californication

[jenirvana]

"and cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off station to station"

what's that all about? anyone know?

curious.. :? :roll:

thanks

[PeaceLoveEmpathy]

i don't know exactly. I think it's a reference to ''new'' bands who imitate other bands (Nirvana) too much or something... i read that somewhere. But Station to Station is also a David Bowie album.

[jenirvana]

o right....*ponder*
hmmm

[Frances]

mmm....if I take it in context...
"Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station"

I could understand it's a reference to fakeness, to pettiness...but not Cobain's pettiness, sice there's an interesting parallel to be drawn between the two pairs of terms: space-Cobain and basemet-songs...
So what I understand is that they're saying somethineg like "there, Cobain did real music and now everyone's either imitating or a fake."

donno...that's how i look at it...

[PeaceLoveEmpathy]

oh yes, but that was what i meant. the Red Hot Chili Peppers are big fans of Nirvana apparently

[Frances]

yeah, I know One could see that also in the tribute paid in the song from the present album..fdon't remember the name..where they make a retrospective of all the great rock stars in music, among which Nirvana and Kurt. It's weird that so many Nirvana fans saw that as an offense...

[PeaceLoveEmpathy]

dani california I don't like the song though, but i don't see it as an offense or so

[jenirvana]

yeah, thats kinda wat i thought..
and yep, didnt rhcp tour with nirvana once? or did i imagine that? i think i read it somewhere?

:?

[PeaceLoveEmpathy]

Yeah. I don't know if it was a whole tour, but it was at least one concert, because i heard SLTS with RHCP and Nirvana together.

[jenirvana]

yeah, i heard that too!
i accidentally d/l it off limewire. =]