Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute Song To Eddie Van Halen

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were one of the many bands that were influenced by the late great Eddie Van Halen. In honour of his memory, they have released a tribute song called “Eddie“. The song is a touching tribute to the guitar legend Eddie Van Halen, who passed away in October 2020. “Eddie” is the second single from the band’s upcoming album ‘Return Of The Dream Canteen” which is set for release on 14th October 2022.

In a statement about the song singer Anthony Kiedis said “Sometimes we don’t realize how deeply affected and connected we are to artists until the day they die,” He added “Eddie Van Halen was a one of a kind. The day after his death Flea came into rehearsal with an emotional bass line. John, Chad, and I started playing along and pretty soon with all our hearts, a song in his honour effortlessly unfolded. It felt good to be sad and care so much about a person who had given so much to our lives. Although the song doesn’t speak to Eddie by name, it talks about his early days on the Sunset Strip and the rock ‘n’ roll tapestry that Van Halen painted on our minds. In the end, our song asks that you not remember Eddie for dying but for living his wildest dream.”

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The band said in the statement “We went in search of ourselves as the band that we have somehow always been. Just for the fun of it we jammed and learned some old songs,” the band said of Return of the Dream Canteen in a statement. “Before long we started the mysterious process of building new songs.” RHCP added: “Once we found that slip stream of sound and vision, we just kept mining. With time turned into an elastic waist band of oversized underwear, we had no reason to stop writing and rocking. It felt like a dream.”

Here are the lyrics to the song:

“Eddie” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sailing the Sunset Strip, I’m a bit of a king
Granny would take a trip, I’ve been bending the strings
Got hammers in both my hands, such a delicate touch
They say I’m from Amsterdam, does that make me Dutch?

[Chorus]
Please don’t remember me for what I did last night, oh
Please don’t remember me, Lord and children
Please don’t remember me, it’s only 1980
It’s only 1983

Smoking the reefer, feeling my own light
My brother’s a keeper, I married a TV wife
The devil’s Camaro, parked in thе high school lot
A little sombrero ’cause tеacher was way too hot

[Chorus]

Tell my love “But leave me never”
Can’t complain about the weather
Snowing at the Rainbow, have a ball
Cut my teeth down at the Whiskey
GTO’s tried to kiss me
One more song, they have seen it all

Please don’t remember me for what I did last night, oh
Please don’t remember me, what’d I say Lord?
Please don’t remember me, it’s only 1980

Please don’t remember me for what I did with David
You know I’m talkin’ David Lee, am I ready?
Please don’t remember me for what I did last night, oh
I guess I played a Flying V