[Red Hot Chili Peppers] New Album! May 9th!

[TraCK]

Their new album, Stadium Arcadium comes out tomorrow. If you're cool, go pick it up! It will be a double album with 28 brand new tracks.

It's selling for only 12 bucks at my local Best Buy so there's bound to be a place in your area you can find it pretty cheap.

If you've listened to the radio in the past few weeks chances are you have heard Dani California, the first single.

Don't miss out! Go pick it up.

[The_Head]

Yeh planning to get it. Like all of the Chilli's stuff I have heard, nice and relaxing and some great tunes.
Bet it will cost a bit over here in the UK though

[MrSmiles]

it's pretty good

[SkaarjMaster]

I just got caught up on the Red Hot Chili Peppers a couple months ago. Looks like I'll have to get this one.:)

[K]

been waiting for a while for this to come out.
If you couldn't tell by my chillies sig. lol

[Otej]

I am not cool and will therefore not be buying it

[Mas]

he he, so true otej, it isnt cool to like anything popular these days....

Even if it is awesome. I got the album today, and its a beast to listen to 28 tracks, going to take a while to get into I think. Can I ask, why does everyone seem to hate by the way so much? I thought it was amazing ?

[Otej]

or rather it's not cool not to like bands everyone else likes

[SirYawnalot]

Can I ask, why does everyone seem to hate by the way so much? I thought it was amazing ?
Because it was played on the air so much. Overexposure can kill any track. I love By The Way too (it harks back to better times IMO), but I probably wouldn't do if I watched MTV or listened to the radio at all.

[shadow_dragon]

It seems liek this album reflects their original style a lot more than Californication and By The Way. That said though, i find the first cd a bit bland. The second cd however is much better and i'm glad i listened all the way through as i almsot gave up on them i have to admit.

[Jackal]

Yeah. Although I did like it at first, I found myself returning to other artists. The new album is good thou. But after listening to it for 2 weeks straight now...I'm tired of it. Which isn't a good thing in my book.

[SkaarjMaster]

The video for Dani California is hilarious! As far as I can tell, these are the groups/people they're imitating: Elvis, Beatles, Sex Pistols, Nirvana, Pearl Jam. Some of the others seemed more like a genre or type of band rather than one specific band. What do you guys think? Did I miss any obvious bands? I think I may have left one obvious one out, but I'm doing this from memory.

[TraCK]

The Nirvana parody was the funniest. LOL

[LeGeNDaRy]

Yeah it was announced a while ago, and Dani California is a good song. Planning to pick up the CD this weekend..
but IMO - saying that the song was over played and therefore getting fed up with it is completly normal. However, just because of the fact that a lot of poeple enjoy this music makes you dislike them seems pretty pathetic to me.

[Jackal]

Dani California is the most played RHCP song on LastFM...for 2 weeks now.

[GotBeer?]

IMO - saying that the song was over played and therefore getting fed up with it is completly normal. However, just because of the fact that a lot of poeple enjoy this music makes you dislike them seems pretty pathetic to me.I know people that stopped liking Metallica when "One" started to get played non-stop on Top40 stations right next to Madonna. "They sold out!", I kept hearing. One radio-pop song and it's over, apparently. I will confess that I did get kinda pissed off seeing what would normally be considered Madonna-wannabes at a Metallica concert. "Like eew, that guy in the black tshirt and long hair almost touched me! Who are those dirty guys up on stage? When are they gonna play "One" so we can leave? What is that smell? Apple-flavored bubblegum?"

As for the Chili Peppers, I got real sick of them after hearing "Under the Bridge" every 5 mins, and then the same with "Californication". I admit I've heard nothing from the new album, despite listening to a couple of different rock stations that have no problem playing the two songs I've already mentioned.

[LeGeNDaRy]

I know people that stopped liking Metallica when "One" started to get played non-stop on Top40 stations right next to Madonna. "They sold out!", I kept hearing. One radio-pop song and it's over, apparently. I will confess that I did get kinda pissed off seeing what would normally be considered Madonna-wannabes at a Metallica concert. "Like eew, that guy in the black tshirt and long hair almost touched me! Who are those dirty guys up on stage? When are they gonna play "One" so we can leave? What is that smell? Apple-flavored bubblegum?"



Hah, yeah I know what you mean.
Same with Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir.. before beeing 'sell-outs', lots of poeple enjoyed their music, but because of their appearance on MTV, they suck all of a sudden.
Music itself should decide your own taste.. not what the others' opinions are.

[K]

Hah, yeah I know what you mean.
Same with Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir.. before beeing 'sell-outs', lots of poeple enjoyed their music, but because of their appearance on MTV, they suck all of a sudden.
Wrong. Metalica was good untill they changed their style from good metal into over produced garbage.:mad:
Now they can never go back. All the albums after the black album were over produced. Unfortunalty that's what is popular now "Overproduced metal".
WTF is wrong with people?:(

[tomcat ha]

I dont think i will buy this album. Altrough i like Dani California already more than every song on By The Way but By The Way really dissapointed me so that isnt hard. I really liked californication and blood sugar sex magik. Im kinda wary(sp?) of buyign this one.

Metallica indeed starting sucking from the moment they decided that going more mainstream is the best thing for the band. Ive been listening to them for a while now. Its just clear that theire earliest records where theire best. Justice for All... was good but it already was less than all albums before it.

[SirYawnalot]

There wasn't anything mainstream about And Justice For All, it was just badly produced. Add Rick Rubin to that album and it could have been an all-time classic.
Personally I'd say that the black album saw Metallica go from talented metal band to rubbish rock band. It wasn't necessarily mainstreamisation, it was more of a genre shift. Still, I wouldn't just dismiss all their 90s albums, there's some great songs scattered among them.

Back on topic, just to clarify, it was the song By The Way that I loved rather than the album. I haven't heard literally any of Stadium Arcadium yet, can anyone tell me if it includes any nods back to the more energetic days of BSSM and Californication?

[SkaarjMaster]

I'll definitely be getting Dani California!

Um, not sure what you guys are smokin' but "...And Justice For All" is Metallica's best album! They hit their best music peak at this album and popularity peak with the "Black" album.

[K]

I'll definitely be getting Dani California!

Um, not sure what you guys are smokin' but "...And Justice For All" is Metallica's best album! They hit their best music peak at this album and popularity peak with the "Black" album.
BWAH HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!:lol:
"I've seen 'em with Cliff"
So your lips are moveing but your not saying anything. LOL


EhHEm. . .
Back to the chillies album:

[shadow_dragon]

Personally i don't listen to radio, watch music channels or pay attention to music charts. that don't really make sense. Why is it better to be Number one on a week when everyone else who released a song sucked than come second on a week when a dozen perfect songs are released.
It's like giving 100 metre sprinters awards every ten metres.

Anyway, this means i get to make my own mind up on music and not be enfuriated by other peoples opinions on what may or may not have made a band become "produced"(The magical slur with no true definition.) or constant adverts breaing up my entertainment with suggestions about what i should listen too on cool suday, blue mondays, hard core fridays or over Summer days. Grah!

[tomcat ha]

[QUOTE=SirYawnalot]There wasn't anything mainstream about And Justice For All, it was just badly produced. Add Rick Rubin to that album and it could have been an all-time classic.
Personally I'd say that the black album saw Metallica go from talented metal band to rubbish rock band. It wasn't necessarily mainstreamisation, it was more of a genre shift. Still, I wouldn't just dismiss all their 90s albums, there's some great songs scattered among them.
QUOTE]


I didnt mean that Justice for all was more mainstream. It was just not as good as the albums before it and indeed there are a few gems in the rubbish of theire 90's albums.

[NeoNite]

It seems like it's only yesterday "blood sugar sex magic" was new...

But it's not! Once upon time, when there be dragons...

[Big-Al]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is still their best album :)

[TraCK]

The album rocks. Probably not as good as blood sugar sex magic or californication but the songs sound really polished with good lyrics. Very high quality in most tracks except for a couple. 'If' on the second CD is really dumb and almost sounds like theyre trying to make fun of coldplay, but I don't think they are. I really like or atleast don't mind all the other songs on the album.

[DaBeatard]

There wasn't anything mainstream about And Justice For All, it was just badly produced. Add Rick Rubin to that album and it could have been an all-time classic.
Personally I'd say that the black album saw Metallica go from talented metal band to rubbish rock band. It wasn't necessarily mainstreamisation, it was more of a genre shift. Still, I wouldn't just dismiss all their 90s albums, there's some great songs scattered among them.
I completely agree here. The songs on Justice were great, but it was mixed/mastered terribly. There is no bass to be heard.

Chilli Peppers:
I remember when Mother's Milk came out. There was so much raw energy on that album. Everything they did after that seemed slower and less energetic. I'm not saying that after Mother's Milk I think they wrote bad songs, just the style changed slightly. I enjoyed them more when it was more funk/rock as opposed to pop/rock.