Red hot chili peppers - Wet sand video free download


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Uploaded: 2007/06/04

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5 years ago

Tee B.

"You're the best I know...."

5 years ago

Alex Bench

No disrespect to the rest of the band but I PERSONALLY think John's the most talented one up there. He fucking brings the whole musical aspect to the

5 years ago

Jimi Prada

The Nokia phone audio recording lol...much has changed ....just as sad as it is funny.....and epic solo! 100!!!!

6 years ago

Ty Palmer

Absolutely beautiful.

6 years ago

Zaid

This is my favorite RHCP show just cause of Frusciante

6 years ago

Luther Stevens

Truly amazing

6 years ago

mwhitecotton922

did anybody hear a nasal cavity being cleared at the start of the song?? lol

6 years ago

SoulSolus

How do John and Flea manage to make a solo even more epic than the album. Combo of all time.

6 years ago

Bluenry 999

i want to be like a John Frusciante

6 years ago

David Grossi

excelente

6 years ago

Kalani Martell

Every song of the Chili Peppers is a masterpiece but this one is more than that, I just can't explain how fuckin wonderful it is.

6 years ago

Kyle Hooker

If you're interested, here's a meaning that really struck me on songmeanings, as quoted:""My shadow side, so amplified..."His "sunny" vs "shadow" side is a key motif throughout the song, representing the "sunny" side as a normal, happy, aesthetically driven life. His "shadow side" is a darker, more interpretive, and ultimately more ambitious element to his personality. The entire song is set up as a contrast between these two outlooks."Elementry son, but it's so..."What he's saying is that, the keys to happiness are really easy to grasp, and we learn them early in life. It's "elementary" to overcome his sadness and return to the sunny side of life. However, the second part -- "But it's so..." -- indicates that there is something to this shadowy side of his personality, something that keeps drawing him back, something more important than happiness."My love affair with everywhere was innocent, why do you care?"Anthony has recognized this early on in his life, and I think the key is that the "shadow side" is what caused him to be so curious about the world. When we live in our shadow life, we are motivated to explore, to struggle, to make changes, to overcome whatever it is that's bothering us. What he's saying here is that, throughout his life, people have told him to be happy, to overcome this sadness of his, but he doesn't want to. He wants to explore, it's part of his being. It's innocent -- why do you care?"My what a good day for a walk outsideI like to get to know you little better babyGod knows that I really tried"I think this is where most people's interpretation of the song go awry, because they think he's talking about a woman. Not at all. He is addressing life itself (or the world, perhaps). Even through the mountain of struggle he's been through to know life, he still wants to know her a little better. He's not done with his search yet, a motif played out throughout the rest of the song."I'd like to say we did it for the better of..."This line is an exact counterpart to the earlier lyric of "elementry son, but it's so...". In both of these cases, he's seeking a justification for why he puts himself through all of this, but he doesn't know. He trails off, because he feels like there's some reason, but it is impossible to say what it is. He'd like to say it's for the betterment of something, but he has lost all real reasons to continue going down this path."The disrepair of Norma Jean..."I don't get the Norma Jean reference, unfortunately, maybe somebody can fill in."I thought about it and I brought it outI'm motivated by the lack of doubtI'm consecrated but I'm not devout"This is the turning point of the song. Anthony has given a lot of thought to this, and he's bringing out his shadowy side again, because he's not done searching. He is also entirely confident in this, nobody is going to change his mind. "Consecrated but not devout" is yet another reinforcement that while he's definitely touched upon truths you might consider sacred, he has not yet understood the true nature of God.As a sidenote, this is the only explicit religious verbage in this song, so I don't think this song is about religion, but I do think religion is a particularly poignant way to express the dilemma that Anthony is facing. God is, inherently, unknowable by humans, but part of living a religious / spiritual life is to seek to understand him constantly, despite knowing it is ultimately fruitless."Right on the verge just one more doseI'm travelling from coast to coastMy theory isn't perfect but it's closeI'm almost there why should I careMy heart is hurting when I shareSomeone open up Let it show"Again, these verses just reinforce the previous themes of continuing to search for the perfect truth, even though his theory is "close". It still hurts for him to open up to his shadowy side, and it still doesn't make any sense why he should keep doing this to himself.The last line of this verse is particularly sad, and I think hits home with what Anthony thinks is upset about in regards to other people He has gone through all of this pain and struggle, all of this searching, and he lays it out for everybody to see through his work. It's very hard for him to do this. What he's saying is, why can't anybody else open up the way I do? He's practically begging for somebody else to understand, empathize, and have the courage to show the world.Also, this sets up the final verse in an important way. Throughout all of this, Anthony has drawn a line between himself and his goals and what he sees everyone else doing -- pursuing happiness, fame, comfort, and fulfillment. It's easy to live a happy life, and the more that Anthony abandons that, the more he feels (rightfully, in my opinion) angry and confused that he's the only person who gets it. He feels that everyone else is missing an important piece to the puzzle, and he wants to feel that his struggle was worth it, even if it's a tiny, tiny thing. Which brings us to the final verse:"You don't form in the wet sand.You don't form at all.I do."This is a powerful, profound, incredible statement, and it's no coincidence that this is both the title of the song and the apex of the intensity of the song.He's saying that, at the end of the day, the "sunny" way of living life means absolutely nothing. Your life will be remembered by nobody. You don't form in the wet sand. You don't form at all. Anywhere, in any medium.Anthony, however, does. He makes a tiny, tiny dent in the universe. People will remember him long after he is dead, and even though this doesn't ultimately matter, as humanity will die out and our bodies will be washed away into the cosmic ocean, ultimately, his life had meaning, he made something, and he's proud of it and wouldn't have it any other way."

6 years ago

Eddie Symonds

The prick didn't even look at his guitar once when he played the solo

6 years ago

Philip Lam

His outro sounds like jimi s playing!

6 years ago

Chechu Parraga Folgado

RHCP without John is not the same... best guitarist of the last 30 years

6 years ago

Taho

Such an underrated song. Really one of their best

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