The Tom Delonge Thread

[Ghent]

I like Nine and California. I’m thankful both of them exist. Without them, the last blink release would be over 10 years ago. No one would be in this section right now talking blink

[Neal]

Serious question

Anyone else think its at least questionable how tom says he wanted to write a song against toxic masculinity, but directed a video where the only job of the woman on set is to look hot in her underwear. Also the line "get on your knees, we're gonna play tonight"....

I'm no native english speaker, maybe its meant to be in a satirical way, but at least the music video is a great example how women are are objectified by men...

Am i overanalyzing this?

[NotNow]

15 hours ago, Ghent said:

I like Nine and California. I’m thankful both of them exist. Without them, the last blink release would be over 10 years ago. No one would be in this section right now talking blink

That doesn’t sound so bad.

[Kay]

4 hours ago, Neal said:

Serious question

Anyone else think its at least questionable how tom says he wanted to write a song against toxic masculinity, but directed a video where the only job of the woman on set is to look hot in her underwear. Also the line "get on your knees, we're gonna play tonight"....

I'm no native english speaker, maybe its meant to be in a satirical way, but at least the music video is a great example how women are are objectified by men...

Am i overanalyzing this?

Has he said that? 

I imagine that line is satirical considering the chorus, but if that genuinely was his intention the video is a hilarious misstep. 

[MSandt]

On 5/22/2021 at 7:52 PM, Njdevils26 said:

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.

Nine doesn't sound like blink at all.

[NotNow]

6 hours ago, Kay said:

Has he said that? 

I imagine that line is satirical considering the chorus, but if that genuinely was his intention the video is a hilarious misstep. 

He said it in the Q and A. I mean look at the rebel girl video for Christ’s sake. 

[Fun, Catchy Pop-Punk]

7 hours ago, MSandt said:

Nine doesn't sound like blink at all.

No, but it has moments of +44 (Heaven) and Alkaline Trio/Skiba's solo stuff (Black Rain). The album also was a first in terms of writing off Travis' drum lines and having so many song writers/producers involved. It was a shit mix but it sounded overall better than the California era did IMO. 

[daveyjones]

number of AVA albums i own: two.

number of AVA songs i like: four.

[radioactive tomdog]

someone combined the wolfpack demos to make a longer version and it rules

 

[Ghent]

The Wolfpack is low key one of the best AVA songs.

that remix starts out good but gets shitty when the chorus kicks in imo

[radioactive tomdog]

euphoria has grown on me a lot but i have a gut feeling that the next two singles will be way better. 

[twentytwenty]

2 hours ago, wannabe corn dog said:

someone combined the wolfpack demos to make a longer version and it rules

 

They should have just stood tall and talked to the songwriters of the song they plagiarized in the verse and recorded it like that for the album. It’s so much better than the mess of a version that actually made it on to dream walker imo

[Cheerios4u98]

1 hour ago, wannabe corn dog said:

euphoria has grown on me a lot but i have a gut feeling that the next two singles will be way better. 

Wait so this 10 song album is going to have 6 singles?

[Resident Zoomer]

52 minutes ago, twentytwenty said:

They should have just stood tall and talked to the songwriters of the song they plagiarized in the verse and recorded it like that for the album. It’s so much better than the mess of a version that actually made it on to dream walker imo

Yeah it’s a shame because it’s way more cohesive and the demo is miles better than what actually came out, at least melodic wise. Even the second verse idea had potential outside of the repetition, Tom should’ve been developed it more. The prechorus and chorus in there are some of his best hooks. I enjoy TDW but imagine Untitled-esque instrumentation with that chorus. ?

[radioactive tomdog]

6 minutes ago, Cheerios4u98 said:

Wait so this 10 song album is going to have 6 singles?

i think it's 12 songs now but yeah. i'm assuming they're not really radio singles. rise records did this same thing with the new afi album. seven songs prior to the full release. 

[Bucko]

1 hour ago, twentytwenty said:

They should have just stood tall and talked to the songwriters of the song they plagiarized in the verse and recorded it like that for the album. It’s so much better than the mess of a version that actually made it on to dream walker imo

What song did they plagiarize? I really like this version of Wolfpack.

[Neal]

 

[Kay]

I hate to delve again into Toms lovelife but it's only just occurred to me that as recently as 2014 Tom was still writing songs about how much he loves his wife (tremors, I this case) 

What the actual fuck happened in the years in between lol. 

[Drama-Free Jan]

I've been listening to Euphoria a lot.  I'm actually the opposite of most on here, I like the verses the most, even though they sound like Rush, I like the little pauses before the final line, and it just kind of flows.  The chorus gets a little too high pitched or something off about it, but decently catchy.   

"I'm alert this time, like fucking Paul Revere" is so great.

[Lindemulder]

WTF. The song already sounded a whole lot like The Knife. But that demo? Must have been scrapped because they knew they would be sued.