Unbeknownst at the time, Californication was my destiny. It took me back behind the wheel on that road trip where I wanted to live anywhere but Texas and that wish finally came true. The Hollywood sign reminded me that my home was in L.A. And sometimes with all the stress of trying to survive we may forget where we live. Even though the car was stalled I still felt I was heading somewhere and that I was on the right path. It was a playful, happy-to-be-alive, phoenix-rising-from-the-ashes vibe.” That’s how it felt stuck in traffic in Hollywood. All those ideas were in the air when John started playing the guitar riff, and I immediately knew what the song was about. We vowed to try to be funny without using sarcasm as a crutch. Rick read a theory that it was incredibly detrimental form of humor that depresses the spirit of its proponents. Rick Rubin and I were talking about sarcasm. On the verge of the millennium, Frusciante made his dramatic return to the Red Hot’s and one of the first fruits of his collaboration with Anthony Kiedis was “Scar Tissue.” Anthony explained the meaning of “Scar Tissue when he said, “Scar Tissue was another song where you open up the top of your head and it comes dusting down from outer space. Frusciante took a sabbatical when he left the Peppers in 1992 during the Blood Sugar Sex Magic tour. One of the Red Hot Chili Peppers most beloved albums Californication signaled the return of the beautiful riffed sounds from guitarist John Frusciante. As “Scar Tissue” played with windows open and highway air flowing inside the car, with the sunset in the horizon, I felt that something amazing was ahead for all of us. The wheels of change were ahead of us and I remember driving and having this feeling that even though, there was tension with my soon to be ex, driving back from New Orleans, I knew my life was evolving. It was on this Californication trip to New Orleans was so memorable, I thought I could live in New Orleans. Changes were on the horizon and even though we were heading to Louisiana, that road trip, were the first steps to me eventually moving to California in 2006. It was a very significant trip for all of us. It was right after the “Scar Tissue” single dropped and we played nothing but Californication on that road trip. Listening to “Scar Tissue” immediately took me back to 1999 to San Antonio and that road trip my former paramour, her two friends and I took to New Orleans. It was the actual Hollywood sign above me and I smiled. The other day I was stuck in traffic on Highland, coming back from once again selling CD’s at Amoeba, so we could eat for another week, and then I saw the sign as “Scar Tissue” from Red Hot Chili Peppers came on the radio. Don’t Forget the Songs-365: Mach Dos: Day 264
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