1) I wasn’t prepared for this comparison to be mostly accurate. 2) Like 5 different parts of this song are now stuck in my head.
I refrained from saying anything when he was recording this song because I assumed they were just filler lyrics to shore up the melody. honestly surprised nobody stepped in & was like “are we set in stone on these lyrics?”
I’m guessing that he worked with a producer who is a good friend and that person took a backseat in offering constructive criticism on the lyrics because he knew Mark is working through some stuff
The music is pretty good though, I enjoy his music writing for sure. But yeah the lyrics need some work. Singing isn’t that bad!
The chorus of that song is so bad that I'm officially questioning any songwriting credit he's been attributed by TBS outside of drums
I'm curious to hear the full thing. Sure, he doesn't seem to be a good singer and the rough production isn't doing him any favors, but it's not like questionable singing and lyrical skills have stopped bands from the scene before The comparison to Paramore's Jeremy made me lol. Now that was extreme! This time I expect the music to be decent at least, even if probably rough from a production standpoint
You know what, I'm actually reminded me of Josh Farro or Cody from The Dangerous Summer's solo stuff. Not sure if that's much more favorable
Matt Rubano said something similar on a podcast several years ago, but doing so would require a team a dozen of fact-checkers to make sure all sides of the story from all the different band members are corroborated, and that the whole story (at least what he was aware of until he got kicked out) is pretty crazy.
I think it was a Going Off Track episode from 2013. Its a really good listen. He talks about how he discovered the bass and how he got the opportunity to play on Lauryn Hill’s album and his time in TBS.
If they get started now, they’d have just under 4.5 years to get it done before the band’s 30th anniversary.