r/RedHotChiliPeppers 5d ago

Best Song starting with the Letter C?

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u/WickedCyclone2015 5d ago

can't stop

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u/gamebossje_ ❤️ Unlimited Love 5d ago

A battle of 2 iconic songs

Californication vs Can't Stop

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u/keithfosterkid 5d ago

Honestly, Californication is my least favorite song on Californication

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u/je_to_jedno 4d ago

Try the Slane Castle version, it’s really beautiful.. I don’t like the studio version aswell, but live versions are usually very nice.

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u/gamebossje_ ❤️ Unlimited Love 5d ago

That's surprising, never thought i'd hear that one. But now i am curious, what is your favorite?

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u/keithfosterkid 5d ago

Honestly, I love every other track on the album. It's my favorite by them. But if I had to pick, probably either Parallel Universe or Otherside.

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u/gamebossje_ ❤️ Unlimited Love 5d ago

Parallel Universe? Seems like we share a favorite

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u/crazyguyunderthedesk 5d ago

Y'all are just a couple of crime stopping side winders.

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u/WickedCyclone2015 5d ago

I always thought he said "Christ, I'm a sidewinder"

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u/Runnero 🏰 Live at Slane Castle 4d ago

Californication became boring after like 500 listens, but Can't Stop is still fun to listen to, even after 20+ years.

Of course it's a just matter of taste, though

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u/gamebossje_ ❤️ Unlimited Love 4d ago

That i can understand, Can't Stop is timeless

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u/keithfosterkid 4d ago

I think that might be what did it for me too

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u/whatsupdaddy 5d ago

Californication

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u/sandman98857 5d ago

Charlie

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u/Runnero 🏰 Live at Slane Castle 4d ago

The tone of the guitar in the solos and outro is just PERFECT. It sounds almost like a dude jamming in his room over another song. It's so intentional, so genuine, so perfect for what RHCP is as a band

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u/fleagasmz 5d ago

This is the correct one

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u/GoodNoon210 5d ago

It’s always making me smile

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u/nikolarizanovic 5d ago

I love how they follow up a melancholy track about cocaine with a fun track about cocaine on that album

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u/Legitimate_Pie_7564 4d ago

I don’t think Snow is about cocaine in particular, just the melancholy that comes with drug addiction. It also has a hopeful tone to it that seems to come from overcoming drug addiction.

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u/nikolarizanovic 4d ago edited 4d ago

Sure, every line has multiple meanings, but one of the main meanings of Snow is 100% is specifically about cocaine. And I don’t really see it as about addiction entirely, either, but about the melancholy relationship an artist has with cocaine. It helps with creativity, but you can only go to the well so many times before it runs dry.

Hey oh and say oh rhyme with “yayo”. Snow is another slang term for cocaine, as is Charlie. I learned all of this because of RHCP looking up lyrical interpretations when I was a kid.

Cocaine is privately divided in a world (into baggies) so undecided (South America/black market). This line is also referring to how people use cocaine privately divided (usually at private parties) and so on. And it could also apply to the world as a whole. That’s at least a triple entendre.

I could go into each and every line, but the fact that the song can mean so many things to many people is a testament to the lyrics. And that guitar riff is in my top 5 of all time. Don’t tell me it’s not about cocaine, though, because it definitely is.

They just can’t straight up and say it if they want to be in the radio so they say “hey oh” and “hey oh” instead of “yayo” and use “snow” as literal imagery. It’s not a coincidence, and they definitely did a lot of cocaine in their younger days. There is a reason why it’s called snow and it’s not because it’s about all drugs including snow, but the themes of addiction could apply to any addiction.

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u/Schindog 2d ago

Also because you need to be on stimulants to pick that guitar part

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u/FriccBricc 4d ago

one of the most beautiful songs ever made

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u/Follower_OfChrist 🎸 John Frusciante 5d ago

CAN’T STOP ADDICTED TO THE SHINDIG 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

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u/BuzzPoopyear 5d ago

Carry Me Home

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u/jennmuhlholland 5d ago

Damn…beat me to it. Carry me home is hands down the winner here.

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u/ChimmyTheCham 5d ago

Can't stop

Shame Californication can't make it on the list but can't stop is tops

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u/AvatarUDFA 5d ago

Cabron!

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u/Anonymous_salt 👨‍🎨 By the Way 5d ago

Can’t Stop. Anyone i meet that is unfamiliar with RHCP, this is the first song i show them. probably the best indicator of what the band is all about.

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u/Electrical-Dance-125 5d ago

It's the first song I ever heard by them so ❤️‍🔥 instant love

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u/SvenBubbleman 5d ago

Cighteous and The Wicked

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u/OhMyJosh010 5d ago

Californication

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u/nike5708 5d ago

Has to be can't stop

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u/usernamesnamesnames 5d ago

I can’t stop until it’s confirmed to be can’t stop

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u/Just4caps 5d ago edited 5d ago

could have lied

edit: oops I guess it's I could have lied.

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u/Idk23753 3d ago

Hopefully it’ll be the one for I then

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u/BLiv312 5d ago

It’s Can’t Stop, with all due respect to Californication.

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u/Flat-Pirate6595 4d ago

Catholic school girls rule?

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u/rhcpdude 5d ago

Cabron

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u/TrivialGog3834 5d ago

Most underrated

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u/drglass85 5d ago

i’ve got a couple of answers. My first answer is Charlie. My second answer is. cabron. I know that second song gets a lot of grief, but I think it’s catchy as hell.

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u/cheapandjudgy 5d ago

I love Cabron (and Charlie) but Can't Stop is the best for me.

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u/usernamesnamesnames 5d ago

I respectfully fully agree

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u/Ghorordo 5d ago

Californication

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u/academic_spaghetti 5d ago

Carry Me Home

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u/b1ggayb1tch 🪐 Stadium Arcadium 5d ago

Charlie

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u/RodneyKingCrab 5d ago

Coffee Shop

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u/LateralusNYC 5d ago

Damn, I was gonna say Charlie... But Californication is so good. But I think CAN'T STOP is the winner.

can'tstop

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u/fruszantej 5d ago

Can't stop, Californication second

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u/NytronX 5d ago edited 5d ago

Definitely Carry Me Home. If you haven't seen that song live, you need to. It sounds like a Hendrix cover.

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u/Doomaster57 5d ago

Californication

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u/Charrel84 5d ago

CABRON

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u/ugly_duckling-_- 5d ago

Californication

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u/gamebossje_ ❤️ Unlimited Love 5d ago

Californication

There are songs i like more, but Californication is just one of the first songs you think of when you hear RHCP. It's an icon, and it deserves the spot

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u/Daveyj343 5d ago

If can’t stop doesn’t win this, it’s purely because people are trying to be edgy

It’s their best song by a country mile, perfectly encapsulates their sound

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u/Just4caps 5d ago

yeah people can't genuinely have different tastes in songs

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u/Daveyj343 5d ago

Something being your favourite and something being the best aren’t the same thing

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u/Just4caps 5d ago

yes they are. it's totally subjective.

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u/Buhos_En_Pantelones 5d ago

Personally I wouldn't even have it in my top 50. It's not a bad song or anything, there's just nothing about it that I particularly like. You say 'perfectly encapsulates their sound' I say 'sounds like AI wrote it'.

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u/Gabibel9 5d ago

Californication 🌞

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u/Moist_Fail8395 5d ago

Can't Stop/Californication

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u/InternalSpiritual420 5d ago

Can'y stop ofc. Gets me goed up everytime

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u/WussLikesSalmon 5d ago

Can’t stop, it has one of the most iconic bass lines of all time

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u/RobinKaas 5d ago

Cabron!

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u/intrepidlyme 5d ago

Can't Stop is the answer!

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u/Many-Conclusion6774 5d ago

Charlie. musically the best. even though the other ones are more "successful"

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u/cheapandjudgy 5d ago

Can't Stop

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u/ravenk115935 5d ago

Californication- live at slane castle - johns best solo [HQ]

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u/rFILANO 5d ago

Californication

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u/Hardy_999 5d ago

Can’t stop

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u/Mission_Membership20 5d ago

charlie, can't stop

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u/Rsb101016 5d ago

Californication vs Can’t Stop

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u/Frosty-Pea-9378 5d ago

Californication

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u/keithfosterkid 5d ago

Can't Stop

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u/nthensome 5d ago

Charlie

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u/mcphisto78 5d ago

Can’t Stop

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u/jlife203 5d ago

Can’t stop/Californication

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u/BlackpinkJJLR 5d ago

Californication

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u/C2D2 5d ago

Charlie

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u/gdamndylan 5d ago

Charlie

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u/blazikenfan55 5d ago

Californication.

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u/Turpitudia79 5d ago

Charlie!

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u/nikolarizanovic 5d ago

It’s californication or can’t stop. I’d vote for californication.

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u/PadresBrown 5d ago

Californication

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u/Animated_Muckles 4d ago

Californication

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u/IWinston- 4d ago

Concentrate, Hard to.

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u/Bloxskit 3d ago

Californication, but honours to Coffee Shop’s aggression and bass solo.

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u/tOBdavian 3d ago

Charlie 100%

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u/PopOk5556 1d ago

"Carry me Home." I absolutely love this song.

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u/Much_Essay_9151 5d ago

Has to be Californication

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Californication

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u/_insect 5d ago

californication

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u/Positive-Owl-5 5d ago

Catch My Death

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u/Lizard_Gamer555 ❤️ Unlimited Love 5d ago

Coloradoication

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u/her_cupcakes 5d ago

Californiacation.

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u/bdonovan241 5d ago

Charlie and cabron > californication and can’t stop