Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 379

Having your voice be your entire livelihood and still deciding to smoke heavily for decades is certainty an interesting choice that I've never understood, but I've been watching them live for 15 years and they always brought the energy and put in the effort. I've never been disappointed leaving a TBS show. Also, they're all in their 40s now. I don't expect Adam to be hanging from the rafters, crowdsurfing and beating the hell out of himself every night. It's not realistic to maintain that. It's a bummer if some of these recent shows have been lackluster, but I haven't seen this tour and live concert videos never do much for me so IDK.

 

I just still think it has so much to do with the time they are playing on this tour and size of these venues. Makes it much more noticeable. Like others said when you are in a 2-4K club and everyone is ready to sing along it just feels right. Also Adam’s persona is just interesting. I mean if they are happy and feel good about what they are doing then I can’t fault them.

 

The best these guys ever sounded was with Fazzi and then with Fred pre-Louder Now and during the Louder Now-era.

Saw them at house of blues Chicago in 06 before Louder Now dropped. They sounded so great. Those performances ended up being used for MTV. After that, I made sure to see them every chance I got. Even after Fazzi joined because they only got tighter as a band. Then the OG lineup got back together and the nostalgia was great, but holy hell the live show was a flop. Messing up songs musically and lyrically, bad drum timing…like holy shit.

 

do you mean nathan?

 

I have not seen this conversation or videos so this is my first reaction to this, but what in the actual hell is going on here? Adam appears to be in pain and also putting on some sort of stage presence act? I'm just...what?

 

YouTube and every live experience I've had with this band since 2006 shows that Adam has always sounded like shit live

 

Wow they sound exactly like they've sounded for the last decade lol

 

No, John. In all 5 or so of the videos on that youtube channel, john nolan is playing gently as if his guitar strings were made out strands of hair.

 

Meanwhile...

 

I got a reply from Fred on his YT video once and felt so special haha. I forget what I said, probably something about how much he formed my music tastes and how he was my favorite guitarist in the band

 

"you're the poster boy, their selling point, the focus for the new campaign" is the smoothest flow adam's written

 

That’s their best album easily

 

I haven't seen a full TBS since forever ago. And they were headlining one of those sets.

 

Glad to see Fred is doing well.

 

I remember having to read the liner notes on that one back in 2004. Could not make it out to save my life.

 

If you’ve gone to any TBS show since 2009 expecting Adam to sound good, that’s on you.

 

Seen TBS 21 times (22 is on Friday). They are not meant to play amphitheaters. Whether it’s with Fred (Projekt Revolution), Fazzi (Blink Reunion Tour), or John (Coheed Coheadliner), they were all bottom three performances.

This band feeds off the crowd and it’s hard to have crowd energy during daylight sets where most of the people are seated/there for the bigger bands.

They are somewhat better at festivals since people can get crazy, but where they are meant to play is indoors at small/mid-size venues. Regardless of how Adam sounds, they’ve never disappointed me with their overall performance in those settings.

 

You missed a huge opportunity to celebrate your 20th time/anniversary in this thread. Twenty is a big deal in TBS-world. You'd have been worshipped.

 

oh, sorry, i misunderstood what you meant. nathan was playing like it was his last show ever.

 

Thank you for the apology.

 

I’ll be back at 25 when they play TAYF again!

 

I’ll never not love this band.. but dang that’s rough. Adam def has gotten worse since the 20 year tour

 

God it wasn’t so bad on the twenty year tour, I swear