Flea's Most Funky Song

[sirmike75]

Funky Monks ** Blood Sugar Sex Magik

live ...goes to californication at the slane castle
check it

 

[Sundown1206]

Ending of funky monks.. Also if you have to ask, purple stain, and stretched. Sorry I couldnt choose one lol

 

[LowEnd88]

My vote is for "Funky Monks" #4 off of "Blood Sugar Sex Magik", especially the outro part. Of course, youa re going to get as many opinions as there are songs in their catalog.

This.

 

[Floyd Eye]

The entire BSSM album.

Then again, in a classical sense, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan was an amazingly funky album.

 

[bill_banwell]

A lot of basslines from BSSM are incredibly funky, probably the funkiest basslines that the red hot chili peppers have produced, i'd say Funky monks, Mellowship Slinky in B Major, Give it away, Although there are quite a few cool funky and slap tastic basslines from Californication..

 

[chokeslam512]

Sir psycho sexy

 

[OneMoreRobot]

THIS by a long shot, I know RHCP were originally a "funk rock" band, but I never really felt like it was that funky...they all tended to "overplay" everything to the point of stepping all over the grooves (IMO of course). I pulled up every song mentioned in this thread, and Bust a Move is really the only one that doesn't sound like a total ClusterF.

I agree to a point.

 

[reno88]

"stone cold bush" off mother's milk. particularly the groove after the (blissfully short) bass solo. imo, the peps became irrelevant after mm. huge rock stars to be sure, but bloated and lazy.

 

[XXL]

Sexy Mexican Maid

 

[CapnSev]

I'd say either either "The Brother's Cup", or "Yertle the Turtle" form Freaky Styley.

 

[ausf]

Too much to list.

 

[Bababooey]

I'm sorry for making it sound like 'pre-commercial' was a slam on the chili peppers, it wasn't I just meant prior to really hitting commercial success (BSSM), all their albums were very punky/funky. And I'd have to agree with the fellow who said OHM is underrated. Imo, that album was a departure back to their earlier days of funk-filled creative silliness.

 

[Sundown1206]

I think all their stuff is awesome. I like Charlie off the new album but I also like what it is.

 

[Schec]

Falling into grace off one hot minute is quite funky.

 

[lousybassplayer]

I'm sorry for making it sound like 'pre-commercial' was a slam on the chili peppers, it wasn't I just meant prior to really hitting commercial success (BSSM), all their albums were very punky/funky. And I'd have to agree with the fellow who said OHM is underrated. Imo, that album was a departure back to their earlier days of funk-filled creative silliness.

No need to apologize, steamthief was right that I misunderstood and thought you were referring to OHM as pre commercial. IT is hard to argue that anything after BSSM wasn't a commercial album for them, whether good or bad is irrelevant. I think I was the one who said OHM is underrated, or at least echoed the thought, so it sems we are in agreement more than not.

 

[Goatee220]

I played that at a high school talent show. THey liked it so much they gave me a week off of school!

You'd have gotten the rest of the year off if you played one of my favorites - Special Secret Song Inside (from Uplift Mofo). My other vote is "If You Have to Ask" - that's just a total groove. The outro is killer too.

 

[itswac]

I love One Hot Minute as an album for what it seems to mean to Flea. Frusciante is out of the picture for that album and it sounds like he stepped up his game to fill the void that was left.

To listen to it is to listen to one of rock's greatest bass players at his most focused, determined to leave his mark in the lineage of bass players...and he pulled it off. BAD. A$$.

 

[Zacoppotamus]

If you have to ask, Sir Psycho Sxy and Subway to Venus

 

[Johno Dunn]

Goatee beat me to the punch (read the message on Flea's fist...) "If you have to ask" gets my vote.


J!

 

[tapehead]

I love apache rose peacock off BSSM. no slapping or anything, but very funky and melodic bass line in that song.

Word on that!