Matt Freeman - “Smiling” by Operation Ivy [Bass Bunker Sessions]

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024

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  • @tbx59
    @tbx59 22 дня назад +4

    Operation Ivy basically carved out a whole genre that is still chugging along.

  • @elfiligrano5010
    @elfiligrano5010 Месяц назад +7

    The thing I like most in this video is Matt smiling all the time while playing. :-)

    • @BeeRumblin13
      @BeeRumblin13 14 дней назад

      Same as live. You can he loves playing still

  • @DUCKMAN-b3l
    @DUCKMAN-b3l Месяц назад +23

    YESS MORE OP IVYS PLEASEEEEE WE NEED A UNITY TOUR HELLOOOOO

  • @oneguyatthesametime
    @oneguyatthesametime Месяц назад +10

    I'm cruising in my 87 cavalier listening to this on cassette again.

  • @76Rooroo
    @76Rooroo Месяц назад +29

    I absolutely LOVE LOVE this channel. I’ve been playing Bass for almost 30 yrs and now I’m 47. Matt has been and still is one of my favorite bass players ever, who’s made such an impact on me. Keep the Bass Bunker going! 🤘

  • @ryanmccauley1925
    @ryanmccauley1925 Месяц назад +10

    Mr Freeman, I just want you to know that Listening to the bass of your songs (whether it be smiling, unity, bombshell, Maxwell murderer, roots radicals, or whatever!) really saved me from going down the wrong road in life and got me through highschool/college angst lonely times.
    Your totally awesome, grooves and licks always inspire me to want more from myself and keep me going to this very day.
    I hope this message finds your family and You in the best health. ThankYou from the bottom and top of my heart for all your music Brother.
    #jus kind words from a big big fan

  • @76_SPZL
    @76_SPZL Месяц назад +4

    Matt kept the bass line interesting throughout every song no matter the band.

  • @Nickel138
    @Nickel138 Месяц назад +9

    It’s so weird to me that Op Ivy was so filled out. The music, the lyrics, it sounds so good to me, still, at 43 years old. It blew my mind at 16, but everything still holds up. I cringe at the songs I wrote when I was 17. Anyway, thanks for doing this! It’s so cool! You’re one of my inspirations for playing bass.

  • @TheFeo2e
    @TheFeo2e Месяц назад +8

    it's amazing how great you sound even when you fuck up... and have the decency to point it out for us who didn't even notice... you're a legend

  • @timstolinski8683
    @timstolinski8683 Месяц назад

    I really liked the extra breakdown about the bridge and song structure. Doesn’t go down a technical rabbit hole, just a nice explanation of some things about the song from your point of view. That kind of insight is awesome to see as a fan and as a bassist.

  • @azazelssprachen
    @azazelssprachen Месяц назад +3

    This was one of my favourite songs back in the day... so good!

  • @PünkĦead
    @PünkĦead 28 дней назад

    Every time I see Matt play I ask myself if I’m evening worthy as a bass player because man Matt can shred on that bass

  • @mradamrcarr
    @mradamrcarr Месяц назад

    Hoboken would be rad to see!
    If not on your channel, live next year during your reunion tour is fine 😉.
    Also, love that you finally have a channel. The appetite for your presence is far greater than you imagine.

  • @garywhitehead4160
    @garywhitehead4160 Месяц назад +1

    Hints of Bruce Foxton there with the 2 Tone influence.. excellent as always 👌

  • @caivsivlivs
    @caivsivlivs Месяц назад +1

    hell yeah more operation ivy please

  • @alextinu8841
    @alextinu8841 Месяц назад +4

    I think Op Ivy was like the experimental lab that has it all, is that kind of album that gets into your head and makes you think ... "should I play bass?". Yes sir, you definitely should! Love your work! ❤

  • @devinwright131
    @devinwright131 Месяц назад +1

    So cool to watch this 25 years after I was a teen with this album and Wolves as my bible, now I've been a high school music teacher for 10 years. Really reminds me of how viscerally I love music, especially when I was the age of the kids that I teach. Thanks Matt. PS, really creative bass lines, damn.

  • @ChickenSagittarius
    @ChickenSagittarius Месяц назад +4

    Matts face always puts a smile on mine, he's having the time of his life, these videos are a nice way to relax too, love the channel

  • @toddbell1214
    @toddbell1214 3 дня назад

    Awesome video. You might have already done this. Have to go back and check. But a video on the music you listened to when you were a kid that got you into playing the bass. And maybe a bit of history on what you did when you first started playing. First bass, gear you used back then. What you practiced. All that stuff is interesting. Thank you 🤙

  • @MultiBmorgan
    @MultiBmorgan 23 дня назад

    yea I want to see every song...thx Matt!

  • @coconutthecockatiel478
    @coconutthecockatiel478 Месяц назад

    Oh I love the intro! Very cool, love the graphics. Love seeing more Op Ivy videos too

  • @JM-fc9gm
    @JM-fc9gm 15 дней назад

    Great track too. Damn.

  • @Mar33322
    @Mar33322 22 дня назад

    Most excellent !

  • @DamionHamilton1277
    @DamionHamilton1277 Месяц назад

    Interesting. Probably haven't played that stuff in a long time. Interesting insights.

  • @gogol293
    @gogol293 Месяц назад

    Hello Matt, you have been a huge inspiration for me. I've been playing bass for 25 years now. I live in Ireland, we had a great punk scene in smelly old Dublin many years ago in The Da Club. That little club is long gone now. So many good people and so many good memories. I watch your videos to learn your bass lines. You've taught me so much these last couple of years! Thank you so much for making this channel. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @TurtlePootz69
    @TurtlePootz69 Месяц назад

    one of the first songs i ever learned of yours was Dead Bodies. Years later i noticed i always played it wrong. would love to see that song! also thanks for the content and videos!! Mad love from the BX!

  • @hollyhendriks1691
    @hollyhendriks1691 Месяц назад +1

    I was interviewing Larry Livermore for our documentary I Really Get Into It. During our conversation he said that he thought you were the best bass player, period. Which is a pretty big compliment from someone I’m sure you know well. I dig all of it.

  • @markslade6727
    @markslade6727 Месяц назад

    Cheers Matt for another great video would love to see you do Who Would've Thought,Cocktails,Leicester Square or Fall Back Down

  • @MayGuh
    @MayGuh Месяц назад +2

    Awesome! I'd love to hear Artificial Life!

  • @t.g.cat-rag941
    @t.g.cat-rag941 Месяц назад +1

    Amazing✨Great man Matt !!
    Very tasteful bassline🎸I also like Operation IVY sound🎶

  • @reikenkayzer
    @reikenkayzer Месяц назад +1

    Fantastic as always. I really hope you get around to my favorite ska song "Life Won't Wait." Would love to see an up close rendition of it as I think there's only one live performance of it (on youtube anyway). And as always, any and all Devil's Brigade wouldn't go amiss. Criminally underrated band.

  • @superpang5618
    @superpang5618 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks Matt!!!

  • @OldFatPunker1975
    @OldFatPunker1975 Месяц назад +2

    Sounds great as usual. Thanks Matt for taking the time to make all of these videos. We really appreciate it!

  • @hockeypunk76
    @hockeypunk76 Месяц назад

    Always wanted to see you demo Black Lung, killer bass part

  • @growlerthedog
    @growlerthedog Месяц назад +1

    We're going for classics! I love it!

  • @larsgarret2817
    @larsgarret2817 Месяц назад +1

    I'm so glad this is in my Google news feed. Thank you for making these vids Matt

  • @arrya5372
    @arrya5372 Месяц назад +1

    Sleep Long!!! You're the man, Matt!

  • @SKAruliet
    @SKAruliet Месяц назад +1

    Thanx Matt! You're very restrained this time

  • @SpyOnDeck
    @SpyOnDeck Месяц назад +2

    Best videos on the internet 🙌 Love that you post it raw and uncut

  • @afiboy706
    @afiboy706 Месяц назад +2

    Halloween, new Bass Bunker. It’s a good day!

  • @Grzesio007
    @Grzesio007 Месяц назад +1

    Matt, you're immortal by Operation Ivy tracks like this... !!!!

  • @alexfast9328
    @alexfast9328 Месяц назад

    Killer. One of my first shows was Operation Ivy at Gilman. Still play bass to this day!

    • @BuckNaste88
      @BuckNaste88 Месяц назад

      Hows the back and knees holding up? LOL

  • @justinnnmgilbert
    @justinnnmgilbert Месяц назад +2

    Thanks Matt! We really appreciate it ❤

  • @f.b.jeffers0n
    @f.b.jeffers0n Месяц назад +1

    Yes; this brings me back!!

  • @embel905
    @embel905 Месяц назад

    Awesome vid as always Matt, thank you so much for these! Your different bass tones over the years have always been so gnarly and I'm stoked you were able to replicate the original sound here! I think my absolute favorite bass tone ever was on Endrina So, I'd love to see you play that one for sure! I still pull a stank face every time I hear that sound, 30+ years later!

  • @raintown
    @raintown Месяц назад +1

    I'd dig hearing "Here we go again" on here! Great to hear this!

  • @nicebrickbuilds4975
    @nicebrickbuilds4975 Месяц назад +1

    Cool to see some op ivy! More please!

  • @maximilliansoule-oneto8015
    @maximilliansoule-oneto8015 Месяц назад

    Man, I wish you started this 20 years ago. This is awesome!

  • @jeffturner5541
    @jeffturner5541 Месяц назад

    Yeah Matt! Love the videos!

  • @a_ionuin
    @a_ionuin Месяц назад

    The new sound setup is great - can really hear the bass in all its glory!

  • @jukejointjack
    @jukejointjack Месяц назад

    Loved that song and that album since I was a kid Matt you rock 🤙

  • @streagan123
    @streagan123 Месяц назад +1

    Top album for me. Got me into bass for sure.

  • @andreabraschi4123
    @andreabraschi4123 Месяц назад +1

    op ivy reunion is in the air!

  • @khairi4
    @khairi4 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you Matt

  • @inkywafflestobygizmo2942
    @inkywafflestobygizmo2942 Месяц назад +1

    Love that you are giving a deeper insight into the songs now. Awesome to see how you play it but also love to hear the history of the song.

  • @Jon.simmons
    @Jon.simmons Месяц назад

    Thank you for another great video. Watching these videos has really shaped my approach to bass playing.

  • @iocat
    @iocat Месяц назад

    Still remember getting the hectic EP. Literally changed my life.

  • @aaronwelch5774
    @aaronwelch5774 Месяц назад

    This made my day! Thanks for doing an Op Ivy tune

  • @Ben_Mdws
    @Ben_Mdws Месяц назад +2

    Matt, at some point you’ll have to do a video with that upright bass there in the corner.

  • @PunkTome
    @PunkTome Месяц назад +1

    yeah!!!

  • @nadelfilzcypresspumpkin3138
    @nadelfilzcypresspumpkin3138 18 дней назад

    Great Video.
    I'd like you to do the first 8 Songs of the Rancid 5th/2000 Album (Don Giovanni till Blackhawk Down in a row - if possible). This must be a video of ~10Minutes😅
    I love these songs, as it nearly sounds as on big one and if you listen to it in a car, you don't know if the last five crossings had a traffic light😉
    Greetings from Germany

  • @strummer_matic
    @strummer_matic Месяц назад

    The master and his instrument. Maestro take it away!

  • @MistaMahoney
    @MistaMahoney Месяц назад

    awesome af to see all these videos. thank you so much! i was thinking about this the other day, when i was learning how to play guitar and bass i was really into op ivy and rancid and i just assumed that's how most bass players played bass so that's how i played it. really cool to see the actual correct way to play the songs up close finally! so many questions are being answered!

  • @Ty-138
    @Ty-138 Месяц назад

    It's pretty surreal to watch you do this. Brings back so many memories and I can see from your grin that this is mutual. Oh, what comes flooding back. Thanks again Mr. Freeman.

  • @kingdo22
    @kingdo22 Месяц назад

    Thanks for continuing to put stuff out Matt!

  • @sebaaceste5109
    @sebaaceste5109 Месяц назад

    Great bass line and great sound! Blessings 🙏

  • @eviljoecarr43
    @eviljoecarr43 Месяц назад

    Your interviews with other bass players are great. The whole channel is great.

  • @pawelzawislak1671
    @pawelzawislak1671 Месяц назад +1

    More Operation Ivy bass lines, please!

  • @84durango
    @84durango Месяц назад

    Oh shit fancy new intro music, love the videos, cool to see an Operation ivy song

  • @FatherFunk
    @FatherFunk Месяц назад

    Such a sick bass line! Thanks for the vid!

  • @thadrifter_
    @thadrifter_ Месяц назад

    You got an intro!!! Rad

  • @rbalara31
    @rbalara31 Месяц назад

    Another great tune. It would be cool to see you play along to someone of your favorite songs from other bands you didn't play in.

  • @bretcompton8518
    @bretcompton8518 Месяц назад +3

    Would love to see some Devils Brigade / upright bass stuff

    • @dea01ify
      @dea01ify Месяц назад +1

      I second that. I'm Movin' Through.

  • @SpicyMcHaggis456
    @SpicyMcHaggis456 Месяц назад

    Thanks for doing this channel sir, love hearing these songs while getting to see you playing along.
    Also, awesome job with the channel upgrades. The sound has been a lot better imo.

  • @COMPONOLife
    @COMPONOLife Месяц назад

    Love the channel! Would love to hear a little more of the history or making of the song as well

  • @johncritcher391
    @johncritcher391 Месяц назад

    First heard that song in ‘93. Fan ever since.

  • @Robbyrobjames
    @Robbyrobjames Месяц назад +1

    Can you go over the Maxwell Murder bass solo on the bass bunker? That would be amazing

  • @DizzyD850
    @DizzyD850 Месяц назад

    Kathy Valentine, omg, that was so awesome you gave a shout out to her, she could damn sure lay down a groove, We Don't Get Along will always be one of my faves. Also, do you always play with down strokes?

  • @dannyderrick
    @dannyderrick Месяц назад

    Now we're talking!

  • @byronromig1
    @byronromig1 Месяц назад

    love it!

  • @niagaravdub
    @niagaravdub Месяц назад

    Are we allowed to request Maxwell Murder? That song has my all time bass solo, and love how in live clips you look so happy playing it. I'd love for you to do it here, thank you.

  • @derekcampbell6291
    @derekcampbell6291 Месяц назад

    Love seeing your videos. For stuff like this that you wrote 30 years ago, how long does it take for you to relearn the basslines? I forget my baselines for stuff I wrote last year! Haha for a request, maybe Black Lung?

  • @mrextremophile
    @mrextremophile Месяц назад

    Really like the part at the end where you reflect a bit on the lines.

  • @Theschmidt111
    @Theschmidt111 Месяц назад

    Keep it up Matt, I think everyone would love to see a video chat with you a Tim sometime

  • @SamCunanan-t6v
    @SamCunanan-t6v Месяц назад

    Matt sir thank you again!! Did you follow Jesse’s career after OP IV, and or did you ever jam in those bands? Second question, again where did you score those Jefferey Dahmer-esque glasses!! Those are the best!! Thank you sir for all you do, from a US Navy Veteran

  • @loganknapp8905
    @loganknapp8905 Месяц назад +1

    Would love to see a video of something from Devils Brigade!

  • @janski1982
    @janski1982 Месяц назад

    So good!

  • @doublestackradio
    @doublestackradio Месяц назад

    Thanks for doing another Op Ivy song, Matt. Any chance we get Devils Brigade soon?

  • @Oldskaterguy101
    @Oldskaterguy101 13 дней назад

    🤘

  • @johndcoffee632
    @johndcoffee632 Месяц назад

    Well that was awesome, thanks bro

  • @paulhamernick9185
    @paulhamernick9185 Месяц назад

    So fun

  • @BuckNaste88
    @BuckNaste88 Месяц назад

    Matt you should do some of the covers you did off the NOFX split since they are kind of trending right now.

  • @SKAruliet
    @SKAruliet Месяц назад

    Op Ivy is legend, but I like your bass sound in 2009. So, Matt please take one of Let The Domenoes Fall! Skull City or Damnation or something else 🎉

  • @marcohernandez9674
    @marcohernandez9674 Месяц назад

    Hey Matt! Great content! I wanted to ask. Did u play bass in early MDC?

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад +2

      Hey. I did a tour with them in 1990.

    • @marcohernandez9674
      @marcohernandez9674 Месяц назад

      @ ahh I thought u played bass on their “hey cop,if I had a face like yours “ album. That album had some nice ass basslines!

    • @MattFreemansBassBunker
      @MattFreemansBassBunker  Месяц назад

      @@marcohernandez9674 I did that too.

  • @sweetlowsounds
    @sweetlowsounds Месяц назад +1

    This isn't an audition for Juilliard; the mistakes are in the seasoning of live music. Keep the hits coming!

  • @hazardtriplezero
    @hazardtriplezero Месяц назад

    First request for Axiom. Also, wondering what your left-hand pull off is about. Is it counting a rest, letting a note ring or resetting your hand? Just something I've noticed.

  • @jasonwiller3980
    @jasonwiller3980 Месяц назад

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @chaserawr2
    @chaserawr2 Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @miken.4693
    @miken.4693 Месяц назад

    What do we want to see? All of it!!! Op Ivy, Devil’s Brigade, Rancid, stuff that influenced you, theory, technique, stories, interviews and just general bullshit that we might find entertaining. Keep em coming!

  • @guybravata5564
    @guybravata5564 Месяц назад

    Hey Matt ! How do you remember all your songs from all your bands ? Do you write things down by tabs, chord charts etc ?