Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rosie... · 08-08-2006, 03:49 AM

I love the song "Californication" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. But I don't really understand the whole song. E.g: what does "First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn" mean? and "Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station And Alderon's not far away" ? And in general; What is Californication, as an explanation?

Curious, Rosie.

MURDER JUNKIE · 08-08-2006, 03:55 AM

senseless nonsense

Blain · 08-08-2006, 03:57 AM

Yah, I don't think it's meant to follow a whole story..

boo boo · 08-08-2006, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by MURDER JUNKIE

senseless nonsense

Says the GG Allin fan.

Seltzer · 08-08-2006, 04:59 AM

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senseless nonsense

There's no need for that.

Here's a page which might help out.

Anthony Kiedis was once considering being a poet, so he is fairly lyrically skilled.

Raine · 08-08-2006, 10:27 AM

Californication is meant to be satirical

The entire song takes stabs at things that I guess the Red Hot Chili peppers find disreputable.

"Pay Your Surgeon very Well To escape The Spell Of Aging Celebrity Skin is this your chin or is that what you’re waging....", takes a rip at people that go see plastic surgeons to have their face altered so they appear young. Something that is most common when talking about celebrities, hence "the spell of aging celebrity skin"

I think the line "Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off station to station And Alderon's not far away" is something randomly put in there.
Alderon is a reference to Prince Leia's (Star wars) home planet. And I imagine the spheres he mentions are surrounding panets. So I guess it's Anthony metaphorically asking Curt what's it like up there.
And I guess the reason he didn't ask what's it like in heaven or something like that is because it fits with the whole make believe thing since he already mentioned unicorns, creatures of myth/fantasy.

boo boo · 08-08-2006, 06:16 PM

Well, I for one would rather listen to songs about the solar system and unicorns than songs about killing random people and doing the Dirty Sanchez.

Sorry MJ.

Merkaba · 08-08-2006, 09:00 PM

I love the lyrics to Californication. I don't have a clue what they mean but some of them you can almost get a grasp of. I particularly like the 'Pay your surgeons very well...' line.

Rosie... · 08-10-2006, 03:28 AM

lol ok thnx

Raine · 08-10-2006, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Merkaba

I love the lyrics to Californication. I don't have a clue what they mean but some of them you can almost get a grasp of. I particularly like the 'Pay your surgeons very well...' line.

That line always makes me think of Michael Jackson

08-08-2006, 03:49 AM	#281 (permalink)
Rosie... Groupie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3	Californication- RHCP I love the song "Californication" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. But I don't really understand the whole song. E.g: what does "First born unicorn Hard core soft porn" mean? and "Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off station to station And Alderon's not far away" ? And in general; What is Californication, as an explanation? Curious, Rosie.

08-08-2006, 10:27 AM	#286 (permalink)
Raine Full-Time Hellion Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: PA Posts: 1,531	Californication is meant to be satirical The entire song takes stabs at things that I guess the Red Hot Chili peppers find disreputable. "Pay Your Surgeon very Well To escape The Spell Of Aging Celebrity Skin is this your chin or is that what you’re waging....", takes a rip at people that go see plastic surgeons to have their face altered so they appear young. Something that is most common when talking about celebrities, hence "the spell of aging celebrity skin" I think the line "Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off station to station And Alderon's not far away" is something randomly put in there. Alderon is a reference to Prince Leia's (Star wars) home planet. And I imagine the spheres he mentions are surrounding panets. So I guess it's Anthony metaphorically asking Curt what's it like up there. And I guess the reason he didn't ask what's it like in heaven or something like that is because it fits with the whole make believe thing since he already mentioned unicorns, creatures of myth/fantasy. __________________ A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

08-08-2006, 09:00 PM	#288 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	I love the lyrics to Californication. I don't have a clue what they mean but some of them you can almost get a grasp of. I particularly like the 'Pay your surgeons very well...' line. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

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MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	senseless nonsense

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Blain w0rd Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Suva, Fiji Posts: 1,034	Yah, I don't think it's meant to follow a whole story..

08-10-2006, 03:28 AM	#289 (permalink)
Rosie... Groupie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3	lol ok thnx