What is the song "Californiacation" about?

Question

I love the song "Californiacation" but I have no clue what the lyrics mean. Any interpretations?

Answer 1

Californication is a play on the words "California" and "fornication". The song is talking about how people are looking up to California and the major state, and the song is based on a guy from California talking about how California isn't all that people think it is (i.e. "the sun may rise in the east atleast its settled in a finer location") and how Hollywood is making California seem wonderful.

Answer 2

Well; from the Wiki:
The title Californication is sometimes mistaken as a portmanteau of "California" and "fornication". However, in an interview with MTV in 2000, band member Anthony Kiedis stated that it is a not a sexual reference and that "californication" is "the act of the world being affected and saturated by the art and the culture being born and raised in California".

Basically, RHCP was making fun of everyone from Cali. that thinks they are better than the rest of the country/world because of the glam setting in Hollywood.

Answer 3

Well the Red Hot Chili Peppers typcially make fun of things around them and the world that they live in. They are taking about Cali and the way the rich live, all the money, and everything becoming more materialized around the nation.

Listen blondie...its a pretty easy song to catch onto give it a good listen and you will get it. (I hope)

Answer 4

In a nut-shell: It's about the egotistic life of hollywood and that picture-perfect image.

Answer 5

I always thought it was a reflection of all the evil lies and sins of Hollywood and society.

Answer 6

I find it to be about how Hollywood is very materialistic and it's spreading across the world.

Answer 7

uhm, it depends on how old you are as to whether or not I can explain it to you.