+finnishguy845 No its not. It's about the dark side of hollywood that lies under the glossy exterior that appears attractive to their audience. all the lyrics are about the fakeness that hollywood sells that so many want-to-be actors and celebrities buy into to either fulfill their dreams (dreaming of californication, i.e.,california and fornication, the sexy appeal of hollywood) or to remain relevant in the industry. The song is essentially about how all that glitters isn't essentially gold
+TYZA108 HD Actually, the line "first born unicorn" refers to playmate and actress dorothy straiten, who was the first born in her family. A novel was written about her called "killing of the unicorn". She was murdered by her husband, so she's seen as a symbol of someone who died for living the california lifestyle, or fulfilling her dreams of california/californication. "Hardcore soft porn" is referring to the dichotomy between "hard and soft", suggesting even though softcore porn doesn't cause much harm, it can have hard core implications, i.e., helping create an overly sexualized world, which helps drive california/the film industry as a whole, all while playing off of the whole fornication competent of the song title. kind of like were seduced by it, you know?
I like how their songs are always so chill but then you look at the words. A song about the degradation of society, a people tied together only by money and distractions laid upon a silver screen.
This was my uncles favorite band, he passed away a long time ago, and all they played was Red hot chili peppers at his funeral, I got real into their music after that. Thanks uncle Frank. RIP
Our English teacher played this song to us in grade 7. Nobody understood the lyrics - aside from me, lol. After the lesson I got into that discussion with her about it... The only teacher who never does what a teacher should do, the only teacher I can stand! :)
Did you also notice the David Bowie reference, it is in the same verse, the words station to station actually stand for the tenth album from David Bowie which it titled station to station, either that or the song of the same name, which is written by David Bowie and is in the album. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_to_Station
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"Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation... And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication". One of the best lines from any song ever. Also, "The sun may rise in the east at least it settles in the final location. It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication".
He actually actually killed himself because his heroin addiction clouded his mind and he didn't know how to cope with his sudden fame, which depressed him
fun fact: I'm a drummer. A few months ago I was submitted to eletroconvulsive treatment and suffered from short memory loss temporarily. I know for a fact that the only thing I didn't forget was how to play this song
HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE? Just kidding. Short memory loss, though. You can probably still walk, talk, eat and drum, the four quintessential basic survival perks.
This is probably the best band left from the alternative music of the 80s and 90s, pearl jam is good too but sometimes i need something a little more uplifting.
+LEAN QUATIFA California, especially Southern California is well known for creations of fantasy and pornography. "First born unicorn" refers to Dorothy Stratten, a playmate. The San Fernando Valley, which is in Los Angeles County, is known for it's porn. "The Valley became the pioneering region for producing adult films in the 1970s and grew to become home to a multi-billion dollar pornography industry, earning the moniker "Porn Valley"" I fucking love my home state. Had to edit to correct myself.
Red hot Chili Peppers I hear your first song like 15 years agoo and wao I began to love your because music is an excellent rock!! Thanks for your music, just excellent memories will bring me your songs ever and your music will never stop to sound in my ears!!
"Space may be the final Frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement, born and raised by those who praise control of populations"...Alot of truth in this song.
the made in a Hollywood basement was referencing the people who believe the moon landing was faked and the raised by those who control the population has multiple meaning's, the most popular one I know of is that he is referencing birth control, as parent's tend to promote them, but then he follow's with we've all been there and I'm not talking about on vacation, which can be thought of as an abortion clinic, due to the fact that sex is not treated like it "should" be. the fact that the person think's that the moon landing was faked mean's he uses this song as conformation bias rather then opening his eye's to the obvious reality. Not even the person who made this song believed that the moon landing was faked, he meant it more as that hollywood create's false realities and messes with people's mind's.
Lol u keep telling yourself how great the human race is, your far off if you think we've been to space what a joke HAHA the last 2 generations are so blind and dumbed down I'm no5 gonna argue but God damn bud wake up your a puppet with no free thought
Boy, so many memories... Summer 2012, me and the guys riding skateboards, jumping in the pool, chatting a lot of stupid stuff... The sad thing about memories is that they don't come back
My favorite line is " marry me girl be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation, a teenage Bride with a baby inside, getting high on information " this is my favorite song. I love 90s music best music ever
I dunno man I'm just listening to music and if there is supposed to be something i nthe song staying away from modern methods of thinking I doubt I'd try and pick that up from something predominantly based around a group culture
Lucien LaChance What is this understanding? To my listening this song sounds like a warning about celebrity culture/consumerism. The line "born and raised by those who praise control of population" is even stretching into the realm of conspiracy theorism.
It's really about how life today is becoming so materialistic, and driven by money, and how the people become so naive with life because consumer capitalism and pop culture makes up there personality. At least that's what I got from it.
Hunter Smith and it fits the bill pretty closely too! I try to break some of that mold just to find myself enveloped by another one, much like that of life, filled with molds that people don't try to fit or try to break and just find themselves in another one before they can say "am I truly free?"
This song is obviously making fun of our degenerate culture; none the less some people in the comments still miss that this song is sarcastic. The song is clearly NOT supporting "Californication."
I remember driving down the PCH, sun about to set, felt the wind blowing through my hair and was blasting this song through my speakers. So simple, yet one of my best memories.
my 17 y/o cousin passed away last month, and every time i saw him he was listening to this. thought i should give it a try edit: his name was thomas, and multiple people who have replied, have thomas in their name.
A wonderful song that speaks to a lot of problems in this world... Californication. Cali - a devil goddess Fornication - adultery EXACTLY what is going on in Hollywood
Efe İzzet peasant I'm watching in the year 20339184817428248284274824. The sun has exploded and this is the only VHS on the entire space craft. Send help.
I love red hot chili peppers , me and my dad used to listen to a lot of their songs , omg , it was so much fun when I was little and careless and could just send sometime with my awesome dad
cobain can you hear the spheres (the foo fighters) playing song off station to station (David bowie, they [nirvana] covered one of his songs on their last tv performance. the man who sold the world)
Man this song is sad and upbeat at same time like the history of California is rich and shaped the America if not the world People look up to Hollywood hits when they are sad, angry or happy It is source of entertainment and escape from reality but nobody knows what happens behind those walls
Space may be the final frontier But it's made in a Hollywood basement Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off station to station And Alderon's not far away It's Californication true story....
Yup Briareos, waky waky, referring to the faked moon landings, and Alderans death star not far away? Space doesn't exist people, earths flat people, Anthony knows and he's telling you to WAKE THE HELL UP! Step out of the MATRIX. OKAY FREEMASONIC PAID TROLLS ATTACK!! lol I've done years of research as well, stay asleep and love your matrix I don't care! BIBLE says FLAT EARTH, watch youtube video "Eric Dubays 200 proofs of a flat earth" and step out of CALIFORNICATION. I've been awake for 10 years but I truly didn't wake up until I found out the Earth was flat with a dome above us 3 years ago, Antarctica doesn't exist, there is an ice wall surrounding the flat Earth, why do you think you can't go there, military protects it and you from the truth. Go in any direction and eventually you will run into a 200 foot wall if ice, go further and you will run into the dome wall. Just ask Admiral Bird, he lost most of his airplanes from crashing into the dome wall in 1946 research it. Research Antarctic treaty? It's never been broken for 70 plus years? When have all the nations of the world ever got along this long? They rape all resources of every country but not this one? Waky Waky it's all Faky and Californication!!! We live in a God created enclosed system, a flat plane, with a dome protecting us above. Bible has over 200 scriptures stating this exact thing!!!
It's the edge of the world And all of western civilization The sun may rise in the east At least it settles in a final location He is talking about how California is the "edge of the world in all of western civilization." In other words the effects of Californication or the influence of Hollywood, weather it be positive or negative goes beyond the borders of the US. The mainstream movies, television serials, & music made in California has a profound effect on hundreds of millions of people worldwide. It can also be expanded to greater American popular culture, Hollywood, Facebook, Twitter, Batman, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, Marlboro cigarettes, McDonalds, Coca Cola, whatever. Whether or not you find any deeper meaning in or not, it's a powerful enough line. Perhaps, when you link the term "civilization" with a description of the sun rising and setting, you get a metaphor saying that this is where the sun will set; this (Californication, millions of people's obsession with Hollywood's image of being super rich, beautiful, & famous) is a sign of the decline of civilization. This theme is again referenced later in the song.
Just my initial interpretation upon hearing it as an adult, Alexis. When I first heard the song I was 11 or 12, back then I just liked the sound of it.
not feelin rap, not feelin country, not feelin metal, not feelin rock... im feelin this red hot chilli peppers, while i think about life and eat ghost peppers str8 off the vine while smokin a bowl of fresh cured kush... mhhhhhh
I think what they mean by "first born unicorn, hardcore soft porn" is that things from children's stories to adult entertainment are made at the will of US media.
No, it talks about the extents of California's, particularly Hollywood's, sense of production, from creating pornographic films to inventing new movie creatures.
+troy steinhauer Also things that don't exist. He's saying that Hollywood doesn't create a culture based in reality, yet people act like it is. Hardcore softporn can't be both, and can't exist. Unicorns don't exist. Everything larger than life, but people make the mistake of seeing these cultural images as anything more than entertainment, and ingrain it too much into their life. It ultimately destroys them. Hence Kurt Cobain who didn't fair too well with a Hollywood lifestyle. Whether he wanted it or not, he accepted the responsibility when he sang for a band as big as Nirvana
+troy steinhauer My decipher is this: "Born and raised by those who praise control of population" is my first clue. Meaning we are basically controlled by powerful families. "First born unicorn" referring to the first born son "hardcore soft porn" limiting the first born sons ability to become as good as he could be.
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He's talking about Star Trek and referencing that conspiracy theory at the same time as a metaphor. god, you're stupid. No, Kubrick didn't fake the moon landing.
'Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation'. What a great line.
It is referred to one of his friends who had a really though time with crystal meth
AJA Ryan1994. very deep song..deeper than what meets the eye!
Meddl Loide i have that same addiction 💔😞
know what you need and what not, be your own savior.
Hope you´ll overcome it soon!
that is definitely not what hes referring to lol
I usually listen to heavier stuff but RHCP is just awesome. I don't know how it's possible not to like them
+finnishguy845 true but i dont get the lyrics "first born unicorn hardcore soft porn " 1:23 lol
TYZA108 HD It's just about porn industry. This song is full of metaphors.
finnishguy845 ok
+finnishguy845 No its not. It's about the dark side of hollywood that lies under the glossy exterior that appears attractive to their audience. all the lyrics are about the fakeness that hollywood sells that so many want-to-be actors and celebrities buy into to either fulfill their dreams (dreaming of californication, i.e.,california and fornication, the sexy appeal of hollywood) or to remain relevant in the industry. The song is essentially about how all that glitters isn't essentially gold
+TYZA108 HD Actually, the line "first born unicorn" refers to playmate and actress dorothy straiten, who was the first born in her family. A novel was written about her called "killing of the unicorn". She was murdered by her husband, so she's seen as a symbol of someone who died for living the california lifestyle, or fulfilling her dreams of california/californication.
"Hardcore soft porn" is referring to the dichotomy between "hard and soft", suggesting even though softcore porn doesn't cause much harm, it can have hard core implications, i.e., helping create an overly sexualized world, which helps drive california/the film industry as a whole, all while playing off of the whole fornication competent of the song title. kind of like were seduced by it, you know?
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I have around 50 Red Hot Chili Peppers music lyrics videos!
Cheers
very good
Chili World who made this song?
Chili World
The best band ever and thats Red Hot Chili Peppers!
JoeMhoLan I wouldnt say best band theres 3 Doors down nickleback skillet linking park and much more.
I like how their songs are always so chill but then you look at the words.
A song about the degradation of society, a people tied together only by money and distractions laid upon a silver screen.
It's about child trafficking and rape, Anthony keidis is complicit
"Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement" may be my favorite lyrics in any song ever
mine is "Load up on drugs, bring your friends..." from Smells like teen spirit by Nirvana
Mine is "Sitting on the toilet; my ass is a blast; Runnin', smelly diarrhea outta my ass" from Eat my Diarrhea by GG Allin
AgentZombieMan ''Windmill, windmill for the land. Turn forever hand and hand.'' Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
"celebrity skin is this your chin, or is it war your waging?"
"Trololololololol, ho ho ho ho ho..."
-Rip in kill Trololo guy
This was my uncles favorite band, he passed away a long time ago, and all they played was Red hot chili peppers at his funeral, I got real into their music after that. Thanks uncle Frank. RIP
Our English teacher played this song to us in grade 7. Nobody understood the lyrics - aside from me, lol. After the lesson I got into that discussion with her about it... The only teacher who never does what a teacher should do, the only teacher I can stand! :)
That song is hard as fuck on bass and especially guitar! Lol I don't know about drums but you're teacher must have been pretty awesome.
She totally is! :D I'm so happy I got her as my tutor this year! And compared to the stuff she usually listens to, it isn't that hard...
I love the Cobain respect in this song. Just noticed it and it really is heartwarming. My favorite song by RHCP by far.
Did you also notice the David Bowie reference, it is in the same verse, the words station to station actually stand for the tenth album from David Bowie which it titled station to station, either that or the song of the same name, which is written by David Bowie and is in the album.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_to_Station
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Where has this been?
+FifaPiratezz
Good question. This was in Copyright Jail of WMG. Now back online and running!
Much obliged. Glad justice has been served!!!
damn this song is 8 years old n still is better then most songs now a days.
FifaPiratezz - Since 1989
FifaPiratezz pllo
Okay, So clearly today's society needs more Rhcp. That's what I'm screamin! 💜
pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of ageing..best lyric!
LOVE THIS SONG!!
"Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation... And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication". One of the best lines from any song ever. Also, "The sun may rise in the east at least it settles in the final location. It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication".
"Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation"
@@FirstnameLastname-wo4bc Abso-fucking-lutely
song gives me chills in the good way
The beginning to this song still gives me chills
Jason Wachenfeld and it's actually the best part btw
great lyrics these guys are genius
i love the kurt reference
Kiko Terziev Is kurt the lead person of Nirvana? And is he alive?
ye but he took his own life because of his depression and of the fame SummerSparkle06
He actually actually killed himself because his heroin addiction clouded his mind and he didn't know how to cope with his sudden fame, which depressed him
in other words. RIP Nathan Burnett
Nathan Burnett can u please tell me who's alderon?
Love this song. No matter how many I hear it, I still love how simple though deep it is.
fun fact: I'm a drummer. A few months ago I was submitted to eletroconvulsive treatment and suffered from short memory loss temporarily. I know for a fact that the only thing I didn't forget was how to play this song
Because it's californication
HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE?
Just kidding. Short memory loss, though. You can probably still walk, talk, eat and drum, the four quintessential basic survival perks.
Rodrigo Ventilari I'm glad you're okay now
Muscle memory, probably.
:')
"Born and raised by those who praise control of population" favorite phrase
Everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation!!
bielderberg group reference
Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breads creation
Star Wars, Kurt Cobain and David Bowie?! This. Is. Awesome!!!!
***** its a joke
***** i literally just fucking said it was a joke
I always thought the 'space may be the final frontier' line was in reference to the moon landing being faked..
+shayna akridge no That's a reference to Star Trek
***** im not gay no ew
i was like 5 a lot of years ago and my older brother was a hardcore rhcp fan. thanks brother.
I used to listen to this back in high school and this video is exactly from the year and the month that i finished high school!
Used to ? You are a traitor to rock!
This is probably the best band left from the alternative music of the 80s and 90s, pearl jam is good too but sometimes i need something a little more uplifting.
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ARE GODS!
Such good guitar solo! kill me!! eargasm!!!!!
This is the BEST lyrics for a song I have ever listened to, Period!
"First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn" those are some interesting lyrics.
Indeed
but beautiful Noah Person and Liz Bradford
I don't understand
Liz Bradford yeah
+LEAN QUATIFA California, especially Southern California is well known for creations of fantasy and pornography. "First born unicorn" refers to Dorothy Stratten, a playmate.
The San Fernando Valley, which is in Los Angeles County, is known for it's porn.
"The Valley became the pioneering region for producing adult films in the 1970s and grew to become home to a multi-billion dollar pornography industry, earning the moniker "Porn Valley""
I fucking love my home state.
Had to edit to correct myself.
Im not crying, my eyes are sweating
Ummm, you may wanna go to a doctors
Wanna tissue?
This song got me in the rock industry :') RHCP
Red hot Chili Peppers I hear your first song like 15 years agoo and wao I began to love your because music is an excellent rock!! Thanks for your music, just excellent memories will bring me your songs ever and your music will never stop to sound in my ears!!
"Space may be the final Frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement, born and raised by those who praise control of populations"...Alot of truth in this song.
"Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging"
damn!
Justin Hodge Sry, but do u know what that means? can u explain it to me, I love this song n don't get what this song is trying to say
the made in a Hollywood basement was referencing the people who believe the moon landing was faked and the raised by those who control the population has multiple meaning's, the most popular one I know of is that he is referencing birth control, as parent's tend to promote them, but then he follow's with we've all been there and I'm not talking about on vacation, which can be thought of as an abortion clinic, due to the fact that sex is not treated like it "should" be.
the fact that the person think's that the moon landing was faked mean's he uses this song as conformation bias rather then opening his eye's to the obvious reality. Not even the person who made this song believed that the moon landing was faked, he meant it more as that hollywood create's false realities and messes with people's mind's.
Lol u keep telling yourself how great the human race is, your far off if you think we've been to space what a joke HAHA the last 2 generations are so blind and dumbed down I'm no5 gonna argue but God damn bud wake up your a puppet with no free thought
speedy01247 thx dude, I was thinking googling the song all day n I still don't understand, now I do thx
Boy, so many memories... Summer 2012, me and the guys riding skateboards, jumping in the pool, chatting a lot of stupid stuff... The sad thing about memories is that they don't come back
don't let your dreams be dreams yesterday you said tommorow
so JUST DO IT!!!!!
lol
you sound like you're 13
I sound like im 13?
Rip Dario, my love. He loved this song.🧡
My favorite line is " marry me girl be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation, a teenage Bride with a baby inside, getting high on information " this is my favorite song. I love 90s music best music ever
Wow! I never understood what this song was about till now! Insane!!
From Colombia ... I love this song ❤
Fabian Ch Cortes Columbia*
"Cobain can you here the sphere singing song off station to station" Best song lyrics ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kurt Cobain
do you understand this part?:D
google it and you will say ahhhh!
This song man....definitely one of their best. The chili peppers will always be one of my favorites.
No one else is talking about the reference to Kurt Cobain at 2:20?
Me. I'm gonna, I was actually blowed away! But nonetheless I'm very happy!
When I was 7 and discovered the song I just went like "DAD DID HE JUST MENTION KURT COBAIN"
The words of truth. They are just telling the truth away to the people but not many get it. Not many...
It's sad isn't it? Reading all these comments. At least we have each other and our understanding.
I dunno man I'm just listening to music and if there is supposed to be something i nthe song staying away from modern methods of thinking I doubt I'd try and pick that up from something predominantly based around a group culture
I visited California for a week, it's all true, haha. Those fucking psychos.
Lucien LaChance
What is this understanding? To my listening this song sounds like a warning about celebrity culture/consumerism. The line "born and raised by those who praise control of population" is even stretching into the realm of conspiracy theorism.
Adam This, class, is a specimen of the “moronic jerk” in it’s natural habitat. It likes to make blanket statements.
Californication and Snow are the two best Red Hot Chili's best songs, according to me anyways!
Good for Homework thats for sure.
Dominic Plays otherside instead of snow
I'm from Massachusetts but they make me love cali! ❤
luv this song :) Snow (Hey Oh) too. Otherside..
Scartissue :D
Those r awesome as well ^^
I love all of RHCP's songs ^^
I remember the first time hearing this song, my dad showed me it while I was was sitting in the back of his car, I knew I was in love 😍
the lyrics are so good.. hard to find anything like this nowadays.
It's hard to find something like this now
Hi haven't listened to this song in so long. This brings back the good ole days
This thumbnail intrigued me very much. Kinda ashamed to notice it was lyrics to one of the chillest songs ever.
Same here...
Daniel Camacho 5 hr 5y
Could someone explain this song to me and like why he says things about unicorns and stuff?
Shit you see when you're high?
It's really about how life today is becoming so materialistic, and driven by money, and how the people become so naive with life because consumer capitalism and pop culture makes up there personality.
At least that's what I got from it.
Hunter Smith and it fits the bill pretty closely too! I try to break some of that mold just to find myself enveloped by another one, much like that of life, filled with molds that people don't try to fit or try to break and just find themselves in another one before they can say "am I truly free?"
dude its a song over the crap that happens in our world-or mine when u smoke 5 gramm weed a day Xd-(lil Joke)
***** wth where is the heroin part?
This song is obviously making fun of our degenerate culture; none the less some people in the comments still miss that this song is sarcastic. The song is clearly NOT supporting "Californication."
you missed the meaning...
Big time missed the meaning
@@jamesroshe2540 What is the meaning?
@@roxas9571 look it up, music is art it can be what you make it, all i know is they werent being sarcastic. but art is what you make it
I remember driving down the PCH, sun about to set, felt the wind blowing through my hair and was blasting this song through my speakers. So simple, yet one of my best memories.
'Marry me girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation' come on , fucking hell , goosebumps
my 17 y/o cousin passed away last month, and every time i saw him he was listening to this. thought i should give it a try
edit: his name was thomas, and multiple people who have replied, have thomas in their name.
every day
and what do you think of it?
dude, his name was Thomas, that's awesome. anyways, it's definitely my favourite song
much love bud
dudeee that is crazy, two Thomas'
A wonderful song that speaks to a lot of problems in this world...
Californication. Cali - a devil goddess
Fornication - adultery
EXACTLY what is going on in Hollywood
It is actually Kali.
And it just means fornication in California. There is no possible refrences to Kali at all here.
I love this song, thank you for sharing the lyrics with us
i just link-jumped here from smells like teen spirit and the line 'Cobain can you hear the spheres' got me
Alison Reeve same
Doc: Alright kid. You got 1 minute, any last requests?
Me: Let me play Californiacation!
Doc: But that's 5-
God: I'll allow it.
Ok
This song is about child trafficking rings in Hollywood, read the lyrics please
Who are watching this in 2018?!?!?!
FANTASTIC SONG!!!!
ravi bhatta no one watches song
I'm listening in 2019.
I am listening 2nd of January 2019
Efe İzzet peasant I'm watching in the year 20339184817428248284274824. The sun has exploded and this is the only VHS on the entire space craft. Send help.
2019
I love red hot chili peppers , me and my dad used to listen to a lot of their songs , omg , it was so much fun when I was little and careless and could just send sometime with my awesome dad
cobain can you hear the spheres (the foo fighters) playing song off station to station (David bowie, they [nirvana] covered one of his songs on their last tv performance. the man who sold the world)
I didn't realize until this year that every word to this song is TRUE. Wow.. should've listened to RHCP makes me wanna research the other lyrics.
That solo..
My dad once showed me this song, and I loved it. Now I will show it to my son.
Should be the national anthem of the Republic of California if the U.S. ever breaks apart.
Or Dani California
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C Pegg u
Or the whole US for that matter from Brooklyn and love this... So deep
california is too disorganized and run by democrat idiots you guys would be taken over by a aggressive neighbor. i bet texas would take it over
i remember when i use to hate these guys,what the fuck was i thinking lol
***** 😂
Same john van ryken, same
WHOS LISTEING IN 2020! :);)
Yes
Please read the lyrics carefully, for God sake please!
Yes. :D
@Sourav Ghosh yeess
I really love red hot songs and their meaning. Not just the music but the lyrics are great specially this one
Space may be the final frontier but its made in a hollywood basement'
yep
Mystic Yogi i think so brother
It's a reference to Star Trek and Star Wars.
Ariana washington its a reference to nasa
They talk about how the sun moves and how they think the world has an edge lol all you gotta do is listen
Ah, California; a brilliant metaphor for western civilization toppling over a cliff.
true fact
californianın anasını sikeyim .
My childhood *.*
Were you born in 2000?
1997, my elders were listening to that a lot for a long long period
Mikolaj Wojtowicz i was born in 1997 also!!!!!!
Mikolaj Wojtowicz Yeah, me too XD
and where were you born guys?^^
I love this song, and honestly I don't know how it can get any better than this. 😍😁😉
Man this song is sad and upbeat at same time like the history of California is rich and shaped the America if not the world
People look up to Hollywood hits when they are sad, angry or happy
It is source of entertainment and escape from reality but nobody knows what happens behind those walls
this song has a meaning to it it mentions the bad qualities in present day
Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderon's not far away
It's Californication
true story....
Briareos Hino Star Trek and Star Wars aren’t based off of true stories mate
Yup Briareos, waky waky, referring to the faked moon landings, and Alderans death star not far away? Space doesn't exist people, earths flat people, Anthony knows and he's telling you to WAKE THE HELL UP! Step out of the MATRIX. OKAY FREEMASONIC PAID TROLLS ATTACK!! lol
I've done years of research as well, stay asleep and love your matrix I don't care! BIBLE says FLAT EARTH, watch youtube video "Eric Dubays 200 proofs of a flat earth" and step out of CALIFORNICATION.
I've been awake for 10 years but I truly didn't wake up until I found out the Earth was flat with a dome above us 3 years ago, Antarctica doesn't exist, there is an ice wall surrounding the flat Earth, why do you think you can't go there, military protects it and you from the truth. Go in any direction and eventually you will run into a 200 foot wall if ice, go further and you will run into the dome wall.
Just ask Admiral Bird, he lost most of his airplanes from crashing into the dome wall in 1946 research it. Research Antarctic treaty? It's never been broken for 70 plus years? When have all the nations of the world ever got along this long? They rape all resources of every country but not this one? Waky Waky it's all Faky and Californication!!!
We live in a God created enclosed system, a flat plane, with a dome protecting us above. Bible has over 200 scriptures stating this exact thing!!!
Red hot chilli peppers should never stop making music there music is the best in existence so is smashing pumpkins
Born and raised by those who praise control of population, everybody's been there and i dont mean on vacation, best line
It's the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the east
At least it settles in a final location
He is talking about how California is the "edge of the world in all of western civilization." In other words the effects of Californication or the influence of Hollywood, weather it be positive or negative goes beyond the borders of the US. The mainstream movies, television serials, & music made in California has a profound effect on hundreds of millions of people worldwide. It can also be expanded to greater American popular culture, Hollywood, Facebook, Twitter, Batman, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, Marlboro cigarettes, McDonalds, Coca Cola, whatever. Whether or not you find any deeper meaning in or not, it's a powerful enough line. Perhaps, when you link the term "civilization" with a description of the sun rising and setting, you get a metaphor saying that this is where the sun will set; this (Californication, millions of people's obsession with Hollywood's image of being super rich, beautiful, & famous) is a sign of the decline of civilization. This theme is again referenced later in the song.
Thanks for the lyric analysis. :)
You got it.
+Cyrus Farid wow never thought of it this way. How'd you come up with this?
Just my initial interpretation upon hearing it as an adult, Alexis. When I first heard the song I was 11 or 12, back then I just liked the sound of it.
we are all fucked up. pray for this humanity and world.
love this song, its so mellow
apparently unlike our commenters
My favourite 🌶 song
The music video is fantastic
perfect summary of the human condition.
Francisco Bizzaro human condition?
Its what California does to you. Its a mid game.
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I can't get my bloody volume loud enough!
I can't stop coming again and again to hear this beautiful song
Dont like Chili Peppers too much but they are a great band. I love this song. I am more of a Zeppelin fan... :)
I like the chili peppers a lot but a Zeppelin fan first
I love red hot chili peppers and I also Love Green Day ❤️💚💕
Mandi Hansen
Nothing wrong with the chili peppers. I like a lot of their songs. I just like Zeppelin a LOT more lol
I like Led Zeppelin
This song is better than any Led Zeppelin song including Kashmir and Stairway To Heaven.
DREAM OF CALIFORNICATION
not feelin rap, not feelin country, not feelin metal, not feelin rock... im feelin this red hot chilli peppers, while i think about life and eat ghost peppers str8 off the vine while smokin a bowl of fresh cured kush... mhhhhhh
I remember when I was listening this song. The feeling you get when you remember memories from the past is just fanstastic..
Ahhhh Nostalgia 😌 ...
I Feel Sorry For Nowadays Teenagers 😆
im 14 and i listen to this while i skate
Eyyyyyyyy, Smashing Pumpkins & MCR
Jesus fucking Christ no one cares how old you are
Red Hot Chili Peppers are still relevant tho... Dark Necessities turned out to be one of my favorite songs.
I'm a teenager and I still listen to this song because i was raised right
the decline of civilization, the rise of Californication.
*why can't i hold all those hidden meanings*
because theyre words
michaelrojas
Well done gentleman
because you are looking at the words but not at the (magic) spells dear one
That solo was fire 😎🤘
I think what they mean by "first born unicorn, hardcore soft porn" is that things from children's stories to adult entertainment are made at the will of US media.
No, it talks about the extents of California's, particularly Hollywood's, sense of production, from creating pornographic films to inventing new movie creatures.
That's kind of what I meant since most U.S Media is made in California/Hollywood.
+skillz that's what he said
+troy steinhauer
Also things that don't exist. He's saying that Hollywood doesn't create a culture based in reality, yet people act like it is. Hardcore softporn can't be both, and can't exist. Unicorns don't exist. Everything larger than life, but people make the mistake of seeing these cultural images as anything more than entertainment, and ingrain it too much into their life. It ultimately destroys them. Hence Kurt Cobain who didn't fair too well with a Hollywood lifestyle. Whether he wanted it or not, he accepted the responsibility when he sang for a band as big as Nirvana
+troy steinhauer My decipher is this: "Born and raised by those who praise control of population" is my first clue. Meaning we are basically controlled by powerful families. "First born unicorn" referring to the first born son "hardcore soft porn" limiting the first born sons ability to become as good as he could be.
Please... I don't want to be the only one who hears this in 2015....
Rebecca Dreams you're not
Playing this makes my fingers want to curl up and die. Great song though.
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haha I know the struggle..
Daviji Weirdo wow thats a really cool profile pic- wait what was i talking about? oh yeah! thats a really cool pro-
Doctor Who! :)
yay dr who
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I can't decide if drugs helped inspire these amazing lyrics (like many beloved artists) or if they naturally have a mind for it. Either way, love it!
When it said “first born unicorn”... I felt that
I don’t know why, but my favorite line in any song is “space may be the final frontier but it’s made in a Hollywood basement”.
He was referring to the moon landing cause it was faked it was made in a Hollywood studio by Stanley Kubrick
He's talking about Star Trek and referencing that conspiracy theory at the same time as a metaphor. god, you're stupid. No, Kubrick didn't fake the moon landing.
I just notice he mentions Kurt Cobain
by the "spheres" he referes to foo fighters you know
+Kerim Atay Yes, thats right
me too
I just noticed, in the end he typed "thanks for WACHTING"
lmao
yeah, "celebrity skin" is connected to his wife Courtney love her album with her band hole