Speaker 1: 0:45

Welcome back to another super awesome mix. My name is Matt Sidholm, alongside my co-host and co-founder of super awesome mix, Samer Abu Salbi Samer. How are we doing this week?

Speaker 2: 0:55

You know I'm doing red hot, just like today's mix, Also because we have a bit of a heat wave right now and so just feeling it on all fronts.

Speaker 1: 1:07

Man, what's a heat wave in the Northeast 85?

Speaker 2: 1:10

That's exactly right. Yeah, it's highs of 85. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 1:13

Okay, okay, that's cute, that's cute.

Speaker 2: 1:15

Yeah, tell me more about your winners, though I heard you got to the 40s, busted out the fireplace. It got as low as 65. We didn't think we were gonna make it yeah wow, yeah it was hard, yeah, that's when all the all the firewood runs out in the local stores. You know like.

Speaker 1: 1:37

I took out. No, I just burned our couch this year.

Speaker 2: 1:43

I woke up one morning it was 47.

Speaker 1: 1:45

I was like this is it, and I just took down the couch yeah, we're not surviving A lot of chemicals in those.

Speaker 2: 1:53

but that's fine, it's all right.

Speaker 1: 1:54

Yeah, we all got really sick. It was a bad idea, but at least we were warm for 20 minutes. Yeah, oh boy. But speaking of red hot, I mean that's an indicator of our theme this week. It's another introduction mix, and this time it's yours, and you have chosen the red hot chili peppers.

Speaker 2: 2:13

Yes, I sure have. I have listened to them for most of my life and I put together an introduction mix that is more or less very similar to Metallica. It's kind of like my introduction to Red Hot Chili Peppers. So, as always, I'm sure you may disagree with some of the picks, you may believe that I've left some things off, but you know, it's my mix, so I'm just gonna roll with it. But if you do have any strong opinions, you know where to find us at super awesome mix on instagram. Uh, send us a dm and and let us know. Just, you know, try to be kind, uh, if you do that, it's nice too, it's nice, sam, or if they know you're gonna apologize, they're just gonna keep coming for you okay, you're right, you just gotta take the stance of like no, these are my picks that's it moving on.

Speaker 2: 2:56

You're right, you're right, you. You just got to take the stance of like no, these are my picks. That's it Moving on.

Speaker 1: 2:59

You're right, you're right, you're absolutely right, okay, so let me tell you. If you've got a problem with Samer's picks, you come to me, all right, and I'll tell you what's what. No apologies here. No apologies. Yeah, yeah, and Matt's a big guy, you watch out you can probably tell by my voice, right, you don't even need video. That's why we don't do a youtube channel, okay exactly, yeah, 700 pounds of just muscle.

Speaker 2: 3:25

So, um, but you know, yeah, let's, let's get into, let's get into this mix uh, yeah, let's get into it.

Speaker 1: 3:32

It's your, it's your intro mix. So I will introduce every song and, of course, every song is by Red Hot Chili Peppers. I will not say the artist's name after each one, I will just introduce the title. Let's start with Under the Bridge.

Speaker 2: 3:47

Yes, under the Bridge. A little back story if you're not familiar with the band. Of course they're based out of Los Angeles. They are a rock band, although I'd say that they're kind of like rock funk. They have a lot of funk elements in their music and a little bit of rapping here and there, and really they became popular after their 1991 album, which is this first track here.

Speaker 2: 4:13

That's off of the album Blood Sugar, sex Magic had to make sure I got that right and that's Magic with a K at the end, which is just a fabulous, fabulous album name um, the core members of the band, I'd say arguably, especially whenever they release their most popular hits. It's anthony akitas and vocals, flea on bass, chad smith on drums and john frusciante on lead guitar and backing vocals. Um, and he himself, as we'll discuss, throughout these kind of years, like, has popped in and out of the band, um, and so he was not in the band prior to this fifth studio album. And then, unfortunately, um, you know, there was the loss of one of the guitarists due to a heroin overdose, and so then, um, actually anthony, he just wrote this song under the bridge, he wrote it as a poem, but rick rubin, who went on to then produce every single red hot chili pepper song in their career and a million other artists too right, exactly, and like basically every artist on the planet, um saw the poem and was like, hey, we should turn this into a song.

Speaker 2: 5:07

And so he really he pressured him to turn into a song and it was like one of their largest, like kind of hits, along with the second song on the mix that we'll talk about.

Speaker 2: 5:14

But I think that that's really evident in this song. It's a very somber one but very heartfelt, and I think it's, you know, someone literally dealing with their feelings, and I'm sure that that is part of why it led to its success, because it was just, it's a real song, right, and I think we talk a lot about sometimes when artists kind of go more personal and go a little bit deep and kind of share a part of themselves. Like people respond to that. Whether or not they know why they respond to it, I think it just comes out in the music and I've always just felt that this is a very gorgeous song. I'll be it again, a very somber one. So that's why I want to open up the mix with one of my favorites of. There is still a song I listened to all these years later and one that's very powerful, especially if you've ever dealt with loss in your life.

Speaker 1: 5:59

Yeah, this was definitely one. Interestingly enough, I don't think I realized this was off their fifth studio album, because really this is the song that I always remember hearing from them. First, when I was growing up, it was like, yeah, okay, it's under the bridge, and then they kind of took off from there. But yeah, they had four studio albums prior to this and probably about a decade of band history prior to this, and then I feel like from this point on, they were just sort of at this crazy level, right, and just sort of hit after hit after hit and, like you said, like this is a song you still hear now and it's been probably what 35 years since the song came out, 33 something, yeah.

Speaker 2: 6:39

Yeah, exactly, I tried to do the date math and I just can't. It's too far away. It's too far away.

Speaker 1: 6:44

But it's a great song. I remember just hearing it everywhere. Everyone played it.

Speaker 2: 6:49

This album was gigantic, but I definitely didn't realize it then, just as I didn't realize it now that it was their fifth album that came out, because it was really.

Speaker 1: 7:04

I'm glad you picked it first because it was kind of my intro and probably a lot of people's intro to the band. Yeah, absolutely same for me.

Speaker 2: 7:07

So the second pick and it's off the same album, it is give it away yeah, track nine um, and this actually gave the band their first ever number one single. So this one was even larger than under the bridge and it makes sense, I think, why I like these two songs. To start, the mix is it kind of shows you the two sides that I think red hot chili peppers plays with a lot, which is they can do the somber kind of down tempo, moody, you know rock music, like as in under the bridge, and then they can do the really kind of funk driven, like much more poppy, like kind of you know higher energy rock song like give it away, where he sings the words give it away, I think at least 70 times in this track, like he just keeps repeating it over and over. Um, and what I really loved is I didn't know the backstory behind the song because I've always just felt, you know this was again a song I was introduced to Red Hot Chili Peppers with and just thought it was really catchy.

Speaker 2: 7:58

But it's literally him kind of like telling people to give things away. So it was like he had his girlfriend Nina Hagen. She gave him a jacket once, even though he didn't. He was like, oh, I like the jacket, and she offered it to him and he kept trying to refuse it. But she kind of forced it to him and she said like if you keep everything you have, it makes your world smaller, but if you give things away, it makes the world overall better. And so he was kind of inspired to write the song of just truly give it away. He's kind of literally telling the listener to give things away, so I love that. It's quite literal here. It doesn't happen often, but in this case it's exactly what he's singing.

Speaker 1: 8:36

Yeah, I didn't realize that either. Um, and this was always and I think you said it just spot on that these first two songs really represent what you're going to get from this band, which is either kind of this real kind of I don't want to say low energy, but, just like you said, more somber tone to it, a slower song, or just this super like high paced, energetic, you know, jam session. It was kind of born of a jam session really, the beat with Flea and John Frusciante and just I mean I also remember the energy of this one, but yeah, I was kind of the same boat of like didn't realize it was literally about giving it away.

Speaker 2: 9:13

Yeah, good message, good message.

Speaker 1: 9:16

Good message? Yes, for sure, all right, all right. Track three you go with aeroplane right.

Speaker 2: 9:22

so, um, now you know the band had like a big runaway success with that, with that album. So here is their next album in 1995, called one hot minute, and actually after the success of it frusciante left. He was like kind of overwhelmed with the success of the album and he left the band and so I think Dave Navarro might've replaced him and was on this album as kind of the lead guitar, so not as huge, but certainly one that I I listened to, especially this song. I just have always kind of loved the song and I think it's a nice little message for Super Awesome Mix too, because you know he's Anthony Kiedis, is literally singing like music is my airplane, in the sense of like music lifts them up and, you know, takes them higher. So I love that.

Speaker 2: 10:05

I also have always loved the line pleasure spiked with pain, because I do think that that's a perfect description of how sometimes music can be. So it's like I use the National a lot as an example for this. I love listening to the national because, again, it's like they make great music and I love his like baritone voice, but then they're all very sad songs.

Speaker 1: 10:25

Right, and so it's kind of like painful to listen to him.

Speaker 2: 10:28

So it's yeah, it's pleasure, spiked with a little bit of pain. So I think that that is like a great description for listening to some. You know certain types of music and certain bands. A great description for listening to some. You know certain types of music and certain bands, and National and Explosions in the Sky also comes to mind, where it's like I love their guitar instrumentals, but I will just be sobbing by the end of them.

Speaker 1: 10:49

That's great, yes, and I love that you picked this one because it's really kind of all about music in a sense, and that's what we're all about here at Super Awesome Mix, which is great, and I love the call out on the. I don't think I realized that Dave Navarro was in the band and then out of the band, but when you put together this mix you do hear and just kind of researching Red Hot Chili Peppers, you do start to hear the differences in the guitar playing from when John frusciante is part of the mix and then when dave navarro is part of it, and so that is uh, that's kind of interesting and I I don't think I really realized this about the band over time. Obviously, a lot of their songs, because anthony kidis's voice is so distinctive, they they do kind of you know they will sound similar because of that, because it is, you know, such a standout. But yeah, the guitar playing it does change up for a spell there if you really get into the music. So great pick.

Speaker 2: 11:45

Nice.

Speaker 1: 11:46

All right, Next up. This is not Daft Punk we're still Red Hot Chili Peppers but it is called Around the World.

Speaker 2: 11:53

Yes. So John comes back in 1999 and they produce, in my opinion, the best album they've ever made and arguably one of the best albums, I'd say, of all time. If we, if we one day work our way towards a 100 top picks for super awesome mix albums which Apple recently did theirs, and maybe we'll need to do a special recording of our thoughts on the Apple list, thoughts on the Apple list but I would put Californication on that list somewhere in the top 100. Because, as I was telling my wife, sarah she helped me with this mix it was really difficult to not actually just put all 12 songs from this album on this mix because they're so good.

Speaker 2: 12:30

So, yeah, this album in particular again came out 1999, which, if you're a longtime listener, you know I love music from 1999. I think it was like peak music. Some of the best things came out that year. But you know, this album includes things like Other Side Californication I Like Dirt Road Tripping and then, of course, the next pick that we'll get into, but a lot of really big hits here and I think it's just one of the best opening riffs of a song and then, as a result, because this is track one of an album, like you know what you're getting yourself into, like with those opening guitar hits and you're just like, yes, he is back and it sounds amazing. So I love this song and I love this album.

Speaker 1: 13:09

Yeah, this one, I just the beginning of it and, like you said, I just love that this was the opening track of the album because the beginning chords here on the guitar are just awesome and I think what stands out here is just the guitar and the bass, right. And this one, like Flea, is great in this one too-edited it for like a disney ride, which I just went to disney like six months ago, and just thinking about it's a small world and then pairing around the world by red hot chili peppers would have been a pretty stark contrast to most of what you hear there. So, yeah, pretty hilarious.

Speaker 1: 13:48

I didn't know that interesting, uh, pretty interesting side by side. Yeah, um, all right. So you mentioned how much you love this album and you mentioned another track on this one that was a big hit, and that is track five, scar Tissue tracks from this album.

Speaker 2: 14:14

I landed on Scar Tissue mostly because I think it's like one of their most popular songs.

Speaker 2: 14:17

I imagine a lot of us are familiar with it.

Speaker 2: 14:18

I think we've talked about this song before on somewhere in the four years we've been recording.

Speaker 2: 14:23

I can't remember, but this is really a song struggling with addiction and just trying to get sober and how it can leave us, you know, like a scar behind, like scar tissue, and you kind of just carry it with you and he sings about kind of being with the birds here, sharing that lonely view, and you know, really it's that sense of he feels isolated, he feels like he can't share this enormous part of who he is with people openly. You know, it's not, it's not a very normal thing if you're an addict to kind of introduce yourself as an addict to people, right, like that's not something you normally do, but that's something you carry with you, and so I just think it's again a really powerful song lyrically, as they sing about things that they themselves are dealing with. But then again, in this like really kind of moody way of just kind of bringing you in into the fold of what they're feeling musically and just yeah, a song that I listened to over and over again.

Speaker 1: 15:14

I could never get tired of this song. I think what stood out to me on this one you know we talked about this a second ago how they have they can do the real slow tempo stuff and they can do the high energy stuff, and the high energy stuff is always going to kind of capture people. But when they really slow it down like this and you can hear the lyrics, I think that's where people can really connect with this one and especially the message, where you don't see the scar tissue that probably we all have and it would help us probably be nicer to each other if we kind of knew everything that was going on with people that we saw all the time. So I think just the kind of more direct I can understand his voice and the lyrics are a little bit more straightforward here, I think, is why this is such a big hit, versus something like Give it Away, where if you asked me, hey, what's your favorite lyric in that song, I'd be like doesn't he say give it away? A bunch of times?

Speaker 1: 16:06

But there's a lot of words in that song it's just hard to keep up with, whereas this one, I think people hear more and I think that's probably why it resonated with people more. So yeah, a monster hit and great pick here All right. One that I don't think is quite as well known is track six. You go with Venice Queen.

Speaker 2: 16:27

Yeah, I didn't want to do just like all like their biggest hits, so this one, I think is is an important one and certainly one of my favorites. Off of the album, uh, by the way, which was in 2002, the probably you know, the more popular track here is the, the title track, by the way, I'm sure a lot of people know that one and, of course, the next one that we're going to talk about here in a moment. But, um, I just love how this song sounds and, again, I think I'm really drawn to their music when they tell a story, and a very real story. And so this one you hear them sing and spell the name Gloria, and so who he's referring to is, quite literally, his therapist whenever he was in drug rehab, a woman named Gloria Scott, who apparently, he gifted her a house in Venice and then, unfortunately, she died there shortly after, and so he kind of sings this, um, this song in her honor.

Speaker 2: 17:44

Um, you know, and I love, like the lyrics here where he's singing like we all want to tell her, tell her that we love her, and Venice gets a queen the best I've ever seen. So, um, quite literally, you know, talking about this woman that helped him through, uh, I imagine, a very dark time in his life but um, but I just think, yeah, whenever he sings from the heart and kind of exposes what he's going through, you get really, really nice tracks like this and ones that just I think sound great and kind of highlight what, what they can do as a band that when I see a song and I look down and it's going to be like six minutes or longer, I really get a little bit anxious because I'm wondering how are they going to keep my?

Speaker 1: 18:28

attention for this amount of time, right right, because it's hard with like really long songs like this, right, and so they do a great job, like you just outlined, with the lyrics.

Speaker 1: 18:36

But I also think they do a great job with the music, because at about the 245 mark there is a musical shift and so I think it kind of draws you in a little bit by doing that for the rest of the song. So I thought that was really cool too, that they didn't. This isn't like conventional Red Hot Chili Peppers, I feel like with sort of what you're going to hear both lyrically and musically, feel like with with sort of what you're going to hear both lyrically and musically, and so, um, yeah, really well done and really kind of a standout for me as a song. I had never heard before. But something where it's like, okay, these guys you know we talk about it all the time it's just like these guys are excellent musicians and I don't think people fully realize that sometimes, but I think a song like this will make you realize it. So good, pick now track seven, one that people are probably more familiar with.

Speaker 2: 19:23

It is can't stop yes, and I'm certain we've talked about this, because I remember that we talked about the the line this life is more than just a read-through, which is the very last line of the song and, in my opinion, the best line of of any of their songs. Honestly, um, I really like that. It is more than just a read-through, you know, like a read-through being something you do, obviously like before you, you know, perform a play or perform a TV show as an actor and like the stakes are low, right. So he's saying that this life is much more than that. It's much more than just like a low stakes read-through. So really love that. I love how he sings it right at the end there.

Speaker 2: 20:02

But this is a track seven off the same album, probably the more most popular off of the album other than, by the way, and again just has like an amazing opening guitar riff and I also just love this for kind of that sense of like can't stop me right, like that's kind of how I listen to it and, to be honest, I have read through the lyrics a million times I don't know what he's singing about like, other than that last line, which I think is the clearest line in the entire song. I don't know what he's kind of talking about, uh, and I've read analysis of it and I couldn't make sense of the analysis either. So I think people are just grasping here. Um, if you have a sense of what it is, of course reach out to us, uh. But but I just kind of like it because I'm like can't stop me, right, I'll put it on like a running mix or a workout mix or something like that, for that sentiment.

Speaker 1: 20:47

Yeah, you're right, we have talked about it before. It's got great energy and I agree with you, it's like when the lyrics are a little bit up in the air, I mean I think you could steer it towards whatever you want and in this case case, I think can't stop, and in a real determined way, and taking the energy from this song to kind of push you forward and and again. Like I love that last line too this life is more than just a read-through, I mean, yeah, let it propel yourself forward and motivate you. So now, great pick, and this is one that I know, when you brought it to the mix the first time, I was much more appreciative of than maybe when I'd heard it a million times on the radio. All right, track eight, you go with Snow parentheses, hey-o.

Speaker 2: 21:31

Yeah, so this is track two on the album from 2006 called Stadium Arcadium, and I think I mean this song is certainly one of the more popular Red Hot Chili Pepper songs and definitely an earworm, and I think that that's why I wanted to pick it, because once you hear it, like you could just be humming that hey, oh, like over and over and over again in your head, like it will wiggle its way into your brain and never leave.

Speaker 2: 21:56

Um, so certainly an iconic track in that regard. This song also, for me personally, like reminds me of when I had the, the video game rock band, uh, very similar to guitar hero, because this was one of the songs you could play and honestly, it's a very difficult guitar and bass track because of what he's doing on on them right. So it's like it's really hard to especially once you get into like the more difficult levels of rock band, to get that right, and so you really appreciate the, the finger work on this, on this track, to make such a seemingly it sounds kind of simple, but, wow, it's like way harder, at least for me um, yeah, it's funny you mentioned the guitar work, because this is the point in the mix where I really started to appreciate john for shanty and I'm like, why isn't he sort of the bigger name in this band?

Speaker 1: 22:42

because yeah, you just hear about Anthony Kiedis and Flea all the time when it comes to this band, like those two guys are, and not to discount their talent at all but as you put this mix together and as I'm listening to it, I'm just like man. The guitar work over and over is what draws me in and and also appreciate that he's like, uh, things are getting too big, I got to step away. And then he comes back to the band right, like even that little, like state of that little statement by him I think makes a lot of sense for people. But, yeah, I mean this song once again and again. It's the song I've heard plenty of times. But listening to it this time and really focusing in on it, I was like man. The guitar work here is awesome and so, yeah, I feel like he should get some more love as it relates to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's not just Anthony Kiedis and Flea.

Speaker 2: 23:33

I agree. Yeah, I definitely agree.

Speaker 1: 23:35

All right, track nine you go with the title track off this album. It is Stadium Arcadium.

Speaker 2: 23:43

Yes, stadium Arcadium. Yes, Stadium Arcadium, track four on this album. And here's another one again where I just kind of love the moodiness of this track. But in particular you know you just talked about him why I really love it is the guitar solo around minute 250 or close to three minutes, and that's a moment where I just like crank the song, like he's just so good at these solos and it is a joy to listen to them. So I just like crank the song, like he's just so good at these solos and it is a joy to listen to them. So I love that for this song and that's why I wanted to include this here. But I think there's just like otherwise, a classic Red Hot Chili Pepper sounding track, like certainly a staple song of theirs, but again, like him on the guitar is just incredible to listen to. I can listen to that part of the song over and over again.

Speaker 1: 24:23

Yeah, I agree. I also like how this one is a little bit more mid tempo, Like it's not super fast like a give it away or I can't stop, but it's also not as slow down as like under the bridge, and so I just like that. They kind of find this middle point. You don't really hear this from them a whole lot. It felt very 90s to me, even though it came out what 2006 or so.

Speaker 2: 24:47

Yes, yeah.

Speaker 1: 24:48

Yeah, so no, like this one was not as familiar with this one either. All right, track 10. You go with Dark Necessities.

Speaker 2: 24:58

Right. So here is a moment where there's no John Frusciante on the album, and this actually was produced by Danger Mouse, so kind of a rare Red Hot Chili Pepper song, not produced by Rick Rubin, but Danger Mouse basically just kind of pushed them to write the song and I really I like it. I like that. I didn't really love the album, but this song to me is probably the most like Red Hot Chili pepper sounding track off of the album without him, and so it's one that I come back to over and over again. But again, what I really like here is what they're singing about is that all of us kind of have, you know, both light and dark, and it's what we do with that darkness that that matters. It's not that the darkness exists, it's like how do you, how do you act on that energy? And so you can either take that darkness and do awful things with it, unfortunately, or, in this case, like you can use it as a well of creativity. And that's what he's singing about is the kind of like he. He takes this, um, this dark necessity, and because it's a necessity to help him write better music and be a better musician, and so I think that's a really cool kind of take on that it's like you know, yes, we've got the darkness in it, but a like you know we might need it and as long as we're doing like more productive and less harmful things with it, like that's, that's way better. So I really like this.

Speaker 2: 26:14

This track. This is again off the album Getaway. I don't think I mentioned that yet and it was from 2016. So a little bit of a hiatus, but an album from the band just to get no John Frusciante.

Speaker 1: 26:25

Yeah, I loved how funky this song was. Like you really get so much bass from Flea on this one. And yeah, I mean it definitely not surprising that John Frusciante wasn't a part of this, because it sounds so different from a lot of their other work. So it kind of stood out to me in that way. But you know, you mentioned, they have kind of a funk feel to them, just generally. But I did think this one sounded especially like more classic, kind of funky and it was probably, you know, featuring more bass. That probably is what led to my thought there. But yeah, really, I mean, you know, and it's an interesting song, that's what kind of captured me. I was just like wow, this is so different for them. And again, I love it when bands will change it up like that. All right, track 11.

Speaker 2: 27:16

It is Black Summer, black Summer yeah, so we've definitely talked about this one on a new music mix. Um, after kind of a six-year pause of no music, john is back. He's back in the band. Um, it's kind of wild. The, the other guitarist, left and I'm blanking on his name right now, and then immediately john was like okay, I'll rejoin, and everyone was so happy about that, which? Makes me feel makes me feel really bad for the former guitarist. You know, like that can't feel good like like everyone, was so happy that he rejoined.

Speaker 1: 27:47

You know the whole time he was in the band they're like look, we don't need you to be john, all right right, we want you to be the best bill that you could. Be all right, that's what's gonna, that's what's gonna help?

Speaker 2: 27:58

red hot chili peppers you know exactly, and it's even worse that I don't even have his name written down right. I just made a bill.

Speaker 1: 28:05

But like yeah, we, uh, we have his name. But then like yeah, the second he leaves it's like john's back. Oh, thank god, okay good oh, it's so sad um be funny if that moment happened and then like uh, you know unnamed guitarist like comes back into the studio because he like forgot like some chords or something that he right right hey, oh john, you're back, or are you just visiting, or what are you? It was just in the neighborhood. He just popped in. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it, you're fine. Yeah, bill.

Speaker 2: 28:39

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 28:45

Bill so yeah they, he joins again, he's back and then they kind of do like a whole reunion thing off of this. So this was early 2022. The album name is Unlimited Love.

Speaker 2: 28:56

This opens that album and, yeah, you know, what's funny, though, is like it's got this kind of peppy sound to it and it's a song that I will play a lot, just because I really like how it sounds. But then the lyrics are quite tragic and I'm certain we've talked about them. But the Black Summer he's talking to is quite literally, when there were a lot of fires in Australia in 2019 and 2020 that charred like so much of the country and, unfortunately, took a lot of animals lives, and he sings about that quite literally in this track. So the subject matter is pretty dark, um, but the song itself, I think, is really good and again it's like they're back, like you hear it in this song that that this is truly kind of the core red hot chili pepper experience whenever these four guys are playing together yeah, and the guitar work again is what kind of stood out for me on this one.

Speaker 1: 29:44

So it's just interesting that, as these tracks have laid out, you really can tell when John for Shanty's not in the band it's like it just doesn't quite sound the same. It doesn't sound bad, right, but it does sound different. And so in every track where you kind of have the hey and now he's back, you can be, I can immediately tell that like when I'm listening to it. So that does really cool, as I got to know this band a lot more through this mix. So let's get to track 12, final pick. You go with TIPA, my tongue.

Speaker 2: 30:19

Yes, yeah. So they had like a busy year, I guess, because later that year, in august of 2022, they released another full album and this is the track one off of that album. It's called return of the dream canteen and what I really like about this is that, honestly, it's like and I love to finish the track, finish the mix with it it's almost like a flip back in time, because this sounds like a lot of their earlier stuff um, bringing in the funk elements as well, bringing in some of the rapping elements that you hear here. Um, some of the lyrics, like in the opening, like where, where, uh, anthony cutie is singing well, I'm an animal, something like a camera cannibal. I'm very flammable and just the way that he's singing it like, and his intonations of it are just kind of fun. Like you just kind of have a feeling that these guys are having a lot of fun recording these songs.

Speaker 2: 31:07

They don't care so much anymore about their lyrics like kind of making a lot of sense, at least in this track, um, but they're just like enjoying themselves and and I think that that's coming through in their music, and so I really really like this, uh, this track, and and enjoy this album quite a bit yeah, this track made me think of how we kind of a running joke with bands like one republic and imagine dragons, so it's like they kind of just keep making the same song over and over.

Speaker 1: 31:33

But why not? People like it, it works like I enjoy all these songs, and so that's what came to mind when I heard this, because I'm just like classic chili peppers, right, this is such a throwback kind of feel, but again it sounds great. Right, like you like that other stuff, so why not? They keep making it? You know there's no downside to that, I don't think. But you also saw in this mix how they did explore.

Speaker 2: 31:57

They have explored a lot of different things creatively throughout their uh, throughout their time together, because, I mean, like you said, they're still making music yeah, exactly, um, and the other track off this album that's worth listening to, and I think we've spoken about it as well as eddie, which is like his, uh, tribute to eddie van halen yes, I love that one yeah, that one's really good, right and and even like speaking about the throwback and pulling in the old sound, the opening notes are almost exactly like by the Way, if you play those two songs at the same time, you would think you're hearing the same song.

Speaker 2: 32:28

So I think, similar to Metallica, which we talked about with their most recent album, I think they're very much just kind of like dipping back into the well and kind of pulling on the nostalgic strings of people who've grown up listening to them, who are now older but want to remember what they sounded like when they were younger. So I think they do that very well.

Speaker 1: 32:47

Yeah, now that I've heard this, I kind of want to go back to those you know pre blood sugar sex magic albums and kind of just see what like really early Chili Peppers sounded like and kind of see the evolution, because I mean, what is this? Like 14 studio albums, something like that.

Speaker 1: 33:04

Yeah something around there. Yeah, I mean, what is this like? 14 studio albums, something like that. Yeah, something around there. Yeah, I mean that's, that's just crazy. So, um, plenty of content there, but great job putting together just 12 songs. I mean that sounds really hard when there's so much to to pull from. But but nice work pulling this together, because I know I learned a lot about this band that I've always known but maybe didn't know quite as well.

Speaker 2: 33:25

That's awesome. Yeah, this one was a really fun one to put together.

Speaker 1: 33:28

Awesome, all right. Well, there you have it Another super awesome mix for your collection, this time all about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and so listen to this and then dive more into their work, hit us up at super awesome mix and tell us which songs we we really should have included, but of course, we will not apologize. Okay, we're going to just get to work on our next mixes. So for Sam, or this is Matt, and we'll see you next time.