Official Blink 182 Thread

[Bad Blood]

I really like 'The Adventure'. I was really impressed by it.

[Kif]

"The War" is kinda cool actually. I really dig the intro, sounds like Inme

[chumpradio]

Sup Ben. ;) (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3OVGUV2IYY2SV0731L2ZD6FY3M)

[Bad Blood]

Sup Chris ;)

Has it uploaded yet?

[chumpradio]

Sup Chris ;)

Has it uploaded yet?
No, just be sure to not click on that wink in my post. I mean, if anyone wants it, they better not do that.
That's just crazy talk.

[Surtr]

A Little's Enough is a pretty good song actually..I like it

[Bad Blood]

No, just be sure to not click on that wink in my post. I mean, if anyone wants it, they better not do that.
That's just crazy talk.

oic

/feels silly

<_<

>_>

[Kif]

I suppose Plus 44 won't have as bigger problems with an album leak, since they aren't nearly as hyped up. Which just makes me want to listen to them more now.

[Bad Blood]

When is Plus 44 due to be released?

[Bad Blood]

I'm listening to AVA now Valkyrie Missile isn't really as impressive as I thought the opener would have. I can see what you mean about the guitar effects too, it's too much like The Adventure.

Still good though, i'd give this song 6.5/10

[form]

I've listened to a couple songs off the new AVA, nothing really impressed me. None of the songs really stick out, or are memorable. Musically, its sounds the same to me, some drumming with Tom singing :-/

But I'm still gonna have to listen to the rest.

It hurts is my favorite out of the new songs...

[Bad Blood]

I'm not impressed at all, hearing all of the album.

[dancetomdance182]

It Hurts is my favorite so far.

[dancetomdance182]

Maybe AVA will be the best band in the world. Just because there are no good mainstream bands now.

[chumpradio]

I love the song It Hurt's, except the line "Your best friend is not your girlfriend".
Tom seems to have come up with a few cringeworthy lines on this album.

[Dead Star]

The Adventure, and The War were the only 2 decent tracks on that album imo.

[Ande12333]

okay the whole album has leaked and i dont have it yet but someone said something about it being on a "punk disaster" thread or website I dont know does anyone know about this

[chumpradio]

Look on the last page of this thread mate. You may find it a hidden. ;)

[Ande12333]

Ah HA! got it

[Kif]

"Valkyrie's Missile" and "The War" are the only 2 tracks which remotely interest me. I doubt I will play this album again, there are far better albums coming out this year.

[form]

Upon further listeningage, I don't think its a bad album, but it was a dissapointment.

The songs to me aren't bad, but they aren't catchy, at all, compared to The Adventure.

But I still think its an ok album, maybe a high 6/low 7 outta 10.

[Pazz]

I'm not really disappointed in this album. But I'm not happy with it. I was alright and I will probably buy it once it comes out. Maybe after a few more listens, I will like it more.

[punkrocker-182]

Oh man i wan't it soo bad.
EDIT: How big is the file???

[form]

Like a little less than 50MB.

edit:
58 according to itunes.

[punkrocker-182]

**** thats huge.
yeah i guess im gonna have to wait.

[GuitarPunk077]

yeah i got dial up that would take forever

[yourstruly]

Man, highspeed is rad, screw that dial up thing. I like the album.

[punkrocker-182]

I hate it to, it sucks sooooo bad.

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

Alright, I've listined to the whole album a few times through.

My favourite tracks are:
It Hurts
The Adventure
The War
A Little's Enough
Distraction
and to a lesser extent, Valkyrie Missile, though it's alot lower, as I had high expectations for it.

The others just seem like fillers to me, though they will probabaly grow on me with time. Start The Machine is already getting better each time I listen to it.

[GuitarPunk077]

Man, highspeed is rad, screw that dial up thing. I like the album.



yeah i want highspeed butt i dont get it where i live

[yourstruly]

May 18 2006 8:00P
TLA SOLD OUT in 2 minutes! Philadelphia, PA

that's ****ing insane

[Surtr]

...:eek: Holy **** that's ****in' mad..

The last minute of Valkyrie Missile has to be one of the best things Tom has ever written..I love that last minute..It's just..So powerful.

[Bad Blood]

How many tickets is that?

Leeds/Reading festival sold out in 2 hours, which is like thousands and thousands of tickets.

The last minute of Valkyrie Missile has to be one of the best things Tom has ever written..I love that last minute..It's just..So powerful.

/listens

123 to that.

[yourstruly]

I've always liked that bit, since it was just the ending for that movie thing on their site.

[Bad Blood]

Yeah, that's exactly what I thought.

The Adventure is by far the best song on the album.

Turns out AVA are a bit of a 1-hit-wonder :p

Edit: The only bit in adventure which imo makes the song sound cheesier than I think it's supposed to be is "Like every single tree, reach for the sky, if you're gonna fall i'll pick you up like you for I."

It just sounds like it's meant to rhyme and makes it really cheesy 'cause the words are a bit silly.

[yourstruly]

Knowing kids these days, AVA will probably have a few hits.

[Bad Blood]

Yeah, I know some kids who only like them 'cause it's Tom, literally.

They'd be still kissing his feet if he started a boyband, or joined Westlife.

Silly fanboys/girls.

[chumpradio]

I actually really like the album I think.
It's more something I'd stick on in the background though when doing something else, or trying to relax.
I love the line in The Adventure;

"where all the children left without a trace
only to come back as pure as gold
to recite this all"

It makes me think the song is about Blink, and that line saying how all the fans abandoned him when they blamed him for Blink's break up, yet they will all return when he releases the album.

[yourstruly]

that would make sense, I'm guessing alot of the lyrics are about stuff like that.

[Dinosaur_vs_Robot]

On the album I have, the adventure isn't on it - is it supposed to be?

[chumpradio]

On the album I have, the adventure isn't on it - is it supposed to be?
Yes, it's track 5.
If you got it from my link on the other page, then I didn't include Good Day or The Adventure so that the file was smaller.

[Kif]

So apparently Angels And Airwaves covered "There Is" by Box Car Racer and "Down" by Blink-182. Can anyone who saw them last night confirm this?

[B]

I actually really like the album I think.
It's more something I'd stick on in the background though when doing something else, or trying to relax.
I love the line in The Adventure;

"where all the children left without a trace
only to come back as pure as gold
to recite this all"

It makes me think the song is about Blink, and that line saying how all the fans abandoned him when they blamed him for Blink's break up, yet they will all return when he releases the album.
I agree with this.

I actually really like the album.

Here's some info on the songs and stuff, with quotes from Tom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Don't_Need_to_Whisper

[punkrocker-182]

May 18 2006 8:00P
TLA SOLD OUT in 2 minutes! Philadelphia, PA

that's ****ing insane

I didn't know the Box office could sell tickets that fast!

[Bad Blood]

Jesus Christ!

After watching The Adventure video, looking at how much Tom has changed is stupid :(

I really like A Little's Enough. By far one of the best songs on the album.

[Pazz]

I listening to Boxcar Racer. I perfer them over AVA.

NP: Cat Like Theif

[Kif]

I'm gonna give this album another shot to impress me later on, but I wasn't loving it yesterday. It feels like a Coldplay album, except louder and with Tom's vocals to me.

[Bad Blood]

Coldplay are better than that!

[Kif]

I'm not a fan of Coldplay. Parachutes was a good and depressing listen, but I found everything after it generic and repetitive. Sorry

[Untitled]

Ive only listend up to It Hurts, and im realy enjoying this album so far.

[Bad Blood]

I listening to Boxcar Racer. I perfer them over AVA.

NP: Cat Like Theif

I love that song.

And yes, very much Boxcar > AvA

[Pazz]

I love that song.

And yes, very much Boxcar > AvA

It's hard to pic my favourite song off that album, but it would be one of the choices most definately.

[B]

I don't think boxcar are better.

I find their lyrics are somewhat childish at times and that turns me off of them a bit. I still like them but I don't believe them to be better.

[Bad Blood]

It's hard to pic my favourite song off that album, but it would be one of the choices most definately.

Definately.

For me it's probably Cat Like Thief, There Is, and Elevator, in no order.

I don't think boxcar are better.

I find their lyrics are somewhat childish at times and that turns me off of them a bit. I still like them but I don't believe them to be better.

In Boxcar?

In AvA the lyrics are more childish imo. It sounds oh so cheesy too.

[Untitled]

wtf, i said i wouldnt download this album, wtf am i doing.

Oh well, i like it, the only person to apparenrtly

[Kif]

"Letters To God" was always my favourite. The switch from the acoustic the full band was great I thought, and the acoustic does sound quite eerie.

[Bad Blood]

Yeah 123 to that. I loved the eerieness(sp?) of the whole album.

It's one of those albums which you have to listen to, to respect how amazing it is.

[B]

wtf, i said i wouldnt download this album, wtf am i doing.

Oh well, i like it, the only person to apparenrtly
I said I liked it a lot.

Funny how I'm usually opposed to most people on here :-\

But me and you have the same opinion, which is a first I believe.

[chumpradio]

wtf, i said i wouldnt download this album, wtf am i doing.

Oh well, i like it, the only person to apparenrtly
I like it.

[Untitled]

I said I liked it a lot.

Funny how I'm usually opposed to most people on here :-\

But me and you have the same opinion, which is a first I believe.
Oh right, i think its a first for me agreeing with anyone actully. Oh well. Its cool, i realy like it.

I might be saying that because i payed £40 for a foo fighters gig, that i would of liked to go to, but they were playing and clinched the deal for me. And the strokes too, oh and the subways, thats gonna own that show, so hard.

[Bad Blood]

Oh right, i think its a first for me agreeing with anyone actully. Oh well. Its cool, i realy like it.

I might be saying that because i payed £40 for a foo fighters gig, that i would of liked to go to, but they were playing and clinched the deal for me. And the strokes too, oh and the subways, thats gonna own that show, so hard.

Haha, the only band I like there is The Subways.

[B]

The Strokes are pretty good.

[Bad Blood]

Hmm, i've never really been able to get into them.

[Kif]

I only like their latest album. It's a huge improvement from their old stuff I think

[Untitled]

I like all the bands that are playing, apart from Eagle, whom ive never heard.

Note : its not the eagles, just, eagle.

[B]

In Boxcar?

In AvA the lyrics are more childish imo. It sounds oh so cheesy too.Missed this earlier. And yeah. Boxcar lyrics are very childish in some songs. There Is and Feel So are very good examples of it too.

[Get Fighted]

Ben did you get the AVA album off someone? My PC crashed yesterday and wouldn't go back on sorry. Now im at my Dad's and im going to his house in france tommmorow.

[Kif]

Missed this earlier. And yeah. Boxcar lyrics are very childish in some songs. There Is and Feel So are very good examples of it too.
Those are 2 pretty bad song choices though, since both have repetitive lyric patterns.

Angel's lyrics aren't exactly childish, but they certainly aren't imaginative. That's not to say Box Car's were. I agree that some of their lyrics were a bit poor, but hey, it fits the music well I think.

[Untitled]

Whats the deal with good day being on it? i heard it wasnt.

"I think i like today, i think its good" Im sorry, them lyrics suck.

[B]

Those are 2 pretty bad song choices though, since both have repetitive lyric patterns.

Angel's lyrics aren't exactly childish, but they certainly aren't imaginative. That's not to say Box Car's were. I agree that some of their lyrics were a bit poor, but hey, it fits the music well I think.
I know. I'm just saying. Those are my least two favourite songs by them because of that reason.

Butler: Yeah, I think a lot of it is just Tom's writing style :-\

[Kif]

I know. I'm just saying. Those are my least two favourite songs by them because of that reason.

Butler: Yeah, I think a lot of it is just Tom's writing style :-\
"There Is" isn't so bad, since it's actually a really sweet ballad I think. "I Feel So" is a good song too if you look past the lyrics.

[Get Fighted]

Well, people are gonna start arguing with me but i really liked the album. Especially It Hurts, Start The Machine, The War. Valkyrie Missile however imo sucked.

And for those who like It Hurts here is the song live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bir41mbyGLI&search=angels%20airwaves

[Bad Blood]

I can barely hear anything from that.

[Surtr]

Well, people are gonna start arguing with me but i really liked the album. Especially It Hurts, Start The Machine, The War. Valkyrie Missile however imo sucked.

And for those who like It Hurts here is the song live


For me..I'd agree with saing Start The Machine as a good song, but It Hurts doesn't seem that good, and The War isn't much to me either..Valkyrie Missile is probably the best song on there.

[Get Fighted]

I can barely hear anything from that.

Really? It sounds quite good on my pc.

[Kif]

For me..I'd agree with saing Start The Machine as a good song, but It Hurts doesn't seem that good, and The War isn't much to me either..Valkyrie Missile is probably the best song on there.
Agree almost entirely. I didn't really like "Start The Machine"

[Pazz]

I can barely hear anything from that.

It's all fuzzy.

[Surtr]

Agree almost entirely. I didn't really like "Start The Machine"
I like it..Because I picture this kinda' like..All this **** going on behind this guy, and he's just walking away from it. It's like, "I don't need to fight this anymore, I've been spending my whole life fighting this, and all I need to do is just get up, and walk away"..And I just love that kinda' feeling I get from it.

[form]

This will be like my 4th time listening to it.

The Adventure is still my favorite. Its a pretty good album...

[Bad Blood]

Ben did you get the AVA album off someone? My PC crashed yesterday and wouldn't go back on sorry. Now im at my Dad's and im going to his house in france tommmorow.

Sorry, I missed this.

Yeah, Chris uploaded it. Cheers anyway, man.

[Surtr]

I'm pissed off/depressed..I'm gonna' put this album to the test and listen to it to see if it makes me feel better.

[Ande12333]

I think that is serves well as a pissed off/ depressed album... The War is aweosme and It Hurts is probably the best

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

And for those who like It Hurts here is the song live

Yeah, that was pretty bad quality. But as far as I can tell, Tom's singing live has really improved. Tom was never a good live singer, but he actually sounded pretty close to the CD in this.

[hotcod32]

well just got the ablum... almost done and well.... its good if not grate, kind of sweet and naive really... one of those ablum i'll lission to a lot becuse its one i'll put on when i'm in a "don't know what i want on" mood, or just as something in the background when talking to friends and stuff... becuse ibasicly it just so unoffencive and nice

[Surtr]

Too true.

[These_Green_Eyes]

Well, just listened to the album. It's nothing spectacular, but it's soothing and nice to listen to. My favorite songs as of now are: It Hurts, The Adventure, and The Gift.

[form]

Man, all I've been listening to is the new album.

I like it a lot, and the Gift, is actually a good song, from what I thought.

The only problem, I can't tell the songs apart, and they sound similar, but tis still good.

[Society Sellout]

I haven't been a big blink fan ever but it intriged me when AVA was making outragous claims about revolutionizing music and crap so I had to check them out. The story behind the stuff actually intrests me more than the actual music. The music is alright but is far from revolutionary in any way shape or form.

[yourstruly]

I get a wierd feeling when I listen to AVA, like it's got a sibliminal anti-depressant in it or something.

[Bad Blood]

Tbh, even though the album isn't great imo, I keep putting it on and listening to it.

[yourstruly]

haha, wierd, i'm listening to it now and I can't stop smiling.

[Surtr]

haha, wierd, i'm listening to it now and I can't stop smiling.
The day I got it I put it on my iPod, and stepped out the door with Valkyrie Missile playing..The first time I'd ever listen to the album. I was smiling like that day would be the greatest day of my life.

As for the album, listen to it over and over in the proper order. You'll go insane, I'm loving this album now. At first I was thinking it was an ok, over-hyped album. Now it's basicly starting to live up to what Tom said. This is album kick ***. :chug:

In other news, which is still related. The lyrics from Distraction are actually really awesome.

There’s a field nearby
With words written in stone
My love will not die
Please let be known...

...The planes flew in
Their bombs did too
The city fell flat
The fires they grew...

...If that field nearby
Was still there to be used
Would you ever have known?
Those words were for you

Awesome lyrics in that song.
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So..I'll post this for lack of something better to do.

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Both my accounts are in the top 10 :p

[Hadji]

Just finished listening to the album. Honestly, I couldn't be more dissapointed. Aside from The War, the entire album sounded like one song to me. The same effects were used over and over to the point of being annoying. The music over top of the effects wasn't very good either. I found myself more bored than anything. Definitely wouldn't pay money for this.

[Surtr]

Just finished listening to the album. Honestly, I couldn't be more dissapointed. Aside from The War, the entire album sounded like one song to me. The same effects were used over and over to the point of being annoying. The music over top of the effects wasn't very good either. I found myself more bored than anything. Definitely wouldn't pay money for this.
Listen to it again and again and again. I felt the exact same way as you after first listen, now I love this album.

[form]

Listen to it again and again and again. I felt the exact same way as you after first listen, now I love this album.

123

I do the same thing, just keep it playing.

I need to get it in the right order.

[Surtr]

Thats what really did it for me..Listening to it in the right order and really hearing the theme behind each song. I also did an album review for it, but made sure not to give away anything except for the basic stuff, some lyrics and the way it makes you (me) feel.

[form]

I'll order it up later and listen to it (again), I think this will be my 5/6 time...

[B]

The day I got it I put it on my iPod, and stepped out the door with Valkyrie Missile playing..The first time I'd ever listen to the album. I was smiling like that day would be the greatest day of my life.

As for the album, listen to it over and over in the proper order. You'll go insane, I'm loving this album now. At first I was thinking it was an ok, over-hyped album. Now it's basicly starting to live up to what Tom said. This is album kick ***. :chug:

In other news, which is still related. The lyrics from Distraction are actually really awesome.

There’s a field nearby
With words written in stone
My love will not die
Please let be known...

...The planes flew in
Their bombs did too
The city fell flat
The fires they grew...

...If that field nearby
Was still there to be used
Would you ever have known?
Those words were for you

Awesome lyrics in that song.
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So..I'll post this for lack of something better to do.

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Both my accounts are in the top 10 :pYo man I'm in that.

[punkrocker-182]

does anyone know where to get blink-182 concert footage of there 2004 tour?

[Surtr]

Brandon:Your 7 (Now 8) posts ahead of my old account that hasn't been posted in since the beginning of summer :lol:

Pr-182: No idea..Check their site?

[form]

Go to the "B"s part and look at blinks vids, I dunno the year, but they have a lot of vids. (http://app.dagi3d.net/foropunk/#lb)

To punkrocker

[punkrocker-182]

k thx

[Bad Blood]

Listen to it again and again and again. I felt the exact same way as you after first listen, now I love this album.

I agree with this actually.

At first, I felt like "oh, is that it? Tom, you're an idiot" etc etc

But I listened to it more and more, and each time the atmosphere each song gives me increases. It's just an album which is easy listening but takes a fair few listens to get into it.

Tip: Play it loud. The atmosphere is awesome.

[Surtr]

I agree with this actually.

At first, I felt like "oh, is that it? Tom, you're an idiot" etc etc

But I listened to it more and more, and each time the atmosphere each song gives me increases. It's just an album which is easy listening but takes a fair few listens to get into it.

Tip: Play it loud. The atmosphere is awesome.
I did that, I just went up into my bedroom, stuck the Cd in and listened to it loud while laying on my bed.

[yourstruly]

The riff at the start of 'The War' is so awesome.

[form]

All I listen to is AVA.

How do I stop :(

[B]

Click on a different song. Maybe twice. Depending on the program you use.

:)

[form]

Haha, ok, I'll try.

NP: Back Then-Mike Jones







It was the song the pointer went to :(

[B]

LMAO

I've got some PTW going, due to your advice to listen to them.

[These_Green_Eyes]

I'm really into the song It Hurts. The two guitars blend in quite nicely. It makes me want to fall asleep. Great song, in my opinion.

[yourstruly]

I'm really out of opinions on the album, I wonder if AVA will come to New Zealand, that would be pretty rad/Expensive.

[yourstruly]

check out this photo I found

http://myspace-170.vo.llnwd.net/00654/07/11/654531170_l.jpg

[chumpradio]

Is that a small AVA logo on the headstock of the guitar?

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

Last night, I put my headphones on, so I couldn't hear anything but the music, and put the AVA album on, so I could listen to it while I went to sleep. After about 5 hours of being in complete awe, I realised it was nearly 4 o'clock, and that this album is FÙCKING AWSOME. I completly agree with what people have been saying about how it grows on you. I'm finnally starting to realise what Tom's talking about. It really is an amazing album, and though some of the lyrics aren't the best, and sound cheesy in some places, the stories they tell are beautiful, yet haunting at the same time.

I really like this album.

[10571z]

hey is the ava album out?

[Fire Away]

Since I'm here and noone else is, I'll answer you.

It leaked.

[Bad Blood]

Is that a small AVA logo on the headstock of the guitar?

Looks like it to me.

[Surtr]

Valkyrie Missile-9/10
Distraction-8/10
It Hurts-5/10
Do It For Me Now-6/10
The Adventure-10/10
The War-6/10
A Little's Enough-9/10
The Gift-7/10
Good Day-6/10
Start The Machine-7/10

Overall album rating-9.9/10 just because of the power it gives off.

[Mute Print]

I'm yet to hear an AVA song.

[form]

Are you waiting, or just don't want to.

'Cause its becoming one of my favorite albums.

NP: Distraction-AVA

[Mute Print]

I don't know. I'm probably going to wait on the album, but for some reason I haven't even bother to check out a song.

[form]

oic, I started out hating on the album, but loving the Adventure, and now I keep listening to it over and over, its good.

I will rate outta 10 later today, so I can note while I go...

[Surtr]

Yeah..I'm wondering..How long does it take for a mod to approve a review? I did one on the AvA album but made sure I didn't give anything away, just the basic feel it gives you and that kinda' stuff and rough descriptions..And it's not been put up yet..?

[form]

Try "ask the mods"

Or the Sputnik music forum, and you will get an answer, cause I dunno.

And post the link when its up :thumb:

edit:
Sputnik ask the mods/suggestions/problems

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434395

[Bad Blood]

Valkyrie Missile-8.5/10
Distraction-5/10
It Hurts-7/10
Do It For Me Now-6/10
The Adventure-10/10
The War-7/10
A Little's Enough-9/10
The Gift-6/10
Good Day-7.5/10
Start The Machine-7/10

Album altogether - 7.5/10 Not bad, but not brilliant.

[B]

You can't do a review until the actual album gets released. So you're review will be denied.

[punkrocker-182]

when's the official release date again? im to lazy 2 look it up.

[Surtr]

May 23rd.

[yourstruly]

Leaked over a month before the release, harsh.

[form]

Valkyrie Missile- 8/10
Distraction-9/10
It Hurts- 7/10
Do It For Me Now- 7/10
The War-9/10
A Littles Enough- 6/10
The Gift- 8/10
The Adventure-10/10
Good Day- 7/10
Start the Machine-7/10

It seems like I like the album much more though, I guess its better as a whole.


All the 7's shoulda been a higher, but oh well.

[yourstruly]

I like it, it's a good break from louder less easy going music, like the magority of the music in my collection is.

[Kif]

Leaked over a month before the release, harsh.
I know. Taking Back Sunday's album hasn't even leaked, and it's so near it's release.

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

I'ma rate it outta 10 too, just coz other people did... I just wanna fit in.

Valkyrie Missile: 8/10
Distraction: 8.5/10
It Hurts: 9/10
Do It For Me Now:7/10
The Adventure:9.5/10
The War:8.5/10
A Little's Enough:8/10
The Gift:7/10
Good Day:5/10
Start The Machine:7/10

Overall: 8.5/10

[punkrocker-182]

May 23rd.

Oh yeah i remember.

[Virus278]

OMG, the album has been leaked! how did u guys get it? Can u like send it to me or something?

P.S. I just listened to the full version of "it hurts" on youtube and it SUX - i was expecting so much more - what a let down. Plus, the chords at the beginning when he screams "it hurts" are the EXACT same chords from the opening of "Violence". Im a huge fan of the song violence - i actually like it so much i dont think ive heard a song by ava yet that i like better than violence. Just because they added the same chords in "it hurts" doesn't make it a beautiful song......im so angry about this

[Virus278]

ok, i just downloaded the whole album off of limewire. I haven't really listened to all of it yet (i did listen to part of each song to make sure it wasnt a fraud)but when i do listen to it the whole way through i'll rate each song. BTW, when i was looking at the lyrics i counted that like 8 of the song had repetitions at the end

[Bad Blood]

The chords aren't the same :S

[punkrocker-182]

Yeah i dont get where u said there the same either.

[Virus278]

what? are u guys serious? y dont u think they're the same?

[Virus278]

hmm - u guys are right - i just checked the tabs. The first three sets of chords are the same and the last one is slightly different. I still think its the worst song on the whole album tho

[Bad Blood]

Hmm, in a lot of peoples opinions, it's one of the best.

[DJ Ducksauce]

I'm going to play the whole album now. Even though I've had it for the last few days already.

[yourstruly]

Listen to it more than once, it gets better with each play.

[DJ Ducksauce]

I'm digging Do It For Me Now.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Ok, just finished it. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. I'll listen again later.

[Bad Blood]

I really started to like the album, but now I'm just getting bored of it : /

[Surtr]

I really started to like the album, but now I'm just getting bored of it : /
Stop listening to it you idiot :p

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

I've been listining to the album for about 4 days straight, and I'm no where close to getting sick of it. I'm just getting started. Everysong on the ablum is great, and stands on it's own, but when you listen to it through, as a whole... it's pretty damn gooood.

[Surtr]

Yeah, to listen to it as a whole really does something for you. I just picture the intire story behind it.

[yourstruly]

I've been listining to the album for about 4 days straight
eh, **** that

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

Yeah, it's pretty sad, eh? Haha. :upset:

But I have an exuse, I left my little CD folder, with all my CD's in it, at my mates house, so I only had the AVA CD, and what was on my computer...

It's okay, I've got it back now, don't worry.

[Pazz]

I have listened to it once all the way through, and started for a second time, that's on my computer. I have listened to it once all the way through on my iPod.

[These_Green_Eyes]

hmm - u guys are right - i just checked the tabs. The first three sets of chords are the same and the last one is slightly different. I still think its the worst song on the whole album tho

I love that song.

[yourstruly]

Has anyone else here with an Ipod, had any trouble with getting the AVA album put it the right order?.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Has anyone else here with an Ipod, had any trouble with getting the AVA album put it the right order?.
Change the track order in iTunes.

Whatever is on iTunes is what goes on the iPod

[MattSharpIsCool]

I'm just gonna wait for the CD to actually come out. Its better that way.

What about Plus 44? I'm sure someone has mentioned the release date, but I dont want to check back pages.

[DJ Ducksauce]

I don't think Plus 44 has released a date yet.

I might buy Plus 44, but I'm not sure about AVA.

[Mute Print]

I'll probably be buying AVA. I'm not downloading the leak for that reason.

[MattSharpIsCool]

I'll be buying both AVA and Plus 44.

I = excited

[Mute Print]

I'll be buying Plus-44 as well. Both albums should be awesome.

[DJ Ducksauce]

I'm more anxious to hear Plus 44 just because I like Mark more.

[B]

I'm more anxious for Plus 44 because it sounds better.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Have they released any more songs?

[B]

Nope.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Funny how the whole AVA album has leaked, but only 1 p44 song has been released. That one official too.

[Mute Print]

They're doing a good job of keeping it under wraps. The one song they did release was awesome though.

[B]

Funny how I like the one Plus 44 song more so than all of the AVA album :)

I think Plus 44 have a lot more potential.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Me too. Can't wait to hear how Mark and Carol's voices sound together.

I'm not a big Travis fan. Especially after that phone commercial.

[Mute Print]

That commercial was retarded, like most commercials.

[DJ Ducksauce]

First time I saw it I was like "whoa, Travis Barker on a commercial", then the weight lifting kicks in and it's like wtf?

[Mute Print]

Yeah, it was really stupid.

[B]

Lucky I don't have to watch it.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Lucky I don't have to watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSFnotAmcoA&search=travis%20barker%20phone

[B]

gay'd to the max

[DJ Ducksauce]

Indeed.

[Virus278]

Funny how I like the one Plus 44 song more so than all of the AVA album :)

I think Plus 44 have a lot more potential.

Totally agreed - i had pretty much forgotten all about plus 44 until u guys started talking about them again which is a good thing too because i think the AVA album was kind of a let down......well, i was dissapointed. I think Boxcar was a lot better than this album. Now im listening to "no it isnt" and i actually think i like it better than any of AVA's songs - i guess i just got so caught up in AVA i kind of forgot that

- go plus 44

[yourstruly]

I like "No it isn't" by Plus 44, were they joking about their music being more electronic?, I hope so. But yeah, comparing a band that has 1 song to a band who has 10 songs is retarded.

[yourstruly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSFnotAmcoA&search=travis%20barker%20phone
Haha, what a tool.

[Bad Blood]

That advert is just... Gay.

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

Maybe they are trying to appeal to the gay community?

...or maybe it's just a **** ad.

[yourstruly]

it's just a **** ad. ....

[Surtr]

I love that commercial..It's so..Stupid :lol:

[Agent_Orange]

You gays are total homos.

[B]

I don't even know why the **** you post :-\

[Pazz]

I don't even know why the **** you post :-\

I wonder the same thing, he never posts anything worth while to read and usually gets told to shut up or gets flamed in some way.

[Bad Blood]

AVA is number 1 on my last.fm this week.

Interesting info right there.

[DJ Ducksauce]

AVA is number 1 on my last.fm this week.

Interesting info right there.
Me too.

*h5*

[Bad Blood]

Wewt :h5:

[Surtr]

So far this week believe it or not AvA have gotten me through something twice and I'm about to see if it's going to a third time.

[Bad Blood]

Explain..?

[Surtr]

I feel like complete ****, everything in my life is slowly breaking apart (Or so it feels) and every time I feel like I can't take it anymore I listen to the album. And at the end I feel like as bad as it feels I can take it on.

[Bad Blood]

Oh right, I won't ask for details, man.

Hope things work out for you, and AvA all the way. :thumb:

[Surtr]

Thanks..I'm thinking I might just post my review for the AvA album in here, whata' ya think? Just to see what you guys have to say on it and stuff.

[Bad Blood]

Yeah, definately. Sounds like a plan.

[Surtr]

On tour, during the confusion of Blink-182's hiatus a man had an idea. An idea
that, if the world would work with him, he could change everything. With everything falling on you, crushing you, you can still make it, you just need to believe, to hold on.

"Just before all the blink-182 **** happened when we were in Europe, I had a really weird epiphany. My heart was beating about a hundred miles a minute for three weeks straight and it had never happened to me before in my life. I really felt like I'd been touched by something and I felt I was meant to do something massive."-Tom Delonge

A soundtrack to his life, Tom Delonge created a new band. It’s members each inspired by Tom, knowing full well that he was onto something big. The album’s name says it all, We Don’t Need To Whisper. Let’s shout this to the world. Let every single person hear the message. Let everyone know what we’re about, and if they follow us, that we can change the world.

Valkyrie Missile.

"It's a flagship song for the band. It's a great introduction to what AVA's about - that something special can come out of destruction."-Delonge

This song starts off with this eerie sounding organ. And it really gives you the feeling you’ve already hit on something big. It makes you feel like your in space. And then come’s a voice, “Can you hear me out there?”

It continues to just build up from that voice. Conversation between two people over a radio. Then at 2:15 into this song you hit this part that makes you feel like your flying through this vortex. You feel like your rushing at lightspeed right at something And in comes Tom’s voice, singing “Everyone, everyone will listen.” This song really fills you full of feelings. Right away you can sense that this is going to be something amazing.

The basic idea behind this song seems to be that something’s coming at you and it means destruction. You can see it headed right at you, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. And you know that you’ve gotta’ fight it anyways, make it through.

The last minute of this song should full out amaze you. It’s beyond words.

Distraction.

This song starts with a keyboard and a simple drum beat, and builds. Tom’s voice then comes in singing, “I’ll be your distraction.” After this you reach some of the best lyrical work on the entire album.

“There’s a field nearby
With words written in stone
My love will not die
Please let be known...

...The planes flew in
Their bombs did too
The city fell flat
The fires they grew...

...If that field nearby
Was still there to be used
Would you ever have known?
Those words were for you”

This song seems to be that the missile has hit. The problem from Valkyrie Missile has struck and you just want to be the one to distract your true love from all the pain. Everything seems to be spinning faster and faster, out of control.

It Hurts.

The title of this song is obvious. Everything is falling away from beneath you. And it hurts. Everything you’ve ever cared for is breaking off. Again, as Tom enters singing, “It hurts,” over and over you can feel it build.

The drums in this song come in and out at parts. The guitar has some cool riffs in this song also. Tom’s voice has improved too.

From this song it feels like while everything around you has fallen, your one true love has walked away. Your world is being crushed, and she walks away from you, leaving you there with nothing.

Do It For Me Now.

This song starts with a morse code sounding guitar riff, and then in come the drums. The message is being sent to your one true love. Things are bad and you need your true love. It’s a sad song without a doubt, but at the same time it’s uplifting. It makes you sad, but it still has an uplifting sound to it.

“The guitar riff makes me feel like the sun is coming over the horizon. The idea is that you're looking at this girl and everything is wrong but you know that she can make you feel like you're the only person in the universe."-Tom Delonge

At this point in the album your starting to perhaps get a little bored of it, as a lot of it sounds the same, but if you listen long enough for the next song that boredom ends.

The Adventure.

A calm beginning, that brings in a simple guitar riff. And then it builds, something this album does a lot. And then it hits you. The feeling this album is meant to give off.


And Tom comes in singing, “I wanna’ have the same last dream again, the one where I wake up and I’m alive,” which really gives off the power of this song. It makes you feel that despite how bad things are they WILL get better, all you have to do is believe.

“Hey yo, Here I am, And life’s waiting to begin..”

This song really is the idea behind the album. It’s an anthem of sorts. It’s screaming out loud the message. All you need to do is believe and this will work. And so the song ends, giving you the feeling your starting to float off.

The War.

This song has a fairly obvious meaning too. While everything is going wrong, your country goes to war. Your brother or family member joins the army. You just can’t believe that your people would do something like this. It’s just not right.

"The bodies lay black and blue, a gift from me to you,"

“The houses, laid out like targets, With the deafening sound, We watch them all go down,”

A Little’s Enough.

This song starts off with this really interesting feel to it. There’s an organ, and light drums. The idea behind this song is that what if God just came down and fixed it all. In the middle of a war, in the middle of all this coming down on you, what if god came and fixed everything? What if all god wanted from us, was to believe...And if we did believe, he’d fix it all for us. The lyrics in this song are very good too.

“Sorry I have to say it, But you look like your sad, Your smile is gone, I noticed it bad, The cure is if you let in just a little more love, I promise you this A Little’s Enough,”

Again this strongly shows the message of this album. Believe.

The Gift.

This song starts off with another space feel to it. You can picture yourself in space again. And at the chorus you can help but feel the power of this song. It’s got a strong drum beat here.

“And now, I’ll stop this storm if it rains,”

“Make the world we know disappear,”

This song really gives off the feeling that everyone is starting to realize that everything is going wrong. Everyone has seen the light, and it’s time to change the way they live.

Good Day.

This song starts off with whispering. Like something big just happened and everyone’s talking about it. And so Tom sings,

“I should have turned back, I should have known better, than to walk away defeated,”

This song is about waking up one day, and everything is good. Everything has suddenly come together. Life’s worth living again, and you don’t really know why.

This also song has the weakest and at first glance crudest line of the entire album.

“I think I like today, I think it’s good, It’s something I can’t get my head around,”

Of course if you listen to it a lot times the line slowly becomes more and more clever. It’s simple, and that’s why it seems so clever. There really doesn’t seem like a much better way to put it. You just wake up one day, and everything’s good.

Start The Machine.

Everything’s good again, so lets Start The Machine.

“I pictured being on a boat and as you're leaving a city in flames, you see a tropical island, like you're going to a beautiful place. I make references to my past in this song - 'I left the chill and voice of screams and kids and ran for shelter'. In leaving the desolation and negativity behind, you find something beautiful.”-Tom Delonge.

It’s time to put the past behind, because the future is where we’re all going, whether we like it or not. Again, this song gives off the message of the entire album.

The lyrics in this song are also really nice too, they even combine with the song “Distraction,”

“I left some words quite far from here to be a short reminder, I laid them out in stone in case they need to last forever,”

I love that line for the simple fact that it ties this whole album together. The album ends with the same piano ‘riff’ as in the beginning. The last thing you hear is what sounds like a heart beat.
__________________________________________________ __________
All together this album was with my first listen, a let down. But every single time I listened to it, it got better. Now I look at it as a work of art, this album is really beautiful. All you have to do to love it is do exactly what the message behind the album says. Believe.

10/10

[yourstruly]

Too much reading for me, but it looks like a solid review.

[DJ Ducksauce]

Wow, nice review Stew.

Gonna Sputnik it?

[form]

He did, but they won't accept it until the albums been officially released.

Stew: I read it later, can't right now...

[DJ Ducksauce]

oic, gotcha

[Mute Print]

I need to hear this album. It sounds so good.

Nice review Stew.

[Society Sellout]

Does anyone else think that this album would be 100x better if Tom could actually sing?

[form]

Tom sings just fine...

[yourstruly]

Tom sings just fine...What he said,

[punkrocker-182]

OMG that review made me wan't the CD sooo bad! Extreamly Nice review LST.
hey anyone got the AvA Leak/Download link? Post Plz.

[form]

Yeah one minute, there are a couple...

[punkrocker-182]

ok i will wait Mabye i can download in the middle of the night on slow dial up.

[punkrocker-182]

K i got one THX

[form]

Rapidshare is faster than megaup, so if you have a bad connection, rapid would be the way to go :thumb:

[CommieCanada]

ok so i listened to the AVA album like 12 times and i have come to the conclusion that while there is definatly a positive change of direction for Tom, none of these songs would sound too out of place on the last Blink album. Really. If you take out all the string arrangements and effects, its still blink 182. I showed The Adventure to a friend of mine and before he even heard the vocals he asked me if it was a new blink 182 song.

Now im not doggin the album, because its great, but it didnt live up to the hype that Tom gave it. its one thing to be proud of your work, but quite another to claim that you will make music history.

and dammit, this album would be so much better if Tom wasn't singing

[punkrocker-182]

Rapidshare is faster than megaup, so if you have a bad connection, rapid would be the way to go :thumb:

Ok i'll Check it out.

[yourstruly]

gasp, a non-believer

[punkrocker-182]

Soooo, Who's going to buy the album when it comes out?

[CommieCanada]

Soooo, Who's going to buy the album when it comes out?
me. i love the artwork

whats the deal with the movie? anyone know?

[Virus278]

ok so i listened to the AVA album like 12 times and i have come to the conclusion that while there is definatly a positive change of direction for Tom, none of these songs would sound too out of place on the last Blink album. Really. If you take out all the string arrangements and effects, its still blink 182. I showed The Adventure to a friend of mine and before he even heard the vocals he asked me if it was a new blink 182 song.

Now im not doggin the album, because its great, but it didnt live up to the hype that Tom gave it. its one thing to be proud of your work, but quite another to claim that you will make music history.

and dammit, this album would be so much better if Tom wasn't singing


Exactly - everything u said was true. I was really let down by the album - i mean, i thought it would be great, really great but..........it wasnt. Like the advertisments for the movie and stuff where u would here the clips of the songs made me think "Wow" this is gunna blow me away but basically they just found some nice sound effects then threw in some crappy vocals. Like for valkyrie missile - when i heard that song on the movie advertisment it sounded like it was gunna be a great song but the only difference between that clip and the actual song is that the sound effects on the song were more drug out and then there was about a minute or two of vocals that sounded like they were made up in a second - and it was pretty much like that for every song. The band depended too much on their cool sounding sound effects and didn't pay enough attention to making an actual musical masterpiece. /good video game filler music - didn't blow me away....dissapointing

- there, thats my review right there

(im still a big Tom Delongue fan tho)

[Society Sellout]

and dammit, this album would be so much better if Tom wasn't singing

Yeah...

Tom sings just fine...

No... no he doesn't. He's very pitchy, scoops to notes, and often sings through his nose. It may not have shown much during his blink era(though I'm not much of a blink fan) but AVA's atmostpheric textured music fleshes all the negitives of his voice wide out in the open.

[Mute Print]

Soooo, Who's going to buy the album when it comes out?
I'll be buying it. I haven't listened to the leak, but that review convinced me that it'll probably be worth it to just go ahead and buy it.

[punkrocker-182]

Yeah i planed 2 buy the album no matter what.
and if i download the leak and hate it, im still buying the album cause im such a huge Tom fan. (and im buying the plus 44 album also).
P.S. I Just Started the download!!! :D just 12 more hours :lol:

[punkrocker-182]

7 hr. 52 min. left to go.
it seemed to have sped up.

[Ross]

Wow, I could learn all the guitar parts and vocal parts and probably buy a drum-kit from ebay and learn all the drum parts in the time it's taking you.

Unlucky.

[Surtr]

Wow, I could learn all the guitar parts and vocal parts and probably buy a drum-kit from ebay and learn all the drum parts in the time it's taking you.

Unlucky.
:lol:

I secretly work for AvA and give the album good reviews..So people go buy it, hate the Cd but have still given money to Tom, who splits the profit with me :p:rolleyes:

[Ross]

And my name is Joe Strummer.

[These_Green_Eyes]

me. i love the artwork

whats the deal with the movie? anyone know?

Wow, I don't know. I have completley forgotten there was a movie. Or, there's at least a possiblility of a movie.

[yourstruly]

I probably won't buy it, because i'm poor. :(

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

I've already Pre-ordered it. :p
I have no idea what's going on with the movie.
It must be happening, coz the trailer is still on the site.
God I hope Tom doesn't star in it. I'd assume him to be a pathetic actor...
The very few times I've seen him act, he's sucked ***...

[Bad Blood]

Now im not doggin the album, because its great, but it didnt live up to the hype that Tom gave it. its one thing to be proud of your work, but quite another to claim that you will make music history.

Haha, he's made history by hyping it up so much and letting millions of fans down.

[cuts_like_drugs]

Exactly - everything u said was true. I was really let down by the album - i mean, i thought it would be great, really great but..........it wasnt. Like the advertisments for the movie and stuff where u would here the clips of the songs made me think "Wow" this is gunna blow me away but basically they just found some nice sound effects then threw in some crappy vocals. Like for valkyrie missile - when i heard that song on the movie advertisment it sounded like it was gunna be a great song but the only difference between that clip and the actual song is that the sound effects on the song were more drug out and then there was about a minute or two of vocals that sounded like they were made up in a second - and it was pretty much like that for every song. The band depended too much on their cool sounding sound effects and didn't pay enough attention to making an actual musical masterpiece. /good video game filler music - didn't blow me away....dissapointing

- there, thats my review right there

(im still a big Tom Delongue fan tho)


I just don't like the prog claims Tom has been making. He has discovered a 4th chord, it's hardly outstanding stuff. Its still an enjoyable listen, but a serious let down.

[punkrocker-182]

****! it got canceled in the middle of the night! ****!!!:mad: :angry: :mad:
it was 138mb someone said it was 50mb :confused:

[Bad Blood]

It is 50mb :S

[Surtr]

The movie is CGI'd up good. There's no actual people I don't think, I'm fairly sure it's all CGI.

[chumpradio]

The film has been delayed until 2007 anyway.
I think it'll never be released.

[Surtr]

Haha thats possible..

[Bad Blood]

What movie anyway?

[These_Green_Eyes]

The movie that Tom was talking about creating. It's suppose to correspond with the album and what he was feeling during the whole Blink-182 deterioration.

[punkrocker-182]

It is 50mb :S

witch one?
the one from mega upload? or rapidshare?
cause i did the mega upload one and it cancled.
im going to try rapidshare now.

[Bad Blood]

Megaupload

[punkrocker-182]

well i tryed it, and it was 138mb.
EDIT: rapidshare is 58mb.

[B]

Does it matter :-\

[punkrocker-182]

Yeah the 138mb takes 12 hours
and the 58 takes 4 hours

[B]

Leave your computer on instead of wasting 48 hours on here bitching about it when you could be downloading it.

[Surtr]

Leave your computer on instead of wasting 48 hours on here bitching about it when you could be downloading it.
Truth.

[punkrocker-182]

Leave your computer on instead of wasting 48 hours on here bitching about it when you could be downloading it.

yeah but that's what i did and it auto shut off cause i didn't refresh it (it's very confusing and lame with dial up).
anyway I will stop bitching very soon cause im finaley getting it tonight.

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

Has anyone seen the "It Hurts" video?

I like the song, but I don't really like the video...

It doesn't really have anything to do with the song...

I rekon it might be clips from the movie, mixed in with other random ****...

Well, anyways, good song, bad video...

[Bad Blood]

Any links?

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

I keep telling people to use this site dammit, it's really good.

http://www.blinkcentral.com

it's on the main page.

[Bad Blood]

Why has it got nothing to do with the song?

He's saying that everytime he gets close to something he wants, he always get dragged away or something.

[poo-poo-pee-pee]

The song is about Tom's friend, and his girlfriend that is 'the cheating type', as he said.
Where as the video is about some robot chick and some scientist dude going at it, then he gets killed or something...
Then some superwoman person comes outta nowhere and beats the **** outta some hooligans...
It kinda confused me...

[yourstruly]

Sounds like a really wierd video, i'll watch it tomorrow.

[Drummer Freak 911]

whats your favorite Blink-182 songs?


I Like a bunch but if i had to choose one it would be "Feeling This" :thumb:

[Ross]

Dammit ftw.

[chumpradio]

Going Away To College, Josie, STFTK, Wasting Time and Touchdown Boy ftw. :cool: