Song Analysis: Under The Bridge

The song that chose for my solo performance is Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The composers were John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Flea and Chad Smith. John Frusciante did the guitar parts. This piece was composed in America at a studio session in preparation for their second album with John, "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." The characteristics that define this piece of work was the speed, which it was quite slow, intensity, which it wasn't too intense, the type of singing, which it was done with soft vocals, not yelling or screaming.
The influences behind this work were the Red Hot Chili Peppers, John recalls in an interview with Total Guitar magazine. He joined the band after their original guitarist died from a drug overdose; his other main influence was Jimi Hendrix, which can be heard with the fiddly bits John plays with the chords. There wasn't really and socio-cultural influences, it was more of a story about a man in Los Angeles where he did his dealings under a bridge downtown. The intended audience for this music is really anyone because it's not heavy at all, while the metal heads, such as myself, can really enjoy it. It's got a nice soft melody.
The accompaniments are also in the same rhythm as the leading melodic line. The characteristics of the song Under the Bridge can be described as regular, sort of repetitive but with a free feel to it because John isn't sticking to a set structure. It is a simple piece of music, with simple chords with accented parts that vary through the song. The rhythm section of the song is the end part where they sing "Under the bridge downtown" quite a few times, the instruments that are contributing are guitar, bass, drums and vocals with back up vocals. The guitar plays simple chords (A, Am7, G6, and Fmaj7) over a simple bass and drum line while the vocals set the