Balarama Music

Balarama Revealed!

{Aug 21}

Doug2000s balarama, john frusciante, red hot chili peppers 2 Comments

Before I delve into this, I invite you to check out some of the sections of the website that were added recently. The Reviews section has Album Reviews (which will start with the Wilco album), Best Of 2009 lists, and Concert Reviews (which has a Carbon Leaf show reviewed). The FAQ is up for those curious about the site and contains my contact information. The Tools section is not up at this time, but will be by the end of the week and will contain places to grab music and where to learn and what-not. All in all, just make sure to keep looking as the site keeps adding content! Let’s get to what you came to read though.

Oh, the best day of the week for Balarama Music: Frusciante Friday! Since the site is now official at balaramamusic.com, I figured I would explain where I got the name from and the story behind the song to me.

The lyric I got the name from comes from “Wet Sand” which is near the end of the first disc of Red Hot Chili Pepper’s 2006 album Stadium Arcadium. It’s a good time to talk about this seeing as how there is news & rumors (check out Invisible Movement for the best RHCP/Frusciante news!) galore of RHCP back in the studios this fall for their follow-up album, especially after people thought they were done as a band, so let’s look at their last work.

I love Stadium Arcadium. I would rank it up there as probably one of their best albums, falling definitely short of Blood Sex Sugar Magik, Californication, & By The Way. Depending on my mood, I might rank some of their albums from the 80s ahead of it, but most of the time, it ranks consistently above those. I have to say that as much as I love the album though, I adore what it could have been. As the band recorded thirty-eight songs in the studio, the original plan seemed to be to release three separate albums three to six months apart as System Of A Down did in 2005. Pressure from who I’m sure was the record company made them cut out ten songs and make it just a double-album released at once. While both had positives and negatives, ultimately, the triple album idea would have been the best in my mind.

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