How Californication was made

In a career spanning over 40 years, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have gone through many tumultuous periods. In retrospect, Californication’s commercial success arrived at a crucial time for the band.
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0:00 The effect of California on the rest of the world
0:24 A crucial moment in the band’s career
0:44 John Frusciante’s departure & One Hot Minute
1:18 An unexpected comeback: The band’s biggest album
1:48 Writing the lyrics/melody before the music was composed
2:54 Struggling to find the right musical chords
3:12 Inspiration from The Cure
4:08 Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
4:30 Video games that inspired the music video
4:55 Incorporating the personality of each band member
5:30 Dani California: The pregnant teenage bride
5:50 References in the lyrics and video clip
6:18 Music video almost created by Naughty Dog
6:38 PS2 raising the graphics expectations
7:33 A 4 weeks deadline
8:12 The pro-environment message of the song & video
9:23 Destruction leads to a very rough road
10:45 A lesson in perseverance
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[shangerdanger]

i remember being blown away by the video as a kid. glad it still looks awesome

[stevescotthiphop]

Kinda crazy how Frusciante just straight up said "I couldn't come up with anything, so I ripped off The Cure" lmao

[norpatrick]

Remember buying this album, watching fightclub and matrix in 99. What a year.

[Swordshreader]

Good video essay. Has all the qualities I enjoy. No over-talking, showing the source (aka RHCP) instead of quoting and saying it yourself, no over-researched areas. Perfect!

[andygjata]

This video changed my life. I was 6 years old - crazy about video games. This is how I got hooked to Red Hot Chili Peppers and subsequently rock music.

[ezoiso]

I always thought that the line "space may be the final frontier but it's made in an Hollywood's basement" was about the moon landing being fake lol

[xavierrhcp]

Chad: "I've never been on a snowboard in my life." 😂💀

Chad is my favorite Pepper.

[swhipple]

Wow i'm so glad I clicked on this video, what a treat. It was so nice having everything laid out nicely in front of me so I could enjoy it all super easily. Seriously, amazing job! I would love to see this type of video with any other of their songs! Or whole albums in fact maybe

[xheDeviLx]

8:22 dude Anthony is totally right on this. Good point if view

[ee-wtqv]

This is something of the highest quality RHCP story telling I’ve seen. Please keep going!

[meilstone]

I watched the RHCP live in 2000, it was so awesome!

[victorioborge]

Mate, what the fuck is this? I started on this video, got blown away, watched other ones and came back to say you're a great visual storyteller, what the actual fuck. You bring to the screen everything you mention, it's such a pleasure to watch something where everything is served on a plate for you. My curious mind really thanks your effort, I know how hard is to edit a video like this. Subscribed, great job!!

[brett]

Its one thing to love the song and video, but to find out how it was made behind the scenes, makes me love it even more. I think because i can appreciate the art and creativity that went into it. You also get the sense that it wouldve been really fun to actually be there while it was all happening. Im just happy i was around when it came out (I was 5) lol.

[mateusgottschallesa]

Man if you'd produce more red hot chili peppers videos i would be very happy

[evbm]

AK talking about the ocean is such a mood

[RypticVODS]

Lol nice touch with the Donkey Kong Country soundfont! Loved the video. Well done.

[zachmcnamer]

Best video recommendation I’ve ever clicked on. What an incredible deep dive. Thank you for what you do

[YoungCoconuttt]

man this is an amazing video. love how you dove into different topics like the early history of the band and video games and johns journey without straying from the main theme at all. very easy to follow too and full of great information. well done, gotta sub now!

[kashifwill]

Californication being BSSM Part 2 is so on point even the intro tracks are damn near mirrors of themselves

[Kurtis]

I've listened to this song probably a thousand times, and everytime I read the lyrics it's evident how beautifully poetic Anthony's songwriting is.