Flea: this generations Jamerson/McCartney/Lee?

this argument is pointless..........to me McCartney is dull and boring but to somebody else is is a freakin God.
To me what makes a bass player good is how good of a team player he is and how well he holds the low end, not how intricate his lines are

 

Do you guys mean in the context of the bass playing communities or general public? Because in the general public more people under 40 know who Flea is more than they know who Geddy is. I don't have numbers to back that up, but I dare you to find numbers that say otherwise or better yet, go up to anybody and ask them who Flea or Geddy Lee are. Flea is already an icon whether we like it or not.

 

I'm not one of those people who shout "Flea iz teh best bassist evar!!!11!!"

But to to deny his ability, as well as his contributions to music and bass itself is blasphemous. As for the repetitive lines argument, his most repetitive lines are in songs where Anthony has more prominent rap lines than actual vocals. I'd rather hear the line from Sir Psycho repeated for nearly 8 minutes than to hear the same rooted 8th notes for 3 minutes (Blink, FOB, etc.). His parts are for the most part fun and interesting, especially when you compare them to most of today's music.

 

Nonsense. All you have to know is that you are moved by the music.

I think Flea won't be this generation's McCartney or Lee, but he'll be this generation's Flea.

 

Are you implying Sir Paul wasn't a team player?

His stuff on Dear Prudence is very imaginative without overshadowing. I doubt if anyone else would have come up with that.

 

While Flea is a good bass player, he is not even in the same league with Jamerson or McCartney. The RHCPs are technically excellent and their music is fun, but I doubt their music will still be listened to in 50 years, while Motown and the Beatles will still be all over the radio (or the Internet, whatever replaces radio in 50 years). Many of the lines McCartney and Jamerson wrote for various songs are truely masterpieces.

 

I know I'll be listening to the chili peppers in 50 years, and I can't be the only one.

 

The Peppers have proved their staying power. I think their music WILL be listened to in 50 years.

 

+1 I will be listening to it...ill be 70 tho

 

Flea's the greatest bassist who couldn't play, EVER!


Seriously, aside from a couple of cool lines, I'm not all that impressed....

but, hey....I'm entitled to have a negative opinion about Mr. Fruito DeLoomo

 

All I can say is he wouldn't go in my list of recommendations

 

thats it right there. IMO timing is EVERYTHING in the music industry...

 

Flea is good, but I honestly can't see people freak out over him so easily.

 

Jimmy, you nailed it.
why does everything have to go back to jamerson or jaco or geddy or squire or whoever?

flea is cool. maybe not the best, but i didn't think there was ever such a thing as "the best".....

 

I would say he is very much the Jamerson of the 90's (at least on the pop music scene). of course, that is, for his effect on popular bass playing, I'm not trying to say he sounds like Jamerson!

 

I'd say Flea is more like bootsy collins. And Victor Wooten is like a meld of stanley clarke and Larry graham

 

Word!