Nosferatu Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 I was 10 when the smiley face album came out and I agree with Champ. I enjoyed the first 3 tracks and Always. Every other song I just thought were plain weird. I definitely preferred Enema & Take Off at that point. My cousin who had the same music taste as me and still does also had the same opinion. When I was around 15-16 I started to appreciate the album more and it ended up becoming my favourite album. Took my cousin until he was about 18 to actually love the smiley face album. It just grew and grew on the both of us. I felt the same way with +44 and Boxcar Racer too. Both have superb albums I wasn't a huge fan of when released. Took me so long to appreciate American Idiot by Green Day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruaraidhlando45 Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 I was 15 when Untitled came out. Didn't like it at the time, it didn't feel like "real" Blink to me. It has grown on me a lot over the last ~19 years, I do like it now but still nowhere near as much as their earlier albums. And by contrast I love BCR album, one of my favourite albums of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Ghent Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 Good to see you Rory! I remember practically having to force myself to like Untitled. The only blink album I've ever felt that way about. I did grow to genuinely like it, but it took months to feel like "real blink." I have a vivid memory of playing it for the first time in my truck to one of my friends who loved blink. He was confused and hated it. Was kind of a bummer With that said, everyone fucking loved Feeling This (was called Action originally). That contributed to the shock when the rest of the album leaked as well. Thought we were getting a whole album of that sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruaraidhlando45 Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 Cheers mate! You too Yep I remember when an early version of Action leaked, I think from the soundtrack of some Madden video game? Really loved that which I guess contributed to disappointment when hearing the rest of the album There is one exception for my general ambivalence to that album btw - Here's Your Letter. Absolutely love that song!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Ghent Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 Yep it was on Madden. Originally had a clip at the beginning that said "Get ready for Action" in an announcer kind of voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient #48273 Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, Vote Ghent said: Yep it was on Madden. Originally had a clip at the beginning that said "Get ready for Action" in an announcer kind of voice. Originally and still to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Ghent Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, Patient #48273 said: Originally and still to this day. Oh, guess I'm thinking of something else? Thought there was a difference in the Madden version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Ghent Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 I guess I have it backwards and the original Action on Madden DIDN'T say "get ready for action" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient #48273 Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 I might be wrong, but I think it was in the song initially, but they removed it from the version in the game because they hadn't yet gotten permission to use the Captain America sample. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 What the... then what version HAD the sample? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Ghent Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 Did some digging around on here and yeah, I had it backwards. The original was called Action, but didn't have the Action line until it appeared on the album. Weird memory glitch there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Vote Ghent said: Did some digging around on here and yeah, I had it backwards. The original was called Action, but didn't have the Action line until it appeared on the album. Weird memory glitch there Damn, same here. That is some bizarre Mandela Effect stuff haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worst poster here Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 29 minutes ago, Vote Ghent said: I guess I have it backwards and the original Action on Madden DIDN'T say "get ready for action" My memory was that it did have the line in the game. I don’t think the YouTube video changes much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted October 6, 2022 Report Share Posted October 6, 2022 that weird moan edit on "fuck it is such a blur" takes me back... was the only version available on some peer-to-peer sites for some time! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M!ke Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Oh wow I didn't even remember making this thread, might have been a little buzzed lol. Ah well, dumb thread for sure, but I do want a 20th anniversary special edition all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 On 10/4/2022 at 11:28 AM, Champ182 said: I'm sure everyone seemed like they were eleven years old to him at that time. i mean i was joshing around of course. i was 26 when untitled came out. and i didn't know a single person my age who listened to blink anymore at that point. their audience was way younger by then. when you're over 25, even people who are 19 or 20 seem super super young. that's what i was getting at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Fap Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 23 hours ago, Vote Ghent said: Did some digging around on here and yeah, I had it backwards. The original was called Action, but didn't have the Action line until it appeared on the album. Weird memory glitch there We had this same discussion about a year ago lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Fap Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 9 hours ago, daveyjones said: i mean i was joshing around of course. i was 26 when untitled came out. and i didn't know a single person my age who listened to blink anymore at that point. their audience was way younger by then. when you're over 25, even people who are 19 or 20 seem super super young. that's what i was getting at. So are you telling me that at age 36, I’m super young? 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient #48273 Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Iced_Fappuccino said: We had this same discussion about a year ago lol Yeah, some people were adamant that "get ready for action" wasn't on the CD, so I ended up making a video where I put the CD in the CD player and had it play the Feeling This intro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Fap Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, Patient #48273 said: Yeah, some people were adamant that "get ready for action" wasn't on the CD, so I ended up making a video where I put the CD in the CD player and had it play the Feeling This intro. Yea I forget what the effect was called, Mandela effect or something? But before that discussion I would have bet money the get ready for action line was in the Madden version 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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