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By the Way (Music)

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })By the Way is the eighth studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2002. Known for its hit singles "By the Way", "Universally Speaking", "Can't Stop", and "The Zephyr Song", the album enjoyed significant success since it was a welcome follow-up to their previous hit album Californication. The ensuing tour for By the Way drew some of the band's largest audiences to date, and spawned the highly successful live performance CDs Live in Hyde Park and Live at Slane Castle.John Frusciante was the primary creative force on the record. Adding Echoing Acoustics and instrumentals on most of the tracks, he created Lighter and Softer melodies which emphasized the band's strengths as complex songwriters. Funk Rock jams, the band's Signature Style, played less of a role since Frusciante used synthesizers, overdubbed guitars, and soundscapes to compose much of the instrumentation. This created tension with Flea, whose bass playing was understated on the record, and at one point the bassist considered quitting the band. Nevertheless, Frusciante was able to compromise with his bandmates and the Chilis were able to remain intact.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The album remains a controversial for some fans since it was such a New Sound Album, and some critics maintained that the album was significantly more mainstream than any of the band's previous work. Nevertheless, By the Way and its successor, Stadium Arcadium, solidified the band's venture into Alternative Rock. It is seen as crucial in the band's development thanks to its mature lyrics and ambitious instrumental pieces.
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Self-Plagiarism
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Self-Plagiarism: Both the songs "Rivers of Avalon" and "This Is the Place" use the same bass riff, which is why only one or the other could have been featured on the album.
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Man of Wealth and Taste
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Man of Wealth and Taste: "Tear" seems to reference Charles Baudelaire and his views on modernity, and perhaps even the evils of society:
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Immediate Self-Contradiction
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Immediate Self-Contradiction: "Runaway":
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Title Track
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Title Track: "By the Way", of course.
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Bilingual Bonus
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Bilingual Bonus: "Cabron" is Spanish for "motherfucker". Some international versions of the album (primarily those in Spanish-speaking countries) censor the title or even the song itself.
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I Can't Do This by Myself
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I Can't Do This by Myself: "Tear":
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Concept Video
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Concept Video: "Can't Stop" is an homage to "One Minute Sculptures", an idea conceived by Ervin Wurm. It features the band striking all kinds of strange poses every few seconds while performing to the song.
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Rock Me, Amadeus!
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Rock Me, Amadeus!: The use of string sections on this album lend to this. The nonsensical rap verse on "Minor Thing" might reference this:
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Song Style Shift
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Song Style Shift: "Can't Stop" has its verses driven by a funky bass riff, while the chorus and bridge are far more twee and poppy. However, the B-Side "Time" switches tone far more abruptly, creating an interesting medley of Funk Rock, Rap Rock, and Alternative Indie.
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Recurring Character
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Recurring Character: The character of Dani (who also appears in Californication's title track and "Dani California" from Stadium Arcadium) is referenced in "By the Way", in the line "Dani the girl is singing songs to me beneath the marquee"
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The Aggressive Drug Dealer
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The Aggressive Drug Dealer: "This Is the Place":
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Iconic Song Request
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Iconic Song Request: The band mostly tried to avoid playing their signature songs from Blood Sugar Sex Magik, "Give it Away" and "Under the Bridge", during this tour, preferring to instead play those two during encore performances. At MTV's Vans Skate Park, the band even played their more melodic material such as "Venice Queen" and "Minor Thing".
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Record Producer
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Record Producer: Rick Rubin. He was instrumental in convincing the band to play down the funk in favor of more, well, instrumental tracks, which led to this New Sound Album.
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Loony Fan
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Loony Fan: A crazed cab driver in the "By the Way" music video kidnaps Anthony, takes him on a hectic ride around the city, puts on a spectacular performance for him underneath a bridge, and forces the singer to bail out of the taxi the old-fashioned way. In a Continuity Nod, the fan reappears in the "Universally Speaking" video to return the book Anthony had left in the car.
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Lead Bassist
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Lead Bassist: The melody for "Don't Forget Me" is performed by Flea playing his bass technically wrong (i.e., strumming rather than plucking).
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Epic Instrumental Opener
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Epic Instrumental Opener: "Midnight" has one.
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Epic Rocking
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Epic Rocking: "Venice Queen", "Midnight", "Tear", and "Dosed" are longer than most Chili Peppers tracks.
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Nostalgia Filter
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Nostalgia Filter: "On Mercury" was inspired by the double dates Anthony Kiedis would have with his father when he was young. "This Is the Place", on the other hand, deconstructs this as it is about how his father drew him into a life of drug abuse at age 11.
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To Absent Friends
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To Absent Friends: "Venice Queen" is about a friend of Anthony's, Gloria Scott, who died during the album's recording. He had bought a house for her in Venice Beach before her death and the song is dedicated to her.
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Real Life Writes the Plot
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Real Life Writes the Plot: "Venice Queen" was a tribute to a friend of the band, and "This is the Place" and "On Mercury" both reference Anthony Kiedis's relationship with his father.
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New Media Are Evil
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New Media Are Evil: "Throw Away Your Television", obviously.
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The Something Song
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The Something Song: "The Zephyr Song", and the aforementioned B-side "The Bicycle Song".
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The Four Chords of Pop
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The Four Chords of Pop: "Don't Forget Me."
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Silly Love Songs
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Silly Love Songs: "I Could Die for You" is probably one of the band's most mature, sincere love songs to date: something Anthony Kiedis circa 1984 would have balked at. The band has matured, after all.
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Precision F-Strike
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Precision F-Strike: "This Is the Place". It is the only song on the album to swear (besides "Cabron", of course, albeit in Español):
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B-Side
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B-Side: "Runaway" and "The Bicycle Song" were iTunes bonus tracks. Others include "Eskimo", "Body of Water", "Out of Range", "Time", "Someone", "Rivers of Avalon", and a cover of the Ramones' "Havana Affair." "Slowly, Deeply" was an instrumental outtake from the Californication sessions that was released during this time as well.
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Lighter and Softer
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Lighter and Softer: Played up during this period in the band's history. Notably, Johnny Ramone liked the slower, melodic cover of "Havana Affair" so much that he chose to open a Ramones tribute album with it.
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Cover Version
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Cover Version: The band recorded a far slower version of "Havana Affair" by the Ramones (from their debut album).
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One-Word Title
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One-Word Title: "Dosed", "Midnight", "Cabron", and "Tear".
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To the Tune of...
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To the Tune of...: "Rivers of Avalon", a non-album B-Side, features a very similar bassline to that of "This Is the Place". The band thus had to choose one the two to be on the album, and went with the latter.
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Nobody Loves the Bassist
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Nobody Loves the Bassist: This album was one of the few where Flea did not have as much creative input as before, since Frusciante largely helmed this project. It was implied that "By the Way", "This Is the Place", "Can't Stop", and "Throw Away Your Television" were written as concessions to Flea since most of the others feature Frusciante's melodic production.
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Intercourse with You
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Intercourse with You: "Warm Tape". Flea even went so far as to say something along the lines of "Play this song while making love" during a live performance. Granted, it's much more mature than the band's more… ostentatious material.
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Idiosyncratic Cover Art
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Idiosyncratic Cover Art: The cover art is a color-inverted painting of Frusciante's then-girlfriend. The cover for the "Universally Speaking" EP features the original painting, which has pink and purple hues.
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Updated Re-release
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Updated Re-release: "Slowly, Deeply" was an instrumental done during the Californication sessions, but the band delayed its release until it became a B-Side to "Universally Speaking".
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Unplugged Version
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Unplugged Version: "Cabron" is one of the band's very few acoustic songs, and the only featuring an acoustic bass. The band even played at the Bridge School Benefit, a benefit concert organized by Neil Young featuring an acoustic-only setlist. The band played most of their singles including "By the Way" and an early version of "Desecration Smile" from Stadium Arcadium.
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Word Salad Lyrics
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Word Salad Lyrics: Per Anthony Kiedis's style. There are even leaked demos of songs where Anthony sang gibberish over the master tracks in order to get a feel for the tune before adding proper lyrics.
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Grief Song
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Grief Song: "Dosed" could be a reference to Hillel Slovak, the band's first guitarist who died of a drug overdose.
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Surreal Music Video
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Surreal Music Video: "The Zephyr Song" takes the cake. It throws together a bunch of garishly colorful and looping shots of the band members performing, flowers blooming, whorls, hip-hop dancers, kaleidoscopic shots, birds, smoke, and sexy girls, in an attempt to mimic psychedelia. Granted, it's not true psychedelia - the video effects are too computerized - but it's still weird and beautiful. The video for "Can't Stop" also qualifies, by virtue of the entire thing being inspired by Erwin Wurm's One-Minute Sculptures. The band members balance trash bins, pin buckets against walls and do other seemingly unrelated things.
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Ode to Sobriety
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Ode to Sobriety: "Don't Forget Me". "The Zephyr Song" could also count.
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Abstract Apotheosis
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Abstract Apotheosis: "Don't Forget Me" lists various objects or personalities that are perhaps representative of a drug addict's life:
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