1. Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Dani California”
the video is a quasi-chronology of the evolution of rock music; the band performs the song on a stage, but in a variety of outfits representing important figures and movements in the history of rock music.

2. Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Dani California”
However, in the June 2006 issue of UK Classic Rock magazine, bassist Flea was quoted as saying, "We mainly did eras, not actual people: rockabilly, British Invasion, psychedelia, funk, glam, punk, goth, hair metal, grunge, and ourselves being the sum of all those parts".

3. Rockabilly: Elvis Presley

4. British Invasion: The Beatles

5. Psychedelia:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

6. Funk: George Clinton and Parliament/ Funkadelic (P-Funk)

7. Glam:
Motley Crue

8. Punk:
Sex Pistols

9. Goth:
Misfits

10. Hair Metal:
Poison

11. Grunge:
Nirvana

12. All of these references are allusions
If we don’t have the background knowledge to recognize allusions, the author's intentions are not met and we as an audience “miss the point”.