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
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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 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.
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
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
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. :)
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
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!
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!
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!
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..."
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.
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 😂
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 :)
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 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!
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.
The tension and release with the 4th chord where it wants to resolve...does the Blink 182 song make that resolution? Having heard the tune that was based on the intro that foreshadowed this chord progression, is it possible that our brains want that resolution?
Nice video. For the bridge, you claim the new chord they go to, C, is the 4, but it's not. The song is in D major, not G major. So them playing C is a flat 7. They do this all the time, like in the chorus of Basket Case.
Glad you enjoyed it! I’ve gone back and forth in a few other comments about this - really is subjective and there are a few ways to look at it. I tend to lean on what’s implied by the song’s form and pattern. As a few other comments suggested - it’s the “Sweet Home Alabama” debate with this song.
@@LowEndUniversity Thanks for the thoughtful response. I appreciate that there is room for ambiguity and interpretation with respect to key in some songs, but I really don't think this song is one of them. Listen to the opening melody "my friend drove off the other day". He's harping on D, D flat, and B. The D flat already effectively confirms the key is D. Furthermore, for the verse chords, its clear that Gmaj > Amaj is happening. Were G the key, it would have to move from Gmaj to Amin. Sing the melody over Amaj and Amin and tell me which sounds better. The dissonance of the minor third above A while Billie Joe sings D flat is entirely inappropriate. Finally, listen to how the song resolves. It ends on the D, and it sounds resolved/finished. Were the key truly G, ending the song on D would sound/feel unresolved--but it doesn't.
You bet! Anytime. I love talking music. I just am coming from more of the street, old-fashioned approach I suppose from the background that I have. Here’s a quote from BJ himself: "I don't know anything about music theory, I just have music opinions” I’m willing to bet when it came time for the bridge, he simply chose the root movement of moving up a fourth within the box of G, D, and A, probably because he knows that that fretboard pattern is a safe bet to stay in key. This obviously doesn’t change the rules of theory, but that’s sort of the angle I tend to come from when I analyze rock music. What were they thinking by going to *this* chord right *here*? It’s tough to give that context every time, but that’s mostly where my mindset was. Plus, doing these in real time with no music in front of me - it’s just a dialogue of how I’m hearing it. In addition to that, I’ve reviewed so many songs where bands utilize the II or III and I tend to think they just go with what “fits the vibe” to brighten up a progression. My best guess is that, this is exactly what he did. Leaning into A Minor probably sounded off, so he switched it to major. Now - this doesn’t at all discredit your comment, which is absolutely correct. I listened again and it has all the criteria for D Major. For sure! I just thought it was worth explaining my thought process a bit. I also have rarely found songs to vamp on the IV at the start of every phrase, every resolve. The truth is, when the musicians themselves aren’t thinking in these ways, it’s futile for us to fill in information that wasn’t there to begin with. And…precisely, that’s what’s so fun about it all. Not only is it enjoyable to examine what they put on paper, but also to get in their heads a bit and speculate on certain musical choices. I remember my friends and I debating this same topic about Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” years ago. Try that one 😂 But yes, all of your points are spot on. Thanks for the dialogue!!
4:54 They've talked about this in interviews. The drum tries to match the vocals, and the bass locks in with the drum beat. They also still have band practice and record together, which apparently no one does anymore. As a musician, I greatly appreciate that. Like the old adage, how do you get to Carnegie Hall, practice.
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.
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.
@@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.
Awesome. Song is technically in Dflat which makes that B (c position) a flat 7th not a 4th. Give away is the A flat chord being a major not a minor in verse and chorus. (Green day nerd here, sorry for flexing) 😂😂
@@micahalb it might start on a Gb but the key is Dflat. Just starts on the 4th note in the key. As we know, the key isn’t always what chord you start on end on… it’s the notes inbetween isn’t it
@@soapboxparishrecordings5287 Ya, lots of little clues that indicate the key. The vocal melody tone center is a Db and that Db definitely feels like home for the melody. Also the song ends with the bass playing the Db, also having a feeling of resolve To be fair, its not always so easy to determine when you have these sorts of chord progressions - a good example is Sweet Home Alabama - there’s an ongoing debate whether it’s in D mixolydian or G
As pointed out, wasnt unreleased, was just put on the "Angus" Soundrack and later "International Superhits". Another track meant for Dookie but put on a soundtrack was the re-recorded "2000 Light Years Away", was recorded for Dookie but used on the "Jerky Boys" soundtrack.. guess having 2 re-recorded Kerplunk tracks was too much.
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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 😅🤣
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
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.
Green Day tuned to Eb from Kerplunk to Insomniac, then on Nimrod they went back to E standard and pretty much stayed there since.
I wish they’d go back to Eb so bad
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 still hear 'When I Come Around c in the grocery store sometimes"
Ouch. Right in the childhood.
😅😌
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.
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.
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.
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
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
I like the smile on your face when you heard the outro. I have the same one every time I listen to it.
Love Angus. Great soundtrack. Excellent 90s flick.
GO ANGUS
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.
this song was always my favorite growing up and had lyrics sharpied on one of my backpacks in middle school
The first time?!?! This has been one of my top 10 Green Day songs since the late 90’s! So glad you found this.
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).
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!!!
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
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.
I bought the Angus soundtrack JUST for this song back in the day before streaming lol
Me too!
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
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.
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!
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!
my favorite green day song ... thank you brother
🙏🏼
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.
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!
Saw them a week ago here in Hamburg
Amazing show. They played Dookie and American Idiot in full
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
Sorry for your loss; agree 100% that punk hits different on certain songs
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!
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
You do such a good job on your videos man 👍
I appreciate that! 🥹🙏🏼
I love this song, it’s so much fun to play just like so many Green Day songs from this time period.
Good video and insight. That strung out baseline is awesome. Check out Maxwell murder by rancid and disconnected by face to face
My favorite song. The last verse was my senior quote.
Oh wow! 🥹
You should check out Welcome to Paradise from Dookie. The bridge section in particular rocks but the whole song is great
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!
Probably my favorite Green Day song and Angus was one of my favorite ‘90s movies.
Jason Andrew Relva. This song, the Angus soundtrack, and the movie Angus shaped my youth. Taught me strength and resilience. ❤❤❤
The hidden gem of the Green Day songs. Always been my favorite.
also one of my favourites Green Day song... gold period in nineties...
Loved this song when I first heard it on the Angus soundtrack in the 90s. One of the coolest GD songs ever.
Certainly one of the most meaningful songs of Green Day’s earlier career
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. :)
Great song choice and another great video!
Always has been, and always will be, my favorite Green Day son.
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
This song is legendary. Along with Poprocks and Coke 😊
One of my all time favorite songs period and one of the songs i listened to the day my dad died on repeat
all time favorite GD song and ive lovd them for 30 years. love this channel
Thanks! I love you too!
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!!
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
1:21 In these five seconds (starting at the timestamp) my thought process and facial reactions were the exact same as Mark’s.
1981 by Green Day is a newer track with also super sick basslines! Mike shredded it like crazy on this one
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!
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
I've heard this a lot, is it on something else beside a soundtrack?
This version was on international super hits, the dookie demo is on the anniversary version of dookie
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!
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..."
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.
It inspired "man overboard' by blink. not what's my age again...and it was the bass part.
Great song. Overlooked way too often
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
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 :)
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
Great Video. Thanks
Literally the only Green Day song that I like, such a killer bass line.
Mark Hoppus came up with the opening of "What's My Age Again?" by trying to learn Green Day's "J.A.R." .
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Great video! You should check out 80 on the Kerplunk album also by Green Day
“Mutt” from Blink 182 or “Sincerely me”from New found glory would be sweet
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!
amazing video! what is the pedal you use to downtune?
Thanks! It’s a Line 6 Helix!
Such a great song and so underrated
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.
You’re very talented 👌
The tension and release with the 4th chord where it wants to resolve...does the Blink 182 song make that resolution? Having heard the tune that was based on the intro that foreshadowed this chord progression, is it possible that our brains want that resolution?
I'd have to give it a listen...been a lifetime since I think I've listened to that Blink song critically!
Nice video. For the bridge, you claim the new chord they go to, C, is the 4, but it's not. The song is in D major, not G major. So them playing C is a flat 7. They do this all the time, like in the chorus of Basket Case.
Glad you enjoyed it! I’ve gone back and forth in a few other comments about this - really is subjective and there are a few ways to look at it. I tend to lean on what’s implied by the song’s form and pattern. As a few other comments suggested - it’s the “Sweet Home Alabama” debate with this song.
@@LowEndUniversity Thanks for the thoughtful response. I appreciate that there is room for ambiguity and interpretation with respect to key in some songs, but I really don't think this song is one of them. Listen to the opening melody "my friend drove off the other day". He's harping on D, D flat, and B. The D flat already effectively confirms the key is D.
Furthermore, for the verse chords, its clear that Gmaj > Amaj is happening. Were G the key, it would have to move from Gmaj to Amin. Sing the melody over Amaj and Amin and tell me which sounds better. The dissonance of the minor third above A while Billie Joe sings D flat is entirely inappropriate.
Finally, listen to how the song resolves. It ends on the D, and it sounds resolved/finished. Were the key truly G, ending the song on D would sound/feel unresolved--but it doesn't.
You bet! Anytime. I love talking music.
I just am coming from more of the street, old-fashioned approach I suppose from the background that I have. Here’s a quote from BJ himself:
"I don't know anything about music theory, I just have music opinions”
I’m willing to bet when it came time for the bridge, he simply chose the root movement of moving up a fourth within the box of G, D, and A, probably because he knows that that fretboard pattern is a safe bet to stay in key. This obviously doesn’t change the rules of theory, but that’s sort of the angle I tend to come from when I analyze rock music. What were they thinking by going to *this* chord right *here*? It’s tough to give that context every time, but that’s mostly where my mindset was. Plus, doing these in real time with no music in front of me - it’s just a dialogue of how I’m hearing it. In addition to that, I’ve reviewed so many songs where bands utilize the II or III and I tend to think they just go with what “fits the vibe” to brighten up a progression. My best guess is that, this is exactly what he did. Leaning into A Minor probably sounded off, so he switched it to major.
Now - this doesn’t at all discredit your comment, which is absolutely correct. I listened again and it has all the criteria for D Major. For sure! I just thought it was worth explaining my thought process a bit. I also have rarely found songs to vamp on the IV at the start of every phrase, every resolve. The truth is, when the musicians themselves aren’t thinking in these ways, it’s futile for us to fill in information that wasn’t there to begin with. And…precisely, that’s what’s so fun about it all. Not only is it enjoyable to examine what they put on paper, but also to get in their heads a bit and speculate on certain musical choices. I remember my friends and I debating this same topic about Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” years ago. Try that one 😂
But yes, all of your points are spot on. Thanks for the dialogue!!
4:54 They've talked about this in interviews. The drum tries to match the vocals, and the bass locks in with the drum beat. They also still have band practice and record together, which apparently no one does anymore. As a musician, I greatly appreciate that. Like the old adage, how do you get to Carnegie Hall, practice.
Mike is underrated
Awesome jam
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.
Glad I was reminded of this song
Nice!!!
Great video as always. If you want to stick with green day, i would suggest "stuck with me"
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.
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.
My favorite part of the song is the ending, how he leaves out the final word of the lyrics intentionally to let the mind fill it in.
My favorite Green Day song by a landslide.
My Fav Green Day song!
How did you get that tone?
Line 6 Helix!
Awesome. Song is technically in Dflat which makes that B (c position) a flat 7th not a 4th. Give away is the A flat chord being a major not a minor in verse and chorus. (Green day nerd here, sorry for flexing) 😂😂
I agree its better to hear it in Db
@@micahalb it might start on a Gb but the key is Dflat. Just starts on the 4th note in the key. As we know, the key isn’t always what chord you start on end on… it’s the notes inbetween isn’t it
@@soapboxparishrecordings5287 Ya, lots of little clues that indicate the key. The vocal melody tone center is a Db and that Db definitely feels like home for the melody. Also the song ends with the bass playing the Db, also having a feeling of resolve
To be fair, its not always so easy to determine when you have these sorts of chord progressions - a good example is Sweet Home Alabama - there’s an ongoing debate whether it’s in D mixolydian or G
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.
It literally couldn't be any further @alexanderthompson6296
As pointed out, wasnt unreleased, was just put on the "Angus" Soundrack and later "International Superhits".
Another track meant for Dookie but put on a soundtrack was the re-recorded "2000 Light Years Away", was recorded for Dookie but used on the "Jerky Boys" soundtrack.. guess having 2 re-recorded Kerplunk tracks was too much.
Christie Road was also recorded for Dookie
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
Would love to see you do “The Magnificent 7” by the Clash or Police and Thieves by the Clash