Red Hot Chili Peppers did something unusual when they played a small show on Saturday.
The band included their song “Out in L.A.” as part of their eight-song playlist at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music.
The 1983 song was specifically written for the band’s first performance and had previously gone unplayed for the past 19 years.
Listen to the remastered version of “Out in L.A.” below.
Lyrics:
We’re all a bunch of brothers livin’ in a cool way
Along with six million others in this place called L.A.L.A. is the place, sets my mind ablaze
For me, it’s a race through a cotton pickin’ mazeThe town makes me jump, it’s got a bunch of bad chicks
Well sure, it’s got some chumps but I still get my kicks
My body loves to scrump when I lick the ripe pick
Like a come on a thumb
Poppin’ hump, hump, hump, pop outThe action never stops, I’m as wild as can be
‘Cos I’m shooting for the top with my best friend the Flea
Oom Chucka Willy knew the balls to pop
But he never met the Tree so he never be-bopped out hop!Antwan the Swan, from the pretty fish pond
Was a bad mother jumper, you could tell he was strong
He war a cold paisley jacket and a hellified hat
And between his legs was a sweat young lassHe threw a hundred women up against the wall
And he swore to fear that he’d love ’em allBy the time he got to ninety nine, he had to stop
Because that’s when he thought that he heard a fopLast night and the night before, I heard a
Fop outside, then I came in doors
Rock out!Now that I told you a little something about the Flea
A little something about the Tree, a little something about me
I can’t leave you hangin’ but my man Shermzy
He swings the yang, he bangs the yang
And now, it’s time to hear him do his thang, you better be burning Sherman!
We’re all a bunch of brothers livin’ in a cool way
Along with six million others in this place called L.A.
Step out!