Song Meaning Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Song Meaning Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers hit song "Californication" is a compilation of stories and scenes that singer Anthony Kiedis has witnessed while in the city or throughout his daily life. The lyrics about "psychic spies in china' were inspired by a woman Anthony witnessed rambling on the street. The song also makes various references to films and pop-culture, including Star Wars and Star Trek through the lines "Space may be the final frontier but its made in a Hollywood basement" and "Alderaan's not far away."

As the singer himself told Uncut Magazine in 1999:

"Well, it’s a new word, so it’s open to interpretation. For me it’s about the process of the world being affected for better, for worse, for ugly, for beautiful by the art and culture that is born in this State.” - Kiedis, The Spice Boys, James McNair, Unknown Publication (accessed through TheChiliSource.com)