madgaz182 Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Ok so I’m sure you all heard the bbc radio one sessions back in 2004 right around the release of the untitled album well my question I’ve had for all these years after first hearing those tracks Down, Always and Go( later released on greatest hits ) what the hell happened to the guitar sound and the general playing of the songs on those live sessions, usually the bbc live lounge sound amazing while these sound terrible was anything ever mentioned as to why Toms guitar seemed to only use clean sound with little to no distortion and why the drum arrangements were totally different to album versions ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAPLORD Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 36 minutes ago, madgaz182 said: Ok so I’m sure you all heard the bbc radio one sessions back in 2004 right around the release of the untitled album well my question I’ve had for all these years after first hearing those tracks Down, Always and Go( later released on greatest hits ) what the hell happened to the guitar sound and the general playing of the songs on those live sessions, usually the bbc live lounge sound amazing while these sound terrible was anything ever mentioned as to why Toms guitar seemed to only use clean sound with little to no distortion and why the drum arrangements were totally different to album versions ? It’s blink dude. They’ve never been known for quality live performances. Travis is great live, but he’s always added bits and pieces to keep things fresh. It’s not like he deviated far from the album though. As for Mark and Tom sounding like shit, that’s par for the course. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madgaz182 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 20 minutes ago, Diddy Faplord said: It’s blink dude. They’ve never been known for quality live performances. Travis is great live, but he’s always added bits and pieces to keep things fresh. It’s not like he deviated far from the album though. As for Mark and Tom sounding like shit, that’s par for the course. Nah I’m a long term vet of blink and that sound they produced on the sessions was insanely odd Go was the only one that was album like it made no sense since they had already done performances of those songs and they sounded atleast half decent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blonde Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Is that the one with Jo Whiley laughing at the end with how bad they were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Those did sound especially bad. I think it has to do with how it was recorded and/or mixed. Even recently there are some pro-shot blink videos that sound great while others sound like shit and I don't think it has anything to do with the band's actual performance that day, but with the method of recording instead. I don't know for sure but that's my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madgaz182 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Cheerios4u98 said: Those did sound especially bad. I think it has to do with how it was recorded and/or mixed. Even recently there are some pro-shot blink videos that sound great while others sound like shit and I don't think it has anything to do with the band's actual performance that day, but with the method of recording instead. I don't know for sure but that's my guess. Yeah I know bad recordings make them sound bad but for live lounge that bad it’s unheard of like the guitars just sounded weird and the playing was just mental I remember listening to it back when it was live thinking “eh it must be just a demo track they supplied the radio station “ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madgaz182 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Scott. said: Is that the one with Jo Whiley laughing at the end with how bad they were? Yeah she laughs right before always ends when it goes quite and is told to shhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 Although these sessions have an odd sound and Tom sounds so off key at times, I actually love these sessions. I remember thinking to myself there's no videos of blink ever performing Always live back then. Then i came across this performance and I just thought it was a really bad blink cover band. But I did stop listening after the first 2 lines and that's where Tom's voice sounds really bad. Years later, I listened to the full thing and realised blink had actually played Always at least once live back then. Fun performances to listen to even if they do sound bad. I'm sure Tom mentioned in the interview of these performances that he couldn't really hear himself sing, so that'll explain why he was worse than usual at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAPLORD Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 7 hours ago, madgaz182 said: Nah I’m a long term vet of blink and that sound they produced on the sessions was insanely odd Go was the only one that was album like it made no sense since they had already done performances of those songs and they sounded atleast half decent If you were a vet you would have figured it out then. It’s really a par performance for blink, especially trying to play songs that arent as simple as all the small things 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 19 minutes ago, Diddy Faplord said: If you were a vet you would have figured it out then. It’s really a par performance for blink, especially trying to play songs that arent as simple as all the small things Nah man, I agree with @madgaz182 that these are specifically weird performances. Not just the usual sloppy Blink. The arrangements are all over the place, Travis sounds like he's playing a toy drum kit, Tom's guitar sounds like it's barely coming out of an 8 inch amp, honestly I always wondered if they were going for a "stripped down" type of performance and it turned out awkward haha. Or Travis and/or Tom were just high as fuck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAPLORD Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, Champ182 said: Nah man, I agree with @madgaz182 that these are specifically weird performances. Not just the usual sloppy Blink. The arrangements are all over the place, Travis sounds like he's playing a toy drum kit, Tom's guitar sounds like it's barely coming out of an 8 inch amp, honestly I always wondered if they were going for a "stripped down" type of performance and it turned out awkward haha. Or Travis and/or Tom were just high as fuck. I get the part about the sound. That’s obviously mixing/engineering. But the actual performance by the members is nothing different than how they always play. Just their usual, sloppy, off key selves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom18222 Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 i remember this, and i remember seeing a picture of a line 6 flextone amp. not toms usual amp, they probably went directly into the board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epitaphellcat Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 thank you for sharing these are awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Bagel Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 This is like weeks before their final shows in Dublin -arguments in 'foreign dressing rooms'. Interesting as fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/29/2021 at 6:17 AM, Diddy Faplord said: If you were a vet you would have figured it out then. It’s really a par performance for blink, especially trying to play songs that arent as simple as all the small things i mean it's really splitting hairs between "usually bad" and "unusually bad" isn't it? we can call these sessions "remarkably terrible and odd" but that doesn't make sloppy blink any less typical. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinkstillrules Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 I have them covering The Descendents' "Hope" from Live on BBC Radio One September 17. 2004. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAPLORD Posted February 1, 2021 Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 5:03 PM, daveyjones said: i mean it's really splitting hairs between "usually bad" and "unusually bad" isn't it? we can call these sessions "remarkably terrible and odd" but that doesn't make sloppy blink any less typical. Pretty much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucko Posted February 1, 2021 Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 29/01/2021 at 2:44 PM, Champ182 said: I've actually Always preferred this arrangement and tempo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...Dan... Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 13 hours ago, Bucko said: I've actually Always preferred this arrangement and tempo. Tom sounds great as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucko Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 46 minutes ago, ...Dan... said: Tom sounds great as well. Absolutely. Also this is the only performance of Always where Mark plays the chorus properly. He never plays the little B fill before the open E anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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