(From demo; 1983/Out In L.A compilation; 1994)
For 32 years I lived by the belief that Give It Away is the only good Red Hot Chili Peppers song and you couldn't tell me nothin' to the contrary. But a month or so back I saw Johnboxxx mention the demo version of Police Helicopter and that shit has been up inside my speakers like a diaphragm ever since. It's the best song Minutemen never recorded, and it conclusively bodies the official studio version (over)produced by that commie Andy Gill; them Chili Pepper lads shoulda heeded the Ramones' third rule. Anyhoo, I betcha Pimp C woulda loved this song as he loved Give It Away.
Prior to Mother's Milk, the only Chilli Peppers song I knew was the one they performed in the movie Tough Guys.
ReplyDeleteHah I first heard/saw them in the movie Thrashin'.
ReplyDeleteGod, I've heard Mother's Milk so many times. One of my mates in high school was obsessed with that album.
Listening to Commando on repeat makes me want pedal to the metal to the nearest airport and airlift myself into Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Ramone reckoned it was their best song. I reckon he was right.
ReplyDeleteJohnny XXX is the only writer who makes me poptimistic. The hot eating contest newsletter was a masterpiece.
ReplyDelete("Give It Away" sucks, you're insane.)
ReplyDeleteSoz, m8 - you can't argue with Pimp C's taste in choonz.
ReplyDeleteFine, fine. (It does suck, though.) I did hear a funny anecdote about that song, which is that Flea was (correctly) disappointed by Weird Al's lackluster parody "Bedrock Anthem."
DeleteNot as good as the RHCP's masterpiece, but better than Bedrock by Young Money.
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