Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 514

weird posts!

 

What I've learned (which is largely evident by the AP Oral History) is that Eddie and Mark were the ones causing a lot of drama.

 

Who honestly cares about Antonio Longo in 2025? What sort of insight would he have from his time in the band ... 25 years ago ... that he feels the need to insert himself into this?

 

1999 all over again!

 

99.8% of people don't even know who Antonio is or that he was ever involved in the band haha

 

I kinda liked "Lullaby"

 

Considering Eddie's stuff I find it weird he throws his sobriety in there like it was a problem with TBS, seems hard to imagine. Anyways I wasn't looking forward to it getting uglier and glad that's seemingly the end of it

 

It is kind of weird how many times I've been at a TBS show and somebody in the audience yells for Summer Stars...

If he's been working with Eddie, who seems to still have an issue with TBS, I don't find it all that weird that he would throw it in there as a little dig, especially after everything that happened over this weekend. It still does feel like finger pointing and not fully accepting that your actions while not sober may have played a role in how things unfolded, too. I know that not taking responsibility is a big part of struggling with addiction but this (and honestly, the way Eddie still acts after it's been many, many years) feels very telling to me. I hope that he finds the support he's looking for, and it seems that at least one person is looking out for him with the way this is worded relatively drama-free (and the absence of some of the comments on the old posts either being deleted by him or the person who wrote them).

 

Would be wild if TBS didn’t release any statement at all

 

The fact this was released without something accompanying it from them/wasn't immediately shared by their accounts, makes me wonder if they even knew this was coming today. I have to imagine they've had something drafted for a little bit now, but there's probably a lot of calls happening behind the scenes before they hit post on something, especially if they want to make any changes to what they planned to say based on what happened this weekend and the wording of Mark's post.

 

why do they need to? mark issued a statement. it is fully time to move on and passed it.

 

mark went on a weird social media firestorm last week, calling adam out by name, and now we want the band to just issue a completely fake "we wish mark the best" kind of post, so, what we can feel better about it? lol

its very clear there is bad blood, so, best just move on.

 

Yeah I dont see why they would need to make a statement. If anything it seems like their radio silence has been in an effort to take the high road and protect Mark.
I was just watching an interview TBS did at When We Were Young in October, which was like 6 months after Mark left, and they were still talking kindly about him. From the outside looking in I get the sense that they still care for the dude but his addiction issues were causing problems for the business. They'd probably rather not air out his dirty laundry to the world.

 

Wasn’t Eddie supposed to comeback to TBS when he originally left?

 

Exactly. So him showing back up again is pretty weird.

 

Any word from TBS would just be redundant, doubt they fake any good sentiment after all his shit talking the past week lol

 

IIRC they said that Eddie would be welcome back any time whenever he’s ready, but something broke down somewhere along the way that made it so that may never actually happen

 

This mayyyy still be my favorite TBS lineup/performance from them.

It's so nuts hearing Adam talk in his normal voice in the in-between bits

 

it’s my favorite TBS anything. I’m a fazzi head though. I LOVE his voice on this album

 

Maybe it wasn't good enough, but he gave you all he could

 

Eleven and Summer Stars were the best ones from that demo IMO

 

Fazzi forever. Happy Body Slow Brain was sooo underrated. I was pleasantly surprised to see he's been playing in Rx Bandits, when I saw them last year.

 

I'm currently listening to New Again. We don't have to repeat the NA discourse again, but I just want to point out it was a huge mistake not making Summer Man a single with a big push. Everything about that song from the production to the Beach Boy esque harmonies at points....it just screams radio single.

 

I've thought this. especially with the album's early summer release. It would've been great for a late summer single. Instead they played....Where My Mouth is on that Alexa Chung show Fuse tried to do. Feelings about the record aside, it feels like Warner kind of fumbled this one a little bit too.

 

I find it so weird how willing to reconnect all these ex-members are. Maybe behind the scenes they are friendlier with one another than I’d imagine, but man, if I were in Eddie’s shoes the last thing I’d want to do is reconnect with Mark or anyone else in TBS if I felt like they did me dirty the way he has made it out to be. Ghosted for years but now Mark is out too and needs a hand so you got him? idk man that’s more mature than I’d be in the same situation I guess.