Scan and photo. Many thanks to Mary Clare for this đ
Transcript:
No.7:Â Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway
ROCK Anthony Kiedis and the gang reach back to the musical touchstones of a 33-year career-sing-along choruses, a fusion of cosmic funk and psychedelic rockâfor their best album in ages. Standouts like the Prince-inspired “Go Robot” are all you need to get into summer party mode.
This is another piece of the interview that Anthony Kiedis did for ET Canada. In it he’s talking about the single ‘Dark Necessities’ from the new RHCP album The Getaway.
Transcript:
Anthony Kiedis Discusses âDark Necessitiesâ [The Getaway]
Anthony Kiedis: So that was the song that was written in the studio with Brian Burton. A lot of the songs we had already and some of them were created spontaneously in the studio with Brian. That was a new one and so, they sent that to me on a CD because Iâm old-school like that and I like to go work in my car that has a CD player. And I listened to it and I was pretty immediately stricken with my part in the song which sometimes happens and sometimes doesnât. Sometimes you hear a piece of music that you fall in love with but you have no idea as a vocalist what youâre supposed to do with it. It just doesnât make sense. The timing is weird, the melodies are weird. With that song I was like I know what to do with the song; I think I know what my part is. And I took that and went to Hawaii and wrote lyrics for it and it just kind of speaks to …the beauty of our dark sides and how much creativity and growth and light actually comes out of those difficult struggles that we have on the insides of our heads that no one else can see. And I knew that song meant a tonne to Brian and that it was one of his favourite musical tracks and I came in and sang it after I got from Hawaii and he was feeling it which made me feel great because sometimes heâs like, âThatâs not happening. Go back and try again.â But with that one it was working and ahh, umm… the more that song did… er gestate the better it got until it just became. That was Brianâs push for a single so our producer, once we realised âThe Getawayâ wasnât going to happen, ummm, record company, managers wanted âGo Robotâ, Brian was like I love âGo Robotâ but itâs got to be âDark Necessitiesâ and he literally went and fought for it with a sword in his hand until he got his way.
This snippet has also been released where he talking about some of his previous decisions and how musical his son, Everly bear, is:
Transcript:
Anthony Kiedis Looks To The Past
Interviewer: Do you ever look back on some of the things youâve done and just think what was I thinking then? Whether itâs fashion or a move you made or a song?
Anthony Kiedis: Moves no. Because even the most ridiculous moves Iâm all for them. Sometimes the more absurd and embarrassing the better. Fashion, Iâve had a couple of moments where I do question my sanity and Iâve seen some photo shoots and I was like whoa! Song wise, I donât even mind writing a bad song or a silly song or a song that I donât want to play today. It made sense at that moment and if it is a song and we have worked on it, I have love for it.
Voice over: And now he has a batch of new songs to love with the June 17 release of âThe Getaway.â
Anthony Kiedis: Music still gives me one of the best feelings on earth.
Voice over: Anthonyâs son, Everly, seen in this Marc Jacobâs ad seems to have the music bug too.
Anthony Kiedis: Heâs learning piano and heâs a natural born vocalist. He likes singing and we like writing songs daily about anything and everything.
Interviewer: Is he a barometer at all for your music?
Anthony Kiedis: Umm… Yeah, thereâs only one song heâs not in love with on this record but overall he likes this record better than anything weâve ever done in the past. And he can sing every lyric on this new record. So when I see him smile and when I see him look at me like âYou wrote that Dad?!â, itâs a good feeling.
iHeart Radio have posted an update about ‘The Getaway’ launch party concert that was recorded in front of an audience on May 26th.
Venturing through their lengthy catalogue, the RHCP rocked the 10-song set with hits like “Snow,” “Otherside” and “By The Way” after kicking off the 90-minute event with their 2003 smash “Can’t Stop.” Still, this was promotion for The Getaway, so they made sure to preview plenty of cuts from the new album, which is due June 17 via. Warner Bros. Records, including lead single “Dark Necessities,” “Sick Love,” the energetic “This Ticonderoga” and second single “Go Robot.”
“I feel like all of the weirdness that we went through as a band and as individuals led to what our record is,” lead singer Anthony revealed during a Q&A portion of the show. “Whether it was Flea shattering his elbow or not being able to find a producer or writing songs that didn’t end up getting used or all these weird emotional and physical occurrences, it all worked out for us. In the end, I’m glad that all that difficult stuff happened because we like what we got.
The article also gives details about tuning into the launch party when it’s broadcast on the album release date, June 17th:
iHeartRadio Album Release Party on AT&T LIVE on June 17 at 9 p.m. ET on iHeartRadio.com/watchATT. Also, if you’re a DIRECTV subscriber, you can also watch the show on the AUDIENCE Network, DIRECTV Ch 239 or U-Verse Ch 1114.
Full article and source
Many thanks to Angra!
Source Photo by Ronin Guerra
UPDATED: Video of the whole show added at the bottom of the page
Today/yesterday (time zones!) the Red Hot Chili Peppers played a concert for iHeart Radio to a crowd of 200 fans who had won tickets through competitions for the show. The concert was recorded and will be broadcast on June 17th which is the launch date for RHCP’s new album ”The Getaway.’
New songs from ‘The Getaway’ were played at the concert and as a result, security at the concert was tight with guests searched and no recording devices were allowed in. Dark Necessities got its second public live performance (the first being at last weekend’s Rock On The Range festival in Ohio) and Sick Love, This Ticonderoga and Go Robot were played for the first time.
Guest Information:
Date: Thursday 26th May, 2016
Location: iHeart Radio Theater, Burbank, California
Set List:
Many thanks to Jesse for permission to use this
Can’t Stop
Sick Love
Snow
Dark Necessities
Universally Speaking
This Ticonderoga
Otherside
Go Robot
Soul To Squeeze
By The Way
Other Information:
They discussed that Sick Love is the song that features Elton John (I’m in England, can I name him? Or is it only his partner we can’t discuss without the threat of law suits?!) and apparently it’s “really slow and mellow”. It was also played twice to allow for an edit as there were mistakes made while playing it the first time.
 Many thanks to Angra who was there!!!!
Sirius XM have released a few extracts of Chad Smith and Flea talking to Pearl Jam guitarist, Mike McCready, at the Jazz Fest in New Orleans a few weeks ago.
Update: Here’s the full interview:
Red Hot Chili Peppers interview with Mike McCready (2016/05/17) from Tchefuncte Bonaparte on Vimeo.
Transcript:
Flea: I was listening to Prince a lot. He was a real big part of our development, my development.
Did you ever get to play with him?
Flea: I never did.
It would have been something like you guys would have crossed paths.
Flea: I never did. I never did. .Anthony hung with him I think once but in the pantheon of guys that we listen to a lot and stuff, especially like, because thereâs few records ypu man we were so… Pre-Purple Rain, pre-1999 actually whatever the record is before that; Dirty Mind, Controversy. Like, whatâs that 12â he put out? Time? In time? [Flea hums]
I kinda knew stuff a little bit after that. Sign of the Times was my record.
When is the new record coming out?
Flea: Soon. It was just mastered like yesterday.
The new single?
Flea: The new single is going to be called, âGo Robotâ. And itâs a funny, funky, up-tempo jam. And itâs funny because when we were mixing and writing it and stuff âŚit was a real… I wanted it to sound like Controversy by Prince.â
Do you guys have any idea how integral and important you guys are to us as a band? And do you remember those early touring when we were with you?
Chad Smith: I do
And how important it was to us how cool you treated us. You know. And thatâs just to me, Iâm saying that but there are so many… [stumbles for words a bit] Stone wanting to play with Jack Irons to Jack Irons knowing Eddie to that whole thing.
Chad Smith: Umm. We have a connection. Yeah. We have a serious connection
But it could be said that we wouldnât exist without the Chili Peppers
Chad Smith: No. Nah, nah, no…
In a lot of ways. It would be tough. We got to go out onto that tour with you, Blood Sugar Sex Magik when you guys were blowing up and you were super cool to us and introduced us to a whole way of this is how we do it. And now, youâre monitor Smity(?) is now our tour manager, Carey who was with Ratsound who was with Dave Rat…
Chad Smith: You poached all of our guys!
We poached all of your guys! Because they were all so good. You know?
Chad Smith: And they loved you. And Iâm glad that itâs worked out as… you know?
Do you know how much we love you is what Iâm trying to say?
Chad Smith: I do and itâs really nice for you to say that and you know, ummm…
Do you remember that tour of â92?
Chad Smith: Yeah, I do!
Me too
Chad Smith: I do. It was a long time ago.
It was
Chad Smith: We were young men. And I used to be crazier.
Yup
Chad Smith: Yup!
Me too
Chad Smith: Yeah. Well, we were young and like you say, music was kinda charging. But I remember but I donât know if you know this is that we were getting ready to go on tour, we were rehearsing at this place called the Alley in the Valley that we used to play all the time. And Smashing Pumpkins were already on the bill. And it was like, I want to say it was not long before, maybe a month before or maybe less. I donât know but maybe you would know because you would know when, like youâre like youâre going on tour. But, Flea came, we were looking for a third band to go on tour and we like arrrrr, what can it be or who or what? And Flea was like, Jack Irons is friends with this Eddie who sings in this new band and theyâve put their record out and it would be really cool, you guys listen to it as a favour …
I did not know this
Chad Smith: Maybe take them out as your opening band.
Jack Irons?
Chad Smith: S sure why not? I remember sitting around his car. He used to have this Mercedes that had every panel of his car painted a different colour.
Flea?
Chad Smith: Flea yeah. Clown car. Very Subtle. Wouldnât know who as going down… [laughter] â90? Or â91 was it?
That wasnât a soft model, maybe. for a Mercedes youâre saying. Wow!
Chad Smith: Wow. It was definitely a wow car! And I remember him hitting, I think it was a cassette. [mumbling]
It probably was, yes.
He puts a cassette in. We were all hanging out smoking cigarettes. After rehearsal and listened to like about 30 seconds. And we were like, thatâs pretty good. Yeah, OK! [Laughter]
Iâm gonna thank you right now for doing that!
Chad Smith: And that was it. Everyone was in a good mood that day!
Phew! Iâm glad you guys all left rehearsal in a good mood. So you might of heard… I guess the record must have been out. It must have been out then or something. Was it [?] or was it a three song EP or something
Chad Smith: Literally. I donât want to be disrespectful at all. But we listened to it.
I did not know that story
Chad Smith: That is a true story. That is a true story. And then you guys come out with us. And..
It was so much fun.
Chad Smith: We had a blast.
My god it was so fun!
Chad Smith: We all had fun!
So fun! It was our first big tour. You guys were like hitting [?] hard.We were just like playing to 25 people, for 50 people but it didnât matter. We had 8 or 10 songs maybe. And then you guys were so cool to us. … What I thought is personally when we were starting to make it is when Anthony wore our hat one night. He wore a Pearl Jam hat and I was like, weâre starting to make it! Anthonyâs wearing our hat!