Unreleased Skiba era song - The Start / Here We Are

[Knuckles]

3 minutes ago, Elite Takes - this is jan said:

Maybe but the guitar is very apparent.  The style/structure of the whole ‘you go’ ‘chorus!’ ‘I go’ thing definitely got to be eerily similar at times to Cali. 

Na the guitar is not very apparent at all. It’s honestly hard to tell if half of it is even performed by Tom. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to learn a lot of the guitars were tracked by the Rubin brothers. You can hate all you want, but deep down inside I know you know that I know you know it’s possible. 

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7 hours ago, Ghent said:

The songs on OMT are no less formulaic, etc. etc. than those on California. Feldmann may as well have produced OMT. You can easily argue that OMT is even more "Feldy sounding" than California

The biggest difference in the two albums is that Tom is a better singer and guitarist for blink. But the songs themselves are not some kind of drastic creative departure from the Skiba era lol

1. Those are huge differences

2. I agree but there were definitely a handful of songs that departed from the ‘formula’, and a handful > 0, another step in the right direction.  70% of the songs following the Cali formula definitely irked me some though.

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1 minute ago, MCDC said:

Na the guitar is not very apparent at all. It’s honestly hard to tell if half of it is even performed by Tom. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to learn a lot of the guitars were tracked by the Rubin brothers. You can hate all you want, but deep down inside I know you know that I know you know it’s possible. 

You can tell which parts are clearly Tom.  You can’t tell if it’s Tom or Rubin’s tracking something while Tom takes a nap on filling in some songs, yes.

both those are better than what sounded like literal samples at times on Cali/Nine.  The guitar was clearly more emphasized on OMT and you’re just being a nuisance to say otherwise.

[Knuckles]

Just now, Elite Takes - this is jan said:

You can tell which parts are clearly Tom.  You can’t tell if it’s Tom or Rubin’s tracking something while Tom takes a nap on filling in some songs, yes.

both those are better than what sounded like literal samples at times on Cali/Nine.  The guitar was clearly more emphasized on OMT and you’re just being a nuisance to say otherwise.

You’re a nuisance!

[Bucko]

"You're so good but you're no good for me" the irony in this lyric.

Skiba, incredible musician, grateful for him keeping blink alive during a shit period, but he was never the right fit and glad blink have acknowledged that no-one else would be aside from Mark Tom and Travis.

Some great songs in the skiba era but thankful our lord and saviour is back.

[Ghost]

On 12/3/2024 at 1:54 AM, Elite Takes - this is jan said:

This is true, except tbf are there Feldy fans and to be also fair I would probably not even notice much if Feldmann produced OMT.

His influence was worse than the production. Have to think he was the one selling the “whoas” and nanas and just neutering them altogether on any deep/real thought and keep it as basic as possible.

I was referring to this. You put it out much better than me. OMT production and sound has been discussed too. 

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On 12/4/2024 at 2:00 PM, Ghost said:

I was referring to this. You put it out much better than me. OMT production and sound has been discussed too. 

u said the start/here something was generic, but wat if, despite it being generic it hits u right in the heart?

this is a fantastic and while they r still milking that ta da da ta da da riff thing, it works again there so its all gud