Niandra Lades – John Frusciante – Album Overview

Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt (1994) is John’s first solo album. Basically it’s a double album, although it is just one cd. This is an overview of the first half: Niandra Lades. Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt was recorded during the Blood Sugar Sex Magik recordings and tour and after his first departure from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Around this time, Frusciante’s drug abuse increased and increased. The album is quite experimental and psychedelic, full of backwards played guitars and pianos, mind twisting lyrics, screams and instrumentals, scratching guitars and deformed vocals. It’s very dark and depressing, sometimes even scary, but very beautiful and pure too. The ‘low quality’ adds very well to the whole ambience, in my opinion. Main themes are probably: depression, love, letting people down, drugs, loneliness So what do you think about the album? Or what do you think the songs are about? Or do you have a question about the art? (why I used this specific painting to accompany the music, who made it or where you can find it etc.) Or something else? Please place a comment! Tracklisting: 1. As Can Be 2. My Smile Is a Rifle 3. Head (Beach Arab) 4. Big Takeover (Bad Brains cover) 5. Curtains 6. Running Away into You 7. Mascara 8. Been Insane 9. Skin Blues 10. Your Pussy’s Glued to a Building on Fire 11. Blood on My Neck From Success 12. Ten to Butter Blood Voodoo Thank you all very much for the positive feedback so far! 😀
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August 23, 2003 Slane Castle, Ireland Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik Title: Give it Away Lyrics: What Ive got youve got to give it to your mamma What Ive got youve got to give it to your pappa What Ive got youve got to give it to your daughter You do a little dance and then you drink a little water What Ive got youve got to get it put it in you What Ive got youve got to get it put it in you What Ive got youve got to get it put it in you Reeling with the feeling dont stop continue Realize I dont want to be a miser Confide wisely youll be the wiser Young blood is the lovin upriser How come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiserGive it away give it away give it away now Give it away give it away give it away now Give it away give it away give it away now I cant tell iff Im a king pin or a pauper Greedy little people in a sea of distress Keep your more to receive your less Unimpressed by material excess Love is free love me say hell yes Im a low brow but I rock a little know how No time for the piggies or the hoosegow Get smart get down with the pow wow Never been a better time than right now Bob marley poet and a prophet Bob marley taught how to off it Bob marley walkin like he talk it Goodness me cant you see Im gonna cough it Give it away give it away give it away now Give it away give it away give it away now Give it away give it away give it away now Ooh… ooh yeah Give it away give it away give it away now Give it away give it away give it …
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