Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - Whamola

[@SenileLeopard]

Pretty funny how Les Claypool's' music is all about base human behavior and being a simpleton, but the music itself is so insanely complex and the musicians in his projects are all pretty much apex examples of human capability and dedication to craft

[@Godflesh88v2]

Fuckin spot on man!

[@lwsullivan91]

Les and everyone that plays with have impeccable sense of rhythm. They can all syncopate effortlessy and fall back in time.

[@Agent-sb5jy]

He is a living rock legend. Getting bigger by the day 💪.

[@coreycovington4808]

it's like psychobluegrass

[@alexcasterr]

They create overcomplex música pieces and then lay on completely weird lyrics

[@bustersales4932]

I love how everyone is dressed like when u press the randomize character in a video game. Awesome song!

[@cswaine8]

This is a fantastic comment

[@sukaritas6350]

Yeah, is like one of those weird GH videos with random characters

[@spacewrangler701]

Lol so funny

[@johnboy56789]

One of my all time favourite comments.

[@VideoGamer945]

safari hat with racing goggles, red shiny robe, dreadlocked white guy in a tight red shirt with yankee doodle hat. Guy fisting what I can only hope is a balloon. this video has it all.

[@WilcoBrony]

"No description available" Truer words were never said.

[@nicola6789h]

I was watching this video and my wife asked what's happening and I said ... I don't know. Then read this comment lol

[@pearz420]

Any description of this would be like the little index card next to the Mona Lisa that no one bothers reading.

[@A_C_.]

This is a group of really highly talented musicians playing random ass instruments at distorted ranges and sounding as bad ass as ever. I love it.

[@aquarius5264]

wdym random ass instruments

[@georgekosko5124]

@@aquarius5264 Whamola, the inside part of a drum.

[@aquarius5264]

@@georgekosko5124 whamola is basically a fuckin stick with a bass string attached to it by a lever for bending pitch

[@georgekosko5124]

@@aquarius5264 Dude you asked what he meant by random ass instruments, I know what a whamola is.

[@Kennyxia]

"I'm going down to South Park gonna have myself a time"

[@Victoria-fv1fw]

friendly faces everywhere, humble folks without temptation

[@user-njyzcip]

AMPLE PARKING DAY OR NIGHT, PEOPLE SPOUTING HOWDY NEIGHBOUR

[@dorianrustik6880]

@@user-njyzcip Heading up to South Park, gonna see if I can't unwind

[@kilogramme4651]

MMMMFFF MMMMMHHH MMMMMM MMMMMMFFF

[@cesarivan25]

So come on down south park and meet some friends of mine

[@NickiTusp]

@@kilogramme4651 xD

[@311wasaninsidejob]

This video proves without doubt that Les Claypool can do more with one string than most people can do with 4.

[@Dafoodmaster]

he go a rangdangdangdangdangdangdang

[@cody4763]

3:14 This guy: Hold my beer.

[@SKATE87410]

@@Dafoodmaster then bum, bum, bum. Ring ding ding da ding da ding ding

[@blyatoslav4224]

@@Dafoodmaster 🤣🤣🤣

[@foxface9892]

Let's see him play a chord on it then😂

[@dkronk426]

I think the most frustrating thing about Les Claypool is, even though everything he does is super technical, he just makes everything look so easy. Its effortless for him.

[@joefission7179]

I'm glad dish-drying is finally starting to get the musical attention it deserves.

[@rock-ctherockstarclown1465]

I assume you're referring to the cuica?

[@matejblaha4659]

:-D :-D

[@benp.320]

I was wondering wondering what you meant, then I saw 3:09

[@austinmonroe3894]

🤣🤣🤣💯 leave it to Mike Dillon…

[@FakeFake-tc9jz]

HA HA HA HA... gold

[@benp.320]

I don't care what people say, but this is one of claypool's best side projects

[@thepyroking1236]

I think the frog brigade was his best work altogether

[@westgoten]

I agree with you, and i dont care what Simon says.

[@kennan10101]

You better care about what Simon says.

[@KieranDurand]

@@kennan10101 but who's gonna do what simon says?

[@jonmur77]

Almost on par with primus imo

[@rollklck3214]

3:10 when you can't get those fucking grease stains off the dishes

[@JeserNoob]

Hahaha

[@feuquegougueul1592]

Wax, not grease! Are you obsessed by lubrification?

[@jasobres]

Goin' down to South Park, gonna have myself a time.

[@jasobres]

***** Goin' down to South Park, gonna leave my woes behind.

[@jasobres]

***** Headin' on down to South Park, gonna see if I can unwind.

[@jasobres]

***** So come on down to South Park an' meet some friends of mine!

[@Mu_cubed]

***** Its ''Ample Parking Day or night' and ' I like fucking silly bitches I know that my penis likes it''

[@FunkyFrick]

***** its i love fucking silly bitches cause i know my penis loves it

[@db_41000]

1:47 What South Park fans came for

[@infinitecris]

69 likes *nice*

[@enidesouzabarros8852]

74 likes

[@infinitecris]

Eni De Souza Santana 😑

[@dpurrott]

This song is so addicting. I've re-watched it, in total, about 9 times. And, I will be back. Les Claypool = Genius.

[@hamishyoung5505]

dpurrott same man this is great!

[@EyalItsik]

On repeat in Spotify for me

[@MattWallerSuperFunTime]

Just a friendly reminder to come back

[@xploration1437]

It’s time again.

[@dpurrott]

@@xploration1437 Your'e right. Thanks for the reminder. no kidding.

[@psiklops71]

After a 20-year hiatus, Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade has announced its return with a 41-date Summer of Green Tour 2023

[@scottmyer7923]

See y’all in Dallas

[@davidnewman3141]

And I'm going to the one in GA. Super excited!!

[@argrin1875]

Going to be seeing him at scamp. Super stoked

[@umpthingdifferent]

Seen um at red rocks 2001 gonna see them in a few weeks at summercamp😮 hell yeah this is pumping me up

[@payminatorxmusic]

Pls head for Europe, Master C.❤

[@theeix86]

The saxophone is just amazing, sounds so heavy

[@Alexandria87]

I was just gonna say that the most metal sounding sax I've ever heard!

[@ifgwelf]

Yeah he uses effects pedals on his sax

[@catcrasher711]

You should listen to the band Moon Hooch and their song Acid Mountain for example, I think you'd like that considering this comment :3

[@kingofsludge7262]

There is also something called blackjazz that uses saxes in a heavy setting

[@gabrielpline7490]

Isn’t that Skerik?

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

You know you're amazing when Metalica says you can't join the band because your to good.

[@pnut4058]

f*!# metal licka

[@s.e.3765]

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 conoce Google mijo?

[@zynosgd9982]

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 No he's right. Claypool said it multiple times, he wasn't ready for the audition at the time, he didn't even know who were Metalica nor how big they were. He also said that even though Hetfield said he was "too good" he knew exactly that they thought he was too WEIRD to fit with their band and image. Ultimately, I think it was for the better. I don't think Les took it personal to be seen as "too weird", he was often purposefully making weird stuff because that's what he liked to do. Also, I don't think Claypool would have liked playing with Metalica anyway, he would have gotten bored pretty quickly in my opinion because it's not a genre he's used to, it's not - as he would become used to - a genre that is constantly changing and evolving and most of all, it's not a band in which he would most likely have had a lot of creative freedom, which, from the little I know about Les, would have been an immediate turn off... That's partly why I love Les so much and why I resonate with him, he does things out of a need to create, to invent. He said once that the reason he played bass was because "that's the crayon I pulled out of the box" and he would "still do the same weird stuff if I had picked up the trombone or the guitar". This further proves his need to create. In a different interview he also stated that if he wasn't a musician, he would probably be a filmmaker. I truly wish I knew what a Les Claypool movie would look like. To an extent we know, with the different videoclips he's done but... In all honesty, as a cinema college student, I think he would have had the chance to impact the 90s cinematographic industry the same way Kubrick did the 70s. Les' mind is such a creative and unique thing. If I ever have kids one day, I will most certainly show them some Primus as part of their musical and cultural education, once they reach a certain age and are able to actually comprehend the art in his work, of course.

[@drunkdime5862]

@Elisha James but he did funk metal and most songs that he made are heavier than most of metallicas discography

[@ogmudbone2334]

@@kidcannabis6247 “you guys wanna jam to some isley brothers?!”

[@vegascatrescue335]

Les Claypool is completely insane. A modern-day hippie playing such bizarre music. Such intense music. I've watched this video probably 100 times. It never will get old.

[@Joetime90]

That squeaky sound thing dude was gettin it in lmao

[@FrostyJim6969]

The solo Les does on that thing at the end produces one of the coolest sounds ever to grace my ears.

[@MarkStrus]

I saw them live playing this 22 years ago and it was the wildest concert I've ever been to. Everything was so surreal. They were all wearing costumes and makeup and had these weird instruments. The guitar play was playing a tiny nylon string guitar with a slide. Les was playing whatever this weird crank bass was. There were 2 drummers facing each other and it felt like they were battling the entire time. I've been to probably over 100 concerts since then and still have never seen a performance like it.

[@Retikulum01]

The crank bass is called whamola. Pretty cool instrument ngl

[@willomina2]

les claypool - the only man capable of playing an instrument by moving his knee near it.

[@ween97]

This was a great background noise in South Park theme, without a doubt my favorite intro with the paper cut out intro

[@thisprojectisdiscontinued344]

True

[@tmart69]

That electric saxophone was pretty badass...

[@benjamindeavenport5980]

Just saw the flying frog brigade this past June with my two sons. They played Whamola. Great show, good fun.

[@nate8448]

This is some of the most creative music you can come across out here. Percussionists rule!

[@danieldalton8266]

That’s the drummer for Cake

[@madisonxmeadows]

@@danieldalton8266 Herb is up there too!! Didn’t know that until recently after seeing from photos from either before or after the set.

[@ronniestanley75]

I'm just impressed that they weren't using recorded stuff to fill their sound while playing live.

[@andrewfujiki616]

I normally don’t like spacey jam music but everyone in this is so technically good and their playing is really tight. And the use of unconventional instruments actually add to the music rather than just being more of a gimmick.

[@donmilleriii7399]

You know you're in it deep when the cuica drum comes out.

[@dredd3471]

Yes I'll do what Simon says.

[@thesuperballer9]

Course I'll do what Simon says

[@industrialcheese1155]

Oh, Les....everything you touch is solid gold dipped in diamonds. You always make my ears smile.

[@shizism]

One of the best dance jams you can get, be in crowd during this song, face melted, bruises earned, rage achieved

[@andreacoonick7411]

it's not primus, it's 'les claypool's flying frog brigade'. one of his many sick side projects that suck too.

[@melkat606]

Andrea Coonick Primus sucks! 🤘🏻

[@fingerboarding4lifegrantch225]

Can i Mary you please!

[@Kyle_sm]

Primus sucks 🤟

[@mmfsonb3252]

fak u

[@emiliomontesdeocagonzalez681]

Girls who like Claypool's stuff? Need to ball you and get me some descendant to raise with the same musical taste.

[@renangoncalvesflores]

I made something similar with a berimbau (a brazilian instrument, something like a bow with a calabash to amplify the sound). I sticked a piezzo pickup and used an octaver pedal set to 1 octave down. Plus, added some fuzz distortion. Good results, except that it's too dificult to make scale notes (used a guitar slide).

[@kingofsludge7262]

Hey, I hope life is going well for you:)

[@jean-yveslecorre2227]

Ce sont d'excellents musiciens. Vieux monsieur (71ans) je suis tombé dessus par hasard et j'ai adoré. Ça bouge hyè mes p'tit enfants ont tous les examens hyè mon épouse va bien hyè j'adore ce groupe....

[@vickisawyer7405]

I love his music!!! I'm just getting into it now at the age of 62!!!!!!!!!

[@vickisawyer7405]

Actually that's not true, I knew him as Primus, but this is - wow!!!

[@sirbarksalot9139]

​@@vickisawyer7405its never too late to discover things 😊

[@pughbro]

Just took 3 friends to the Frogs who had no idea. You can’t describe this, gotta experience it!! Fucking genius!!

[@emilysfun3534]

Every time I listen to this, I have a huge smile from start to finish. Bloody masterpiece.

[@michaelizzo4125]

This is just gold!!! Les on that Whamola is just something out of this universe

[@lmcc8798]

Les is one of the most lovable musical entertainers ever. I was going to say musician, but that’s a woefully inadequate title.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

There is something appealing about a creative genius with a sense of the absurd who likes to have fun. So basically I’m just rephrasing what you just said!

[@Alexandria87]

I strongly agree with both of you

[@RasputinPrime75]

I like the sax player in the cardinal robes. 👍

[@Theneweastwood]

The master of Bass! Nobody better seriously. This man is a genius! Sing and display master bass methods! Respect Les! 😮

[@bedrockcastle777]

Saw these guys live yesterday, and they played this towards the end of the show. It was awesome.

[@ibanezrockerdude]

I hate how Les gets no credit for being a amazing musician. He is such an innovative, cool musician and probably the best bassist ever on my opinion.

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

No credit? What dipshit circles do you hail from? Lol. Hes well respected. Always remember, primus sucks.

[@residentsharkenjoyer1690]

Not just les, the guitarist is absolutely SHREDDING

[@thepyroking1236]

@@residentsharkenjoyer1690 yeah, his name is Eenor and he's really good but he's basically unknown

[@pearz420]

Gets no credit? Dude knowledge exists outside of your own mind, believe it or not. You're talking about one of the most famous people who ever picked up a bass guitar.

[@tedbundy7520]

@@pearz420 Famous, I wouldn't go that far unfortunately. Talented? Abso fucking lutely.

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

I find myself coming to listen to this every night in bed. It's so damn ear pleasing all these instruments. Great vid!

[@AeonsOfFrost]

The OG Djentstick!

[@TNMN12]

***** Fuck. Off.

[@gimmegamma4849]

Anthony Mc 😂

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

Lol yes.

[@PoppaBadger]

I keep coming back to this and it gets better every time!!!🙂👍🏼

[@MrVladalv]

Big FUCKING like. hahaah that kettle solo... awesome

[@abysssss]

cuica solo

[@HughManatea]

The percussion is amazing.

[@GOBLIN711]

WE GOING TO SOUTH PARK WITH THIS ONE🗣💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lanayabaker]

ABSOLUTELY OFF THE HOOK AWESOME! CREATIVE....RHYTHM DRIVEN...YES! I WILL DO WHAT SIMON SAYS!

[@NaturlDisastr]

Bass snobs: "Jaco only needed 4 strings" Les Claypool: "hold my big brown beaver"

[@luckylayne]

I love the soup pot solo

[@0000song0000]

3:43 i love the look of actually played, actually beaten instruments... 👌 Not new, not fake relic, just the look of "life has happened"

[@jeremybeaird2719]

Mike's percussions he still has most of them.

[@illyrommer1523]

3:05 after listening this song nearly 100 times i still get blown away by the little (accidental?) triplet this guy busts out in a plastic dose solo

[@alwaysabiggafish3305]

When

[@spectrosoundtrack]

The instrument is called "Cuíca"

[@stevenx2523]

The soup can with a tube coming out of it is my favourite intstrument

[@weirdalofficialvevo]

one of the most badass performances I've ever seen. such a raw display of talent. so much energy. i get entranced every time i watch this video

[@LeafMobbMusic]

This man is the embodiment of musical talent

[@geevagyok]

What are your intentions with my daughter? Me: 3:11

[@zer0theher030]

After like 10 years KZbin decided to show me this clip. And guess what? I will put this on repeat.

[@sjstazz96]

Just heard this live at peach fest in Scranton. My soul left my body

[@randomenbyuploads8925]

I was there too man, ain’t nothin better than a bit of Whamola (although that disco ball helmet did give it a run for its money)

[@jxcob6236]

I can’t help but hear the whole South Park intro through the whole song lol.

[@bananafoneable]

came here to say that. rofl

[@bobthebassman7066]

Les Claypool is seriously the most skilled motherfuckin musician on the planet. Awesome!

[@briansalk3233]

Extra-terrestrials with their giant IQs could study this video for years and still come to the conclusion, "We've no idea what's going on here."

[@daniel.holbrook]

i kinda love that the whamola is just a really advanced version of plucking a piece of twine and pretending it's a guitar as a kid

[@boopah4365]

I strolled thru 15 or 20 comments and not 1 about the drummer..Respect people! He's a-ma-zingggg!!!

[@madisonxmeadows]

I KNOW!! Both of them are so insanely talented and precise drummers. They work so well together. Saw Paulo play with the Frog Brigade back in June 2023 and saw Herb with Primus in May 2022. Their similarities are so insane.

[@terrylobos673]

It feels like an unstoppable train coming your way. Stay on the track!

[@BizarreIoveTriangle]

If this got any more brown I'd have to change my pants. Might have to anyways. So much talent here, and even more creativity! Love it

[@MetalRob67]

Les and these guys are simply amazing.

[@DeannaGuillen-s5w]

If I could show the whole world This IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST CONCERT VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN. MY SOUL ❤🎉

[@roflmows]

3:13, i did LOTS of something very close to that before i met my wife....

[@bryanruiz5257]

Washed the dishes? :v

[@martintk8107]

roflmows XD

[@scorpiontherulez6895]

roflmows are you talking about beating your fucking meat bro?Wtf

[@asong4thedead]

Fisting? I'm lost

[@cboom3205]

@@asong4thedead bruh thats what i thought too! XD

[@ManaBDew]

I’m confident enough to say there are no bad bass players but, each has their own style. In so much lots of other bassist would enjoy each other’s style & new innovative pieces of music to enjoy 😂 Amazing 🤩

[@thebenefactor6744]

This is so suited as a soundtrack for some film. Just pure chase sequence.

[@Alexandria87]

Agreed

[@SwooceCSGO]

Part of this is the south park intro surprised no one mentioned it

[@sledheadjd]

The 90's was such an odd time......god i miss those days.

[@iknowyouarh]

This was 2002-2003

[@Redman2910]

Nothin like a lil bit o' Whamola!

[@halldmars225]

What band could pull off an 1 string bass? I rest my case.

[@timlentz9781]

I love Les claypool he had a lot to do with teaching me how to quit giving a damn 😸🎸💉😎

[@liamthrasher]

friendly faces everywhere humble folks without temptation

[@straightdrop1555]

Yo les, should I play the guitar? Piano? I'm a man of many talents. Les: bring a cooking pot

[@BREDNBUTTER]

I’ve been to some crazy shows, But the Frog Brigade melted my face.

[@zenna6000]

0:50 south park

[@BalistikingGameing]

took me a few years to realize that this is similar to the whamola line from south parks newest seasons and i cant get enough

[@jackcooper112]

It's nice to see SeaNanners playing drums.

[@joshb5914]

Who is that?

[@konayuki8525]

@@joshb5914 pretty sure it's a streamer

[@lbgtr87]

going down to south park gonna have myself a time

[@swahiliburger]

This is literally the South Park theme without the lyrics.

[@dougiedisarray]

Friendly faces everywhere, humble folks without temptation!

[@swahiliburger]

Ah, nice, I realise in the earlier seasons that the guy that appears in the intro is the southpark version of Les (at least i think so anyway)

[@dougiedisarray]

Slink Bradshaw He is. Les appeared in Chef Aid as the same guy (same face, with the sunglasses and stubble) wearing a duck suit.

[@sip217]

Yes. if you go to the whamola wikipedia, it says a remix of this song is featured in south park season 10+

[@MikeHunt-wl4ye]

@@dougiedisarray Can't wait to watch that episode again!

[@Agent-sb5jy]

I've listened to this song a hundred times . I cannot believe what I'm seeing . He's a fu*king madman .

[@gebsvideos6856]

Killer song. Claypool kills it.

[@rexk1962]

Hands down the best of all time...I don't care what anyone says....he has skills that no one has ever had

[@athanwilson5984]

*cough I'm goin' down to South Park gonna have myself a time...

[@hey_buddy_waz_up]

I like fucking silly bitches, cause I know my penis likes it!

[@Blaze_1221]

With this outfit he looks like Jimmy Here 🤣🤣🤣

[@SenileLeopard]

Why do people like Despacito and not this

[@Violetcas97]

Al Fearer well frankly because Despacito is easier to listen to casually. This shit is creative as all hell and cool as fuck to listen to but sometimes it’s nice to just have something simple on the radio that you don’t have to think too hard about. Quit being an elitist and just let people enjoy things.

[@akula77772]

Shane's Book Corner Well Despacito’s pretty hard for me to listen cause of how cringe it is. =\

[@vietdroid]

Shane's Book Corner I agree with you, but I find Les Claypol way more enjoyable than Despacito, which I find really boring.

[@vezzarn]

Because pop music is engineered to be addicting to listen to.

[@BibleStorm]

por que no los dos

[@Shsudejdufuruf]

“Ain’t nothin better then a little bit of whamola!”

[@derekcox6559]

Les Claypool takes the weird and makes it awesome😎🎸

[@Stuartfeen-i9p]

Acid, progressive,jazz, fusion?

[@Basslcal]

"No description available." Yeah that's about right!

[@jonathandufern7421]

I saw this tour with MIRV. Absolutely amazing!

[@sealessnlv]

i play the push broom myself, that way i have a ride home after the show! :)P

[@adamcosby6526]

The man the myth the legend and lucky enough to b old enuff to have seen him over 50× bass god

[@SeanPorio]

When they break into Punk Rock Guilt at 1:19

[@bmorehobo]

Not Primus. This is Flying Frog Brigade at Bonnaroo in 2002. I was very close to the front during this show.