The blink 182 general discussion topic

[JarJarBlinks]

1 minute ago, Maddey said:

Of all the bands out there to shit on, The Gaslight Anthem is suck a weird choice

really odd lol

[Ghent]

3 minutes ago, Maddey said:

Of all the bands out there to shit on, The Gaslight Anthem is suck a weird choice

Freudian Slip

[Maddey]

1 minute ago, Ghent said:

Freudian Slip

That was embarrassing

[Sun God]

57 minutes ago, Maddey said:

Of all the bands out there to shit on, The Gaslight Anthem is such a weird choice

I’d expect nothing less from this place lol. Let’s give credence to wack artists and hate on genuine and authentic bands 

[Kay]

Well, they’re no MGK, obviously. (Said it sarcastically before @scoobscould genuinely express it)

[Nosferatu]

Gaslight Anthem aren't a bad band but they're not great for me either. They're one of those bands where I like 2-3 songs but then I feel like every other song they do sounds the same or has the same vibes as those 2-3 songs. I get easily bored of them bands.

[Russel Coight]

I’ve never listened to much Springsteen so I don’t really get the references/imitation issues. Only know that Born in the USA song and that doesn’t really sound like anything Gaslight have done that I’ve heard.

[Sun God]

I’ll take this opportunity to plug my favorite band. Social D is so legit that Bruce Springsteen has performed with Mike Ness multiple times. Here’s Bruce and his E street band with Ness performing a Social Distortion song

 

[Trainwreck]

22 minutes ago, Iced_Fappuccino said:

I’ll take this opportunity to plug my favorite band. Social D is so legit that Bruce Springsteen has performed with Mike Ness multiple times. Here’s Bruce and his E street band with Ness performing a Social Distortion song

 

And here’s Springsteen playing with the gaslight anthem

 

 

[Sun God]

5 minutes ago, Trainwreck said:

And here’s Springsteen playing with the gaslight anthem

 

 

Nice! Bruce is the man. I know he’s shown up to play at Social D shows and he’s had Mike Ness perform with him at multiple Bruce Springsteen shows. What a cool dude. 

[Trainwreck]

8 minutes ago, Iced_Fappuccino said:

Nice! Bruce is the man. I know he’s shown up to play at Social D shows and he’s had Mike Ness perform with him at multiple Bruce Springsteen shows. What a cool dude. 

Not sure if you’ve seen the Netflix special he taped when he was doing his broadway stint, but it’s fantastic. Dude is an amazing storyteller. 

[Sun God]

8 minutes ago, Trainwreck said:

Not sure if you’ve seen the Netflix special he taped when he was doing his broadway stint, but it’s fantastic. Dude is an amazing storyteller. 

I’ve never seen it but maybe one day. Lots of shit I keep telling people I’ll check out on Netflix ?

[daveyjones]

8 hours ago, Elisa said:

I wasn't going to, but the hate here doesn't make sense.

i don't see why. everything after 59 sound is pretty boring alterna-weaksauce (with a few notable exceptions, like four or five songs).

[Worst poster here]

Shit talk TGA all you want, but this acoustic performance trumps anything post-2004 Blink has done IMO:

 

[Worst poster here]

7 hours ago, daveyjones said:

i don't see why. everything after 59 sound is pretty boring alterna-weaksauce (with a few notable exceptions, like four or five songs).

Diamond Church Street Choir

Queen of Lower Chelsea

Spirit of Jazz

45

Howl

Blue Dahlia

Underneath the Ground

Have Mercy

Break Your Heart

Halloween

 

Not an impressive list considering it’s from 3 albums, but those all stand up for me. You can easily double the list with Horrible Crowes and Brian’s solo stuff though. 
 

As for the influences, Springsteen was definitely over the top in 59 Sound but it was fun to hear a modern Americana band from punk roots borrow from Against Me, Springsteen, Petty, Pearl Jam/Nirvana, Tom Waits, the National, etc. over albums. I guess copying doesn’t bother me much if it still produces good music IMO. Leonard Cohen in Have Mercy is great 

 

They aren’t an overly talented band outside a good songwriter and pretty good guitarist, though. 

[daveyjones]

39 minutes ago, Get divorced for the kids said:

Diamond Church Street Choir

Old Haunts

Spirit of Jazz

that's about it for me.

[scoobs]

22 hours ago, Kay said:

Well, they’re no MGK, obviously. (Said it sarcastically before @scoobscould genuinely express it)

Not many are on his level, good point 

[Drama-Free Jan]

11 hours ago, Get divorced for the kids said:

Shit talk TGA all you want, but this acoustic performance trumps anything post-2004 Blink has done IMO:

 

I'm so glad Blink never did anything like this and ever started taking themselves this seriously.

[Sun God]

45 minutes ago, scoobs said:

Not many are on his level, good point 

Yea, little girls who play air guitar and sing horribly off key in the shower are on the same level as him. He will never reach a level of respect or talent as a band like GA has. 

[Patient #48273]

52 minutes ago, Iced_Fappuccino said:

Yea, little girls who play air guitar and sing horribly off key in the shower are on the same level as him. He will never reach a level of respect or talent as a band like GA has. 

Are little boys who play air guitar and sing horribly off key in the shower better or worse than MGK?