Some musicians used weirdness as a gimmick. Some of the true brilliants are so far ahead of us, that we just didn't understand their style. Hendrix, G.Clinton, T.Monk, Jacco P, Little Richard, Prince, and I can go on with the elites that took us to another level.
what a groove man....when i whatched him playing with Eric Gales i thought it was a joke....them both playing upside down fenders... but this badass vid sorts that one out.....ps i'm right handed but play the strat jimi style even though i'm missing half of my righthand index... ...👍
I refer you to my comment in the future; How did youtube manage to stop that clip? Somebody must have just reached in with a stick and pushed the button, while shading their eyes with their arm in case of a funk-pocalypse!
The band is out of sight. Everything is tight. The horn section at the end a la James Brown. Just funky. MonoNeon is bassist extraordinaire. Drummer, awesome, guitar, jammin' keys are on time love it. Keep up the funk. I'd buy it
Ok I just landed on earth and Woke up to these cats I am Totally BLOWN away, GOOG GOD Almighty These Cats are off the hook I NOW a MONONEON HUGE FAN being a drummer over 55 years Yeah I'm an OLD FUNK JAZZ R&B Cat from Way Back But Love these Young Lions just killing it FANTABULOUS
I'm blown away at how in sync and tight the band is...given the assumed acoustics, it makes that moment even more impressive with the different time signatures, tempo, intensity of the volume, and syncopation; My God!
@@milosjanic1038 nowhere, it's all in 4/4. that sax part at 3:55 probably gives off weird vibe, since the line pretty much starts in different places on all four bars
Mononeon heavily effected alien grooves are more than mere mortals can grasp... but at 2:21 he graced us with one of his "human" touches of genius... then he goes back to his planet.
This makes me so happy, I'm so glad pdople are out there creating great music again! Real talent that is hard earned by relentless pursuit of mastering your instrument and doing it in ways never done before.
I've watched this several times now and have come to the conclusion that you all did the Purple Fussion Funk Proud! I've seen them all in their prime, Sly, Prince, George (Clinton & Duke), Rick, and Bootsy. This was refreshing for those of us who experienced the 60s, 70s, and 80s! PromentalShytBackWashPsychosis
I just love what is going on here! More please 🥰 Thank you for sharing the gift of who you are with the World MONO NEON! Have a beautiful NOW Brother! ❤🌎❤
OHHHH MYYYY DAYYYYYMMMMNNNN!!!. My day had gotten off to a bad start. My money was a little funny. My Camaro tire had picked up a nail. Said it couldn't be simply repaired cause I have "ride flat" tires. and they can't only be replaced (for $500) not repaired but the shock of thinking I would only be spending $30 instead of $500 was a shock...... Was about to chart out a song for a client of mine when this video showed up in my "Suggested for you" column. Totally changed my outlook on life. This right here is me, for sure, since I was a baby. Sounds a lot like Prince. But Damn, that's my sh&& right there. Thanks for posting
This is the moment I've waited on for so long. Makes life safer for us. The entire orchestra is devine n sacred. All blessings n love. Wake my ears to love n sonic vibration
This stuff is so tight .its insane..i saw mononeon and ghostnote this week, just absolutely mind boggling tight funk...love ittttttt!! I love the way the lady behind mono is feelin' the groove...")
@@sebastienmota9905 yes indeed, but he didnt change the order of the strings tho. Normally when you are a leftie you must change all the strings in order for the thickest one to be on top. Mono Neón left the thinest one on top so its very very weird
@@sebastienmota9905 what amazes me the most is how he slaps, he does the pulls in the upper strings and he slaps the 1st and 2nd string, it looks very akward but he nails it
I think it's sad that Mono and Prince didn't get to continue working together as Prince sadly passed... I believe that they recorded the album "Black is the new black" which hasn't been released. 🙂
This groove is America from Prince, the horns arrangments as well, i think P would be very proud of what yall doing here, keeping what you got and Mono tearing that building a new asshole, check the face on the bassplayer next to him, hes thinking wtf is this dude doing on that bass!!!!!People got their funkfaces stuck for a year after smelling that..... i would stop playing after watching this freaking jedi master rip it up like that.Such a shame we will never see anyone like Prince ever again, but grateful for he left us, a 100 years of music.Ps i dont know any artist that left his fans so much music by the way....I have seen you in action Mr Thomas and no words can describe the amount of pure joy and utterly out of this world level of funk your droppin on us in times like these you are by far the funkiest upsidedownshortscaledrumblinbadassmammajamma of them all!!!!!!
His playing is stunning. You have to absorb what you're hearing. Clearly you guys are spectators as opposed to appreciators. Musicians are in awe. It's the kind of thing you shake your head about in wonder. LATER!!!!!
That is serious JAM! Mono Neon does have skills off the charts, but the rest of the musicians are all epic! I love that stuff! Just great music! Peace out. Be well.
Regrettably, we will never know what the collaboration between Mono and Prince would have created but, the this jam session speaks volumes as to what the hell was going on in Paisley Park in 2015.
I have been enjoying this video lately, and have been watching at least 100 times in the last month. But it ends abruptly. Does anyone have the complete video of this tune? The horn section is absolutely funkey!! Sure Mono is phenomenal too
When I see this dude I see the modern day version of that whole wild as hell space funk bootsie Collins stuff all the colors n stuff just different more in line with today's styles
4:03
DOMi!!! no wonder the keys sounded so stellar!
One can always distinguish a wizard by his eccentric clothing.
Needs to connect w/Buckethead...
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Some musicians used weirdness as a gimmick. Some of the true brilliants are so far ahead of us, that we just didn't understand their style. Hendrix, G.Clinton, T.Monk, Jacco P, Little Richard, Prince, and I can go on with the elites that took us to another level.
@@ghostwriter1869 k
and left-handed
*Mono looks like a character from Subway surfers*
The Urbz
But,, buddy can PLAY,,,,and stay humble,,, and he eats music,,,,,,,, yum, yum,,Victor Wooten has a friend,,,, ,,,
More like SSX3
Hahahah
Jet Set Radio
The big dude on bass next to Mono is thinking.. “knew I shudda brought my clarinet instead”
:)))))
He's probably also thinking "have I been holding my bass wrong the whole time?"
GazAce don’t sleep on big boi he can go too
@@falsestartfalcon yea just messin man, I bet he got more chops than a butcher shop :o)
what a groove man....when i whatched him playing with Eric Gales i thought it was a joke....them both playing upside down fenders...
but this badass vid sorts that one out.....ps i'm right handed but play the strat jimi style even though i'm missing half of my righthand index...
...👍
"Excuse me Mr Neon, but your sock is rubbing ever so gently upon my guitar"
"I'm honored"
Proof music brings all together. Even that alien on bass...
lmao
😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂
Hahaha!!!! Damn RIGHT!!! Holy shit
It’s real funky and halfway through the drummer announces it’s about to get REAL funky. And so it does.
I have seen this video like 50 times already and I always get surprised when it ends, I get so much caught in the funky maan
Feel u bro
Yea, why is that!!!
@@alansaxon i need the rest of the video
I refer you to my comment in the future;
How did youtube manage to stop that clip? Somebody must have just reached in with a stick and pushed the button, while shading their eyes with their arm in case of a funk-pocalypse!
The band is out of sight. Everything is tight. The horn section at the end a la James Brown. Just funky. MonoNeon is bassist extraordinaire. Drummer, awesome, guitar, jammin' keys are on time love it. Keep up the funk. I'd buy it
The horn lines at the end are from Prince’s live version of ‘America’.
Back to the woodshed I go
Ok I just landed on earth and Woke up to these cats I am Totally BLOWN away, GOOG GOD Almighty These Cats are off the hook I NOW a MONONEON HUGE FAN being a drummer over 55 years Yeah I'm an OLD FUNK JAZZ R&B Cat from Way Back But Love these Young Lions just killing it FANTABULOUS
I'm blown away at how in sync and tight the band is...given the assumed acoustics, it makes that moment even more impressive with the different time signatures, tempo, intensity of the volume, and syncopation; My God!
Yes indeed. Very tight
Where is the time signature change?
@@milosjanic1038 nowhere, it's all in 4/4. that sax part at 3:55 probably gives off weird vibe, since the line pretty much starts in different places on all four bars
Yeah, people just like to throw words around :D
cyberprick syncopes are fcking sssweeet!
Mononeon heavily effected alien grooves are more than mere mortals can grasp... but at 2:21 he graced us with one of his "human" touches of genius... then he goes back to his planet.
one recognises. cant get enough of this next 10 sec
Love that they threw that "Prince" horn riff in there....🙂👍
Absolutely, Prince all over the place!
@@g-b194 Yep from "America"
@@emotionalideas Absolutely.
I think mononeon played with prince before he died.
It seems like the more he solos the more ideas come to him...truly a good bassist .
hoooooooooooly sh$t YES mononeon
I was so happy to spot Domi 🥰 in the jamset ! Dude you guys gave me a heart attack
I like how the sax players are appropriately sized to their relative instruments
HA HA HA, so true !!
Lol lol. Sized like a big mac combo at Mickey D's. S M L
/r/oddlysatisfying
I didn't know I needed that weird information tho
Lmaoooo
This guy is already in the future, they can't even follow his lead !!!! This is pure genius and musical insolence !!!
This makes me so happy, I'm so glad pdople are out there creating great music again! Real talent that is hard earned by relentless pursuit of mastering your instrument and doing it in ways never done before.
Brothers are burnin the stage with that groove!!!!
I've watched this several times now and have come to the conclusion that you all did the Purple Fussion Funk Proud!
I've seen them all in their prime, Sly, Prince, George (Clinton & Duke), Rick, and Bootsy. This was refreshing for those of us who experienced the 60s, 70s, and 80s!
PromentalShytBackWashPsychosis
The doo doo chasers
For those wondering : at 4:03 , that riff is taken from the track "Spanish Key" in the album Bitches brew at 11:48
True, but Prince also used this in his song "America", which is most likely where Ghost got it from. But Prince probably got it from Miles.
If you listen to Prince's ua-cam.com/video/Pq98n2j75XA/v-deo.html you'll notice that it is in the same key.
Damn👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
He is Very talented …What an outstanding performance…I can dig it👍
mono is a mojo evasion, so subtle and empathic, love yo man, zenkiu for your music
Man, that cut at the end killed me. I was SO into it. Please upload the whole thing, that was mad!
Madhouse
Just look up the video for America by Prince & the Revolution.
yes pleeeeeeeaaase!!!!!
Funky ye-ye!
god damn I was so grooving at that part and then it's over, I almost shouted
Mono and his friends sound like Prince ! Pure Geniuses in that Band !
He is beyond funky. Disgusting? Stomach turning? IDK but he is that, Skills are off the charts.
I hate him for this one!
Chocolate Whiskey. That's the first thing that comes to mind.
He is quite humbling
Post funk?
Yep, he’s getting new sounds out of the bass. He’s taking it to another level for sure! Awesome!
I just love what is going on here! More please 🥰
Thank you for sharing the gift of who you are with the World MONO NEON!
Have a beautiful NOW Brother!
❤🌎❤
OMG!!! MonoNeon.........the most gifted bassist I've heard.......thanks 4 including him in u'r lineup....
OHHHH MYYYY DAYYYYYMMMMNNNN!!!. My day had gotten off to a bad start. My money was a little funny. My Camaro tire had picked up a nail. Said it couldn't be simply repaired cause I have "ride flat" tires. and they can't only be replaced (for $500) not repaired but the shock of thinking I would only be spending $30 instead of $500 was a shock...... Was about to chart out a song for a client of mine when this video showed up in my "Suggested for you" column. Totally changed my outlook on life. This right here is me, for sure, since I was a baby. Sounds a lot like Prince. But Damn, that's my sh&& right there. Thanks for posting
Amazing stuff. The entire group jam's! Sounds like some old school Moris Day and the time!
More like Prince & The Revolution.
This is the moment I've waited on for so long. Makes life safer for us. The entire orchestra is devine n sacred. All blessings n love. Wake my ears to love n sonic vibration
"We about to get real funky"....... Sir...... What have we been listening to for the past 4 minutes 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Give me these live Jams over a large concert any and everytime
oooh dat bass!!
mono neon let loose!!
musical ambrosia
set in a bed of funk!!
that rhythm's gonna
get you!!
it certainly got me
anyway!!
This stuff is so tight
.its insane..i saw mononeon and ghostnote this week, just absolutely mind boggling tight funk...love ittttttt!! I love the way the lady behind mono is feelin' the groove...")
I wonder how many people have seen this and not notice that he's playing his bass upside down, what a monster
He’s a leftie so he flips the bass to play it on his left side
Lefties do that, when there isn't a left handed bass or guitar available. That's pretry increadable.
@@sebastienmota9905 yes indeed, but he didnt change the order of the strings tho. Normally when you are a leftie you must change all the strings in order for the thickest one to be on top. Mono Neón left the thinest one on top so its very very weird
@@sebastienmota9905 what amazes me the most is how he slaps, he does the pulls in the upper strings and he slaps the 1st and 2nd string, it looks very akward but he nails it
@@juliawashburn675 It's more incredible when you find out he is actually right handed! He just plays with an upside down bass.
First time listening to MonoNeon...blown away.
Wicked !!!!
Amazing performance .....
Tranquilo caminhando nas ruas de "Los Angeles"...
Puta som!
I gotta come back to this once a year, every time I recognize a new funkster I learned about over the hiatus.
I saw him last week and thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, but his low strings are on the bottom, playing the whole thing upside down. Dayum.
Nice and funky..that’s how Audio strut roll
MonoNeon is funkier that an old pair of gym socks! Hes like the bass version of Prince (the artist formerly known as)! Amazing! 👍🏾👏🏾
He played for Prince
I think it's sad that Mono and Prince didn't get to continue working together as Prince sadly passed... I believe that they recorded the album "Black is the new black" which hasn't been released. 🙂
Prince is still the bass version of Prince. He could play just as well as Mono.
He played with Prince in 2015. But also, have you heard P on bass? Lol
The Hendrix of bass
Awesome! Absolutely stunning :) That’s why UA-cam is a great platform, so I can still discover great music and great artists!
You know you're doing something right when guitar player is looking over at your freeboard from behind with raised eyebrows.
Mononeon saving the world playing the bass. Hero
A wizard never drags, Frodo Baggins. Nor does he rush. He is always precisely on the groove.
This groove is America from Prince, the horns arrangments as well, i think P would be very proud of what yall doing here, keeping what you got and Mono tearing that building a new asshole, check the face on the bassplayer next to him, hes thinking wtf is this dude doing on that bass!!!!!People got their funkfaces stuck for a year after smelling that..... i would stop playing after watching this freaking jedi master rip it up like that.Such a shame we will never see anyone like Prince ever again, but grateful for he left us, a 100 years of music.Ps i dont know any artist that left his fans so much music by the way....I have seen you in action Mr Thomas and no words can describe the amount of pure joy and utterly out of this world level of funk your droppin on us in times like these you are by far the funkiest upsidedownshortscaledrumblinbadassmammajamma of them all!!!!!!
What did I stumble upon?!
This is just too funky!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
That groove is so hard it made my phone restart
Nothing humbles me more than watching this guy tickle his bass
this is freaking amazing. Can't believe the crowd's not trying to get it on!!! They look like they're at an art museum
Peep the girl to the left, she's feeling it.
Not really
I agree. How do you not dance? Maybe Sir Nose convinced the audience!
That's the kind of audience this music gathers. Hipsters and snobs.
His playing is stunning. You have to absorb what you're hearing. Clearly you guys are spectators as opposed to appreciators. Musicians are in awe. It's the kind of thing you shake your head about in wonder. LATER!!!!!
I remember when mono neon started with his online videos, great to see him getting far with his talent.
Y’all killing it. This jam reminds me of Marvel vs Capcom 2
Pure fireworks ... restores my love for humans ... This is what we are, this is what we've forgotten we are
PRINCE looks down from his Purple Paradise and smiles.
Wow 🔥 🔥 !!
My computer froze and crashed, I came back here just to drop a comment because this man deserves it. Good job I’ll be watching.
Drummer : "Im gonna officially let MonoNeon loose..."
Ummm you never had him dog , hes long gone 😂😂😂
That is serious JAM! Mono Neon does have skills off the charts, but the rest of the musicians are all epic! I love that stuff! Just great music! Peace out. Be well.
who are these funkproof people in the background and why are they not losing they minds
Lmao right
Right my face would literally melt off
How in the fuck can a person stand still with the stuff these guys are laying down?
funkproof people ahhahahaha i'm dying
The white chick behind the other bass player rolled her eyes at one point!
The drummer is powering though those movements. KEEP UP
How dare you not give me the whole video!
I love the guitarist looking over his shoulder just shaking his head at the impossible riffs!
That got "PRINCE" funk all up in it!!!!
I call it toy-funk
Hell yes!
Fantastic. And good to see Domi too.
Regrettably, we will never know what the collaboration between Mono and Prince would have created but, the this jam session speaks volumes as to what the hell was going on in Paisley Park in 2015.
🥺😓
I'm enjoying myself because of this jam.
That woman's reactions in the background are perfect.
Fantastic! His band is great too. His drummer, the lead guitarist....
That moment when, from the whole video, keyboard players spot Domi enjoying herself in the back
Whoevers playing the cowbell actually becomes hella vital at the end😭🔥
Soon as he started slapping, my nose got all scrunched up in a way that said: "Ooooooo damn dat shtanky"
If I made a reaction video to this, it'd just look like I sniffed the world's rankest fart.
sREUDIAN fLIP yeah pretty much
Always better he ! At the end, the rhythm section just killed me !
Não tem como nao ser fã desse Mestre.. toca muito
Mono neon is an alien bass groove this man reinvented as of the bass was made by him he is a genius came from music planet
Dude, Mono, you are absolutely destroying that riff/solo and there ain't no sweat, no rush, just pure stank! Damn brother, salute!
That jam sounds like something Prince would've done.
I believe the horn section used a line from Prince's song America at 4 mins. ua-cam.com/video/Pq98n2j75XA/v-deo.html
@@DoobieV Lol I just thought the same thing.
Only better, tighter, funkier
@@robertomusitano4238 Can't argue with you on that.
Just to let you know, Mono played with Prince on many gigs. Just didn’t dress like he is now.
I like when he says it's about to get real funky! Lol Y'all are way past funky 😎💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
This is one of the funkiest things I've ever seen. Just when you think you seen everything, UA-cam surprises you.
👍Very nice nod to Prince and the Revolution's live performance video for the song America. When I heard the horns I knew.
And the craziest part? He's not even left-handed.
how did u know?
@@dumbneshberkelana It's on his Wikipedia page, and he's said it in interviews.
@@TheCSJones owhh. thanks for the info
No way
WELL DAYUM!!!
My goodness . The groove!
Slappin like crazy on an upside down five string with a sock on the headstock, incredible!
Mono just lives in a pocket dimension that I don't believe anyone else can access.. This dude is something else man!
Victor.
Wooten.
It's not a thumbs-up it's a slap bass thumb
So all the thumbs down are actually left-handed slap bass thumbs trying to be Mono Neon?
I need this entire session!
I have been enjoying this video lately, and have been watching at least 100 times in the last month. But it ends abruptly. Does anyone have the complete video of this tune?
The horn section is absolutely funkey!! Sure Mono is phenomenal too
3:55 love that out-of-time sax chorus riff...and that everybody keeps counting. Not to mention the amazing Mononeon. Fun times!
@Oscar Benigsen Yeah. I wouldn't have a clue how to write that sax part out. You seem to know the players. Who do you see?
@Oscar Benigsen Wow! Thanks SO much!! I've got some homework to do
@Oscar Benigsen So much energy, funk, precision, cool arrangements and virtuosity.
@@paulgibby6932 If you tap it out it fits into two bars of 4/4, I think it's just heavily syncopated and some tricky subdivisions
@@AdNoctemMedia Yes, I know. I use it to practice counting now :)
This is awesome for a million reasons but one of them is bc it's like the 80s never ended they just continued mutating weird funkyness...
That Sir/Ma'm (couldn't tell by your screen name, no disrespect intended) is an EXCELLENT SPOT ON COMMENT
just without the fucking snare with echo.
This is pure insanity, he's got his bass strung opposite to normal. How can he do slapping like that, it's bananas?!
nah, he just left-handed playing a righty bass
I have the attention span of a gnat and I watched this entire video gripped with fear and funk
Thanks to you both. (I needed that today). Cheers!
Sounds like a Prince Jam Session. Nice
Mono is a monster. I love his solo stuff too.
Do I hear Eric Leeds????? Was he there? That's his horn line. Prince loved it. Anyway y'all are killing that Minneapolis funk. Much respect!
I like how its not at all mentioned how domi is just chilling at the back
I know those horns. "America, America, God shed his grace on the....keep the children free!!". Go' hed' on Mono Neon.
little mono neon is best bass player ever
The people in the back are just like “haha whaaaat :’)”
The girl totally gets it
@Tony Wow, good to know. Thanks.
When I see this dude I see the modern day version of that whole wild as hell space funk bootsie Collins stuff all the colors n stuff just different more in line with today's styles
The most funkiest performance I've ever seen