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- While driving home from rehearsal one day, Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers was in a melancholy mood. Flashing back to his former drug-induced days, he saw himself strung-out on a dirty mattress beneath an overpass. Surrounded by junkies and gang-bangers, it was a miracle that he was still alive. Suddenly, in the midst of his sorrow, he started singing... And for the rest of the ride, he freestyled a song that not only his soothed his trauma, but inspired a generation cope with theirs as well. UNDER the BRIDGE the classic anthem of the early 90s. So get ready, we’re taking you to the place you love, we’re taking you all the way… with Flea, John Frusciante, Chad Smith and Anthony Kiedis of the Chili Peppers NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another edition of #1 in our hearts where we break down a song that was so great that it should’ve been #1 on the billboard hot 100… but for various reasons be it timing, promotion or indifference, the song missed but years later is bigger a lot of times than the actually song that was #1 that week.
Before checking himself into rehab in 1987, Chili Peppers’ singer Anthony Kiedis was a wreck... struggling with a debilitating heroin addiction, he hadn’t been clean since he was 11. His bandmate, guitarist Hillel Slovak, was also fighting his own battle with heroin as well.
Kiedis and Skye immediately took a liking to each other and they soon moved in together. Anthony’s time with Ione would be a patchwork of emotions. In the beginning he was sober. And in his words, “We had lots of glorious days together. I’d wake up next to her in bed and think, ‘she is such an angel, and I’m so in love with her.’” But Kiedis’ sobriety was short-lived. After a mere fifty days, Kiedis fell back into old habits. A couple of times a week, he’d borrow Ione’s car, buy enough heroin to get high all night, and disappear into the city.
Sometimes he would be gone for days. Ione, would try to convince Anthony to get high at home instead. But inevitably he was drawn back to what he called “the downtown maze of ghetto dope hell.” To facilitate his addiction, Kiedis partnered with a Mexican mafia dealer named Mario. The two would often shoot up in so-called safe zone beneath a freeway bridge. The LAPD never patrolled there. Since site was exclusive to Mexican gang members, Anthony pretended to be Mario’s brother-in-law to gain access.
Hidden beneath that overpass in the middle of the city, Anthony spent countless hours lying on filthy mattresses, shooting up in the company of killers. Those moments became the crux of demoralizing cycle... When he emerged from his strung-out daze, he’d go home, cry and apologize to Ione, get some TLC, and then sneak out for another speed-balling binge. It must have been brutal for Ione. But she took it like Mother Teresa. Instead of cussing Kiedis out, she’d say, “You have to eat. Come and lie down on the couch. You’re not going anywhere.” The she’d cook him a meal and nurse him back to health. - Розваги
My son was a Red Hot Chilly Peppers fan, and I was disappointed, having raised him on Black Sabath and Blue Oyster Cult. Then I heard Under The Bridge, and thought this kid has killed all of us softly with this song. Everyone on planet earth has lived this song in some way. So they won me over.
Please watch the Slane Castle video. Very fine production etc. I am old but it captured me.
I feel your pain, my daughter went country for a minute,
@@iowa7693 Her friends should have done an intervention.
@@Hollylivengood for sure! It was cus of her dude then. She recovered, went to many concerts, Metallica and Def Leppard come to mind.
Now it's rap n hip hop. She was ecstatic about the Super Bowl halftime lineup, I only knew Snoop, and Mary-j-Blige Not even Stevie Wonder as the main act? At least when she sends me something, she knows it's somebody I know and love. Beautiful, current picture of Ozzy! But I don't think she knows Ina Gota da Vida. Quicksilver Messenger Service. Uriah Heep. Head East. There's never been any reason why she shouldn't know all this music. Bottom line is I don't know how somebody can be so flippy about their Tunes. I know a little bit of country, Willie, Waylon, Merle. And some older stuff that my mom played.
I know The Message, Rapture, and I say that's the first rap song, in my opinion, and Google agrees with me. It's the first that ever made the charts.
Sorry I ranted , but it's just something I don't understand.
Fire, by Crazy Albert Brown, memory serves that was his name. Bottom line, it shows how vulnerable she is whoever-she-is running with. With men 2. I've outright Aster if we were good parents, and if she thought she had a good childhood. Says everything was great. And I can tell that she means it or is lying. But the damage she has caused, abuse, no compassion, cold as ice, actually inhumane, the first dude was horrifically abusive, it changed her. He's in prison now, two 25 year sentences. Okay, I've whined enough. Thank you
@@arribaficationwineho32 she went to Megadeth last night!! Actually brought a tear to my eyes, so proud!!
This is a particulerly touching song to me. I was an alcoholic and an addict. I have 4 kid's who were addict's,3 are clean and the other died about 3 months ago. Ironically today is his birthday,he would have turned 47. So this is an appropriate song to hear today along with it's history. Thank you Adam
I’m so sorry for your loss. So many beautiful people have been lost to this scourge.
Sorry for your loss.
Were addicts? Wasn't aware we'd found a cure.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine it, but I hope you're able to find peace.
@@TiptonMama Thank you so much.I hibe praise to God for through my faith He has blessed me witu peace of mind and heart.
I’ve never been a chili peppers fan. Ever.
But anytime Under the Bridge comes on the radio, the tuner stays there until it’s over. Great song. Sometimes the greatest successes are born out of the lowest of failures.
Great episode professor!
Absolutely, this song touched my life in 1992. I'd lived in a cabin in the woods for six months, with no job, card, girlfriend, money, or concern for anything besides painting. When I left the little cabin that I'd been allowed to live in for free, I moved to Ottawa and after being so penniless, I got a big public art commission that paid $50,000.00 which was more money than I'd ever seen. I hired an assistant, a young guy from Toronto, who worked with me on the scaffold in the summer heat, and when I introduced him to my friend Rhoda, he fell in love and his life suddenly turned from innocent and straight edged to druggy and wild. He'd latched onto the song Under the Bridge as an anthem for what he was going through. I witnessed his transformation and loss of innocence and helped guide him through his odyssey and it seemed like that song stood as a promise that he'd be okay in the long run. After that Summer, Rhoda set him free, he went back to Toronto, and we lost touch. I can't hear that song without thinking of him and how Id watched his transformation from the sweet naive guy I knew to a young man who'd been on a thrilling journey, that changed him forever. I do hope he's doing well nowadays. With any cosmic luck, maybe he'll read this comment. That was a magical year, and the Toronto Blue Jays won the world series. It was before the internet. It was before comment threads. We were all worried about the ozone layer .
Thanks for your show and prompting memories. Peace.
Wow. 🥲
Hard to believe "Under The Bridge" is 30 years old-It's held up rather well.
30 years is A LOT :) that's about the time span between the beatles releasing their first album and kurt cobain's death
Under the Bridge is the shit song that signified the end of their hyper sex funk from heaven days. Nothing ever again like Out in LA, Police Helicopter, or skinny Sweaty Man.
@@ixxgxx I was in 8th grade when BSSM came out and I was blown away. Under the Bridge was fine, but no Suck my Kiss or Give it Away. And then when I picked up What Hits I realized what I had been missing and bought Mother's Milk. I couldn't wait for what would come next from the RHCP, at least until Soul To Squeeze was released as a single in 1993 and I realized that the amazing LA funk-rock band was no more.
Not all different from what happened to Metallica around the same time.
I was like "no way, that can't be true." Then I checked and was overcome by the realization that I'm old af.
Yes, I just found it recently and I love it.
I remember when under the bridge came out I was 22 and working for Coors beer and the guy I was riding with in our beer truck kept playing the song over and over on his boombox and I said this is terrible. He told me by the end of the day I'd like it. On my way home after work I stopped at a local music store and bought the cassingle (remember those) and still have the damn thing.
Nice
Damn son, You remind me of the old days. Not just when their were DJs, but when their were GOOD DJs. Thanks for that! Brings me right back.
As a Freshman in High school, I was able to go on the Germany spring break trip. While touring German on a bus, students kept singing this song, Under The Bridge…I had never heard it. But it was sung so often that I learned every word mid way through the trip. Loved it. When I got back to the States, I immediately got the CD and fell in love with it more!
Same…but it was a spring/summer exchange in Germany
This song saved my life in 1992. It was a balm for my soul. I was in a very dark place following the greatest betrayal I had ever experienced and the video popped-up on MTV. I was mesmerized. It was my ladder out of my pit of despair. For that, I’ll be forever grateful to RHCP.
Music heals ❤️
This is an incredible song.
I never wanted to cover this song because of the personal nature of it but I knew it forwards and backwards. I sat in with a friend’s band during a live show and they were going to play it. Once the vocals were supposed to start, the singer couldn’t bring himself to sing it. He knelt down and sobbed through the whole song while the audience sang it. I found out that his brother had died of an overdose and he had played this song many times for him hoping it would help jumpstart his recovery.
This song will always remind me of those friends I lost to addiction and will always help me celebrate those who fought and survived.
Thanks for sharing.
R. FXLR Your last sentence really hit home. Like you, I've lost friends and family to addiction and overdoses (a few are well known in the music world) and I've seen drug addiction take over the lives of friends and family members who miraculously fought and survived. "Under the bridge" wasn't my favorite RHCP song until I learned the meaning of it a few years ago and you are right it's an incredible song.
Wow…this is a very poignant story, my friend. So sorry for the loss of your friend’s brother.
its the song that made me buy BSSMagic
Damn.
Rick Rubin is such a legend, pop, rap and rock culture owes him so much, I was not aware of his involvement in so many things that relate to specific parts of my life until recently and it blows my mind. Every time I hear he had something to do with something I loved or remember fondly, I'm not even surprised anymore, legend.
Under the bridge was instantly my favorite song as a teenager that grew up on alternative and grunge, and still is. Every time I hear it I get chills.
hell bro my kids (ages 17, 15, 14 and 12) all know this song and sing every lyric. When i explained to them that after my days in the military i became an addict and this song became an anthem for sobriety for myself and countless others, they now feel the emotions from this song
I was an H addict for 11 years in the 90's so this song meant more to me than I can put into a comment on YT, suffice it to say the very particular, very deep pain of having lost yourself and everything you once loved to a powder is so evident and obvious in his lyrics and even in the notes, this is actually one of those legendary songs that speaks to you in the exact way even without lyrics. Like him I lost those I was close to who were fighting the same battle but for some reason I survived and recovered. This song was RHCP... everything else they did was a sweet bonus.
I'm glad you're still with us. We have things to do... we're still here for a reason!
I sent this to my son on an mp3 player when he went to treatment. I did everything to prevent it from the time he was born due to both families histories
It was overkill, played too much and it was ruined! Soul to squeeze meant more to me!!
@@michellewheatley2007
Thank you, unconditionally.
Signed,
Society
There are only 10 years of the 90s. Those must have been some strong drugs to give you an extra year
I never skip this song, ever. No matter my mood. It's one of few perfect songs. It's iconic, it's legendary, it's meaningful to every body and every walk of life. Even at a point in my young life, turned 30 this year, it spoke to me and had me holding tears every time it came around and I still never skipped it. It means so much to so many people. If RHCP ever had an important song, it's this one.
Same here. When It comes on radio I am mesmerized!!!
One of my all time favorite albums. Right next to Pearl Jam “Ten”, and Soundgarden “Badmotorfinger”. The 90’s were a great time for music.
It's fitting you like Pearl Jam as well. Jack Irons (RHCP original drummer) was friends with Eddie Vetter and gave him a tape of the guys from what would soon be Pearl Jam. So yeah, pretty cool... Pearl Jam would not have existed without Jack, who later joined PJ for a bit. Anyway, carry on. :)
@@Techridr Mother Love Bone was a large band. When Andrew Wood died from overdose, the members formed new bands.
They latter came together to do the tribute album Temple of the Dog, so the world could experience Andrew Woods genius. If you listen to their album you can hear where pearl jam and sound garden came from.
I hope you enjoy, my favorite mother love bone song is Chloe Dancer/Crown of thorns
Good luck out there!
u got good taste my man!
Very true but the 90's were also the beginning of the end.
@@stevebird9510 very true sir.
The way you told that story was unlike others, there was a heartfelt connection at how close he came on a regular basis to dying before his talent was recognised. To write Under the Bridge, cost him so much. If it helps one person seek the help they need to break the cycle of addiction that's as much as any writer can hope for.
Amen to that, my friend.
This...❤️
This album came out as I was living in a squat skating the streets of London and ramps under its bridges. RHCP became the soundtrack to my life there onwards. Amazingly my daughter took me to see them live a couple of months ago and as I was wondering ‘how the hell did my life turn so out okay, and got me here’, Flea comes on stage and says just about the same thing!
I bought the Under The Bridge single on cassette in 1992 - contributing to it becoming number 1 in Australia!
Hey Adam,
Wow, Under the Bridge meaning for me. Well, luckily I never had a drug or addiction problem. My problem was severe depression, in the worst way. 'Under the Bridge' actually helped me through the depression for years. I don't think I ever intentionally played it for that purpose, but would hear it and it would just pick me up, get me back to a much better headspace. I only ever intentionally played it once for a pick me up, and that was after getting to the point that I was about to end it all...hanging on the outside rail of a bridge, I heard a voice say, "don't, there's a reason", and I climbed over the railing, got myself together, walked home stopping at a gas station to get some junk food, and when I got home I put 'Under the Bridge' on because I really needed to hear it. That's the only time I intentionally played the song with purpose. Yeah I played the whole cd many times over, but 'Under the Bridge'...I dunno, it's just got some kind of spirit about it that to me has been healing in nature. I like to sing it when I go out and there's karaoke at the bar, it really does have a strong effect on people.
Oh, and the depression, happy to say, it's a little over 11 years since any major depression.
Keep Safe Always My Friend,
3 Chords and the Truth,
Matt - Toronto, Canada
Red Hot Chili Peppers was a new sound for me, but I liked it. As far as Anthony's addiction problem, that hits close to home for me. My sister's oldest child, my nephew that I helped raise from infancy, got involved with heroin. He got terribly beaten and left for dead in a dark back alley. He recovered after many facial reconstruction surgeries and therapy. But because of the strong addiction he relapsed back into heroin abuse. He died of an overdose. My sister went into deep depression because of that. Every time I hear of an overdose case, I think of my nephew. So this song and band give me mixed emotions. Makes me want to go back to a time when I felt safer. Back when I was a kid I thought people only died when they got too old. Didn't know about the violence and drug problems. Now that I'm older, I know more than I wish I did.
Wow dude, I’m sorry for your loss, I can’t even imagine what your sister, you and your family felt through his whole addiction and then to lose him…
You have a way with words, I mean that in a good way. Your honesty and straightforward words really nailed what I think most people feel at some point in life, especially in their 20’s even 30’s. Even the ones who have it together and seem like they have it all goin on think about these things, and it’s so cool that music connects people in the best and worst of times and connects us to emotions we need to deal with to move forward. For me, the equivalent to what you wrote is Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. My cousin Alex & I grew up like brothers, did everything together until our 20’s and stayed in close touch for the next 20 years. In 2010 he died from a heart attack and the last time we talked, he was learning that song on guitar because his wife and daughter loved it. Music is important man. Sorry for rambling, but your comment resonated with me. Take it easy.
@@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 thanks for the response. Most people just brush off what I feel when I try to let it out. Like it shouldn't matter.
Sorry about your nephew. I lost my little cousin to the same monster.
The death of a young person is the saddest kind of loss.
I’m so sorry for your loss. We have lost so many beautiful people to this scourge.
My Dad made it a daily habit of reminding me how much he hated our music in the early 90s, one day I came home from school, Dad was listening to the radio fully cranked up singing along with RHCP, he didn't know i was silently listening, smiling ear to ear.
The whole album is legendary but Under the Bridge was like a hymn for my generation (turned 18 in 1990). Still has the same feel as the first time I heard it. Thank you Funky Monks.
I was 15 in 92. And this song blew me away. It's this song that solidified me as a rhcp fan. Higher Ground was the first video I seen of them, and thought they would be a one hit wonder. Boy am I glad I was wrong.
I was in a band in high school and our singer wanted us to cover under the bridge and I quickly grew to hate the song. I won’t say I hate RCHP, but I turn the station whenever any of their songs come on the radio.
Me to crazy year many of are friends have left us in those 32 years Oding see friends one day at their funerals days later to many even the friend that showed me the Fight like a Brave video on VHS as young Skate Punks in 80 something Uplift Mofo
Me too 👍
turned 18 in 91.... ditto
You are such an incredible story teller. I really enjoy your channel. Also a tween and teen in 80s. I'm more of a 90s girl, but God we had some incredible music in the 60s,70s, 80s, and 90s. Early aughts produced some good stuff, but now mainstream radio music is just awful. I come to your channel to learn, hear a wonderful writer, story teller, and a kind and thoughtful person. And you're an excellent interviewer. Really appreciate your content and word my friend.
This song came out in March 1992. I was 7 at the time going through as far as I was concerned the most intense pain I had ever felt. My little world was being destroyed and I had no control over which direction or where I was going. And pain would be served daily whether I wanted it or not. This year would be the year that would effect me for the rest of my life and still echoes in my life today.
This song I believe kept me from going into a darker place than I already was. I believe it also was my true introduction to rock music as a real musical genre. I was told before then that it was just screaming and non sense lyrics. The Metal and Rock songs I had listened didn't resonate with me like this song. It was something about this song or maybe even the pain I was experiencing and the lyrics that gave me an understanding that pain, anger, rage, depression, etc. were not just felt by myself but by everyone. And that music like this was the "cure". A kind of therapy.
I believe this song taught me unintentionally that the emotions and feelings that I had at the time, even though I had no words for them in my young mind that what I was feeling could be expressed through any song. It was really just about finding the right song. Finding the right beat. Finding the right note. Finding the right tone.
I would say through this song and many like it through the coming years became my therapy. This journey of pain for me still continues to this day. But, I am forever thankful for the musicians that play and speak the words that help me and the many. Even when they themselves cannot be helped by there own art.
May your pain and suffering lessen with each passing day. May you understand in your heart of hearts that you are not alone, and sometimes even total strangers feel for you and wish you well.
May you get better and let happiness find you, and may the Good Lord Bless You all the days of your life. You are important and needed.
With Love from your fellow man.
Stay Safe, and be Well.
*BE VERY WELL*
Sincerely,
~ *Custos Nocté* ~
(Night Watchman)
Bless you . I HOPE Anthony sees this comment! How cool to leave that much of a mark on others . I pray for all the abused sick people
I'll never forget when this tune hit...wow, the early 90's....what a great time for music 🎼
EXACTLY! It was the best time- the 1990-1999, was the BEST! RHCP, Sublime, Green Day, The Offspring, Kid Rock, The Wallflowers, Third-Eye Blind.. and so on and so forth-
This is huge... I'm 45... 46 next week... I have very vivd memories of this song... What a time...
I don't have any history with drug addiction but when this song comes on it's just a wave of emotions. I think this is an amazing piece of art that touches so many people in ways they didn't know they even felt. It's hard to over estimate just how great this song is.
Well said!
Love this. I always remember going on a Taxi ride through LA just after the earthquake in 94 and driving through underpasses with collapsed houses and debris all around, homeless everywhere. That was a scary ride for a Brit. This always reminds me of that devastation
Thanks for sharing you perspective.
Wow…how depressing it must have been for you Stephen.
I can't identify with the hard-core drug use, but I can totally relate to the heartache, the emptiness and the hopelessness...and the songs in my heart. This song belongs to everyone. Thanks for taking the hard walk, for all of us
Calling "Under the Bridge" just some poetry is like calling the Mona Lisa just a painting. I've always loved this song, and now knowing the story behind it I love it even more! Thanks for sharing, Professor. Btw, your glasses shadows give you an excellent "war band" effect across your eyes. =^_^= Rock on!
All lyrics are just poetry- and Mona Lisa is just a painting- some paintings are great and so are some lyrics- this song is great because of how honest he was in writing- a thing music has lost it seems
This song hit the charts when I was unemployed and living in L.A. desperate for work. As I rode the bus from interview to interview, I would listen to the song and identify with the melancholy struggles.
LA area so proud of these guys and the energy they always bring!
Right on!
It's so interesting to learn the origins of "Under the Bridge", it was my anthem for teen angst back in the day!
It is definitely an anthem of TEEN ANGST. Nailed it
It has definitely been an anthem for teen angst for ME, especially, since I’m a teenager. It especially resonated today, since I was just feeling alone and down and I thought of this song at lunch. So I saw this coming, Professor.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I’m sorry you feel alone. Try to find something that interest you and look for someone to share that with. Thinking of you and hoping feel a virtual hug. Be well
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 just remember, you're never really alone.
& If nothing else, watch some PoR, I know he always puts me at ease and even though you don't have the memories from the 80's-90's, make your own memories! *Don't ever wanna feel like I did that day*
@@jodidavis6595 Thank you. I’m so much better now.
I was never a hardcore RHCP fan, but I always knew this song was special. I didn't know how special until this great deep dive, however. Thanks so much for how you connect with this music. I love that Rick Rubin was involved -- he's an amazing character to begin with.
I WAS a fan until I heard them attack and slander Lynyrd Skynyrd. I dare the junkie singer to come see me in Louisiana and repeat it to my face. He talks big and tough surrounded by bodyguards. I can`t stand racist liars.
I remember being about 7, picking up a guitar trying to copy John from the video. It didn't stick and i went on to be a choir kid, but it definitely made an impact. One of the 5 bands that really got me excited about music.
It's a hit in the marathon mold like Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Not a #1 hit but a long and slow sready climb to iconic status and becoming THE song that defines the band.
O this song was definitely a #1 hit
As a side note, I can sympathize with Ione. Living with and loving someone who is hopelessly addicted to painkillers for 5 years is a daily struggle. I try to help and I know it’s not my fault, but the fight everyday is so hard. Instead or cursing the fact I once again woke up I have learned to embrace the little things that make me happy. Listening to my music, hobbies, and even these daily posts. Thank you Prof, from the bottom of my heart.
Very touched by your comment!.
Rick Ruben has been called a genius so many times but it’s still an understatement. I wish I had the gift that man does.
I've been playing guitar for over 20 years now. When I first started learning, I wanted to learn this song so badly. It holds a special meaning to me, in a metaphircal sense, not drugs. Took me over 2 years of constant practice to get all the guitar embellishments down just right, but I finally nailed it, and I still play it regularly. Any time I throw it back into my rotation, everyone around me starts singing along, just like you described. It's simply a magical moment that will never get old.
While the whole band is credited with writing Under the Bridge, Anthony Keidis' influence on the lyrics is profound, and is a lot better songwriter than usually given credit for.
I agree 100%
I've heard it said that Anthony has no musical talent. I wholeheartedly disagree! He's unusual and his talent is all his own!
@@denisestover2416 I'd say being a great front man alone means you have great musical talent whether you can play an instrument or write a song.
Agreed! He’s an amazing songwriter, and he delivered those lyrics perfectly.
He's really improved his singing. Lyrically he can be hit and miss. He's always been a very good frontman
Under the Bridge was so mind blowing when it came out. A lot of us were curious where the bridge was. We were all happy when they got sober. We had watched River od and die and we couldn’t watch another do it. Thanks Professor!
Thanks Mimi!
“Where the bridge was”….I thought you meant the bridge of the song (you know, like chorus, verse, bridge, etc.)
@@anonnyanonymous4800 I did mean that bridge. I lived about an hour away from Los Angeles at the time and we were bored teenagers who had heard rumors about which bridge it was. None were in the, ahem, nice area of the city if you catch my meaning.
Man, this means so much. Thank you.
was just turned 18 a few months before that album came out and was going thru a rough time in my life and was on the verge of suicide and under the bridge literally saved my life and brought me back from the edge i was getting ready to jump off of this song will always have great meaning in my life and my survival with PTSD and depression i have it on my play list and when i feel li8ke i am slipping back into where i was i put it on repeat to help bring me back from that dark place
As this awesome Rock Professor said in this video - Under the Bridge saved lives. Kris Kross was the butt of jokes. America almost got it right - it at least hit #2.
Music is there for you in happy times but is even more important in the darker times. This is one of the songs that really helped me get through a divorce when I felt my life was over and I had nothing left to look forward to. I will forever be grateful for that.
Someone should tell Anthony (if he hasn't already, that is) of the lives he's saved because of this song.
The same goes for other musicians/songwriters who've recorded and released similar songs.
Great song. And perfect to belt along with! I was in London about 10 years ago with my Mom, who was 68 at the time. I was in my 40’s. On a tube platform there was an older Jamaican man with dreads and a beautiful smile singing this song. I couldn’t help but go up and join him. We just played off each other and it was kinda magical. I’ve always been a ham but it’d been years since my mom saw me sing. She sadly didn’t have video on her phone but she was so excited and amazed. It was a really beautiful moment. And I was so thankful for the man allowing me to jump in like that. Have him a nice tip, of course! 💖
Excellent!!!
So happy you decided to focus on this song. Just started blasting it lately and getting nostalgic and melancholy with it.
I saw RHCP headline a show with Peal Jam and Smashing Pumpkins at the State Theater in Kalamazoo. That was a night I will never forget. They were so tight and at their peak for sure. “Could have lied” really deserves an honorable mention. That song was was like the sister of UNDER THE BRIDGE. So much feeling, such strong guitar work.
Could have lied is amazing, and you're right, almost as good as Under the Bridge. I love "My Lovely Man" too, which obviously is about Hillel. I'll see you later, my lovely man...
Dude, you are really really good at this. Your passion flows out of your videos and gets the viewer totally immersed in whatever you are sharing at the moment. Glad I stumbled onto your channel. :)
Well said!
You are such a good storyteller. I listen to a lot of channels but whenever I start one of your videos, I realize that I forget to take sips from my coffee until the video is near the end.
Well said. Adam is a great storyteller, and this video was especially well done.
He basically provided a synopsis of Scar Tissue the book, this is not storytelling.
@@TOC1616 let's see your list of great storytellers. I'd genuinely like to see it. Meanwhile, what I like about Adam's storytelling is his authentic enthusiasm. Maybe some of his episodes are a summary of a Wikipedia article. Maybe. But I'd much rather hear him tell/retell it than read Wikipedia. That's my take.
I just wish he'd get to the point sooner. I get playing the UA-cam algorithms to your advantage but damn move it along.
Anyone can do it, pick up a book and talk about it and of course reference it.
I was a freshman, just learning about what good music was, when Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic came out. I was a fan of RHCP before Under the Bridge took an obscure band with a few good singles to the arena tours. It really was a moving force in my life. Thanks for your commentary and the story behind Under the Bridge.
Under The Bridge … A transcendent masterpiece of music … Beethoven and Mozart would be proud, surely. We all
moved further ahead in music/life because of Anthony Keidis’s great work of Art and life. Forever grateful, Robert
I was a huge RHCP fan back in the ‘80s. When BSSM came out, to me the album was a classic, and Under The Bridge is as timeless and soul-touching as Stairway to Heaven is to the classic rockers.
My all time favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers song. The lyrics just blew me away, so honest, so emotional! I also grew up on the outskirts of LA, so I could relate to the feel of the song.
It’s a phenomenal song!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 a mo
SAME.
Adams knowledge of every detail is so incredible. You really feel like you're living the stories along with the subject because the stories are so personal. Great channel
Wow, thank you!
Really helps keep the music alive, aight?
Have to agree. Almost came to tears a couple times it was so beautifully done!
@@warrenjoseph76 did come to tears and that’s saying a lot
@@ProfessorofRock I’m carried through each video by your passion for each artist, their songs, their life. Gotta watch the whole video because there are always relatable gems and golden nuggets throughout it.
For most of the 50's and 60's when ever a song was heard on a record, it was with as much polish as possible. With the advent of punk and new wave, having polish wasn't as critical for a band to have a following, and as such, you were exposed to bands while they were learning their craft. The RHCP had several albums that were filled with lots of "fun" and energetic songs, but you didn't see them start to break out until Mothers Milk. But that couldn't prepare anyone for the generational album of Blood Sugar Sex Magic. It took lots of heartache to get there, but sometimes its not the fire that shines the brightest, but the Phoenix.
I'm so glad that the band is still here making music. This is such a personal song and I think Anthony is slept on as a writer. Otherside is a song close in meaning to Under The Bridge. My favorite band.
Second that opinion! And agree about “Otherside,” a song of which I haven’t tired.
Under The Bridge isn't about butt sex though 😂😂
Anthony and Flea were frequent guests of Epstein on his private island.... so there's that.
Me too, 30+ years in and I'm still not sick of them. Well, I stopped with Stadium Arcadium, but I still have Mother's Milk, BSSM, One Hot Minute, the Coneheads & Beavis and Butthead CDs, Californication and By the way.
That song came to me at moment in my life that I needed hope. I connected with Anthony's struggle. I remember thinking, if he can do it, so can I. I'm not entirely sure where I would be today without that glimmer of hope.
I remember our parents digging the tone of Frusciante's guitar and claiming it was a "throwback" sound they enjoyed. When you break through the generations above you, that says a whole lot about the actual songwriting.
My mother was a classically trained musician who played all types of music from Mozart to rag time to rock. She used to say that music was communication through the ages. In her 70s she used to like Aerosmith, because she said they were basically the music of Vivaldi done with electric instruments!
@@Hollylivengood 💕 love it !
@@Hollylivengood metal is basically just downtuned classical
I've always said that punk rock and opera are two disparate groups caterwauling and kvetching about the same things.
I went to Egypt to see The Red Hot Chili Peppers perform in front of the Pyramids. That was one amazing showing! Under The bridge is a beautiful song. Otherside, another good one with the harmonies.. Amazing Band!
I was a child of the 80s & a teen of the '90s -living in a very rough part of LA. My childhood home was directly across a crack house. Me & my sister would always sing this song in harmony together whenever it was on the radio. It's hard to explain the pain & grit of that time, but this song does it soulfully.
You never have a bad post!! To me it’s amazing how masterpieces are composed. This is no exception. Thank you once again.
Wow, thank you!
I think that's partly because Adam only posts about music he's passionate about. He doesn't cover the stuff he doesn't like, which is absolutely fair and understandable. Passion for something can go a long way.
@@Elwaves2925 You nailed it
I agree
@@Elwaves2925 Agreed! Even I have my limits, but I still have a passion for a wide variety of music like Professor does!
When this song comes on the radio in my car, the sound has to go way up 'cause I LOVE it when the soprano hits those high notes. Great sing along song!
And I love the low end when Flea speaks the foundation of the song... together they make this song more special!
Absolutely my favorite driving song.
Another interesting factoid: Ione Skye is the daughter of pop music legend Donovan Leitch.
You are truly right about the song being about survival! When things get tough, this song screams to tell me to keep going forward. I saw The Red Hot Chili Peppers back in 1985 when they opened for X. At the time, I had no clue who they were. They were wild on stage!!
Dude your shirt rocks! I loved Air Supply, still do. I took a lot of teasing but I took it in vain. I actually sang "All Out of Love" in a 6th grade talent show. I blew them away by hitting all of the high notes. I won a cheap plastic trophy but I got the respect of all the people that had picked on me. But as I hit puberty I lost my ability to sing Soprano....lol. I just had to find the right songs that were some where in the middle. Sorry I got off your subject here. You are my favorite online storyteller. 💛
Thanks Glenn! Love your Air supply story!
I think you mean you took it in stride. Not in vain.
We all secretly like them
Thanks for correcting me David!
Wow. I probably cannot even hit the same high notes as Air Supply can. My favorite song from them is “Making Love Out of Nothing At All”.
I can tell you why the song has done so well. From the first time I ever heard it. He put so much emotion into it, and you could tell the reality of the story it tells. There is no way that anyone with a heart could not react to it.
Truely a bunch of legends with some very real memories of my own with links to so many of their songs. Thanks for putting that together, bravo xx
I'm thankful Anthony Kiedis lived to tell his story. It is such beautiful poetry
THIS is why I listen! I knew the band's name; I sorta recognized the song (from Big Bang Theory) - but the story behind a song and the artist adds an additional dimension to understanding and appreciating the music. Thank you!
You totally get it Thomas!
I heard the song on the radio all the time when I was a younger girl!
Growing up in SoCal this song really spoke to all of us at the time and still does. Didn't matter if we followed the same drug induced downward spiral or not, when you know the places and feelings expressed it was hard not to take it up as your own personal anthem when it came out. Still one of those songs that just takes you back and makes you relive those days when you first heard it.
You expressed it perfectly. we understand.
Hell, being a suburban Marylander at the time, I didn't even live in L.A. -- and even though I had no way to relate to the specific subject matter Anthony delved into in crafting its lyrics, still it managed to resonate with me as it spoke to the alienation I felt for different reasons than Anthony's.
It has resonated with me for a long time. Today, when I was feeling depressed due to an incident where I was being berated by a substitute teacher, I actually thought of this song and hummed to it while eating lunch. So I’m glad Professor uploaded this video today!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Rock on friend! Music can heal, as you know... and life gets better after high school.
I was in my early 20's living in Montebello near East LA when this song was released. This song made what sights you see and encounter more acutely, and felt it deeply. It does take you back to those times and you feel what you felt back then. So poignant and intense.
It's really amazing that the drummer of this band at the same time had a successful career as a comedic actor both on SNL and in film.
yep him and mic mars rocked out on that one album
Uh, what?? I'm not following.. you _are_ referring to _Chad Smith_ of _RHCP??_
Please explain.. I am so confused rn.
@@St.Linguini_of_Pesto drummer for RHCP looks a hell of a lot like Will Ferrel
@@St.Linguini_of_Pesto Chad Smith and Will Farrell look like identical twins. It's a running joke to pretend they're the same person.
I saw the Chilis in Toronto when they were touring on BSSM. Incredible show! The openers were Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins. BSSM was and remains to this day my favourite album by the Chilis and one of my top favourite records of all time! Can't tell you how many times I busted out Under The Bridge while busking in my home town. Great memories!
MAN that sounds like an incredible show. Smashing Pumpkins were my favorite band all through middle and high school and to this day i regret missing my one chance to see them live (with Garbage opening for them)
I remember listening to this song when I was struggling to get my business partner off coke. It was a heartbreaking time of life, in the same early 90's period. Great song that touches the heart and the struggle and suffering of anyone who has had a time of misery and loss in their lives.
How did they end up?
@@justinw2232 finally got sober as the business was collapsing. He married our secretary, they raised kids in Texas for a decade or more. I heard he's divorced again and gold prospecting in alaska
While "Under The Bridge" stalled at # 2 in Billboard,it was # 1 for two weeks on the Radio & Records top 40 airplay chart.
Probably my favorite album of all time, next to Jeff Buckley's Grace and Tool's Aenima. I think I must have heard the cd so many times that It's paper thin. Under the bridge is soul poured into song. Great video. Thanks Professor.
Aenima is amazing! Love Tool
For a June show this year I have tickets to see RHCP for my first time. So excited.
Apart from it meaning for those with similar experiences, emotions, trauma, etc...
It was also a great simple song, easy to sing for anyone, and the lyrics flow naturally once you've sung it a few times, if only in your head.
"It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there, it's hard to believe, that I'm all alone..."
I've been a fan of the Peppers since 1987, thanks to their 'Tough Guys' movie appearance when I saw it on HBO. I was 4 then, 39 now. Been one helluva journey watching one of my favorite bands grow and I'm so happy to see them stay on top of their game. 1991 was a magical year. And September 24th is the greatest day in music as far as I'm concerned. Nirvana, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and A Tribe Called Quest all had records released that day. And all three of them are classics in my humble opinion.
This song will forever be one of my musical chill pills.
I never liked the Chili Peppers at the time; then this song came on the radio and loved the tender vocals and realism. Has stayed an all time favorite of that era.
Amazing Prof! One of your most gripping videos yet. And that says something.
I remember my dad playing this song while sitting in the backyard when I was young, me and my brother would go and hang out with him while singing 'our parts' and it has been tradition ever since whenever dad is playing the peppers we go and hang out with him. And when I got a little older like around 11 or 12 I heard a whole new meaning to the song now that I was experiencing someone real close to me suffering from heroin, my mom. She was always the stronger one in the house but til the passing of my great grandma she slowly became the weakest, even though i was 11/12 i knew what it was, and whenever 'under the bridge' would come on my eyes would water because I would feel like 'Is my mom feeling this way? Does my mom feel lonely?' She was barely home. And now that i am 16 now i cry thinking of my mother and some of my close friends who are currently dealing with drug addiction. I also would cry because It would take me back to the times when i felt alone and that no one understands me and my pain (I am ok now) that song has multiple meanings to me. Not to mention the Chili's is one of my favorite bands i own all of their albums (except for their first album that is really hard to find).
I am sorry for yours and your families struggles and I wish you all well and send you strong energy and brotherly love from Australia mate
@@andyfreek6664 Thank you hun, sending you strong positive energy and love back to you. Hope you and your familt are safe in australia. Lots of Love from Hawaii.
@theweightofmemes gnr you’re really in touch with your emotions and you’re able to express yourself clearly and put your thoughts in words that everyone understands. That’s an amazing trait for a 16 year old. I was 16 once, and me and most of my friends were just complete goofballs who couldn’t express ourselves like you just did even if you put a gun to our heads. There’s an old saying…”that which does not kill us will only make us stronger”. In other words, there is always something we can learn from pain or tragedy, and learning is knowledge and knowledge is power. In my opinion…what you went through was hard, of course, but you got through it and it made you a stronger person and helped you learn good communication skills. I know it sounds strange that something good can come out of pain, but it eventually happens to all of us and not everyone sees the sliver lining…it’s all in how you look at it. You sound like you’ve got a strong head start on a good life. I hope you do well and most important, I hope that you’re happy. All the best!
Loved this. What a great summary!
Great episode Prof! Thank you
I love this song 🎵 so does my 2 eldest daughters 💕. Anthony told me this story in the 90's!
Very cool. Thanks for always sharing cool stories!
BSSM was one of my first CDs (after several years of buying tapes). One of my friends traded it to me in exchange for two Lita Ford tapes. One of the best trades I ever made - still listen to it regularly now 30 years later. Under the Bridge wasn’t my favorite on the album (though I do like it fine) but I’d say it’s also one of those songs that’s above my personal likes and dislikes, especially knowing the history of it and how much it means to other people. I’d never diminish that.
Thank you, thank you very much for this video!
These stories are so inspirational! Thank you for sharing all these! Anything is possible!
Good to know the history of a song like this. #One in our hearts. Great job, Professor 🙏😎
RHCP! Nice! This may be the first full POR featuring the Peppers? Interesting timing knowing Unlimited Love came out earlier this month. Nice work with the back story. I've read Scar Tissue and it's a startling read at points... glad Anthony and this set of RHCPs are still around... especially John Frusciante being alive and back. John has a magic soul and feel that gives the Peppers their finest sounds.
I was 27 when this came out, its been one of my most loved tracks ever since. 67 now, still love it, and RHCP.
I'm so glad I stumbled onto your channel! I could listen to your voice all day long. I love how genuinely passionate you are about the music and storytelling.
I'm so glad you created this space for music lovers and that I found you. It really comes down to if you love rock, you'll love this channel just for the nostalgia high I get. But I also learn something new about the bands and songs I group up with like this vid.
Thank you so much, professor. You made a lifelong fan out of me.
One of your best segments, I was drawn in from your opening statement and it had my full attention making me wish it was an hour long. Thank you Professor! It took me back to the year the song came out. I was an 18 year old California kid on my own for the first time stationed at Wurtsmith AFB in northern Michigan. This song transported me back home and made me feel like I wasn’t alone.
Thank you. I really needed this video today.
Thanks for an awesome video. This song is indelibly placed in my 10-year-old memory, summer of 1992. My family was driving across the country on a 70-day road trip. We were in Philadelphia and caught a shuttle (really just a Dodge 8 passenger van owned by the campground) into the city. This song came on the radio and the driver turned it up a bit. I had never anything like it in my entire life; I was completely captivated. Up until that point, I had only heard classical and "oldies" music that my folks listened to. It would become the genesis of my own musical journey and I still enjoy the Peppers to this day. Love this song.
This is beautifully told and presented. Truly next level and worthy of this fantastic song. I too was in a band back in the day that did a cover of this (with our original punk songs and a few other covers)..but maybe I was too young and happy go lucky at the time to really absorb the lyrics. Thanks for this!
I really want to thank you for the videos you make. I was not into rock when I was teen. I've become far more invested in the music of my teenage years in many ways due to your videos. I absolutely love the history and life you bring to the stories of these songs.
Thank you.
All time favorite song. Thanks for the video.
I cant wait to see them this summer. Love this song. Thanks for sharing