Cairo while the band were in Egypt for the concert at the Pyramids in 2019.
The fan site RHCP Live Archive has just released two previously unheard songs from The Getaway sessions. The songs are Kaly and Outer Space. Enjoy!
The Red Hot Chili Peppers feature in two new GB magazines prior to the release of their new album, Unlimited Love (due out April 1st, 2022).
RHCP feature on the cover of April’s Classic Rock magazine along with an in-depth feature, and Flea is on the cover of April’s Bass Player magazine also with a detailed interview – lots of mentions of John Frusciante in it.
Transcript and scans for information purposes only – please buy the magazines if possible:
Details to Purchase Magazines:
Classic Rock is available widely in Britain (I got mine from my local Tesco; £5.99) but it can be ordered from their website HERE
I ordered Bass Player from the magazine website HERE (other companies are selling it but they cost more. I paid £4.99 and that included UK postage; there are different options on the website which were cheaper but involved a subscription or were digital whereas I wanted a one-off paper copy to keep).
The new RHCP song, Poster Child, taken from the album Unlimited Love (to be released in April), is being released world wide- it seems to be going live around the world as countries hit midnight (so you might not be able to hear it yet depending on where you live). People in Australia and New Zealand were the first to be able to listen to it.
This is the best I can do with the lyrics! Not sure about ‘YOLO’ in the chorus but I can’t think of anything else that fits!
RHCP: Poster Child Lyrics
Melle Mel and Richard Hell were dancing at the Taco Bell
When someone heard a rebel yell, I think it was an infidel
Adam Ant and Robert Plant were centre of a sycophant
Used to buy Ulysses Grant to record at the Record Plant
Islamabad is on the nod, Havana at the riot squad
And if you want to be a Mod, you’ll have to meet me at the quad
You got the best of my loco
I’ll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I’ll take the rest of your YOLO?
Parliam?nt’s Atomic Dog, that hats were filling up a fog
We talk about th? life and death of everything he ever loved
The seventies were such a win, singing the Led Zeppelin
Lizzy lookin’ mighty thin, the Thompson’s had another twin
I thought I won the lottery, the numbers never thought of me
Ramones had a lobotomy, so spin me like a pottery
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight, ow
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum
A funky piece, the Sandinista!, me and minor Mona Lisa
Judas Priest has whipped the beast, the mother love was named Theresa
Bubble gum, a cup of soup, dirty dandy nanda? loop
A small banana in your hoop, and now I know the band is…
Bernie Mac and Caddyshack were dusty as the bric-a-brac
And if you ask me for the time, I tell you that the preacher’s back
You got the best of my loco
I’ll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I’ll take the rest of your YOLO?
Steve Miller and Duran Duran, the joker dancing in the sand
Van Morrison – the Astral Man – the festival of hurricanes
Speak of Chico and the Man, the silence of a certain lamb
Dixie Pops kick out the jam, a poncho full of contraband
Mary Queen was on the scene on every preteen magazine
The Motörhead and mystic queen, I must’ve needed Valvoline
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum
You got me on this
But then I can’t get off
With no one else but you
You turn me on too
Well, then I can’t get up, ooh
For no one else but you
Cream magazine, a love supreme, the ballad of a Billie Jean
And now we know the Status Quo, but God would never save the queen
David Mushegain, Copenhagen, cop a ghost of Ronald Reagan
All I say was Flavor Flav the cosmic rays were power saving
And my fist double kissed a listed number purple
Mr Chubby Checker do the twist, and everyone’s a narcissist
You got the best of my loco
I’ll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I’ll take the rest of your YOLO?
The waterbed was takin’ meds, a beaver with the house of red… a pocket full of Talking Heads
MIA? is making paper planes, addiction to the ways of Janes
My stuff is made of purple rain, ten fingers in the lion’s mane
Giant squid, Karate Kid, Sid Vicious and the… we did
The planet that we must…
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
Thanks to Nicolette and everyone else who has helped fine-tune the lyrics!
Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt.
We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album UNLIMITED LOVE, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the universe. This is our life’s mission. We work, focus, and prepare, so that when the biggest wave comes, we are ready to ride it. The ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is the ride that is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy it. – John, Anthony, Chad, and FleaWhen we got together to start writing material, we began by playing old songs by people like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, The Kinks, The New York Dolls, Richard Barrett and others. Ever so gradually, we started bringing in new ideas, and turning jams into songs, and after a couple of months the new stuff was all we were playing. The feeling of effortless fun we had when we were playing songs by other people, stayed with us the whole time we were writing. For me, this record represents our love for, and faith in each other. – JohnSource: Official RHCP Facebook
Unlimited Love track list:
Black Summer
Here Ever After
Aquatic Mouth Dance
Not the One
Poster Child
The Great Apes
It’s Only Natural
She’s a Lover
These Are the Ways
Watchu Thinkin’
Bastards of Light
White Braids
Pillow Chair
One Way Traffic
Veronica
Let ‘Em Cry
The Heavy Wing
Tangelo
A number of special vinyl releases will also be available. Full details and order links of the Official RHCP website but include special edition vinyl, cassette, a t-shirt bundle and CD.
Some screenshots of the Red Hot Chili Peppers taken from the video for RHCP’s new single, Black Summer.
Lyrics:”Black Summer”
A lazy rain am I
The skies refuse to cry
Cremation takes its piece of your supply
The night is dressed like noon
A sailor spoke too soon
And China’s on the dark side of the moon
Platypus are a few
The secret life of roo*
A personality I never knew
My Greta weighs a ton
The archers on the run
And no one stands alone behind the sun
It’s been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It’s been a long time and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
Crack the flaming whip
Sailing on a censorship
Riding on a headless horse to make the trip
Been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It’s been a long time and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
(*trying to decide if it’s ‘roo as in an abbreviation of kangaroo as that fits with the platypus in being an Australian creature, or if it’s Roo as in the Winnie the Pooh character).