Flea - Multitasking Man (Trumpet, Bass, Pedals and Emotion!)

[@FacheChanteDeux]

The RHCP is a fountain of talent. Chad plays piano beautifully as well. Every young musician should aspire to be half this great.

[@gminor6288]

And then there's Anthony.

[@nickchambers3935]

@@gminor6288 Hey that’s not fair he sings in tune sometimes

[@gminor6288]

@@nickchambers3935 lol yeah. Just meming really. Great catchy writer with great rhythm. Def talented as well.

[@felipefernandes9053]

@@gminor6288 AK, the outsider !

[@aryanrayan7031]

@@gminor6288 his skill is writing, which he does impeccably

[@RPostVideos]

Add to this if you know more... Flea- bass, trumpet, piano John- guitar, electric things, drum machine, mixing, vocal Josh- drums, guitar, piano, electronic things, vocal Chad- drums, piano, painting himself playing the drums Anthony- lyricist, vocal *And yes, I added Josh in there because he's damn amazing and because he was with them for 10 years!

[@alcipta4920]

john can play keyboard

[@gustavocampos9404]

Many of the electric things are synthesizers

[@TheGreendaleHumanBeing]

Anthony plays guitar too

[@mariusjns]

Flea can play piano too

[@RPostVideos]

@@TheGreendaleHumanBeing he certainly plays it better than me!😁

[@verdatum]

I always knew Flea was a great bassist, but I don't have the experience to fully appreciate it. I've been a horn player for decades though, and, yeah, the guy has some very real chops. I'm seriously impressed.

[@threeofeight197]

Yeah. He’s really good on trumpet. I thought it was a side instrument for him but he’s good at that in its own right. And the suit. I need a suit like that!!! ❤

[@juancardona9628]

@@threeofeight197 Trumpet is never a side instrument... we may be not "never" but for flea and most others its trumpet since elementary.

[@Dragonfly5280]

Damn. He always let's us know how much he's FEELING the music! He's not making music... he IS music!

[@acsaiyanbalce4610]

That’s the diff between good music and iconic music. Being immersed is a whole new dimension of Music.

[@davidg.9932]

Flea is an national born citizen in Australia, Melbourne. A member of RHCP. I would like to just say a very Happy 59th birthday to Michael Peter Balzary. October 16, 1962 Flea was a trumpet prodigy but went with the bass. Thank goodness..

[@ronnierendel9503]

Words fail to describe how freaking awesome is flea. Love him so much.

[@PaintingPowers]

I didn’t want it to end. I could have listened to him for hours. Beautiful soul.

[@LordGeord]

That tiny snippet of Little Sunflower at 5:53 was magical

[@evar1064]

One reason I picked up the bass in my 40’s Loved RHCP since high school ❤️flea Music is my escape. Husband got me this style bass for birthday Love everything he does

[@allbottledup9513]

Never too late to learn. Music is timeless. Happy playing Eva, make Flea proud!

[@BobMinelli]

I'm so _VERY GRATEFUL_ to have resonated with FLEA and every RHCP. (simply, thank you) 🌱

[@philipheubeck]

Was blessed to see him do this two days later in LA. One of the most memorable live music moments I’ve ever ever seen. He’s a transcendent musician and and a really great human being.

[@bobbyblaze5035]

Emotion being the key ingredient, beautiful playing

[@silviarocha7253]

Mr. Flea is amazing! A very creative and versitile musician full of tallent. I didn't know he played trumpet so well too! Well, I can added he´s a very expressive dancer too. He dances very good!...He´s so funny...!😁 I never get tired to watch this video. It's the third or fourth or ...time that I watch it! I've always loved you all RHCP! When do you give us the joy of seeing you perform together again, Misters? We miss you so much...your music is fabulous, fantastic, beautiful, interesting and all adjectives I can remember...

[@MrKlemusic]

This is amazing. I had no idea Flea was an outstanding trumpet player.

[@satishrobertson8771]

Trumpet was his first instrument. He was on of the top players in his high school. He picked up bass in his late teens once his close friend invited him to join RHCP as a bassist.

[@johnstjohn6658]

Listen to Pretty Little Dirty from Mother's Milk. It's my favorite of my favorite RHCP song and features Flea playing trumpet.

[@morganrees6719]

Outstanding? 😂😂

[@janedubourg4837]

Superb trumpet tone

[@GioBardZero]

@@johnstjohn6658 a 5 second sample from that song made the entirety of Crazy Town's career (if people still remember who that is)

[@opcode114]

It only took 2 years for this clip and I to finally meet. It makes my heart so full to know that flea is on planet earth. Thank you for everything.

[@jellyfishgeorge]

The greatest 14.14 min of my life. Fleas has always been in his own world. He plays the bass with his whole body. #goat

[@NoticerOfficial]

Just remember…all this while…flea was secretly jamming with John, when he suddenly started doing these solo performances with a looper and appearing very experiemental jazz…. Right around the time John referenced that he had gone back and listened to all their work. I cannot fucking wait for the new peppers album

[@Mike-ye7tj]

Imagine have a transcendent talent that shuts everything down in your mind and amplifies and releases the cerebral energy so beautifully and so much so that for a moment he is truly lost in his vibe and most likely barely aware of his surroundings. Truly giving himself to the music and the music he creates rewards him with that experience . Now that’s real freedom What a gift. If we could be so free that we could allow our own creativity out, imagine how we too would feel in that moment. Make way for what matters.

[@shbubzyazzie5274]

I've been an RHCP fan since the 80's when i first heard the album freaky styley. Still am a fan. They come a long way. I like the book scar tissue as well .

[@alexasmith6473]

That was amazing, Flea! I could listen to a whole album of this. Trumpet sounds incredible. Thank you! LOVE the cool purple and blue suit too!

[@yannchereau3630]

At 5:50 he is playing a sample from Freddie Hubbard's Little Sunflower, if you recognized it, otherwise and if you like jazz, it is worth listening.

[@sebastianungerer9566]

Coming from the jazz piano, I basically only listen to jazz and I am absolutely adoring this guy. His understanding of harmonics is very very good.

[@TheGlass50]

I’m listening to the remake of Little Sunflower ...Sunflower by Milt Jackson. Freddie Hubbard is brilliant on that track. I love Little Sunflower as well.

[@seantemme]

5:53 he quotes little sunflower, so cool

[@snap2snip]

It’s always a treat when flea plays trumpet

[@smartersean]

His writing is phenomenal as well!!! 3/4 of the way through Acid for the Children! SUCH BRILLIANCE , BEAUTY AND TRUTH!!

[@joemahoney6235]

Such a good book

[@adrianmendoza5467]

The note at the end of the book of powerful enough to jumpstart the saddest soul in the hardest of times. I love that book and will continue to listen to it when I feel lost and Trapt in the standards of the world around me

[@andrewbrown1936]

Awesome book!!!!

[@Glehost]

A creditable job on trumpet, chock full of emotion.

[@erndog64]

Being a trumpet player too this just is excellent music!!

[@egorshamanin]

Thank You God for people like Flea!

[@Cittycatty8988]

Wow ! I just got emotional from listening to an outstanding musician. Flea you are outstanding sir

[@hydration9359]

Flea is the reason I play bass and try as hard as I do still to this day. When he performs its absolutely breathtaking and impossible to not groove...

[@thesanfordmethod1905]

Flea's life lessons are epic too.

[@cherrycervantes6948]

Damn! He's so good with the trumpet!

[@dizgil6881]

@MichaelPeterBalzary148 man your tone is amazing

[@pauluribeorozco5162]

Flea you are an extraordinary being with a golden heart! Regards from Le Mexique!

[@claytonbill]

What a great talent. What a great suit.

[@fluidjazz]

I wasn't expecting that! Brilliant performance!

[@rlsimmons1214]

OMGEEEEE 2023! Getting his Chet Baker On! I Love It!

[@jcpelly]

Here's me thinking I couldn't love this guy more... seriously, this guy is what more people should aspire to be.

[@kiddmange]

That was an amazing journey thank you flea

[@performancetesting1]

This is what I reach for in life. This true, pure actualization of self. This elevation of consciousness to higher and higher intentional order and abandonment of entropy. When I observe someone like Flea, I acknowledge that maximizing one's existence must be independent of any arbitrary dogma or rules founded by our peers. I observe that a person's expression of goodness takes whatever form resides inside them. A farmer's creative goodness may be their beautiful nurturing of plants to produce fantastic food. A video game developer's might be their deep immersion in their sets of software code to produce magical experiences for game players. Flea's is his music. And all are good.

[@asior34]

Love is the answer.

[@MrGeneralissimus]

He could record entire albums by himself!

[@waylandbennett7306]

I believe he has, it is a bit different tho.

[@jurgens.8019]

John made this, sound from another planet....

[@yeahieat2806]

This is one of the greatest composed songs ever. So much talent it’s unreal.

[@gustafsone]

Okay, so I love me some RHCP and I love me some Flea, too! I've always known that he is a badass bass player (a few of the RHCP concerts I've gone to over the years featured him going off on solos) and also a decent/good trumpet player. This 14-minute piece makes me really want Flea to join a good fusion band when he has time off with the RHCP. While I love his funk stuff, I'd really love to see him explore more of his experimental jazz side of things. I think he'd be great!

[@HIM7070]

He is better than a decent/good trumpet player. He was accepted and attended Julliard for trumpet performance.

[@fernansi2940]

What a musician... Is magic, wonderful, great... Flea is pure genius

[@Bocman1]

I keep coming back to hear the trumpet playing, his sound is great.

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

Wow. Wow. Wow. A reminder that Flea started in jazz and was in that documentary about Chet Baker

[@garysmith8073]

This was AWSOME!!!!! A CHANGE IN THINGS .

[@MegaSpiritualWarrior]

Amazing! When I'm 60 years old I wanna do that.

[@MelitaBintoro]

what the heck this is the most beautiful thing to be in my day for sure

[@theukuleledriver]

Flea is dope...

[@javiergonzalezgraf3036]

Damn Flea! Always surprises me! Awesome and beautiful performance

[@rossanamesias7815]

Este flea es tipo tan talentoso me encanta su tono de voz lo amo❤❤❤

[@papaglenford]

not only is this so awesome, but his book is far better than most musicians' books. love this guy

[@jamesflake6601]

So happy to see such a talented musician Branch out and do things on his own. Metallica should be so lucky

[@arugula4750]

6 min in that little sunflower lick is superb

[@phlef]

9:51 - Such a perfect bassline

[@rorocio93]

It reminds me of how some songs in The Getaway sounds

[@bryanfouts287]

Flea has great tone on that trumpet. Nice

[@josiahjarumi4482]

This Is The Dopest Thing I've Ever Witnessed & The Sound Is Eargasmic!

[@adrianmendoza5467]

One for the mushroom playlist for sure

[@alexeonsarjoo9414]

Such a fun soul... bless you Flea

[@thesquirez]

This guy...this freaking guy. Really great stuff.

[@hardluckclub7271]

wish i could have flea in my head playing like that as my daily internal soundtrack 24/7!

[@wendegibbs7950]

I am learning how much I really adore the world and music abilities. WOW!!!!! CHILLED UP ALREADY!!!!!

[@connorm1817]

This is one of my favorite videos

[@ajbassfunk5872]

His awsomeness is more contagious than I won't say it out loud

[@simmy3076]

He could play that trumpet part all day for me. Love it

[@rossanamesias7815]

Mi hombre flea te amo eres un tipo genial me encanta tu tono de voz ke hases maestro estas o en otra dimencion❤❤❤❤❤😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nos-fz8xm]

Easily one of my favorite musicians ever

[@acsaiyanbalce4610]

My fav musician of all Time! Hail Flea...

[@marcelobecerra5083]

Flea multinstrumental🎶y con gran instinto musical👂👂yo supongo que hasta Jaco lo estaría viendo este vídeo con interés.

[@francemiroliveira5778]

WONDERFUL MUSICIAN IN THIS FRAGILE WORLD.......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jmwu91]

Fleas trumpet work on Nirvanas live performance was the greatest

[@drivenbythechills]

Wow he is indeed a trumpetist, didn't knew that about him, so good ! Reminded me of Ibrahim Maalouf, Flea is such a good & genuine pure soul, people like him are incredible to me

[@RPostVideos]

He's like a mad scientist! ❤️

[@juanparra868]

Incredible artist

[@fuadhuseynli6029]

Flea is the definition of music

[@adderon]

That D. Boon sticker is life. Listen to the Minutemen, you'll hear why Flea has that sticker on his bass

[@RHCPtv1]

💙😉

[@zairemrenthlei9478]

although very different in sound, he kinda looks like the bald version of Chet baker in his later years.

[@alessandrocellini8574]

I agree 100% ... the first loooong note is the spirit of Chet!

[@gmann7082]

Sorry, but Flea's physical appearance _may_ be the _only_ resemblance to Chet Baker.

[@gonzalomerino9595]

Absolutely... when Flea appears in the beach in the first minutes of Chet’s documentary “Lets get lost” I first thought it was young Chet

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Rumour has it he is chets illegitimate son. Who knows.

[@annanhildebrand9667]

Very similar playing styles I'd say

[@edperrosel7792]

Yo what the hell I didn't think this was possible... Flea wearing a top piece of clothing! 😂😂 And a suit on top of that, if you were to travel to this time from the 80's while he was in Fear I don't think you'd imagine seeing him like this, playing so calmly and in such a melodic fashion and (yeah he a bit crazy on the trumpet here and there but still) without that classical flea punk style, it just shows his long growth both as musician and as a person

[@JuanTrujillo-qv4lw]

I found this impressive! KZbin algorithm was good to me tonight.

[@jeffjones4071]

Flea is the man !!! So talented musician

[@soulrpower3031]

Wow..another perfect example of the magic of a live performance. Damn pandemic.

[@laetitiaguerillot8226]

woaaaaaaaaoh very nice good job i love flea this is a very good bassist

[@idkdannymack4007]

Flea was my whole inspiration for learning to play trumpet. As a kid I thought the trumpet was a lame instrument, but the moment I learned Flea played trumpet it removed my negative outlook.

[@cesarmejia.8038]

Alucinante! Love from Colombia.

[@rossanamesias7815]

Y también es muy elegante kuando kiere se ve estupendo mi flea❤❤❤

[@trentvelasco8484]

8:35 my soul lift up for a moment

[@bubbles3161]

That fucking horn was a real show stopper !

[@phantomdrac]

Like jaco, masekela,flea are having a jam sesh…great stuff!! 👊⚡️🦇⚡️👊

[@coldwarunicorns]

SOUND OF THE ETERNAL

[@MrJdrabe]

Just holy fuск. Amazing

[@edmondleonardosiahaan1349]

Beatiful playing, I hear sound like from North Sumatera and West Borneo, Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️🤟

[@RHCPtv1]

💙😁

[@devaconcc9038]

That trumpet tone takes many thousands of hours to achieve.

[@petedogg47]

That was amazing!

[@basketburger]

Flea at his best what a legend 🔥🔥

[@Rikr2]

This band is pure art

[@brettreisinger380]

Flea at his finest!!

[@Triggerhippie70]

LOVE THIS MAN!

[@edwinestioko1867]

Awesomeness👍👍👍

[@uwinsome]

Thanks Flea 🎉

[@MattMcGunn30]

Pure musical genius...

[@assketchum3868]

bless this man!