Buddha - Carousel

[allsystemsgo]

Thoughts on this track?

 

[2point5]

The greatest bass intro to any song, ever.

[Scott.]

29 minutes ago, 2point5 said:

The greatest bass intro to any song, ever.

The Cheshire Cat version is better 

[Elite Takes - this is jan]

Mid song off Buddha/Chesire Cat.

[2point5]

12 minutes ago, Scott. said:

The Cheshire Cat version is better 

It’s really not 

[allsystemsgo]

It's good, but I think I've grown tired of it. Still it's pretty good for a bands first release. Gotta respect that.

[Scott.]

42 minutes ago, 2point5 said:

It’s really not 

Of course it is. You have the extra riff at the beginning that rolls into the Buddha intro it’s fucking perfect 

[2point5]

2 minutes ago, Scott. said:

Of course it is. You have the extra riff at the beginning that rolls into the Buddha intro it’s fucking perfect 

It’s a fair point well made, but I’ve always preferred the Buddha version. It’s the version they play live (not anymore, sadly) so I think I always preferred that version and not with the added extension. But I do see your point. 

(This is how you debate nicely you yank fucks)

[Russel Coight]

Cheshire version is way better. GOAT song though. Fuck Jan.

[MassKirbycide]

Gutted that this isn’t part of the live set anymore; it’ll always be one of my favorites. Cheshire version is definitely better IMO, but I appreciate the immediacy of the Buddha version for live performances. 

[Champ182]

It's astonishing that they wrote this song so early. It's like their superhero origin story. Ironically, I think the fact that it was a live staple for so long made it UNDERrated, because it's kinda timeless instead of tied to a certain era.

If it was just sitting there on Buddha and Cheshire all these years, and everyone just thought of it as a 30 year old Blink song, I think people would lose their shit about how amazing it was. The iconic bass intro, iconic guitar riffs, iconic chorus, quintessential "Blink" lyrics, the fact that it was the first song they started writing together after they met, it's like they perfected their early scrappy punk rock sound on the first try. Legendary song.

[Elisa]

Speaking of intros, I've always love the pre-intro they used to play on the pop disaster tour:

The melancholy of this little intro they did in 2002 is what gets me, then boom, the bass solo slaps you in the face. TOP 3 blink song. 

[heater bravebeard]

Great intro. & If you could play it, I might want to date you. ??‍♀️? 

 

We recently talked about this.. on Discord though, yeah? 

[Rickay]

Unskippable just like the rest of the album ?? 

[tom18222]

have they played carousel since the reunion ?

 

[thongrider]

I prefer CC version, but I also like it as a bass intro. A CC mix without the guitar would be cool, but I also love the guitar intro.

[goodChats_GodBlessGhent]

6 hours ago, allsystemsgo said:

Thoughts on this track?

 

 

its kool but ive heard btter

[Fun, Catchy Pop-Punk]

3 hours ago, Elisa said:

Speaking of intros, I've always love the pre-intro they used to play on the pop disaster tour:

The melancholy of this little intro they did in 2002 is what gets me, then boom, the bass solo slaps you in the face. TOP 3 blink song. 

This was great, hadn’t heard it before.

I felt like they had a good idea for the intro here, it was a bit rough around the edges but they could easily tweak some stuff and make it sound great

 

[MSandt]

Arguably their best song but the guitar tone on this particular version (and the entire "album" for that matter) is garbage. It actually sounds slightly better on the tape/demo version.

[M!ke]

I always loved the Buddha version much more than the Cheshire Cat version. Never bought the claim that it was the first song they ever wrote together though. I mean if so, why not include it on Flyswatter or 21 Days? It's better than just about everything on those releases, except maybe the early version of Degenerate.