Sing "Under The Bridge" Under The Manhattan Bridge Tonight At 6!

Do you feel like you don't have a partner? Do you ever feel like the streets kiss you windy? Are you free tonight at 6 p.m.? If so, you can come down to the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO (under the Archway) to help set the record for the greatest number of people singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ "Under the Bridge." That's right: "Under the Bridge" under a bridge. No word on whether you'll be expected to wear a sock on your junk.

The event is being put on by DUMBO branding agency Red Antler, the DUMBO Improvement District and RecordSetter, a website devoted to the utopian ideal that there are a never-ending supply of random world records to go around. Lyrics to the song will be handed out to everyone who wants to participate. Arrive at 6 to be counted—the record will begin promptly at 6:30. The whole thing will be recorded and premiered at RecordSetter’s upcoming book launch at powerHouse Arena on December 9.

Now, we're not the kinds to look a gift chili pepper in the mouth, but we're a little confused as to why they're singing a song by a defiantly Californian band in NYC. But regardless, we hope this is the start of a new wave of RHCP fandom. Just imagine the possibilities: "Give It Away" sung as a promotional tie-in with Target (or a 99% protest anthem against Capitalism), or a "Scar Tissue" singalong at the emergency room Columbia Presbyterian!

We've contacted the band to see what they think about the event.

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By Ben Yakas in Arts & Entertainment on December 1, 2011 3:33 PM

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cornflkgrl

So what happened with this?

abeam

They successfully set the new world record with three participants.

thinkblue

it's not that this band is from California, that is fine. it's that this song is clearly about Los Angeles, and also (like stated above) is about shooting heroin.

Mos Def re-does the bridge in his song "brooklyn" - they could use that:

sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner

Sometimes I feel like my only friend

Is the city I live in, is beautiful Brooklyn

Long as I live here believe I'm on fire hey

swampyankeesmom

i stopped listening to them when bssm came out. not the same rhcp i grew up listening to.

"Tim Osman"

Blah, let me know when they do something regarding "Catholic School Girls Rule"

NYDirk

And when you're finished, make you way to the harbor and sing "Under the Sea."

CurmudgeonNYC

And then go out to Coney Island and sing "Under the Boardwalk"

cornflkgrl

File this under Makes Absolutely No Sense. ????

Colonel_Ingus

Aw shit... True Men Don't Kill Coyotes at the Ariz border.

Bill_the_Butcher

I agree with the "Why NYC?" remark. This is a band that puts some sort of devotional reference to California in 90% of its songs, if not clearly stated in the titles. Also, isn't this song about being lonely and shooting dope? Something is amiss in the name of a branding agency.

michelalano

Probably because they wanted more than 20 people to show up. I think the branding agency is involved to promote the record-breaking, not the band or its content.

But seriously, by your logic it wouldnt make sense for any band or entity with strong roots outside of NYC to hold an event in NYC, and to me that makes even less sense.