The Negative Nancys

[theedge00]

On 9/22/2023 at 3:43 PM, yodda said:

Also somebody should have reigned in Tom's vibrato on words like "shame" and "pain" in the chorus of MTYK.

Small quarrel - but is just sounds goofy. If they had just been sung as a straight note it would have done fine.

This! ???

[allsystemsgo]

OMT is a little boring. I still like it, but I wish there was more to it.

[Rickay]

1 hour ago, allsystemsgo said:

OMT is a little boring. I still like it, but I wish there was more to it.

It definitely peters out a bit

[Sun God]

6 minutes ago, Rickay said:

It definitely peters out a bit

Peters out?

[Drama-Free Jan]

1 hour ago, allsystemsgo said:

OMT is a little boring. I still like it, but I wish there was more to it.

 

5 minutes ago, Rickay said:

It definitely peters out a bit

I think that's what makes it special.  Everyone was expecting it to escalate at the end, myself included, but now I'm appreciating the originality of it ultimately not.  

[Drama-Free Jan]

Listening to these songs on repeat (including Edging):

Minus points for Travis on making the drums sound like a drummer produced it.  Snares and toms are so absurdly loud it's a bit ridic. I was ready to rip on him adding his own vocals but it sounds good in context of the song. -2 points

Plus points for making Tom's voice sound good again, and overall arrangement of songs sound so good so far and exactly like blink.  MTYK is legit balls to the wall fantastic production (minus over loud-ish drums).  Those echos on Tom's yell.. +3 points

Much like Tom replacing Skiba (and still doing some Skiba/Cali esque era styles), Travis replacing Feldmann (and still mimicking some of his issues) is still a major breath of fresh air.

+1 more point.

 

Overall +2 but still negative nancy status. 

 

[thongrider]

I think out of MTYK and Edging. I prefer MTYK lyrically and arrangement-wise, but I like melody better on Edging.

[Monkey Chips]

3 hours ago, thongrider said:

I think out of MTYK and Edging. I prefer MTYK lyrically and arrangement-wise, but I like melody better on Edging.

I have to admit that Edging was really forgettable for me when it first came out (which is odd) normally I listen to a blink song once or twice and it get stuck in my head... I had to cram that song in to my head with like 100+ listens when it first came out to get it barely in there with part of the chorus. To me it feels like a fun filler song that was made to be a first single back. And even still was even somewhat forgettable until they started playing it live (first at Coachella).

Meanwhile I listened to MTYK once (maybe two more times with reactions) and then I had the chorus stuck in my head to the point I felt the urge to listen to it (as opposed to Edging where I was only listening on repeat because of the excitement of Tom being back, but also shock that it wasn't at all staying in my head) and OMT is a treat that also gets stuck in there with the chorus as well.

[just_bringing_good_chats]

always comperaing old music to new music while listening to music is not gonna lead to anything positive

music by its fundamentals and also fundamentals behind the universe makes it that its not just a nostalgia thing(even if nostalgia is a big piece of the yummy american pie)

music gets harder to make special and great due of differant key factors and so music as a whole will always be lesser and lesser good comperate to previous output off the past

doesnt mean tho u cant find great delight in new music

we get it, the beatles the beatles the beatles, great, theres other music that can be greatly apreacited, even new music 

 

[yodda]

I would agree that the majority of seasoned musicians still producing music put out inferior material to their previous efforts (typically when the artist's in their 20s and 30s). For example the Pixies keep putting out a mediocre effort every 2-3 years.

So I'm not surprised these new blink songs are lacklustre. Especially since they don't appear to be making any attempts to approach their music differently - it all just sounds like variations on stuff they've done before. And while I'm not that big on Neighborhoods; they at least endeavoured to push their sound into new places.

It's rare but occasionally you have artists getting up there in age who find new ways to innovate and potentially put out their best work. Artists like Swans, Julia Holter, Scott Walker (RIP), Xiu Xiu, David Bowie (just Blackstar really - also RIP), Kristin Hayter, Shearwater, Low, Portishead etc have amazing late-era output that rivals their earlier works.

[Kay]

My main issues so far is the production.

Drums in Edging and MTYK are too high in the mix and there’s a tinny element to some of OMT (mostly noticeable in the intro) that sounds like really over the top compression or that they have no idea how to record an acoustic guitar. Maybe they tried to EQ out as much of the physical strumming scrape as possible and as a result the frequencies giving the acoustic some air are completely removed, idk. That annoys me.

but honestly, apart from that and Edging being a dumpster fire that could’ve been on California, I don’t have much to complain about on the new two. 

[Rickay]

10 hours ago, D.Fap said:

Peters out?

 

10 hours ago, More Jan You Know said:

 

I think that's what makes it special.  Everyone was expecting it to escalate at the end, myself included, but now I'm appreciating the originality of it ultimately not.  

Yeah I just think after Travis starts ‘singing’ and the 2nd ‘I Miss You’ I’m ready for a final verse or something.

The quiet outro makes sense with the video where they are showing the old photos / videos but from just listening on Spotify it felt a bit empty and unfinished. 

The 2nd ‘I miss you’ feels out of place and jarring too.

I do love the song though, just feels unfinished to me. As others have said I hope they go big with the outro live.

[Sun God]

6 hours ago, Rickay said:

 

Yeah I just think after Travis starts ‘singing’ and the 2nd ‘I Miss You’ I’m ready for a final verse or something.

The quiet outro makes sense with the video where they are showing the old photos / videos but from just listening on Spotify it felt a bit empty and unfinished. 

The 2nd ‘I miss you’ feels out of place and jarring too.

I do love the song though, just feels unfinished to me. As others have said I hope they go big with the outro live.

I get what you meant by the context, I’ve just never heard that term before. “Peters out”

[m0z182]

17 minutes ago, D.Fap said:

I get what you meant by the context, I’ve just never heard that turn before. “Peters out”

It's like fizzles out. Had a Google and it seems to come from a French word associated with gunpowder, so like an explosive that just fades out rather than going boom 

[Drama-Free Jan]

I'm all about innovation but blink is already a unique authentic sound.  Sometimes it is better to stick to what works and not try to reinvent the wheel. 

I mean sometimes I feel like I got teleported to a Beethoven/Bach board.

[Drama-Free Jan]

6 hours ago, Rickay said:

 

Yeah I just think after Travis starts ‘singing’ and the 2nd ‘I Miss You’ I’m ready for a final verse or something.

The quiet outro makes sense with the video where they are showing the old photos / videos but from just listening on Spotify it felt a bit empty and unfinished. 

The 2nd ‘I miss you’ feels out of place and jarring too.

I do love the song though, just feels unfinished to me. As others have said I hope they go big with the outro live.

I get that, I don't like the final I Miss You part either, but I'm a fan of the letting it trickle out and not have a climatic explosion outro.  Makes me want to keep replaying it more. 

I think it just kind of fits, even if it wasn't intentional, it makes the song more original to me.  But I did say that exact thing first couple listens. 

[Sun God]

4 minutes ago, More Jan You Know said:

I'm all about innovation but blink is already a unique authentic sound.  Sometimes it is better to stick to what works and not try to reinvent the wheel. 

I mean sometimes I feel like I got teleported to a Beethoven/Bach board.

Stop trying to hijack this thread!

[Rickay]

4 hours ago, D.Fap said:

I get what you meant by the context, I’ve just never heard that term before. “Peters out”

Oh haha maybe it’s a British saying 

[allsystemsgo]

4 minutes ago, Rickay said:

Oh haha maybe it’s a British saying 

I've definitely heard it throughout my life. Diddy lacks culture.

[Sun God]

1 minute ago, allsystemsgo said:

I've definitely heard it throughout my life. Diddy lacks culture.

Na, “Peters out” has a totally different meaning for me if you catch my drift