Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Photographed by Andy Warhol, 1985.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
1999
"Otherside" was released as the third single from Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh studio album, Californication, and confronts the battles addicts have with their prior addictions. "Otherside" refers to former band member Hillel Slovak, who died of a heroin overdose in 1988. The track was released in Australia and New Zealand in 1999 and was given an international release in January of the following year.
It was highly successful, peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, where it remained at number one for 13 consecutive weeks, one of the longest runs at the top of that chart. It was also a big success in Iceland, where it became the second single from the album to reach number one, and in New Zealand, where it charted at number five.
The gorgeous video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris in a black-and-white/monochrome Gothic style similar to Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, all influenced by German Expressionist art. Elements of Cubism and work by the graphic artist M. C. Escher are also seen in the video.
"Otherside" received a total of 76,3% yes votes!
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Since you all SUCK and chose the wrong answer my last poll, here is every single musician on Spotify (that deserve to be there)
That's max answers. CHOOSE. WISEY.
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Map of Places Mentioned in Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs
by u/Flamingo58
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fun facts
"Californication" is about the dark underbelly of Hollywood and how it destroys just as fast as it creates. the lyrics mention Kurt Cobain, silver-screen actors, plastic surgery, the murder of actress and playmate Dorothy Stratten, and teen pregnancy
"Santeria" tells the story of a man considering Santeria to get revenge on his unfaithful girlfriend and her lover. Santeria is a Caribbean religion similar to Haitian vodou. despite racist depiction in media, both practices focus on praying to and communicating with spirits/deities for help, protection, and guidance
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Red Hot Chili Peppers released a new album. One of the songs went, “Grow up, sit tight, get older, smoke pipe,” and also in every single song on the album Anthony would at some point yell, “Dammit John, not again!”
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don't even argue with me this is singlehandedly the best picture of all times
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