I still don’t know what the hell was up with the freestyle thing at the end of the second disc (Jupiter?).

I think you’re talking about Mars at the end of Death of a Martian. But yea, I still don’t understand why they released it in 2 discs with so many songs that just seemed like fillers (Stadium Arcadium, Hey, If, Death of a Martian, Hard to Concentrate, etc.) instead of 1 disc with some solid songs (Snow, Charlie, She’s Only 18, Tell Me Baby, 21st Century, etc.).

Yeah, Death of a Martian was the one. I dunno what they were thinking with that… spoken word doesn’t seem to be their forte.

I actually liked Stadium Arcadium. It’s kinda fun to play, at least. The one I didn’t like that seemed to get a little more coverage was Desecration Smile. It felt like they were trying to make Californication again.

All in all it just made me feel like it might be time for them to throw in the towel.

Forgot about Desecration Smile, I really don’t like that song. I’m not a huge fan of Stadium Arcadium, and I’m kind of surprised to see that you think it’s fun to play (I’m assuming guitar?). I don’t mind slow songs, but something about that particular tune just bothers me.

And yea, about 2 weeks after I purchased the CD, I was thinking that they should stop making more albums. They have a great selection up to now, and there’s no need to go and spoil it with less thought-out and more unimaginative songs.

Yeah, I am talking about guitar. Maybe fun was the wrong word… it’s a good zone-out song. It’s not super difficult, and the solo doesn’t use a lot of techniques. It’s great to just sorta play and relax to.

Plus, the tone John Frusciante uses in the solo reminds me of surf rock at half tempo.

Strange you should say that, I even tried playing each CD at 140% speed. It kinda sounded like the old days for a little while, then just got boring again.

Well I must disagree with nearly everyone here.

I have been into the Chili’s since the start (well maybe a couple of years after since I was only born when they were getting together but the first Album I got was “The Uplift Mofo Party Plan”).

I for one think Stadium Arcadium is quite a good album but then again I also like a lot of the B-sides too, which is maybe where a lot of the songs fit in, but at least it saves me buying all the singles to get them(which is where all the “fillers” would have ended up).

Why complain about it being on two discs and having what some people think are “fillers”, it’s for the same price as a normal album, seems like a good deal to me.

But perhaps the reason I do like it is that I find the material yet another evolution of what they have provided in the past. One thing you can say about the Chili’s is they don’t churn out the same music year on year like a lot of other shorter lived bands.

And I do owe to them the fact that I took up the bass guitar, heard them and thought, “Oh hold on, you don’t have to be a Singer or Guitarist to stand out” and have been playing for almost 18 years now.