Greatest Hits [Explicit]

What were they thinking on this one. They arleady have a greatest hits collection from there early years. Which they should of included songs from that era but instead they go the californication route on this one and have songs from 89 and up. However, I'm not bashing this collection because it is a great disc and serves them justice for there new fans. I was excited to see Soul to Squeeze as it doesn't appear on any chili peppers albums, but I was disappointed that Can't Stop wasn't on here and they could've easily taken off Universally Speaking which is not a favorite of mine, and they could've added a couple of live tunes as well, instead we get 2 decent B-Sides which I do like. Hopefully they will learn from there mistakes and make a "The Very Best of the Red Hot Chili Peppers 1984-2006" or something along those lines and make this and What Hits collection obsolete! O well at least Stadium Arcadium will be coming out in May and I will have forgotton about this disc and be listening to that album non-stop, and from the live songs I've already heard from it, it's going to sound great.

I have become pretty much a die hard chili pepper fan over the past several years and this was my first album. It is an excelent selecion for a first time listener.

Here are my views of each song:

Under the bridge- This is one of the greatest melodys of the 90's and shows the potential and how deep this band can go.
10/10
Give it away- This is a pretty good song but it is not one of my favorites.
7/10
Californication- This is the greatest song of the greatest album of the greatest band from the 80's on. It is the greatest sound my ears have ever heard.
10/10
Scar Tissue- cool melody and smart lyrics
8.5/10
Soul to Squeeze- Excelent song, but i would not have put it on the greatest hits.
7.5/10
Otherside- Amazing song. one of the best "rock" songs the chili peppers have come up with. Great solo
10/10
Suck My Kiss- This is an awesome song with great slap bass.
9/10
By the Way- This is probably my favorite song to watch them perform. Not to special though
8/10
Parallel Universe- well written song
8.5/10
Breaking the Girl- The sound of this song compares to under the bridge but the lyrics are not as meaningful
9.5/10
My Fiends- I wanted to die when i heard this. there are so many better songs the chili peppers have come up with than this.
4/10
Higher Ground- Good choice to use one of stevie wonders songs. I like it
8.5/10
Universally Speaking- nice melody
8/10
Road Trippin- i like this song but i would have put i different song in its place
7.5/10
Fortune Faded- i dont no where in hell this came from. but its a pretty cool tune
7.5/10
Save the population- good chorus
8/10

In conclusion, this is a pretty good selection but is missong some of my favorites. I think i migt reccomend to get californication and Blood Sugar sex magik together instead of getting this one.

Wow! This CD is really awesome! This CD has my favorite songs on here! But... I wish that it had "Can't Stop" on there too. Oh well. It's still a very awesome CD!

I can still remember the video from "Otherside" even though it's been a long time since I saw it. I can remember it very well. In the video it was dark and pretty weird. There was a guy with red lips as wings and he was flying. That was so cool! There was another video that scared me! I saw it on VH1 and I couldn't watch all of it. The video was "Can't Stop." It started with a red tunel or a slide that you see in a playground. It was one of those long tunel or slide. Then it goes inside the red thing as the music is playing. Then suddenly... Boom! It's inside the red tunel or slide and there's a guy inside it. He looks like he's stairing at you! That really scared me I had to change the channel.

I still like this CD! But I don't like to eat red hot chilli peppers because they're too spicy!

This CD has every red hot chili peppers song you could want, it is truely their greatest hits, Im not going to list all the songs, if you like red hot chili peppers and dont want to have to buy multiple cds to have all there best this is the one for you.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are without a doubt my favorite band and they define me as a person. This album was wonderfully selected with songs ranging from old school Peppers to their most recent efforts including 2 amazing singles. Fortune Faded is a alternative rock funk song that has wonderfully driven bass lines and an awesome catchy chorus. Save the Population, in my opinion, is an even better song and did not get any radio play like Fortune Faded did. Save the Population has some of the most unique guitaring from Frusciante than most Pepper songs. It reminds me of a latin-funk rock song or something. The chorus is also extremely beautiful and when John comes in at the end to harmonize with Anthony, it gives the Peppers almost a new style and different direction.

If you are just wanting to get into the Chili Peppers, I highly recommend this CD. I only have one slight complaint with it is that "Can't Stop," one of the best Peppers songs ever in my opinion, did not make it on the CD. I think they should of replaced that with "Universally Speaking," a song I never really cared for that much.