Top 10 FLEA Bass Lines And Solos (No. 3 Is CRAZY!)

IG: @charles_berthoud

Special thanks to Zachary Brunetti, AhLun, Flooft_TK, Colin Heberling, David Geschke, Dario Cimmino and all my other Patrons!

All songs in this video were covers of Red Hot Chili Peppers, originally performed by Flea:
Dark Necessities
Higher Ground (RHCP's cover of Stevie Wonder)
Nobody Weird Like Me
Skinny Sweaty Man
Naked In The Rain
Black Eyed Blonde
Get Up And Jump
Out In LA
Stone Cold Bush
Can't Stop
Aeroplane
Goodbye Angels
Coffee Shop

[CharlesBerthoud]

Should I make a part 2? What should be in it? 🤔👇🏻

[wmpx]

I'm a die-hard Frusciante fan, but One Hot Minute is a criminally underrated album in their discography

[azas]

Charles: Top 10 Flea bass lines
Also Charles:Adds 3 extra bass lines just because BASS

[Cloxxki]

That's the way to do sponsorship. Low price product that's ultra relevant to the channel and brings people on board.
Show some other essentials next and I just might get playing! I don't even know what plug to plug into what to get sound :-)

[hifinphoto]

There is not a bass-line ever composed (by anybody) - that this guy couldn't play, or play better. ASTONISHING talent.

[tomduff]

Like most people learning bass when I was a kid flea was one of my biggest inspiration. I even played some of his grooves in my auditions to get into music school to study bass years ago. Watching him play live is a sight to behold.

[gracedavis]

Our tappy boi is getting sponsors! It's crazy seeing how far you've come since your colab with Davie504.

So proud of you!

[RCSmiths]

One of the Kings of Slap, and Bass in general for sure! I think you really did his basslines justice here indeed, massive props to you!

[shannonharris]

My goodness Charlie, you play with such aplomb and finesse. I cannot fathom the requisite, drive and application. To achieve this skill level.

[a]

I bought a Yamaha bass myself 1 month or so ago and has started learning :) First 2 weeks I was thinking wow this is hard, I will never learn to do anything like in this video ... But after 2 weeks I started to get better fast and now I think I will even be able to slap with time and practice. I love playing bass and it is the best buy I have ever done :) I do not care how good or bad I am at playing, I just enjoy playing and enjoy learning doing new stuff.

[zanderzon]

Damn I can't believe how low-price that bass is - sounds awesome!

[morganfarlie]

I don't think I've heard a FEW of these before and my GOODNESS does it highlight how much fun and how IMPORTANT Flea and Frusciante were to making RHCP TRULY memorable because my WORD are those basslines tight, fun and energetic! Thanks for consistently great content Charles! :D

[basscubs]

Love the hustle. Really didn’t even know this was an advertisement until the end. Great skill and salesmanship.

[felipesco]

So effortless.... when I‘m trying to play these songs I look like a maniac

[xMTLKx]

Seriously each time the solo of aeroplane is missed and it's a great one, and there is another solo in coffee shop that is pretty cool too

Nice choice lot of old school crazy stuff

[acarp]

Man that $79 bass you were talking about at the end of the video DID sound good. Now that's a great recommendation and sponsorship, thanks Charles!

[SDesWriter]

So glad you had coffee shop in the top spot. One of my favorite bass solos on an album.

[francoandresjararomero]

Damn, you are smart, if you play someone who is such a "standard" inspiration for people to start playing bass, with a beginner's cheap bass, that's one way to sell the product, if I was just starting to play bass and watched this video would definetively had bought this jb

[jacaunathais]

I'm simple person, I see something related to rhcp I like immediately

[Casual_Shots]

The solo from Goodbye Angels is one of my favorite flea solos. The solo, listened to in context with the track and the rest of the band for the outro, comes crashing in like a wave!