Talk:Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt

Untitled Songs are Precisely That

On a serious note: it's not correct to refer to the untitled songs as "Usually Just a T-Shirt #__." The songs are UNTITLED. Many fans refer to them as "Untitled #__" but these are just surrogate titles for songs that have NO titles. Much like The Artist Formerly Known As Prince--that wasn't what he was calling himself back then. So, I'm going to edit the article accordingly.70.59.142.151 23:20, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

OK, I went ahead and made the change. I notice the original author put the song titles in quotes, a good idea. By omitting the quotes for the untitled songs, no one will be misled into thinking these are the actual names of the songs.70.59.142.151 23:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Time of recording ?

I wonder how it was possible that songs of Niandra Lades was recorded during BSSM sessions, since band members (except chad smith) would never leave the house at the time. If the source is Frusciante, well let's not forget that he was flying on heroïn at the time, so he might not be a reliable source.

Just not to mention the fact that the article states that it was recorded in 1992. BSSM was released in 1991. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.166.210.129 (talk) 05:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

First of all, during the BSSM sessions, the band members went home during the weekends. The album was mostly recorded during the writing of BSSM. All songs, except for Running Away Into You, were recorded before he left the band. I think this is a reliable source: [1]. Frusciante tells when it was recorded (in 2003 or 2004 so it's definetly a reliable source). I think the article should say it was recorded in 1991/1992.

GA Review and comments

Per request... GA on hold - stuff to do.

• The lead only contains one ref - it should either be fully sourced or not at all. In this case, I'd suggest removing that one ref, and restating it somewhere else in the article (It's noted in the Writing and recording section)
• The first part of the Context section, up to the bit where BSSM sold heaps, is a bit irrelevant - this album came out because John dislike RHCP, so we should only discuss issues relating to John vs. RHCP.
• What's the deal with "Usually Just a T-Shirt" - and all the untitled tracks?
• Ref 20 is screwed up...try clicking it
• Ref 13 - use format=Pdf

Dihydrogen Monoxide ^♫ 00:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

• GA passed. Dihydrogen Monoxide ^♫ 01:36, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Tracklisting

I'm not aware of any double CD issues of this album. I've seen the original version and the reissue, and both were released on one disc. The Wiki article had the named songs and untitled songs listed as separate CDs. I edited the Wiki to combine them. Sheeeeeeep (talk) 17:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure they were released on two discs at some point, but I can't remember where I read that. The two halves of the album should be kept separate for clarity, but due to the obscurity of the double-disc version, the distinction of "disc 1" and "disc 2" should be removed. Grim (talk) 18:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I remember Frusciante stating that he intended the record to a double album but it was ultimately too short (length wise) and it is released as a single disc. Looking at my copy, printed on the one disc reads "disc one:" and "disc two:" with the respective track listings following. NSR77 ^T_C 19:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Sabotoge of shows.

I don't think John was puposefully sabotoging shows. I read that part from Scar Tissue Kiedis' book, and I don't truly think John was doing this to be malicious. I feel that quote was taken out of context, and misunderstood. He felt he was just expireminting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fullmetalfunk (talk • contribs) 09:07, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

John has talked about, at length, how much he hated being in the band during the BSSM tour. NSR77 ^T_C 15:18, 8 November 2008 (UTC)