Four years after their last album the Red Hot Chili Peppers are back with the first single from their upcoming album I'm With You. As a keen fan of the Chili Peppers I was eager to see what the future would hold for them having lost their guitarist and one of my musical heros John Frusciante. However, this single has left me with mixed emotions about the future of one of my favorite bands.
The word that sprang to mind when I thought about the track in general was average. For me the song just didn't pack the punch that i'd expected from the Chilis. Gone are the strains of Flea's bass slapping, replaced with funkier strains particularly the opening of the song and an excellent bassline. Chad Smith's drumming is as perfect as ever with added cowbell for good measure spread throughout the song. Kiedis lyrics are what are expected from any Chili Peppers song. Even new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer gives enough guitar lines to satisfy his most ardent of critics (one being me!) However, the undoing for this song in my opinion lay in the chorus which in general feels far too poppy for the Chilis. For me this is the down fall of the song it is bland and repetitive and gives the song a rather boring and for me too relaxed feel.
All in all this song is enough to keep hopes relatively high for the upcoming album but I do feel that this is a single that could have been so much more
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