M.C. Escher Would be Proud

So, the first thing that comes to mind when I watch the video for The Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “Otherside” is “what the hell?” The Chili Peppers always have weird music videos, but this one is just too out there. The world in which the band is singing looks like something out of an M.C. Escher picture with everything being black and white with patterns and odd shapes. There is even a scene in the video with ladders running every which way around a room that look very similar to the famous Relativity picture with the endless staircases. So why is the drummer using a clock tower as his drum set? Why is the bassist using telephone wires in the air as his bass guitar? And what the hell is going on in that scene where that dude is battling a paper mache dragon with a giant toothpick? To be honest I can’t make much sense of anything going on in this video, especially in relation to the lyrics, and it’s all kind of eerie. But hey, at least the song is good!