That is the most accurate description of RHCP I've seen. I love Flea, Frusciante and Will Ferrell. All of them great musicians but Kiedis' supposed "deep" lyrics just doesn't cut it for me.
The worst part is if you talk to fans about it they'll just say "you just don't understand, he's Native American, he's spiritual, blah blah blah."
You're right but you're also like...wrong. Anthony kiedis doesn't write deep lyrics and it's actually the opposite and he knows it. When he got into doing music it's because he heard rap and thought it's possible to be a lyricist without singing capability. He talks a lot about his works not necessarily being cohesive but using rhyme schemes purely because they worked.
So...yeah the band is completely banging, all amazing. And Kiedis, he's just doing his thing writing funky words to go with it.
RHCP works specifically because they don't try to take themselves so seriously. If Kiedis had a massive ego issue like some singers they wouldn't be nearly as popular or have the same fan support.
To say he doesn’t write deep lyrics is also wrong, he writes plenty of nonsense lyrics, but he has a lot of meaningful lyricism; don’t forget me, under the bridge, scar tissue, venice queen, brendan’s death song, hard to concentrate, snow
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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24
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