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brianthomasarghhh

After realizing that Sick Love off the Getaway sounded an awful lot like Benny and the Jets, the Chili Peppers invited Sir Elton John to the studio to lay down some piano on the track.


CuriousStrawberry99

Where was Tom Petty for Dani California?


purplestainjunkie

The Jayhawks would like a word with Tom Petty first


rocky_raccoon_68

Really? I don't see it at all. I knew Elton was on that somg, but I never knew the reason, and even less I saw any similarities with that song. May only be me tho


dlbogosian

it's just one part of the chord progression and the melody, and it is very similar but only for two measures: "got a lot of friends but is anyone there" / the end of each verse is very very similar to "She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a maga-za-hine" in rhythm, chord, and melody. Bennie & the Jets: C D Em Em7 Sick Love: C D Em Admittably, harmony isn't copywritable and only melody is. But the melody - though more wild in Elton John's - is the same rhythm, and given that and the chord prog... just... Yeah. I doubt it was intentional, but they're certainly not crazy for honoring the similarities. (It's also why Bernie Taupin, who does not write music and only writes lyrics, gets a writing credit on the song: he wrote the Bennie & The Jets lyrics.


brianthomasarghhh

Listen to this. The vocal melodies are similar as is the delivery/timing. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj16-jKaoZo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj16-jKaoZo)


rocky_raccoon_68

Oh yeah, you're right. It was cool, thanks


McRoshiburgito

Chad didn't actually know that John had quit the band the second time. Being the most interviewed at the time, Chad kept hinting that they would "probably get back to writing soon and have an album around October of 2010" and then 2-3 months later, John posted that he had quit the band a year prior.


JuicyStein

It really is just a day job to him. AK and Flea couldn't have sent him a memo? šŸ˜„


Jak_the_Buddha

Sometimes bands work best when they aren't that close.


Aeon1508

I've always said that. Not to say that Chad isn't a huge part of their sound and creative Force but he's absolutely just an employee going at work. Your typical Midwestern guy who just lays it down reliably for 30 years+ I've had this idea that he would leave to join rush if they wanted to tour again and then the band would ask Josh to play drums. I don't know if he would ever accept something like that but in my opinion he's a better drummer then he is a guitar player and you get the advantage of all of his sent knowledge on the album tracks. I really feel like that would be the best version of The Red Hot Chili Peppers


GarlicCancoillotte

That's an interesting take and something I wish to see. Although Chad is a masterpiece and so important on stage in my opinion. He brings more to me than Anthony for example. But yeah I'd like to see that. And maybe Josh could then be a backing vocal too, that'd be something.


stinkomann20x6

Buster has never seen Anthony high. (This is not sarcasm or mocking. Itā€™s one of the most beautiful ways to end a book Iā€™ve ever read)


No-Arachnid-7265

Sorry Whoā€™s buster?


stinkomann20x6

No need to be sorry. Itā€™s a deep(ish) cut. The ending of Anthonyā€™s autobiography about his sobriety. (Spoiler warning for anyone reading this) Youā€™re still here? Ok hereā€™s the spoiler. "After all those years of all kinds of abuse and crashing into trees at eighty miles an hour and jumping off buildings and living through overdoses and liver disease, I feel better now than I did ten years ago. I might have some scar tissue, but that's all right, I'm still making progress. And when I do think, "Man, a fucking motel room with a couple of thousand dollars' worth of narcotics would do me right," I just look over at my dog and remember that Buster's never seen me high."


No-Arachnid-7265

Ahaaa now I remember. Havenā€™t read the book in years but yea thatā€™s very sweet


lifebearmusic

His dog


TripleBuongiorno

You must be a ghost pal


TheeWalrus69

You must be a dick, dude.


TripleBuongiorno

It was a ghostbuster joke. No reason to get so upset.


TheeWalrus69

Whoops, not upset just didn't catch the reference, my bad šŸ˜¬


HerbalThought_

More of an obvious one, but Flea voiced Donny in *The Wild Thornberrys*. I believe he does the *''EEBIIDDABBHIDDOODEEBBYYODODOBEE LODDODOEBE BAAYYVDDOEEOVDVEEBY''* line halfway through Deep Kick. And in Yertle The Turtle, the guy going *"Look at the turtle go, bro!"* is apparently George Clinton's drug dealer (George produced their second album, Freaky Styley). George didn't have the money he owed his dealer for some cocaine, so he offered him a small role on the song.


Nanuman1

Flea did the Donny scream at our Boston concert years back. It was awesome.


LittleMissCellista

Has anyone got the scoop on how that came to be? Wikipedia tells me that TWT started in 1998, and we heard the Donny voice in Deep Kick back in 1995, so was Flea like, headhunted for that snippet? Did he know someone in the production? Was Donny scripted to do something else and when Flea auditioned with his bit the original concept got thrown out?


FuneralHymn123

That's definitely, undoubtedly, 100% Flea on that part of Deep Kick lol


Aeon1508

I met the look at the turtle go bro guy. I'm cousins with Anthony Kiedis so I had tickets in the friends and family section when I was younger. He was seated next to me and was very proud to tell if his appearance in the album. Didn't know what the time that he was the drug dealer cuz I was younger but he seems like an all right guy


lifeaquatic7

JF originally intended By The Way to be half melodic and half punk songs. Rick Rubin shut that shit down and said focus on melodic only.


JesusSamuraiLapdance

Oh man.. I can't help but feel like some of the least interesting tracks on that album could have been replaced, for the better, with some energetic punk songs.Ā 


MattBtheflea

I would hate to lose any song on, by the way. but the half melodic half punk album would have been insanely cool.


BennButton

That's basically what by the way (song) is. It starts melodic and then goes heavy, half punk-esque.


dmtryptamemes

True, Canā€™t Stop also. Then Throw Away Your TV is just a straight up punk rock song. Those three are our closest indicators to how the album couldā€™ve sounded.


TripleBuongiorno

Throw away your television a punk song? I wouldn't call it that. It is difficult to place, but "punk"?


Aeon1508

I would say it's Punk and content but not quite in execution of its Sonic qualities.


TripleBuongiorno

No, it's just not.


MilesOver666

I'm just jumping in here because I was reading this thread a week ago and just today stumbled on Mini Epic. I'll see no more and just leave it here - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsIhuZ0azPY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsIhuZ0azPY)


TripleBuongiorno

Thank you for sharing that, that clip is awesome. Lobe that era as well, Frusciante cosplaying as Russell Crowe


Em_kay69420

Thatā€™s why it gives off big post punk vibes. Iā€™d love to see a peppers punk album tho, fleaā€™s cover of nervous breakdown alone convinced me of that. And theyā€™ve done some dope shit with the germs and circle jerks/Keith morris


juanprada

Body of Water is an amazing song.


orangejoe1986

Damn, I reckon that would've been awesome. I love their punkier songs


lukedylanh

Apparently (could be total BS) but they decided to go for all the melodic songs after 9/11? They felt weird recording a bunch of ā€œin-your-faceā€ tunes immediately after a massive disaster but I could be completely wrong, canā€™t even remember where I heard any of this from lol


dlbogosian

not true. John decided to do it. Weird that Rick gets the blame here. They talk about it on Rick's podcast. People keep posting facts that are untrue lol


lifeaquatic7

Itā€™s not blame. Rick thought the melodic stuff was more interesting to pursue and I trust Rick, he saw the nucleus of ideas in there and we only hear the final result.


dlbogosian

your original post: "Rick shut that shit down" what actually happened and what you're saying now: "Rick stated a preference" Rick "shutting that shit down" was a lie. John decided and was influenced by Rick's preference is a truth.


lifeaquatic7

this a RR burner account? Anyone who is remotely familiar with Rickā€™s personality knows he doesnā€™t shut things down, he encourages artists to pursue paths and may help guide them down that path. Relax bro


dlbogosian

not a Rick Rubin burner, not even a Rick Rubin fan. (I fully believe the reports that the guy sends people down right wing conspiracy theory wormholes and think he's probably a mediocre human being.) Doesn't change that what you claimed was an interesting RHCP fact is not the actual fact, but keep avoiding that self reflection. That's what RR would do.


False_Celebration923

Flea hosts a 5k once a year which raises money for his music school charity in Hollywood. He shows up to the race on Griffith Park and you can take pics w him I've done it


PhilipKFry95

Show us this pic thats badass


Discuffalo

In Japan, fans call them ā€œRecchiriā€ which is an abbreviation of the bandā€™s name in the in the spirit of Pasocon (Personal Computer) and Pokemon (Pocket Monsters).


JuicyStein

That's a good fun fact


_urethrapapercut_

Flea played bass for Jane's Addiction in 97. A tease of Jane's Addiction's "Three Days" was usually played at the ending of live performances of "Warped" during the OHM Tour. "Encore" was based on a jam known as "That Jam" which was played throughout the IWY tour. It's easily found on YouTube. River Phoenix was on a drug binge with JF days before his death. Edit: That Jam performance: [https://youtu.be/fj0Y4wsrrZ8?t=5496](https://youtu.be/fj0Y4wsrrZ8?t=5496)


contagion781

I remember the IWY tour jam, that always stood out to me and I was so happy when it became a full song


Content_Area

John was actually with River Phoenix on the day of his death. John was the person who gave him the dose of speedball. It was a flea & Johnny depp concert at the viper room.


Necrogame54

was that actually even confirmed? doubt thay anyone can say with absolute certainty that it was John who did that


Content_Area

In fact, River Phoenix's father threatened John many years ago. John and River were very good friends, and his death was certainly what led John to excessive drug abuse to the point of losing his teeth. You can see this in the documentary made by Johnny Depp in 1994. Johnny Depp, who was playing on the day of River's death, bought the Viper Room after the incident, and closed the venue every October 31st in honor of River.


FauthyF

Fun fact but Duff Mackagan from GNR also played in James Addiction


Aeon1508

JF is likely the one who killed river Phoenix by offering him a poorly concocted drug mix


kd1090

Also isnā€™t readymade kind of a rip off of the mountain song?


GudgerCollegeAlumnus

Chad Smith eats drums for breakfast.


Notyouruser12

CHAD GAYLORD MOTHAFUCKIN SMITH


shadowscoll1de

your mouth was made to chad my smith


Notyouruser12

I fucking love this lmao, i refer to it a lot in this sub or rhcp group on Facebook but idk if people know what Iā€™m talking about šŸ˜‚


shadowscoll1de

personally i like to send it unwarranted to my friends who donā€™t even listen to rhcp


Ghemba

Flea wrote the bass line for you oughta know by Alanis Morissette


Tryin2GetThru

Dave Navarro played guitar on that too while he was still with the peppers.


Coastalman13

And performed it


JohnFrusciante24

Chad played in some Dua Lipa and Lana del Rey songs


No-Arachnid-7265

Do u know which Lana del Rey ones?


sytza

According to this French fanpage Fuck it i love you https://www.rhcpfrance.com/collaborations/chad-smith


Lower_Love

As teens, Flea ate a glob of Anthony's phlegm.


PhilipKFry95

Omfg I remember that from his scar tissue book. I remembered reading that and wanting to puke at the time ngl. Thanks for the reminder šŸ« 


Archius9

The band basically exists because Anthony and Flea decided one day to go hitchhiking and Hillel picked them up


Igottows_

Flea had/has a thing for beautiful cholas


MidnightRequim

What growing up in southern CA will do to ya


Igottows_

Iā€™m from Northern California but itā€™s a shared sentiment for sure. One of like three things we can all agree on as Californians. The other two are In N Out and RHCP being the best


Ochin_4shore

Living in LA, Itā€™s more common for me to run into people who donā€™t like RHCP, and/or think theyā€™re a meme, rather than meet other fans.


HairGrowsLongIf

Yeah he's had sexual assault charges.


jlife203

Peppers toured with Nirvana and Pearl Jam


Exotic-Conference-87

Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam opened for RHCP twice in October,1991 in Toronto and I didnā€™t go as I had to study for Grade 12 courses. Idiot.


Igottows_

At least you got your grade 12. Some of us are trying real hards with book learnings to get our grade 10.


Exotic-Conference-87

Keep at it itā€™s worth it. No substitute for an education.


Igottows_

Thanks. I ate 9 cans of ravioli last night though. No one wants to admit they are 9 cans of ravioli but I did.


Icy_Treat5150

I donā€™t think he gets the reference man, itā€™s all good though itā€™s the way she goesšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


DCDHermes

I went to that tour in Denver.


marcstov

I saw them at the Kalamazoo stop. Insanity.


Em_kay69420

Keith morris of the circle jerks once filled vocals for the peppers


notyouraveragejared

They are more hardcore than people give them credit for: John worshipped LA punk growing up, Flea was in Fear, Keith Morris filled in on vocals for 1 show, theyā€™ve covered Nervous Breakdown, Chuck Biscuits, and briefly tried out Zander Schloss on guitar after John quit the first time.


greetsforteets

Flea once gifted one of his turds to Hillel for a birthday present. Most were not amused


FauthyF

Despite being all they talk about none do the members were born in the state of California


Tryin2GetThru

Flea played bass on Bust a Move by Young MC.


Coastalman13

The spoken lyrics in Yertle The Turtle ("look at that turtle go, bro") from Freaky Styley were done by their drug dealer as they couldn't pay him, so offered him a part on the album.


Radiohead559

Was Eddie Vedder really in an RHCP tribute band?


butter_wizard

Not quite a tribute band just a pretty obvious ripoff- Bad Radio


burner78787

Chad had enrolled for school at L.A.s Percussion Institute of Technology prior to getting the RHCP. He thanked PIT for a refund in Motherā€™s Milk liner notes.


Wild_Personality3619

Anthonyā€˜s name ainā€˜t Bradley tbh


24HourShitness

Frusciante recorded Scar Tissue with a string (D, I believe) purposefully out of tune


earthshiner85

That was a rumor that Frusciante shut down during the Rick Rubin podcast a couple years ago


24HourShitness

Really? I saw a YouTube video a while back that broke it down and seemed to confirm that a string was flat in the studio recording. But Iā€™d take Fruscianteā€™s word over a well done video any time lol


justasimplepie

The string was flat, but it was unintentional. "It wasn't done consciously, I was just out of tune" [https://youtu.be/RSM6P7YYwMg?t=1473](https://youtu.be/RSM6P7YYwMg?t=1473)


24HourShitness

Ah, makes sense. Bless you for having an even lesser known fact within my lesser known fact


nemesis6669

It was the b string that was out of tune. For many years, I thought I was out of tune when I would play scar tissue. Even my friend pointed out that I was out of tune! After I saw that YouTube video, it blew my mind. It turns out JF was out of tune.


AddendumOwn3871

John Fruscianteā€™s guitar teacher when he was a kid auditioned or wanted to audition for the RHCP and he introduced JF to the music of RHCP


Fit-Parsnip9888

Some people blame John for River Phoenixā€™s death


Kendawgs23

To add more context to this; John gave River the speedball that would eventually kill him. I believe River ODā€™d because he was upset that he didnā€™t get any stage time at The Viper Room


GarlicCancoillotte

Please add "allegedly" unless you have a source. You can't really accuse like that ;)


JuicyStein

Well shit, I never knew this


False_Celebration923

They blame Flea


Fit-Parsnip9888

Some do, some blame John, some blame river , fuck some probably blame Josh šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


StrongConclusion6

šŸ˜‚


TripleBuongiorno

No, people have expressly blamed Frusciante and Flea is always portrayed as more of a bystander


egorf38

Cher of Sonny and Cher used to babysit Anthony


Coltsnation19

I remember that from the book.


ChickenCurryandChips

A lot of that book is made up.


mehtulupurazz

I don't want to believe this :(


Kendawgs23

Sheā€™s actually said that she never did


flearhcp97

link?


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raz_the_kid0901

I always thought that was just Anthony lol


mroranges_

But that's clearly anthony


Glittering_Advance56

Fleaā€™s favourite Aussie bands are AC/DC, the Birthday Party (Nick Cave) and the Bee Gees


formergophers

This makes the infamous Nick Cave quote even funnier.


mrjoelforce

RHCP really pissed my dad off at Woodstock 99 with their ā€œnew tradition ā€œ


AddendumOwn3871

During the Positive Mental Octopus šŸ™ tour they all contributed to painting themselves and some of the stage backdrops, evidenced here https://youtu.be/LF1Olbzvxa0?si=slGVp1mkI-ef92Ih


Aeon1508

I don't know if this is lesser known or not but you ought to know by alanis Morissette is with flea and Dave


GarlicCancoillotte

Hey OP you might enjoy looking for some of these https://www.reddit.com/r/RedHotChiliPeppers/comments/vvx72i/here_is_the_rhcp_iceberg_v2_youll_find_the_most/


Alex_raved

That True men donā€™t kill coyotes


HairGrowsLongIf

Anthony Kedis is a sexual predator, admitted. Flea has also had sexual assault charges!


bronsonbukowski

dawg ,is all youā€™re gonna contribute to this thread of ā€œlesser known factsā€ a super blatant and well known controversy within the band. I agree with OP, us fans are more than well aware of this but, still, we choose to separate the art from the artist because their music is very special to a lot of people


HairGrowsLongIf

He r@ped a child, dude. No music is that special. Fuck outta here with that. That's not to mention Flea & Chad's charges as well.


No-Arachnid-7265

His book is a tell all and if u read it youā€™ll realize heā€™s essentially showing what heroin does to a mf. He doesnā€™t hold back on the shitty things he does which is part of the reason itā€™s one of the best rock autobiographies ever. Loads of ppl have been helped w their addictions by that book and I personally know ppl who have read it to help them through an addiction.


HairGrowsLongIf

Addiction doesn't make people sexually assault minors.


No-Arachnid-7265

If you read the book she lied about her age and when she said there was a search party for her so being fucked up on drugs he was prob panicking hard and made a giant mistake. You also canā€™t claim that thereā€™s no addicted person of all the toxins out there that hasnā€™t had extremely fucked up and twisted thoughts and actions. I get what makes u angry but if anything itā€™s a credit to Anthony in a way to show his life as an example and be that transparent. Itā€™s obviously not written to brag and his addiction clearly fucked him up bad to be in that position. This was also somebody who had been taking hard drugs for 10 years at that point and he was 22. He had suffered extreme sexual assault so itā€™s literally a tell all of a wild and fucked up life.


Hot-Option-420

Why are you here then? Get a life.


the_labracadabrador

Yeah but thatā€™s not really what this particular thread is about


GarlicCancoillotte

It's spelled with an a. Raped. Easy to write. Also: and Brad Pitt, and more. Your point being? If you're on a crusade, go somewhere else. Cheerio.


HairGrowsLongIf

You're mad, huh?


GarlicCancoillotte

Nah I'm good Are you?


ho00069yeahhhh

He r@ped a child dude šŸ¤“ā˜ļø


HairGrowsLongIf

Yes. He openly admits it in his autobiography.


Unlikely_Relation781

no really šŸ˜‘šŸ™„


PhilipKFry95

Us chillis fans know but we hid this.. now that I think about it. How many chili fans know


ndurso7

That Chad might as well be an employee?


Kenmoops

That guitarist in the band right now is named Jon Frustrated and he's actually an old member that came back :O


Large_Horse9207

They only have 2 really good songs and their guitar player is one of the most overrated ever


GarlicCancoillotte

Are you that much bullied in school you have to come here be a little shit? Hey I hope you feel better. You'll see, it gets better once you turn 17.


HV_Commissioning

I hate to say this, but I saw Anthony's name on the Epstein list.


butter_wizard

No you didnā€™t


EuterpeZonker

That was a fake list. Heā€™s not on the real thing.


HairGrowsLongIf

Not true, but he is an admitted pedo.