Vibes Web3 week 33 / Snow (Hey Oh) by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Hello to all my friends at Vibes Web3, an excellent community of talented musicians from all over the world where we can share our passion in life: music. This time I want to share with you a cover of one of my favorite bands, the American group Red Hot Chili Peppers, on my electric guitar. The song I'm featuring below is titled "Snow (Hey Oh)," which was released as a single in November 2006 as part of their double album, Stadium Arcadium. The song has a much softer, more melodic melody, similar to the songs on the album By the Way. I must say that learning the main riff was a bit tricky because of the chord structure and how fast John Frusciante plays it. I think it's something that came across really well in the song, even though the constant repetition makes it even better, in my opinion. As is typical of the band's songs, this song is quite lyrical. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis stated in an interview that the song is about the repeated failures of trying to start your life over and how difficult it is to break free from old ways of thinking and move away from those ideas in order to begin anew. For the song's official video, Warner Bros. chose a live video of the band at the Continental Airlines Arena, a spectacular venue located in New Jersey, United States, shot on October 17 and 18, 2006. The video includes a significant amount of the band's fans and supporters. The video features black and white footage of the fans before the show.

Hola a todos mis amigos y amigas de Vibes web3 una excelente comunidad de grandes músicos talentosos de todas partes del mundo donde podemos compartir lo que nos apasiona en la vida que es la música. En esta oportunidad quiero compartir con ustedes un cover en mi guitarra eléctrica de una de mis bandas favoritas como es el grupo estadounidense Red Hot Chili Peppers. La canción que traigo a continuación se titula "Snow (Hey Oh)" que fue lanzado como sencillo en noviembre del año 2006 que forma parte de su disco doble Stadium Arcadium. La canción contiene una melodía mucho más suave, considerada más melódica, similar al tipo de canciones del álbum By the Way.
Debo decir que aprenderme el riff principal de la canción fue un poco complicado por la forma de los acordes y lo rápido que lo toca John Frusciante. Creo que es algo que en la canción quedó muy genial a pesar que se repite constantemente hace que la canción mejor a mi parecer. En esta canción como es de costumbre en los temas de la banda hay bastante letra. El vocalista Anthony Kiedis expreso en una estrevista que la canción habla sobre los repetidos fracasos de intentar comenzar tu vida otra vez y de cómo cuesta liberarse de las antiguas maneras de pensar y alejarse esas ideas para comenzar de una buena manera. En el vídeo oficial de la canción la compañía Warner eligió un video en vivo de la banda en el Continental Airlines Arena, un espectacular recinto ubicado en Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos realizados el 17 de octubre y el 18 de octubre del 2006. En el vídeo incluyen bastante a los fans de la banda y el apoyo a la banda. El vídeo presenta filmaciones de los fanes en blanco y negro antes del show.

Lyrics/ Letra

Come to decide that the things that I tried
Were in my life just to get high on
When I sit alone, come get a little known
But I need more than myself this time
Step from the road to the sea to the sky
And I do believe that we rely on
When I lay it on, come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice
Hey, oh
Listen what I say, oh
I got your "hey, oh"
Now listen what I say, oh (oh)
When will I know that I really can't go
To the well once more time to decide on?
When it's killing me, when will I really see
All that I need to look inside
Come to believe that I better not leave
Before I get my chance to ride
When it's killing me, what do I really need
All that I need to look inside
Hey, oh
Listen what I say, oh
Come back and hey, oh
Look at what I say, oh
The more I see, the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey, yo, whoa-oa, whoa
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover of another perfect wonder
And it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go, oh
When to descend to amend for a friend
All the channels that have broken down
Now you bring it up, I'm gonna ring it up
Just to hear you sing it out
Step from the road to the sea, to the sky
And I do believe what we rely on
When I lay it on, come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice
Hey, yo
Listen what I say, oh
I got your "hey, yo"
Listen what I say, oh
The more I see, the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey, yo, whoa-oa, whoa
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
I said, "Hey, hey-yeah, oh yeah"
Tell my love now
Hey, hey-yeah, oh yeah
Tell my love now
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
I said, "Hey, hey-yeah, oh yeah"
Tell my love now
Hey, hey-yeah, oh yeah.