Wednesday, July 4, 2012

How a Band Can Ruin Your Favorite Song (warning - explicit content)

My grandmother asked me what I would like for my 14th birthday. I wanted the newest CD from the Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik. I hope she never saw the song titles and that she never heard any of the songs. Sir Psycho Sexy. Wow! While most people bought this album for the classic tracks 'Under the Bridge' and 'Give it Away,' I found a new favorite in 'Suck My Kiss.' This is still my favorite RHCP track. I would see them once live in concert.
25 July 1999. I was at Woodstock. The Red Hot Chili Peppers was the closing act to the 3-day festival. The following is an actual transcript from the intro to that favorite track of mine - 'Suck My Kiss.'
Spoken by Anthony Kiedis:
"You know, I guess this is, uh, sort of a traditional affair now, 30 years, 25 years, the original, all that. There's a lot of traditions that go around. You know some people like to play in the mud. Some people like to take their clothes off. Some people like to, uh, smoke pot when they come to Woodstock. Some people like to get blown in the bushes when they come to Woodstock. Some people come with their mom and dad when they come to Woodstock. And, there are a lot of traditions. The point I'm trying to make is there's tons of traditions and, uh, tonight, with a little bit of help from everybody, uh you know, in the immediate, upper area here, uh, I gotta ask a small favor so you can help me start a new tradition. Which is: during the course of the next song, if every girl, you know, within distance, who happens to be menstruating, with a tampon, could you please remove the tampon from your menstruating vagina and toss it onto the stage, during the next song. Thank you. I mean it."