Flea Defies FUNK FORMULA

It’s one of Flea’s funkiest ever bass parts, and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 30 years, on an album we all thought we knew inside out! Blood Sugar Sex Magik was a game-changing moment for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “With that album, we really grew into being the band that we always wanted to be,” Flea said to Guitar World in 2011. “It was like we took what was great about us and just gave a lot more depth to the instruments and structure.”

[dyredu]

Funky monks is one of the greatest grooves they’ve ever played, had the pleasure of seeing them live 2 nights ago, him and John are absolute powerhouses

[quamifilms]

I met flea in a health food store.. I didn’t notice him right away until I noticed his Jimi Hendrix tattoo.. that Tatoo is so detailed I couldn’t stop talking about it.. bro was super cool we had a 10 minute conversation about music and life.. he’s one of the real ones!

[yardbirdsweet]

This is a pretty common approach in reggae/dub bass lines, in particular delaying the root until the 3rd downbeat

[seand]

What's crazy is Chad Smith is the only drummer that gets flea. His drumming just grooves in and out and always comes around.

[SharkVsTree]

I have always loved that outro. Such a fun part to jam on. Flea is my man.

[HighOnTheSound]

“Funky Monks” is a great song! That entire album is great! I listened to it over and over again as a teenager

[donh]

The Flea funk sounds good on beat 3. The Bootsy choice on the 1 is also good. Conclusion: Do both.

[gayrambo]

James Brown taught Bootsy all about THE ONE. And Bootsy taught Mr Brown all about the Orange Sunshine

[arturoacosta]

There's a reason why flea considered a skilled musician by a

[doesntLookDruish]

The name of this song is “Funky Monks” from the Blood Sugar Sex Magic album. This part is near the end of the song
🤘🏻 🤘🏻

[FXR]

BSSM is still among my all time favorite albums. Mellowship Slinky in B major. Thought I was the man when I learned that my sophomore year in HS.

[bassplayer]

That’s why 99.9% of bassplayers never leave their bedrooms.

[funkee]

Love Flea and love you guys just as much! I’m hearing an added bar of 2/4 in the rest, followed by a measure of 4/4 with the bass lead in coming on the “ah-3-e-&” and the root landing on the 1 of the new section.

[SPOGGETT]

love this video XD absolutely funkyiest section i've ever heard in my life, whole album is underrated <3

[deadcassette]

Flea puts a cool melody like in and drops the bass down into the groove to give the song/music what it needs. #soul #feeling ❤

[hotpocket]

Bootsy didn't know about the 1 until James told him what was up

[blazedkromer]

Flea and les are why I started playing because of weird stuff like this that is a bit unorthodox but jams so hard

[janelvictoriano]

I'll be glad if you discuss more about flea .

[AdrianSanabria]

I've waited my whole life for this line to get this level of appreciation! Learned to play bass off this record

[kikomegias]

I love this groove!! I play this groove since my beginnings with bass
Flea made me realize what groove was when listening to his music