Bass Teacher REACTS to "LONGVIEW" by Green Day

[@KyleS.1987]

One of my all-time favorite bass lines is "She" by Green Day. So simple, but sounds so freaking good.

[@bassimprovjams3772]

For sure!!! The whole album was amazing!! Loved that track for sure!

[@milesparker557]

I love that intro. It's just one note, but the way Mike plays it is iconic.

[@sebg2086]

yeah....only follow the guitar.....

[@kelleyhartshorn4342]

My absolute favorite Green Day song as well. So glad to hear someone else sing its praises 😊

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Yeah it's a good one eh :) I really think that J.A.R. is probably Mike's best though. Just has a great, soulful ring to it. Shame the mix sucks on that song, Mike's bass is so low and so thin-sounding that it's drowned out.

[@seanconnors1613]

Mike Dirnt's inspiration to write this was an intense acid trip. When he woke the next day, the opening bassline was the only thing he could remember😢😢😢

[@burkhartlaw1]

Been there. lol.

[@OldFashionJo]

I think It was for the bridge on Welcome To Paradise

[@seanconnors1613]

@OldFashionJo I don't think so my friend, I would consult the internet.

[@madeleinejaeger8901]

@@OldFashionJo nah it was for Longview

[@phenburz8087]

matt freeman from rancid's most famous bass solos have to be "maxwell murder" and "axiom" although "young al capone" is also wild

[@epicmage82]

I actually came to the comments to say that. 😂

[@dalweed100]

@@epicmage82 I Comment that too XD

[@julienmartin9392]

Check so descendants, bass lines are unreal!!

[@breadsandwich336]

omg please do axiom!!

[@felipebonacho]

​@@epicmage82wwr😢😢eee🎉eeeet😮😮t😮😢😢rrrt😮😅

[@lakselv3768]

Billie Joe told in an interview that he came home one day and Mike was sitting on the floor with his legs far apart, his Gibson G3 in his hands, eyes wide as dinnerplates (he was on acid) and said "LISTEN TO THIS" and played the Longview bassline for the first time for Billie.

[@neilprete918]

I love getting a good in depth breakdown of a simple song. We all know it sounds good but you help tell us why it sounds good.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thanks Neil! Appreciate you! I promise I listen to other bands besides Dream Theater, too...😉🙏🏼

[@bluepaladin9630]

I might be a bit late to the show- but Green Day’s “86” from the Insomniac album is my absolute favorite. Fast, driving, fun to play.

[@toddpacker4683]

Stuart and the ave also

[@chriswatson3056]

It may not be as hard-driving, but how about No One Knows?

[@bluepaladin9630]

@@chriswatson3056 also a really good one, QOTSA, right?

[@chriswatson3056]

@bluepaladin9630 oh no, not that one, the one on Kerplunk 😁

[@Dowinohue]

NOFX - “The Idiots Are Taking Over” Very unique bass line for a punk song imo! I’ve been wanting to recommend this, and what a perfect time than after doing Green Day and talking about American Idiot!!

[@LowEndUniversity]

On my list!!!

[@rome8180]

It's probably too long for a reaction, but "The Decline" has some of Fat Mike's most impressive bass playing.

[@ChrisWMF]

great song. thanks for the recommendation.

[@Dowinohue]

@@rome8180 agreed. The Decline is epic, so happy i got to see it live in this final Tour. A reaction would be amazing, there’s a live performance of it on KZbin, I think playing at Red Rocks. It would be a longer and worthwhile video!

[@JamesGriffinWrites]

That's a huge bass line.

[@julianthesmooshyhusky8976]

Longview and minority were two of the first songs I heard on the radio as a kid that made me want to put down my guitar and pick up the bass

[@Zach-uz5ue]

this is one of my favorite musical videos ive ever seen, i love the way you break the music down and your excitement while listening to it, really makes it interesting

[@LowEndUniversity]

Wow, thank you!

[@jakebeaudrie]

For me growing and learning to play bass in the late 80's and early 90's it was the Holy Trinity of Mikes: Mike Watt, Mike Dirnt, and Mike Gordon.

[@adams115]

Make it an even four with Flea

[@bassimprovjams3772]

Dude Mike Watt!!!! The Minute Men!! Yas!! What a savage players!! With their 20sec songs lmao nothing like them! Rip Ed Boon!!

[@williamhurrelbrink3324]

I’m sure ya get this all the time. Not a bass player but I do play instruments and I just love this channel. The way ya break this stuff down, the positive analysis is very refreshing. Thanks man!

[@LowEndUniversity]

I appreciate that! 🙏🏼🥹

[@2d00dzrvwz4]

I came upon one of your videos randomly, 5 hours ago…. I’m still here. I love the way you break down songs. Used to be a musician so I totally get your content but you make it fun and hard to stop watching. Again, I’ve been here all day on your videos non stop A++++

[@LowEndUniversity]

Wow, this might be my favorite comment in recent memory. I really appreciate the kind words! Thanks for your time to hang out with me over some music. See you around!! 🙏🏼

[@44Musicfanatic]

You should listen to Maxwell Murder by Rancid!!! Awesome bass solo

[@LowEndUniversity]

On the list!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

I see everyone recommending this one I remember a buddy of mine turning me onto a Rancid song in high school and I’m wondering if this could be the one I’ll have to check it out, I remember them having crazy basslines for sure tho

[@matthewharris5586]

You must do a Rancid song or two. Matt Freeman is the best puck bass play hands down.

[@xObserveRx]

Seconding this. Do something by Rancid for sure! Ruby Soho, Olympia WA, Roots Radicals, etc.

[@bassimprovjams3772]

Can’t leave out Mike Watt, he’s the Punk bass GOAT!!

[@starstencahl5657]

i love that video. it's so cool seeing a person who doesn't know the band discovering them. rancid's one of my favorite bands of all time, because of matt's bass. i really enjoyed listening to you analyzing that great track! i would recommend "the decline" if you wanna go deeper into great bass stuff in punk. it's a 18min. track by nofx which have so fricking good bass lines in it (the one after the guitar solo at 9-10min ca. for example). wishing you ab awesome christmas, dude! cheers from germany :)

[@TheStumptube]

Mike Dirnt is a great bass player. There's nothing horribly difficult to learn (though you sometimes have to stretch your fingers a bit!), but he is very creative. Essentially, Green Day have a lead bassist. The guitar is basic and effective, but the bass really drives their music. And Tre is obviously a great drummer. Again he might not be the best technical drummer but he serves the songs perfectly.

[@JoeK627]

I always loved that bass line in Longview going back to when I was a kid in the 90's, before I knew what a bass guitar was. 😂

[@punkfan97]

If you're going to check out Rancid Maxwell Murder is where you should start

[@chriswatson3056]

Blacklisted. C'mon, people

[@nondescriptcat5620]

since Punk guitar is mostly chunky power chords, in the bands with good bass they make a lot of the melody with passing notes between the roots. Maxwell Murder by Rancid (Matt Freeman) and Sacrifice Theory by AFI (Hunter Burgan) Bad Brains is older, but Darryl Jenifer is a monster, blending Punk, Funk, Metal, and Reggae. very important.

[@zenbastard0]

Fugazi "Waiting Room", one of the greatest bass lines in all of rock, in my opinion. The Minutemen are also a must for a jazz guy exploring punk. It's hard to pick one song, and most of them are so short that people post the whole album rather than single songs. But, personal favorites of mine are "Polarity" and "Little Man With A Gun In His Hand", both of which happen to be the last songs on their respective albums.

[@travisedwards3543]

Im a big joe lally fan 🤙

[@unemployed23]

“Maxwell murders” by rancid, “lost” by satanic surfers, “bombshell “ by operation ivy, “rust” “dis chords” or island of shame “ by lagwagon… that’s a good start if you wanted to do 90’s punk (80’s op ivy). Check them out. You’ll enjoy them.

[@306_cstm]

You should do "welcome to paradise" by green day. Mike's work in that song from start to finish is just awesome.

[@ThatBlindGuy247]

Honestly Fat Mike of NOFX is the most underated bassist on punk/pop punk. Think he needs more love.

[@LowEndUniversity]

I'm so unfamiliar with that end of things - let me know what song - would love to analyze one!

[@brianlawson600]

"The idiots are taking over"

[@KyleS.1987]

@@LowEndUniversity "The Decline" is an incredible song, but I'd understand if it was too long to do a video on. Still, at least give it a listen! I guarantee it will surprise you (in a good way, I promise!).

[@BungHunterSV650]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGWxo6WvjqZjpdE@@LowEndUniversity

[@pepeseed]

/@@LowEndUniversity 180 Degrees/ Philthy Phil Philantropist/ All Outta Angst/ Eddie, Bruce & Paul/ My Heart Is Yearning/ I Am An Alcoholic ... i'm gonna stop here, i'm a huge fan of NOFX 😅

[@davidfoale9555]

Theres a video on youtube of this whole song played backwards, it sounds freaking amazing!! I watched it for a laugh but ended up humming it for weeks 😄😄🤘🤘

[@alextinu8841]

Ok, I have startet your channel with mr. Matt Freeman and after that I got hooked up. Now I'm back to your first punk video. I'm glad I "meet" you, every new video now it's like waiting for sweet candy! ❤️🎸👀 Cheers!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Haha. I sometimes I forget I did this one!!

[@grapefruitsimmons]

Check out Streetlight Manifesto, their bassist is mental

[@LowEndUniversity]

Heard their name a lot, but never listened! Let me know what song you'd recommend!

[@nondescriptcat5620]

@@LowEndUniversity Keasbey Nights

[@jpdilon]

ive waited so long to you analyse MIKE DIRNT, thank you so much, MIKE THAT MADE ME GRAB A BASS AND PLAY, MY FAVORITE BAND, so amazing basslines along the history of the band, amazing!

[@LowEndUniversity]

More to come! Sorry it took so long. Appreciate you man!

[@emptybeerkann]

When I was dabbling with bass, I was so happy when I finally got this song down, although I could not play it with a pick, I had to use my fingers. I'm late to the party on this video but I did mention Snot on one of your other videos, they have some interesting bass lines and some really cool jazzy instrumental tracks on their one and only album. A really underrated band that could have really been big, IMHO. Check out Snooze Button and The Box. Or the whole album.

[@rome8180]

Maybe check out some Matt Freeman of Rancid and Operation Ivy. He may be the most technically proficient bassist in punk. Check out Rancid's "Maxwell Murder" for one of the only punk rock bass solos. That song is only one and a half minutes long. On the other side, you could check out NOFX's "The Decline." It's probably way too long (over 17 minutes) but it has some of Fat Mike's most impressive bass playing. I totally understand if that's too long. He's got great playing throughout NOFX's catalogue. For me, 1991-2000 are the golden years of NOFX.

[@grahamnash6022]

Blink 182 carousel

[@nicebrickbuilds4975]

Maxwell murder by rancid please

[@LowEndUniversity]

On my list!!!

[@LZ10366]

Not sure if you have heard of Royal Blood before? British two piece band, just one guy on drums and one guy singing and on bass. No lead guitar, but the way he plays the bass it acts as a lead, I think they are awesome! Should check out their song “Figure it Out”

[@disconsolator]

Glad you talk about production here. It's an underrated aspect of this album - Rob Cavallo and Jerry Finn were huge in bringing their sound out from the 1039 and Kerplunk days. The band learned an incedible amount in the studio that would define them as much as they defined a new ish genre of music.

[@JosephValencik]

green day has so many great bass lines. Check out 86, no one knows, and 1981

[@elquetocaelbajopy]

You should check out Rancid's "Maxwell Murder"

[@bassimprovjams3772]

What a Throwback treat Mark! Just wanna say I appreciate when you say you love us all, that truly makes me feel like I’m part of a bass family with one of the baddest bass players I’ve ever heard,🤘😎

[@LowEndUniversity]

You're the best! Cheers man, always appreciate you stopping by!

[@DPRyan-vd5pp]

Check out the BASS line in the song Midnight Confessions by the Grass Roots!!

[@marsvoltian]

the NoMeansNo album Wrong has one of the best bass tones I've ever heard tbh, its post-hardcore though

[@stevohavener3277]

Check out the Descendents, Myage.

[@DPRyan-vd5pp]

That’s why I love reggae rock…..the bass runs the show!! Pepper, passafire, iration, rebelution, the expendables, slightly stoopid , etc…

[@1thess523]

Mark Hoppus used a Stingray early on then switched to that jazz body P-Bass

[@Basementn3k0]

check out the bass on The Pillows -Kono Yono Hate Made you won’t be disappointed. one of my favorite japanese bands

[@giacomojamesPunkRockHeadReact]

For a sweet bass riff start No One Knows song .. for an amazing bass line : Panic Song or Stuck With Me. For tasty bass stuff Holydays of Jesus Of Suburbia songs. Thank you! For the grooviest one : Stray Heart song

[@schlitzy-1031]

You mention Less than Jake in your Rancid video. I would love to hear you break down Roger Lima. One of my favorites!

[@clintonroppolo1709]

Dead Kennedys comes to mind for Bass. And even The Offspring but I seem to remember heavy bass on the Holiday in Cambodia album.

[@clintonroppolo1709]

The Offspring sort of puts off a surf punk vibe. Especially early stuff.

[@chadp5530]

For more punk bands with great bass playing, check out NoMeansNo, Firehose, ALL, NOFX, Fugazi, Bad Brains, RKL, Descendents, Rancid, Propagandhi and Subhumans (UK).

[@blix666]

The bass line for their song "J.A.R." is one of my favorite punk lines of all time.

[@jochenschnelle1124]

A lot of the older punk stuff and old-school hard core punk have bass very present in the mix. I guess it comes from the early days of punk and hardcore punk where gain / distortion on amps was limited (compared to today) so a gritty base tone gave some extra drive and aggression.

[@the_laybacks]

Gonna need to check out a Laybacks song.

[@jiggs22687]

Gotta do "Sincerely Me" by New Found Glory!

[@sethmatt85]

Definitely check out Dillinger Four. Their album Situationist Comedy is probably the best starting point.

[@nobodynothing6551]

I think MXPX is worth looking into for a pop punk series

[@luigigamer333]

This may seem way left field but check out a track called "Stalker" from a Japanese Rock band called The Pillows they have an instrumental version and a lyrics version both are great but I think you would enjoy learning something new from a band you've never heard of. They are a 3 piece band as well.

[@sd3457]

You say that P-Bass sound is a time stamp on this era, but for my money they're all chasing The Stranglers' JJ Burnel's tone from the the original punk era, which is for my money the GOAT. No More Heros, Nice n Sleazy, Get a Grip on Yourself...

[@MrRolandgent]

Try genetix by the stranglers

[@christee5772]

I'd recommend listening to the whole of Dookie, it's my favourite Green day album to play along to, in the main simple but full of fills and solos to keep it interesting, American Idiot album lacks of lot of this. As others have said, you should listen to Matt Freeman from Rancid, the guy is amazing.

[@adamwood87]

i love Green Day. i recommend "Stuart and the Ave." as well.

[@glimpus]

Stuck with me is cool too -that breakdown, you know what I'm talking about.

[@adamwood87]

@@glimpus i do. Man, all of Insomniac rocks. It's like a darker version of Dookie.

[@glimpus]

@@adamwood87 weird thing is it's their most atonal album but I get the songs stuck in my head so often.

[@Projetos2024]

Man, listen to the brazilian band PENSE (Matrix is a good song to start). It’s another level of melodic hardcore! Cheers!

[@appalachiananarchist]

Such a good one to start with. You'd probably love Espionage

[@austinshoemaker246]

Mike is the king of simple baselines sounding amazing

[@justmusic2010]

next u should do Stuck with me from Green Day...

[@craigfenson]

i once put under skillet in my résumé "able to play all the bass parts of green day's 'dookie' album".

[@robpaige2376]

One of my favourite bass lines. Now then, have you heard Genetix by the Stranglers? That's one to really get your teeth into; the bass towards the end of the song is almost impossible to emulate.

[@AlexDevineMusic]

This is a great bassline to start with for pop punk. Early Green Day has a lot of fun basslines :)

[@surfj9009]

Definitely gotta jump in to do some NOFX and Rancid from the 90’s.

[@MrTix]

I don't think a walking bass line was what inspired this, I'm pretty sure Billie just walked in on Mike doing something similar to the end result while Mike was absolutely hammered by LSD

[@timmy334]

The album was recorded in Eb. He used the G3 live. For Dookie he used a P-Bass. Funny though, he used the G3 on Kerplunk and Insomniac. This was their actual apartment and furniture where they lived at the time. I would like you to analyze No One Knows from their album Kerplunk. The bass is the main instrument on the song and it's a very mild and flowing bass line, but it's the main instrument. It's a beautiful song, actually.

[@SqueeJay12485]

You should do Blink 182's Carousel

[@itsonlysound]

Mike is such an underrated bassist.

[@rockxhero]

The OC Supertones had a good bassist, also MxPx isn’t bad!

[@willfromfreeport]

Maybe a bit too soft/lol but I would live to see you check out "Don't Speak" by No Doubt. Tony Kanal was a big influence on my playing back in the day.

[@tommythiel9268]

That is a Gibson grabber not the g3 .it definitely has a p bass sound. That is my favorite Bass. I have 3 Grabbers

[@LowEndUniversity]

Doh, did I get my picture wrong? Swore I was sure. I’m not familiar with those models so sorry if I goofed!

[@rilo7167]

Check out Carousel or Man Overboard by blink-182! Really catchy baselines that are also underrated!

[@jordandrinkwine74]

Hey man great vids!! You were half right btw- all of the bass parts on Dookie were recorded with that modded P/J bass you mentioned, EXCEPT for Longview. Rob Cavalho agonized over getting the bass tone for that track right, iirc they ended up landing on some sort of Kramer aluminum neck bass (similar to the one Mike played for Basket Case on Letterman/the latter half of their set at Woodstock ‘94 but w/ a different pickup config) Dirnt used his G-3 on Kerplunk and Insomniac, but switched to Precisions around 1996 bc of Tré Cool allegedly snapping the neck on his Gibson

[@louisbuss6068]

I get that "reaction" vids are the thing now but this is a lot more than a reaction.. Really like it!

[@sexytrashpanda]

A lot of Mike's fills and runs from the first 5 albums are based on this same scale shape, even that little 2-note "Da-daa" in the chorus break of When I Come Around, it's all the same trick. But his real talent was knowing where to use it for maximum effect. His absolute peak of doing this can be heard in 'Stuck With Me' from Insomniac. Frantic, fast & noodly but absolute perfection. I love Longview, but Stuck With Me is Mike's Magnus Opus

[@fat_ninja_status]

Shoot I rember this video release and the push it got on MTV my freshman year of high school lol

[@3isnotaletter]

one of the best things in a lot of punk music is the bass makes a lot of the song, with many of the guitar riffs being basic power chords the bass often make up most of the melody. Matt Freeman from Rancid, Alec from Leftover Crack, Klaus from the Dead Kennedys all worth checking out. in terms of songs "I went on tour for 10 years..." from the Suicide Machines has a great riff, "Totalimmortal" from AFI is a catchy bass driven song , and "Manthem" from the Bouncing Souls has really solid bass line with very nice tone

[@chriswatson3056]

Fun fact: Mike Dirnt is pretty much exclusively a downstroke player (and iydk he does use a pick, if that wasn't obvious in the video). Adds to the tone and the complexity of his lines.

[@merecaofficial4852]

lagwagon give it back please

[@merecaofficial4852]

lagwagon give it back please

[@SimulationSimulacrum]

My favorite part about this bass line is the story they tell about Mike playing it for 6 hours straight on LSD and Billy walking through the front door.

[@burkhartlaw1]

Different genre but Phish Down with Disease has a great bass part and a great bass player overall

[@1thess523]

Mike was doing a lot of cool bass lines in Ker Plunk and 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours

[@Maztuhmind]

Myage by Descendents

[@joshmcdonaldcomic]

Sassafras Roots has the best bass line on Dookie and probably one of the best bass lines of all time.

[@ryanmccauley1925]

PLEASE DO BOMBSHELL BY OPERATION IVY !

[@LowEndUniversity]

I did just a couple weeks ago!! Watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn-udGqAjLZre6Msi=y0jP43LRSwkQOWOx

[@J0N_]

I have a friend who knows a guy who went to school with this guys cousin, and the cousin said that this guy indeed has been living under a rock. 🪨

[@LowEndUniversity]

3/10 for effort

[@rafaelferreira6515]

Nice!... Do some Face to Face from their self titled album or Satanic Surfes from 666 Motor INN album... Please!!! I'd pick Falling by Face to Face and Don't Fade Away by Satanic Surfers. You won't regret It.

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

Rancid has the greatest baseplayer in the punk world...Matt Mothereffin Freeman baby...."axiom" is insane base

[@ropersf]

This song is classic LOUD quiet. I love that dynamic. The Pixies are well known for the use of loud quiet. I suggest you check out Debaser or Monkey Gone to Heaven. Kim, the bass player is kind of a minimalist bass player but her groove is so much the anchor for the two guitars to go wild. Gigantic is a great Kim Deal song, I love her voice and mid western accent.

[@ericpaquette22]

MxPx - Chick Magnet is really similar. Pop punk with a Jazz feeling. Less popular than Green Day or Blink but MxPx is a really good band and so melodic. Life in general is my personnal favorite pop punk 90s album.

[@phoenix_fire81]

My favorite Green Day records are the first two (or first few ep's and first album) 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk. Dookie was the last album of that version of Green Day. The next iteration was great as well. They lost me at American Idiot, while not bad by any means, it's not for me.

[@ligairi]

I feel like Green Day and Blink are the inverse of each other. Blink has the really simple bass and the guitar does all the flourishes whereas Green Day has the really simple guitar and the bass does all the flourishes. At least in this era. I haven’t studied their newer stuff. But Billie Joe was always very vocal about hating metal guitar solos. Kinda funny that most of the punk bands that got big off the backs of Green Day, NOFX and Fat Mike’s label offspring like Strung Out, Lagwagon, Propagandhi, were all metal heads and infused their punk with heavy doses of metal.

[@mikeconger1271]

Gotta do "Cute Without the E" by Taking Back Sunday. Especially during the bridge/break down part, it's awesome.

[@ChrisAubry-hz7md]

Face To Face - Bent but Not Broken

[@rockxhero]

Check out the Interuppters for a new band! Also, Rise Against (maybe “Revolutions Per Minute” or “Appeal to Reason”).

[@marianociriaci3796]

wow ok I love your videos thanks man.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Glad you like them!

[@OnyxSkiesXIX]

You gotta do Chick Magnet from MXPX at some point. Not the most complicated bass line but I bet every beginner punk bassist learned it at some point, it’s a classic.

[@neomanrex]

The 90s and the punk scene of the time that crossed over probably created more bass enthusiasts than any other period in pop music history. All of the sudden bassists were like “wait, we can be the sexy lead? Fuck yeah!”

[@rodeowerewolf3004]

The fact that Billy generally plays a junior with that single pickup means they focus on minimizing for impact.