Nostalgia
So AP's april fools joke was that TBS broke up (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=972902). but the thread somehow got derailed into everyone remembering about when tell all your friends first came out. Majority of the posts talked about the Rufio/Brand New/TBS tour which was the first time I ever saw them.
all the following quotes I completely resonate with and have been preaching for the past few years:
"The thing that bums me out most, is that there is not a single record that will come out that'll make me feel the way I felt the first time I heard TAYF and a shit ton of other records like Save The World, Lose the Girl, Say It Like You Mean It, Through Being Cool, Take This To Your Grave, Something To Write Home About and a ton others. Just 98-03 was so clutch for 'the scene'.
I don't know if it's because I'm getting older of that era died. Or it died for me because i got older. just bums me out to think about."
"TAYF is the ultimate sing-along for a car ride full of people."
"Taking back sunday is just one of those bands whos name sends chills through me... the opening to cute without the e instinctively pumps adrenaline through my body."
"man, i think i listened to TAYF for at least 3 months exclusively every day on my walk to school in 2002/2003"
"I miss what this band used to be. They were THE definition of what a band in the scene was all about. Energy, emotion, passion, and fun.
Tell All Your Friends is such a soundtrack for my life. There's no telling how many memorable moments I have to that record. It honestly makes me sad that I probably won't have that sort of connection with another album ever again. It was in the right place at the right time.
That was the album that made me feel like I was a part of something special. Everyone I knew that was into that album loved it dearly. There wasn't anyone who was like "Oh yeah, Tell All Your Friends, that album is alright." Those songs became a part of us, and for me, they still are.
I could go on and on. I adore this album, and I adore what they used to stand for. I miss it so fucking much, but I'm glad I was there when it began."
"My old, old, old iPod had 'literate and stylish, kissable and quiet' engraved on it. I thought I was so cool."
"'ll never forget the first time i saw TBS at the Knitting Factory in downtown Manhattan. My all time favorite venue (RIP) was a sardine can but had just enough space for moshing and frantic sing-alongs. You never felt so close to a band. And the band and the music weren't even the best discoveries of the night; it was the community. It was during a time when "emo" was still something to be proud of and not a vomit-inducing stigma. It was still fairly small and studded belts and chuck taylors weren't ubiquitous enough to be cool. In any case, it was amazing, beautiful, there were unified screams from 16 to 21 year olds at large, and the stank of cigarettes, beer, and sweat. Also, Adam nearly slugged me in the face with one of his mic tosses- i'm sure i'm just one of MANY.
And let me not forget to mention that it was a triple-headlining tour with Rufio and Brand fucking New. It was an unforgettable experience and it changed my life.
Long live the pre-commercialized Emo days."
"I'm glad I read this before I posted, because I was going to say the exact same thing. When you listen to the albums that came out of the early 2000's you can almost taste the energy and emotion because it's so palpable. Nothing like that exists today, and I almost feel bad for anyone growing up in this music scene right now because of that. There are not many things I miss about being 14-18, but to have the visceral responses I had when I first heard TAYF, YFW, TTTYG, Save the World Lose the Girl, etc is first on the list."
"The first time I saw TBS in the summer of 2002 they opened for FATA, along with Coheed and Cambria, upstairs Palladium in Worcester, not even close to selling out. I remember Adam hardly ever singing into the mic and throwing it around for practically entire songs. I saw them later in the year at Axis in Boston when they headlined along with Coheed, The Exit, and MCR. Crowd was crazy and they played every song they had at the time."
"It's unfortunate that so many shitty pop bands get lumped into what this scene used to be, and everyone writes it off. A band like Taking Back Sunday was the escape from a band like Metro Station.. but in 2009 the two (and any related bands) are linked together.
In 1998, Refused nailed it, commenting that you can't play the same style of music for too long before it becomes accepted, watered down, and no longer serves the purpose it once did. I'm waiting to see exactly what will replace the late 90s/early 00s "emocore" that was an alternative to mainstream."
"Nothing better then going balls out singing cute without the e..."
amazing. just in time for a bike scene in 2 weeks.
all the following quotes I completely resonate with and have been preaching for the past few years:
"The thing that bums me out most, is that there is not a single record that will come out that'll make me feel the way I felt the first time I heard TAYF and a shit ton of other records like Save The World, Lose the Girl, Say It Like You Mean It, Through Being Cool, Take This To Your Grave, Something To Write Home About and a ton others. Just 98-03 was so clutch for 'the scene'.
I don't know if it's because I'm getting older of that era died. Or it died for me because i got older. just bums me out to think about."
"TAYF is the ultimate sing-along for a car ride full of people."
"Taking back sunday is just one of those bands whos name sends chills through me... the opening to cute without the e instinctively pumps adrenaline through my body."
"man, i think i listened to TAYF for at least 3 months exclusively every day on my walk to school in 2002/2003"
"I miss what this band used to be. They were THE definition of what a band in the scene was all about. Energy, emotion, passion, and fun.
Tell All Your Friends is such a soundtrack for my life. There's no telling how many memorable moments I have to that record. It honestly makes me sad that I probably won't have that sort of connection with another album ever again. It was in the right place at the right time.
That was the album that made me feel like I was a part of something special. Everyone I knew that was into that album loved it dearly. There wasn't anyone who was like "Oh yeah, Tell All Your Friends, that album is alright." Those songs became a part of us, and for me, they still are.
I could go on and on. I adore this album, and I adore what they used to stand for. I miss it so fucking much, but I'm glad I was there when it began."
"My old, old, old iPod had 'literate and stylish, kissable and quiet' engraved on it. I thought I was so cool."
"'ll never forget the first time i saw TBS at the Knitting Factory in downtown Manhattan. My all time favorite venue (RIP) was a sardine can but had just enough space for moshing and frantic sing-alongs. You never felt so close to a band. And the band and the music weren't even the best discoveries of the night; it was the community. It was during a time when "emo" was still something to be proud of and not a vomit-inducing stigma. It was still fairly small and studded belts and chuck taylors weren't ubiquitous enough to be cool. In any case, it was amazing, beautiful, there were unified screams from 16 to 21 year olds at large, and the stank of cigarettes, beer, and sweat. Also, Adam nearly slugged me in the face with one of his mic tosses- i'm sure i'm just one of MANY.
And let me not forget to mention that it was a triple-headlining tour with Rufio and Brand fucking New. It was an unforgettable experience and it changed my life.
Long live the pre-commercialized Emo days."
"I'm glad I read this before I posted, because I was going to say the exact same thing. When you listen to the albums that came out of the early 2000's you can almost taste the energy and emotion because it's so palpable. Nothing like that exists today, and I almost feel bad for anyone growing up in this music scene right now because of that. There are not many things I miss about being 14-18, but to have the visceral responses I had when I first heard TAYF, YFW, TTTYG, Save the World Lose the Girl, etc is first on the list."
"The first time I saw TBS in the summer of 2002 they opened for FATA, along with Coheed and Cambria, upstairs Palladium in Worcester, not even close to selling out. I remember Adam hardly ever singing into the mic and throwing it around for practically entire songs. I saw them later in the year at Axis in Boston when they headlined along with Coheed, The Exit, and MCR. Crowd was crazy and they played every song they had at the time."
"It's unfortunate that so many shitty pop bands get lumped into what this scene used to be, and everyone writes it off. A band like Taking Back Sunday was the escape from a band like Metro Station.. but in 2009 the two (and any related bands) are linked together.
In 1998, Refused nailed it, commenting that you can't play the same style of music for too long before it becomes accepted, watered down, and no longer serves the purpose it once did. I'm waiting to see exactly what will replace the late 90s/early 00s "emocore" that was an alternative to mainstream."
"Nothing better then going balls out singing cute without the e..."
amazing. just in time for a bike scene in 2 weeks.