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... ...👍
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.
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
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 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.
@@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
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'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! ❤🌎❤
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
@@cusswordsayer3558 Unfortunately I don’t play, but I’ve been a very serious listener and lover of the bass since the early 70’s. I got into the love of the instrument through the Jazz Rock “Fusion” era and R&B/Funk years. I love the up right bass as well as the electric. I’ve listened and studied the sound of the major and minor good player. Without sounding like a “Jazz snob” , but just from a factual position the Jazz guys from a theory, technical and musical understanding level are far superior players especially as improvisers. Therefore I tend to give more credit to those serious types of players. They know chords, harmonics and scales etc as well arranging. Most of the top players such as Stanley Clarke, Jaco and Charles Mingus etc. played piano. Therefore harmonically they know the interrelationship of notes in order to produce great bass playing. Marcus Miller recently said a lot of guys are playing many notes, but it’s not connected to anything, because a lot guys don’t have the understanding of the notes.
That just means that they are grooving real hard and super tight and you're missing nuances. With most musicians, if you slow down their grooves they would sound sloppier.
@@arthurfranklin9315 Disagree, playing faster doesn't mean it will groove harder. Playing superfast funk is for showmanship. Real groove should be danceable.
@@waawaaweewaa2045 I don't think you understand what I mean. There IS such thing as fast funk, but if it's not done well, it would sound like trash when broken down. If it feels groovier when slowed down, that just shows that these guys are hearing REAL FAST and they are REAL TIGHT. Music is expression, and if these guys are feeling it, why should we nitpick over whether it's a dance tempo?
I thought the sock was aesthetic/used to modify the sound slightly. Like when people have a piece of cloth on the head of the guitar/bass. Im not super knowledgeable you can tell im diy lol
I am the difference is I'm a drummer and some musician's up north that I absolutely do not know told me that I'm just one of the best drummer's that virginia has to offer and some Tell me that I shouldn't be living here playing like that That I should move up north and play more up there but I don't like the Cold weather I'm was born to be a warm hot April baby not December
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.
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*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
One can always distinguish a wizard by his eccentric clothing.
Needs to connect w/Buckethead...
BEST COMMENT AWARD GOES TO.....
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
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
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
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!
4:03
DOMi!!! no wonder the keys sounded so stellar!
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
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!
Love that they threw that "Prince" horn riff in there....🙂👍
Absolutely, Prince all over the place!
@@g-b194 Yep from "America"
@@emotionalideas Absolutely.
It’s real funky and halfway through the drummer announces it’s about to get REAL funky. And so it does.
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
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
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
It seems like the more he solos the more ideas come to him...truly a good bassist .
hoooooooooooly sh$t YES mononeon
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!
This guy is already in the future, they can't even follow his lead !!!! This is pure genius and musical insolence !!!
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
"We about to get real funky"....... Sir...... What have we been listening to for the past 4 minutes 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Drummer : "Im gonna officially let MonoNeon loose..."
Ummm you never had him dog , hes long gone 😂😂😂
I gotta come back to this once a year, every time I recognize a new funkster I learned about over the hiatus.
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 ruclips.net/video/Pq98n2j75XA/видео.html you'll notice that it is in the same key.
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
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 was so happy to spot Domi 🥰 in the jamset ! Dude you guys gave me a heart attack
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!!!
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.
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
Damn👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
He is Very talented …What an outstanding performance…I can dig it👍
Amazing stuff. The entire group jam's! Sounds like some old school Moris Day and the time!
More like Prince & The Revolution.
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.
You know you're doing something right when guitar player is looking over at your freeboard from behind with raised eyebrows.
Brothers are burnin the stage with that 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.
Give me these live Jams over a large concert any and everytime
That woman's reactions in the background are perfect.
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!!!!!
Mononeon saving the world playing the bass. Hero
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!!
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
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. ruclips.net/video/Pq98n2j75XA/видео.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 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!
❤🌎❤
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.
Sounds like a Prince Jam Session. Nice
Thanks to you both. (I needed that today). Cheers!
I need this entire session!
love it !!!
The people in the back are just like “haha whaaaat :’)”
The girl totally gets it
@Tony Wow, good to know. Thanks.
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
I'm going to see this band one week from today and this video has really got me pumped!
Dude’s up there with the greatest bassists of all time
Who is the Greatest bassist of all time
Been listening to bass for 50 years and I’m not to sure about that? Not sure if he’s the best of his generation.
@@ShangoDC how long have you been playing?
@@cusswordsayer3558 Unfortunately I don’t play, but I’ve been a very serious listener and lover of the bass since the early 70’s. I got into the love of the instrument through the Jazz Rock “Fusion” era and R&B/Funk years. I love the up right bass as well as the electric. I’ve listened and studied the sound of the major and minor good player. Without sounding like a “Jazz snob” , but just from a factual position the Jazz guys from a theory, technical and musical understanding level are far superior players especially as improvisers. Therefore I tend to give more credit to those serious types of players. They know chords, harmonics and scales etc as well arranging. Most of the top players such as Stanley Clarke, Jaco and Charles Mingus etc. played piano. Therefore harmonically they know the interrelationship of notes in order to produce great bass playing. Marcus Miller recently said a lot of guys are playing many notes, but it’s not connected to anything, because a lot guys don’t have the understanding of the notes.
m.ruclips.net/video/Ve37F3Ee9Ow/видео.html
This is a pretty fair candidate for best bass player ever. I mean it’s damn near a fact
That moment when, from the whole video, keyboard players spot Domi enjoying herself in the back
First time listening to MonoNeon...blown away.
mono is a mojo evasion, so subtle and empathic, love yo man, zenkiu for your music
Oh yeah. Sun Ra meets James Brown and they both take a hit of speed. Are you ready?
Y’all killing it. This jam reminds me of Marvel vs Capcom 2
Amazing! Saw him yesterday live and I had to hear more of this!
PRINCE looks down from his Purple Paradise and smiles.
That got "PRINCE" funk all up in it!!!!
I call it toy-funk
Kingdom fly
Nisan
Precisely
Hell yes!
watched it at 0.75 speed and it is arguably groovier
Absolutely! They are playing way too fast.
That just means that they are grooving real hard and super tight and you're missing nuances. With most musicians, if you slow down their grooves they would sound sloppier.
Actually, good suggestion!☺
@@arthurfranklin9315 Disagree, playing faster doesn't mean it will groove harder. Playing superfast funk is for showmanship. Real groove should be danceable.
@@waawaaweewaa2045 I don't think you understand what I mean. There IS such thing as fast funk, but if it's not done well, it would sound like trash when broken down. If it feels groovier when slowed down, that just shows that these guys are hearing REAL FAST and they are REAL TIGHT. Music is expression, and if these guys are feeling it, why should we nitpick over whether it's a dance tempo?
This is super amazing!
Awesome! Absolutely stunning :) That’s why RUclips is a great platform, so I can still discover great music and great artists!
Wicked !!!!
Amazing performance .....
Tranquilo caminhando nas ruas de "Los Angeles"...
Puta som!
This is one of the funkiest things I've ever seen. Just when you think you seen everything, RUclips surprises you.
OMG!!! MonoNeon.........the most gifted bassist I've heard.......thanks 4 including him in u'r lineup....
I remember when mono neon started with his online videos, great to see him getting far with his talent.
MonoNeon is really serious about not endorsing/revealing the bass brand 😩
That's a Lakland. Not sure if it's a US made or a Skyline.
It’s a callowhill bass. The owner just died. 😩. That’s the brand and they are not cheap.
@@frawell410 nah thats a lakland.
Thanks Dan, you’re right. I just bought one. 👍🏽
I thought the sock was aesthetic/used to modify the sound slightly. Like when people have a piece of cloth on the head of the guitar/bass. Im not super knowledgeable you can tell im diy lol
Slappin like crazy on an upside down five string with a sock on the headstock, incredible!
thats so lovely
Wow..... that's note are amazing 😍
I know those horns. "America, America, God shed his grace on the....keep the children free!!". Go' hed' on Mono Neon.
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!
Fantastic. And good to see Domi too.
A wizard never drags, Frodo Baggins. Nor does he rush. He is always precisely on the groove.
Left-handed.....next level! Raw
Left handed _and_ upside-down.
Funkin with Minneapolis flavor...Could totally see Prince dancing his ass off to this.. Lol
I learned to program to get better chess. Game went south. Big time
Nothing humbles me more than watching this guy tickle his bass
Holy shit! WHAT TALENT!
I have the attention span of a gnat and I watched this entire video gripped with fear and funk
The most funkiest performance I've ever seen
What did I stumble upon?!
This is just too funky!! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
little mono neon is best bass player ever
Jammin' at its finest!!!!
3:55 Sax lick is from Prince's "Amercia" live version in Nice (look for it on YT.
That groove is so hard it made my phone restart
A masterpiece, damn
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
whoahhh!
Begeisterung.
Danke vielmals.
I'm enjoying myself because of this jam.
Why can't more music be street fighter based?
LOL
Great 😄
I am the difference is I'm a drummer and some musician's up north that I absolutely do not know told me that I'm just one of the best drummer's that virginia has to offer and some Tell me that I shouldn't be living here playing like that That I should move up north and play more up there but I don't like the Cold weather I'm was born to be a warm hot April baby not December
@@jamesfranklin8269 what in the hell are you even talking about?
@@kh7955 ikr😂
Watching Mononeon play here is equivalent to watching Jimi Hendrix Improvisation at Woodstock. Just pure talent
One of my favorite
I love the guitarist looking over his shoulder just shaking his head at the impossible riffs!
CLASSIC PRINCE BRING ON HOME FUNKY STYLE☑💯😃🙌😱🎭😍📡🌍💜🏪🙏.
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 know what i like as soon as i hear it, subscribed ;)
Wow i have never been so amazed in my life that was dope