@alixkun
Music has funny ways to find you.
Red Hot Chili Peppers is a band I used to hate on as a teenager. I was too much into hiphop & RnB, and they were already way too mainstream for me by the time I heard about them.
But the other day, I stumbled upon Flea's latest album and its cover of Frank Ocean's "Thinkin' about you", and I was like "Wait, what??". It got me to explore the album, and I was pleasantly surprised by this Jazz album basically, from the bassist of a band I had always seen as a pop rock band.
Fast forward a few weeks after that, and I see they made a documentary on the RHCP on Netflix, specifically about the early days, and the passing of one of the original band member, Hillel. It really touched me emotionally, and got me to change my view about the band, knowing how they formed, their punk origins, their struggles etc.
So yeah, 30 years later, I'm now officially a RHCP fan :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4bbUPYMhP8
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