RHCP – By The Way (Warners)

Well, I dunno about you but I have had a shitty last few months. TWO breakups; one recent and one like a broken ankle that has never really set. SO, it was opportune that a girl should buy me a copy of the new Chillis album. Remember when you were sad and you listened to “Grace”? (if you don’t know, you never will) or even “August And Everything After” for hours and hours. Well, this is gonna be one of THOSE albums. I’m not gonna wank on about the fabulous guitar tone or how cool it is that John is back and they sound like the “Old” chillis. These ARE the “OLD” Chillis, literally. I wanna look at the songwriting. Sobering and soulful, these are the words of a bunch of people who have seen just about everything that the Rock n Roll life has to offer. Here we see a diary of the ups and downs of a career spanning 3 decades in the bizzo, warts and all., “On the day my best friend died I couldn’t get my carpet clean” is not a lyric that is casually included in a song to make time, y’know? It’s a beautiful album that creeps up on you like all the best albums do. I never got my hands on “Californication” untill the hits were established and I am glad that I LOVE all these songs BEFORE hit radio gets its grubby mitts on it. YAY GUYS! Yay.
Xxx St. Lucy
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