I've heard both
You are correct, Monty. Very much so. However the RHCP version is no disgrace to the original, having been recorded, as the Reverend says, when they were still good.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:43, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

That must have been before they ever recorded anything, then.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Lies! Lies and deceit!
There is a very specific period in the Chili's 30-year history when they were terrific. This period is best known by the year "1992", when they released Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The next album was pretty good but we can put that down to having Dave Navarro in the band, cos he then left and they went horribly to shit.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:46, Reply)

I concur with Darth on this
BSSM and the previous album Mother's Milk were both excellent. I haven't heard the original version of S&D but I can confirm that the RHCP version is very good indeed.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:48, Reply)

that is some impressive accuracy there
well done
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Thank you
I neglected to mention Mother's Milk because I only consider it to be quite good, although significantly better than Californiwhatthefuckareweplayingatcation
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:59, Reply)