If you still have doubts about Flea...

Tupac · #1 08-09-2012, 11:52 PM

Prepare to be converted. Wowsers. He's got the chops, and this just proves he is one hell of a pocket player. You don't have to like the music to appreciate. 2:49 is just ridiculous!

Waterpilot · #2 08-10-2012, 01:35 AM

People have doubts about Flea? Huh... Well, I'm not one of them. Good stuff from way back.

countrybassist · #3 08-10-2012, 06:41 AM

He does what he does very well IMO.

Fliptrique · #4 08-10-2012, 08:14 AM

Sounds good even with their amps turned off and not plugged in!

Joe Nerve · #5 08-10-2012, 08:34 AM

That's what made me want to play bass.

Here's a very little known fact about flea. He can play excellently left handed also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZjC0o4R9U

nickbass79 · #6 08-10-2012, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

That's what made me want to play bass.

Here's a very little known fact about flea. He can play excellently left handed also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZjC0o4R9U

Yep! Flea and Les, then Jaco, Vic, and all the rest that I discovered later. I still go through phases where I sit down and jam to the old RHCP stuff.

goldenglory18 · #7 08-10-2012, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

Here's a very little known fact about flea. He can play excellently left handed also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZjC0o4R9U

Not sure if serious....

Jamie_Funk · #8 08-10-2012, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

That's what made me want to play bass.

Here's a very little known fact about flea. He can play excellently left handed also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZjC0o4R9U

The video is flipped - Anthony's hat is a dead giveaway...plus Josh is playing left - handed too

Joe Nerve · #9 08-10-2012, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamie_Funk

The video is flipped - Anthony's hat is a dead giveaway...plus Josh is playing left - handed too

No. The band before them had a lefty drummer and they asked Chad if he could play that way so they wouldn't have to reset the drums up. He argued and said, "Why don't you ask the rest of the guys to just play their instruments backwards!!!???". They all thought it would be fun, so they agreed, and the whole band did the induction ceremony left handed.

MonetBass · #10 08-10-2012, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamie_Funk

The video is flipped - Anthony's hat is a dead giveaway...plus Josh is playing left - handed too

That's what I thought -- glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

Oh and that's John on guitar.

To the OP: Great clip. I hadn't seen that, and Mother's Milk is the first RHCP album I bought. Very cool.

STRINGSLINGER · #11 08-10-2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

That's what made me want to play bass.

Here's a very little known fact about flea. He can play excellently left handed also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZjC0o4R9U

@ 2:25 there is a tight shot of Flea. Stage lights show the GK on his stack backwards. Nice try though.

Joe Nerve · #12 08-10-2012, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by STRINGSLINGER

@ 2:25 there is a tight shot of Flea. Stage lights show the GK on his stack backwards. Nice try though.

They edited that in after the filming because the chili peppers wanted to remain humble about the fact that they could switch back and forth so easily. They also didn't want people to start requesting that they play lefty, because it wasn't as much fun and they had to think a little more.

it's all in this interview: www.rhcpiner........%006.htm

wong99 · #13 08-10-2012, 09:18 AM

Wow! What a spectacle.

STRINGSLINGER · #14 08-10-2012, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

They edited that in after the filming because the chili peppers wanted to remain humble about the fact that they could switch back and forth so easily. They also didn't want people to start requesting that they play lefty, because it wasn't as much fun and they had to think a little more.

it's all in this interview: www.rhcpiner........%006.htm

Must of been an editing nightmare, moving tattoo's and all.

Toolmybass · #15 08-10-2012, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

No. The band before them had a lefty drummer and they asked Chad if he could play that way so they wouldn't have to reset the drums up. He argued and said, "Why don't you ask the rest of the guys to just play their instruments backwards!!!???". They all thought it would be fun, so they agreed, and the whole band did the induction ceremony left handed.

And to make it totally official they had their tech's re-glue the names of cab/amps backwards to complete the experience!!

Joe Nerve · #16 08-10-2012, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by STRINGSLINGER

Must of been an editing nightmare, moving tattoo's and all.

Ya know, it really would have been a lot easier to just switch the drums around. I guess they got caught up on an idea and just ran with it.

DWBass · #17 08-10-2012, 09:34 AM

I don't think anyone ever doubted Flea could play! He's miles ahead of probably 99% of the rest of the bassists in his genre of choice! For that matter Chad is a bad-@$$ himself!