By the Way

Over the weekend, my dad sent me this blast from the past:

Frankly, I don’t remember liking The Red Hot Chili Peppers so much. I remember liking them — my first ever album was Live in Hyde Park — but I don’t remember liking them so much.

It’s a bit embarrassing now. They have some good tunes, to be sure, but their lyrics are so nonsensical, and their sou…