amazing! rhcp pay homage to early (sheffield band) human league - from the time when they were experimental and cutting edge (not fluffy pop merchants)! this has made my night. wish i'd been there! check out reproduction and travelogue for GOOD human league stuff!
@ratscoot New Romantic not New Wave - I'm afraid - you Americans were always ten years behind. Human League were NOTHING to do with punk, post punk or new wave. Americans are funny :)
@xfenwrathx The last I heard the Chilli Peppers were American. and BTW I'm not British. The British aren't the only ones who think America is pathetic :)
@TheNewMusicNetwork WOW THAT'S SO TOTALLY AMAZING!! I just wish it meant something. HL go to see Devo and ........ what? WTF are you on about? Actually no it's OK. I just remembered I don't care.
@CompactJam BITCH LOL. It actually meant a lot. It's where pre-human league(the band that is being covered here) got a lot of their live/on stage ideas.
If you watch the documentary synth britania you might learn something, fag.
@TheNewMusicNetwork If you're trying to tell me that Human League were inspired by Devo I think you need help. Devo were a freakish offbeat side line rock band over here. Half as much theatre as music. I happen to like Devo but they are a lightweight band historically. Human League rejected classic rock combos and followed in the electronica steps of Krafwerk alongside bands like Fad Gadget, Spandau Ballet, Joy Division, B-Movie etc. They were founding members of the New Romantic movement
@TheNewMusicNetwork The point being, contrary to the caption on this clip the new wave in Britain (which included anything that wasn't directly punk) finished in Britain as the New Romantics pushed it aside. Human League never had anything to do with punk, new wave or any type of rock. They were with Teardrop Explodes, Scritti Politti dare I say even Duran Duran. Electronic music was their genre and they wore BIG HAIR and lots of make up. Some of these morphed into goths in later years
Fair play the chilii's do some bizarre covers
pawnsacrifice1 10 months ago
Love it 55secs is not enuff
carld1967 10 months ago
Whoa, this actually worked out well. I wondered how a guitar based take on the tune could even pan out, but they pulled it off. Nice.
xreddragonx 1 year ago
amazing! rhcp pay homage to early (sheffield band) human league - from the time when they were experimental and cutting edge (not fluffy pop merchants)! this has made my night. wish i'd been there! check out reproduction and travelogue for GOOD human league stuff!
YourGhostInTheSnow 1 year ago
Cracking version....
harrisonaard1 1 year ago
leave it to john to throw in a cover of a synthpop song out of nowhere. god bless that guy
antsorter 1 year ago
at the end somebody says "oh my god!"...
i agree with that!
john shows musical horizon...
ZEANski 2 years ago
Oh this is awesome. I love that song!
Happy Thanksgiving! Puerto Rican Love from NYC!
prlad85 3 years ago
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thedigitalcollective 3 years ago
why are you shocked?
fuckamericanidiot 2 years ago
Nice...nice touch :)
blotchydave 3 years ago 2
thats just mint,great post
gsxr7nut 3 years ago
Coo1........
mark140262 3 years ago
I assume John is payimg some respects as the
Don valley stadium is in Sheffield and the human league came from Sheffield
neilcarmouche 3 years ago
yeah he actually explained the fact at the gig.... possibly best gig i've ever been to
scrib001 2 years ago
Wow . I cant believe they even reme this really old song . He has he voice down !!!!
lovesGenet 3 years ago
No Peppers at all this !
petrusaloisius 3 years ago
That's awesome of them to cover this excellent tune. The Chili Peppers have always drawn from a range of Post-Punk/New Wave influences.
VernianProcess 4 years ago 6
For the kids: this is a cover of "being boiled" by the Human League, early 80's Brittish new wave.
ratscoot 4 years ago 9
Not new wave but new romantic
saddamsalaugh 4 years ago
@ratscoot New Romantic not New Wave - I'm afraid - you Americans were always ten years behind. Human League were NOTHING to do with punk, post punk or new wave. Americans are funny :)
CompactJam 11 months ago
@CompactJam Silly British, assuming every comment they don't like is American...
xfenwrathx 10 months ago
@xfenwrathx The last I heard the Chilli Peppers were American. and BTW I'm not British. The British aren't the only ones who think America is pathetic :)
CompactJam 9 months ago
@CompactJam Yet the americans in DEVO played in 77 and the human league guys(then the future) went to see them.
TheNewMusicNetwork 9 months ago
@TheNewMusicNetwork WOW THAT'S SO TOTALLY AMAZING!! I just wish it meant something. HL go to see Devo and ........ what? WTF are you on about? Actually no it's OK. I just remembered I don't care.
CompactJam 9 months ago
@CompactJam BITCH LOL. It actually meant a lot. It's where pre-human league(the band that is being covered here) got a lot of their live/on stage ideas.
If you watch the documentary synth britania you might learn something, fag.
/watch?v=R2BSRqR9QgI
TheNewMusicNetwork 9 months ago
@TheNewMusicNetwork If you're trying to tell me that Human League were inspired by Devo I think you need help. Devo were a freakish offbeat side line rock band over here. Half as much theatre as music. I happen to like Devo but they are a lightweight band historically. Human League rejected classic rock combos and followed in the electronica steps of Krafwerk alongside bands like Fad Gadget, Spandau Ballet, Joy Division, B-Movie etc. They were founding members of the New Romantic movement
CompactJam 9 months ago
@TheNewMusicNetwork The point being, contrary to the caption on this clip the new wave in Britain (which included anything that wasn't directly punk) finished in Britain as the New Romantics pushed it aside. Human League never had anything to do with punk, new wave or any type of rock. They were with Teardrop Explodes, Scritti Politti dare I say even Duran Duran. Electronic music was their genre and they wore BIG HAIR and lots of make up. Some of these morphed into goths in later years
CompactJam 9 months ago
human revival
chrisjcarter 4 years ago
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
zeezberlin 4 years ago
NICE TRIBUTE! respect
devoxtc 4 years ago
Muuuuuuito Bom
Obrigado
funix66hl 4 years ago
????? the peppers ????
ALLDALI 4 years ago