Flea Performs "Maggot Brain" on his Signature Active Jazz Bass | Artist Signature Series | Fender

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 5 тис.

  • @CouchEconomyTX
    @CouchEconomyTX 3 роки тому +5695

    Those criticizing Flea simply don’t understand maggot brain
    Maggot brain is a jam/solo piece about self expression, releasing all your emotions through your instrument.
    That being said
    “That one guy at guitar center”

    • @jakol9383
      @jakol9383 3 роки тому +369

      Just because its self expression doesnt mean it sounds good.

    • @vaginozaurusrex5036
      @vaginozaurusrex5036 3 роки тому +51

      Sounds like some chaotic,melodyless shit anyway

    • @jakol9383
      @jakol9383 3 роки тому +27

      @@vaginozaurusrex5036 exactly

    • @wesley3300
      @wesley3300 3 роки тому +130

      Thing that sucks is that there are moments where it sounds like it could be really good if he just showed a little restraint at the right times. Also I personally hate the tone he’s playing with here, I feel like that’s a huge part of it

    • @jakol9383
      @jakol9383 3 роки тому +50

      @@wesley3300 the tone sounds like a squier amp tone

  • @jonathan8667
    @jonathan8667 3 роки тому +6071

    He looks like an escaping prison inmate who stumbled on to a fender set.

  • @connectcarl
    @connectcarl Рік тому +740

    hats off to flea for escaping aperture science testing to play a bass solo for us. it shows us that he really cares about his fans!

    • @spewks8569
      @spewks8569 11 місяців тому +11

      Him just slappin through test chambers

    • @jesusdenazare1249
      @jesusdenazare1249 11 місяців тому +6

      Yeah! Fender called him to do this promo because he cares about his fans. ¬¬

    • @maximummatt73
      @maximummatt73 4 місяці тому +2

      Portal 3: Deep Inside Of A Parallel Universe

  • @robertschreckenbach596
    @robertschreckenbach596 2 роки тому +151

    I used to Maggot Brain when I was younger and just learning to play guitar! Then as the years passed I would find myself doing it more and more often! Its a great way to release pent up tension and energy! I believe this is amazing, as an artist, nothing has to make absolute sense! We live on a World where Order and Chaos blend together in a beautiful mix!!! Thanks Flea, the energy was great!! Peace to all of you out there!!!

    • @lw3488
      @lw3488 2 місяці тому

      i’m so grateful for this comment. i firmly believe that the imperfections of this solo are wat make it so perfect and i immediately fell in love with the tone and spontaneity of the performance and his bass itself. the imperfections for me are truly wat makes something ‘perfect’. what lacks imperfections, lacks emotion (,beauty, feeling, creativity etc.) i LOVE this video

  • @hisvorpalsword
    @hisvorpalsword 3 роки тому +3823

    Out of all of Flea's bass lines this is definitely one of them.

    • @ZaneDalton
      @ZaneDalton 3 роки тому +63

      😂 Criminally underrated comment.

    • @meckless
      @meckless 2 роки тому +7

      @@ZaneDalton is stolen but stills funny

    • @glenturney4750
      @glenturney4750 2 роки тому +19

      And that's saying a lot, which really isn't a lot.

    • @sonovabeach2165
      @sonovabeach2165 2 роки тому +69

      its not actually, its from Funkadelic, this is a cover

    • @hisvorpalsword
      @hisvorpalsword 2 роки тому +2

      @Chals Silva it is not moral to believe your sins can be forgiven through the punishment of another person.

  • @MetroidFreak123
    @MetroidFreak123 5 років тому +3264

    “Okay Flea, nice sound check! Ready to start?”
    “...Huh?”

  • @hypemanjack
    @hypemanjack 8 місяців тому +156

    When he started playing those triplets at 0:54, something hit me about how raw this video is on a human experience level. This is a dude who’s spent 40 years making great music and perfecting his art, he knows what great music sounds like, he knows this isn’t that and he doesn’t care. He’s at the peak of his creative potential and just shouting into the void with an instrument. It honestly makes me happy to be alive, seeing shit like that. Life as an act of defiance.

    • @brennendehexe7934
      @brennendehexe7934 8 місяців тому +1

      No man. This just sucks

    • @cormacbohren3175
      @cormacbohren3175 8 місяців тому +6

      @@brennendehexe7934It's okay to dislike something, but don't bring us down

    • @1R4MgMYl7a
      @1R4MgMYl7a 6 місяців тому +3

      dont read into it too much man

    • @cormacbohren3175
      @cormacbohren3175 6 місяців тому +1

      @@1R4MgMYl7a nice Residents pfp

    • @jackthurman2642
      @jackthurman2642 5 місяців тому +3

      It most likely just sounded really good in person but didn't translate well after being recorded

  • @themonnamanshow
    @themonnamanshow 2 роки тому +547

    I like it. I do that with my guitar sometimes. I just play random riffs and stuff with my eyes closed and just feel the music. I don’t try to “be great” at playing music and Flea is the embodiment of crazy feelings being expressed through a stringed instrument. 🤘

    • @dr.riccardo3575
      @dr.riccardo3575 2 роки тому +14

      This is exactly why I stopped trying to play like him. Because while there are some great things I can learn from him. I need to not worry so much about whether or not I'm as good as the other guy, but rather focus more on how my fingers want to dance on the fretboard and be a good dance partner.

    • @glenturney4750
      @glenturney4750 2 роки тому +3

      Music? You mean, NOISE. Perhaps you'd prefer using a jackhammer next time?

    • @lurs21
      @lurs21 2 роки тому +5

      @@dr.riccardo3575 exactly you gotta find your own style.

    • @neviatha
      @neviatha 2 роки тому +44

      @@glenturney4750 Music is noise... And you are free to use a jackhammer to create music if that is how you choose to do so...

    • @vargasmartin7143
      @vargasmartin7143 2 роки тому

      @@glenturney4750 you're so square

  • @olliepearce1
    @olliepearce1 4 роки тому +3006

    "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child". - pablo picasso.
    perhaps this applies here?

    • @diciembrebajotierra
      @diciembrebajotierra 3 роки тому +21

      Damn right 👌

    • @amals3160
      @amals3160 3 роки тому

      💜

    • @dbsuperfanboy1315
      @dbsuperfanboy1315 3 роки тому +51

      Picasso never could paint like Raphael. His art teachers told him he was no good. So he coinvented the cubist movement.

    • @starchild692
      @starchild692 3 роки тому +9

      No it doesn't.

    • @johnb5057
      @johnb5057 3 роки тому +1

      i was the 666th like :P

  • @diogorx31
    @diogorx31 3 роки тому +3796

    This dude is great he should be in a band

    • @beckhenderson4328
      @beckhenderson4328 3 роки тому +60

      @Diodo Rocha I really hope your joking but in the event you aren’t he is in the Red hot chili players

    • @DJMerck
      @DJMerck 3 роки тому +41

      lmao..

    • @ddhruv1976
      @ddhruv1976 3 роки тому +123

      That one guy r/whoosh

    • @pinkalphamale9199
      @pinkalphamale9199 3 роки тому +37

      @@beckhenderson4328 👁 👁
      👄

    • @myinfoisgone3868
      @myinfoisgone3868 3 роки тому +48

      @@beckhenderson4328 I knew that one guy (ironically) wouldn’t get the sarcasm!

  • @Donor_Carcy
    @Donor_Carcy 2 роки тому +551

    Am I the only one who absolutely loved this? From his expression and playing, it just makes it so enjoyable for me

    • @elvarwinston
      @elvarwinston 2 роки тому +59

      I love it I'm so sick of perfect sounding overproduced and perfectly edited videos i like raw stuff with feeling. I used to be in a metal band with members being all graduated from prestige music schools which made me detest those kind of things and appreciate the raw stuff more..

    • @jorgen.zamora
      @jorgen.zamora 2 роки тому +15

      I think 2 or 3 more enjoyed it.

    • @danielbuhr4260
      @danielbuhr4260 2 роки тому +11

      I loved it and I don't really care for rhcp that much

    • @glenturney4750
      @glenturney4750 2 роки тому +1

      You're weird. Stay the hell away from me.

    • @epictetus9221
      @epictetus9221 2 роки тому +6

      It's awesome. Raw, passionate and skillful. Pearls before swine

  • @stefanstrittmatter6459
    @stefanstrittmatter6459 2 роки тому +675

    This is definitely one of the bassperformances of all time.

  • @turnthere
    @turnthere 4 роки тому +5469

    That one guy at Guitar Center be like.

    • @zaiba2524
      @zaiba2524 4 роки тому +20

      Bass

    • @felixguitar1108
      @felixguitar1108 4 роки тому +5

      😅

    • @ryline666
      @ryline666 4 роки тому +9

      "be like"

    • @jemimallah2591
      @jemimallah2591 4 роки тому +15

      that one guy in the youtube comment section be revealing his musical illiteracy like

    • @cosmin4473
      @cosmin4473 4 роки тому +3

      wow dion that joke was so original never stop pls

  • @TheDirtyGuvnah
    @TheDirtyGuvnah 5 років тому +4431

    I've heard many basslines in my time. This is definitely one of them.

    • @unconsciousimmortal
      @unconsciousimmortal 5 років тому +159

      what does this even mean

    • @ryanperron8309
      @ryanperron8309 5 років тому +61

      SuperHerro1234 that it’s not that amazing

    • @null4784
      @null4784 4 роки тому +14

      @killbotone r/woosh

    • @liligman
      @liligman 4 роки тому +20

      TheDirtyGuvnah IDK man...bassline would I imply there was some structure

    • @foodmachinebroke1021
      @foodmachinebroke1021 4 роки тому +21

      @@null4784 r/ihavereddit
      r/woosh = comedy

  • @dianejohnson7967
    @dianejohnson7967 2 роки тому +232

    He's killing it. The Maggot Brain albulm was a favorite in the 70s. Flea is a bad mamma jamma. I love him.

    • @stayhow
      @stayhow Рік тому

      do you guys remember a suck ass musician who always get a chance to perform it in high school raping our ears.
      they have these mindset
      I always funny when people admire shit because they just listen to it before others and being proud

  • @J-BirdFlysAgain
    @J-BirdFlysAgain 2 роки тому +32

    The way he goes from kicking rocks to being knocked over and entranced by the first two notes. I felt that!!.. Wish I could jam with flea in the mountains!

  • @Pesso86
    @Pesso86 5 років тому +5325

    I like how he pushes the limits of modern music by playing out of key, out of tempo and with a sound that I would describe as a bee trapped in a jar. 100% gonna buy the product here marketed

    • @redhotchilifan98
      @redhotchilifan98 5 років тому +44

      😂😂😂

    • @smokeystarr
      @smokeystarr 5 років тому +60

      Stefano Pessina A bee trapped in a jar! That is absolute gold

    • @mikecantreed
      @mikecantreed 4 роки тому +36

      9 months later and I would bet my kidney you didn't buy it

    • @gremlin2022
      @gremlin2022 4 роки тому +62

      Him and Lars should start a band together

    • @charlesrast4235
      @charlesrast4235 4 роки тому +3

      He just has that magical touch!

  • @yourself88xbl
    @yourself88xbl 4 роки тому +2858

    Holy shit, it's unbelievable how he took $10,000 and dialed in the same tone i get on my practice amp with a squire bullet.

    • @jackattack2421
      @jackattack2421 3 роки тому +234

      Lies, a squier bullet sounds better than this bass tone..

    • @cocobeanz19
      @cocobeanz19 3 роки тому +55

      @@jackattack2421 I’m new to bass and I genuinely thought I was just ignorant for thinking it was :/

    • @Thebarbariantruckershow
      @Thebarbariantruckershow 3 роки тому +5

      So friggin true,🤣

    • @evangalisky1287
      @evangalisky1287 3 роки тому +16

      u clearly haven’t heard the original recording

    • @yourself88xbl
      @yourself88xbl 3 роки тому +23

      @@evangalisky1287 after this I wouldn't care to tbh.

  • @harleybonhamchannel
    @harleybonhamchannel 8 місяців тому +6

    I loved that part in his solo where he finally played a note. It really inspired me to clean out my garage.

  • @DordiHOTS
    @DordiHOTS Рік тому +26

    0:44 captured the red hot chili peppers signature base tone. He was allowed to go crazy and write a bassline over a bassline so of course its going to be eccentric, but i think its amazing how he layered it and when most people go ham on guitar they tend to play off time, which flea really didnt do despire the faster tempo than the backing track.

  • @alanmartinez1025
    @alanmartinez1025 3 роки тому +1211

    Hes a true artist. Has nothing to prove and is having fun.

    • @Dannys.channel
      @Dannys.channel 2 роки тому +42

      He doesn’t care what anyone thinks and neither do any of us. He’s perfect

    • @ruok3351
      @ruok3351 2 роки тому +4

      Ah, like Yoko Ono?

    • @noods3979
      @noods3979 2 роки тому +28

      @@ruok3351 Flea rocks, Yoko sucks

    • @glenturney4750
      @glenturney4750 2 роки тому +5

      If he has nothing to prove, then why did he shoot this shit show?

    • @glenturney4750
      @glenturney4750 2 роки тому +1

      @@noods3979: They BOTH suck.

  • @slonth
    @slonth 5 років тому +1029

    Did it not occur to fender that maybe they should record the amp instead of taping a microphone to flea’s crotch?

  • @raktimparashar
    @raktimparashar 9 місяців тому +5

    Just the energy level in itself is out of the world.

  • @MrShaggy524
    @MrShaggy524 2 роки тому +177

    I FREAKING LOVE THIS SOLO AND I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING I DONT

  • @leftauparxoun
    @leftauparxoun 5 років тому +5851

    I want to believe that Flea was trolling Fender hard on that one.

    • @mrmeow1012
      @mrmeow1012 5 років тому +130

      Maybe fender is trolling us!!! God knows!!!?

    • @boker_joker
      @boker_joker 5 років тому +298

      No, actually Flea is quite bad improvisation player, he often forgots what note to play and starts doing random shit.

    • @MrSlimbob1
      @MrSlimbob1 5 років тому +393

      Иван Васильев that is improvisation.

    • @Dildobagginses
      @Dildobagginses 5 років тому +346

      @@boker_joker lol that's literally the definition of improvisation

    • @boker_joker
      @boker_joker 5 років тому +176

      @@Dildobagginses There's a difference between improvising good and bad. When you don't know what melody you will play and start taking random notes, it is not improvisation. That's how Flea often does. He has no view of whole theme as for example Frusciante has. Frusciante does whole single finished improvisation nearly always, that can be pushed into the record now. That is improvisation.

  • @clark.949
    @clark.949 3 роки тому +4904

    This sounds like me after learning the minor pentatonic scale

    • @notoriusdrifter40
      @notoriusdrifter40 3 роки тому +101

      A minor pentatonic 5 fret position hell yeah

    • @SamiShah2004
      @SamiShah2004 3 роки тому +103

      @@notoriusdrifter40 Nah man, C minor pentatonic on the 8th fret is the shit.

    • @Way_loz
      @Way_loz 3 роки тому +58

      So you play the minor pentatonic with the major second and the minor sixth, damn

    • @paulsc4689
      @paulsc4689 3 роки тому +8

      Fucking masterpiece

    • @Way_loz
      @Way_loz 3 роки тому +2

      @Make 6752 avarage minor pentatonic scale

  • @Bubinga5
    @Bubinga5 2 роки тому +18

    Im not even into Flea but man some of his bass playing is killer.

    • @worsethanhitlerpt.2539
      @worsethanhitlerpt.2539 5 місяців тому

      That Modulus bass neck made of carbon fiber he has on the other bass makes all wood necks seem PRIMITIVE

  • @echoloch500
    @echoloch500 Рік тому +4

    Couldn't ever say I was a giant fan for RHCP but I've always respected Fleas light. Keep shinning brotha!

  • @stix4601
    @stix4601 5 років тому +797

    Goes to barber
    Barber "so what are we doing today"
    Flea" you know tennis balls.."
    Barber "say no more"

    • @Duckvan79
      @Duckvan79 5 років тому +30

      🤣 "give me a fuzzy Dunlop please"

    • @radioactive4521
      @radioactive4521 5 років тому +6

      Lemon zest.

    • @MsDeeke
      @MsDeeke 4 роки тому +1

      @@Duckvan79 fuzzy dunlop...hahaha, I snorted

    • @Duckvan79
      @Duckvan79 4 роки тому +1

      @@MsDeeke 🤣🤣🤣

  • @dogmachine2406
    @dogmachine2406 3 роки тому +668

    When the Flintstone vitamin gummies kick in.

    • @GerSHAK
      @GerSHAK 3 роки тому +1

      OMG BEST COMMENT

    • @jlanthripp
      @jlanthripp 2 роки тому +1

      Wrong gummies…

    • @catalax3425
      @catalax3425 2 роки тому

      You win the comment section. 🙌

    • @anthonyfulton3218
      @anthonyfulton3218 2 роки тому

      BRUH 😂😂😂

    • @glenturney4750
      @glenturney4750 2 роки тому

      Not really, you're witnessing what years of drugs do to your brain by letting demons into your head. This is proof.

  • @michaelhutchison3715
    @michaelhutchison3715 2 роки тому +71

    Why is everyone saying this solo is bad, it sounds so gritty, and expressive, and badass

    • @mortisnoctu
      @mortisnoctu Рік тому

      Because if you know anything about music, you know this is a jumbled mess of garbage.

    • @BourdeoixEterno
      @BourdeoixEterno Рік тому +8

      It sounds bad bro

    • @RaymondTusk74
      @RaymondTusk74 11 місяців тому +7

      Because it sounds like I recorded myself farting into a toilet bowl

    • @haroldnicolas4740
      @haroldnicolas4740 11 місяців тому +1

      We gotta put some perspective. The original song is a freaking masterpiece.
      This is a 2'43 show off for commercial purpose...

    • @firebeardnc6012
      @firebeardnc6012 8 місяців тому +2

      People are only defending it because it's Flea. If this was some random guy on UA-cam then everyone would be slating it for how bad it is.

  • @FunkyFellaDaBassist
    @FunkyFellaDaBassist 2 роки тому +3

    Flea playing bass is always a wonderful thing to me.

  • @rafaelzengo5534
    @rafaelzengo5534 5 років тому +391

    Really going for that "whatever comes out" vibe

  • @djangomaxfield
    @djangomaxfield 5 років тому +1692

    "are you sure you don't wanna do a second take?"

    • @FeRmBot0118
      @FeRmBot0118 5 років тому +8

      Wat I was thinking lol. Y'all's gonna release this to the masses?

    • @cccc-bd8pp
      @cccc-bd8pp 5 років тому +6

      What’re you talking this shit is beautiful

    • @gtbtone
      @gtbtone 5 років тому +14

      The original version of the song by funkadelic was done in one take, maybe he was paying homage? Only thing is that the solo was done on guitar, not bass. He could’ve done something cooler than this.

    • @acefrehley28
      @acefrehley28 5 років тому +1

      I lol'd

    • @Joeyace665
      @Joeyace665 5 років тому +2

      Hahahaha

  • @theprophet5250
    @theprophet5250 7 місяців тому +3

    Imagine being lost in a desert for weeks and you just come across flea tweaking on a bass

  • @ericdravenX00X
    @ericdravenX00X Рік тому +1

    Now that is what i call playing with feeling and emotion. An Absolute Legend.

  • @CouchEconomyTX
    @CouchEconomyTX 4 роки тому +1265

    Damn i actually kinda liked it. It’s crazy, messy, raw emotion put through a bass

    • @TruthAndReconciliation
      @TruthAndReconciliation 3 роки тому +155

      the diarrhea i had last week was also crazy, messy, and raw. does not mean it was good

    • @NervylHraje
      @NervylHraje 3 роки тому +2

      Have to agree.

    • @valerinaatas
      @valerinaatas 3 роки тому +8

      @@TruthAndReconciliation you’ve made my day😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

    • @waineeos7856
      @waineeos7856 3 роки тому

      Can't agree more

    • @jarnold1789
      @jarnold1789 3 роки тому +1

      @@TruthAndReconciliation 😂😂😂😂

  • @dale8809
    @dale8809 5 років тому +374

    Wow...speechless. reminds me of when I plugged my cheap Epiphone bass into a crate amp in 1989.

  • @tlskxchris
    @tlskxchris 6 місяців тому +3

    This is hauntingly beautiful

  • @mwalter662
    @mwalter662 2 роки тому +10

    For those who don't know what is Maggot Brain:
    According to legend, Maggot Brain was recorded in one take when Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told guitarist Eddie Hazel to play as if he had been told his mother was dead, Clinton instructed him "to picture that day, what he would feel, how he would make sense of his life, how he would take a measure of everything that was inside him and let it out through his guitar".
    -wikipedia

  • @ivandelvalle2784
    @ivandelvalle2784 5 років тому +1422

    Hi my names is flea and youre watching dosney channel 0:02

  • @azariz4tune
    @azariz4tune 5 років тому +158

    I actually find this captivating. I do believe that for a bass player as skilled as Flea is, playing something this raw would be even harder than doing something traditional. The way he goes in and out of the background melody in small little sections to breath just to go back to chaos again is mesmerizing to me. It's like a sad poem, screaming in tears. I dig it.

    • @azariz4tune
      @azariz4tune 5 років тому +4

      What Funkadelic did with this piece is genius; and so is this.

    • @PainBreadzky
      @PainBreadzky Рік тому +3

      Nope

    • @mortisnoctu
      @mortisnoctu Рік тому

      This is trash. That’s what this is.

    • @wumpus3719
      @wumpus3719 9 місяців тому

      @@PainBreadzkyyep

  • @RPostVideos
    @RPostVideos 2 роки тому +2

    Flea is the craziest, most beautiful and kind soul in the planet!

  • @RPostVideos
    @RPostVideos 2 роки тому +7

    The fact that he also taps into the 4th dimension is why him and Frusciante are next level musical geniuses! ❤️

    • @mortisnoctu
      @mortisnoctu Рік тому +2

      By “taps into the 4th dimension”, you mean ignoring all technical foundations that produce good music and just randomly sperging away at random notes like an Parkinson’s patient on meth?
      If that’s genius to you… 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Rhcpitar9495
      @Rhcpitar9495 2 місяці тому

      ⁠@@mortisnoctucalm down it’s an improv song meant to express the musicians feelings and it’s not meant to be perfectly in key, or to everyone’s taste. It’s sounds good. And he’s a very talented musician but it doesn’t have to be perfect at all just something’s fun to play

  • @jamarihodges8327
    @jamarihodges8327 5 років тому +2850

    Flea just trolled Fender on a scale I've never seen before...

    • @NiskRanThawll
      @NiskRanThawll 5 років тому +151

      I don't know if anyone knows the scale he was in... Not even himself 😂

    • @avgt619
      @avgt619 5 років тому +173

      I'd probably say he was playing the H minor scale there...

    • @yigitcengil2465
      @yigitcengil2465 5 років тому +6

      @@SS-bs2su It`s a freakin` masterpiece. Unlike this solo.

    • @joseluisrm_
      @joseluisrm_ 5 років тому +17

      he was playing B# scale

    • @melbro7379
      @melbro7379 5 років тому +24

      @@joseluisrm_a b# scale is just a c scale

  • @ASMRBass
    @ASMRBass 5 років тому +6125

    Its like hes slowly unlearning to play the bass.

  • @JustK009
    @JustK009 2 роки тому +1

    Eddie Hazel & Flea yolked in spirit..Thank you for leaving this so we don’t forget

  • @youngorangee
    @youngorangee 2 роки тому +2

    Can’t wait to be on here ⚡️

  • @Iheartdgd
    @Iheartdgd 5 років тому +2404

    The title of this video should have been “Flea tries Meth”

    • @williamalonso8768
      @williamalonso8768 5 років тому +41

      as if he hasn't been on it this whole time

    • @eshaman3334
      @eshaman3334 5 років тому +6

      This track wayyy to laid back to be done on meth.

    • @eshaman3334
      @eshaman3334 5 років тому +1

      @@williamalonso8768 and?..

    • @Iheartdgd
      @Iheartdgd 5 років тому +5

      eShaman 333 this is a cover of funkedelics maggot brain. Flea is just playing bass over it

    • @lvlultiplication9751
      @lvlultiplication9751 5 років тому +9

      the distortion ruined the tone of the bass. He should have went clean with high tone.

  • @asimpleman2779
    @asimpleman2779 4 роки тому +56

    His playing at the beginning brought back memories of Cliff Burton on Pulling teeth, rocking sound !

  • @askholand8132
    @askholand8132 2 роки тому +4

    the excited kid in the back while the music teacher is speaking:

  • @chasing_dragons
    @chasing_dragons 4 місяці тому +1

    My dream bass someday would be a hybrid of his two artist models. A combo of the 22 fret one he is using here and his pink early 60's Jazz model that has a rosewood fretboard.

  • @oe542
    @oe542 3 роки тому +275

    My whole life I’ve been waiting for Fleas playing to overshadow his eccentric personality. When I saw him draw on his own face at the beginning I knew today would not be the day.

    • @evtwt4175
      @evtwt4175 3 роки тому +9

      Listen to nobody weird like me from mother’s milk

    • @wowOKlol
      @wowOKlol 3 роки тому +9

      Maybe start listening then.

    • @fancykarlmarx
      @fancykarlmarx 3 роки тому

      Ha

    • @GerSHAK
      @GerSHAK 3 роки тому +2

      One Hot Minute is his best album. So fucking inspirational

    • @sodapopragsable
      @sodapopragsable 2 роки тому +15

      More like, "my whole life I was waiting for this opportunity to take a shot at Flea that wouldn't make me sound like a petty amateur with delusions of grandiosity, and when he did something eccentric I saw it as the most well-timed opportunity"

  • @GaragebandandBeyond
    @GaragebandandBeyond 5 років тому +492

    If they had uploaded this on April 1st, this video would make a lot more sense.

    • @MrSlimbob1
      @MrSlimbob1 5 років тому +2

      Go listen to autotune

    • @GaragebandandBeyond
      @GaragebandandBeyond 5 років тому +11

      @@MrSlimbob1 Dude... this SUCKS, get over it. I HATE AutoTuned songs BTW.

    • @MrSlimbob1
      @MrSlimbob1 5 років тому +1

      GaragebandandBeyond no it doesn't. You suck

    • @MrSlimbob1
      @MrSlimbob1 5 років тому

      stimb it's improvisation and you're spoilt just like all the other morons/sheep on here.

    • @pzooka
      @pzooka 5 років тому +1

      L P You literally must not play music

  • @trevorlindsey580
    @trevorlindsey580 4 місяці тому

    His words in the intro could not be more true. Flea is a wonderfully kind dude who exudes raw energy and dances to his own beat. He may look a bit intense, but underneath it all, he is a humble and sensitive soul.

  • @redbarron3695
    @redbarron3695 2 роки тому +1

    Just glad he found an outlet to plug in to

  • @monk7847
    @monk7847 5 років тому +323

    Music learning is weird. First you gotta learn to play simple, then you gotta master every aspect of your musicianship to play hard stuff, when you got beyond that point you're playing easily again and after that you can do pretty much anything you want because everyone knows you are great and it's just your form of expression. And that last stage is what all musicians fight for their hole lifes. And that is what makes it beautiful.

    • @Simonknowsall
      @Simonknowsall 5 років тому +2

      Actually John visited musical college plus knows theory and thinks that it is important for him, he mentioned that in2004 q&a. Oh yeah. Before peppers he had a quite famous guitar player as a teacher. But as for Hendrix you are right.

    • @sobos1282
      @sobos1282 5 років тому +4

      Warzed Arcanist music theory is very important in composing songs that are more than just basic chords. I didn’t become a proficient player for 8 years until I started to learn theory. Doesn’t mean that you HAVE to know every aspect of it or follow it to a tea, but it is necessary in coming up with really good sounding music. I am self taught just as people like Hendrix are. I can almost guarantee that people like Jimi and Flea knew/know about some sort of theory.

    • @monk7847
      @monk7847 5 років тому

      Okay, that might be confusing, but when I wrote that "you gotta master every aspect of your musicianship ship" I didn't necessarily mean learning music theory. Most of our favourite musicians didn't know shit back in the days. I wasn't clear about that. And I actually love simplicity in music like in Frusciante's "Before The Begging". It's just one shape, one set of notes for whole performance which is amazing musical and spiritual experience.

    • @eshaman3334
      @eshaman3334 5 років тому +1

      I guess

    • @wesleyalan9179
      @wesleyalan9179 5 років тому +4

      Music is art.. Not a math question .
      Your instrument is your paint brush,and people ears are the canvas.
      You wouldn't want your instrument being a calculator and someone telling you that you are wrong all the time do you?
      My comment wasn't aimed at anyone, its just a thought i had, lol!
      Keep on rockin!

  • @randygomez9595
    @randygomez9595 3 роки тому +818

    The comment section shows that we as a society have forgotten that music is an art form

    • @kiillabytez
      @kiillabytez 3 роки тому +154

      Yes, music is art, and therefore interpreted by the listener, and as a listener, I interpret this as sounding like garbage.

    • @el_ban6228
      @el_ban6228 3 роки тому +20

      @@kiillabytez "interpreted by the listener" that shit kill all forms of art, put a piece of shit in a museum, u could think that is art.

    • @kiillabytez
      @kiillabytez 3 роки тому +17

      @@el_ban6228 That's the problem.
      Popular verses personal opinions.
      If I don't like something, damn your feelings.

    • @xspartan346x
      @xspartan346x 3 роки тому +16

      art should have stardards. This man is better than this.

    • @kiillabytez
      @kiillabytez 3 роки тому +5

      @@xspartan346x Even after a 6-year old smears paint with their thumbs on a piece of cardboard, it could be considered art by their parents, but to everyone else it just looks exactly what it is, an ugly mess. At least we have proud parents though.

  • @altver7303
    @altver7303 Місяць тому

    Searching up “flea maggot brain” is such a gamble but i’m glad I’m here

  • @JBT-bw8sh
    @JBT-bw8sh 2 роки тому +2

    people saying that this sounds like shit to them makes me feel like im from another dimension

  • @DavidDiMuzio
    @DavidDiMuzio 5 років тому +1901

    This video made me realize I'm a better bass player than I thought...

    • @theotherserge
      @theotherserge 5 років тому +7

      David DiMuzio 😂😂🤘

    • @lance4842
      @lance4842 5 років тому +55

      You're better than Flea? Wow. Also, i always see you in IVoS videos.

    • @SolidFoxHoundSF
      @SolidFoxHoundSF 5 років тому +27

      You’re a kook.

    • @afterstars
      @afterstars 5 років тому +140

      David DiMuzio No. This video makes you think you’re a better bass player than you are.

    • @DavidDiMuzio
      @DavidDiMuzio 5 років тому +16

      @@afterstars Possibly true on both counts.

  • @nuggetstew4380
    @nuggetstew4380 4 роки тому +305

    Flea is just an absolute paragon of magic, talent, and love. Theres something about him that could never be replicated, he is such an amazing man and musician and he is so inspiring to me to make my own music and to just love everyone. Flea is one of my musical heroes and I truly hope to meet him one day.

    • @timkingsemail
      @timkingsemail 4 роки тому +38

      Thank you. I had to scroll past a list of incredibly small-minded haters to get to this comment. It is appreciated as is Flea and as are you. Peace.

    • @ethanpiper6221
      @ethanpiper6221 3 роки тому +3

      Toxic Potato then you don’t understand the song he’s playing either which is essentially a solo of self expression buddy

    • @hix.206
      @hix.206 3 роки тому +2

      @@ethanpiper6221 you are so right 👌

    • @matthashobbies
      @matthashobbies 3 роки тому +3

      @@ethanpiper6221 yeah, like I saw another comment say, music is self expression, we create music to get out our emotions (frustration, sadness, happiness) and by doing this, we're allowing ourself to destress and just forget about everything for a bit

    • @paulaxiz
      @paulaxiz 2 роки тому +2

      Whatever..this was terrible. Any actual musician would recognize that. Heck, flea has recordings from three decades ago with better audio. As far as composition.. that's what maggot brain is supposed to be, jargon. Like abstract art.

  • @IAMMASONDAVIDSONGOBIN
    @IAMMASONDAVIDSONGOBIN 2 роки тому +2

    Great vid of a LEGEND playing A LEGEND,.. this is what you get whem spirit meets a beautiful piece of material... My biggest regret in my bass playing career was trading my Mexican precision for $300 of studio time... Now, ive sold my warwick due to bills during covid... And im borrowing a bass from a friend because i cant afford one yet... Gawd how tragic and beautiful life can be. Thank you Flee, thank you Fender... For both being staples of inspiration and spirit to we the rare breed... Bass players....

  • @ReverendHellbilly
    @ReverendHellbilly 2 роки тому +2

    An absolute pure emotional tune.thanks buddy🔥👍🎸

  • @armaansamirizvi3354
    @armaansamirizvi3354 5 років тому +2194

    You guys clearly don't understand _Jazz_

    • @godislove8740
      @godislove8740 4 роки тому +18

      I would have italicised the don't rather than the Jazz.

    • @godislove8740
      @godislove8740 4 роки тому +18

      On second thoughts.....I'd italicise clearly. Funny how we change.

    • @nathanjordon6950
      @nathanjordon6950 4 роки тому +39

      He's not playing jazz. He's playing on a jazz bass tho

    • @enzohernandez8282
      @enzohernandez8282 4 роки тому +10

      Try to play this on a jazz jam...

    • @autofigure00
      @autofigure00 4 роки тому +13

      This ain't. J a z z

  • @snardash_1197
    @snardash_1197 3 роки тому +19

    A man that just expresses himself. Love it.

  • @nrlsky
    @nrlsky 5 місяців тому +4

    Incredible. Makes me want to buy a $40 electric guitar with ceramic pick-ups, a battery-powered 3 watt amp, and a cassette recorder, so I can get this sound for my own jams.

  • @ANNIHILISTIC
    @ANNIHILISTIC 2 роки тому +6

    Thanks to this video, after playing bass for just over a year, I can confidently say I can play a bass solo as good as Flea.

  • @afrost8516
    @afrost8516 3 роки тому +28

    "this is my instrument, this is me. I am my instrument."

  • @jeltehildebrands3041
    @jeltehildebrands3041 4 роки тому +72

    Flea has escaped from prison and tried to generate frequencies that are luring the police on the wrong track

  • @HeavyCha
    @HeavyCha 2 роки тому +1

    Wow... I understand this piece now... Legendary

  • @natethebesttt
    @natethebesttt 2 роки тому

    I wasn’t ready for this when I first stumbled upon it but now I love it

  • @MonkeyDPirateKing
    @MonkeyDPirateKing 5 років тому +1581

    Naruto should have stayed Hokage

    • @elijahlee2777
      @elijahlee2777 5 років тому +43

      im done, I can't anymore lol

    • @whistlingwind4403
      @whistlingwind4403 5 років тому +68

      Since Hinata took away the kids, he was never the same.

    • @shiroTpoison
      @shiroTpoison 4 роки тому +12

      Good God this comment made me laugh so hard

    • @dougito
      @dougito 4 роки тому +6

      OMG it took me some time to get it but geez you deserve the best comment prize of 2019

    • @Inomya
      @Inomya 4 роки тому +2

      I dont get it please someone explain???

  • @lykepvp
    @lykepvp 5 років тому +307

    Flea kinda looks like a punk version of Red Forman

  • @megatedassaultituary6783
    @megatedassaultituary6783 10 місяців тому +6

    I like that tone. Reminded me of Cliff Burton...like if you remember him you'll see how deep this goes.

    • @BeyondTheBodyMDM
      @BeyondTheBodyMDM 6 місяців тому

      R.I.P. Cliff❤

    • @crazyfutureradio
      @crazyfutureradio 5 місяців тому +1

      I like to think this is what Cliff would sound like if he survived the bus incident and lived his life as a potato but could still move his hands around.

  • @msannthrope_2049
    @msannthrope_2049 Рік тому +5

    Maggot Brain is an intense album. Flea shows his music doctorate chops here.

  • @gavinking8042
    @gavinking8042 4 роки тому +64

    If you can’t see how raw, emotional, genuine, and energetic his playing is here, it’s a sign you’ve never lost yourself in your instrument like this.

    • @reverendmichael5558
      @reverendmichael5558 4 роки тому +4

      Greatest comment of wisdom I've seen on this post since I've been on this string. People don't know what they are talking about. Probably because he is not very technical oh, speaking of flea, but he definitely knows his scales and roots and he is continuously playing when he finds himself falling out of the scale and then finds himself back in the roots by playing the scales he knows oh, and all this with is feeling and all he knows

    • @gavinking8042
      @gavinking8042 4 роки тому

      B4 freedomfighter then you were a purer player when you were two.

  • @Aschell91
    @Aschell91 5 років тому +406

    Flea bro you doin alright?

    • @Unitz15
      @Unitz15 4 роки тому +2

      Aschell this comment really sent me

  • @chuckgriffith4539
    @chuckgriffith4539 Рік тому +1

    Flea in the hills jamming! Awesome!!

  • @mike70s
    @mike70s 2 роки тому

    Pure joy flea is, a wild horse on a mountain

  • @TJDrumsRHCP
    @TJDrumsRHCP 4 роки тому +10

    I don't care what everyone says about his scales or movements or technique or tone. I fucking loved this. He's willing to go 100% for something not everyone will like and this is why I love Flea.

  • @tailsthefox1158
    @tailsthefox1158 5 років тому +696

    I think they posted the wrong vid.

    • @eshaman3334
      @eshaman3334 5 років тому +1

      keep an open ear...🎵

    • @TheBr0seph
      @TheBr0seph 5 років тому +7

      eShaman 333 Are you making it your personal goal in life to respond to every slightly negative comment about Flea? Get a life.

    • @electricjoshaloo
      @electricjoshaloo 5 років тому +1

      @@TheBr0seph how do you know that's what he's doing? get a life

    • @TheBr0seph
      @TheBr0seph 5 років тому

      It'sme Josh because I have the ability to read, and I see all of his comments. Get a life.

    • @larzjustice
      @larzjustice 5 років тому +2

      TheBr0seph So you’ve taken the time to notice and read all of his comments... but HE needs to get a life?

  • @morrisalanisette9067
    @morrisalanisette9067 2 місяці тому

    this is old school rock style. its about the feeling more than the music. makes me think of damo suzuki. he was living embodiment of that he used to put on shows where anyone can come on stage and play and he said he doesn't care what the music is its about the energy

  • @elizzacreates
    @elizzacreates Рік тому

    I could fall asleep it’s so soothing for my brain in the best way possible

  • @lethrbear32
    @lethrbear32 3 роки тому +97

    I love this guy so much. Not only is he talented, but he's a really good dude.

    • @Thejokerman-ed4zm
      @Thejokerman-ed4zm 2 роки тому +5

      He’s a weirdo

    • @mwalter662
      @mwalter662 2 роки тому

      @@Thejokerman-ed4zm ???

    • @Thejokerman-ed4zm
      @Thejokerman-ed4zm 2 роки тому

      @@mwalter662 ???????

    • @karstenpuder3605
      @karstenpuder3605 Рік тому

      @@Thejokerman-ed4zm how exactly?

    • @raingirlcat2245
      @raingirlcat2245 Рік тому +3

      @@Thejokerman-ed4zm You’re weird too. Nothing wrong with being weird. No one is normal. Not one person is normal. I’ve found that in this life, no one is normal.

  • @jamess.829
    @jamess.829 3 роки тому +10

    Never imagined Maggot Brain on a bass. Awesome.

  • @PASSENGEROFSHITOFFICIAL
    @PASSENGEROFSHITOFFICIAL Рік тому +2

    i dig this all bass cover well done , classic funkadelic

  • @grungyoverpasstheoriginato964
    @grungyoverpasstheoriginato964 Рік тому +2

    Most don’t even know maggot brain most don’t play bass. My boy killed it.

  • @deltafit
    @deltafit 5 років тому +204

    I always knew Needles would make it as a musician

  • @stephenversluys4524
    @stephenversluys4524 3 роки тому +24

    I forgot i had this on 1.5x speed from a previous video and really thought flea had fallen off the deep end

  • @eduardogonzalez7752
    @eduardogonzalez7752 Рік тому +1

    flea is amazing.

  • @LusciousTwinkle
    @LusciousTwinkle 6 місяців тому +2

    Maggot brain is in my top five pieces of music of all time. This is certainly interesting....and very emotive.

  • @oscaralo09
    @oscaralo09 5 років тому +117

    SteveT should watch this ASAP!!

    • @jansanchez879
      @jansanchez879 5 років тому

      oscaralo09 SOME ONE SEND IT TO HIM

    • @hectormedina2873
      @hectormedina2873 5 років тому +3

      And put a "funny" stupid face as a thumbnail 😂

  • @cosmin4473
    @cosmin4473 4 роки тому +341

    most of the comments saying this cover sounds bad and flea cant play or improvise, which is totally absurd.
    did y'all even hear the actual maggot brain song? the whole solo is about self expression and out of tempo improvisation. jesus, every damn 035-er insulting flea just so they can feel better 'bout their own shit playing.

    • @richardmack5872
      @richardmack5872 4 роки тому +1

      I agree but the 035 joke is dead even just saying it is cringe

    • @gabe554
      @gabe554 3 роки тому +33

      Richard Mack sounds like something a 035er would say ngl

    • @UltimateMTB
      @UltimateMTB 3 роки тому +2

      @@richardmack5872 how is it a joke that died? It's something every new guitarist has learned for decades now, not some fad that passes

    • @mauriciotavera6957
      @mauriciotavera6957 3 роки тому

      @@bangtanboys69 for You, flea is one of the greatest bassists ever, and Why should it sound like the original? If you want the original listen to the original, not someone taking the concept to the extreme

    • @mauriciotavera6957
      @mauriciotavera6957 3 роки тому

      @@bangtanboys69 and? A perform is able to make changes, :3

  • @josepheugene8190
    @josepheugene8190 2 роки тому +1

    I would love to jam with this guy. He let's it all go. Does not care what people think. That is awsum. Deep down, he has a good heart. He expresses himself through music.. and he is very good at it. 👍

  • @AshManzarek
    @AshManzarek 2 роки тому

    Expressed beautifully, he is really an artist.

  • @keekeys
    @keekeys 4 роки тому +1157

    You guys know he's riffing around with Funkadelics "Maggot Brain" right? It's meant to sound like a crazy mess, chill out and let Flea rip it.

    • @SgtZaqq
      @SgtZaqq 4 роки тому +72

      Last time I listened to Maggot Brain (1 minute ago), it was actually pleasant to listen to.

    • @_ProTrax
      @_ProTrax 4 роки тому +50

      You know that improvisation isn't an excuse for not having any clue how to play over 4 basic chords in E minor right

    • @wagyu2589
      @wagyu2589 4 роки тому +6

      Even if that’s how it’s supposed to be played It still sounds like trash

    • @cosmin4473
      @cosmin4473 4 роки тому +77

      WadddleDeee you're right man. flea sucks ass, you're way better than him, u were even able to call a chord, wow.
      imma make a petition so rhcp can replace him with u

    • @Charlee239
      @Charlee239 4 роки тому +22

      @@_ProTrax wait. i thought he made tons of albums and sold millions of records. You? oh wait. you are still trying to get 3 people to play with you for your moms birthday! i understand your salt now!

  • @thammy_ndlovu
    @thammy_ndlovu 4 роки тому +2928

    LMAO

    • @polackwizerd
      @polackwizerd 4 роки тому +245

      I think you're the only one that gets it...

    • @polackwizerd
      @polackwizerd 4 роки тому +142

      @@robotsobek8626 Well seeing how he took a 10 minute song and condensed it to two minutes and twenty seconds. I can see how thats possible.. Also the song was pure improvisation as you know, purposely out of key and off tempo..

    • @polackwizerd
      @polackwizerd 4 роки тому +46

      @@robotsobek8626 the song is called maggot brain... Flea's not playing any specific part to it but his own style and interpretation of it.. Dont get me wrong this is one of the worst songs ever produced because its just straight instrumental gibberish..

    • @polackwizerd
      @polackwizerd 4 роки тому +17

      @@robotsobek8626 it was a 2 minute 20 second flea version. His rendition of the shitty song. "Wrote" is a term id use loosely when talking about this... George was supposedly on LSD when he gave eddie hazel the motivation for the song.

    • @polackwizerd
      @polackwizerd 4 роки тому +6

      @@robotsobek8626 lol oh see that makes sense.. This sounds like the "music" a man on high doses of hallucinogens would come up with.. lol hope you have a good night bruh

  • @electriclioness4607
    @electriclioness4607 3 роки тому +1

    That is a Classic I see you Flea

  • @swaaws
    @swaaws 2 роки тому

    He just doing his own thing, I love it