John's music from this period is a source of spiritual nourishment for me. Most people would find that laughable after hearing his unusual vocals, but the ethereal, otherworldly dreaminess of the music is so beautiful. I'm glad that he got healthy and sober, but the truth is the music he made on heroin really did seem especially inspired.
@@Scotty-P George Harrison's 1968 Wonderwall Music, is something I highly recommend to you if you like this Frusciante stuff. Particularly a track called "Dream Scene".
any true frusciante fan would say this album's fucking awesome..possibly his best. I honestly am obsessed with it. though there were reasons for the making of this album, it's still good.
This piece of art along with this entire album explores musical boundaries in its own spectrum...johns music at this time is very inspiring to me today because of his ability to explore the boundaries of not thinking... he just played it out of his head I don't know many people who could do that...today his art has adapted to different genres and he even admits he doesn't like the music he writes today... But in my opinion you have to appreciate his ability to change his view on different styles of music so he can write on a different page each time...that's what makes him a genius artist...
I think John likes the music he writes nowadays,otherwise he wouldn't stop playing live concerts;because he doesn't feel the need he or his music needs to be accepted by anyone else but himself
Damn, such a long time since I listened to anything from this album (or John for that mater). This song really is an emotional trip, as most of his earlier stuff.
Yeah. There's a kind of art that simply can't be created without digging into the darkest depths of existence. What's so awesome about John is that he managed to go so deep and actually come back alive. Very inspiring stuff:-)
has anyone else noticed that the song before this is called more? and the song before tht is called breathe? so if u look at the tracks one after the other it says "breathe more for air" i wonder if john did by that accident or not
Any truth to John not naming the songs? I don't think a label exec would be keen to make up names like "Poppy Man" or "Nigger Song". I remember a fan shouting out "Enter a Uh" at a show in 2001, too, and he played a bit of the beginning of it, so he was clearly aware of at least that title.
I don't believe that for so much time i disregarded this track because of the initial 50 so seconds... it's one of the most moving instrumentals of Frusciante!
fuckinggg love thiss songgg and albbumm dont care what is was made for.. john put his effort into it no matter what. glad he turned sober though:) still living and creating amaazingggg music. one of the few remaining musicians
@st0nerrxkx He RELEASED the album for drug money, he didn't write it for drug money. That would imply that the songs don't have integrity or were written for another reason than pure self expression. Most of them were recorded at the same time as Niandra in 1992 before he become an addict. One of the songs is from 1987. A small handful were boombox recordings at the peak of his addiction. He finally released it in '97 for drug money, true, but most of it was recorded in the early 90's.
yeah sounds like a bong, but i love frusciante's guitar styling's and im so going to miss hearing it with RHCP on im with you. and this song sounds incredible.
@pape37 youre so fucking right.this whole album is the most underappreciated ever i think. but i dont refer it to the heroin. its just so deep.its from a man that had nothing to lose.
@pape37 while this IS my favorite song off this album, the reason most people hate it is cause he made it specifically for drug money, not for artistic value or any of that spiritual nourishment you speak of. john admits it himself.
@itsskatee Smile From the Streets You Hold. Good luck if you're trying to be buy it, it's out of print now and wildly expensive. Frusciante promised to re-release it one day, but when and if that day comes nobody knows. You're better off trying to download it, I'd imagine John wouldn't want you to spend 200 dollars on this CD anyhow.
@pape37 fair point, ill admit he put some passion into some of the songs, i personally love the album, but the reason its hated stays valid; AT THE TIME he cared very little about about self expression or integrity.
its very cool to hear him smoking weed at the begining cause probably he add take a heroin hit juste above to sit and be ready to start the song with a good high
Well the music of this song is gorgeous...not sure why this album is looked down on. I will say though that the song probably needed some polishing...doesn't seem like it got a lot of attention
The 'whistling noise' is John taking crack from a bong. The reason it's not there is that there were different releases trynna make it more 'clean' i guess. Now the album is basically impossible to buy because John admitted that the whole album was for drug money so yeah.
@pape37 I hear you man i am a ex heroin user not long out of rehab!!!! do not get me wrong i am one of not many drug users i own a Flea bass rare rhcp cds rhcp trainers even cock socks lol I never shat on my own door step other wise if you did you would have to clean that up!!!! i am still fighting demons but not on such a level as the H long live JF
Warzed Arcanist I think it referred to the era of Niandra since several songs are recorded in that era as for example: Height Down, Well i've been, etc.
I used to like his first two solo records very very much, and to a slightly lesser extent his third. My overt fondness for them has cooled down a bit, but I all his solo stuff after that third record I don't care for at all.
