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  1. it always has frustrated when he butchers lyrics intentionally; it just oozes laziness and a fundamental disrespect for the body of work that was evident elsewhere too (interviews and such). the growling, the slurring, whatever it is, it needs to stop. the encouraging thing is that he seems way better off in the chile video than argentina. he seems to be having lots of fun on wendy clear. he's doing really small cool things on guitar across the set -- the outro to dumpweed, the discordant intro to UAN -- that really make it clear here is where he is supposed to be. the singalongs from the crowd, the attitudes onstage... outside of the argentina vocal performance, these are some of the best shows of the band's career.
  2. i really love this song. there's something vaguely creepy about the verses, but the song is big, dumb, goofy, in the way that so many blink songs were before it. i love the bridge breakdown, the pre-choruses, the outro with the soaring harmonies... it's clearly one of the best post-reunion songs. it really holds it own with classics like rock show or ATST.
  3. we're at an interesting place in the tom's voice saga. we're past the nadir, clearly (reading 2014, or so). and he was very obviously trying on the last few tours -- while backsliding in other areas (actually playing his instrument). but he can't shake the slurring or strange enunciations. but you can't do it without him at this point. matt showed how empty it could be while technically sounding better. tom's bizarre, unenjoyable, disappointing, while simultaneously a blast to behold. truly an inimitable figure
  4. tuned in for a moment now, and will watch the rip later. lots of fun! tom does seem drunk lol. reading 2014 vibes. sound mix sounds great.
  5. powerful stuff, i wonder what tom was going through. but that's the magic of this band: that mark was willing to address it and simply tell him he loves him and appreciates the effort he was giving. mark said in the discord the other day that it "feels like the old days" with the band and i wonder what he means. another thing too, after watching some of that show. i think OMT as a closer is working better now than i expected. i've never minded the song too much -- it's a little maudlin i guess, but speaks universally and therefore works. but in the context of the show, it being "one more time" they come out to play, a song about themselves, and then the pictures floating by on the screen... it really does hit. i love the way the audience has gotten into the habit of applauding before the song is over too.
  6. listening to WWWY now, and it's absolutely unreal something like the mixing on the bridge left the studio. a truly cacophonous mix, a muddled mess. childhood's chorus is no better, but the metallic noise is clearly part of the vocal effect.
  7. i feel like he definitely overplays in other side in ways that work in songs like bad news, but don't in other side. the intro alone is almost annoying with how overpowering the drums are.
  8. i think it's definitely an improvement for sure. still stinks that the drums themselves sound the way they do, devoid of tone/life, but it's a vast improvement on what's on streaming
  9. super weird and a big bummer for NZ fans. random comment on reddit says that "I heard from a friend of a friend who works at live nation that Travis didn’t want to get on a small plane. Feel like they could’ve found a way around this." but the evidence suggest that travis has been flying on small planes throughout oz to begin with. very very weird indeed
  10. wendy clear is so great, one of the all-time deep cuts! so exciting to see them play it on a whim. i'd love some more deep cuts please, or just keep wendy clear!
  11. i loooooved odi, i wish he'd come back and make more, and i hope he's doing alright! i was fond of a lot of his covers -- ocean avenue, waggy, another girl another planet, wasting time, feeling this, after midnight -- but i think my favorite is always ghost on the dance floor for some reason. he was putting it out concurrently with neighborhoods rolling out and it was neat to hear acoustic-flavored interpretations of some of the songs.
  12. yeah i could just do without the joke songs at this point in the band's career. i don't mind fuck face, but turn this off -- while amusing -- just feels sorta forced. i do find mark's verse funnier than tom's, which feels try-hard in the way that golden showers did too. on the feldy era stuff, i didn't like much beyond built this pool, which was mercifully brief and had a cool riff (though it sounds identical to bad astronaut's single). tbf, though, happy holidays is pretty lame too, so maybe i've just never been into the joke songs.
  13. agree on cut me off -- feels like a little rusty, but it's definitely more likable than see you. chorus is catchy as hell
  14. this is the most outrageous shit. this genuinely sounds like a lost TOYPAJ b-side
  15. i have no idea how see you is your tier 1. that's the most cut-and-paste song they've ever made, rivaling the worst of the feldy era. crazy to me! tier 1 -- great anthem pt 3, DWM, MTYK, YDKWYG, bad news, blink wave, turpentine, other side tier 2 -- mid fell in love, OMT, terrified, WWWY, childhood, cut me off, fuck face tier 3 -- bad edging, hurt, see you, joke songs
  16. yeah the rubin interview is surprisingly good; he sticks to some talking points but mostly it’s fairly illuminating. some interesting insight on why they play with a click/backing tracks too. i thought his observations about why tom came back — outright saying that the band was successful without him and it was a “wake up call” — were revealing. it’s in line with how we felt as fans. i feel like the fanbase is so attuned to the way the band is. we knew in 2020 the vibes were off right after NINE. we could tell something was going on. it’s interesting
  17. fell in love is fine but somewhat anodyne. the lyrics are pretty cringe in a way they aren’t usually, and it’s just a little too formulaic to leave any impact for me. i don’t mind the cure interpolation though, i find it neat.
  18. good review @radioactive tomdog. i feel the same way you do. the songwriting is there for sure on a lot of songs. but the mixes are pretty grating. i don’t so much mind the insistence on kempers and protools considering neighborhoods was all analog mics and mixing boards and still sounded cluttered and confused. the guitars and bass really do shine on OMT. agree on the album art though.
  19. backing tracks starting to really annoy me. i understand when it’s time for a piano and bell part, or even an extra guitar part to beef up the sound i’ll give them. but i saw one video where it was clear tom wasn’t strumming on dance with me, just miming it. now it’s like the chorus vocals are played live and we’re just supposed to accept it? i was so stoked to hear mark sing “no one gave a fuck that you died” — cathartic as it is — so it’s a little bit of a head scratcher not only does he not, but let the backing track do it for him. just weird
  20. great new album! love bad time and teenage heart.
  21. always is the correct answer
  22. would love an A/B test of whatever improvements they’ve made with regard to the mixing on streaming. it sounds better yes but not much better imo that and the drums sounding devoid of character or natural tone is what drives me away. it’s just a plastic sound
  23. Blink-182 Weekly Song Discussion 🚦 Song: "Does My Breath Smell?" Lead Vocal: Tom
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