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Red Hot Chili Peppers — Road Trippin'
Album: Californication
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Released: 1999
Length: 3:21
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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Road trippin' with my two favorite allies
Fully loaded we got snacks and supplies
It's time to leave this town, it's time to steal away
Let's go get lost anywhere in the U.S.A.
Let's go get lost, let's go get lost...

Blue you sit so pretty west of the one
Sparkle light with yellow icing just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
These smiling eyes are just a mirror for...

So much has come before those battles lost and won
This life is shining more forever in the sun
Now let us check our heads and let us check the surf
Staying high and dry's more trouble than it's worth in the sun

Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
These smiling eyes are just a mirror for...

In Big Sur we take some time to linger on
We three hunky dory's got our snakefinger on
Now let us drink the stars, it's time to steal away
Let's go get lost right here in the U.S.A.
Let's go get lost, let's go get lost...

Blue you sit so pretty west of the one
Sparkle light with yellow icing just a mirror for the sun

Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
These smiling eyes are just a mirror for...
These smiling eyes are just a mirror for...
Your smiling eyes are just a mirror for...
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 yagermeister wrote:

Although this is not your normal RHCP, the harmonies are awesome. I never would have heard this on mainstream radio.  Thank you RP!



agreed. one of my favorites. i was hoping to hear it live, but the show i went to obviously didn't include it.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:


RHCP socks  ?  Translation, please.  
Wanna buy a vowel? 



In the beginning of their careers, they posed with nothing but socks covering their genitalia.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 philonair wrote:



Do you mean the socks they wear over their "dicks" on a photoshoot in the ending 80´ies or beginning 90´ies!?


i was going to post the photo, but after finding the photo, i decided not to. 
Posted 1 year ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
RHCP = skip
Posted 1 year ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

RHCP socks




Do you mean the socks they wear over their "dicks" on a photoshoot in the ending 80´ies or beginning 90´ies!?
Posted 2 years ago by philonair    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

RHCP socks


So Funny - I've never seen them perform live and I have heard of the 'one-sock-not-on-a-foot' attire which is pretty funny. 
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

RHCP socks



RHCP socks  ?  Translation, please.  
Wanna buy a vowel? 
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Although this is not your normal RHCP, the harmonies are awesome. I never would have heard this on mainstream radio.  Thank you RP!
Posted 3 years ago by yagermeister    [ Reply ]
Thank you for playing this somewhat deep cut! Very nice vibe.
Posted 4 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 Dosequis wrote:
Is this a song?
 

If a tree falls - no never mind.
Posted 4 years ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
 kgage wrote:
Not good.
 
Agree very good.
Posted 4 years ago by SRAY    [ Reply ]
RHCP socks
Posted 4 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 Dosequis wrote:
Is this a song?
 

Good point. This is terrible.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Two 1s on a row, according to me anyway.  DMB with Tripping Billies and now the Peppers.  Unusual for RP to bomb me out like that.  Still, PSD brings Elbow - New York Morning.  And relax ...
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Way past their prime. Wish they would go away, for good. Way too much mind numbing radio play. 
Posted 8 years ago by daniel_rusk    [ Reply ]
Not good.
Posted 8 years ago by kgage    [ Reply ]
Just a mirror for the sun...
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:

Duh...  yes, it is.

 
Yes. A very weak song.
Posted 9 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
Lisp!!!
I do too...
Posted 9 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 Dosequis wrote:
Is this a song?

 
Duh...  yes, it is.
Posted 10 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer}{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}  ........ nice bit of peppers
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Is this a song?
Posted 10 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
These Chilis are too bland.

 
Agreed - I prefer them a lot more "picante".
Posted 11 years ago by Thin_Air    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Likey it! They always play the same RHCPs everywhere else. They lose gems like this. Sing it, Anthony...kiss.{#Heartkiss} Let's go get lost...
Posted 11 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
You know, wherever you end up, someone is already there wishing he could get away from that place. I guess as Harry Chapin wrote, "it's the going, not the getting there, that's good."
Posted 11 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]

excellent...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Red Hot Chili Poopers. 
Give it away give it away give it away now.
 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I never cease to be amazed at how much talent this bunch of thugs has among them.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Sounds like they're channeling Elliott Smith on the harmonies. Nice.
Posted 12 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
YAY!! It's the Luke Warm Bell Peppers!!!!!!!!!!!!!{#Nyah}
Posted 12 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}
Posted 12 years ago by erdenese    [ Reply ]
As album codas go, they don't get any better than this. I love the song and the clip.

A Cuban In London.
Posted 12 years ago by cubaninlondon    [ Reply ]
These Chilis are too bland.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
Saw them w/the Stones at the Rose Bowl. Chili's outscored the Stones by far. Blew the bowl away.
Posted 13 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
yawn....
Posted 14 years ago by tdola2    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:

{#Lol} The Chilis have done some good stuff, but his voice, er, yeah, not so much.

 
The more I hear comments about how people don't like a certain voice, and I count myself as one of those, the more I begin to realize that the singer has one up on most of us.  At least they sing...

Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]

He has a very beautiful voice.  I am not sure he would like his voice being perceived in this way but it's almost like a crooner. 
And very Sehnsucht too.




Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
{#Boohoo}
Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Thits tho pretty that he things with a lithsp.
 
{#Lol} The Chilis have done some good stuff, but his voice, er, yeah, not so much.

Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Thits tho pretty that he things with a lithsp.
 
{#Crashcomp} {#Beat} {#Arghhh} {#Twisted}
Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]

easily the best song on the album.


Posted 15 years ago by i4niblind    [ Reply ]
genius's or not, this is a beautiful song
Posted 16 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
musiclover11 wrote:
Anthony Kiedis' song writing ability is terribly underated. He's a genius with lyrics and melody. I tend to like as much, and is some cases more, the lesser known songs.

i'll step up and defend your use of the word 'genius' for which you've been taken to task. one doesn't have to be a peppers fan to recognize how tight their stuff is ... as for lyrics and melody, Taste the Pain comes to mind


Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Thits tho pretty that he things with a lithsp.
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Shocking! I couldn't identify the artist without looking at the Now Playing scroll. I've got to tip my hat to the old boys...
Posted 16 years ago by MonkeyPod    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:
I've read both and I certainly do not agree with your deduction of their (RHCP) lack of genius. They are indeed quite an awesome band and quite provocative as well. Coming on stage naked with socks on their phallus's? Pretty demanding from a visual sense. Their music has spanned generations. I liked them when I was getting out of college 20 plus years ago and now coworkers 20 years younger than I think they are the cat's meow! Not a lot of bands have that staying power or public interest. I think its mature of you to let the "cards lie where they fall" but I for one think your holding the losing hand.
SO TRU! Not many can hold on like that!
Posted 16 years ago by Naaldekoker    [ Reply ]
eskles wrote:
After reading your words, and rereading my own, I think I'm comfortable with letting others decide on the validity of our relative opinions and level of intelligence.
I've read both and I certainly do not agree with your deduction of their (RHCP) lack of genius. They are indeed quite an awesome band and quite provocative as well. Coming on stage naked with socks on their phallus's? Pretty demanding from a visual sense. Their music has spanned generations. I liked them when I was getting out of college 20 plus years ago and now coworkers 20 years younger than I think they are the cat's meow! Not a lot of bands have that staying power or public interest. I think its mature of you to let the "cards lie where they fall" but I for one think your holding the losing hand.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
kenjismokum wrote:
appearantly this guy is way over everyones head, or an over opinionated dolt. either way the peppers shaped a long time ago the sound of alternative today, and are, in the books of many(probably even some of the bands this fool likes) "geniuses". Regardless of some moron's opinion.
After reading your words, and rereading my own, I think I'm comfortable with letting others decide on the validity of our relative opinions and level of intelligence.
Posted 17 years ago by eskles    [ Reply ]
appearantly this guy is way over everyones head, or an over opinionated dolt. either way the peppers shaped a long time ago the sound of alternative today, and are, in the books of many(probably even some of the bands this fool likes) "geniuses". Regardless of some moron's opinion. eskles wrote:
It's in an instance like this that the word "genius" has become virtually meaningless. Obviously, you're a fan, and that's great, but I think your enthusiasm has run amok. RJCP was a great band when they started, and put out many excellent songs. However, their most recent efforts have been repetitive and boring - no wonder they've become so commercially popular. But even giving them their props for early work, they/Anthony were never "geniuses" in any way, shape, or form.
Posted 17 years ago by kenjismokum    [ Reply ]
I'm glad he did not mention California on this one.
Posted 17 years ago by shums    [ Reply ]
I had to look to see who did this beautiful song. Whoa! I'm shocked!
Posted 17 years ago by Lotus_Miata    [ Reply ]
eskles wrote:
It's in an instance like this that the word "genius" has become virtually meaningless. Obviously, you're a fan, and that's great, but I think your enthusiasm has run amok. RJCP was a great band when they started, and put out many excellent songs. However, their most recent efforts have been repetitive and boring - no wonder they've become so commercially popular. But even giving them their props for early work, they/Anthony were never "geniuses" in any way, shape, or form.
Ouch. Pretty consistently good music for nongeniuses, I'd say.
Posted 17 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
It's over Johnny.
Posted 17 years ago by wookie    [ Reply ]
I prefer red hot's ballads than the funk stuff, this song is beautiful.
Posted 17 years ago by Saliby_Br    [ Reply ]
musiclover11 wrote:
Anthony Kiedis' song writing ability is terribly underated. He's a genius with lyrics and melody. I tend to like as much, and is some cases more, the lesser known songs.
It's in an instance like this that the word "genius" has become virtually meaningless. Obviously, you're a fan, and that's great, but I think your enthusiasm has run amok. RJCP was a great band when they started, and put out many excellent songs. However, their most recent efforts have been repetitive and boring - no wonder they've become so commercially popular. But even giving them their props for early work, they/Anthony were never "geniuses" in any way, shape, or form.
Posted 17 years ago by eskles    [ Reply ]
FANTASTIC record...cover to cover
Posted 17 years ago by beakersbeats    [ Reply ]
Anthony's lyrics were stunning on this album, as they were on BSSM, but lately he's really let them slip. "I give you major, you give me minor, don't fade away like an ocean liner"- AWFUL! (Come On Girl- Stadium Arcadium) so disappointing as I'm such a big fan :(
Posted 17 years ago by earjuice    [ Reply ]
Waiting for days for this song and this morning the hit... Lovely.
Posted 17 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Purdy. Thanks for easing me into post lunch work
Posted 17 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
This and "Could have lied" from BSSM are two of my all time favorite......that is when I'm not in the mood to jump around and be as care free as Flea.
Posted 18 years ago by techer2    [ Reply ]
Wait a minute, I thought this was a rock band??
Posted 18 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
Anthony Kiedis' song writing ability is terribly underated. He's a genius with lyrics and melody. I tend to like as much, and is some cases more, the lesser known songs.
Posted 18 years ago by musiclover11    [ Reply ]
Playing some other tracks from this album would be most welcome.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
Nice arrangements, smooth song, great band. Gets a 9 from me.
Posted 18 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
orientalis wrote:
Actually this one got me buying an acoustic bass guitar
Sweet. Does it look like the guitarron played in mariachi bands? https://www.lucidaguitars.com/Guitarron.691.0.html
Posted 18 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
billery wrote:
Boring? I don't think so. If only because I haven't heard this one before, and it's good to hear the RCHP guitarist struggle somewhat with some Travis picking.
John Frusciante, the impersonated epitome of modern-day versatile guitar playing, would struggle!? You must have missed out some of his solo work (check out www.johnfrusciante.com for some material worth listening)
Posted 18 years ago by orientalis    [ Reply ]
Great song!! One of those songs instantly become classics... As a huge Pepper fan, to me this song really shows they're not just some rock band doing an acoustic song every once in a while. Actually this one got me buying an acoustic bass guitar
Posted 18 years ago by orientalis    [ Reply ]
Love this album cover. I definitely like hearing lesser known Chili Pepper songs.
Posted 18 years ago by markE    [ Reply ]
This is a new RHCP song for me and I really like it. Sounds a little different from what I'm used to from them.
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
Melon, Peppers... any bets as to Robert Plant playing next? or the Lemonheads
Hedges...Close!
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Melon, Peppers... any bets as to Robert Plant playing next? or the Lemonheads
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Boring? I don't think so. If only because I haven't heard this one before, and it's good to hear the RCHP guitarist struggle somewhat with some Travis picking.
Posted 20 years ago by billery    [ Reply ]
dddenver wrote:
Subtle, intricate, and beautiful do not amount to boring!
That thin air in Denver getting to you?
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
Subtle, intricate, and beautiful do not amount to boring! JokesandJokesandJokes wrote:
Bill, why do you frequently pick the most boring songs out of artists catalogs???
Posted 20 years ago by dddenver    [ Reply ]
Bill, why do you frequently pick the most boring songs out of artists catalogs???
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Feel like road trippin' Love this song!
Posted 20 years ago by adi    [ Reply ]
Nice! Anybody remember that B&W Tony Curtis movie The Rat Race, with Don Rickles as a sadistic loan shark and squeaky clean Debbie Reynolds as a dance hall flooze? TC is auditioning for a band when they ask him to go get some coffee, and they steal his horns while he's out. The band was called The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Posted 20 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
this is a hot joint...chili's acoustic love
Posted 20 years ago by jazzface78    [ Reply ]
I love the way john and flea play together
Posted 21 years ago by mikael    [ Reply ]
I gotta tell ya, I've always loved the sound of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. What more can I say? A great song.
Posted 21 years ago by Stultiloquent    [ Reply ]
Wow.
Posted 21 years ago by faramir    [ Reply ]
A brilliant song off of an amazing album.
Posted 21 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
Some of the best lyrics I've heard from the Chillis, and I'm a huge fan, so don't get me started!!
Posted 21 years ago by Peyote    [ Reply ]
This is an amazing song from the RHCP's :)
Posted 21 years ago by agoston    [ Reply ]