Hello, everybody..
Today's song is Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Due to some technical difficulties [aka] my-computer-sucks-ass-cause-it-was-shuting-down-all-the-time-for-no-aparent-reason, I wasn't able to post this review sooner. Sorry 'bout that *not tha anyone really gives a fuck*.
Oh, and btw, an announcement: since the school year is about to start, I'm gonna quit making this daily reviews for a while. I won't have enough free time to keep making posts every day and therefore, Living in the Past will probably never return to it's original format.
So, what I'm trying to say is that instead of being a daily segment, from now on, Living in the Past will be posted twice a week. Now, back onto topic.
RHCP's Otherside rocks. One of my favourites by the band. I've read somewhere this one guy who said it sounded like someone was getting anal or something: I totally agree. The first time I heard this song and they said "She wants to know am I still a slut" and then he says "Take it on the otherside". I was like whow, man thats nasty (just for kicks and giggles)! LOL
Now, alll jokes aside, after listening to the song and reading the lyrics, I think it's plain to see that this song is about someone who has just split up with his gf and feels major depression because of it, hence the reference to a picture talking to him. And maybe the "I yell and tell that it's not a friend" is reffering to his drug addiction, which could be or could be not a result of his depression from being dumped.
But then again I've heard Anthony say plenty of times his songs don't have one meaning, they are different to everyone. So, I guess the question is: What does this song mean to you?
Later, folks.
Lyrics:
How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever
I heard your voice through a photograph
I thought it up and brought up the past
Once you've gone you can never go back
I've got to take it on the otherside
Centuriees are what it meant to me
A cemetery where I marry the sea
Stranger things could never change my mind
I've got to take it on the otherside
Take it on
Take it on
How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever
Pour my life into a paper cup
The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
She wants to know am I still a slut
I've got to take it on the other side
Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
A candidate for a soul mate bled
Push the trigger and pull the thread I've got to take it on the otherside
Take it on the otherside
Take it on
Take it on
How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever
Turn me on take me for a hard ride
Burn me out leave me on the otherside
I yell and tell it that
It's not a friend
I tear it down I tear it down
And then it's born again
How long how long will I slide
Separate my side I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever
How long I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat
It's all I ever
xoxo, Lucy