Champ182 Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Safe space comment: I love the song Bored To Death. I give them a lot of crap for a lot of things in the Cali era but they got that one right. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 12 hours ago, Thibaut182 said: Nice ! Is there a way to listen to that particular radio show ? would totally be interested in hearing it they normally stream it, but the stream messed up for some reason. here ya go: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 10 hours ago, Olidamus said: I think it would be ok; Blink could obviously use 2 guitars. I still find talking about about Tom rejoining, even if hypothetical, just odd. Its like: When do you think your are going to get back together with your EX GF you dated in high school? Answer: I am not. It's more like thinking about having a threesome with your ex GF and your current wife haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Listening to Cali at the gym, Left Alone/TOTTM are so underrated. Also call me crazy, but the Aoki BTD remix is a BANGER. I’d go nuts if I heard it at a bar/party lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Two songs that stand out for me from California: Bottom of the Ocean and Long Lost Feeling These two have ended up as my favourites from California, just like Kaleidoscope ended up being my favourite from Neighborhoods. I liked those two songs on my first listen actually. But usually it takes me about a year or two to find out if I love it or not. Those two songs are ones I've gotta play most days from my iTunes. Bottom of the Ocean is just everything I look for in music. As a songwriter that uses a lot of electronic elements in my own stuff, this song is massively appreciated by me. As for Long Lost Feeling, I love the sadness of it. I love the mellow sound and I love how the ending is. The drums pick up, Travis just smashing the hell out of that snare, then just nothing. Just a long lost feeling. Sounds beautiful. And the ahhhhs are what blink should be doing a bit more of rather than woahs or gang vocals, as long as it's not overused. Blink used to do that quite a bit in the Dude Ranch era. I also get a BCR vibe from this song. The guitars, the drums in the verses. It does sound kinda like BCR to me and I don't know why, but I love it. One other song that has grown on me is The Only Thing That Matters. On first listen, I found it trash despite it sounding like TOYPAJ era blink. I found it boring. But now, I listen to it and it's just a blink song man. I'm actually rating the song. It doesn't stand out but it's definitely a good song IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisx37 Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 9 hours ago, Ry-Bread said: Also call me crazy, but the Aoki BTD remix is a BANGER. I’d go nuts if I heard it at a bar/party lol. The vocals sound so clean! And also, even if it's not my type of music, I can't deny it's catchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kay Posted May 23, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 (this is going to seem hate filled but bear with me) I've spent a lot of time being angry at Tom Delonge - for more than a decade, at this point. that anger has lessened in the last couple of years, mostly because it seems silly to be angry at someone who's clearly delusional - and also because I'm almost 30 and maybe having so many emotional responses to someone I've never met is not healthy for a normal adult - but it's also lessened because California, and the later AVA releases, allowed me to slow my roll a little and re-evaluate. So now, I look back over blinks history and in some ways I can appreciate it more now than I have for a few years. I usually have a mad eye-rolling session when people make a big fuss about Tom as a guitarist, for example. because he's fairly rubbish in that area. his lyrics are awful. his voice is a cheese-grater at this point in time. The thing I always skip over though, is that he's a bloody good songwriter. He takes incredibly mediocre, and at times just plain bad parts and puts them together and can write amazing songs with it. I listen to older blink stuff, even stuff on Neighborhoods now, and I can see them as full songs more than I ever could - before these odd little parts would poke out at me, distracting me, and they'd be all I could hear when I listened to those songs. now that I'm less angry about it all it's like I can listen to the songs completely, on each level, without getting irrationally mad. Truthfully, I miss his songwriting a lot. I think his songwriting is always at it's best when he can bounce off of Mark and Travis, but even without them there is often some 'spark' of him in there, sometimes it's buried under total rubbish but he's still rocking the core of it. Since starting up a new band and taking up the role of the only electric guitarist and vocalist (something I have never done before) I'm now realising how embedded Tom's influence is on my writing and playing style - how every idea I have is borrowed or adjacent to something I learned from him - how my ideas for catchy melodies and chord structures are entirely down to his own limited expertise. and I kind of love it because Tom took what little he had and made a whole career out of it, in it's own way it's very inspiring - it makes me feel less like some kind of stupid, talentless kid who's just copying what they know, and more like a 'student', a product of influence and passing on the energy at it's core, sprinkled with my own individuality. My point is, I spent years hating Tom and I don't anymore. I spent years slamming his style and now I accidentally emulate it. I don't want to be angry, even when he chases aliens and scams people for money. he's not a hero, he's not some Guitar God, he's a high school drop out who likes punk rock and has far too much money on his hands. and it's fine if my biggest influence is someone I probably couldn't hold a full conversation with - the musical conversation is entirely different, and I'm comfortable and happy to have just that. What Tom accomplished in blink, the songs he wrote, the influence he had, is irrefutably powerful and impressive - and on a personal level, blink-182 and Tom in particular have played a major part in shaping me as a person - my sense of humour, my music taste, my clothing taste, my love of graphic design, my entire musical career, my choice of online friends - I would not be who I am without them and thats pretty huge. TLDR, I love Tom, I love blink. regardless of what negative crap I say. 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 12 hours ago, Nosferatu said: Two songs that stand out for me from California: Bottom of the Ocean and Long Lost Feeling These two have ended up as my favourites from California, just like Kaleidoscope ended up being my favourite from Neighborhoods. I liked those two songs on my first listen actually. But usually it takes me about a year or two to find out if I love it or not. Those two songs are ones I've gotta play most days from my iTunes. Bottom of the Ocean is just everything I look for in music. As a songwriter that uses a lot of electronic elements in my own stuff, this song is massively appreciated by me. As for Long Lost Feeling, I love the sadness of it. I love the mellow sound and I love how the ending is. The drums pick up, Travis just smashing the hell out of that snare, then just nothing. Just a long lost feeling. Sounds beautiful. And the ahhhhs are what blink should be doing a bit more of rather than woahs or gang vocals, as long as it's not overused. Blink used to do that quite a bit in the Dude Ranch era. I also get a BCR vibe from this song. The guitars, the drums in the verses. It does sound kinda like BCR to me and I don't know why, but I love it. One other song that has grown on me is The Only Thing That Matters. On first listen, I found it trash despite it sounding like TOYPAJ era blink. I found it boring. But now, I listen to it and it's just a blink song man. I'm actually rating the song. It doesn't stand out but it's definitely a good song IMO. Long Lost Feeling is great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 56 minutes ago, Kay said: (this is going to seem hate filled but bear with me) I've spent a lot of time being angry at Tom Delonge - for more than a decade, at this point. that anger has lessened in the last couple of years, mostly because it seems silly to be angry at someone who's clearly delusional - and also because I'm almost 30 and maybe having so many emotional responses to someone I've never met is not healthy for a normal adult - but it's also lessened because California, and the later AVA releases, allowed me to slow my roll a little and re-evaluate. So now, I look back over blinks history and in some ways I can appreciate it more now than I have for a few years. I usually have a mad eye-rolling session when people make a big fuss about Tom as a guitarist, for example. because he's fairly rubbish in that area. his lyrics are awful. his voice is a cheese-grater at this point in time. The thing I always skip over though, is that he's a bloody good songwriter. He takes incredibly mediocre, and at times just plain bad parts and puts them together and can write amazing songs with it. I listen to older blink stuff, even stuff on Neighborhoods now, and I can see them as full songs more than I ever could - before these odd little parts would poke out at me, distracting me, and they'd be all I could hear when I listened to those songs. now that I'm less angry about it all it's like I can listen to the songs completely, on each level, without getting irrationally mad. Just out of curiosity, what parts did you consider so bad that they distracted you from the song and made you angry in the past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Champ182 said: Just out of curiosity, what parts did you consider so bad that they distracted you from the song and made you angry in the past? Really dumb things, too many to list really. mostly lyrical/vocal. Neighborhoods was probably the worst offender for it ("God invented chills" "like a Ferris wheel full of blue green eyes" "each and every yeeuughhh ehh errr" "It's all static, just like my televsion") or the over abundance of synth, let ring guitars, stuff like that. there are examples from earlier in their career, but they're more few and far between before BCR - I think as soon as Tom wanted us to take him seriously I started actually caring about the meaning, the delivery, the artistry - it's easier to just accept things when it's just chill dudes having a laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted May 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 I was going to respond to a comment about the Kings of the Weekend theme in a different thread, but I better stay in the safe space so I don't get triggered. I really like it. To me, the Kings of the Weekend thing is very relatable to me now that I work 45 hours a week. I think it's an appropriate, universal theme for a band like blink at this stage in their career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Hoppus Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 despite my skeptical mood based on kroq live show, i will discuss something in this thread, notice it too late, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 This one starts a bit shaky but ends up being an awesome performance. Guitar sounds punchy. Really hit and miss how these live shows are mixed for the online viewer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 The guitar does sound pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Hoppus Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 cannot fail to mention cool guitars sound too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 I definitely enjoy the Cali era songs performed live with Skiba more than the older songs..And I think the guys have more fun performing them 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBlinks Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Just coming here to shield myself from the abortion that is the Kimmel thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 We're safe here. It's normal here. We will survive. hold me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent's Brother Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Another totally fine and reasonable blink performace, another blink-182online meltdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 I hope that HISALP makes the Vegas setlist. They've been rehearsing acoustic. I really want to hear that one live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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