Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 293

Yeah S/T gave us some great John screaming moments that I really really missed from the band.

I am owed this now, I am owed this now, I AM OWED THIS NOWWWWWWWWWW

 

Yeah like, Head Club is probably the weakest song on TAYF but just the back and forth vocals alone make it a fun sing/scream along. It could never be listed in the bottom of songs for me.

 

Lovee that song

 

Also this band's closing songs are probably the weakest out of all my favorite bands tbh. I only like a few of them and outside of Slowdance, I don't know if I rank any of them in the top few songs on it's respective album.

 

I guess I take that back because Everything Must Go DOES rank in the top few songs from NA for me, but I also find NA weak overall so probably not the best compliment from me lol

But could never get much into I'll Let You Live, Call Me In the Moring is okay but not superb, Nothing At All is good but lots of better songs on teh album, and couldn't get into I'll Find A Way much either.

 

Self titled is such a bad album, and a majority of those songs I'd rank as the worst TBS songs, but Money isn't one of them...

 

Really? I'd put Call Me right behind slowdance for best closers.

 

I just revisited self-titled for the first time in years, and aside from a few weaker tracks i enjoyed it. I really don't hate any of their work

 

I like it, and liked it a bit more when it first came out, but it lost its luster for me a bit over time.

It does provide some more good John screamy moments though towards the end lol

 

The spotify bio:
"How have Taking Back Sunday managed to not only survive but thrive through their prolific career? The answer is simple: By constantly innovating."

...

 

as far as closers go,

Slowdance -> EMG -> Call me -> Head Club -> Let You Live -> the happiness is and tidal wave closers

 

"Innovating," is quite the stretch. LOL.

 

That bio is a little hyperbolic, but I do feel like each of their albums feels unique from the previous one. They're not a band that's afraid to experiment with their sound.

 

lol there's this Newsday writer for the entertainment section that ALWAYS writes up stories about TBS whenever they have new albums or are playing a big hometown show on the island and he alllwayss writes stuff like this, like super over-complimenting, massive hyperbole like that and it always makes me have this exact reaction

 

I wouldn’t say innovating but I also don’t think they’ve ever had two albums really sound the same. Part of that is lineup changes of course but there was definitely growth and progression from each album imo. Self Titled works almost as a reboot of sorts so even that has an abrupt change in sound from where they were before it.

the two closest sounding albums are probably HI and TW to be honest

 

(I also think their changes are more subtle and always suffered from being compared to a certain other band that obviously did the progression and sound changes way better than TBS managed)

 

Slowdance > I'll Let You Live > Nothing At All > EMG > Head Club > Call Me > Whatever closes TW

 

Sad Savior is peak John

 

Agreed. Innovation?...no, but they've certainly evolved.

 

I don't think simply not having albums that sound the same necessarily equates to them being innovative... if anything the album they were probably most innovative on was New Again and it's a widely regarded fan least favorite or among the bottom tier. LN and S/T have a lot of similarities in sound i think but you can equate that to Eric Valentine doing the production.

 

I think I'm the only one on here who thinks Sad Savior is terrible

 

As for ranking closers:

Everything Must Go > Slowdance on the Inside > Call Me In the Morning > I'll Let You Live > Nothing at All > Head Club > I'll Find a Way

 

No I’m with you on that one. I’m really not a fan of John’s screaming on the self titled which seems contrary to everyone else too lol i think he’s a good songwriter and instrumentalist for the band but most of the time I can’t get into his vocals

 

I don't think it's terrible, but I don't think it's great either. Just, meh.

 

I prefer John's screaming to his quiet-talky voice singing that he sometimes employs, by a large margin TBH. I really wish he'd employ the scream/impassioned singing more often haha.

Not that the quiet singing is always bad. His quiet parts in It Takes More are great.