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

3 жыл бұрын

Just because its self expression doesnt mean it sounds good.

@vaginozaurusrex5036

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like some chaotic,melodyless shit anyway

@jakol9383

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaginozaurusrex5036 exactly

@wesley3300

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesley3300 the tone sounds like a squier amp tone

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

Жыл бұрын

Him just slappin through test chambers

@jesusdenazare1249

Жыл бұрын

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

@maximummatt73

6 ай бұрын

Portal 3: Deep Inside Of A Parallel Universe

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

9 ай бұрын

No man. This just sucks

@cormacbohren3175

9 ай бұрын

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

@1R4MgMYl7a

8 ай бұрын

dont read into it too much man

@cormacbohren3175

8 ай бұрын

@@1R4MgMYl7a nice Residents pfp

@jackthurman2642

7 ай бұрын

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

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

3 ай бұрын

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

@smokinnplatez1426

28 күн бұрын

Um maggot brain is a song and album by funkadelic not a technique or exercise

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

@bastardbassist4205

3 жыл бұрын

Flea is a pretty good trumpet player

@ts4gv

3 жыл бұрын

Plays like one too.

@NY339

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@macdonald7712

3 жыл бұрын

I think thats the idea hehe

@todjohnstown8604

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t blow his cover

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

@Xsk8phalifeX

5 жыл бұрын

🤣

@snapshitty

4 жыл бұрын

LOL! WTF!

@user-gf6nj1lh6i

4 жыл бұрын

Haha funny joke 'dave stride"

@fogman2041

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@lurs21

2 жыл бұрын

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

@neviatha

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@glenturney4750 you're so square

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

@elvarwinston

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

I think 2 or 3 more enjoyed it.

@danielbuhr4260

2 жыл бұрын

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

@glenturney4750

2 жыл бұрын

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

@epictetus9221

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@ZaneDalton

3 жыл бұрын

😂 Criminally underrated comment.

@meckless

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZaneDalton is stolen but stills funny

@glenturney4750

2 жыл бұрын

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

@sonovabeach2165

2 жыл бұрын

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

@hisvorpalsword

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@diciembrebajotierra

4 жыл бұрын

Damn right 👌

@amals3160

4 жыл бұрын

💜

@dbsuperfanboy1315

4 жыл бұрын

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

@starchild692

4 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't.

@johnb5057

4 жыл бұрын

i was the 666th like :P

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

@stayhow

Жыл бұрын

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

This is definitely one of the bassperformances of all time.

@wavemotiongun12

Жыл бұрын

This joke is getting stale.

@fernandadiniz3656

Жыл бұрын

les claypool. Period

@tyvekhomewrap9164

Жыл бұрын

@@wavemotiongun12 I agree

@philippov_yaroslav

10 ай бұрын

Or worst...

@hektixkitzo

6 ай бұрын

This definitely is a performance on bass, and it's definitely one of them that happened during time....

That one guy at Guitar Center be like.

@zaiba2524

4 жыл бұрын

Bass

@felixguitar1108

4 жыл бұрын

😅

@ryline666

4 жыл бұрын

"be like"

@jemimallah2591

4 жыл бұрын

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

@cosmin4473

4 жыл бұрын

wow dion that joke was so original never stop pls

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

@unconsciousimmortal

5 жыл бұрын

what does this even mean

@ryanperron8309

5 жыл бұрын

SuperHerro1234 that it’s not that amazing

@null4784

5 жыл бұрын

@killbotone r/woosh

@liligman

4 жыл бұрын

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

@foodmachinebroke1021

4 жыл бұрын

@@null4784 r/ihavereddit r/woosh = comedy

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!

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.

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@cocobeanz19

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Thebarbariantruckershow

3 жыл бұрын

So friggin true,🤣

@evangalisky1287

3 жыл бұрын

u clearly haven’t heard the original recording

@yourself88xbl

3 жыл бұрын

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

This dude is great he should be in a band

@beckhenderson4328

3 жыл бұрын

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

@DJMerck

3 жыл бұрын

lmao..

@ddhruv1976

3 жыл бұрын

That one guy r/whoosh

@pinkalphamale9199

3 жыл бұрын

@@beckhenderson4328 👁 👁 👄

@myinfoisgone3868

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@wnyduchess

2 жыл бұрын

YES

@jusqici_toutvabien

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@gustavocampos9404

Жыл бұрын

Just let you be

@Elijah-ki8vo

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I come back to this video just to listen to it and replay it a few times.

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

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

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@smokeystarr

5 жыл бұрын

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

@mikecantreed

4 жыл бұрын

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

@gremlin2022

4 жыл бұрын

Him and Lars should start a band together

@charlesrast4235

4 жыл бұрын

He just has that magical touch!

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

@Duckvan79

5 жыл бұрын

🤣 "give me a fuzzy Dunlop please"

@radioactive4521

5 жыл бұрын

Lemon zest.

@MsDeeke

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Duckvan79

4 жыл бұрын

@@MsDeeke 🤣🤣🤣

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

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

@worsethanhitlerpt.2539

6 ай бұрын

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

When the Flintstone vitamin gummies kick in.

@Maharani1991

3 жыл бұрын

OMG BEST COMMENT

@jlanthripp

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong gummies…

@catalax3425

3 жыл бұрын

You win the comment section. 🙌

@anthonyfulton3218

2 жыл бұрын

BRUH 😂😂😂

@glenturney4750

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@Dannys.channel

2 жыл бұрын

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

@ruok3351

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, like Yoko Ono?

@noods3979

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruok3351 Flea rocks, Yoko sucks

@glenturney4750

2 жыл бұрын

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

@glenturney4750

2 жыл бұрын

@@noods3979: They BOTH suck.

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

@mortisnoctu

Жыл бұрын

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

@BourdeoixEterno

Жыл бұрын

It sounds bad bro

@RaymondTusk74

Жыл бұрын

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

@haroldnicolas4740

Жыл бұрын

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

@firebeardnc6012

10 ай бұрын

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

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

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

@mrmeow1012

5 жыл бұрын

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

@boker_joker

5 жыл бұрын

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

@MrSlimbob1

5 жыл бұрын

Иван Васильев that is improvisation.

@Dildobagginses

5 жыл бұрын

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

@boker_joker

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

This sounds like me after learning the minor pentatonic scale

@notoriusdrifter40

3 жыл бұрын

A minor pentatonic 5 fret position hell yeah

@SamiShah2004

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Way_loz

3 жыл бұрын

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

@paulsc4689

3 жыл бұрын

Fucking masterpiece

@Way_loz

3 жыл бұрын

@Make 6752 avarage minor pentatonic scale

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

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

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

@alijawad4596

4 жыл бұрын

ROFL

@heather7236

4 жыл бұрын

Much more raw this way lmao

@trystangoulene-wera3872

4 жыл бұрын

I really love the tone of the bass

@Alessandro-hu4iy

3 жыл бұрын

well.... now they know.

@End-Result

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the attempt at natural sound, but agree, this was kind of suckish

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

@williamalonso8768

5 жыл бұрын

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

@eshaman3334

5 жыл бұрын

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

@eshaman3334

5 жыл бұрын

@@williamalonso8768 and?..

@Iheartdgd

5 жыл бұрын

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

@lvlultiplication9751

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

Just glad he found an outlet to plug in to

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

@FeRmBot0118

5 жыл бұрын

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

@cccc-bd8pp

5 жыл бұрын

What’re you talking this shit is beautiful

@gtbtone

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

I lol'd

@Joeyace665

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

Really going for that "whatever comes out" vibe

@KongClaudio

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

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.

Flea playing bass is always a wonderful thing to me.

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

@NiskRanThawll

5 жыл бұрын

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

@avgt619

5 жыл бұрын

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

@yigitcengil2465

5 жыл бұрын

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

@joseluisrm_

5 жыл бұрын

he was playing B# scale

@melbro7379

5 жыл бұрын

@@joseluisrm_a b# scale is just a c scale

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@PainBreadzky

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@mortisnoctu

Жыл бұрын

This is trash. That’s what this is.

@wumpus3719

11 ай бұрын

@@PainBreadzkyyep

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

@mortisnoctu

Жыл бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@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

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.

Its like hes slowly unlearning to play the bass.

@noahlopez9229

5 жыл бұрын

Just fix it in ze protools likes always

@josephvonbulow1164

5 жыл бұрын

Oh man 😁😁😁

@larrymonteleone1789

5 жыл бұрын

i couldn't agree more

@adrianneflors.genetiano425

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone ages and unlearning things is oart of it.

@LayneStaley999

5 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahhahahahah true!!!

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

@TruthAndReconciliation

3 жыл бұрын

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

@NervylHraje

3 жыл бұрын

Have to agree.

@valerinaatas

3 жыл бұрын

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

@waineeos7856

3 жыл бұрын

Can't agree more

@jarnold1789

3 жыл бұрын

@@TruthAndReconciliation 😂😂😂😂

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

@BeyondTheBodyMDM

8 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Cliff❤

@crazyfutureradio

6 ай бұрын

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.

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

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

@alfonsonavarro5738

5 жыл бұрын

Xdd

@spamsingles5948

5 жыл бұрын

Dosney

@drakesculley6525

5 жыл бұрын

BAH BAH BAH DAH!

@1ZosoLZ

5 жыл бұрын

Some Drumcovers lmfaooo yooo

@djabroni_brochacho4644

4 жыл бұрын

The pentagram said it all...

Naruto should have stayed Hokage

@elijahlee2777

5 жыл бұрын

im done, I can't anymore lol

@whistlingwind4403

5 жыл бұрын

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

@shiroTpoison

5 жыл бұрын

Good God this comment made me laugh so hard

@dougito

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Inomya

4 жыл бұрын

I dont get it please someone explain???

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

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

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

@giselcilio

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Am0r_y_PeZ

5 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

@creamydistortion

Жыл бұрын

Yes, drugs.

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

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to nobody weird like me from mother’s milk

@wowOKlol

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe start listening then.

@fancykarlmarx

3 жыл бұрын

Ha

@Maharani1991

3 жыл бұрын

One Hot Minute is his best album. So fucking inspirational

@sodapopragsable

2 жыл бұрын

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"

0:35 me after break my string

This is hauntingly beautiful

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

@kiillabytez

3 жыл бұрын

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

@el_ban6228

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@xspartan346x

3 жыл бұрын

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

@kiillabytez

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

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

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

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

Flea kinda looks like a punk version of Red Forman

@lucanicolosi4556

5 жыл бұрын

my favourite comment ever

@lilbarbecuesowse5347

5 жыл бұрын

lol he looks like cheddar bob from 8 mile

@landonjarvis1563

5 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@MakoNext

5 жыл бұрын

Red Forman before he was put a foot up the ass

@takeguard

5 жыл бұрын

Albino Dennis Rodman

Flea bro you doin alright?

@Unitz15

4 жыл бұрын

Aschell this comment really sent me

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

I can tell the people in the comments here likely never heard the original Maggot Brain. The inspiration for Eddie Hazel creating the original Maggot Brain was to play the guitar like his mother had died and she had come back to life. The original Maggot Brain starts off very mellow but picks up gradually. Every time the guitar cycles back to that bend, the guitar playing becomes more and more intense. On the other hand, the bass playing in Flea’s rendition here is very intense and frantic from the beginning and stays there. There is no gradual buildup. Although the tone is still fuzzy and distorted like the original, recreating Maggot Brain just doesn’t seem to be Flea’s style and that’s fine.

@dlewis9760

6 ай бұрын

It also a lot shorter and the point was to pimp a bass (nothing wrong with that). So, he had to get in quick and leave out the build up. It's not like he couldn't play it straight. He didn't want to play it straight. They are equating different with lack of talent. Don't like it because of the way he did it. But, don't go on that he's talentless and a has been. Sure, he's aged out. I'm older. Wait until these chumps get there.

I think they posted the wrong vid.

@eshaman3334

5 жыл бұрын

keep an open ear...🎵

@TheBr0seph

5 жыл бұрын

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

@electricjoshaloo

5 жыл бұрын

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

@TheBr0seph

5 жыл бұрын

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

@larzjustice

5 жыл бұрын

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

That tone sounds like my beard trimmer

@alecmejia1960

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I’m dead

@Maharani1991

3 жыл бұрын

Omg

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....

Oh, internet, the place where you can criticize a master at his work, and still get away with it.

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.

Jared leto : I am the joker Flea : hold my bass,just give me a chalk🖍

@trydodis690

4 жыл бұрын

snorpus *it’s Jared Leto quoting he’s the best joker..

@kanedgytheguy8105

3 жыл бұрын

But if flea were to give him the bass what would he play

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

Maybe it's because I know nothing about playing bass but I find this magnetic

@patrikkotlar

2 жыл бұрын

I don t understand people talking shit about his playing that part at 1:46 is crazy

When you plug a car battery into your razor

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

@theotherserge

5 жыл бұрын

David DiMuzio 😂😂🤘

@lance4842

5 жыл бұрын

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

@SolidFoxHoundSF

5 жыл бұрын

You’re a kook.

@afterstars

5 жыл бұрын

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

@DavidDiMuzio

5 жыл бұрын

@@afterstars Possibly true on both counts.

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

i dig this all bass cover well done , classic funkadelic

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

LMAO

@polackwizerd

4 жыл бұрын

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

@polackwizerd

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

Looks at the guy holding his bass who’s hesitating and asks, “what’s the matter McFly?, CHICKEN?” 😆

Can’t wait to be on here ⚡️

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

@MrSlimbob1

5 жыл бұрын

Go listen to autotune

@GaragebandandBeyond

5 жыл бұрын

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

@MrSlimbob1

5 жыл бұрын

GaragebandandBeyond no it doesn't. You suck

@MrSlimbob1

5 жыл бұрын

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

@pzooka

5 жыл бұрын

L P You literally must not play music

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@hix.206

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanpiper6221 you are so right 👌

@matthashobbies

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

"Nobody calls me chicken! Nobody!" Flea: "Prove it."

With all that money,all that fame & no one to say to the Mighty Flea, "No it doesn't sound like jazz" it's strangely reassuring that his solo sounds like the 14yr old kid down the street who just got his 1st distortion pedal.God bless him.

You guys clearly don't understand _Jazz_

@godislove8740

4 жыл бұрын

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

@godislove8740

4 жыл бұрын

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

@nathanjordon6950

4 жыл бұрын

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

@enzohernandez8282

4 жыл бұрын

Try to play this on a jazz jam...

@autofigure00

4 жыл бұрын

This ain't. J a z z

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

I guess

@wesleyalan9179

5 жыл бұрын

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!

Flea said in an interview he doesn't know much music theory. It clearly shows in this performance.

@morrisalanisette9067

4 ай бұрын

he went to school and studied it recently

@Not_Lewis

4 ай бұрын

@@morrisalanisette9067 academia level music theory is one thing. Knowing how to apply it is another

@morrisalanisette9067

4 ай бұрын

@@Not_Lewis hes not applying it here, but that's not his approach. im not saying he knows alot of theory just saying he did take some classes in old age. even still it's not lik ehe doesn't know he's not playing in the right key at times he knows hes been a musician his whole damn life. he states int he beginning what his appraoch his, that he's letting his feeling take over and not thinking so much about notes. sure it sounds crappy at times but whatever

Flea in the hills jamming! Awesome!!

A man that just expresses himself. Love it.

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

Pure joy flea is, a wild horse on a mountain

Dude sounds better than some guitar solos I’ve heard, definitely one of my favourites

I always knew Needles would make it as a musician

@rkharper

5 жыл бұрын

I would FIRE HIM!!!!

@rygdoomed442

5 жыл бұрын

Mclfyyyyy

@jirapatthaenphromrat2910

5 жыл бұрын

@Tito Grass yesh

@SuperRoo_22

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately whenever I think of Flea, I think of Needles.

@jonathandenny2870

5 жыл бұрын

What are you chicken mcfly?

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

@Thejokerman-ed4zm

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a weirdo

@mwalter662

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thejokerman-ed4zm ???

@Thejokerman-ed4zm

2 жыл бұрын

@@mwalter662 ???????

@karstenpuder3605

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thejokerman-ed4zm how exactly?

@raingirlcat2245

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

I respect Flea and I think he is one of the best bassists in all world. But I think I didn’t grasp his greatness on this video…

it's a world class shame the number of red hot fans in the world that don't know funkadelic.