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I knew that changing things would have been good for the sake of the show. They sound good too so I hope they'll remember to do that even when the Las Vegas Residency is over. Adam's Song still rips my heart out.

I did some research and the show in Temecula, CA took place on January 6th 1997. It wasn't in 1996, the guy that booked the show played in a band called Wisecrack and said on facebook that it was 01/06/1997. And here's the ""flyer"" of that show

Until the sky turns green and the grass is several shades of blue, every member of parliament trips on glue

The chorus is nearly a chord-for-chord copy. The drums are close, but Travis' can't compare and the intro has a Bored to Death vibe, too. It's unbelievable.

These setlists are great and I understand why you guys want to cut out the Tom songs, but, if they do that, then they'll have a setlist where Mark has to sing almost everything and he physically can't do it since he's already struggling with almost every song he has to sing.

I know, right? I see Bad Religion every year, the next time is in a couple of weeks for the Suffer anniversary, and it's pretty insane how tight they sound. Lagwagon and NOFX too though. I don't know how they can still sound so good live after 30 years of drink and drug abuse. They all have two guitars on stage, but I think blink has a bigger problem than just having one guitar. Exactly. The YouTube videos just don't do them justice at all. It never occurred to me with other bands, but blink is like the only band in the world that it's totally different when you're there.

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Niku has a point though because it's acknowledged that when you see blink live, it's never as bad as it looks like on the youtube videos.. the guitar sound is usually huge (even if the tone doesn't suit the songs) and the quirks in Tom's voice come out a lot less because he has a very high pitched voice and it sounds generally more consistent. When I saw them last summer the enema and take off songs sounded great and Skiba did a good job on them, the only problem was that the California and Untitled songs were dull and meaningless but that depends on so many factors. You need Tom on the Untitled songs because they have his fingerprints all over them, and, as for California, you know, those songs don't even have real guitar parts that carry the melody. Add to that the fact that their shows are stale and they look bored on stage and yeah, the complains are justified. At this point the only solution would be renewing the setlist, it could do wonders for their mindset and give a new vibe to the show, I'm sure Skiba and Travis would appreciate it, but we know that Mark will never allow that.

I can appreciate the fact that they played KOTW without backing tracks. It gives a raw attitude to the song but it doesn't save the performance.

The Bad Religion shout-out when they say they got *No Control* is a good thing but it doesn't make any sense.

After season 8. But you could watch them up until the end of season 10.

I know, right? 5sos were like puppets on a string of a corporate machine and if even they decided to make an album without him because they wanted more creative control, that says a lot about the state of his music factory.

The two Used album he produced were great too but they shot him into super producer stardom and that was the beginning of the end. By the way, 5SOS chose to part ways with him because they wanted to evolve and find their sound without having him as a safety net.

I don't remember the video but I always thought it was Push because he talked about that song back in the day and I didn't know it so I had to check it out (and I loved it) Now it could be another one though. I don't know.

I still can't believe that Tom left the band/Mark kicked him out just in time to ruin the 20 year anniversary of Dude Ranch, which was everything I was hoping for after the Untitled shows.