Classic uk punk band : The Damned "Wait for the blackout", bassist at this time is named Paul Gray... he plays rickenbacker and his a killer bassist from this area
Mike Dirnt is absolutely the reason why I play bass. I don't play too much punk stuff anymore, but his bass-isms almost always come out whatever oind of music I'm playing.
first thing i thought of when I just heard this again so many years later is that is sounds like a fatter version of something off either Kerplunk or the other early record.
That's my only complaint about American idiot and after until really their album Saviors, the bass took a back seat as Billie Joe filled out their sound with multi tracking guitars and they had multiple back up guitarists for live shows. Check out 1981 to finally hear Mike really soaring again on Saviors.
@@corycourtney8923 Yeah, but the number of different guitar parts went to another level with AI, instead of just left and right panned multi tracks of basically the same part. He start experimenting more with octave chords and more lead parts, etc.
Idk why people keep saying Saviors is a much better performance from Mike. I mean, not really. The trilogy has a ton of good baselines mixed in there. Saviors, idk…
Trilogy has a lot of great basslines and Father of All for all its flaws has a lot of great Mike Bass lines, Revolution Radio has a lot of cool basslines too
Green Day started it all for a lot of us. We migrated from Green Day to The Offspring and then to everywhere else. Being a kid in the 90s helped because of how this was all coming out at that time. This never gets old.
cool fact about the film Angus: Rob Cavallo, producer behind Green Day's Dookie, was an executive producer for the movie. big reason why I believe the soundtrack is so good. I kinda love the marching band version of "Am I Wrong" more than the original version.
Green Day is one of those bands that you hear one chord of and instantly know it is them. Pretty much the AC/DC of their generation, BJs riffing and Mike Dirnt's bass playing stayed a trademark pretty much through all their creative phases and evolution of their music. Even their "concept" albums are essentially short Green Day tracks woven into more complex pieces.
They tuned down a half step until Nimrod, and prior to recording Dookie they didn't use tuners at all. Billie and Mike would just tune by ear, which ended up landing them somewhere between a half step and full step below E standard.
My lifelong best friend ended his life almost 4 years ago. This song makes me tear up like a baby because we grew up loving Green Day in the 90s. I miss my friend and this song is a reminder.
funny story about JAR: When I was... I think around 12 or 13 I begged my parents for a guitar. The next summer, acoustic guitar in hand, I had my first lesson and the guy asks me "is there anything in particular you want to learn?" So I put on JAR. He almost walked out 😆 Good stuff I love JAR. Mike Dirnt really taught me how important specific instruments and playing styles help give a band a musical identity/voice.
Nirvana Nevermind is what got me into music. Green Day Dookie (especially Basketcase) is what made me want to play music. J.A.R. was the song that made me want to play bass. Great vid, man!
@@thedeadofpool That's a good list. I have to say that out of all the songs I"ve learned how to play on bass as a kid, I was most proud of learning carousel. Now, it barely phases me when I learned any new song, so it's a nice memory have being proud of learn stuff.
This song is personal to me. It took on a whole new meaning for me after my best friend passed away in 2008. Hard to listen to sometimes, but it's gotten easier with time. Rest in peace, to my best friend and my brother, Keith Thomas Hunter (1984-2008).
And nobody knew about the Mark Hoppus fact until he revealed it in Chris Demakes podcast a couple of years ago! Now I can't believe I never noticed it before!
If You're Ready(Mr. Michell), maybe it's time for some serious Hardcore bass mastery. 7 Seconds, and the bass stylings of Steve Youth, will knock you out! start with, "This Is Temporary", "Here We Go Again Kids", "True Roots Show"(with a Horn), "Y.P.H." and the live version of, "Satyagraha" from Scream Real Loud. A rolling great bass line. I strongly recommend checking out this band in all its's variations, 7 Seconds are Hardcore Plus! Oh, and for a Happy bonus(and from their weird period), try "Happy Rain", a super lead bass song.
I highly recommend the entire Angus soundtrack! Had the CD back in the 90s and I still listen to those bands today: Green Day, Riverdales, The Muffs, Ash, Weezer, Tilt, Dance Hall Crashers
1:00 I was literally typing “Fun fact: Mark Hopus of Blink-182 wrote the opening…” then he mentioned that fun fact. This interview he got that fact from was on Chris Demakes podcast, Chris Demakes a Podcast, where he interviewed Hopus about writing the song “What’s my Age Again”.
I never thought about it at the time, but I grew up wanting to play bass and it probably had a lot to do with the punk music I was listening to. Strung Out, RKL, Pennywise, Lagwagon, Green Day, Guttermouth, Ten Foot Pole, 88 Fingers Louie, loved them all. Think Guttermouth's Hypocrite was the first bass line that I learned and remembered. That and Ten Foot Pole's Life were the two songs that I played over and over.
Man I love this channel so so much. I really hope I get to meet you and shake your hand for such great content, and for also putting out stuff that's overall positive and just has good vibes to it. Thank you thank you so much for the content you make.
@@LowEndUniversity you're the best brotha, you deserve any amount of success that comes your way, you're talented as hell, and you seem like such a cool positive person, there aren't enough of your type in the world.
I have one of Dirnt's signature Fenders, it plays so smooth, it's my go to bass after 30 years on the same Gibson Thunderbird. Song request "Got The Time" by Joe Jackson, killer bass solo in it, or "I'm The Man" or a number of his songs, his bass player, Graham Maby, is amazing!
Also if you like these older bass-driven pop-punk songs, check out "We Threw Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps For Arms and No Eyebrows" by NOFX. I know, unwieldy title but the bass line is killer. Fat Mike has a ton of great basslines, but this one is something special imo
I need to find the demo version of this song as well that ends the last line, so many end on "all I wanna do is..." and there is a demo that has a follow up, but i havent found it in ages. Will go through them and see, I know i have it somewhere.
One of the most interesting things about punk as a sound to me is how it reflects in the tribute songs. There's not a huge change and they're hard to pick out if you're not familiar with the background of the song, or aren't paying close attention to the lyrics. But if you're familiar with the band in question the difference in tone leaps out at you - Otherside by Rancid comes to mind. That's a song I have a deep connection to; I lost my brother a few years ago due to complications of an enlarged heart and so many of the lyrics in that song mirror our relationship
Great video as always. A band I used to be in covered this song and we played it a lot live. I (as the guitarist, not bassist) always viewed it as in the key of Db, rather than how you were analyzing it in F#. So, that would make that B chord added in the bridge the bVII chord, rather than the IV chord. Both valid interpretations, I think, but each provide a different context/flavour. Keep up the great work! Love the channel!
You're absolutely right! When dookie came out, I was a teenager. That album became my life and I soon picked up my very first instrument. A bass guitar. :)
Mike was my original influence on bass. He is a main reason why I did so many fills in songs when I played. Then I added Ryan from mudvaynes influence and the two combined in me to make a very interesting player. Mike is still a fucking bass god!
If you haven't already, I recommend checking out the "Dookie Demo Tape" or "Cassette Demo" versions of this song. The bass is much more audible and you can hear some additional fills and accents that are a bit more buried here :)
just found this channel and i honestly love this!! im not sure if you have yet, but I think a reaction to redundant by green day would be dope as well!
Yesssss! Being annoying paid off! Thank you for doing this! Glad you enjoyed! Also don't know if you caught it, because his voice is very similar to Billie's, Mike is the one singing the outro.
Everything up to nimrod is 1/2 step. Nimrod has a mix of standard and 1/2. Insomniac best GD album lmo. Funny i started learning green day and now between the buried and me and dance gavin dance are what ive been practicing. Im gonna join patreon at some point. i enjoy your content, the full album content will be worth it i have no doubt. Recently got my first multi scale bass, btb Ibanez. For playing 27 years i have almost no gear lol. Now 2 basses and 1 amp. Working on changing that lol.
Love to hear it man, I look forward to seeing you over there! Those Ibanez basses look sweet, tons of my pals play them. I've actually never owned an Ibby!
@@vladonutyj I know a few songs are in standard.I'm pretty sure quite a few songs are 1/2. Guess it doesn't matter to much really. I know after this album everything until their latest was standard. The latest album they actually used drop d
I’m pretty sure this was either on the UK release of Dookie or possibly one of the cd singles, because I had this song back then and never even heard of the film Angus
Green Day switched to Eb tuning for Dookie and then pretty much stayed there. Their pre-dookie indie stuff is in E standard. In fact the song “Welcome to Paradise” from Dookie was recycled from their previous album, Kerplunk, but the Dookie version is a half step down.
Wikipedia unsurprisingly isn't exactly right on this one. There were 2 demos recorded in 92 and I believe the second was in 93 that were both different from the official release. The first demo is a slower tempo acoustic version, but the second is pretty close the the final release. Both demos featured a lot more backup vocals from Mike, but the first demo actually finishes the last line of the song, "All I wanna do is play" whereas every other version cuts off before finishing "All I wanna do is..."
@@OkNoBigDeal tigar army first album deadly bass. I haven't heard much living end but have known about them for a decade and am seeing them February on the salty dog cruise. They are the band I am not hugely familiar with that I decided to give a real proper listening to pre concert.
I’m siding with a song someone else mentioned. The song “Bricks” by Crimpshrine. The bass player is amazing!! The fills and breakdown involved in this song is the type of stuff that got me into bass. They were also very young when they were playing out and recording.
I think the song is actually in the key of D flat major, but for the sake of E flat tuning I'll just talk in scale shapes and call it D. If you imagine the opening as IV-I-V-I, I think it makes everything make more sense, especially why the C chord is so confusing and feels withheld; it's because they've been using the G Lydian scale with C# in each verse. So G is still kinda the root, but it's been in Lydian so when it goes to C, it's technically the flat VII in D but since you're feeling it in G it feels right when it kicks in!
I know some fellows recommended checking hardcore bands, but I would love to suggest checking out Judge, specifically their song "Where it went". This will definitely scratch your thrash itch, a bit like Pennywise did but differently.
I find it interesting you hear the G as the I chord I definitely hear D as the I and than the C as like a bVII. Really its just what fits the open strings on the bass 😂
I think I would argue that the song's actually in the key of D (technically C#) and that the C chord is the flat VII and not the IV. But I realize this is just taking us right back to the sweet home alabama problem and ultimately it doesn't matter as long as it sounds good, especially in the context of punk music
I love this comment! This stuff is always circling in my head before I comment on it. It’s fun to conspire a bit over this. I went with what I said because the II chord seems to be really common in punk. Sometimes I feel it’s their way of getting the I-IV-V sound in a different way, kind of breaking those rules. Works really well with the vocal melody’s ability to suspend on the fourth down to the II chord, which I hear commonly with bands like NOFX. No right answer - fun to discuss!! 🤓
I'm confused, it's clearly in D (C#) the chord progression is g d a d for the intro and the verse is a simple g a g d a so it's all around the I IV and V
@@philthyphil7651 this isn’t incorrect, but it’s important to remember that the first chord in a progression helps dictate the tonal center. And because we’re dealing with power chords, none of the chords are technically major or minor. Since so many phrases in JAR start on that G chord, it’s not wrong to say that’s your key and the A and D are the II and V. It’s just a matter of interpretation, as music usually is :)
Yep! The less "data" a song gives you, the more plausible options exist for what key something is truly in. Lots of classic songs that vamp on 2 chords the whole time, and that's all they give you. An extreme example would be, say, a song is over E minor the whole time and maybe the vocal melody is simple with 4-5 notes. Well, the song *could* be in G major, or D major, but if the vocal melody doesn't ever utilize the note C, there's really no way to know. Then you have to do a little intuitive work on the cadence of the melody, where it tends to gravitate towards - things like, phrase beginnings. I think in the JAR bass intro, the A chord coming after G and D really implies a minor sound to my ear, and they just lean into the II chord as it gets going. I think it's less about what's "correct", more about having a few different ways to look at a song. I love this stuff, though!
Posted this elsewhere but the relevant data strongly pointing towards the song being in Dmaj are Billie Joe's melodies where he regularly sings Dflat. The way the melodies and intro/outro baseline resolve confirm this as well. Which is exactly why the C at the beginning of the bridge catches the ear, we've been led not to expect such a note since the key has been solidly established by that point of the song.
The fact that this was left off of Dookie still amazes me. The album’s less than 40 minutes long. This and their rerecording of Christie Rd should have made the cut imo.
Dude, Mike Dirnt does not play the P bass for another 2 years. He’s playing a Gibson Grabber here, and all the way up to the Insomniac record. The P Bass comes in (and never leaves) starting at the Nimrod album.
What other sweet punk bass lines should I be doing?!
Classic uk punk band : The Damned "Wait for the blackout", bassist at this time is named Paul Gray... he plays rickenbacker and his a killer bassist from this area
Trademark by Hot Water Music
“CHOKE” by Lagwagon. On the album “Double Plaidinum.”
Satanic surfers!
Cobra Skulls are a 3 piece with really cool bass lines. Just fun and bouncy, Cobra Skullifornia is one I really like.
"I don't know if it's gonna come back."
Oh brother, it comes back so hard!
I have abandonment issues with bass intros 😅🤣
Green Day tuned to Eb from Kerplunk to Insomniac, then on Nimrod they went back to E standard and pretty much stayed there since.
The movie Angus changed me. The Angus soundtrack, in my opinion, is the greatest movie soundtrack.
AGREED. I forgot about it until this video, and now I'm crying with nostalgia. Haha
Angus was amazing ❤
Its not purple, it's plum
I'm still here a$$ho!3.
I picked up the Angus soundtrack on CD for cheap a few years back. It was so worth it for the Green Day, Weezer and Goo Goo Dolls songs.
Mike Dirnt is absolutely the reason why I play bass. I don't play too much punk stuff anymore, but his bass-isms almost always come out whatever oind of music I'm playing.
When you play it slow it sounds like No One Knows off Kerplunk. Those early Green Day albums highlighted the bass so much and made them what they are
first thing i thought of when I just heard this again so many years later is that is sounds like a fatter version of something off either Kerplunk or the other early record.
That's my only complaint about American idiot and after until really their album Saviors, the bass took a back seat as Billie Joe filled out their sound with multi tracking guitars and they had multiple back up guitarists for live shows.
Check out 1981 to finally hear Mike really soaring again on Saviors.
The guitars here are definitely multitracked too.
@@corycourtney8923 Yeah, but the number of different guitar parts went to another level with AI, instead of just left and right panned multi tracks of basically the same part. He start experimenting more with octave chords and more lead parts, etc.
Yes. You really notice Mike on the albums before AI. So many good basslines.
Idk why people keep saying Saviors is a much better performance from Mike. I mean, not really. The trilogy has a ton of good baselines mixed in there. Saviors, idk…
Trilogy has a lot of great basslines and Father of All for all its flaws has a lot of great Mike Bass lines, Revolution Radio has a lot of cool basslines too
Green Day started it all for a lot of us. We migrated from Green Day to The Offspring and then to everywhere else. Being a kid in the 90s helped because of how this was all coming out at that time. This never gets old.
cool fact about the film Angus: Rob Cavallo, producer behind Green Day's Dookie, was an executive producer for the movie. big reason why I believe the soundtrack is so good. I kinda love the marching band version of "Am I Wrong" more than the original version.
Only way to listen to that song. You need those marching horns
"am i wrong" is just beautiful!
Yup
"I still hear 'When I Come Around c in the grocery store sometimes"
Ouch. Right in the childhood.
😅😌
Green Day is one of those bands that you hear one chord of and instantly know it is them. Pretty much the AC/DC of their generation, BJs riffing and Mike Dirnt's bass playing stayed a trademark pretty much through all their creative phases and evolution of their music. Even their "concept" albums are essentially short Green Day tracks woven into more complex pieces.
I like the smile on your face when you heard the outro. I have the same one every time I listen to it.
They tuned down a half step until Nimrod, and prior to recording Dookie they didn't use tuners at all. Billie and Mike would just tune by ear, which ended up landing them somewhere between a half step and full step below E standard.
You sure about that? Kerplunk is definitely just a straight half step down.
Everyone gets their info from the internet.. so i believe this to a degree . Give or take
@@ruffrydazz2032nah Kerplunk is slightly below Eb standard
Love Angus. Great soundtrack. Excellent 90s flick.
GO ANGUS
My lifelong best friend ended his life almost 4 years ago. This song makes me tear up like a baby because we grew up loving Green Day in the 90s.
I miss my friend and this song is a reminder.
Hope you’re doing well. Much love.
keep it up, bro. and keep him alive with music!!!
funny story about JAR: When I was... I think around 12 or 13 I begged my parents for a guitar. The next summer, acoustic guitar in hand, I had my first lesson and the guy asks me "is there anything in particular you want to learn?"
So I put on JAR. He almost walked out 😆
Good stuff I love JAR. Mike Dirnt really taught me how important specific instruments and playing styles help give a band a musical identity/voice.
Nirvana Nevermind is what got me into music. Green Day Dookie (especially Basketcase) is what made me want to play music. J.A.R. was the song that made me want to play bass. Great vid, man!
the 3 songs that got me into bass.
1. J.A.R
2. Carousel- blink 182 (mark, tom and travis show)
3. YYZ- rush
@@thedeadofpool That's a good list. I have to say that out of all the songs I"ve learned how to play on bass as a kid, I was most proud of learning carousel. Now, it barely phases me when I learned any new song, so it's a nice memory have being proud of learn stuff.
Are you also about 46 years old?
@@leftofpunk Yes, sir. 43.
@@thedeadofpoolperfect list
This song is personal to me. It took on a whole new meaning for me after my best friend passed away in 2008. Hard to listen to sometimes, but it's gotten easier with time. Rest in peace, to my best friend and my brother, Keith Thomas Hunter (1984-2008).
And nobody knew about the Mark Hoppus fact until he revealed it in Chris Demakes podcast a couple of years ago! Now I can't believe I never noticed it before!
Angus is such a nostalgic movie for me. Reminds me of Jr High.
If You're Ready(Mr. Michell), maybe it's time for some serious Hardcore bass mastery. 7 Seconds, and the bass stylings of Steve Youth, will knock you out!
start with, "This Is Temporary", "Here We Go Again Kids", "True Roots Show"(with a Horn), "Y.P.H." and the live version of, "Satyagraha" from Scream Real Loud. A rolling great bass line. I strongly recommend checking out this band in all its's variations, 7 Seconds are Hardcore Plus! Oh, and for a Happy bonus(and from their weird period), try "Happy Rain", a super lead bass song.
Thanks man, I’ll toss these on the list!
I highly recommend the entire Angus soundtrack! Had the CD back in the 90s and I still listen to those bands today: Green Day, Riverdales, The Muffs, Ash, Weezer, Tilt, Dance Hall Crashers
I bought the Angus soundtrack JUST for this song back in the day before streaming lol
Me too!
The first time?!?! This has been one of my top 10 Green Day songs since the late 90’s! So glad you found this.
1:00 I was literally typing
“Fun fact: Mark Hopus of Blink-182 wrote the opening…” then he mentioned that fun fact.
This interview he got that fact from was on Chris Demakes podcast, Chris Demakes a Podcast, where he interviewed Hopus about writing the song “What’s my Age Again”.
My favorite song. The last verse was my senior quote.
Oh wow! 🥹
May be my favorite Green Day song. Great video as always!
I never thought about it at the time, but I grew up wanting to play bass and it probably had a lot to do with the punk music I was listening to. Strung Out, RKL, Pennywise, Lagwagon, Green Day, Guttermouth, Ten Foot Pole, 88 Fingers Louie, loved them all. Think Guttermouth's Hypocrite was the first bass line that I learned and remembered. That and Ten Foot Pole's Life were the two songs that I played over and over.
this is great to hear you breaking this song down!
Saw them a week ago here in Hamburg
Amazing show. They played Dookie and American Idiot in full
Man I love this channel so so much. I really hope I get to meet you and shake your hand for such great content, and for also putting out stuff that's overall positive and just has good vibes to it. Thank you thank you so much for the content you make.
Thank you so much, this really made my day. Your support means the world! 🙏🏼
@@LowEndUniversity you're the best brotha, you deserve any amount of success that comes your way, you're talented as hell, and you seem like such a cool positive person, there aren't enough of your type in the world.
my favorite green day song ... thank you brother
🙏🏼
also one of my favourites Green Day song... gold period in nineties...
I love this song, it’s so much fun to play just like so many Green Day songs from this time period.
You do such a good job on your videos man 👍
I appreciate that! 🥹🙏🏼
I have one of Dirnt's signature Fenders, it plays so smooth, it's my go to bass after 30 years on the same Gibson Thunderbird. Song request "Got The Time" by Joe Jackson, killer bass solo in it, or "I'm The Man" or a number of his songs, his bass player, Graham Maby, is amazing!
this song was always my favorite growing up and had lyrics sharpied on one of my backpacks in middle school
Probably my favorite Green Day song and Angus was one of my favorite ‘90s movies.
Ive never heard of this channel. I very much enjoyed your take on this. I will happily subscribe and look forward to more!
Awesome, thank you!
The hidden gem of the Green Day songs. Always been my favorite.
Also if you like these older bass-driven pop-punk songs, check out "We Threw Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps For Arms and No Eyebrows" by NOFX. I know, unwieldy title but the bass line is killer. Fat Mike has a ton of great basslines, but this one is something special imo
YES!
You should check out Welcome to Paradise from Dookie. The bridge section in particular rocks but the whole song is great
I need to find the demo version of this song as well that ends the last line, so many end on "all I wanna do is..." and there is a demo that has a follow up, but i havent found it in ages. Will go through them and see, I know i have it somewhere.
Such an iconic song, really glad to see your take on this! Here’s a little recommendation Aiden - Fifteen! Massive AFI influences on that track I feel
Jason Andrew Relva. This song, the Angus soundtrack, and the movie Angus shaped my youth. Taught me strength and resilience. ❤❤❤
One of the most interesting things about punk as a sound to me is how it reflects in the tribute songs. There's not a huge change and they're hard to pick out if you're not familiar with the background of the song, or aren't paying close attention to the lyrics. But if you're familiar with the band in question the difference in tone leaps out at you - Otherside by Rancid comes to mind. That's a song I have a deep connection to; I lost my brother a few years ago due to complications of an enlarged heart and so many of the lyrics in that song mirror our relationship
such an incredible song from them. New Orleans from Rancid, Mutt from Blink182 or Coma City from Green Day's last album could be great
Great video as always. A band I used to be in covered this song and we played it a lot live. I (as the guitarist, not bassist) always viewed it as in the key of Db, rather than how you were analyzing it in F#. So, that would make that B chord added in the bridge the bVII chord, rather than the IV chord. Both valid interpretations, I think, but each provide a different context/flavour.
Keep up the great work! Love the channel!
You're absolutely right! When dookie came out, I was a teenager. That album became my life and I soon picked up my very first instrument. A bass guitar. :)
Loved this song when I first heard it on the Angus soundtrack in the 90s. One of the coolest GD songs ever.
all time favorite GD song and ive lovd them for 30 years. love this channel
Thanks! I love you too!
1:21 In these five seconds (starting at the timestamp) my thought process and facial reactions were the exact same as Mark’s.
This song is legendary. Along with Poprocks and Coke 😊
Always has been, and always will be, my favorite Green Day son.
1981 by Green Day is a newer track with also super sick basslines! Mike shredded it like crazy on this one
Great song choice and another great video!
Certainly one of the most meaningful songs of Green Day’s earlier career
One of my all time favorite songs period and one of the songs i listened to the day my dad died on repeat
“Mutt” from Blink 182 or “Sincerely me”from New found glory would be sweet
Like others have said, probably Green Day’s best record. Really cool for you to explain everything going on under the hood, thank you.
Mike and a whole host of punk bassists are the reason I play bass!!! Pick hard and fill the space I say
Good video and insight. That strung out baseline is awesome. Check out Maxwell murder by rancid and disconnected by face to face
Great song. Overlooked way too often
Mike was my original influence on bass. He is a main reason why I did so many fills in songs when I played. Then I added Ryan from mudvaynes influence and the two combined in me to make a very interesting player. Mike is still a fucking bass god!
Such a great song and so underrated
If you haven't already, I recommend checking out the "Dookie Demo Tape" or "Cassette Demo" versions of this song. The bass is much more audible and you can hear some additional fills and accents that are a bit more buried here :)
Mike is underrated
I just want Green Day to be what they once were. Is that too much to ask for?
Their new album is quite close IMHO.
There’s a few other bands I’d like to add to that list. Let me know if it happens and how.
Literally the only Green Day song that I like, such a killer bass line.
just found this channel and i honestly love this!! im not sure if you have yet, but I think a reaction to redundant by green day would be dope as well!
I'll check it out! Cheers!!
Glad I was reminded of this song
Nice!!!
Yesssss! Being annoying paid off! Thank you for doing this! Glad you enjoyed!
Also don't know if you caught it, because his voice is very similar to Billie's, Mike is the one singing the outro.
Thanks for your patience! 😉
And, whoa - didn’t catch that or discern a difference. How cool!!
@LowEndUniversity yeah it's weird how close his voice is to Billie's.
Everything up to nimrod is 1/2 step. Nimrod has a mix of standard and 1/2. Insomniac best GD album lmo. Funny i started learning green day and now between the buried and me and dance gavin dance are what ive been practicing.
Im gonna join patreon at some point. i enjoy your content, the full album content will be worth it i have no doubt. Recently got my first multi scale bass, btb Ibanez. For playing 27 years i have almost no gear lol. Now 2 basses and 1 amp. Working on changing that lol.
Love to hear it man, I look forward to seeing you over there! Those Ibanez basses look sweet, tons of my pals play them. I've actually never owned an Ibby!
Nimrod is only E standard
@@vladonutyj I know a few songs are in standard.I'm pretty sure quite a few songs are 1/2. Guess it doesn't matter to much really. I know after this album everything until their latest was standard. The latest album they actually used drop d
Mark Hoppus came up with the opening of "What's My Age Again?" by trying to learn Green Day's "J.A.R." .
I’m pretty sure this was either on the UK release of Dookie or possibly one of the cd singles, because I had this song back then and never even heard of the film Angus
It inspired "man overboard' by blink. not what's my age again...and it was the bass part.
Great Video. Thanks
You’re very talented 👌
Green Day switched to Eb tuning for Dookie and then pretty much stayed there. Their pre-dookie indie stuff is in E standard. In fact the song “Welcome to Paradise” from Dookie was recycled from their previous album, Kerplunk, but the Dookie version is a half step down.
My Fav Green Day song!
Awesome jam
Hearing this riff broken down I hear 4 punk songs. Don’t lose touch by against me, miss murder by Afi, what’s my again by Blink, and of course JAR
Wikipedia unsurprisingly isn't exactly right on this one. There were 2 demos recorded in 92 and I believe the second was in 93 that were both different from the official release. The first demo is a slower tempo acoustic version, but the second is pretty close the the final release. Both demos featured a lot more backup vocals from Mike, but the first demo actually finishes the last line of the song, "All I wanna do is play" whereas every other version cuts off before finishing "All I wanna do is..."
My favorite Green Day song by a landslide.
Neobamboom - by tiger army
Your intro to psychobilly (the bastard child of punk and rockabilly and its played on a double bass).
Anything TigerArmy or The Living End
@@OkNoBigDeal tigar army first album deadly bass. I haven't heard much living end but have known about them for a decade and am seeing them February on the salty dog cruise. They are the band I am not hugely familiar with that I decided to give a real proper listening to pre concert.
If you love this, you have to check out the "Meet the Deedles" soundtrack!
I’m siding with a song someone else mentioned. The song “Bricks” by Crimpshrine. The bass player is amazing!! The fills and breakdown involved in this song is the type of stuff that got me into bass. They were also very young when they were playing out and recording.
I think the song is actually in the key of D flat major, but for the sake of E flat tuning I'll just talk in scale shapes and call it D. If you imagine the opening as IV-I-V-I, I think it makes everything make more sense, especially why the C chord is so confusing and feels withheld; it's because they've been using the G Lydian scale with C# in each verse. So G is still kinda the root, but it's been in Lydian so when it goes to C, it's technically the flat VII in D but since you're feeling it in G it feels right when it kicks in!
Great video as always. If you want to stick with green day, i would suggest "stuck with me"
I know some fellows recommended checking hardcore bands, but I would love to suggest checking out Judge, specifically their song "Where it went". This will definitely scratch your thrash itch, a bit like Pennywise did but differently.
I find it interesting you hear the G as the I chord I definitely hear D as the I and than the C as like a bVII. Really its just what fits the open strings on the bass 😂
I hear D as the I too, but G as the I also makes sense once the C in the bridge hits
I think I would argue that the song's actually in the key of D (technically C#) and that the C chord is the flat VII and not the IV. But I realize this is just taking us right back to the sweet home alabama problem and ultimately it doesn't matter as long as it sounds good, especially in the context of punk music
I love this comment! This stuff is always circling in my head before I comment on it. It’s fun to conspire a bit over this. I went with what I said because the II chord seems to be really common in punk. Sometimes I feel it’s their way of getting the I-IV-V sound in a different way, kind of breaking those rules. Works really well with the vocal melody’s ability to suspend on the fourth down to the II chord, which I hear commonly with bands like NOFX. No right answer - fun to discuss!! 🤓
I'm confused, it's clearly in D (C#) the chord progression is g d a d for the intro and the verse is a simple g a g d a so it's all around the I IV and V
@@philthyphil7651 this isn’t incorrect, but it’s important to remember that the first chord in a progression helps dictate the tonal center. And because we’re dealing with power chords, none of the chords are technically major or minor. Since so many phrases in JAR start on that G chord, it’s not wrong to say that’s your key and the A and D are the II and V. It’s just a matter of interpretation, as music usually is :)
Yep! The less "data" a song gives you, the more plausible options exist for what key something is truly in. Lots of classic songs that vamp on 2 chords the whole time, and that's all they give you. An extreme example would be, say, a song is over E minor the whole time and maybe the vocal melody is simple with 4-5 notes. Well, the song *could* be in G major, or D major, but if the vocal melody doesn't ever utilize the note C, there's really no way to know. Then you have to do a little intuitive work on the cadence of the melody, where it tends to gravitate towards - things like, phrase beginnings. I think in the JAR bass intro, the A chord coming after G and D really implies a minor sound to my ear, and they just lean into the II chord as it gets going. I think it's less about what's "correct", more about having a few different ways to look at a song. I love this stuff, though!
Posted this elsewhere but the relevant data strongly pointing towards the song being in Dmaj are Billie Joe's melodies where he regularly sings Dflat. The way the melodies and intro/outro baseline resolve confirm this as well. Which is exactly why the C at the beginning of the bridge catches the ear, we've been led not to expect such a note since the key has been solidly established by that point of the song.
Green Day stray heart is led by a great bass line you might light it kinda has a 50’s so sound. Cool video too. Green Day “Stray Heart”
My favorite Green Day song.
Best Green Day song for sure
Love this song! Somehow its sounds more Dookie than anything on Dookie.
Fifteen - Choice of a new generation!
Petroleum Distillation
This song shreds
The fact that this was left off of Dookie still amazes me. The album’s less than 40 minutes long. This and their rerecording of Christie Rd should have made the cut imo.
Dude, Mike Dirnt does not play the P bass for another 2 years. He’s playing a Gibson Grabber here, and all the way up to the Insomniac record. The P Bass comes in (and never leaves) starting at the Nimrod album.