Death of a Martian (Interview)

[blakeandcamp]

this is one of those songs that a band/artist makes as a tribute, but can never play live. it's too emotional. even though it's a dog, I mean you can just tell from the video how much flea loved martian.

[TheMew4]

This song wasnt generally loved by everyone and it sort of went unnoticed on the album. But it's one of my favorite songs off of SA. It's absolutely beautiful:)

[GnrRnR13]

love anthonys freddy kreugar sweater!

[MatiasBeast]

I learned all the lyrics to the ending part of this song in 2 days.. Sang it (or SAID i cannot sing xD) at home, at school, at guitar lessons. Just amazing song..

[rbobert18]

Hahaha.ya it fuckin, it's fucking bangin... It bangs...

[JeffreyChaucer2]

I find this song brilliant! Listen to it again and again - so great and heartfull!

[omarkaya42]

yeah....fuzzy bass solos are always a nice thing to have. now let's get back to my poem at the end cuz that's what people really think about when they think about the song. self centered in the extreme.

[ChiliPepsJF]

"its really fuckin bangin, just bangs" -flea hahahaha:D

[TheMsMETALscorpion]

you see this is why rap is utter crap it has no meaning in the song when rock music has a message in the song

[hasnachos]

@TheMsMETALscorpion thats not always true. the rap you've heard is meaningless mainstream garbage when the rappers are in it only for money. lilwayne and t pain others like that is shit. they're nothing like dmx or immortal technique. songs i'd recommend you listen to so you can see what im talking about.

"you never know" "dance with the devil" by immortal technnique and "slippin" by dmx. these songs all have a story or a message behind them. PLZ LISTEN TO THEM.

[Zer0RHCP14]

Rhcp fl!!

[TheMatheus625]

I don't know how to say

Losin' what I love today

[redhotchilipepper432]

ok,i memorized this whol song!

kk, balpars and racal powers.. watching us in your garge.dead girl you ate the neighbor..the nova is ova wake up and play by the radio make room for clevers reffee the nova is ova tick tock and wating for the meteor this clock is opining another door.like the love just keep it comeing makeing something out of nothing these are the best that i.idk how to say, look at what i loved today and these are the bset that i.to continue....

[JEH78]

@redhotchilipepper432

Hate to say but those lyrics are WAY off.

[redhotchilipepper432]

ok,i memorized this whol song!evry..lyric!/word.!!and i saw this vid and watched it.!love fela, love the dog! and stuff

[redhotchilipepper432]

ok,i memorized this whol song!evry..lyric!/word.!!and i saw this vid and watched it.!love fela, love the g/og! and stuff

[redhotchilipepperite]

why can't i find a live version of it :((((( if anybody has i link, i would appreciate it, thanks

[geletmote]

@redhotchilipepperite yeah Im tryingto look for ine now too i tdont think they ever performed this live

[Pirategirl336]

hehe this dog had a very special flea =)

[wowprogamer1]

''And to me it as very special it was like she was sort of our spirit guide in that time''

Damnit must have been a cool dog since it was about the same size as chad

[JenniferwubzHBK]

I was so confused when I think interview and I see Anthony sitting across the couch from Flea, whose dog he's talking about. o_o

[Jizmol]

i really want to snoop thru there cds

[TheyCallMeMurf]

my god me too

[redpepper38]

I love there spirit and energys... You make me want to be a better person, thank you!!

[mj2skater]

anyone know what breed of dog she was?

[phillramirez]

@mj2skater, She was a Bullmastiff.

[MADDIEB2008]

I had no idea this song was about Flea's dog.

It has always been one of my favorites on the album.

[bloodsugarsexpatrick]

"fucking bangin"

[chelseykate14]

Anyone who can love a dog so much to make a song about them is pretty damn awesome.

[mj2skater]

@chelseykate14

Very true.. have you heard the song Bron-Y-Aur Stomp by Led Zeppelin? Its about his dog too

[ledzepelinfreak]

@mj2skater haha really? if i ever became an artist i would do the same for my dog!

[ChalicoKiks008]

It's the same dog who appears as an artwork on by the way?!

[ezt123dp]

"fuzz bass solo's are always exciting" lol Anthony

[ludwigdrummers]

"....and it's really fuckin' Banging!" thahaaaa.........flea love you....xD

[crazyjoedevola423]

where did u get this footage? who hosted the interview?

[Nebax]

amazing song and amazing dog i guess =3

[tehgaff08]

anyone know who wrote the poem in the outro?

I want to use it for a speech class but I will need to know who wrote it and its title

[AmplifyLC]

flea wrote it :)

[tehgaff08]

@AmplifyLC

No he didn't. If that were true Anthony would have said that, and/or Flea would have recognized it and not felt the need to ask about it.

Did you even watch this video?!?!?!?!?!?

[tehgaff08]

WRONG!!! look again....... 2:28

did you even watch the whole video?

[AmplifyLC]

@ tehgaff08

ok no need to get frustrated lol. Your right I didn't see the whole video, and after watching it i was a bit puzzled. I've seen this song in two live performances where Anthony clearly says Flea wrote that outro powm. If i can find the video, i doubt it's on youtube but if it is I'll post it. but you see what you can do it look up the lyrics and google who wrote it if i'm wrong, but i'm positive anthony said flea wrote it in atleast 2 live performances. sorry

[tehgaff08]

@AmplifyLC

sorry I just didnt see my reply posted so i didnt know if it was submitted.

but this interview is pretty self-evident

[microminx]

actually they say that john wrote it in the video

[TheNightRanger]

he said that he was coming out of some dark times, Does that refer to his Heroine addiction? and if so, does anyone know if he is clean, or what? cuz i always just assumed he was on drugs a lot, but this interview maked me second guess myself. also i like the end "she would eat anything, she was amaxing" lol

[SilverSleeping]

theyve been clean for a while now since californication i think

[arielblu3]

love this song.! never thought it was about a doggie named Martian...cute..and sad

[KainyStyle]

That's a great song! One of the best!

[SebaChannel]

if is a exciting song like they say, then why they never play it at an live concert?

[mikolene97]

Probably cause Anthony can't remember the poem at the end

[SebaChannel]

is too long

[mikolene97]

yea

[olafvisser]

i know it :O

[mikolene97]

@olafvisser lol

[RHCPFreaklol]

Probably because Anthony has might have some trouble singing it live.

[ks4467]

gracias

[kd7267]

I'm so sorry...

[goodinbed64]

rip martian. dogs have flea's but flea had a special dog.

[killzkow]

@goodinbed64 a special flea

[kharlos84]

flea is funny

[aaaaaallpppp]

the song is great

[RasBeirute]

No, thats the bassist.

[DnylF1]

hope they can re-merge someday

[CuttinUrselfAintCool]

waddaya mean by that?

[fairgrey]

what a cool name for a dog....

u can tell flea really love that dog

[claudethemonkey]

sound a little like lou dog.

[austinandzekesstuff]

ya it does... sublime is good. rhcp is best!

[goodinbed64]

lol i love red hot chili peppers second sublime!!!!!

[antvillain]

you are dumb

[opeygibs]

"a fuzz bass solo's always very exciting"

[aliebear]

poor puppie awwe... anthony is sooo gorgeous!! :P

[greenglostic8478]

haha

flea had another dog too, didn't he? i forgot its name...i think it started with a C?

[buddhajapan]

i used to be a fan before keidis was in that commercial saying he was a servant to the president. now i think he's a freakin idiot.

[heyassmanx]

tell me more, wtf????

[buddhajapan]

search for "ashton kutcher's i pledge" video. it's a bunch of celebrities saying they will be better people now that obama is in office. and half of them say things like "i pledge to be a servant to barack obama" like keidis and demi moore, etc. it's freakin scary.

[goodinbed64]

watch?v=51kAw4OTlA0#

anthony kiedis is in this vid

[villesgirl123]

man i cant see him in that video where he pledges, can you tell me where he is in that vid?

[sebinthedark11]

maybe because they are the rhcp -_-"

flea and anthony (bassist and singer)

[Gangboy1111]

I laughed so hard when he told the story about the wind-up toy.

RIP Martian

[kiedisisgreat]

the song is soooo beautiful...

it makes me cry :'(

i love anthony for singing a song in memory of martian...

it shows that even rockstars that have been on drugs still have a heart...

RHCP...i love you for life .....

[Fabbobi]

"about the same size as chad" lol

[camster4153]

its really fukin banging

[ricta9]

it bangs lol

[Maxcheee]

Poor dog..

[luciealie]

Happy dog, good life beside Flea :-D

[luciealie]

Happy dog. Good life beside Flea, watching RHCP in progress.

[blakemoody3]

great fucking tune

[FunkyStyleyMel]

deos anthony have 2 boston terriors?

[loverhcp4ever]

i don't think so, but he has one dog, i can't really remember what it was but i want to say it's something small and his name is buster

[TheVelvetElvis]

Anthony had a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Buster. I believe he died though unfortunately.

[TheOriginalTaterbug]

So everyone knows, the inspiration of the song was from Martian, but after Martian died, so did Buster. That's why the lyrics are so tear-jerking.

[chodemafia5]

Okay, everybody, Anthony's dog's name is Buster, Flea's dog's name is Martian. Understood?

[20rebeka08]

2;05 lol

[20rebeka08]

omg RIP martian

i love that song

iv seen the interviue with flea playing with the dog and

it was so cute

i love the impression flea dose of the dog frowing up its toy! lmao

[SomethingOriginal91]

oh oops ok i get it lol

[giub81]

great song

great band

even greater this is about dogs

dogs are like angels

[robin440]

gerar

[nyhockey67]

amazing fuckin song. just the lyrics are beautiful. the outro poem part is just wow. thats all i can say is wow

[barbaracevasco]

it´s so beautiful to hear the way they talk about a dog...it makes them even better not as a band but as human beings...i love them...more and more!

[ladmignavigere]

it's at johns house :) you can see it in the video to "the past recedes"

[ThePatient189]

lol i love how hippie-ish Anthony is

[markypoopy]

antonys dog buster is one of the reasons he stopped taking drugs. i cant even imagine how he must have felt when buster died. i guess this song is about her too even tho it was wrote before.

[cyberikon]

correction: buster was a male.

[alleTiger]

Wierd that they didnt talk about Anthonys dog Buster who died under the recording of the CD too, RIP both dogs

[Jeremy1281988]

omg, that is so horrible.

My dog just died 2 days ago, and I just can't imagine ever smiling again.

They are both so amazing to just talk about dogs like that.

RIP Buster, Martian and Emma Lee.... I love you baby.

[dvs1717]

wtf buster died

"I just look over at my dog and remember that Buster's never seen me high" scar tissue

[alleTiger]

scar tissue is from 2004, buster died under the recording of stadium arcadium just as martian

[dvs1717]

I wasn't saying that at all. I just meant thats fucked up and sad that his dog died and then threw in a quote from his book to show what the dog meant to him

[fartknocker265]

curection'the dogs name was martian

[theroseoftralee]

Correction...that's how you spell correction!

And another correction Fleas dog is called martian!

[SomethingOriginal91]

not buster martian. hence the name of the song. fleas dog. not anthony's.

[nolie94]

buster didnt die at that time, he got buster when he started becoming sober again, and that was his motivation to not get high again, buster died in 2006

[EmmaaaaMar]

Flea is sexy!

[Drum44er]

look at the huge rack of all the cds in the background

[foogrrrl]

where is that?

[Drum44er]

most likely it would be in the background of the video, as in behind the white couch that flea and anthony are sitting on, its made of wood parallel to the wall which is white...now heres a question for you. where are your eyes?

[reelbigcheese]

Rofl

[rhcp4everandlonger]

stop at 2:52!

flea is the best

[julimine]

flea is the fucking godd of bass!!! i love the band i love all of theem

[iMessenger]

lol at the throwing up of the toy!

[tucc4113]

haha yeah

[funkadelic1992]

anthony wore that sweater in 99

[91Omerde]

it's a nice sweater

[rhupliftmofocp]

yea, i like.

[bernie1111]

flea's so fuckin ugly. gotta love him!

[tucc4113]

flea is sexy!

[anth00000]

lmfao jcz1000, yh Flea's face at 00:36

[OnEdge365]

God, Bless MARTIAN, dogs DO carry their own spirits, they seem to be almost human sometimes.

[bernie1111]

its cause they have eyebrows!

[lisam805]

Dogs are more human than human. :)

[9TayldFox]

its cool they dedicated a song to martian.

[jcz1000]

lol i love flea's face at 0.36, which is kinda saying yea i know plz dont tell them lol

[ChiliManiac0x]

Aw man, i was gonna write out the oem bit at the end of the song, but it was more than 500 characters. Jeez. Yeah, thanks YouTube - it was gonna be my time to shine...

[ChiliManiac0x]

*i mean Poem

[interpolluter29]

Why not write a poem in bits like you just did with replying to your own comment?

[samuelw88]

ok now it is playing but its stopping and starting so its taken an hour to see the first 30 seconds...wtf is going on, youtube is so fucking gay sometimes

[samuelw88]

i really want to see the vid but it only plays the first 5 seconds then stops and it wont play the rest...anyone know why this is?

[TheTorminator]

does anybody know what the song at the end is called or who it is by?

I know its not by AK because he says so in the vid!

[TheTorminator]

he used someone elses...he got it out of a book of random poems

[pinman101]

does he mean he used a random poem of his, or someone elses?

[Miythman77]

Was this from some TV movie or somthing?

[juankamilo]

no its from a special cd set of stadium arcadium it also comes in a black box

[mealexy]

definitely one of my favorites from Stadium Arcadium, but i wish that the poem at the end of the song had more relevance, you know? seems a little disingenuous to write a song about a friend and then add a "random poem"at the end. still sounds amazing.

[luvmesayhellyes]

ahh thats soo nice dat day dedecated a song 2 a dog RHCP rule

[cowa11]

lol theere in johns housse..i think

[chsdrumcorps]

"big girl you ate the neighbor"

[RHCP88DK]

it's from their black box

[ABSBCU]

where is this interview from??

[Prostakma23]

never tought this song was about a dog!

amazing, they loved her so much

and wrote her a song

ooo that's cool

[rsmcintosh]

look how michael smiles when he talks about her. You cannot measure the love there. Yea, that's cool

[cm524]

it sounds like she was small in anthony's book.

[Tomcom403]

I reckon this is my fav song on S A

[buzzedbunny123]

man, they can turn anything spiritul

[lottjoew95]

they defenitly can... 8|

[GalacticaCAG]

haha, so true

[jredshaw5]

English Mastiff

[Tomcom403]

Does any1 know what type of dog martian was?

[goaliekidd1]

mastiff

[LordHeeni]

I love how flea talks about his dog in the end of the clip. He seems so happy and giggly, aah!

[sunsetblvard]

go flea's dog!

[elmerion]

Cheers for Fleas dog Cheers for Peppers,this song is a really good ending for the CD

[rhcpfankc]

could you invite me to that group, it says you need to be invited

thank u

[Fik0n]

Blues for the Martian?

[NosileRHCP]

it think it's great that the chilis have done a song like that coz it tough to lose a beloved family pet so good on them

[Hadarp2]

How adorable, Anthony has a lisp (i find that very cute)...

The man's so sexy and adorable. I LOVE him.

Congratulations for him and his baby on it's way!

AK is gonna be a daddy, I'm so happy ^___^

[alleTiger]

Anthony said in a interview that he started to lisp after he stopped using drugs

[Hadarp2]

really? do u have a link for that interview?

[alleTiger]

its probably on youtube somewhere, i saw it on mtv

[nicole64123]

really? thats intresting. =)

[SHOOKIE3]

if anyone has ever lost a beloved best friend that is your dog, this song will bring you to your knees in tears of joy and sorrow because they become so much a part of us. unconditional non-judgemental love, there isn't anything like it in the world.......

[cheesypasta]

riiiiiiiight.

it all makes sense now

[rhcpxlove]

the first time i heard this song i was like wtf?! but then i figured out it really was about flea's dog, and it makes so much more sense now

[JohnFrusciante37]

Can you translate this for portuguese??? thx