I suppose this song is about a relationship where the singer feels that there is something cosmic and fateful about their love. Having listened to the song a bit more closely, I find that I really like it. That's what's fun about this blog. I get to share music and it forces me to listen more closely to music I would otherwise listen to casually.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an important band for me in a way. As a young child, I always listened to classical music. I won't bore you with the details, but I liked classical music and I especially liked to listen to it really loud. My older brother liked Rock and Roll and I liked being different than him. My taste for music evolved in 1992 when my family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. I didn't have friends and it was the summer- no school, no friends. There was an interesting television station where viewers could call in, pay money and the station would play a music video of the payers choice. I think it was called The Jukebox, but my memory isn't so good sometimes.
Anyway, I started watching this TV station. This was right around the time that Nirvanna and Pearl Jam changed the look and sound of Rock. A lot of these bands played on the Jukebox. U2's "One" was a common video played as well. It was at this time that I fell in love with "Under the Bridge" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. I didn't have the money, so I could never call in to The Jukebox to pay for a video, but secretly I wanted "Under the Bridge" to play, and it did often. I couldn't believe that I actually enjoyed listening to a song that wasn't Classical.
Consequently, as an adult, I've found that the kind of music I like most is where Classical and Contemporary Pop/Rock combine, take for example the intro of today's song with piano and strings.
Blah blah blah, I'm kind of rambling and I don't think today's post is terribly exciting. Thanks for reading if you did. Thanks even more if you enjoyed it. Have fun. Seriously.
Brady
