Flea was a pretty cool customer considering Nardwuar starts the conversation by immediately asking multiple questions about his ex-wife. Normally Nardwuar is so well researched!
Yeah I wish it would have happened. It wont now though, old John has gotten pretty reclusive and is apparently very strict with what you can and cant say in interviews now
Young John probably would have just laughed at Nardwuar like the funny character that he is. I don't think there would have been any awkward Sonic Youth or Blur like moments...
Nardwaur 2018: *gives you rare never before seen records that vaguely relate to your past and other cool shit* Nardwuar 1991: "Hold on I think i got a chestnut in my pocket .."
Nardwuar usually disarms his subjects by doing amazingly detailed research on them. When he hasn't, he's just got the annoying thing and it doesn't go off as well.
Nardwuar was a very awkward interview back then. Especially when he asked Flea if drugs are bad, despite the R.H.C.P losing their guitar player from a heroin overdose (I can't think of his name right now).
gasmaskboi19371945 Hillel Slovak died 27 years ago..he was a great guy and an amazing musician!Flea is a very down to earth cat and even back then went with the flow ..Nardwuar was still working out his schtick/gimmick..this was way before "ironic awkwardness" was a thing way before Napoleon dynamite or anything like that Nardwuar was ahead of his time
"You being a bass player yourself, and you marrying a Victoria girl, did you know the correlation that perhaps you were tying into a big bass scene there?" "I never realized the cosmic implications of it all." Nardwuar's brain operates like mine.
i wish more interviewers were like this guy. most people cant interview and want to be stars, this guy knows wtf he is doing. its cool to see this old footage
anyone find "that's great i think thats amazing its just incredible its zingy its zany its wacky its crazy its really a mind blowing thing matter of fact ive never heard anything like that before in my life" extremely funny. hahaha i had to stop and replay it like 5x
Please tell me that people know the band The Replacements that Flea was talking about bcs If anyone doesn't know the Replacements then you def need to listen to the Replacements albums, Sorry Ma, Stink, Hootenanny, Let it Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me. All of those albums are some of the best and most influential records of all time. I was surprised to see Josh cover Answering Machine with the Chili Pep's in MN (which is where the Replacements are from). It's always great to see one of your favorite bands who likes/was/is influenced by the same bands you were/are influenced by still
D Rago I saw the r.h.c.p. in Edmonton, Alberta ,Canada, I think 2006? They busted out a bit of "London Calling" ( the clash) ,as well as a bit of "Oldsmobile'98" (Public enemy)/in the old hockey arena, a terrible building for live music quality.
I loved those early albums, played ' em to death. People just learning about RHCP now, don't know what they missed; but I understand how the band evolves, changes, maybe they got tired of playing the earlier stuff...
Why is Elon Musk running around in the background wearing a leather coat taking pictures. Omg obviously the world's first time traveler, taking pictures of a man in a time traveling movie. Talk about cosmic implications.
ever heard the expression "open your mind" or "open your third eye" if you drop acid or eat mushrooms you could possibly reveal your true self to who you really are.
i love Narwuar's interview style, and RHCP just so happens to be my favorite band. Hopefully he can interview the whole band when their new album hits next year.
Nardwuar is great but I was hoping for a better interview here. He needs to get flea back or any of the chili peppers with more in depth research. Flea handled this really well. He’s the man.
I normally really enjoy Nardwuar and his usual interview style, but here he seems to not really let Flea finish his sentences and just keeps firing out questions with no remote segue which I think was sort of annoying.
Michael Peter Balzary (Melbourne, Victoria, 16 de octubre de 1962), más conocido como Flea, es un músico, bajista y actor australiano-estadounidense, conocido por ser miembro fundador de la banda de funk rock Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Nardwuar is the only person besides me that I know of that actually knows about Nomeansno. Literally nobody else (apart from people directly involved in comment sections etc.) It always makes my ears zoom in when he mentions anything related to that.
lmao "I didn't realize the cosmic implication of it all."
I love flea
"I didn't realize the cosmic implications of it all" LOL best reply ever to that part of Nardwuar's shtick
That guy in the background with the white shirt looks like the the real life version of Butthead from Beavis and Butthead.
The first time I've seen Nardwuar with a different hat!
Early nardwuar binge
You can tell Flea is depressed cause of his divorce with his wife.
that's needles from Back to the Future 2
he is also like twenty years younger than he is now
Flea was a pretty cool customer considering Nardwuar starts the conversation by immediately asking multiple questions about his ex-wife. Normally Nardwuar is so well researched!
10 Year old comment nice
@@laco8014 yeah
Pre- World Wide Web.
Historical comment
Flea felt that positive energy
Would of been hilarious to see Frusciante deal with this guy from this time haha.
fuck now i really wanna see that hahaha
Yeah I wish it would have happened. It wont now though, old John has gotten pretty reclusive and is apparently very strict with what you can and cant say in interviews now
DWProductions87 is that so?
Young John probably would have just laughed at Nardwuar like the funny character that he is. I don't think there would have been any awkward Sonic Youth or Blur like moments...
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Nardwaur 2018: *gives you rare never before seen records that vaguely relate to your past and other cool shit*
Nardwuar 1991: "Hold on I think i got a chestnut in my pocket .."
Nard was 22 here, he looks 15 aha
?? he looks 40
@@user-uf7ve4sr4r Are u blind?
lol 2:54 magic johnson sick with a "sore groin".. that about sums it up
he came out as HIV positive 8 months after this interview
Ayyooo
Bryan D Meader so that’s why he didn’t play that night and Easy E just so happen to walking funny that day
Whoa, PRE doot Doola doot doo
Free plaid also.
Whoa dude I didn't even recognize,, pretty weird don't cha think
Doot doo...
@@virtualsnake1994 Ba-Boom!
Cool Music fact: Flea once cried because he listend to J Dilla
That's cool! Do you have any source I can check?? Very awesome
@@tnixx10 watch flea's "what's in my bag" from Amoeba's yt channel
The Flea from 91 reminds me a lot of Mac Demarco
He sounds just like him too
Okay thank you I was thinking the same thing lol.
Even the teeth lmfao
#tavistockinstitute
On the thumbnail from this video he looks like Ted fucking Bundy. :)
"I didn't understand the cosmic implications of it all"
Nardwuar usually disarms his subjects by doing amazingly detailed research on them. When he hasn't, he's just got the annoying thing and it doesn't go off as well.
True but research aside he is more annoying than usual here with how many times he interrupts Flea and stacks questions before letting him answer
Well he clearly got better at interviewing since then
@@canyonsuede I was waiting for this comment. Flea was extremely patient considering how many times he was interrupted. Which was countless times.
I would’ve given him a backhand across the four eyes
@@rogerthemassager1 Yeah but Fleas a punk and I sense he gets the gonzo journalism vibe and appreciates it for what it is
Nardwuar was a very awkward interview back then. Especially when he asked Flea if drugs are bad, despite the R.H.C.P losing their guitar player from a heroin overdose (I can't think of his name right now).
gasmaskboi19371945 hillel slovak
Steven Ruano Yep. That's it!
gasmaskboi19371945 Hillel Slovak died 27 years ago..he was a great guy and an amazing musician!Flea is a very down to earth cat and even back then went with the flow ..Nardwuar was still working out his schtick/gimmick..this was way before "ironic awkwardness" was a thing way before Napoleon dynamite or anything like that Nardwuar was ahead of his time
Madam Vonkook No, it wasn't purposeful "Ironic" awkwardness. He was just an awkward guy at this point - he was new and he was learning the ropes.
the kid from half moon bay okay? why was that directed toward me
"You being a bass player yourself, and you marrying a Victoria girl, did you know the correlation that perhaps you were tying into a big bass scene there?"
"I never realized the cosmic implications of it all."
Nardwuar's brain operates like mine.
Nardwuar was a baby here
It's crazy it's zany it's mind blowing
It's also wacky
Nardwuar has improved a lot as an interviewer since then.
4:15 That Julio Iglesias story is fucking gold!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nard's been dong this 25 years, props lol
since 85 actually
Make that 30
34 years.
30.
Dong
Nardwuar is the only interviewers where all of the comments are about him and not the interviewee
I'm not even a fan of his band, but Flea is one of the most unrecognized smart guys in rock ever. Brilliant, even.
nope
@eric Spencer you're a poser
@@MaximusWolfe What's good poser
Brilliant? Maybe very good at piano and bass but I wouldn’t say he’s very socially smart or adept
You're being sarcastic, right?
Loved that flea shouted out fishbone in this interview! Criminally underrated band that was part of the LA funk scene with RHCP back in the 80’s
Smart Man! Flea didn't answer the question about drugs.
Nardwaur is the Bernie
Sanders of interviewers. Hasn't change a bit in 30 years.
Flea plays it do cool though.
Great Interview
Why does he look exactly like Ted bundy in the thumbnail 😭
Thought that too
Is that Ferris Bueller's principal at 7:14?
Samuel Feynman Tribute page who is it?
The Julio Iglesias anecdote was the highlight of this interview
Omg I died laugh n.holy shit.
An unstoppable force meets a very movable object.
"Why doesn't they suck?"
I judge every celebrity by how they interact with Nardwuar.
"i've never heard anything like that before in my life"
So he hadn't come up with the Doot Doot a loot doot yet? I thought he did that in all of his interviews.
“Here’s a lucky chestnut. It’s not a bomb or anything.”
LOL
"You forgot Repladements clones"
"But that would narrow it down completely"
I'm weak
i wish more interviewers were like this guy. most people cant interview and want to be stars, this guy knows wtf he is doing. its cool to see this old footage
anyone find "that's great i think thats amazing its just incredible its zingy its zany its wacky its crazy its really a mind blowing thing matter of fact ive never heard anything like that before in my life" extremely funny. hahaha i had to stop and replay it like 5x
flea wasnt ready for gnar
Nardwuar is some kind of savant lol
That story about Julio Iglesia is hilarious!
Fun fact: Flea did the voice for Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys!
5:04-5:07 you can actually pinpoint the moment when his heart breaks in half
Please tell me that people know the band The Replacements that Flea was talking about bcs If anyone doesn't know the Replacements then you def need to listen to the Replacements albums, Sorry Ma, Stink, Hootenanny, Let it Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me. All of those albums are some of the best and most influential records of all time. I was surprised to see Josh cover Answering Machine with the Chili Pep's in MN (which is where the Replacements are from). It's always great to see one of your favorite bands who likes/was/is influenced by the same bands you were/are influenced by still
D Rago I saw the r.h.c.p. in Edmonton, Alberta ,Canada, I think 2006? They busted out a bit of "London Calling" ( the clash) ,as well as a bit of "Oldsmobile'98" (Public enemy)/in the old hockey arena, a terrible building for live music quality.
Is it Trent Reznor in the background around 1:27 ?
Lol, nah. I want to see a Nard interview with him though.
Omg it could be
genius..bulgarians AHAHHAHAHAHHAHHA
flea looks alot like ted bundy in this interview.
haha "i never realized the cosmic implications of it all" what a wiz
Flea has always been one of my favorite people in the musical spotlight. Fucking awesome person, even better bassist.
Flea is a legend.
18 Years ago, This is a true time capsule. Awesome stuff!
30 years ago, U wot
@@Wawawalulu Lol, 18 years ago... comment from 1 year ago... its 2022... interview 1991... ??? Something something maths
Bro I typed and it appeared.
Crazy, because I have such admiration for both, and just started Bass so wow
Henry Rollins has the saddest eyes.
BloodSugarSexMagic was my favorite era of the Peppers. Like everything from the debut up to and including Californication. After that not so much.
I loved those early albums, played ' em to death. People just learning about RHCP now, don't know what they missed; but I understand how the band evolves, changes, maybe they got tired of playing the earlier stuff...
They suck dick
Oh man, Flea was on the right drugs for this interview. He did well.
Why is Elon Musk running around in the background wearing a leather coat taking pictures. Omg obviously the world's first time traveler, taking pictures of a man in a time traveling movie. Talk about cosmic implications.
God bless flea , hope he lives forever. Nard is extra weird as fuck here.
hahaha magic Johnson had a sore groin
Shoutout to Minutemen. Sweet!
And a year later we got a million Nirvana-clones
bringing up his ex was fucking DASTARDLY
the commenters here are whack.
Nardwuar with great questions all the way back in 91!
hallucagenical purposes lol what ?
ever heard the expression "open your mind" or "open your third eye" if you drop acid or eat mushrooms you could possibly reveal your true self to who you really are.
"Genius Bulgarians" haha
he looks like fuckin ted bundy in the thumbnail
i love Narwuar's interview style, and RHCP just so happens to be my favorite band. Hopefully he can interview the whole band when their new album hits next year.
happy 53th birthday michael peter balzardy better knows as flea in rhcp !!!!!!!
Took 9 years for youtube to recommend me this video, worth the wait i guess xd
Flea rocks! Enough said? 😁😁
genius bulgarians
lmao
flea looks stoned or strung out or something here
He always does though
Nardwuar is great but I was hoping for a better interview here. He needs to get flea back or any of the chili peppers with more in depth research. Flea handled this really well. He’s the man.
I normally really enjoy Nardwuar and his usual interview style, but here he seems to not really let Flea finish his sentences and just keeps firing out questions with no remote segue which I think was sort of annoying.
this happened on the exact day i was born !!! lmao
Are there cosmic implications?
I was actually really looking forward to the Doot Doota Loot Doot.. Disappointing.. :\
magic johnson had a sore groin that night. understatement!lol
Hah, I knew I'd find this comment
I think he wigged flea out sort of haha.
Flea leaves a city to get out of the city by going to a city.
Flea looks a lot like Mac Demarco in this
I really am impressed with the people that have the class to play along with Narduar.
Michael Peter Balzary (Melbourne, Victoria, 16 de octubre de 1962), más conocido como Flea, es un músico, bajista y actor australiano-estadounidense, conocido por ser miembro fundador de la banda de funk rock Red Hot Chili Peppers.
"she went to a high school I once went in"
Wow, what a connection, it's like it was meant to be.
Nardwuar is the only person besides me that I know of that actually knows about Nomeansno. Literally nobody else (apart from people directly involved in comment sections etc.) It always makes my ears zoom in when he mentions anything related to that.
Two years late but absolutely one of my favorite bands ever.
@@mistertagomago7974 It's never too late for Nomeansno my friend.
@@djeddjole Fuck yeah!
I would both marry and die for Flea
It's sad, MJ stole the Beatles discography from him and licensed the Beatles songs for Nike.
I'd do anything to play a game of basketball with Flea
Looking at the thumbnail I thought Nardwuar was going to be interviewing Ted Bundy
Im not sure Flea was in the mood for this lol
that plant dying of thirst in the background is so distracting
This is pre doot doola doot doo...😐👀
We were all so young in 91'
Flea was there when River Phoenix died ,,..I think he knows who gave him the pure ..."
#satanicsacrifice #hollywoodbabylon
It seems like when someone is first interviewed by Nardwar, they feel like they are being attacked because they don't know him.
That intro on loop for 10 hours..
haha i love nardwuar, flea saying he's divorced doesn't phase him. let's talk about your ex wife some more