THE TOP 75 CELEBRITIES WHOSE EXISTENCE SO OFFENDS ME THAT JUST LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF THEM MAKES ME WANT TO COMMIT RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE™
#27: Anthony Kiedis
Three words:
Under.
The.
Bridge.
Jeeziseffinkriste I hate this song, especially the vocals. I had no beef with the Chili Peppers until 1992. Now I can't stand them, and it's all this song's fault. I can't even watch more than 10 seconds of any of the above videos without having to fight the urge to walk into a Taco Bell, grab every burrito I can find, throw them to the ground, and stomp on them so all the gunk inside of them sprays all over the shoes of everyone in there.
Just sayin'.
Three words:
Under.
The.
Bridge.
Jeeziseffinkriste I hate this song, especially the vocals. I had no beef with the Chili Peppers until 1992. Now I can't stand them, and it's all this song's fault. I can't even watch more than 10 seconds of any of the above videos without having to fight the urge to walk into a Taco Bell, grab every burrito I can find, throw them to the ground, and stomp on them so all the gunk inside of them sprays all over the shoes of everyone in there.
Just sayin'.
posted by John Eats at 9:26 PM
3 Comments:
*Why* do you hate Under the Bridge? 'splain!
Usually I don't like to reveal the magic behind my fits of irrational hatred. But if you must know, here goes...
From a musical perspective, I find it turgid, melodramatic and flat-out boring compared to pre-UTB Chili Peppers -- it's like one day Anthony Kiedis woke up and decided to make his band be like U2 if they were ex-drug-addict skate punks from L.A.
The lyrics sound like rejects from a 4-H Club poetry slam, and Anthony Kiedis' delivery of them grates on me like nails on a goddamn chalkboard, all blubby-whiteboy-pseudofunk-with-a-heart crap. The video is what a twelve year-old boy's desperate attempt to be "artistic" would look like if he were given a Hollywood budget. That slo-mo shot of Anthony Kiedis running shirtless looks like an outtake from the Ben Stiller Show -- it practically parodies itself!
The whole thing screams "Take me SERIOUSLY!!!!" so much that I'd rather plunge a couple of barbecue skewers down my own ear canals than be subjected to listening to the whole thing ever again.
LOL -- just wanted to know. I hate the video, but I like the song as it's one of those that reminds me wistfully (and um, ironically, I suppose) of the good times in L.A. I should hasten to add that none of the events in the song have anything to do with my good memories... really...
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