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Yep, the Skiba era could've been legendary, but they gagged my boy.7 points
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Tom can be blink's greatest hype-man when he's on point. Literally telling Mark whilst he had cancer ' 'Let's get you healed and then go dominate' - 125 shows later, they did just that.6 points
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Green Day are little woke cunts though aren’t they while Tom and Mark are on stage talking about sucking eachothers dicks.6 points
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horrible tune. mark and skiba having to sing over anodyne copy-paste melodies and hollow, craven lyrics that don't speak to anything personal or real to either of them. adam's song riff. loud, uninspired triggered drums. like there's nothing worse than songs like this right? why were they doing this? i understand that by 2016 they had abandoned any pretense of giving skiba an equal creative role, and that appeared to work fine on california. but by this era (and tbf, some of OMT), it felt like they were soliciting songs from songwriter camps and swallowed up by major-label machinery, doing whatever they could to stay relevant (xxxtentacion, powfu, etc). hearing this is like hearing the b-sides of california deluxe -- castoffs of castoffs. honestly, the whoah-ohs got way too much hate back then, but hearing them in this leaked track is like a war flashback. 2019-21 the darkest days in the band's whole existence, breakup era included. i really hope this stuff gets covered in an honest way in mark's book, but i'm not holding my breath.5 points
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Let’s just pretend the skiba era never happened. The band should have ended. Skiba ffs. Cali and Nine are a fucking disgrace to the catalogue5 points
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My thoughts exactly. I have no bad blood with Skiba, and I really like the dude and what he did. My main disappointment was Tom’s absence from the band, combined with Feldman’s annoying influence to further damage things.5 points
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Alright I’ve let this one digest a little bit and thought about what folks have been saying here. My main qualm: There’s just no god damn soul in these things. Blink-182 to me has always been a trio of cool dudes who have such a rich bond and culture together. They’re pranksters who grew up skateboarding, surfing, listening to punk music, making dick jokes, hilariously striking out with girls, trolling people, and so much more. They’re a fucking riot. The character of this group just poured out into every thing they did as a band, especially in the early days. For example: Mark trying to make Tom laugh and fuck up the songs again on stage, the band recording home videos of themselves naked and trolling people, Mark and Tom saying heinous shit to crowds, the dudes laughing their asses off while hanging out and recording music. That’s really what it’s about. And that’s their authentic brand. What a fun group to hang out with. These dudes had a great culture they promoted to the world, and that naturally drew people to them. Most notably: this was all captured in the writing of their songs. Each song was like a capsule that was filled entirely to the brim with their authentic characters. The punk, the humor, the cool, the dorkiness, the feeding off of eachother’s ideas during the writing process, the fun moments they had during the recording process, and so forth. All that shoved in there. The end result was an album of songs that were jam packed with their raw and organic personalities. Sure it was glazed with production and cheesy bits at times, but overall, the ingredients is what made the songs as good as they were. In fact, it was so authentic that when the band went on a hiatus, the friendships did too. With these Feldman era songs - you can say what you want about the elements, the production quality, or their playing ability. Sure, the harmonies of their voices sound good together. The mixing and tones are decent. The songs are fast paced. There’s some melody. And sure the guitar work is impressive at moments. But so fucking what? When you strip off the production quality and the overused formula that created these things, you’re left to dry with almost nothing. Obviously some songs had “it”, but for the most part, there’s very little raw ingredients of anything authentic. It’s almost like these are scripted songs, and they’re just actors playing their roles. To really drive this point home, let’s take the thought process of this song: “Alright Mark’s going to do verse 1. Matt, you’re on verse 2. Yep, that again. Chorus? Fuck that, let’s put some woah’s in there. Alright, we need a riff. Let’s play Adam’s Song and steal the thing again. Great, now let’s get that juicy crunchy palm mute guitar in there like we did the last time. Oh and let’s finally cap it off now with something we’ve totally not done a hundred times before: a dramatic snare drum buildup. Those blink fans will definitely EAT THIS SHIT UP.” Are we stupid? Is this turning into Netflix/Hollywood now just mass producing the same thing? This isn’t to bash Skiba at all. He’s a sweet guy and has an overwhelming amount of soul in Alkaline Trio. (And I’ll admit Nine maybe had more authenticity than California as Matt’s influence was stronger). Overall though, Feldman definitely just tanked any shot of an organic Matt/Mark dynamic coming strongly to surface, imo. The machine entirely took over these songs. Instead of letting an organic dynamic unfold, it instead just tried really hard to emulate blink-182. But it never came close. With One More Time, despite being written so many years later, it still found a way to have them showcase their raw selves. The authenticity is there of three guys sharing something real together: the chemistry, the honesty, and the unfiltered personality that made them who they are. You can just hear the weight of their shared history, jokes, struggles, flaws, and love for eachother. While I’m happy and thankful blink at least put some decent stuff out there during Tom’s absence from the band (despite my criticism of there being no soul), this unreleased song confirms that the band was just going to go down a course with something significant seriously missing. I’ve never been happier today with blink making the right move forward. Rant over.4 points
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I like boxing too, I'm always down for a hyped up main event. I attempted to watch Tyson/Paul But UFC is like homoerotic. Bleak imagery, douche bags galore, everyone involved is a huge ass hole. So stoked for UFC 2574829?4 points
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OMT and Saviors have nearly identical scores on Metacritic, but OMT has sold significantly better so far. Obviously there's a lot more to cultural impact than critical reception and sales, but let's be real, it's unlikely that either of these albums had a "big impact on society". But the data we have show that it's laughable to say that only those of us in a blink echo chamber would claim that OMT had a bigger impact.4 points
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This is still probably the best thing theyve put out since Untitled. Can still listen to it on repeat4 points
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That’s a joke tbh. They’re still just seen as a joke band by many unfortunately. It’s just the name. People hear blink and just think oh those idiots who run naked through the streets of LA4 points
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in a lot of the US music industry, there's songwriter camps where professional teams get together to write and pitch songs for the biggest artists. here's an article (and another) with some insight on how that's done. big artists like rihanna made careers out of essentially covering songs by big writers like max martin, and in modern country music, it's the rule. it's always been my opinion that there's at least a few songs on california and NINE that are clearly bought and paid for songs from those types of camps (bottom of the ocean, scumbag, IRWIHY, hungover you, remember to forget me, etc). honestly i think some songs OMT started that way too (the title track, take me in, etc). personally i think that travis recognized that the songs they were writing with skiba weren't working, and a fresh set of eyes was a solid idea. (that's what jerry finn was at the end of the day, and i think he would have received songwriting residuals in the modern age). but i think travis also leveraged their momentum and popularity into that equation, and hit upon that partnering with outside voices was both beneficial commercially and music to the ears of the major labels. plenty of artists (aerosmith, et al) did the same to have a second act of mainstream volatility. it eliminated the need for the band to take a different or darker direction with skiba, and kept it anonymous enough to be enjoyable by casual listeners. plus it allowed for them to cash in on nostalgia with the throwback sound of california. but by NINE -- really by the vegas residency -- they had realized that not only was skiba as a stand-in not working, but rapidly felt soulless. that's why NINE, and its ensuing tour, was such a mess from conception to rollout. it's why it's my opinion that they began to rely more on those aforementioned songwriter camps (and why skiba slowly started to phase out his involvement when it became obvious they were rudderless). evidence for this is not only present on the big bump in songwriter credits on NINE (15 new outside names), or skiba's visible diminishing involvement (quarantine, chainsmokers, etc). the miley cyrus version of IRWIHY only sort-of adds juice to this idea... you can find tons of early versions of songs with different vocalists, and gives rise to the idea that the band were just essentially covering songs pitched to them by songwriters. travis was both surprisingly comfortable in this type of environment, which led to his work with MGK and his DTA imprint. again, this is only my opinion, but that's the vibe i get from how those years went and how quickly they faded into the rearview. that's not also to say i don't really like a few songs off both cali or NINE, or that utilizing outside songwriters was a mistake. for a lot of fans i feel like it was such a surprising development that it seemed like implicit acknowledgement of their lack of direction. that and blink was built off the partnership of mark and tom, and its somewhat insular/honest back-and-forth process. having other voices in the room at the get-go (or, in the case of heaven, without mark or skiba there) rubbed a lot people the wrong way.3 points
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"It’s almost like these are scripted songs, and they’re just actors playing their roles." This sums of a lot of these songs perfectly, but there were some exceptions here and there ofcourse.3 points
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UFC is boxing for the Joe Rogan/Incel/General Douche communities.3 points
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Everything about UFC is cringe. The sport, the fighters, the people who watch it, etc3 points
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not to seem like a stupid American but these gifs are pretty tame compared to the NFL. The helmets/plastic padding essentially turns the already freak athletes into missiles.3 points
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He's spewing out his shit taste for all of us to read.3 points
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Did i defend it? Can’t remember. I didn’t mind the first album at the time but I’d rather guide my dad into my mum than listen to him now. You had a go at me earlier for calling GD woke and now you’re revealing that you hate the poor and like to throw the word retard about, not very woke at all.3 points
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We know the Grammys are shit but if those Green Day gimps are there then blink deserve to be, but like I said blink will never get the recognition they deserve.3 points
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We let you out and you immediately take a dump in the floor. Back in the kennel, Mister.3 points
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what a classically bad Jan take. I'm glad you still have it in ya!3 points
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It’s nice seeing Tom post that the next album is going to blow this one away, and that they’ve only “just started”3 points
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New addition to the timeline website! found Japanese advert for the release of Cheshire Cat in Japan (from Super Head Magazine and credits to thanrock on ebay for sharing it!) 2/17/1995: Blink releases its debut album, Cheshire Cat, on Grilled Cheese, a newly-created division of Cargo Records. Source : https://www.ebay.com/itm/2834500183043 points
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The songs on OMT are no less formulaic, etc. etc. than those on California. Feldmann may as well have produced OMT. You can easily argue that OMT is even more "Feldy sounding" than California The biggest difference in the two albums is that Tom is a better singer and guitarist for blink. But the songs themselves are not some kind of drastic creative departure from the Skiba era lol2 points
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It cracks me up that he looks exactly like Joe Rogan. Bald, steroids, looks like a sausage, red face as if constipated at all times2 points
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not sure when it was posted but spotify (at least in the states) added one of the WMAA singles with the live in LA tracks. such a treat to hear them for the first time in a long while.2 points
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Green Day are a bigger band than blink and that's a fact. But bigger doesn't mean better. Green day's releases post American idiot have been boring , they don't try anything different. You could put any combination of green day songs released post American Idiot and it would all just be the same album and recycled riffs. With that being said, they are an incredible live band to go and watch perform, but outside of the hits they're not a band I'd ever choose to listen too.2 points
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I tried to listen to Can't Go Back right after Not Now and it flows so well... wonder if they're exploring that sound again.2 points