These days, I'm in love with RHCP's 2006 album, Stadium Arcadium. It is straight out of heaven :). It runs in an infnite loop in my player and I still can't get enough of it. So, what's so good about it?
Everybody loves 'singles', the popular songs in an album. It's tough to fall in love with a whole album unless you are a die-hard fan because more often than not the other songs are, well, boring. Stadium Arcadium is an exception. Each one of it's songs is a gem. I'm gonna pick some songs and review them in the coming days. I'll start with ' C'mon Girl '.
It's tough to review a song because there isn't a standard way to day so. For some, it's about the music, beats and arrangements, for some it's about the lyrics, for some, the singing. For me, it's about how you feel.. how happy you are while listening to a song. And it's very tough to express that. It's almost an art. I'll try to develop that art as I write here in this blog in the days to come. For now, I'll settle with the tried and tested way of reviewing. So, now..
C'mon girl is a funky song. I mean, it falls into the 'Funk Rock' genre. It is writen, set to a nice tune and sung wonderfully by Anthony Kiedis while John Frusciante weaves some magic with his guitar and arrangements. The song is about a guy persuading his girl to come back and "get it right" between them. The lyrics are mostly gibberish, probably reflecting the state of mind the guy after being semi-dumped.
The song starts with a nice funky beat which persists throughout the song, to good effect. Just when you start to enjoy it, Kiedis begins beautifully - "Everything inside me is burning up for you to see.." . Some more good lyrics follow. I especially like the line "I wanted to get out of here but everytime I reappear". Makes sense for 'oh-shit-i'm-back-at-office-again' lives like mine I think.. So, again, you start to enjoy these lines and the tune when the song shifts to the next gear.. John gets serious with his guitar and Kiedis too renders the lines "C'mon girl.. Let's get it right" at an energetic pitch. This is the best part of the song.
The rest of the song follows the same pattern and is very enjoyable. All in all, the song is pure fun. It just takes a couple of hearings to love it, I believe, unless you are bent on hating it, of course :) . So, please go ahead and listen to the song and come back and discuss how you like it. You can find the lyrics here. And the song, well, google it, or exploseek it, or just mail me :) I'd jump in joy and share it with you..
And those who've been loving it, well, Yo! :)
