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Ed Sheeran was at the Hozier show the next night as well. Genuinely rocking out in the balcony

 

Ok.Tomorrow is the day we going to get something.I feel it in my bones.

 

That's just gas.

 

I’m happy to be along on this ride with blink. This is an exciting time anticipating new music!

 

We will eventually be right!

 

It was yesterday, y’all missed it

 

let's gooooo

 

I’m ready

 

To be disappointed

 

I have long believed that "Sober" is blink's lost classic hit. I think it was just a few years too early before the "pop punk revival" really took off and if it came out right now, it could actually be a legitimate mainstream hit. Same goes for "I Really Wish I Hated You" (but "Sober" is a way better song).

 

I think that’s Darkside

 

I love Blink's version, but I still stand by that "Sober" should have been given to a pop country artist. It would have been given the proper success it deserves. I don't think it would have done any better even if it was during the "pop punk revival." It's not really a pop punk song. I agree that "Darkside" would have been the better one for that scenario.

 

If we’re talking about songs that should have been huge: Here I Am Alive by Yellowcard

 

Yeah I firmly believe if Darkside was released before Blame It On My Youth it would have been a big hit. I feel like BIOMY sucked the momentum that the band had built with California since it got such a mixed reaction.

 

Imagining Sober as a pop-country tune makes me feel physically ill.

 

it would have killed as a pop country song. it's 90% there already haha.

 

I could definitely see the chorus being worked into a pop-country song, but I've never heard a country song use a DnB pattern like Travis does in the verses haha.

 

Well yeah I would assume being reworked into a country song would mean your drumming isn't done by a pop punk/hip hop style drummer lol

 

Is it there yet?!Whats going on

 

But my point is you can't remove the best aspect of the song :)

 

It's coming up
It's coming up
It's coming up
It's coming up
It's coming up
It's coming up
It's dere

 

Haha this might get me cancelled but I said it here before I think: I think Travis's drumming on the Skiba era albums is my least favorite drumming efforts he's done for Blink. It just felt like "too much" for me a lot of times. I always loved the balance he found pre-Skiba era between going nuts and keeping it simple. I assume it was a specific style choice he made, it just wasn't for me I suppose. I preferred his drumming on the MGK and Willow singles bloody valentine and....transparent soul?) more tbh.