Jupiter; Song 11: Warlocks

"Warlocks" is an alright funk song with a cool chorus and bridge. The sound of the bass is appealing, however the verse would have benefitted from a more interesting guitar part. John does make up for it with some nice, deep chords in the chorus. The solo is very old-school in nature, which sums up the song as somewhat of a Blood Sugar Sex Magik song, minus the passion and ambition. The stacatto funk on the clavinet courtesy of the late, GREAT Billy Preston lifts the piece unmeasurably.

This was one of the songs I was looking forward to most on the new album because it has such a great name, and I was hoping to hear some dark mystical epic piece. So I was disappointed to hear a standard funk song when I first was listening to Stadium Arcadium. Now I appreciate the back to basics nature of the song, and it complements the album well, and I think makes for a good driving song.