What Is This? - Flow (previously unreleased B-side, Hillel Slovak on vocals!)

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  • @mikemorrison270
    @mikemorrison270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Jungleman & Behind the Sun.
    I love Hillel.

  • @joealexandra7185
    @joealexandra7185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    You can hear in this song the elements of at least three songs that will later be on Hillel's debut RHCP album Freaky Styley: Jungle Man, Freaky Styley, and Yertle the Turtle. Hillel was the best.

    • @Brokenface
      @Brokenface ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rlokos2462 but It was Hillel debut with The Chilis, also guitar tone in this Song Is the same as Freaky Styley

    • @joealexandra7185
      @joealexandra7185 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rlokos2462
      I didn't say it was, genius. I said it was Hillel's debut RHCP album.

    • @gringo3002
      @gringo3002 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was the first RHCP ALBUM he was on, but he was previously on their 1983 Demo.

    • @gringo3002
      @gringo3002 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Brokenface Hillel Slovak previously played on RHCP's 1983 Demo.

  • @chrismijares488
    @chrismijares488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Having learned and covered a lot of RHCP songs in the past, I’m scratching my head wondering how I’m just now hearing this for the first time! That guitar work is phenomenal... I’m going to have to work this out!

    • @nathanielparker6259
      @nathanielparker6259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you figure it out? I'm struggling to figure out how. I think I've got the right tone, but still can't figure out what he's playing

    • @flylvr5918
      @flylvr5918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nathanielparker6259 i believe he’s playing the a, d, and g string on the 5th fret harmonic and d, g, and b string on the 7th fret harmonic. i cant figure out how to get that tone though, could be a wah pressed fully down maybe?

    • @quitethe2stroke881
      @quitethe2stroke881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@flylvr5918 I think there is some chorus involved as well. Not as much as normal, but I definitely hear it

  • @DaniellaAdorno
    @DaniellaAdorno 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I love Hillel's voice!!

  • @antoniocamilloni60
    @antoniocamilloni60 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Just love this song...it shows just what's it was all about in that era: simple, straight, deep, groovy...awesome!!!

  • @edybocman76
    @edybocman76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The sound of hillel guitar is rhcp soul i know most people now john fruciante he is the perfect guitar player after hillel die but , this sound is the real rhcp even john had a little of it in the mother milk , bssm era

    • @hardboiledfrog
      @hardboiledfrog 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah man. This was the sound that hit my soul just right with rhcp.

  • @Sherar84
    @Sherar84 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I Love this Chorus on his guitar! Hillel forever!

  • @mathiasperalta4070
    @mathiasperalta4070 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Alain Johannes... such a genius

    • @RobertoGinsburg
      @RobertoGinsburg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mathías Peralta He is from Chile

  • @TheRealSplexy
    @TheRealSplexy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    My interpretation of the lyrics:
    Sometimes
    Every night and every day
    Sweet-tooth's away
    Like a fever dream
    But thats okay
    Talk to puncture chemicals anyway
    And when I sleep, and when I sleep
    There is no up or down
    There is no gravity
    Come lose your place (in the) river
    Anyone let us anytime
    I can, I can see the light
    Crushing we're all unified
    Maybe your love is a hit song
    I'll try to find, I'll form each thought
    I'll tip on tongue
    Say that you're a small fish
    Soaked into the wave of a stormed ocean
    The flow is all we need to keep
    I'll breathe every emotion
    Come lose your place (in the) river
    Anyone let us anytime
    I can, I can see the light
    Crushing we're all unified
    Distance is all an illusion
    Like the distance from soul to mind
    Like the distance from space
    To mankind
    Seems from my head, I get my strength
    All I can keep up is a mountain range
    And meeting to get (to) know your lips
    Which I can flow
    Come lose your place (in the) river
    Anyone let us anytime
    I can, I can see the light
    Crushing we're all unified
    Idk how accurate these are, but since I've been trying to learn this on guitar by ear I though i'd try the lyrics too. some parts in the song are clearer than others, but i hope this helps some people or something idk.

    • @MatanTheCohen
      @MatanTheCohen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you!

    • @MatanTheCohen
      @MatanTheCohen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      did you succeed to do it on your guitar?

    • @jacobgeorgian72
      @jacobgeorgian72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Every night and every day
      Seem to pass away
      Like a freight train

    • @lachie30
      @lachie30 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks to Alain's vocals I think the second line of the last chorus is:
      "Never, never say die"
      Still trying to decipher what the last line of that chorus is, it sounds slightly different from previous ones!

  • @jennyjenny8662
    @jennyjenny8662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So Funky it hurts whoa..damn..feeling this..good job..RIP dude..this so hard and melodic..I Hate Drugs..such a Lie and Destroyer...good peeps bad peeps they destroy.

  • @blackstrawv
    @blackstrawv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think this should be released in an album. And I really wanted to learn how to play this song on my electric guitar

  • @blueshirt821
    @blueshirt821 8 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The bass kind of sounds like Jungle Man by RHCP

    • @Srul_ms
      @Srul_ms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well he was a part rhcp in freaky styley
      But this was earlier "what is this"

  • @harriheinsoo
    @harriheinsoo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    it's amazing how similar Anthym/What Is This sounds to early RHCP, yet it all makes sense as both groups shared the key members

    • @Metal-Possum
      @Metal-Possum 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They really don't sound alike. This song perhaps, but the stuff with video clips is more like fairly conventional 80's rock/pop, in its own unique way.

  • @RobertoGinsburg
    @RobertoGinsburg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Great. Sounds a little bit like *Gang Of Four* and *Bush Tetras* .

  • @giovannirisatti7279
    @giovannirisatti7279 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this is really crazy stuff

  • @FrankieStans
    @FrankieStans 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice bass-guitar sounds and dark singing. Hearing some "Yertle" guitarplay at the end....

  • @Bullet19881988
    @Bullet19881988 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Omg yes

  • @JonBowneReports
    @JonBowneReports 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you!

  • @danielaverill521
    @danielaverill521 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dope

  • @thehumanoperator
    @thehumanoperator 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The bassist here was Flea , not Chris Hutchinson . This was a demo . And for the record , Was Alain who thaught to Flea in Jack´s house for the battle of the bands. Its better talk with the people in first person.

    • @clhutch61
      @clhutch61 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Wrong, I played bass on both Flow versions.

    • @therarestones
      @therarestones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@clhutch61 Do you have the other version of this track? I've only seen it listed on a Test Pressing of the self titled LP

    • @VahnSlovak
      @VahnSlovak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good to know this, hillel's brothers said that it's not Hillel here, im sure he suffer somekind of amnesia

    • @LovelyDisgracefromInnerspace
      @LovelyDisgracefromInnerspace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tbf, both Anthony and Flea have said it was Hillel who taught him, so it is not strange people say this.
      I really wish the RHCP would make some tracks with Alain some day. It would be awesome, without a doubt.

    • @BARTFUNKBASS
      @BARTFUNKBASS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wrote a message to Alain Johannes some time ago. He confirmed the line-up from the video description [Alain Johannes, Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons and Chris Hutchinson]. Some fans had doubts if Hillel actually sang the main vocals. Yes, it was him!

  • @BigSky1
    @BigSky1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    XTC meets Talking Heads and Television.

  • @phantomlord91
    @phantomlord91 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Woah! Sounds a bit like Mark Sandman (Morphine)

  • @markschroeder5559
    @markschroeder5559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Elliot Sharp meets Adrian Belew meets David Bowie (kindvf).

  • @adityatyagi4009
    @adityatyagi4009 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Hillel has a very unique sound. It seems as if he takes an approach utilizing microtones (at least on this track). Very interesting.

    • @maxmunzert9725
      @maxmunzert9725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are literally 0 microtones on this track. You might be thinking of harmonics.

    • @adityatyagi4009
      @adityatyagi4009 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are literally microtones on this track. I'm not thinking of harmonics. I am thinking microtones. If you know what to listen for, you will hear them.

  • @hippiechick2112
    @hippiechick2112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been listening to this a lot. Where did you find it?????? This is amazing!!!

  • @davidkunikis6687
    @davidkunikis6687 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool af

  • @adderon
    @adderon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lots of Andy Summers/Adrian Belew vibes here. Nice!

  • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
    @shruggzdastr8-facedclown 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe that this was on an early-career singles b-sides compilation called "What Is It?" that I had a CD copy of back in the '90s

    • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
      @shruggzdastr8-facedclown 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ...but this might be an alternate take of the track that is on that album

  • @beyzanurgulsum3769
    @beyzanurgulsum3769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anyone else getting huge HUUGE led zeppelin four sticks vibe from the song… especially melodically

  • @jkuebler89
    @jkuebler89 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unpopular opinion I'm sure, but this is proof that they didn't need Keidis to be a hig hit. This trio has got it. I love RHCP but I've never been wowed by Anthony's "singing".

  • @Evangelista_airsoft
    @Evangelista_airsoft ปีที่แล้ว

  • @josemiguelcarrizo7373
    @josemiguelcarrizo7373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This reminds me of some The Police b-side.

  • @bmoneyrancidfan91
    @bmoneyrancidfan91 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is sick reminds me of some modest mouse

  • @fantasyvsreality6800
    @fantasyvsreality6800 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    how did you get this?

    • @VahnSlovak
      @VahnSlovak ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A fan with the nickname "Nerkon" published this b-sides songs from What is this? in the Eleven page (mundoeleven).
      I've been fan from Alain, Eleven, Jack long time ago.
      It was weird for me that nobody publish the songs.
      When the guy from Cali Theatro sessions, Greathest Hits publish many demos in the forum Stadium Arcadium, i told him i have this b-sides, for exchange more demo songs.
      There is another one called Haitian Bro where Alain sings and Flea plays bass (there is another version in the E.P from ex girlfriend's Hillel: Addie Brik)

  • @liogg14
    @liogg14 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Organic Anti-Beat Box Band bass? :o

  • @michaelcadigan317
    @michaelcadigan317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How can I obtain this song or record

  • @rch6650
    @rch6650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Way cooler than RHCP

  • @readysetglow
    @readysetglow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    holy shit toxic tone

  • @devonkessler4021
    @devonkessler4021 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    can anyone understand these lyrics? he sings so low & quiet; can't make out chorus either. can someone print the lyrics? appreciate it!

  • @AshaRenWooly
    @AshaRenWooly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is this was way better than rhcp in every way .

  • @prangmasterflash5590
    @prangmasterflash5590 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tab?

    • @dementedmidget05
      @dementedmidget05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      play along to it. that's the most fun way to learn it

    • @maxmunzert9725
      @maxmunzert9725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dementedmidget05 how are you just gonna play it to learn it when you don’t know how to play it yet

  • @renzovicentecastro7024
    @renzovicentecastro7024 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    lyrics

  • @sunepedersen8537
    @sunepedersen8537 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot like Behind the Sun

  • @skyflowers2595
    @skyflowers2595 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I dont like t rhcp. The music just doesn't do it for me. This sounds cooler..

    • @RobertoGinsburg
      @RobertoGinsburg 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +skyflowers RHCP is very better than WIT.

    • @Metal-Possum
      @Metal-Possum 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RHCP are a subject of the Mandela Effect. Some folk are swear they released a good album once.

    • @vasilis1963
      @vasilis1963 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You and the 5 people who like your comment have only heard 5 RHCP songs ...These guys have 11 incredible albums ..

    • @generalskunk6876
      @generalskunk6876 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I like both

    • @TheRealSplexy
      @TheRealSplexy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Metal-Possum learn grammar, and taste in music