Russel Coight Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 I’m a big FTG fan. Good song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Speedo said: Its going to be slow and boring, just like that song. i will second that "fighting gravity" is slow and boring as fuck. should be called "fighting sleepiness." instant skip. it remains unchecked in my itunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 minute ago, daveyjones said: i will second that "fighting gravity" is slow and boring as fuck. should be called "fighting sleepiness." instant skip. it remains unchecked in my itunes. Somewhere, up in Heaven, Jerry Finn is walking around with a "I died and all I got was a shitty song" t-shirt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 neighborhoods is a really good album. personally for me, having become a fan during the hiatus, it was the first time i was getting to experience blink releasing an album... even if it was a stilted, awkward iteration of the group. it's got some really strong songs throughout. after midnight will forever be one of my favorite blink tracks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddey Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 I honestly don’t think I would ever have gotten into blink if it wasn’t for Neighborhoods. First blink album I really enjoyed. The rest of them grew on me later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iguessthisisgrowingup Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 neighborhoods has lots of good songs, a lot of it just feels forced (the snake charmer chorus, this is home) or unfinished (kaleidoscope) if they spent another few months polishing it up it could've been up there with untitled imo also i agree with the FTG love - it's an awesome song 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 What's forced about the snake charmer chorus? It's one of the stronger choruses on the record, hell it's the most legible Tom lyric on the whole record lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Fighting the Gravity kicks ass. Loved that track on day one. 5/5 song for me. The one I always feel a bit let down on is Wishing Well. I love the song but the production of it could be way better and I've never heard a guitar sound like the guitars on that song do. I've never even seen anyone cover it with a similar tone either. It's the bridge of the song that lets it down the most though. Songs like This Is Home & Even If She Falls seem like filler songs to me. The rest are all either great songs or songs that had so much potential IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 18 minutes ago, Nosferatu said: Fighting the Gravity kicks ass. Loved that track on day one. 5/5 song for me. The one I always feel a bit let down on is Wishing Well. I love the song but the production of it could be way better and I've never heard a guitar sound like the guitars on that song do. I've never even seen anyone cover it with a similar tone either. It's the bridge of the song that lets it down the most though. Songs like This Is Home & Even If She Falls seem like filler songs to me. The rest are all either great songs or songs that had so much potential IMO. Wishing Well is a waste of a cool chord progression. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Kay said: Wishing Well is a waste of a cool chord progression. I'd argue it's a better live song than studio song IMO. Tom does a lot more stuff on the guitar although they sound sloppy asf on that song whenever they've played it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindemulder Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 I remember being so stoked for Wishing Well after Delonge played it on his acoustic (was it a stream on ModLife?). A maaajor letdown when I finally heard it. I have never had the urge to listen to it actually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, Lindemulder said: I remember being so stoked for Wishing Well after Delonge played it on his acoustic (was it a stream on ModLife?). A maaajor letdown when I finally heard it. I have never had the urge to listen to it actually. It had so much potential lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindemulder Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 In some way thats the curse of the new style of Delonge (recent 10 years) in my mind.. He didn't loose his skill to write great songs, but now he just drowns his playing in horrible effects that take away the quality and makes it super artifical 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Ever since it was released, Neighborhoods have been my go to blink album, I absolutely love it, and did so since the first listen. Is there some songs that isn't as great as other ones? Sure! but as a whole, the album is fucking killer. The only blink album that actually has gone up and tied with Neighborhoods these days as being the go to album is my version of NINE. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 10 hours ago, boxelder said: neighborhoods is a really good album. personally for me, having become a fan during the hiatus, it was the first time i was getting to experience blink releasing an album... even if it was a stilted, awkward iteration of the group. it's got some really strong songs throughout. after midnight will forever be one of my favorite blink tracks I was always a big blink fan but definitely moved on at some point during the longg ass haitus, when they came on late night or something for the first time in ages it was so depressing.. When Neighborhoods dropped, expectations weren't really that high and it made me a big fan again, it simply was a big reminder of how cool of writers these guys are and how much they represent us. Even the people who didn't love blink much growing up would jam this one, it wasn't as divisive. I remember listening to DED everyday on YouTube too.. Now the albums just aged like fine wine. After Cali direction they've gone, nothing sounds better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Kay said: It had so much potential lol Wow, that could have easily been the song of the album. I still like it, but yeah whatever they did, compressed it or whatever doesn't sound as impactful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whales Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 11 hours ago, boxelder said: after midnight will forever be one of my favorite blink tracks It's one of my all time favorite songs. It's just so simple and I feel like it has all the parts of a great blink song. Tom rarely writes such coherent lyrics, the riffs are catchy, and even the instrumental bridge isn't just a repeat of the rest of the song like usual. I know people here don't tend to love it, but man I do haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, twentytwenty said: Ever since it was released, Neighborhoods have been my go to blink album, I absolutely love it, and did so since the first listen. Is there some songs that isn't as great as other ones? Sure! but as a whole, the album is fucking killer. The only blink album that actually has gone up and tied with Neighborhoods these days as being the go to album is my version of NINE. NINE isn't blink 182 tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 To me, the weakest parts of the album are After Midnight, Up All Night (well, in places), This Is Home and Even If She Falls (I'm aware im mostly alone there) I am quite fond of the rest in varying amounts, those are my skips. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Kay said: To me, the weakest parts of the album are After Midnight, Up All Night (well, in places), This Is Home and Even If She Falls (I'm aware im mostly alone there) I am quite fond of the rest in varying amounts, those are my skips. Definitely with you on This Is Home & Even If She Falls. When I first heard After Midnight it was them performing it live, so it meant that people recorded videos on their phones and put them on YouTube. After Midnight sounded so fucking good. I loved how the bridge sounded then I heard the song on the radio like a month or two later and I just thought "is that it?". Turns out the bridge was Tom improvising and the studio one was just boring. Up All Night is a song I've loved since day one but it is a weird single choice. It's perfect for the album I think though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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