Red Hot Chili Peppers: Venice Queen Meaning
Venice Queen Lyrics
Body free and a body less
Come again just to start a fresh
Once again to find a home
In the moment of the meantime
Dropping in coming through the mesh
Checking in just to get it blessed
Hard to leave...
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Yes it's about Gloria.
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So, I know that this song is about an nurse that took care of the chili peppers in the time when they were taking drugs, but when I listen to it, it makes me think of my ex boyfriend. We recently broke up, and I am avoiding this song, cause it makes me think of him. It's not the goodbye that hurts, it's all that flashbacks that follow. We broke up once before, and he was constantly listening to this song, especially the part: We all want to kiss her, tell her that we miss her. And this song brings me so much pain, knowing that we will never be together again. And I know this is not the meaning of the song, and probably no one will ever read this, but I need to relieve my soul. Blitva, I love you, and I hate that I love you, I will try to forget.
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Anthony wrote this song about his drug counselor Gloria Scott. she herself was addicted to heroin and overcame her addiction. she divoted the rest of her life to helping people with addictions. Because Anthony was so greatful for her help he bought her a house along the sea, and wrote this song for her.
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No interpretation. Just want to say that this song moves me like nothing else they've ever written. I would dare say its the song they love the most as well as least. So much love in this song. I can feel it in my soul. Thanks Gloria.
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The song is about Kiedis's rehabilitation counselor Gloria Scott. She had drug problems of her own, but later became a huge inspiration to him by supporting him throughout his issues. The band loved her, and bought her an apartment on Venice Beach in California to help her recover from cancer. However, she died soon after, and Kiedis wrote this song as a tribute to her. They described her near her death as having "a stylish mess of silver hair" and honored her with the verse "a woman of your kind is rare". The band wrote Venice Queen because they thought it was the best way to say goodbye as Gloria fades into the "waves she made".
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If you actually read Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, "Scar Tissue," you would know that this song is about one of their close friends named Gloria who died of cancer. She moved to a house close to the ocean to die, and they stayed with her until she died and wrote the song for her afterwords.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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Yea your all correct is about a rehab counselor and long time friend of AK who had a disease and died in her seaside home in Venice (hence venive queen) which the band bought.
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It also says in Scar Tissue that he first met Gloria in one of countless Rehab groups that he attended before finally becoming clean. She was a big inspiration to him, supporting him despite his relapsing into addiction again and again. He recalled she always sent him postcards, never was mad at him if he did do bad things, and she in fact had a post of the RHCP on her wall as well as Niel Young. That was touching to Anthony to be placed on the wall with him.
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Most of what you said was correct, and it is in the book "Scar Tissue". Gloria was a wise lady who he went to see for counselling. She had a poster on the wall of Neil Young. When she died of cancer, AK called Neil Young to come and play a tribute concert, to which he said "no problem". And I think, they played the tribute concert. Brilliant Song (By the Way, Jimmy)
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Wow!! I haven't read Anthony's Bio although I consider myself as a fan... That's a very sad story...
I've got a lot of interpretations about this song, but real life is shocking...
Well, I suppose that's all... -
The interpretation for this song is in Anthony Kiedis Bio Scar Tissue. Its about a friend of his who has cance(I think, its either that or some other fatal diease) called Gloria. AK and the other red hot chili pepper people buy her a house by the sea so she can get better, but she dies anyway. Thats why there's the G.L.O.R.I.A bits and'I see you standing by the see
The waves you made will always be
A kiss goodbye forever you leave
G.L.O.R.I.A' is about her dying in her seaside house. I have a feeling Gloria was a nurse who treated AK when h was all drugged up, but I can't remember.
Sad - isn't it?
Yeah, anyway read Sacr Tissue for the full story.
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