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How Flea plays bass? Shirtless.

Funk and Punk combined, making Punk. Or Funk.

Is it just me or did Aeroplane get muted?

4:40 that was so funky that youtube said: no, you cant lissen to that.

Bass is the onion of music. No-one wants it alone, but everyone knows when it's missing.

“That makes this track so damn funk-“ *Silence* Thanks Warner Bros. 😑

Pretty sure RHCP are the ones who actually made the bassist not invisible part of the band instead he's almost at the front.

I interviewed Flea for a documentary, recently. He attended USC school of music at the time. He talked about his love of music. He is a scholar of music and composition. He said "I love notes, I love the spaces in-between the notes, I just love every aspect of music". How many rock stars continue their quest for musical prowess past the peak of their career.

Flea is not over rated. He’s perfectly rated in his bass playing. Don’t confuse people over rating his skills with praising him as a person or band member.

Flea may slap the bass, but he also slaps our hearts.

When just the guitar to californication was playing, my mind was just automatically putting in the bass. it shows how different he is to most other bassists; as in, a large amount of rock bassists don't add much to many tracks, while flea make up a large majority of most tracks

He was slapping a bass fast and loose like some kind of delirious, funky priest.

"They way that Flea works with his band is different than the way most bassists do" That's because your average bassist isn't a goddamn legend, sir.

We need a video on how effectively Flea plays off Will Ferrell's drumming

JOHN IS COMING BACK JOHN IS COMING BACK JOHN IS COMING BACK

As a bass player myself, Flea boggles my mind. He's badass.

So long story short, he goes slap a dee dap ba slap slap be dap

Flea and john put together is an instant eargasm

Flea is the reason I’m so into music, and the reason I play bass and guitar.. but this has a big disadvantage tho.. it took me too much time to finally understand what is the real role of bass in a band. As people are saying here in the comments, the ‘space’ flea has always had to play bass in RhCP is not common at all.

Flea has his musical soulmate again, JOHN IS BACK!!

Anthony: "Someone better slap me" Flea: "No problem"

how flea plays bass he removes everything he's wearing done

Just read your Tubefilter interview, exciting to see a fellow Ontario creator going full-time on here! Congrats!

Flea's bass playing on By The Way made me want to throw away my television.

Funny You say that Anthony, John and Flea create three different melodies... I guess you could say it's pretty... Polyphonic.

With his fingers

I love RHCP. Even if you aren’t a fan, you can recognize it’s them instantly

I'll have you know, flea doesn't play bass *Flea is the bass*

Soul to Squeeze is one of my favorite Flea songs. Such a good bass line, it's like I'm listening to both two melodies

As a die hard chilis fan, I can say I was impressed by this video. You can tell it wasn't just thrown together using their greatest radio hits it included a variety of lesser known songs (even some pre BSSM work!)

You can easily tell that Flea is the one playing the bass because of his style. He's my favorite bassist.

Flea: "You know pac-man?" Kiedis: "I know of him” Flea: "he was almost called punk-man but they realized you could scratch out that p and turn it into an f"

We have a *Flea Problem*

Flea kicks ASS! How many people know that every RHCP album is actually two different records? Try this: listen to the album as you normally do, then turn up the bass and play it again - that's when you get to experience the Flea version!

youre in the club and this guy slaps ur girls bass what do u do

Stadium Arcadium is one of those albums I'll never take out of my vehicle.

I'm a bass player and flea is my God. I am a devoud fleaist

*impressive but can you- oops wrong channel*

Flea is in my opinion the reason the chilli peppers have lasted. He is the man

I love Flea´s bassplaying so much! He is one of a kind.

“Goodbye Angels” in the Getaway album is by far my favorite rhcp song. In the last minute or so flea goes fucking nuts with the best bass riff to have ever been written. And then Klinghoffer takes over on guitar takes over for a few seconds. Then both klinghoffer and flea start jamming out together to make possibly my favorite minute of music ever.

Do a video on homer Simpson His style is my biggest inspiration to play

F for aeroplane

can we just appreciate how beautiful this video essay is? Amazing work dude, you gave me new found appreciation for flea and red hot chili peppers in whole

Stadium Arcadium is tied into some of the best and most pure memories of my life. Legendary album !

Dark necessities? No thanks. Bear necessities.

He plays like his personality. Energetic and WAAYYY ahead of the beat.

i love his bass work on "By The Way". how he links up with with Chad's jungle beat and the muted 16ths on guitar while still maintaining the lead, it makes a really driving piece

It kind of annoys me how every "alternative" music critic likes to shit on the chili peppers nowadays. Just look at their freaking body of work, flea and frusciante are simply part of the best when it comes to their specific instrument, it's nearly inarguable.

Stadium Arcadium is wayyyyyyyy underrated.

the actual bass lines from their recorded songs, as a bassist its really easy to learn and copy. but when they are playing live? his adlibs, the way he put all those scales and how perfect it was, his moves. no one can copy those. he is my bass god

Thank you for making these videos. i know it's a lot of work. i love your channel, man.

Performing naked with 🐓sox... Pretty unforgettable. Lol

Man this channel has so much potential, why is the government not funding this?

Realistically this is one of the most well put together videos I’ve ever watched... amazing job

I'm absolutely blessed to be a member of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, which he helped found along with Anthony. He shows up at our recitals and events. A really awesome dude.

The guitar interplay in bands like The Strokes, Sonic Youth and Pavement can makea good topic for a video

With the amount of crap that finds its way onto KZfaq nowadays, this is refreshing to see. It's easy to tell that you actually care about producing quality videos, and that results in something that's educational, entertaining and fun to watch. Subbed. Keep up the great work!

3:42 did anyone else hear the bass even though it wasn’t there?

Nearly every song from Californication was a hit, it has to be top 10 albums of all time, maybe not sales numbers but seriously.

I'm actually more impressed in how much effort was put in this video. Way to go, guys.

"How Flea plays bass" the short answer is with his hands

Flea iz one of my favorite bassists. Homie is just so funky and versatile on any track or collab. Man is tha shit!!

Steve Harris, Flea, and Cliff Burton are my favorite bassist out of the 80s. Easily! All three a divergent geniuses in their own way. Awesome video. Thanks for posting.

Chad and flea are amazing. Chad is so underrated! He is an amazing percussionist.

I found the song "she's only 18" pretty late. Man it blowed my mind away!

I’m a simple man I see Flea: I SLAP

A great analysis of Flea's playing... along with how it compliments John's... I so can't wait to hear them together again... !- Caesar.

The best flea bass lines you didnt even talk about, soul to squeeze

Fun Fact: the slapping/popping style of bass guitar was developed completely by accident by Larry Graham of the band Graham Central Station. He was in a church band with his mother. For whatever reason one day she fired the drummer. Graham, reacting to the lack of a drummer in the band, decided to use the bass as percussive instrument. The slap mimicking the kick drum and the pop expressing the snare. It opened up a completely new dimension to the bass guitar. Fascinating how some things in music come about in very unconventional ways. Grand Wizard Theodore accidentally creating what's known today as scratching and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, who lost the tips of his middle and ring fingers in an accident in a factory as teenager. This impacted his playing and led him to develop the guitar style gave birth to Heavy Metal.

Pretty good video. I forgot and have not heard some of those songs in a long time. I will have to revisit a few of them. Thanks for sharing.

never been a huge fan of that band but got to admit that bass player knows what he's doing. one of the best out there

"the bass provides counterpoint to the guitar" these videos are very insightful if you've never heard music before

But can he play Seinfeld?

Glad you brought up Dark Necessities. Every time I hear that song all I can focus on is the brilliant bass and the flawless switching from walking to slap.

I went their concert in either 98 or 99, and my 13 year old daughter in 2020 says they are one of the 3 bands she wants to see in concert. I'm so proud of her (and me for teaching her good music).

Flea is undeniably the best bass player to ever play for the exact reasons this narrator mentioned. He's able to sync is sound with the guitar player and the drummer, but the way he does it is... It's simply phenomenal sounds, pops, licks and grooves coming from the bass of God himself. No one has ever done what he does and it will be hard to find someone after he leaves... which is never cause he's a God lol

Talks about Flea and how great a bassist he is, never mentioned “Otherside”.

Haha. Nice. You got my favorite bass solo in there at the end. Great video.

Man, thanks to translated all I can't never wouldn't. This video explan so much of my feelings about this Band!! God bless you!

Glad I discovered this channel

Should do a video on the genius of Kevin Parker of Tame Impala

Awesome video,,I remember when Higher Ground came out,I was 14 and living in Seattle and at the time learning drums and a friend from Canada that played bass just came over and we played it,,and we jammed for about four hours until my mother kicked us out of the garage lol. Good times.

Blood sugar was so damned good. I can't think of a better album from any band.

That bass line is so crispy in RHCP!! Been hooked to RHCP since 1993.

Do something with king crimson!

Subscribed. I love your explanation and how you state your opinion, easy to understand and interesting.

All of the songs that came to mind with flea sticking out with his unique playing got named and this video just makes me wish I was good enough at my bass to jam along to their songs because flea makes the bass line so fun and energetic.

How Frusciante plays guitar

One can’t forget the influence of the late great Jaco pistorious

great work on this!

Tell me baby is so damn awesome, that bass line...my god

Frusciante is another interesting part of their sound. He fits in that argument where a guitar player can pick up any guitar and amp and sound like themselves no matter what. Frusciantes whole body is thrown into his playing and attack which seems to come through the way the strings vibrate. He sounds unique on everything he does, simple, complex, not necessarily precise or technical, but full of feeling. He’s not just playing the guitar, he’s crafting a sonic space and not afraid to experiment with sound. Guitar is just the vehicle he rode in on.

Of of all the iterations of all the iterations of the Chili Peppers, to me nothing beats the blending of Flea, John, Anthony, and Chad and their interplay of Melodies that is totally seamless. The beauty part is they make it sound so easy

Very nice and to the point. Thank you.

I rewatch this video every so often because it’s such a good video

*"What'th the matter McFlaai!?! CHIKN!?!?!?!"*

Please do something about one of the players in TOOL

I am really enjoying this. Thank you for making it.