The Tom Delonge Thread

[Drama-Free Jan]

7 minutes ago, twentytwenty said:

California is old news and they don't do that on NINE sooooooooo

Nine wasn't as controlled by Feldmann.

[Ghent]

California came out over 5 years ago. Like it or not, why are you still bringing it up every day Jan?

 

[Nosferatu]

California is the only turd blink have ever released. Can't remember the last time i listened to it outside of Los Angeles, San Diego, Bottom of the Ocean & Long Lost Feeling. Thank god for Nine. Genuinely love Nine to the point I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more love on these boards.

[Sun God]

4 minutes ago, Nosferatu said:

California is the only turd blink have ever released. Can't remember the last time i listened to it outside of Los Angeles, San Diego, Bottom of the Ocean & Long Lost Feeling. Thank god for Nine. Genuinely love Nine to the point I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more love on these boards.

“Only turd.” Lmfao Nine is way worse 

[Nosferatu]

47 minutes ago, Timmy Two Nuts said:

“Only turd.” Lmfao Nine is way worse 

Nah disagree. It'd be a 10/10 album for me if it wasn't for about 4 songs.

[Njdevils26]

49 minutes ago, Nosferatu said:

California is the only turd blink have ever released. Can't remember the last time i listened to it outside of Los Angeles, San Diego, Bottom of the Ocean & Long Lost Feeling. Thank god for Nine. Genuinely love Nine to the point I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more love on these boards.

Please, outside of the diehards online, Nine is universally regarded as complete shit. No one cared when it came out, and no one cares about it now.

 Their last tour they could of toured on the album, but instead they chose to tour based on an album from 20 years ago. That says it all.

Does everyone forget the backlash that came with BIOMY and then Darkside? Blink was shit on for both efforts by the general public and there was zero buzz about the record. Even the diehard blink fans are split on it all. Most forgettable record they ever put out.

im not knocking anyone that likes it, but IMO the album was a collection of soulless songs. Does not feel genuine to me, and I think a large portion of the fan base agrees with that.

Since Matt joined, they’ve set out to make songs that “sound like blink” as opposed to just making songs, and that’s the disconnect with the Matt era, they try too hard to be blink instead of just being it. If that makes sense at all.

[Nosferatu]

Just now, Njdevils26 said:

Please, outside of the diehards online, Nine is universally regarded as complete shit. No one cared when it came out, and no one cares about it now.

 Their last tour they could of toured on the album, but instead they chose to tour based on an album from 20 years ago. That says it all.

Does everyone forget the backlash that came with BIOMY and then Darkside? Blink was shit on for both efforts by the general public and there was zero buzz about the record. Even the diehard blink fans are split on it all. Most forgettable record they ever put out.

im not knocking anyone that likes it, but IMO the album was a collection of soulless songs. Does not feel genuine to me, and I think a large portion of the fan base agrees with that.

Since Matt joined, they’ve set out to make songs that “sound like blink” as opposed to just making songs, and that’s the disconnect with the Matt era, they try too hard to be blink instead of just being it. If that makes sense at all.

Don't get me wrong, the fact that it has about 5-6 songwriters for each song puts it down for me. Some of the lyrics aren't great either. Mark & Skiba on their own would be able to write better music. But I still feel like it's a good album compared to California. California is completely awful for me. I think for me it's because Feldman seemed to be less hands on for Nine whereas with California, he may as well have his face printed on the album cover.

[Kay]

Nine and California are opposite problems to me. 

Cali sucked because they let one person (feldmann) dominate, and they were determined to chase the old school 'blink' sound. As a result it was hollow and samey. 

Nine sucked because it was 12 bajillion people working on one album, and they over corrected by trying to emulate the creative departure that Untitled took, but just added a lot of bells and whistles to stock shop paint by numbers songwriting, under the guise of "experimentation". as a result it's disjointed, messy, and lacks any voice.

Theyre both really poor efforts from a band that doesn't know how to function anymore. 

[Sun God]

1 hour ago, Njdevils26 said:

Please, outside of the diehards online, Nine is universally regarded as complete shit. No one cared when it came out, and no one cares about it now.

 Their last tour they could of toured on the album, but instead they chose to tour based on an album from 20 years ago. That says it all.

Does everyone forget the backlash that came with BIOMY and then Darkside? Blink was shit on for both efforts by the general public and there was zero buzz about the record. Even the diehard blink fans are split on it all. Most forgettable record they ever put out.

im not knocking anyone that likes it, but IMO the album was a collection of soulless songs. Does not feel genuine to me, and I think a large portion of the fan base agrees with that.

Since Matt joined, they’ve set out to make songs that “sound like blink” as opposed to just making songs, and that’s the disconnect with the Matt era, they try too hard to be blink instead of just being it. If that makes sense at all.

Damn that was random as fuck. Where the hell have you been?! Lol

[Njdevils26]

2 hours ago, Timmy Two Nuts said:

Damn that was random as fuck. Where the hell have you been?! Lol

Eh been busy with life, and with no new blink news there was little reason to be around. Now that there’s action with Angels, I decided to come check out whatever buzz was going around here about it.

[radioactive tomdog]

i bought a ticket to the nyc show. anyone going? 

[Dylan_]

49 minutes ago, wannabe corn dog said:

i bought a ticket to the nyc show. anyone going? 

I think I’m gonna pull the trigger and buy a ticket tonight.

[Fun, Catchy Pop-Punk]

6 hours ago, Timmy Two Nuts said:

“Only turd.” Lmfao Nine is way worse 

NINE has a much better production style (more layers, drums don't sound like flat, hollow shit, guitar doesn't sound like plastic) and thankfully they tried to write lyrics that had meaning to them instead of meaningless shit that was literally Mark's first thought. The only cringe lyrics on NINE are meltin' like a popsicle and I went by your house and you don't live there....any...more.

 

 

 

[Ghent]

5 hours ago, Kay said:

Nine and California are opposite problems to me. 

Cali sucked because they let one person (feldmann) dominate, and they were determined to chase the old school 'blink' sound. As a result it was hollow and samey. 

Nine sucked because it was 12 bajillion people working on one album, and they over corrected by trying to emulate the creative departure that Untitled took, but just added a lot of bells and whistles to stock shop paint by numbers songwriting, under the guise of "experimentation". as a result it's disjointed, messy, and lacks any voice.

Theyre both really poor efforts from a band that doesn't know how to function anymore. 

You say all this, yet you think Rebel Girl, Kiss and Tell, and Euphoria are god’s gift to music.

Does not compute

[Kay]

10 minutes ago, Ghent said:

You say all this, yet you think Rebel Girl, Kiss and Tell, and Euphoria are god’s gift to music.

Does not compute

I don't like Rebel Girl at all, and I like K&T and Euphoria but I don't think they're like the best music ever. 

[Njdevils26]

11 minutes ago, Ghent said:

You say all this, yet you think Rebel Girl, Kiss and Tell, and Euphoria are god’s gift to music.

Does not compute

I won’t speak for the other person, but for me, at least those songs are Tom being genuine and creating just what he wants, not being held by a team of writers or thoughts of what the band should sound like and it shows.

Like i said earlier, this new Blink is soulless and they brought a team of writers and shit together to create songs that they think sounds like blink 182. It’s just so cookie cutter and not genuine.

so for me, I put those songs Angels is doing head and shoulders over anything blink has done, just for that reason. One set is real and true, and the other is trying WAYYYY too hard, and failing miserably 98% of the time.

new blink peaked with Bored To Death. But again, if you like it, I won’t stop you from putting up a parking lot.

[Kay]

5 minutes ago, Njdevils26 said:

I won’t speak for the other person, but for me, at least those songs are Tom being genuine and creating just what he wants, not being held by a team of writers or thoughts of what the band should sound like and it shows.

Like i said earlier, this new Blink is soulless and they brought a team of writers and shit together to create songs that they think sounds like blink 182. It’s just so cookie cutter and not genuine.

so for me, I put those songs Angels is doing head and shoulders over anything blink has done, just for that reason. One set is real and true, and the other is trying WAYYYY too hard, and failing miserably 98% of the time.

new blink peaked with Bored To Death. But again, if you like it, I won’t stop you from putting up a parking lot.

To be fair, Tom mostly just seems to be writing about his new bird. I wouldn't make that much of a fuss for it. 

[Ghent]

Bird bird bird, bird is the word 

[Speedo]

38 minutes ago, Ghent said:

Bird bird bird, bird is the word 

 

[Russel Coight]

Nine is great.