Red Hot Chili Peppers "Return of the Dream Canteen"

Another album, a beautiful album by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, second this year! following John Frusciante's return to the band after being replaced by another brilliant guitarist, Josh Klinghoffer. "Return of the Dream Canteen" is a very interesting return of these guys to the common energy that they have emanated in the past on every album released together.



Already the first song "Tippa My Tongue" heralds a journey into the unknown, as both Kiedis with their lyrics and John, Flea and Chad with their instrumental cocktail always took the listener from this world, even for a second, even for a moment - to break away, breathe ... And you can hear in this song the author's call to leave the frames of reality, at least for a moment, and be human, because the course of life gives us a real look at who we are by nature (?) ... a reference to LSD landing on the tongue and a character who leaves, and the state after her kiss says it all, is a beautiful metaphor for letting go.

“Peace and Love” softens the flow of the album for a moment and introduces a mood of calm from the first sounds of bass and drums. Free for interpretation as usual with RHCP, in which boys from California paint art.. you can hear in Kiedis's words this longing for meetings, from the beginning there is talk of a journey where a person who has only love and peace is waiting, and the same is offered by the author .. screaming with emotions, asking some stranger to wait, and haste - a small personal digression - is the plague of our times.

The next one "Reach Out" is very poetic, in my opinion it can be received in many ways. One of the ways is a reference to human stupidity "Drop another snake bomb.." begins the whole stream of sounds from the entrance of the song ...

“Eddie” .. there is not much to tell and interpret, just listen. A brilliant ode to the recently deceased Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen guitarist - for the record - and one of the greats of the instrument). You can say for sure about John's guitar in this track, his final solo is just proof of his oneness with the guitar physically and spiritually, just enjoy.

The song "Fake as Fu@k" introduces the listener from the beginning into a rather gray world, not optimistic, and overwhelm can cause a person to be influenced by the fake outside world that gets to us every day through television, negative news and does not want to leave our home . The chorus, however, turns the whole song upside down and calls for optimism and thinking about this whole fake world in a positive way.

"Bella", brilliant, amazing, completely pictureable in its own way, but ... a beautiful reference in the first verse to the song "Funky Crime" from the album "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" from 1987. An ode to a woman in which the author even asks her to be with him, somewhere in the wild prairies, not in the magical yet crowded city of LA.

“Roulette” is an interesting image and memory of both leaving ‘school times’ and wading through life, and in the meantime, connecting with some familiar soul and finding yourself in the process, being with yourself. A very imaginative cluster of sounds generated by Peppers.

Reflection and slowing down in favor of our lives can be felt from the first sounds in the next "My Cigarette". Just sit back, listen and reflect...

Some songs are just the way they are and the interpretation is reflective, such is the case with "Afterlife", where you can hear the author's optimism in the chorus that there is no one who knows what will happen, so there is no point in worrying.

“Shoot Me a Smile” brilliantly describes the feelings of two people.. everyday activities that build us allow us to evolve, and life energy itself emanates in every possible way. The title Shoot Me a Smile - shoot me with a smile and I will always answer you with love ... the crowning of all the beautiful effort of everyday life.

“Handful” is a bit of an antithesis heard in the chorus when the author talks about a handful of love when he gets older (reconciliation), but still believes that being with that one person until the last days, a hug, is important (faith in love).

"The Drummer" is again a frivolous song of life in my opinion, a bit like the opening Tippa My Tongue. The drummer is this metaphorical figure who, without much importance or concern, hits the percussion elements, giving the rhythm where everything is alive and pouring optimism for better days.

And there's a darker track on the album called "Bag Of Grins". A brilliant metaphor for the coroner with a bag of grins opens up an almost limitless field of interpretation of the whole song. Again, there are many ways to understand the message, but it is definitely a reference to our morality, how unimportant everything will be at the moment of our death, and sometimes we blindly strive for all this, forgetting about this fact. Personally, my number one on this album so far.

Emotional "La La La La La La La La" that put me down with its sincerity and truthfulness. The longing and desire to be with the most beloved person who understands and remembers the simplicity of shared moments, such as the trivial "Tell me how it feels to buy meals for two...", a diamond on this album.

"Copperbelly" personally I think is a great metaphor for that proverbial snake that lurks everywhere in our lives, and to keep it from getting in and disturbing our balance, our thoughts and emotions... not to let it sleep in our proverbial bed. A beautiful, yet another deep track with Frusciante's unearthly a-melodic solo that shifts the biological clock and perception but at the same time regulates it, thus giving food for thought.

"Carry Me Home" is a story, quite abstract, but about all of us, how we lose our footing and get stuck in something we don't really want to be in. Kiedis sings at one point, "Kick that door you don't understand.. ..brilliantly continuing its story, John's heart-rending solo and Flea's throbbing bass on every track fueled by Chad's tireless and as always incredibly precise yet imaginative percussion.

And the last one on this disc, starting like a fairy tale and entering the land of peace and duration, "In The Snow" is a very interesting call of the author to the only woman who has not yet appeared in his life despite many years and despite trying the flavors many times in love. Is there (???) .. it just goes on and the love lab continues to evolve to get new results...



.. a brilliant album, as always hard work by one of my musical role models over the years. I don't want to write much more about this album, because I think it's a masterpiece, especially nowadays, where plastic, unfortunately, is trying to dominate the world and I think this album will reach its full value in a few years...

Beautiful work gentlemen.. keep playing for us as long as possible! I think every fan will agree with me here ;)] I recommend ... listen ... interpret in your own way ... absorb beautiful energy and build strength and optimism inside yourself ...

See you soon in the next review! Positivism with love …





POLISH TRANSLATION



Kolejny album, piękny album The Red Hot Chili Peppers, drugi w tym roku! po powrocie John’a Frusciante do zespołu po wcześniejszym zastąpieniu go przez innego genialnego gitarzystę Josh’a Klinghoffer’a.

“Return of the Dream Canteen” jest bardzo ciekawym powrotem tych chłopaków do wspólnej energii jaką emanowali w przeszłości na każdym albumie wydanym razem.



Już pierwszy utwór “Tippa My Tongue” zwiastuje podróż w nieznane, jak to zarówno Kiedis swoimi tekstami i John, Flea oraz Chad koktajlem instrumentalnym zabierali zawsze słuchacza z tego świata, choćby na sekundę, choćby na moment - oderwać się, odetchnąć … I można usłyszeć w tym utworze nawoływanie autora do wyjścia z ramek rzeczywistości chociaż na chwilę i bycia człowiekiem, bo ciąg życia mydli nam prawdziwe spojrzenie kim z natury jesteśmy (?) ..nawiązanie do lądującego LSD na języku i postaci, która odchodzi, a stan po jej pocałunku mówi wszystko, jest piękną metaforą do odpuszczenia.

“Peace and Love” zmiękcza jakby na chwilę flow płyty i wprowadza nastrój spokoju od pierwszych dźwięków basu i perkusji. Wolny jak zwykle u RHCP do interpretacji utwór, w którym chłopcy z Kalifornii malują sztukę.. słychać w słowach Kiedisa tą tęsknotę za spotkaniami, od początku jest mowa o podróży, gdzie czeka osoba, która ma tylko miłość i spokój, a to samo oferuje autor.. krzyczenie emocjami wręcz, żeby jakaś nieznajoma zaczekała, a pośpiech - mała dygresja już osobista - jest plagą naszych czasów.

Następny “Reach Out” jest bardzo poetycki, moim zdaniem można go odbierać na wiele sposobów. Jedna z dróg to odniesienie do głupoty ludzkiej “Drop another snake bomb..” zaczyna cały potok dźwięków od wejścia utworu …

“Eddie” .. dużo nie ma co opowiadać i interpretować, a po prostu słuchać. Genialna oda do niedawno zmarłego Eddiego Van Halena (gitarzysta Van Halen - dla przypomnienia - i jeden z wielkich tego instrumentu). Można w tym utworze powiedzieć na pewno o gitarze Johna, jego końcowe solo jest tylko dowodem na jego jedność z gitarą fizycznie i spirytualnie, tylko delektować się.

Piosenka “Fake as Fu@k” wprowadza słuchacza od początku w świat raczej szary, nie napawający optymizmem, a przytłoczenie może spowodować w człowieku wpływ nieprawdziwego świata zewnętrznego, który dostaje się każdego dnia do nas przez telewizję, negatywne wiadomości i nie chce opuścić naszego domu. Refren jednak obraca cały utwór do góry nogami wręcz i nawołuje do optymizmu i myślenia o tym całym udawanym właśnie świecie w pozytywny sposób.

“Bella”, genialny, niesamowity, całkowicie do zobrazowania na swój sposób, ale.. piękne nawiązanie w pierwszej zwrotce do kawałka “Funky Crime” z płyty “The Uplift Mofo Party Plan” z 1987 roku. Oda do kobiety, w której autor wręcz prosi, żeby była z nim, gdzieś na dzikich preriach, a nie w magicznym jednak zatłoczonym mieście jakim jest LA.

“Roulette” jest ciekawym obrazem i wspomnieniem zarówno wyjścia ze szkolnych czasów i brnięcia przez życie, a w międzyczasie to połączenie z jakąś znajomą duszą i odnalezienie się w trakcie, bycie ze sobą. Bardzo wolne do użycia wyobraźni skupisko dźwięków wygenerowane przez Papryczki.

Refleksja i zwolnienie na korzyść naszego życia, to można wyczuć od pierwszych dźwięków w następnym “My Cigarette”. Po prostu, usiądź, słuchaj i reflektuj …

Niektóre piosenki są po prostu takie jakie są i interpretacja jest na zasadzie refleksji, tak jest z “Afterlife”, gdzie słychać optymizm autora w refrenie o tym, że tam jest wiadome co będzie, więc przejmowanie się, nie ma racji bytu.

“Shoot Me a Smile” genialnie opisuje uczucia dwóch osób.. codzienne czynności, które nas budują, pozwalają nam ewoluować, a energia życiowa sama emanuje na każdy możliwy sposób. Tytułowe Shoot Me a Smile - ustrzel mnie uśmiechem, a ja odpowiem ci zawsze miłością ..ukoronowanie całego pięknego wysiłku codzienności.

“Handful” to trochę antyteza słyszalna w refrenie kiedy autor mówi o garści miłości, gdy się starzeje (pogodzenie się), ale jednak wierzy, że bycie z tą jedyną osobą do ostatnich dni, przytulenie, jest ważne (wiara w miłość).

“The Drummer” jest znów frywolną pieśnią życia moim zdaniem, trochę jak otwierający Tippa My Tongue. Perkusista jest tą metaforyczną figurą, która bez większego znaczenia i przejmowania się uderza w elementy perkusji nadając rytm, gdzie wszystko żyje i wlewa optymizm na lepsze dni.

I pojawia się ciemniejszy utwór na płycie o nazwie “Bag Of Grins”. Genialna metafora do koronera z workiem szerokich uśmiechów otwiera nie do ogarnięcia wręcz pole do interpretacji całej piosenki. I znów, na wieloraki sposób można podejść do zrozumienia przekazu, jednak jest to na pewno nawiązanie do naszej mortalności, jak nieważne wszystko stanie się w chwili naszej śmierci, a czasami ślepo do tego wszystkiego dążymy zapominając o tym fakcie. Osobiście do tej pory mój numer jeden na tej płycie.

Emocjonalny “La La La La La La La La”, który położył mnie swoją szczerością i prawdziwością. Tęsknota i pragnienie do bycia z najbardziej ukochaną osobą, która rozumie i pamięta tą prostotę dzielonych chwil jak choćby trywialne “Powiedz mi jakie to uczucie kupić posiłki dla dwóch..”, brylant na tej płycie.

“Copperbelly” osobiście myślę, że jest to wielka metafora tego przysłowiowego węża, który czai się wszędzie w naszych życiach, i żeby nie pozwolić mu wejść i zaburzyć naszego balansu, naszych myśli i emocji.. nie dać mu spać w naszym przysłowiowym łóżku. Piękny, kolejny głęboki utwór z nieziemskim a-melodycznym solo Frusciante, który przestawia biologiczny zegar i percepcję lecz jednocześnie ją regulując, dając tym samym do myślenia.

“Carry Me Home” to opowieść, dość abstrakcyjna, ale o nas wszystkich, jak tracimy poczucie gruntu i tkwimy w czymś, w czym tak naprawdę nie chcemy tkwić.. Kiedis śpiewa w pewnym momencie: “Kopnij te drzwi, których nie rozumiesz..” ..genialnie kontynuując swoją opowieść, a rozdzierające solo Johna i pulsujący bas Flea w każdym utworze jest napędzane niezmordowaną i jak zawsze nieziemsko precyzyjną, ale zarazem fantazyjną perkusją Chad’a.

I ostatni na tym krążku, zaczynający się jak jakaś baśń i wejście do krainy spokoju i trwania “In The Snow” jest bardzo ciekawym jakby wołaniem autora do tej jedynej kobiety, która nie pojawiła się jeszcze w jego życiu mimo wielu lat i mimo wielokrotnego spróbowania smaków w miłości. Czy jest tam (???) ..po prostu wszystko trwa dalej i laboratorium miłości ewoluuje nadal do otrzymania nowych wyników …



.. genialna płyta, jak zawsze ciężka praca jednego z moich wzorców muzycznych na przestrzeni lat. Nie chcę dużo więcej pisać na temat tej płyty, bo uważam, że jest to arcydzieło szczególnie w dzisiejszych czasach, gdzie plastik niestety próbuje zdominować świat i swój pełny poziom wartości ten album osiągnie myślę za kilka lat …

Piękna robota Panowie.. grajcie nam jak najdłużej! Myślę każdy fan się ze mną tutaj zgodzi ;]] Polecam.. słuchać.. interpretować na swój sposób.. chłonąć piękną energię i budować siłę i optymizm wewnątrz siebie …

Do usłyszenia już niedługo przy kolejnej recenzji ! Pozytywizm z miłością …

Deftones "Ohms"

Salute! everyone. Again, quite a long break (more than half a year) in my little space and the world that I love, which is music, and in this case - writing reviews.

Today I will present one of my favorite productions of this century and you can safely risk saying that even millenniums, an album by one of the bands that I still value and which left a huge mark on me both musically and personally in my life, I have never looked back to the world with the same eyes when "Be Quiet And Drive" fell into my ears for the first time..I will never forget this beautiful and positively changing moment in my existence... Okay, so an album with an interesting and deep name "Ohms". The band from Sacramento returned with this powerful album in 2o2o, more than two years ago, and the album is still fresh and - as my best friend said - quote "I think I'll go back to listening to discmen", this album is perfect for any medium: ))

The opening song "Genesis" epically brings the listener back into the very specific and unique world of Deftones, reeking of the extravagance of the vocalist Chino, but at the same time emanating the unanimous genius of these gentlemen who have been consistently developing and nurturing their truly unique style and atmosphere since the first album "Adrenaline", which gave a new a trend in the post-grunge world that was in the early '90s. Chino literally screams and tears him apart in every phrase of the track from the very beginning, the need to rise up like the proverbial Phoenix and stop using the head in a wrong way, and even being processed and controlled by what makes no sense in the natural perception of the environment, i.e. life just . "Ceremony" is an interesting approach to contemporary reality. A very demanding interpretation (as always with Deftones) and, above all, many-sided, everyone can approach the meaning individually. What strikes in the song is the transition to the chorus, where illusion is mentioned as a metaphor for the ways that people have chosen in everyday life. Through our exaggerated cyber life, we've become a bit of a ceremony...but, of what? "Urantia" is clearly an ode to some person who was very important in the author's life, leaving traces and memories that will be forever "To the grave," as Moreno sings at the end of the choruses. The song "Error" is about man's blind pursuit of 'everyday', in which we still encounter these evil snakes, but also this proverbial honey, however, wallowing in this mud of chaos without knowing why we are doing it? There is clearly a reference to a higher power here "Beyond the gates, outside the grid, We follow in your grace, But someday, the clouds will break, And we'll all drift through" "The Spell Of Mathematics" is another call to character/existence.. which poisons the author's life and drives him into the dark recesses of consciousness, but still strives to connect because he believes in love as the only thing that allows us to survive and lead to free space. "Pompeii" is a cry and a question to the higher power, why we forget and are forgotten by time, and we have received this gift of existence. This is also a warning for ourselves, we do not see what is on earth over time ... the cycle of birth, life and rebirth, as well as rebuilding. "This Link Is Dead" is not an easy piece of music to interpret. Clear suffering and even rage at someone who has failed and blinded the other person, which ends up leaving the bad relationship on its own. "Radiant City" is a kind of longing for space, a place where there is uncertainty and some toxicity, yet Chino sings that he would go there again, but in a good way? Another track where the imagination works at high speed. The penultimate "Headless" returns as if to the beginning, to the subject of control and violation of us humans by the 'dealers' in this world, Moreno even speaks metaphorically of entering the brainwaves, that we have come so far and are swimming in a bottomless lake, and our attempts to get out of it are futile, the way we do. The title "Ohms" positively closes the album despite all, with a melody that fills with power and energy, Carpenter's powerful riffs as always, Vega's pulsating bass at times, Cunningham's percussion as always as in a Swiss clock and somewhere in the background hypnotic electronics of Delgado. We are lost and it is too late for radical changes, we are devouring the days ahead and we should shake off this lethargy somehow. A beautiful but chilling manifesto at the end of the album.

The album, described as I felt it in a very short way. Certainly a brilliant position for longer reflections, because Deftones' music always leaves room for your own interpretation and your own answers to questions that arise while listening. One of the best albums that have passed through my ears and I recommend it very much, I come back from time to time, many memories - return to my fiancée ... hey and enjoy! Hear ya'll very soon... stay tuned.

Red Hot Chili Peppers "Unlimited Love"

 "Unlimited Love" is 13th album of one of my favorite bands of all time - Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is a special record because came back to the squad long time guitarist John Frusciante. After thirteen years of no presence in Chili's, he decided (talking together with the fellow members) to join forces again.

The album is a fantastic continuation of the work they finished together over 1o years ago but very fresh and innovative in many ways. Most songs topically gravitating around the theme of love and mundane problems especially on the emotional, meta level i.e. perceiving the reality in the wrong / bad colors instead of looking the ways to brighten everyday life and simply making it better.

First two singles "Black Summer" and "Poster Child" are different stylistically from each other and touching different surfaces of reality. Both are very introspective but the main appeal of the first one is directed straight to the individual - every person on earth whilst the second one is more about the people (more of a young ones) which creating their world based on the persons from .. literally their posters.

On the other hand songs like "Veronica" and "The Heavy Wing" are treating about the lost ways in life and abandonment through the delusional 'glasses of reality' .. sometimes it's just not like we think it is and also we can wrongly finish our relationships with others, where we're guided by not right emotions or blinded by our conditioning.

Beautiful and calmed "Tangelo" is closing the record with a message of closeness and unity again proving that those guys have the power to create songs which will touch every smart soul on a deeper level because of their creativity and chemistry felt in every songs they have made throughout the years.

The album is one of my favourite in 2o22 and worth to recommend.

Chili's are back and they're heading to release another album..this year! So, lovely people stay tuned, listen and we're rock with them !!!

Peace ...

The godfathers of industrial metal came back with the surprising and very fresh produced "Moral Hygiene".

After almost four decades of recording albums making music and touring Al Jourgensen is still going with the crew which was various throughout those years. The typical subject matter of creative effort is what's really going on, on our planet in terms of governing our beautiful mother earth by the people who are greedy, vicious and very brutal to both, the other people and this garden on which we live all.

The lyrics of the songs gravitating mostly around the manifestation to raising awareness to the people and open eyes on few things like for instance, controlling the minds and dictating us the mediocre roads and paths by the people who's making so-called rules for us all. We've been f****d and everyday we are ripped off from our values fed by s**t from television and other medias named as the "fourth power of the world. The fantastic song "Sabotage Is Sex" featuring Jello Biafra from the mighty Dead Kennedys, is a great image of what's going on in people's heads stating by social media especially to young people which are subconsciously confused because they don't have a distant, disciplined ways to propel their life in no chaotic surrounding.

As a big fan of Ministry and all Jourgensen's art I can honestly say that after many years of great albums in the whole timeline for this band and for Al, the band is keeping the pace very well despite of his age and what people saying that he's burnt out and too old, I think this album proves that those people are wrong saying this totally from neutral perspective.

So, I highly recommend this position for those who's craving for a new music and and modern-fresh look on what's going on around us like on the chaos which we all simply created. Positively finishing this article, this is a great record in my opinion and paradoxically kicking ass with optimism..listen, think and make your own conclussions.

Peace!

"Marching In Time" is another (5th) amazing album by Mark Tremonti who's filling his songs by the topics of hope and believing in the self despite of the dark corners of our consciousness and malevolence and evil in everyday life, which is trying bringing us down to the ground.

Mark is operating in his lyrics around the strengths inside of each of us. On every album he's manifesting these values, nonetheless every time in a different way although in a fresh light and in the world's timeline.

The songs are about raising again from the ashes even when we're down in the darkness but we still can get up in life.. every single day is a new day, and everyone of us have someone or at least something to live for.

I think is a fantastic album of an artist who is always doing the best he can to get awareness the ones, especially who believe and they can achieve more in life because they see more and they love to live.

Very solid production musically as always by Tremonti band. In my opinion is reached another level of musical effort by these guys and worth to listen by fans and all the people who enjoy the good sound and looking for something new and even eye-opening experience.

Have a nice listening and intelligent comments below this article are very welcomed.. share opinions and feelingsabout the "Marching In Time"

Peace!

 

Hello everyone . . so much time past!

The continuation of malovolence against us (normal humans living day to day life all over the world) by the dissease spreaded from, well..now so many sources that you can be so confused that - in my opinion - it's just better even to stop to thinking about it or at least..see what's going on and move on in life and...... listen to the new music releases, which I mentioned in my last, reeeally long time ago post.

So, the Ministry album came out, Times Of Grace too, Red Hot Chili Peppers and few more, for instance great Mark Tremonti released a "piece of good food" for us as well :)))

More about the releases tomorrow because.. I came back for GOOD, yes you heard me, now it's real, I have the time to manage a lot of s**t so.. no longer 'trash talk' and, later .. (!)

Stay tuned y'all ! ! !

The beginning and the end of the "New Chaos", the year of 2o21. I didn't write anything for quite long time but the situation on planet earth was weird. Everything went down (businesses, corporations, institutions etc.) including music. Many artists stopped recording or playing in those insane times but some of them continued to write new music.. I did too, obviously...

I feel now like a new wave of sounds are coming to us after those uncertain period of the human history and a lot of fresh, great stuff is very close to reach our ears really soon.

New albums like Red Hot Chili Peppers, side project of Killswitch Engage members Times Of Grace or great Ministry are on the edge of the reality to be released and feed our souls ASAP with a new life energy.

I'm really excited to share these newses with anyone who's reading my blog right now and the updates will be posted regularly from now on.

I think it is very interesting time for us all and music is playing a gigantic role in the process of "pushing the envelope" and even rescuing our world from darkness and misery.

Keep the pace and stay tuned !