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They kind of stand out from the rest.

Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the question. I think you're right that the near death experience you mentioned plays a part in his lyrics. And there is a good chance that some of the lyrics do reference that event in his life. However, the hospital visit doesn't match the timeline described in the video. There was a distinct moment early on that changed who he was, and I equated that moment with a symbolic death. I think that it would be interesting if a link between the hospital death and spicific lyrics could be found.

​@@mirrorsarewatertahnks for answer. What you did with this album I did few years ago with Empyrean as in that album is lots to cover as you mentioned. I was specialy intersted in music and lyrics in song One more of me. In combination with Enought of me, it create whole new song from point of music and also lyrics. I would love to hear your thoughts on this album and combination of these two songs 😁 when I heard them for the first time together, it was wow moment for me.

Yeah I enjoyed that video! I thought that was a nice addition, mentioning One More / Enough of Me. The Empyrean is a difficult album for me. On the one hand, John did more work explaining the background of the album than any other. But it also is so symbolically dense that every lyric and musical shift is telling us something. I hope to get there one day, but I feel like I'm not ready to take it on just yet.

If so, do you have please some links where I can find some more information about this album from John himself, explainging it? I listen to this album and play it on guitar many times since 2009 but never saw from John talking or writing about these songs and concept of albume as hole. I always just use my own interpretations of the songs 😁

Sure! John wrote a series of blog posts on his website during the release of the album. Unfortunately, they have since been deleted, but you can use the web.archive.org/ to explore his old posts. Someone grabbed the Empyrean posts and organized it in this google doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1fb3Ifadmm7ayPkvGjw6WtLHcp9E2rk-awF3ZOeIJF-8/edit?tab=t.0 Have fun reading them!

I'm happy you found the channel!

Someday I will. I have some cool ideas for that album, but there are things that I want to cover first. In the meantime, if you take the philosophy of Ep.1 & 2, you will be able to uncover some pretty cool meanings from SCWP.

Of course! Any time. Some of my videos have been posted on the FruscianteWorld FB page before. It really helps my channel, thanks!

Thanks! My process is very similar to John's description in the video. I listen to his music/interviews until an idea pops up. I use Power Director for the video editing and use their catalogue of stock images/transitions/fonts. I go through them until I see something that "feels" right. I try to find an image that has a vague connection to the message of scene. I try not to second guess myself too much and treat this as a learning exercise rather than my next masterpiece.

@@mirrorsarewater well it's good stuff :D

Thanks, Glad to see you in the comments!

@@mirrorsarewater For each new Video, I'll be here :D

Thank you for watching this channel 😀

It's unreal how much explanation is required to demonstrate the genius of his works.

Haha, thanks for the complement. I wish I had a direct line to JF, It would make this project a lot easier :)

Thanks for the comment!

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

Thanks! I have more coming!

Thanks for this comment, I feel the same isolation sometimes. I think there is so much to discover about John's work. It's a shame that he still mostly thought of as a "top 10 guitarist" or what gear he uses. Its nice to know there are others who appreciate the deeper aspects of his work. Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you liked it.

Awesome! Love the excitement!

Thanks! The clip was taken from this video, round 6min mark: ua-cam.com/video/bwurMkraHZk/v-deo.htmlsi=V6Kg8IzsvdTreZNs

Great to hear you enjoyed it!

Are you asking about the background photo I used? Or the background to my premise? The photo is from Passo Giau. Stock photo.

Thanks! I started listening to the Chili's in 99. DC EP was my first time hearing a solo album. Good times.

Great, this is a perfect critical comment. But, I did mention the dual interpretation of this song in the video. If you have anymore thoughts, leave a comment. I'd like to do a second video that better explains my position. I feel like this video didn't land the way I expected and I'd like to know specific things to address.

@@mirrorsarewater I know, thats why i said if its not a concept album, because if it is, your theory adds up

Haha, sorry. I thought that was a typo and you were saying "Its not" a concept album. (I've been getting that a lot lately.)

This is insanely good. You've researched your entire ass off. 😊

Thanks for the support!

Great quote. It's a shame that once he released his most explicitly religious album, he quit talking about anything publicly, let alone his religious views.

@@mirrorsarewater I assume he was likely initiated into a school by that time, so it makes sense

I think he used the words"belief system" instead of "religion".

@@linguafranca86 yeah my bad we both misquoted. "My religious point of view is something I can't really talk about. It goes against my belief system, to talk about my spiritual beliefs." But i mean the implications are dead obvious

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Thanks! I'm glad you like them.

you are really working things out. its great

So true. It was so hard to know what was important to the whole and what weighed it down. I'm definitely not done. There are things I'd like to return to with different context. Thanks for the comments!

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment!

Thanks! That's a great point. I've been listening since DC EP but didn't really think the lyrics were anything more than art for arts sake. But that gradually changed. For the past 5 years I've been listening to nothing but John while trying to absorb as much as I could. There are still many lyrics that I haven't completely wrapped my brain around. Glad you enjoyed! P.S. I checked out some of your Frusciante covers, nice work!

Before I started this channel I also didn't pay much attention to his lyrics. His music means so much more to me now. Hopefully your appreciation is growing as well. Thanks for the comment!

Who hasn't? John used to be very open and would share unrefined thoughts, things he was working through. I'm sure he disagrees with a lot of what he's said over the years. But there is an underlying thread to his lyrics that is remarkably consistent.

@@mirrorsarewater I've noticed the thread that goes through his solo art: I'm talking more about his takes on the his work with the Chili's. He'll bash his work on an album, then praise it. I'm not saying that having those feeling aren't normal. More that his opinions change more frequently than most.

@@bakihanma644 They definitely do. I wish we could hear some more of his opinions. Aside from the Ruben podcast we don't get much from him these days.

@@mirrorsarewater l loved how he gave the energy of Mother's Milk some love. He also said "Can't get that back". That made me upset.

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. I use the Jungian term unconscious to describe parts of our psyche that we don't have direct knowledge of. It may be causing confusion because the term unconscious can imply a lacking of consciousness, like a table or a rock. However, animals are considered conscious beings, but, they're not meta-conscious like us. In this video, when I use the term unconscious, I'm pointing to the consciousness that is not able to reflect on experience but is subjugated to experience in itself. I'm not sure if this helps. Bernardo Kastrup is a great resource if you want to get more info on Jung.

You seem to be confusing my attempt at seeing the beauty in his life with naivety. I feel like your cynical take is blinding you. From the song "One More of Me" "All of the fucked things you do, Are the product of what's happened to you Whatever you create from love Is a gift from the place which some call up above There's only the forces of hate and love One breaks things down and one builds them up"

I heard it's because he wanted to get focused on his own music. He created 2 albums during that time if I remember well

Sometimes you have to destroy in order to create..........and he certainly knows who he is more than anyone else

He's not necessarily talking about those years, iirc after 94 he went to rehab and only rejoined in 98 so might be these times and he's not even mentioning those hardcore years. Or maybe that's included in the sadness he mentioned

@@Wick3DSteely I've heard him talk before specifically about those years he was on drugs and how enlightening it was and how he was never afraid of dying and that he felt he could stop any time he wanted. But he kept going because he liked it. So this isn't the first time he's talked about really enjoying that time in his life. Which to an outsider sounds crazy.

I was in a state quite similar a few years ago. I'm sober now, don't even smoke weed, no alcohol, nothing. I look back on those times as some of the best. I know from the outside it looks horrific, but when you're inside it, it's really introspective. I learned a lot, I experienced a lot, I felt a lot, I created a lot. I was probably close to death too but it didn't *feel* bad. It felt great. All I did was paint, write, play guitar+piano. I was a recluse, my house was falling apart, I didn't have anything but Dr*gs and art. In that rock bottom I gained everything. In giving up I actually found the will to live (ironically given the track that's playing in this video). Sometimes you have to give up to go somewhere. As above so below. As I said, I'm sober now and I look back thankfully and gratefully on that time period. It led me to where I am now, i was able to express myself and learn in ways that I didn't think were humanely possible. There's as big a universe inside us as there is outside. Experiencing that from my fucked up perspective isn't something id ever change.

Haha, nice one, you genuinely got a laugh out of me. But there is definitely overlap with these two artists. For one, they are both visionaries and are extremely intelligent. However, I think that Terrence has the added ability to influence others with his charisma and ability to speak, and with that, there is an added temptation to use his gifts to manipulate others. It doesn't seem, at least from listening to the Rogan interview, that Terrance has fully dealt with that aspect of himself. There is an air of honesty and introspection from Frusciante that I don't see from Terrance. Thanks for the comment :)

Love it, thanks for the encouragement!

Love this comment. Thanks.