I know blink would have been nowhere near as popular without the production behind them, but to hear these songs without the clean, boring, overproduced sound to them is so refreshing.
Not saying that Enema of the State was overproduced whatsoever (I love the sound of that album) but there's something really special and charming about listening to these demos :)
Dude Ranch is their best and purest album musically and perfectly produced. Enema of the state is great, but it feels like the production was overdone because the songs were kinda cheesy and written for a mainstream audience. I'm probably biased though. My first concert at 16 was Blink with Unwritten Law and Assorted Jellybeans in 1998.
@@shxpsixcreative4318, respectfully have to disagree with you on that statement. There is a certain charm and undeniable interest in being able to hear the beginnings of these songs that grew and progressed into an album that touched millions of people's lives, yours most likely as well since you are here and commenting. To this day one of my favorite albums was from a local band in TN, named 'Code Blue', which was also a rough-cut demo. Sadly I lost my copy years ago but I still think of that album and those songs often and fondly. Wish I could hear them at least one more time.
Fun fact: they all loved Mark's bass lick for "Life's So Boring" that it was reused as the main riff for Story of a Lonely Guy on TOYPAJ in a different key!
1998, colourful Hurley clothing, baggy cargos, this gives me such surfer/skate vibes! The demos of enema sound so much better! It's slower, in a lower tuning, and sounds raw. It also sounds more emotive too.
@@Kurmudgeon I think Anthem worked best with the full sound that Jerry gave Enema. To each their own. Only problem with Jerry Finn's production is that sort of thing is a bitch to pull off live, know what I mean? The audience likes to have sound with the same intensity at shows as they're used to hearing on an album, and that rarely happens--but it almost never does when the album is heavily produced. On the other hand, Enema was the album that got lots of people digging Blink, and that kicks ass.
It was the single for Mark, Tom and Travis show. Not Enema of the state. It was recorded AFTER, Enema. Hence, why Mark, Tom and Travis show was also titled, Enema strikes back.
@@IceBreakBottle Almost correct. It was written to be on Enema, but they couldn't get the lyrics right in time, so they left it and worked on it more and then released it on TMTATS
@@emfraridades7261 nah, I like it, since it provides alternative take. Is more raw. But yes, large part of music is production / post production. Especially in the modern era. And musicians always use some external engineer to do it. But in this day and age it can be boring at times too if it all follows similar post production tools and techniques. For example, sometimes I laugh at how cheesy some of the pitch shifting / DSP work on Tom's voice is in some albums (but that is modern music in a nut-shell). Tom has never had a naturally 'good' voice (like Elton John has, where he was doing natural pitch shifts back in the day before computers were even used in production), but Tom's crappy natural voice suits the raw punk at least. Anyhow, that's just my opinion. And end of day that's what music is, opinion. So it's always good having alternatives, give people the options to hear different versions, etc.
I don’t think any real blink fan will argue with you about the awesomeness of Cheshire Cat , but anson was just saying that this enema was produced and mixed very well, which is the truth.
@@masterblaster8354 Maybe just to impress his girl. Well, another line is different: "and you're still more amused by prank phone calls". I can't understand what he's saying here, it's fast and I'm not a native speaker. Sounds something like "I guess you'd be amused by prank phone calls".
I know that Enema Of The State is a huge record with lot of bangers but, just imagine if "Man Overboard" would have been in the album. Just imagine that!!
I liked the sound on Dude Ranch for the most part. It needed more bass guitar in the mix, but I'll say that about damn near everything that isn't from Sublime. I wonder what Cheshire Cat would have been like if it sounded good. M+Ms and Wasting Time turned out pretty good, but overall the album sounded like it was recorded in a back alley on a fifty buck tape machine they found at a garage sale.
Blink is this. This is what all blink sounds like. From flyswatter to dogs eating dogs. When they play live, this is exactly what it sounds like when they write their songs. Jerry is a producer which is an entirely different element of the band when you hear it radio ready. Appreciate everyone's part in the masterpiece known as enema. It's the quintessential pop punk album of all time. I say this being the biggest dookie fan. Gotta give credit where credit is do.
@@anaranjadisimo I am not a blink fanboy or the biggest fan of Eots, I prefer their earlier work when it was more raw but eots was nothing but catchy songs, front to back. Not saying your opinion is wrong, I am just saying that eots was honestly a good pop punk record.
Well, it probably does, in fact it probably happens all the time just about everywhere and the first people to back me up on that are probably Blink-182 themselves. I still love 'em though!
if you listen attentively to the Dumpweed it will become obvious it's Travis on the drums because Scott never used hats diversely and/or halftime snare pre-fills. I prefer Scott drumming to Travis because I like oldschool underground punk patterns but I don't say Travis is bad or smth, they both are very solid drummers in their own areas /upd couldn't even imagine that this comment will get any attention, thanks blink-fans, stay safe and healthy in these dark days
I used to really love scotts playing! still do - because he is the classic drummer - but man...travis real is a superior drummer. they both know it. no shame in that. travis simply honed his craft more with the drum kit. but the tracks scott recorded, I'll always prefer to listen to his version.
Man yeah, Scott and Travis take different approaches. But, Scott’s drumming will always have a place because it’s nostalgic for me. When I listen to those old albums like Buddha and Cheshire Cat takes me back to a place of no responsibility. 😆
Scott's drumming is a lot "looser" so it definitely has more of that raw and sloppy punk energy. It's really interesting how just listening to the drum hits on Mutt compared with the other songs can tell you who's drumming.
Lol, so what you're saying is that any dogshit song, from any tom, dick or harry, just needs the right producer to make them famous? I look forward to many further revelations of yours.
Thanks Mr Finn for doing wonders for punk rock both mixing and producing: The muffs - The muffs (1993) Dookie - Green Day (1994) About time - Pennywise (1995) …and out come the wolves - Rancid (1995) Insomniac - Green Day (1995) Dear you - Jawbreaker (1995) Destruction by definition - Suicide machines (1996) Hitler bad, vandals good - The vandals (1998) Life won’t wait - Rancid (1998) Enema of the state - Blink-182 (1999) Fenix*TX - Fenix*TX (1999) And so many more We miss you Jerry
Imagine if this version released instead of the redefined and shaped final release of this album. For me it would've get to sell likely 2 or less million ships.
That beginning bass riff for life’s so boring seems to have inspired Story of a Lonely Guy’s given they are exactly the same. Also, the Mutt demo was recorded with Scott Raynor and not Travis.
The difference in production and performance on these old, sometimes half-written versions makes most of these feel unsurprising to have been written off the back of Dude Ranch, such as Anthem and most surprisingly Man Overboard which reminded me a bit of Lemmings in this version.
