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Deep Kick
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SONG
Performances
39
Released On
One Hot Minute
September 12, 1995
Studio Album
Working Title
Psychedelic
Recorded On
June 1994 - February 1995
The Sound Factory · Los Angeles, CA
Lyrics
It started when we were little kids
Free spirits but already tormented by our own hands
Given to us by our parents
We got together and wrote on desks and slept in laundry rooms near snowy mountains
And slipped through whatever cracks we could find
Minds altered, we didn't falter
In portraying hysterical and tragic characters in a smog filled universe
We loved the dirty city
And the journeys away from it
We had not yet been or seen our friends, selves
Chase tails round and round in downward spirals
Leaving trail of irretrievable, vital life juice behind
Still, the brothers, blood comrades, partner, family, cousin was impenetrable
And we lived inside it, laughing with no clothes
And everything experimental until death was upon us
In our face, mortality
And lots of things seemed futile then, but love and music can save us
And did, while the giant grey monster grew
More poisoned and volatile around us
Jaws clamping down and spewing ugly shit around
Nothing is the same
So we keep moving
We keep moving

Oh shit, oh shit

Went off and got some hair cuts
Looking wild and got all drugged up
Hopped a train into the night
Got a ride with a transvestite
Two boys in San Francisco
Two boys in San Francisco
Blasted off in a BART bathroom
Those coppers woke us up
Motherfuckers woke us up

Two young brothers on a hovercraft
Telepathic love and belly laughs

Storm the stage of Universal
Slim shine talk box go subversal
Papa's proud and so he sent us
Pounding hearts full and relentless
Two boys in London, England
Two boys in London, England
Climbing out of hostel windows
Wearing gear so out but in though
Come on kid and do the no, no

Two young brothers on a hover craft
Telepathic love and belly laughs

Oh shit, oh shit

We went to Fairfax High School
Jumped off buildings into their pools
We'd sit down, grease at Canters
Run like hell 'cause they can't catch us
Two boys in L.A. proper
Two boys in L.A. proper
Stealing anything that we could
Gotta sneak into the Starwood
Gotta peak into the deep good

I remember 10 years ago in Hollywood
We did some good and we did some real bad stuff
But the Butthole Surfers said
"It's better to regret something you did
Than something you didn't do"
Yeah, we were young and we were looking, looking
Looking for the deep kick
Yeah, seen 'em come, seen 'em go
And I feel I'm getting close to you
Performances
Partial Performances
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JUL 11

1996
Wembley Arena
London, England
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JUL 09

1996
Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy
Paris, France
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JUL 05

1996
Peninsula of Lake Malsaucy (Eurockéennes de Belfort Festival)
Belfort, France
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JUL 03

1996
Oslo Spektrum
Oslo, Norway
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JUN 29

1996
Festivalpladsen (Roskilde Festival)
Roskilde, Denmark
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JUN 28

1996
Sittertobel (OpenAir St. Gallen Festival)
St. Gallen, Switzerland
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JUN 26

1996
Sports Hall
Prague, Czech Republic
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JUN 25

1996
Kisstadion
Budapest, Hungary
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JUN 15

1996
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (KROQ Weenie Roast)
Irvine, CA, United States
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MAY 14

1996
Sydney Entertainment Center
Sydney, Australia
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MAY 03

1996
Ericsson Stadium
Auckland, New Zealand
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APR 16

1996
San Diego Sports Arena
San Diego, CA, United States
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APR 12

1996
KeyArena at Seattle Center
Seattle, WA, United States
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APR 08

1996
ARCO Arena
Sacramento, CA, United States
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APR 06

1996
Cow Palace
Daly City, CA, United States
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APR 04

1996
Great Western Forum
Inglewood, CA, United States
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APR 03

1996
America West Arena
Phoenix, AZ, United States
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MAR 14

1996
Civic Arena
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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MAR 12

1996
Gund Arena
Cleveland, OH, United States
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MAR 11

1996
Market Square Arena
Indianapolis, IN, United States
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MAR 07

1996
The Palace of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, MI, United States
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MAR 06

1996
United Center
Chicago, IL, United States
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FEB 16

1996
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, NY, United States
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FEB 14

1996
USAir Arena
Landover, MD, United States
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FEB 12

1996
Worcester Centrum
Worcester, MA, United States
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FEB 09

1996
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY, United States
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FEB 08

1996
Fleet Center
Boston, MA, United States
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FEB 06

1996
CoreStates Spectrum
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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OCT 23

1995
Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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OCT 20

1995
Hallenstadion
Zurich, Switzerland
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OCT 18

1995
Le Zénith
Paris, France
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OCT 16

1995
Ahoy
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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OCT 14

1995
Stockholm Globe Arena
Stockholm, Sweden
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OCT 11

1995
Deutschlandhalle
Berlin, Germany
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OCT 08

1995
Forest National
Brussels, Belgium
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OCT 04

1995
Brixton Academy
London, England
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OCT 03

1995
Brixton Academy
London, England
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OCT 01

1995
Point Theatre
Dublin, Ireland
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SEP 27

1995
Subterania Club
London, England
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MAY 28

2017
Rogers Place
Edmonton, Canada
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OCT 19

1994
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA, United States
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