[Bass Lesson] Flea Bass Lesson - 1

[Martinoad]

River Phoenix!! Crazy, yeah they're def.stoned lol

[86blackened]

Man they are so stooooooooooned!

[MattyPS]

How old were they ?

[Blazinthetrails350]

Rest in Peace River Phoenix

[jg789123]

Flea was really high too

[cheesegrater999]

Flea explaining how his step dad plays the double bass...Win!

[backwardsdog08]

How many people would go to see these two just to jam?

[Namremmiz1979]

Chad Smith totally looks like Will Ferrell.

[conni70]

River Phoenix is so drugged up...

[pszypulski]

funk warts?

[thebatsimsen]

4:48 scared the shit out of me! thanks Flea!

[Destanic15]

RIP THAT bass, FLEA!!! <3

[MediaAllRound]

@WilsonsAntilope THE Monster

[TheRHCPNUT]

Camera fail at 5.48

[TheRHCPNUT]

This is the calmest i've ever seen flea from back then, and we all know how he got the name flea!

[Nielzep]

I like flea's moves :D

[123andrelevy]

Chad and Flea are musical twins!!!!

[uriahstakemusic]

oh my yes

[4ster15]

the dude interviewing flea looks like hes stoned out of his mind

[whatnamesnottakenyet]

hard to believe this was 20 years ago... Flea is SICK!!!

[xn901]

1:40 is some stoner metal shit right there

[whatnamesnottakenyet]

@xn901 lol yeah, I love that part and the way he "waddles" around to the music! Flea always makes me laugh when he plays, but in a serious way. He is definitely one BAD MOTHER playing bass.

[ninchick96]

he likes the word cosmic

[nofxfannumba1]

dude, listen to them talk...flea is so weird haha but man what a absolute beast on the bass....number 1 bassist in the world? that's my opinion, please no stupid people raining on my opinion :D

[bassist69ify]

@nofxfannumba1 go and search geddy lee from rush!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaferere]

What a pair of total idiots talking crap.

[LastVorlone]

@kaferere ,exactely ! Stoned Talk ! This guy must have had sex or probably brain exchange with Nina Hagen !

[charliedlong]

@LastVorlone That stoned guy is River Phoenix

[ClaudioSanchezCC]

Why is Will Ferrell Playing drums?

[Mjolbaggar]

Watch out for 4:49. Its scary

[7credible]

4:48

[superjules]

Flea and River are sooooooo frieeeeeeeeed!

[shaggymattrocks]

His upright bass impression scared the hell out of me :P

[AcceptMetal13]

Flea... you have surpased louis armstrong

[ManiacSerialKilleR]

will farell on drums

[LLaurenZZ]

@ManiacSerialKilleR Who's will farell?

[usa1327]

@ManiacSerialKilleR did you touch my drum set?!?!?!?!!!??

[ManiacSerialKilleR]

@usa1327 lol

[maniac0futbol]

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[TheGax09]

@maniac0futbol LMAO 

[pallyfan92]

@maniac0futbol lol nice

[marcolovebass]

классно , в контакте только в плохом качестве есть (

[Jeetkunow]

Heroin. 

[pxavier4]

Shit. I makes me wish I had my bass with me now.

[megona123]

0:43 I thought i was in heaven

[ScottishSkater93]

@megona123

You were, my friend. You were...

[mojc83]

why does your-tube delete the passionate statements of which one views?

[supermarioslinger]

4:49 = busted my headphones

[funyun000]

I think that guy wants to make Love to Flea, check out how he looks at him. lol

[StJohnGercoe]

@funyun000 That guy is River Phoenix, a good friend to the Peppers in their early years. Then he died of an overdose. There are rumors that he probably was indeed gay... ;)

[broomeydbr9]

4:49 nearly broke my speakers!

[rjpictures]

Esse cara toca muito! Essa cara é foda mas com esse cabelo ta igual a uma BIXOOOONA! RED HOT PORRA! ROCK IN RIO! \o/

[Toxic30100]

Don't play the bass man let the bass play you! Pick up the cosmic energy in the room! The more acid you drop the better player you become. Smash a load of stuff and just play one note and leave! Great tips for bass players everywhere lol.

[crab83]

When is this? Early 90´s?

[maximusbiddo]

@crab83 91 i tihnk

[9whitechapel7]

what is the song called at the beginning???

[abar1204]

@9whitechapel7 he's just jammin bro!

[Sandstorm9562]

I didn't know Will Ferrell could play drums.

[vanderweaver]

fuck my head phones broke...

[Notokayipromise]

Chad!

[kevyk135]

They are on heroin, How beautiful!

[Dixy113]

wasn't River friends with the whole band?

[rynoreaper123]

@Dixy113 yeah they wrote a song about him forgot what its called

[Dixy113]

@rynoreaper123 I believe it was called transcending, Kiedis mentions it in his autobiography, I would recommending reading it, great book :)

[rynoreaper123]

@Dixy113 just finnished a fifteen page book report on it its an awsome book

[Dixy113]

@rynoreaper123 yeah, its one of the few autobiographies I've read that has actually made me feel even closer to the writer. I was studying it for my report next year :P

[Dixy113]

@Dixy113 I was thinking*

[rynoreaper123]

@Dixy113 only book ive read in a year lol

[cloprop005]

@rynoreaper123 River is mentioned in Give it away "There is a river born to be a giver...."

[21misfitt]

flea is monster!!

[WilsonsAntelope]

@21misfitt a monster

[XtremeIsMyLife]

@21misfitt if Flea slapped a girls ass..

[Smashyonuts]

haha, i duno wat he is on but he looks like he is enjoying it lol

[SBrown749S]

...The host is River Pheonix!!!!!! NOT a D Bag friend.

[Laimonel]

The host is such a douchebag..

[004482rb]

i have the same bass guitar and i can't play like flea so i guess it's the player and not the insturment that makes who you are as a bass player . and please don't get it twisted but flea is one of the greatest bass player around today !!!!!..

[004482rb]

i have the same bass guitar and i can't play like flea so i guess it's the player and not the insturment that makes who you are as a bass player!!!!!....

[MegaHotDiggityDog]

aww flea has feelings ^_^ and FUNK WARTS!!! lol whatever that means..

[TodesHippie]

I belive in Flea.

Merry Fleas-Mas ;)

[gocy]

"Thelonious played one note at Carnegie Hall!! Must have been the best gig ever."

[LarryLane07]

You can tell River is totally wasted in this interview and is having trouble concentrating, but he was brilliant, and I am heartbroken he is gone. Flea is amazing. This video is facinating

[SLAPnPOP726]

Fuck yeah! He's wearing a Bad Brains shirt!

[Chris08166]

4:45 "They play upright bass like, BLBLBRLBLRBRLBRLBRBLRLB!!!!1"

Holy crap, that scared me

[BoboSab3121]

flea is funny and the host is like :| yes i should laugh but OMG ITS FLEA MY BALLS ARE FALLING OFF

[ThriftStoreJunkys]

U guys need a life.....

[BKiller94]

Can someone tell me where this is from, like can I buy this on dvd or something?

[AcceptMetal13]

without Flea there would be no bass

[Phimmmm]

That guy interviewing him really annoys me

[bassplaya555]

Flea has a dad?!?! impossible. 

[HesslerGerard]

@bassplaya555 yes. his dad's name is Louis Johnson.

[BigRedTonka]

I have no idea what the hell he was talking about for some of that, but damn he can kick ass on the bass baby!!!!!!!!

[razvymad]

please tell what bass is that pleaseeee

[Bowyerma]

@razvymad looks like an ordinary musicman stingray

[natrockskate]

4:48 ear rape

[DARKSOLDIER42]

@natrockskate

 Haha yes >.<

[globalmickey87]

seems like that host guy had a rough night. Few minutes more and he'll fall asleep right on that chair)

[Nisp4]

@globalmickey87 Thats River Phoenix dude.... he didn't have a rough night he had rough years. He probably did some speedball before this.

[natrockskate]

he uses many metaphors

[eightieshero]

definitely high, both of em

[Mybucketgone]

OMG!

Flea is wearing a shirt?! 0_0

[masterspeed94]

@Mybucketgone OMG!

Flea is wearing pants xD

[ObiwaNNNNNNNNNNNNN]

@Mybucketgone hahahahah so strange

[arsen66]

@Mybucketgone only cause its a bad brains shirt!

[SonataArctica1212]

@arsen66 I am not a fan of them at all.

[oBIGxREDo]

Hahahaha!!! 2:55

[ragglefraggle09]

holy fuck river phoenix ?? where r all these famous pple coming from

[takeawayeverything]

@ragglefraggle09

They were good friends.

Flea actually followed river to the hospital when he died.

[crosschek4]

Notice how him and chad just find that pocket with each other and just fucking groove man. That's what separates the great bassists from the mediocre

[judef666]

what year was this

[brazzo2000]

@judef666

1992

[pancho123007]

neeeed fleaaa bass....

[keverinkarama]

damn it was improvised? he says some preety insightful stuff on here.

[keverinkarama]

whats he playing at the start?

[resdsox1]

Flea is the only guy I like in Red Hot Chili Peppers

[luchinbass]

the credits were made in paint...hahahaha

[TheKersteman]

does the interviewer remind anyone of johnny depp??? its weird watching this.

[Shuffledaddy]

I could listen to Flea and Chad jam all day.

[MrDoomhippy]

flea never did anything harder than pot so fuuuuuck you

[bassollie]

@MrDoomhippy yes he did, anthony says so in scar tissue :)

[TheEthanhausler]

@MrDoomhippy he did acid 

[goinhome619]

@MrDoomhippy Deffinetley not true but funny as fuck

[ninetyninenightmares]

@MrDoomhippy he did lsd with anthony before they went out on Anthonys first show ever watch the documentary?

[melissalovesmissy]

@ninetyninenightmares what documentary? not scar tissue the book?

[gunlover19112]

This is kinda uncalled for but if any bassist out here are tired of getting the basist treatment (you know "the bass sucks and its easy") make a setlist tittled "Fuck the guitar the bass is my instrumment" and put all your bass stuff in there like I did.

[jhinferrmashun]

@gunlover19112 i know exactly what you mean dude!

[huyiy]

flea is the reason i picked up a bass..........too bad i put it down and sold it,, coz john frusciante made me pick up a guitar

[lebermuff]

phoenix is soooooo high.

[YTmod29]

Phoenix may be totally strung out. But i know he was in the middle of filming a movie at the time, had pulled an all-nighter on the set and hauled his ass down to this studio to do this thing. Dudes still in constume too. It's easy to say he's tweeking because he died of an od, in reality; he could just be a guy who agreed to do something for a friend and is now slightly regretting it cuz he's tired as shit. who knows.

[missninja0815]

Flea. You are the reason I play bass.

[mussman717word]

River Phoenix? Aw, shit, bro. Rest in peace.

[korndogg524]

...did flea just call carnagie hall a "gig"?...ok then

[maxdafield]

@korndogg524 Yeah, he's never played a concert yet. He's still waiting to play that concert where he hits one key and it's the most epic thing ever.

[matthew353632]

Wow, I have played guitar for 2-3 years but Flea is really inspiring me to throw the guitar out the window and pick up the bass instead

[Odiral1995]

Me Tooo!! when I Heard Him playing Around The World I was shocked! and I was like "I want to play like he", thanks for the video dude

[eww1299]

yeah!... Flea is the reason why I play bass too!..

[ValhallaAwaitsU]

This video is like a couple of junkies talking to each other lol.

[yeah4square]

@ValhallaAwaitsU I'm pretty sure that's exactly what's happening.

[dubblej23]

i wish i was half this good.

[TechSmack]

looks like flea is having a stroke

[PoisonBannana]

@TechSmack No, thats him just playing bass... But by the look of that, him having a seizure would make him like implode or something. possibly create a black hole.

Or in Flea's case, a funk hole. (Wow, that sounds wrong.)

[TechSmack]

@PoisonBannana Lmao

[EGOadoverum]

They're both so fucking strung out on heroine.

[LoneAngelDown]

i love flea but i get a contact high by watching this...which is why i watch this vid everyday

[SamWycombe]

flea you ledge.............. but why is river phoenix such a monotonous dick? dude lighten the hell up.....

[TheChickenOrTheEgg14]

@SamWycombe fuckface, have some respect. River was most likely high on something, probably cocaine. in case you didn't already know, he died because of his drug use. if you did already know, then you're just a douche.

[MysterySkater4]

Both Flea and River are definately stoned

[Fabian050680]

flea is so fucking awesome.

Of all the people out there: This guy is amazing.

Just the fact that he talks straightly what he thinks and is the best bass player is awesome enough for me to believe that he is the only god (next to frusciante)

[U2BE07]

Before Flea, I never paid attention to the bass guitar. When he came, he simply stole the show. My number 1 bassist of all time no matter what. He has shown the beauty of low frequency tones.

[mazter101]

comet with funk warts falling from the heavens...love that =]

[smreitz]

Love the opening jam...beautiful. And I love how Flea doesn't give a s#*% and says what he wants. Probably pretty high. Love the music.

[affee1]

hes really great at slap playin

[metalheadmania777]

great metaphors at 3:58

[Cabby14794]

awesome bass player *.*

[clausell25]

0:06 LOL

[BassmrDK]

He is on my top 1 bass players!

[oneshady]

flea is the reason i play bass

[meletteo]

me too...

[Thejupitergames]

@oneshady flea is the reason i live

[AphelionSol]

@oneshady i hear you mate.true

[athelknatch]

@oneshady

Money is the reason I play bass

[iunnox666]

@athelknatch Sounds like you're a shitty bass player.

[xUNKNOWNxAC94]

@oneshady flea is the reason i'm going to learn how to play bass.

[roruelas]

flea its awesome, phoenix... what an ass

[whatthefk]

Flea is my god

[MegaHotDiggityDog]

@whatthefk i wouldn't say he's a "god" at all...but when i see him play, "OH MY GOD!!"

[johnmadden1989]

gotta love flea

[jake6644]

gotta love river phoenix

[luchohc]

Flea is wearing a Bad Brains tshirt......Nice!!!

[elreywotsit]

How fucked are they?

[zwirbelwirbel]

i lovwe flea for showing the world that a bass isn't just for back up

[DIck2791]

when i first saw this lesson, i thought the host was young johny depp

[flea93bass]

everyone thinks that rivier phoenix in this video is high. he probably is though. lol

[someguy827]

Or just REALLY depressed lol