Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 520

There's something about the delivery of the verses in Everything Must Go that really scratches my brain nicely. That "cabinet record player with nothing but James Taylor" bit. I remember being really shocked when Everything Must Go made it into their Sad Summer setlist alongside the One and S'old before 152 came out.

 

However, Sink Into Me as a lead single did eventually translate into the "I Used to Be in Taking Back Sunday" tee shirts, because they had them made for Envy and Anberlin to wear during the one late night performance (doing the claps & heys), then made them into merch due to demand. And that was very funny to me personally, also considering they've had a thousand more lineup changes since making those shirts.

 

Watch Mark get his hands on one of those shirts if he ever makes a video for one of his songs.

 

I've still got one. Might be a bit small for him, and I doubt that yellow color looks good after sitting for this many years in storage somewhere, but if he wants it...

 

I’m surprised it didn’t happen because they were playing that song live for a year before New Again was released and the whole getting the audience to clap thing was super over and it kicked off with a sweet Rubano bass line so it was a winning formula. But I do agree it does kinda drag a little bit towards the end but whatever.

 

this shirt has not fit me since around that time...but i still have it and refuse to throw it out.

 

Whoever posted the Mark lyrics can go to hell because now that stupid song is stuck in my head

I'M BETTER THAN YOUUUUUUU

 

Kind of annoying how catchy it is.

 

It is genuinely funny that they went with those shirts as a marketing strategy kicking off this era of the band in a tongue in cheek way only to go through another line-up change 9 months later

 

A couple of my friends remade these shirts like a year or two ago and when the band saw them (including Mark, which in hindsight...) they all talked about how funny the shirts were and wished they had them.

Highly unlikely they would reprint them in 2025 as grown adults, but man. It would be fun for me personally. As long as they don't go with yellow again...who picked yellow.

 

I briefly went through a yellow v-neck phase, then I met my wife and she was like “sorry, yellow is not most people’s color”

 

So uhhh is that tour getting announced this week?

 

I absolutely love Winter Passing, it's definitely a highlight. the "stuck in the middle between return to sender" bit lives rent-free in my head

 

Only really bad song on NA is Capitol M-E. I Usually only skip that and Where My Mouth Is. Still not sure why they didn't include Long Time Comin on the record. Way better than both of those.

 

Sink Into Me AND New Again were terrible choices. Possibly my least favorite songs on the album. NA is the better one, though

 

Also strongly agree with the Carpathia love. I think it might be my favorite on the album. Just a really cool sounding song

 

I don’t love 152, don’t lump us all together

 

you'll get lumped and you'll like it

 

152 was an enjoyable few listens but I've had no desire to return to it and I hate how short it is. Definitely better than TW and S/T, but not sure I would put it above any of their other albums

 

The only song I really like on 152 is s’old

 

152 is great. I may like HI better, I’d have to listen to it again as it’s been awhile. But those two are the best post reunion to me by far. I’d put both over WYWTB and LN. TAYF may always be my favorite due to nostalgia and all that, even though it’s not their best work overall by far.

 

I thought 152 was a complete dud of a record, outside of s'old which is just ok.

 

I love the "Sink in, sink in"s that Matt does for backing vocals in Sink Into Me live. He should've sang more.

 

152 is great. Doesnt overstay it's welcome, has them trying new sounds, production is so smooth. It probably could've used another song like S'old to keep the energy up, though.

 

I'm listening to Happiness Is right now, and woof I HATE the sound of the drums on this. The snare sounds like a trash can.