Other Side track discussion

[Jan Mortensen]

I just realized how cool this bridge short of is. 

Not the biggest fan of the drums on this one, at least the tone. Beat's pretty cool.

Grower song. 

[Knapppers]

Just love that it's an upbeat tribute to a deceased friend, and not a slow somber one. 

[Chewy030]

What a fucking beautiful tribute song to Marks bass tech man.

[LeGOAT]

This song is great 

[Elisa]

6 minutes ago, D.Fap said:

This song is great 

That's the one that's stuck in my head today 

[Scott.]

Can anyone hear Asthenia in the bridge? 

[2point5]

36 minutes ago, Scott. said:

Can anyone hear Asthenia in the bridge? 

Yeah I can sorta hear that mate. And the intro riff reminds me of the bridge from the original Anthem.

[Knapppers]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXT6N5FUKF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Didn't realize his bass tech actually had a coffee company called stage right and then this also brings context to that coffee life line 

[Elisa]

7 hours ago, Knapppers said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXT6N5FUKF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Didn't realize his bass tech actually had a coffee company called stage right and then this also brings context to that coffee life line 

I thought the coffee line was related to the fact that robert noise always used to share pictures holding his coffee https://www.instagram.com/p/BzA8KMRgfIu/

[allsystemsgo]

3 minutes ago, Elisa said:

I thought the coffee line was related to the fact that robert noise always used to share pictures holding his coffee https://www.instagram.com/p/BzA8KMRgfIu/

He was a coffee fanatic. Coffee life was probably something they said to one another when getting a gig ready. Friendly banter between friends that made an impact and became a lyric in tribute. I'm sure a lot of people have had that kind of work relationship with someone. 

[Elisa]

1 minute ago, allsystemsghoul said:

He was a coffee fanatic. Coffee life was probably something they said to one another when getting a gig ready. Friendly banter between friends that made an impact and became a lyric in tribute. I'm sure a lot of people have had that kind of work relationship with someone. 

yeah, as @JarJarBlinkssaid the other day, even if the song is specific to robert noise, it's still a very relatable song because it can apply to all friendships. 

[boxelder]

this is one of the sweetest songs Mark has ever written. It’s such a breath of fresh air after turpentine and fuck face, that opening synth (?) riff is so sweet, such a reset

[NotNow]

Coffee life was his catch phrase. He would caption it on his stories / photos all the time

[Lemmingslikelips]

Great Mark song, lovely tribute to his friend. Where has this Mark been for the last 10+ years?

[allsystemsgo]

1 hour ago, Lemmingslikelips said:

Great Mark song, lovely tribute to his friend. Where has this Mark been for the last 10+ years?

Writer's block and lack of confidence in his writing.

[Lemmingslikelips]

27 minutes ago, allsystemsghoul said:

Writer's block and lack of confidence in his writing.

I'm glad he's gotten out of whatever rut he was in, songs like this are so much better than most of what's on California and Nine. Yeah some of those songs are okay too, but this and Bad News show that he can still write great, pop-punk sounding songs without it being generic or soulless. 

[Elisa]

Speaking of Stage Right, I'm very fascinated about how bands figure out their blocking and how it literally never changes over time ?

[Neal]

2 hours ago, Elisa said:

Speaking of Stage Right, I'm very fascinated about how bands figure out their blocking and how it literally never changes over time ?

I always wondered about this too. From a musical standpoint it makes way more sense to have the bassist on the right( stage left), but i love the fact that blink do it the other way around

[allsystemsgo]

1 minute ago, Neal said:

I always wondered about this too. From a musical standpoint it makes way more sense to have the bassist on the right( stage left), but i love the fact that blink do it the other way around

Why's bass better on the right? Enlighten me.

[Neal]

10 minutes ago, allsystemsghoul said:

Why's bass better on the right? Enlighten me.

Bass, together with the drums give the rhythmic foundation of the music and the better they glue together, the tighter/groovier the band sounds. From stage left it is much easier for the drummer and bassist to make eye contact and play together. Its also closer to the hi-hat.

that being said, i‘m not saying this hinders blink in any way, and its probably no big deal for this kind of music since mark runs around stage all the time anyway when he‘s not singing, but the general consensus is that the bassist stands stage left