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”
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
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.
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
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!!!
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
@@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.
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
@@12xenn45 do you play yourself? Because if so you would know that studying Music theory is essential to be great. It is impossible to get to the same level as the musicians you mentioned without it. Although they were self taught they knew about it anyways. (you're right about Jimmy though)
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.
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.
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"
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..
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.
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. 🤘
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.
@@firebeardnc6012you’ve obviously haven’t heard the original maggot brain by funkadelic or you would notice the impressiveness of this solo and the inflection he put into it especially on bass. That or you’re just tasteless. Listen to the original, think about it, then rewatch this with a more open mind.
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
For everybody giving out about this being crap, make sure you actually find out what "Maggot Brain" is. It's a tune by Funkadelic which features incredible guitar playing. The original features Eddie Hazel but I recommend checking out the live version which was recorded later when Michael Hampton replaced Eddie. It's my absolute favourite guitar solo ever and it kind of blows my mind that it isn't referenced by guitarists all the time as an influential piece of playing.
Walshy the musician it’s one of the most famous guitar solos of all times, but for the youngins yes, funkadelics older versions are a billion times better. I also recommend the version of cosmic slop from the hardcore jollies album - awesome guitar playing from Eddie hazel and others, and some of the most fantastic singing imho
Amen walshy. If u think it sucked you need to get a clue and give a 2nd watch. Its as fuzzy as he wants it to be and its a bass. Small piece of expression from a legend. I'll take it!
@@Thejokerman3511 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.
@@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..
@@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..
@@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.
@@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
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.
@@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
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.
Well said. I personally didn't enjoy this piece, but the fact that other people do suggests it's merit. Argument over it just reinforces the point. Art has no need to be inclusive, and often the fact that it is divisive can drive home points the artist was trying to make.
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.
@@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
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.
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
@@_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!
If you’re in a pop rock band (I use the name very loosely to cover RHCP) then you definitely want this guy in your band. He’s an amazing bassist for pop songs - does what a bassist should and even adds value to the music. But this is bollocks, agreed.
most of the solo shit he does is just that. you probably think he's really good because everyone says you are supposed too. as a bass player of 44 years i'm not a fan
Nick Costa you have no idea what you’re talking about. He’s a great bassist for a pop rock band. This performance is crap though. There are dozens of bassists on just RUclips better than this.
MOTTO motto John Snow; he was their guitarist but he left to become the dragon king Edit: guys, John the dragon king returned 😂😂😂😁😭. Ever thought I’d see it
present an accounted for,..ok, could have been mixed better(certainly for a Fender ad..), but that's only problem.,.... js, not e'en try and start shit, js🎵
Has anyone here actually listened to the original song? Because if you have this how this genre of music was meant to sound. I'll admit it isn't for everyone but flea did an amazing job on this song.
simply art, an incredible bass line showing not only how Flea's study and technique continue to evolve but also how the instrument is connected, I love his jams on the Red Hot and Fender was right to invite him
His playing here is pretty much incoherent and chaotic, but I'm pretty sure that's the point he was trying to be incoherent and chaotic. Flea is an amazing improviser, and if u don't believe you can just go watch literally any RHCP live performance.
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He looks like an escaping prison inmate who stumbled on to a fender set.
Flea is a pretty good trumpet player
Plays like one too.
😂😂
I think thats the idea hehe
Don’t blow his cover
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”
Just because its self expression doesnt mean it sounds good.
Sounds like some chaotic,melodyless shit anyway
@@vaginozaurusrex5036 exactly
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
@@wesley3300 the tone sounds like a squier amp tone
“Okay Flea, nice sound check! Ready to start?”
“...Huh?”
🤣
LOL! WTF!
Haha funny joke 'dave stride"
Lol
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!
Him just slappin through test chambers
Yeah! Fender called him to do this promo because he cares about his fans. ¬¬
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FLEA IS LOVE
FLEA IS GOD
Hi i am the 999th like!!!
Out of all of Flea's bass lines this is definitely one of them.
😂 Criminally underrated comment.
@@ZaneDalton is stolen but stills funny
And that's saying a lot, which really isn't a lot.
its not actually, its from Funkadelic, this is a cover
@Chals Silva it is not moral to believe your sins can be forgiven through the punishment of another person.
This dude is great he should be in a band
@Diodo Rocha I really hope your joking but in the event you aren’t he is in the Red hot chili players
lmao..
That one guy r/whoosh
@@beckhenderson4328 👁 👁
👄
@@beckhenderson4328 I knew that one guy (ironically) wouldn’t get the sarcasm!
"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child". - pablo picasso.
perhaps this applies here?
Damn right 👌
💜
Picasso never could paint like Raphael. His art teachers told him he was no good. So he coinvented the cubist movement.
No it doesn't.
i was the 666th like :P
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.
No man. This just sucks
@@brennendehexe7934It's okay to dislike something, but don't bring us down
dont read into it too much man
@@xtYLT2IY8 nice Residents pfp
It most likely just sounded really good in person but didn't translate well after being recorded
I've heard many basslines in my time. This is definitely one of them.
what does this even mean
SuperHerro1234 that it’s not that amazing
@killbotone r/woosh
TheDirtyGuvnah IDK man...bassline would I imply there was some structure
@@null4784 r/ihavereddit
r/woosh = comedy
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
😂😂😂
Stefano Pessina A bee trapped in a jar! That is absolute gold
9 months later and I would bet my kidney you didn't buy it
Him and Lars should start a band together
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"
🤣 "give me a fuzzy Dunlop please"
Lemon zest.
@@Duckvan79 fuzzy dunlop...hahaha, I snorted
@@MsDeeke 🤣🤣🤣
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!!!
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
Um maggot brain is a song and album by funkadelic not a technique or exercise
@@smokinnplatez1426 Right? It's not an adjective for cathartic bad-playing.
That one guy at Guitar Center be like.
Bass
😅
"be like"
wow dion that joke was so original never stop pls
Most aint this good.
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.
Lies, a squier bullet sounds better than this bass tone..
@@jackattack2421 I’m new to bass and I genuinely thought I was just ignorant for thinking it was :/
So friggin true,🤣
u clearly haven’t heard the original recording
@@evangalisky1287 after this I wouldn't care to tbh.
I want to believe that Flea was trolling Fender hard on that one.
Maybe fender is trolling us!!! God knows!!!?
No, actually Flea is quite bad improvisation player, he often forgots what note to play and starts doing random shit.
Иван Васильев that is improvisation.
@@boker_joker lol that's literally the definition of improvisation
@@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 is definitely one of the bassperformances of all time.
This joke is getting stale.
les claypool. Period
@@wavemotiongun12 I agree
Or worst...
This definitely is a performance on bass, and it's definitely one of them that happened during time....
When the Flintstone vitamin gummies kick in.
OMG BEST COMMENT
Wrong gummies…
You win the comment section. 🙌
BRUH 😂😂😂
Not really, you're witnessing what years of drugs do to your brain by letting demons into your head. This is proof.
Really going for that "whatever comes out" vibe
Hahaha!
🎉
😂😂
This sounds like me after learning the minor pentatonic scale
A minor pentatonic 5 fret position hell yeah
@@notoriusdrifter40 Nah man, C minor pentatonic on the 8th fret is the shit.
So you play the minor pentatonic with the major second and the minor sixth, damn
Fucking masterpiece
@Make 6752 avarage minor pentatonic scale
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!
Did it not occur to fender that maybe they should record the amp instead of taping a microphone to flea’s crotch?
ROFL
Much more raw this way lmao
I really love the tone of the bass
well.... now they know.
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”
as if he hasn't been on it this whole time
This track wayyy to laid back to be done on meth.
@@williamalonso8768 and?..
eShaman 333 this is a cover of funkedelics maggot brain. Flea is just playing bass over it
the distortion ruined the tone of the bass. He should have went clean with high tone.
Damn i actually kinda liked it. It’s crazy, messy, raw emotion put through a bass
the diarrhea i had last week was also crazy, messy, and raw. does not mean it was good
Have to agree.
@@TruthAndReconciliation you’ve made my day😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻
Can't agree more
@@TruthAndReconciliation 😂😂😂😂
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.
"are you sure you don't wanna do a second take?"
Wat I was thinking lol. Y'all's gonna release this to the masses?
What’re you talking this shit is beautiful
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.
I lol'd
Hahahaha
Flea just trolled Fender on a scale I've never seen before...
I don't know if anyone knows the scale he was in... Not even himself 😂
I'd probably say he was playing the H minor scale there...
@@SS-bs2su It`s a freakin` masterpiece. Unlike this solo.
he was playing B# scale
@@joseluisrm_a b# scale is just a c scale
Hi my names is flea and youre watching dosney channel 0:02
Xdd
Dosney
BAH BAH BAH DAH!
Some Drumcovers lmfaooo yooo
The pentagram said it all...
He's killing it. The Maggot Brain albulm was a favorite in the 70s. Flea is a bad mamma jamma. I love him.
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
Its like hes slowly unlearning to play the bass.
Just fix it in ze protools likes always
Oh man 😁😁😁
i couldn't agree more
Everyone ages and unlearning things is oart of it.
Ahahahahhahahahah true!!!
The comment section shows that we as a society have forgotten that music is an art form
Yes, music is art, and therefore interpreted by the listener, and as a listener, I interpret this as sounding like garbage.
@@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.
@@el_ban6228 That's the problem.
Popular verses personal opinions.
If I don't like something, damn your feelings.
art should have stardards. This man is better than this.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
I guess
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!
@@12xenn45 do you play yourself? Because if so you would know that studying Music theory is essential to be great. It is impossible to get to the same level as the musicians you mentioned without it. Although they were self taught they knew about it anyways. (you're right about Jimmy though)
Imagine being lost in a desert for weeks and you just come across flea tweaking on a bass
His playing at the beginning brought back memories of Cliff Burton on Pulling teeth, rocking sound !
Wow...speechless. reminds me of when I plugged my cheap Epiphone bass into a crate amp in 1989.
😂😂😂
Yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
Yes, drugs.
Naruto should have stayed Hokage
im done, I can't anymore lol
Since Hinata took away the kids, he was never the same.
Good God this comment made me laugh so hard
OMG it took me some time to get it but geez you deserve the best comment prize of 2019
I dont get it please someone explain???
I FREAKING LOVE THIS SOLO AND I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING I DONT
YES
Me too
Just let you be
Me too, I come back to this video just to listen to it and replay it a few times.
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.
What Funkadelic did with this piece is genius; and so is this.
Nope
This is trash. That’s what this is.
@@PainBreadzkyyep
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.
Listen to nobody weird like me from mother’s milk
Maybe start listening then.
Ha
One Hot Minute is his best album. So fucking inspirational
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"
Am I the only one who absolutely loved this? From his expression and playing, it just makes it so enjoyable for me
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..
I think 2 or 3 more enjoyed it.
I loved it and I don't really care for rhcp that much
You're weird. Stay the hell away from me.
It's awesome. Raw, passionate and skillful. Pearls before swine
a being of pure and unrelentless love (and style)
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🖍
snorpus *it’s Jared Leto quoting he’s the best joker..
But if flea were to give him the bass what would he play
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. 🤘
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.
Music? You mean, NOISE. Perhaps you'd prefer using a jackhammer next time?
@@dr.riccardo3575 exactly you gotta find your own style.
@@glenturney4750 Music is noise... And you are free to use a jackhammer to create music if that is how you choose to do so...
@@glenturney4750 you're so square
Just the energy level in itself is out of the world.
I think they posted the wrong vid.
keep an open ear...🎵
eShaman 333 Are you making it your personal goal in life to respond to every slightly negative comment about Flea? Get a life.
@@TheBr0seph how do you know that's what he's doing? get a life
It'sme Josh because I have the ability to read, and I see all of his comments. Get a life.
TheBr0seph So you’ve taken the time to notice and read all of his comments... but HE needs to get a life?
Flea bro you doin alright?
Aschell this comment really sent me
"this is my instrument, this is me. I am my instrument."
Growing up listening to rhcp and picking up a bass to play flea licks, I realllllyyy appreciate this.
3/10
Keep on rockin´. Maybe you´ll be a famous rocker in the future!!
is-
is this a joke?
@@joebacon6817 obviously
Flea kinda looks like a punk version of Red Forman
my favourite comment ever
lol he looks like cheddar bob from 8 mile
Lmaooo
Red Forman before he was put a foot up the ass
Albino Dennis Rodman
Why is everyone saying this solo is bad, it sounds so gritty, and expressive, and badass
Because if you know anything about music, you know this is a jumbled mess of garbage.
It sounds bad bro
We gotta put some perspective. The original song is a freaking masterpiece.
This is a 2'43 show off for commercial purpose...
People are only defending it because it's Flea. If this was some random guy on RUclips then everyone would be slating it for how bad it is.
@@firebeardnc6012you’ve obviously haven’t heard the original maggot brain by funkadelic or you would notice the impressiveness of this solo and the inflection he put into it especially on bass. That or you’re just tasteless. Listen to the original, think about it, then rewatch this with a more open mind.
Im not even into Flea but man some of his bass playing is killer.
That Modulus bass neck made of carbon fiber he has on the other bass makes all wood necks seem PRIMITIVE
Flea has escaped from prison and tried to generate frequencies that are luring the police on the wrong track
A man that just expresses himself. Love it.
If they had uploaded this on April 1st, this video would make a lot more sense.
Go listen to autotune
@@MrSlimbob1 Dude... this SUCKS, get over it. I HATE AutoTuned songs BTW.
GaragebandandBeyond no it doesn't. You suck
stimb it's improvisation and you're spoilt just like all the other morons/sheep on here.
L P You literally must not play music
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 always knew Needles would make it as a musician
I would FIRE HIM!!!!
Mclfyyyyy
@Tito Grass yesh
Unfortunately whenever I think of Flea, I think of Needles.
What are you chicken mcfly?
SteveT should watch this ASAP!!
oscaralo09 SOME ONE SEND IT TO HIM
And put a "funny" stupid face as a thumbnail 😂
That tone sounds like my beard trimmer
Hahahaha I’m dead
Omg
the excited kid in the back while the music teacher is speaking:
For everybody giving out about this being crap, make sure you actually find out what "Maggot Brain" is. It's a tune by Funkadelic which features incredible guitar playing. The original features Eddie Hazel but I recommend checking out the live version which was recorded later when Michael Hampton replaced Eddie. It's my absolute favourite guitar solo ever and it kind of blows my mind that it isn't referenced by guitarists all the time as an influential piece of playing.
Walshy the musician I'm familiar with the original. But that doesn't change the fact that this video and audio sucked ass.
Hey everyone, I know stuff
Walshy the musician it’s one of the most famous guitar solos of all times, but for the youngins yes, funkadelics older versions are a billion times better. I also recommend the version of cosmic slop from the hardcore jollies album - awesome guitar playing from Eddie hazel and others, and some of the most fantastic singing imho
Amen walshy. If u think it sucked you need to get a clue and give a 2nd watch. Its as fuzzy as he wants it to be and its a bass. Small piece of expression from a legend. I'll take it!
@@igiveuponhumanity9238 agreed. Had that guitar solo in my head for 30 odd years. shame flea didn't give it justice.
Never imagined Maggot Brain on a bass. Awesome.
I forgot i had this on 1.5x speed from a previous video and really thought flea had fallen off the deep end
Now that is what i call playing with feeling and emotion. An Absolute Legend.
I love this guy so much. Not only is he talented, but he's a really good dude.
He’s a weirdo
@@Thejokerman3511 ???
@@mwalter662 ???????
@@Thejokerman3511 how exactly?
@@Thejokerman3511 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.
Flea has done so much for the bass in his life, he can play whatever and however he likes.
As long as there is electrified deserts.
LMAO
I think you're the only one that gets it...
@@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..
@@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..
@@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.
@@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
Searching up “flea maggot brain” is such a gamble but i’m glad I’m here
If this was ANYONE else besides Flea, there would be absolutely no likes on this video.
OG Loc ok pretentious asshole
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.
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.
Toxic Potato then you don’t understand the song he’s playing either which is essentially a solo of self expression buddy
@@ethanpiper6221 you are so right 👌
@@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
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.
"Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital" -Oscar Wilde
Well said. I personally didn't enjoy this piece, but the fact that other people do suggests it's merit. Argument over it just reinforces the point. Art has no need to be inclusive, and often the fact that it is divisive can drive home points the artist was trying to make.
All of you guys should stop talking bout my guy flea like dat. He’s my boy.
people saying that this sounds like shit to them makes me feel like im from another dimension
You must be from the same dimension as Flea
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.
I agree but the 035 joke is dead even just saying it is cringe
Richard Mack sounds like something a 035er would say ngl
@@XcrownovhornzX how is it a joke that died? It's something every new guitarist has learned for decades now, not some fad that passes
@@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
@@bangtanboys69 and? A perform is able to make changes, :3
You guys clearly don't understand _Jazz_
I would have italicised the don't rather than the Jazz.
On second thoughts.....I'd italicise clearly. Funny how we change.
He's not playing jazz. He's playing on a jazz bass tho
Try to play this on a jazz jam...
This ain't. J a z z
Hey, you! Yeah, the one who's scrolling the comments section: I'm gonna trigger you by saying
I honestly dig the performance
VL T yeah I like the performance too people r being bitches about it for no reason
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.
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.
Last time I listened to Maggot Brain (1 minute ago), it was actually pleasant to listen to.
You know that improvisation isn't an excuse for not having any clue how to play over 4 basic chords in E minor right
Even if that’s how it’s supposed to be played It still sounds like trash
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
@@_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!
This is hauntingly beautiful
I know this guy is a talented bass player, but this performance was honestly just not good.
I agree with you, he is a really really good musician but this is just not quite good.
If you’re in a pop rock band (I use the name very loosely to cover RHCP) then you definitely want this guy in your band. He’s an amazing bassist for pop songs - does what a bassist should and even adds value to the music. But this is bollocks, agreed.
@Nick Costa Well yeah you can say so but then it sounds like a cheap getaway and sure the guy is great but at least i was expecting a little bit more.
most of the solo shit he does is just that. you probably think he's really good because everyone says you are supposed too. as a bass player of 44 years i'm not a fan
Nick Costa you have no idea what you’re talking about. He’s a great bassist for a pop rock band. This performance is crap though. There are dozens of bassists on just RUclips better than this.
first thing to come out of the chili peppers that i've actually enjoyed. this was fun thank you Flea :)
When you plug a car battery into your razor
This is Flea’s equivalent of what John did on SNL in 1992.
John played amazingly on SNL.....unlike whatever this was
@@CalebCromb He was literally trolling on SNL
@@CalebCromb whos john
@@mottomotto1923 you john
MOTTO motto John Snow; he was their guitarist but he left to become the dragon king
Edit: guys, John the dragon king returned 😂😂😂😁😭. Ever thought I’d see it
ya'll dont realise but he just pranked the shit out of fender
Eddie Hazel & Flea yolked in spirit..Thank you for leaving this so we don’t forget
Precision, technique, phrasing . . . all of it absent.
Nah precision technique and phrasing is always there no matter what. It’s just not good precision technique and phrasing lol
present an accounted for,..ok, could have been mixed better(certainly for a Fender ad..), but that's only problem.,.... js, not e'en try and start shit, js🎵
Douche
And more recognition as a musician than you could ever hope to garner...
It's like a bad open Mic night song.
12 years old guitarist jamming on bass with his "heavy metal" digitech distortion
yep. he goes out of key so bad, he never does that. it is weird
It's called improvisation,
@@MrSlimbob1 Uhhhh yeah sure, I know that, but come on. It sucks.
@@MrSlimbob1 it is called, bad improvisation
He truly loves his instrument
Couldn't ever say I was a giant fan for RHCP but I've always respected Fleas light. Keep shinning brotha!
Eddie Hazel didn't die for this
Hey man I don’t play bass but I actually enjoyed this. That part at 1:50 is killer man
The original maggot brain is one of the most awesome pieces ever.
And this one took out all the awesome.
you should listen to you should listen to before the beginning by frusciante
Bro is a fkn underrated genius on that bass
Well. That'll get those basses flying over them counters.
Has anyone here actually listened to the original song? Because if you have this how this genre of music was meant to sound. I'll admit it isn't for everyone but flea did an amazing job on this song.
i like this a lot but i honestly don't even know how to defend it from other ppl
Haha no need to. The way he plays here matches the energy of the recording in my mind. Even if a bit all over the place
simply art, an incredible bass line showing not only how Flea's study and technique continue to evolve but also how the instrument is connected, I love his jams on the Red Hot and Fender was right to invite him
Simply terrible*
It's been 2 years since fender decided to release the recording of a jar of bees next to explosive diarrhea
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.
His playing here is pretty much incoherent and chaotic, but I'm pretty sure that's the point he was trying to be incoherent and chaotic. Flea is an amazing improviser, and if u don't believe you can just go watch literally any RHCP live performance.
Fender will give ANYONE a signature bass these days
Literally anyone.