Give It Away

Uh, couple other interesting facts.

I mean, it was-- it spawned four massive singles, Give It Away, Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss, and Breaking the Girl.

Uh, they won their very first Grammy Award for Give It Away for Best Hard Rock Performance at the, the Grammys in 1993, so good for them for that.

And, uh, some interesting aspects about the recording process itself for this particular album.

Famously, it was recorded not in a studio, but in a, a, a mansion that was rented by, uh, rock super producer Rick Rubin, who serves as the main producer of this album.

So, so let's dive into the songs now.

So the four main singles, then I'll talk a little bit about some of the, the other songs as well.

Um, so yeah, let's start with the, the, the first single, Give It Away.

So like Can't Stop, I'll throw this on.

Uh, Give It Away, I'll throw it on.

And then these two down here are the Greer Light Speed and the Greer Southland.

Um, this is another one that's like kind of my own touch, but this blue pedal here, the Greer Light Speed, I absolutely cannot live without.

I got an addendum for episode one.

So regarding the Red Hot Chili Peppers song, Adam S. texted me, "I remember having the Give It Away single in '91, and Soul to Squeeze was on it, so I knew that song was in '91." I looked into this, and he is right.

So although it was released as a single in '93 as announced, it did have an earlier release as a B-side, so I'll be accepting both '91 and '93 as correct.

The only listener that was affected from the previously read scores was Alicia.

knees.Electric blue Are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes? Deep blue I just freeze every time you see through me And it's all over you Electric blue In too deep In too deep Standing here waiting as I'm taken into Electric blue I can see I can see clearly, maybe just a vision of you Electric blue On my knees On my knees Help me, baby, tell me what can I do? Electric blue I just freeze every time you see through me And it's all over you Electric blue In too deep In too deep Standing here waiting as I'm taken into Electric blue I can see I can see clearly, maybe just a vision of you Electric blue On my knees On my knees Help me, baby, tell me what can I do? Electric blue Electric blue Electric blue

Now Red Hot Chili Peppers and Give It Away.

Proof that sometimes the best way to get something is to give it away.

Now Anthony Kiedis got that philosophy from singer Nina Hagen, who once gave him a jacket he admired.

Apparently, she said giving stuff away creates good energy.

Romantic advice and free outerwear, that's efficient.

Now producer Rick Rubin polished the Peppers' manic sound without sanding off the edges, and the silver-painted desert video made MTV look like somebody dropped acid in the art department.

And here's the weird part, Kiedis says, "Give it away" 68 times.