{"id":611,"date":"2025-10-06T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/?page_id=611"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:10:36","slug":"setlist-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/setlist-research\/","title":{"rendered":"setlist research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Californaction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Highest Quality)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6L0LIo35sF4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Californication&nbsp;is the seventh studio album by American rock band&nbsp;Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June&nbsp;8, 1999, on&nbsp;Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by&nbsp;Rick Rubin. Along with&nbsp;Blood Sugar Sex Magik,&nbsp;Californication&nbsp;is one of the band&#8217;s best-selling albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took Frusciante several weeks to readjust to playing with bandmates, especially while recovering from drug addiction.Singer&nbsp;Anthony Kiedis&nbsp;noted that as a result of this readjustment period, Frusciante adopted a minimalist approach to guitar playing. According to biographer Jeff Apter, the Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote between 30 and 40 songs for the album, which would eventually get distilled to 15 for the release.&nbsp;The band members took on a laid-back approach to writing music. As Kiedis said: &#8220;Everyone was having fun. It was as if we had nothing to lose, nothing to gain. We didn&#8217;t care; we were making music for the sake of making music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BASS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bass through the verses and intro alternates between 2 similar sections, where flea plays the root (a) then the fourth (d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DRUMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad Smith&#8217;s drumming on Californication is characterized by its&nbsp;dynamic, simple yet textured structure featuring a restrained use of cymbals, intricate snare ghost notes, and tight synchronization with&nbsp;Anthony Kiedis&#8217;s vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-1024x482.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-1024x482.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-1536x723.png 1536w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-2048x963.png 2048w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-1200x564.png 1200w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-15.25.18-1980x931.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LYRICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind&#8217;s elation<br>And little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotation<br>And if you want these kind of dreams it&#8217;s Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the edge of the world and all of Western civilization<br>The sun may rise in the East, at least it settled in a final location<br>It&#8217;s understood that Hollywood sells Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging<br>Celebrity skin, is this your chin, or is that war you&#8217;re waging?<br>First born unicorn<br>Hardcore soft porn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation<br>A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information<br>And buy me a star on the boulevard, it&#8217;s Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Space may be the final frontier, but it&#8217;s made in a Hollywood basement<br>And Cobain, can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station To Station?<br>And Alderaan&#8217;s not far away, it&#8217;s Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born and raised by those who praise control of population<br>Well, everybody&#8217;s been there and I don&#8217;t mean on vacation<br>First born unicorn<br>Hardcore soft porn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation<br>And earthquakes are to a girl&#8217;s guitar, they&#8217;re just another good vibration<br>And tidal waves couldn&#8217;t save the world from Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging<br>Sicker than the rest, there is no test, but this is what you&#8217;re craving<br>First born unicorn<br>Hardcore soft porn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<br>Dream of Californication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GUITAR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Californication&#8221; is defined by&nbsp;<br>John Frusciante&#8217;s iconic intro riff, which&nbsp;uses&nbsp;arpeggio picking&nbsp;over an Am-F chord progression, creating a flowing, cascading effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chord Progression: The riff is built on a simple, repeating one-bar progression of A minor (Am) followed by one bar of F major.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHESLEA<\/strong> <strong>DAGGER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sEXHeTcxQy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea Dagger&#8221; is a song by Scottish&nbsp;rock&nbsp;band&nbsp;the Fratellis. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album,&nbsp;<em>Costello Music<\/em>&nbsp;(2006), on 28 August 2006. It is named after&nbsp;Jon Fratelli&#8217;s wife Heather, a&nbsp;burlesque&nbsp;dancer whose stage name is a play on&nbsp;Britney Spears.&nbsp;Fratelli described the tune as &#8220;a rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll gig in an old&nbsp;speakeasy&nbsp;or something like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Gurdian they talk on how Jon Fratellis wife chose chelsea dagger as her stage name as a play on britney spears. She was getting ready to perform at club noir in Glasgow which was the world\u2019s biggest burlesque club night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tony-hoffer-producer\"><strong>Tony Hoffer, producer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The guardian also talks about the producer and his thoughts. &#8220;There was something cool happening with the Fratellis and I wanted to be part of it. But my first call with Jon was awkward. He asked who I\u2019d been working with, then told me: \u201cThat band sucks!\u201d We got into an argument and I thought: \u201cFuck these guys.\u201d I was really pissed. But it was just their Glaswegian sense of humour. It hits you like a brick wall.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2021\/mar\/29\/fratellis-chelsea-dagger-burlesque-dancer-britney-spears\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2021\/mar\/29\/fratellis-chelsea-dagger-burlesque-dancer-britney-spears<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, you know me well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I seen you and little Steven and Joanna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Round the back of my hotel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh yeah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone said you was asking after me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I know you best as a blagger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I said, tell me your name is it sweet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, my boy it\u2032s dagger, oh yeah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">chorus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was good she was hot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stealin&#8217; everything she got<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was bold she was over the worst of it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gave me gear, thank you dear, bring yer sister over here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let her dance with me just for the hell of it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">verse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Well you must be a boy with bones like that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said you got me wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would\u2032ve sold them to you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I could&#8217;ve just have kept the last of my clothes on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh yeah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call me up take me down with you when you go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could be your regular belle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;ll dance for little Steven and Joanna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2032Round the back of my hotel, oh yeah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">chorus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was good, she was hot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stealin\u2032 everything she got<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was bold she was over the worst of it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gave me gear thank you dear bring yer sister over here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let her dance with me just for the hell of it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">verse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea Chelsea I believe that when you&#8217;re dancing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slowly sucking your sleeve<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys get lonely after you leave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2032s one for the Dagger and another for the one you believe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea I believe that when you&#8217;re dancing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slowly sucking your sleeve<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys get lonely after you leave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2032s one for the Dagger, another for the one you believe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DRUM TABS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0158-821x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0158-821x1024.jpeg 821w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0158-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0158-768x958.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0158.jpeg 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GUITAR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chelsea Dagger guitar part features&nbsp;<br>an infectious, simple riff using chords in the key of G Major, primarily based on a G-D progression for the intro and chorus, with a more complex verse using G, A7, C, B7, E minor, and D chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key is to play with high energy, focusing on rhythmic power and melodic flair, with the signature part often involving a strong, driving strumming pattern and string muting to achieve its distinctive sound.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DAY<\/strong> <strong>TRIPPER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles - Day Tripper (Official Video)\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AYZlME0mQB8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Day Tripper is a song by the English rock band&nbsp;the Beatles&nbsp;that was released as a&nbsp;double A-side&nbsp;single with &#8220;We Can Work It Out&#8221; in December 1965. The song was written primarily by&nbsp;John Lennon&nbsp;with some contributions from&nbsp;Paul McCartney&nbsp;and was credited to the&nbsp;Lennon\u2013McCartney&nbsp;partnership. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the band&#8217;s&nbsp;Rubber Soul&nbsp;album. The single topped charts in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway. In the United States, &#8220;Day Tripper&#8221; peaked at number five on the&nbsp;Billboard&nbsp;Hot 100&nbsp;chart and &#8220;We Can Work It Out&#8221; held the top position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lennon described Day Tripper as a &#8220;drug song&#8221; in 1970, and in a 2004 interview McCartney said it was &#8220;about acid&#8221; (LSD).&nbsp;The song title is a play on words referring to both a tourist on a day-trip and a &#8220;trip&#8221; in the sense of a psychedelic experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day Tripper&#8221; is a rock song based around an electric guitar&nbsp;riff&nbsp;and drawing on the influence of American&nbsp;soul music. The Beatles included it in their concert set-list until their retirement from live performances in late August 1966. The band&#8217;s use of promotional films to market the single anticipated the modern&nbsp;music video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DRUMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0159-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0159-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0159-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0159-768x1662.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0159-710x1536.png 710w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0159-946x2048.png 946w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/11187140\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/980\/2025\/10\/IMG_0159.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GUITAR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guitar parts in The Beatles Day Tripper feature&nbsp;<br>a prominent, bluesy guitar riff based on an E7 chord and a distinctive rhythm guitar part that uses E and E7 power chords with a unique finger-bending technique to add the seventh note. The main riff outlines an E major chord, incorporating the&nbsp;flat seventh (D)&nbsp;and&nbsp;ninth (F#) notes, while the rhythm guitar part uses E and A chords, with the distinctive use of a pinky finger to add the E7 and A7 chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Got a good reason<br>For taking the easy way out<br>Got a good reason<br>For taking the easy way out now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a day tripper<br>A one way ticket, yeah<br>It took me so long to find out<br>And I found out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;s a big teaser<br>She took me half the way there<br>She&#8217;s a big teaser<br>She took me half the way there, now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a day tripper<br>One way ticket, yeah<br>It took me so long to find out<br>And I found out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tried to please her<br>She only played one night stands<br>Tried to please her<br>She only played one night stands, now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was a day tripper<br>Sunday driver, yeah<br>It took me so long to find out<br>And I found out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day tripper, yeah<br>Day tripper, yeah<br>Day tripper<br>Day tripper, yeah<br>Day tripper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Californaction Californication&nbsp;is the seventh studio album by American rock band&nbsp;Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June&nbsp;8, 1999, on&nbsp;Warner Bros. 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