Champ182 Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 1 hour ago, _Kyle_ said: tom is a really silly guy. the fact he wanted to be treated so seriously still blows my mind. just how do you get that far up your own ass. there's just a level of unawareness that he has that really makes him compelling in that way. Seriously, I've said in the past that he could make a fucking killing AND reach a whole lot more people if he still had his old personality and made like an Anthony Bourdain style TV series where he travels around talking to people about their supernatural experiences or expertise and made it fun. The information could be carefully researched and taken as seriously as he wants, but people loved Tom for being ridiculously silly and weird and he could've talked about his "sekrets" in a funny and semi-down to earth way. Instead 99% of the world is just weirded out by his attempts to mumble his way through stories about government meetings, impossible-to-decipher half fiction half "fact" books, groundbreaking discoveries that he never shares, and cartoons about a dude with a magic umbrella(?) Obviously we've talked about his personality change for over a decade at this point haha but it really is a bummer. Even if he was fated to leave Blink to chase aliens all along, it would've been a lot more fun to see how Sane Tom would've done it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Champ182 said: he could make a fucking killing AND reach a whole lot more people if he still had his old personality and made like an Anthony Bourdain style TV series where he travels around talking to people about their supernatural experiences or expertise and made it fun. that would be the best possible scenario, yes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Do you remember when Tom compared AvA music to Peter Gabriel? Ah... those were the days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 That clip instantly made me think of Elevator, as interesting as it is it does sound quite typically Tom. not hating on it, but it isn't anything new. which is fine by me, all I want from Tom is some "eh, it'll do" music at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 20 hours ago, daveyjones said: that would be the best possible scenario, yes! Somewhere in an alternate universe...... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 I really wonder what it'd be like to be inside Tom Delonge or Cruise's head for one minute. They're both so cool yet so friggin batshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Value Boy Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/9/2018 at 6:44 PM, Regi. said: As always, I question whether this will lead will lead to anything substantial but as a clip I quite like this. Main riff sounds very Box Car Racer and I'm rating the cool little riff in what sounds like the verses. I'd much rather a sound like this for Blink than the polished bubblegum All Time Low Snrs stuff we're getting now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucko Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, ...Dan... said: as a clip I quite like this. It's definitely better than what was on the demo odds and ends EP and most of Neighbourhoods / Cali. It's a shame cause the bass sounds very Mark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vinegar Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Bucko said: It's definitely better than what was on the demo odds and ends EP and most of Neighbourhoods / Cali. It's a shame cause the bass sounds very Mark. It's almost like Tom cares again. Almost. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mau5 Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Tom is an unlimited tank of decent ideas - but needs Mark and Travis to really get there. He's tried for over a decade to do it alone and proved he can't - even in his prime (The Adventure). But jesus, Mark literally cannot produce any original or thought provoking ideas. Tom pushes Mark, and actually pushes him, to become a better musician. IT MAKES ME SO MAD - HOW DO THEY NOT SEE HOW MUCH BETTER THEY ARE TOGETHER! Ugh. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 If Tom wants to write Cali style blink songs then why doesn't he head on over to Feldmann's and join the party? Could make something really great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mau5 Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Because, and thank god, this sounds nothing like Cali 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 15 minutes ago, Mau5 said: Tom is an unlimited tank of decent ideas - but needs Mark and Travis to really get there. He's tried for over a decade to do it alone and proved he can't - even in his prime (The Adventure). But jesus, Mark literally cannot produce any original or thought provoking ideas. Tom pushes Mark, and actually pushes him, to become a better musician. IT MAKES ME SO MAD - HOW DO THEY NOT SEE HOW MUCH BETTER THEY ARE TOGETHER! Ugh. This is so spot on. They truly do balance eachother out. Tom pushes Mark out of his comfort zone, Mark mellows/organizes Tom out, Travis' crazy drums just fits on top of simpler music to make it more interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 18 minutes ago, Mau5 said: Because, and thank god, this sounds nothing like Cali Sounds like a blatant attempt at "sounding blink" to me. If he wants to write blink songs he should be in blink, not some dead solo band no one cares about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 16 minutes ago, Ghent said: Sounds like a blatant attempt at "sounding blink" to me. If he wants to write blink songs he should be in blink, not some dead solo band no one cares about. They can write songs without them being California type songs. Or enema or toypaj. They proved that with untitled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 They can write whatever style blink songs they want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, Ghent said: They can write whatever style blink songs they want That was my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 1:24 PM, Kay said: That clip instantly made me think of Elevator, as interesting as it is it does sound quite typically Tom. not hating on it, but it isn't anything new. which is fine by me, all I want from Tom is some "eh, it'll do" music at this point. Yeah, it definitely sounds like a Boxcar Racer song, although I'm not hearing Elevator haha. I'm just hearing a typical BCR styled song but I do agree that it's not anything new. At least it's not an overused sound apart from a few AVA and blink riffs here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 I for one never expected to hear this sound from Tom again. I really hope this will turn into a song and I really hope that there will be a real album and not just an EP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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