Comments on: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Are Lazy

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Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:52:02 +0000

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By: Laughing Lenny

Laughing Lenny — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:51:42 +0000

Agree with you here, but think you are confusing the adjective lazy for crap. Yeah, to be honest did not read what you had written, but do you know the bill hicks ‘Basic Instinct’ review??

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:28:00 +0000

I just read this comment on another blog, and it made me laugh:

http://ciphergoth.livejournal.com/301862.html?thread=2762022#t2762022

By: ashley

ashley — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:23:46 +0000

the chili peppers are amazing. i agree with chelsea because lyrics arent all about what you can touch, its about what the writer is going through. and california is where they all group up and its the place they love.. so who gives a shit if they wanna write about something they love?

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:28:59 +0000

I think it could certainly be argued that the Chili Peppers are better musicians than song writers, but after reading through all this I can only conclude that I would rather listen to how the song plays as it is, lyrics and all, than listen to them try to have any other kinds of lyrics to it. I love the song Californication, and the great thing about music is that sometimes it doesn’t have to make perfect grammatical or logical sense to be catchy or to convey a feeling or idea.

Also, perhaps they write so many songs about California and LA because that’s their roots. I could probably argue that all musicians and other kinds of artists sing/draw/write about what they know and their own experiences. That’s what makes them genuine.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:33:12 +0000

An interesting fact about the thousands of “-ation” words out there is that “basement” isn’t any of them.

Personally, I don’t know a lot about California, so if I was writing it it’d probably end up being like this:

California is a state on the West coast of the nation
It has many landmarks, none of which is Central Station
It only has one export and that’s Californication.

Its governor is probably best known for Termination.
He’s willing to speak out against the Bush Administration.
Every month or two there is a groping allegation.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:51:31 +0000

I’m still in some disbelief that they never used “big fat heifer” as a rhyme in the Zephyr song.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:12:42 +0000

The other problem that the Red Hot Chili Peppers have, of course, is that they can’t seem to get through three songs without having to return to the subject of California and the people who live in and around it.

There’s a radio station ere in LA called KROQ, and every other sing they play seems to be a Red Hot Chili Peppers song. It’s getting a bit silly, if you ask me.

By: Paul Crowley

Paul Crowley — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:20:32 +0000

Propogated :-)

btw “intractable” and “superpolynomially”. Don’t worry about the meter too much – they didn’t.

A problem is intractable if its time of computation
Will outgrow any power law, like exponentiation…

By: Thomas Thurman

Thomas Thurman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:37:48 +0000

This almost made me cry with laughter.