This song is just pure sex, so dirty, so rock and roll (despite the line 'I hate rock and roll). Yes, he is talking about the 'scene' and all that, but his vocals and the music is just screaming for it to be played in a stripclub. No surprise that it appeared on Season 3 of Californication in a stripclub scene...
Favourite lines?
'Don't wanna love you no more
Don't wanna love you less
I wanna be crushed by your sweet caress'
Personally I think it's about his relationship with Brody and the outside world's reaction. You may recall she was previously married to Tim Armstrong, and there was an absolute whirlwind of outrage and press when Josh announced his relationship with Brody. The music scene and press were very vocal about it and many people wanted Brody and Josh dead. Tim Armstrong apparently made death threats and I read in a few interviews Brody mentioning Tim being under the illusion of having 'mob' connections in California.
Personally I think it's about his relationship with Brody and the outside world's reaction. You may recall she was previously married to Tim Armstrong, and there was an absolute whirlwind of outrage and press when Josh announced his relationship with Brody. The music scene and press were very vocal about it and many people wanted Brody and Josh dead. Tim Armstrong apparently made death threats and I read in a few interviews Brody mentioning Tim being under the illusion of having 'mob' connections in California.
This album came out in 2005, the same year this article appeared:
This album came out in 2005, the same year this article appeared:
I think the title says it all. "You got a killer scene there, man." It just oozes sarcasm. And the line "Even the mob know what the hell I mean." My first thought was "This is a dig at Tim's behaviour and intelligence."
Also this verse:
Don't wanna love you no more
Don't wanna love you less
I wanna be crushed by your sweet caress
What's the fuckin difference
We all gonna die
You gonna do something killer
C'mon give it a try
To me it sounds like the first half is directed at Brody - This situation doesn't reflect on you, I want your love regardless- and the second half is directed at Tim for the death threats.
Also the lines about wanting to get the hell out of a town because it's pissing you off, the dig at those who think too much and come too soon... to me it just screams "Tim, shut your face, I'm not afraid of you. Bring it on." Even the animal howling... so primal, and not to mention so reminiscent of Howlin Wolf who as we all know, feared no-one and wasn't afraid to take charge of a situation.
He also mentions scabs - Tim Armstrong made reference to the photographs of Brody and Josh kissing as like a scab being ripped off of a wound of his. He also referred to Brody as a 'witch' in another interview I read. Tim and Brody were married in a Wiccan service in the mountains in Las Vegas.
I couldn't give a shit what it's about or the drama of the situation they all ended up in. But if I was a betting lady, I'd put money on this song being about Josh's relationship with Brody and some of the reactions to it he had to endure.
This song is just pure sex, so dirty, so rock and roll (despite the line 'I hate rock and roll). Yes, he is talking about the 'scene' and all that, but his vocals and the music is just screaming for it to be played in a stripclub. No surprise that it appeared on Season 3 of Californication in a stripclub scene...
Favourite lines?
'Don't wanna love you no more Don't wanna love you less I wanna be crushed by your sweet caress'
Personally I think it's about his relationship with Brody and the outside world's reaction. You may recall she was previously married to Tim Armstrong, and there was an absolute whirlwind of outrage and press when Josh announced his relationship with Brody. The music scene and press were very vocal about it and many people wanted Brody and Josh dead. Tim Armstrong apparently made death threats and I read in a few interviews Brody mentioning Tim being under the illusion of having 'mob' connections in California.
Personally I think it's about his relationship with Brody and the outside world's reaction. You may recall she was previously married to Tim Armstrong, and there was an absolute whirlwind of outrage and press when Josh announced his relationship with Brody. The music scene and press were very vocal about it and many people wanted Brody and Josh dead. Tim Armstrong apparently made death threats and I read in a few interviews Brody mentioning Tim being under the illusion of having 'mob' connections in California.
This album came out in 2005, the same year this article appeared:
This album came out in 2005, the same year this article appeared:
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/homme-blasts-rancid-singer-over-dalle-treatment...
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/homme-blasts-rancid-singer-over-dalle-treatment
I think the title says it all. "You got a killer scene there, man." It just oozes sarcasm. And the line "Even the mob know what the hell I mean." My first thought was "This is a dig at Tim's behaviour and intelligence."
Also this verse:
Don't wanna love you no more Don't wanna love you less I wanna be crushed by your sweet caress What's the fuckin difference We all gonna die You gonna do something killer C'mon give it a try
To me it sounds like the first half is directed at Brody - This situation doesn't reflect on you, I want your love regardless- and the second half is directed at Tim for the death threats.
Also the lines about wanting to get the hell out of a town because it's pissing you off, the dig at those who think too much and come too soon... to me it just screams "Tim, shut your face, I'm not afraid of you. Bring it on." Even the animal howling... so primal, and not to mention so reminiscent of Howlin Wolf who as we all know, feared no-one and wasn't afraid to take charge of a situation.
He also mentions scabs - Tim Armstrong made reference to the photographs of Brody and Josh kissing as like a scab being ripped off of a wound of his. He also referred to Brody as a 'witch' in another interview I read. Tim and Brody were married in a Wiccan service in the mountains in Las Vegas.
I couldn't give a shit what it's about or the drama of the situation they all ended up in. But if I was a betting lady, I'd put money on this song being about Josh's relationship with Brody and some of the reactions to it he had to endure.