What are your thoughts on this?

[Colin Cunliffe]

Im still waiting for the music to start

OK one mans meat etc etc but as so many have said on here, no point, no aim, no path and no progression.

Just noise by a well paid, well known star for some more free "exposure".

Was it WC Fields who said " I font care what you print just spell the name right"

 

[bearhart74]

I stopped at 1:02.
...and am a fan.

The background and rig got my hopes up...

I lasted 38 seconds....

 

[Engle]

I'll tell mine later...

Apologies if this has already been discussed.

I think it sucks and won’t listen to it again. But Flea is an artist who has reached a point where he can do as he likes. I applaud him for that.

 

[superheavyfunk]

I like it, but I couldn't listen to it more than a couple of times. I think it suits him.

(It's meant to be his take on this, right?)



(Edit: formatting.)

yep. Nice to see that Flea's still rocking with Uncle George.

Free your mind y'all, and your ass will follow!

 

[MonetBass]

I like Flea, but that was bizarre. Maybe @Joe Nerve is right: He's mocking himself. It's hard to know what he's thinking sometimes.

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

Not my

But at least he had his clothes on. Maybe ought to look into medication levels, possible need for adjustment.

 

[bherman]

Sucks.

 

[npbassman]

I'll pass on the playing and tone, it doesn't do it for me but my first thought after the opening makeup/chalk thing was, "Is this Flea the performer when the cameras are on or is this really how he is (batsh**t crazy) in real life 24x7 ?" Great player but admittedly, I haven't really followed him much and so I'm curious.

 

[TheDirtyLowDown]

Meh.
I wonder what he got paid to do that...

 

[birminghambass]

I don't hate it.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

Not for me, I made it less than a minute into that.

He's unpredictable and at times just weird, definitely talented, but it doesn't show well here.

 

[hennessybass]

I didn't watch much of it...
I'm guessing it was something in his contract with fender - you get this and we get this (including a video spot with a solo performance) - and Flea is having some fun with something he has to do. It's work for him, and maybe he's having a little fun with something he has to do.

My guess. I'd also guess that the average TB member is not the intended audience.

 

[10cc]

Is it possible Flea was better when he was in his 20's. I haven't anything impressive from him since Uplift Mofo party plan.

I’ve been saying this for years.

 

[10cc]

It also reaffirms what I’ve stated in the past about the tone of those Fender amps. Garbage.

 

[Grapevine921]

Flea is a wild and creative guy with a ton of energy. This video shows him being his own crazy self. If you need proof he's earned a(nother) signature bass he's got albums full of material worth checking out.

 

[Liam Wald]

It was very thoughtful of them to do this in the middle of no where. Miles and miles from anyone who could be subjected to it. It is really a shame that they actually made a video of it.

 

[Robert B]

I'd advise therapy. I'm serious.

 

[10cc]

I'd advise therapy. I'm serious.

Haha. What do you think coloring on his face was....

 

[Matty Koff]

Some of it you could tell he was feeling it.. some of it he was fumbling. He's pretty much noodling/improving akin to looping a simple bass line on a looping pedal then kicking on effects.

Improv.. when it works its awesome.. but plenty of us have our moments when we struggle with making up lines and fills on the fly. Some of what he did sounded cool.. and he tried to own the stuff that didn't flow at least.

ANd yeah.. he's Flea.. he can do wtfever he wants, even I'm not too particularly fond of the sound of the bass in the video once he clicks the pedals off..

I'm sure there are plenty of people on these forums that are better at random improv bass solos.. so let's hear it.. but it's not going to change Flea's iconic status over decades of musical history. Hence - he has signature lines and most of us don't.

 

[DeepThoughts]