Blink 182: Touchdown Boy (LIVE) September 14, 1997 at EL DORADO SALOON, Carmichael, CA, USA

Blink 182: Touchdown Boy (LIVE)
September 14, 1997
Filmed on location at EL DORADO SALOON, Carmichael, CA, USA
Special Thanks to
Tom DeLonge - Guitars, Vocals
Mark Hoppus - Bass, Vocals
Scott Raynor - Drums
of
BLINK 182,
MCA Records,
Cargo Music Inc.,
Less Than Jake,
&
El Dorado Saloon
Filmed by WHAT'S THE STORY? Television Productions

[@colesmith1178]

Say what you want about Tom but playing and singing that verse at once is no joke

[@senseless1685]

I always thought the same its simply incredible

[@Toto-dd4hj]

With downstrokes too

[@richmeier]

And strat below the waist.

[@Hannuraina]

yep. just stumbled on this trying to learn the riff. pretty nutty

[@picklechin3061]

I can do it lol

[@lilstjimmy]

Jesus Christ Tom, playing that verse, all downpicked, with low-slung strat, faster than normal and while singing? The dude's a machine!

[@analogsignal]

If you think THATS low slung ….

[@NextInLine008]

@Joshua Montgomery tom is like 6'3 though so it's pretty damn low slung

[@drakeandco]

sorry you hate your spine so much

[@obahrey5197]

@@stockquarrelIt is though. The full verse downpicked.

[@lilstjimmy]

@@stockquarrel ☝️🤓

[@pantsnjacket381]

Scott had power and resilience like no other.

[@themanfromvolantis]

Didn't he. I was just thinking he's so good. Battering the drums into submission. I like Travis but Scott was a bloody good drummer as well. Respect to both.

[@MolliOlli182]

Tom used to be a beast at playing fairly complicated riffs fast and singing at the same time.

[@peter9111]

Until he was abducted and cloned by aliens

[@MolliOlli182]

@@peter9111 Sadly, the clone was never much of a guitarist nor a singer

[@Neockoen]

Scott Raynor was great for this band with that energy

[@zacherywatkins9539]

Agreed! I always liked Scott Raynor better than Travis Barker.

[@sarazar8218]

Scott was raw as fuck. Loved it@@zacherywatkins9539

[@leilanikaiawelacuesta7771]

@@zacherywatkins9539 Absolutely 100%!!

[@saffronthurkettle6795]

It seems like Tom’s trying not to laugh at Mark’s faces and failing miserably but still a great performance of touchdown boy

[@greywhiteman5707]

Scott was a beast 🤘

[@jasonlowrey8317]

Are used to go to this place every Friday and Saturday night for about four years. It was the best place in the Sacramento area to go to pick up on the women. I miss those times very much. I miss all the friends I made their.

[@justinTime077]

I miss when Tom had fun at these things

[@TheRoarWithin]

I love how little they have changed.

[@arissudiebyo1804]

Scott .... we will sitll loving you👍👍👍

[@ibon473]

the band i fell in love with

[@h.martinez3424]

Best band ever

[@saffronthurkettle6795]

Haha it seems like Tom’s trying not to laugh at Mark’s weird faces and failing miserably still a great performance of touchdown boy lol

[@bibekster8910]

watching this after so many years, makes me feel alive again! : )

[@whatsthestory2612]

You are alive brother! Rock on!

[@fabsonguitar]

Tom play this song really incredible, and this track is so underrated

[@thumplife792]

I wonder what happened starting at 0:48 ? It looks like Mark notices something in the crowd and runs over to stop them as Tom starts backing up. After that they were trying not to laugh (outside of Mark's dance). I noticed Mark started spending a lot more time over there focusing on that one spot.

[@bobafettspetelephant2788]

So good!

[@timfast4761]

Scotty gettin’ after it.

[@BaphoRez]

That's fun

[@andyxmunoz]

Fuck - Tom was DOING it. Holy hell.

[@ezile17]

1:25 😂😂😂

[@BoX182]

Can you upload this as one single video? :D

[@senseless1685]

so true, so annoying that he cuts out even the talk between the songs

[@DV-zv4ox]

Awesome video but wtf is Mark doing from 1:24?? Even Tom is like 🤨😂

[@shawnsuave5694]

Tom just ripping here

[@burtturdison4445]

Scott is the better live drummer for this band.

[@whatsthestory2612]

Serious

[@richmeier]

The fact that Tom would say “this songs really hard to play” for What’s my age again? (Which is easy as fuck in my opinion) and plays this fairly decent while laughing with mark and the crowd shows how lazy he got over the years

[@gabriellevesque-lessard5052]

True/vrai!!

[@lilxlillix7819]

Its because the Riff on whats my age again has a lot of string skipping so it actually is a bit hard to play but the rest of the song is easy. The riffs on cheshire cat are really fucking fast but theyre actually simple. There’s a reason why tom refers to blink as “nursery rhymes on crystal meth”

[@kidguy3255]

Sounds like Tom became Joseph gribble in the last chorus 😂

[@jokosutrisno7965]

Tom emang edan skill nya

[@fastdrumming]

I wonder why they don't play this fast with travis.

[@DV-zv4ox]

I would say it's because they only play one pre-Travis song live now, which is Dammit and not particularly fast and also because they're all nearly 50 or in Mark's case over 50 lol

[@simplebutnotsolongname6642]

⁠@@DV-zv4oxDammit is actually pretty fast, one of the fastest BPM-wise I believe. The reason why it’s the only one they play from Pre-Travis Era is not only it’s the only popular songs from that era, but drumming-wise, they can cut corners in order to not exert themselves too soon; playing live, the drummer would play 1/4 notes on the cymbals instead of 8ths like the studio version; though part of that’s due to suiting the flow and energy of the live performance. And it’s played in a regular time feel instead of a double-time feel like Pathetic and Josie; more in line with what they play nowadays.

[@gabriellevesque-lessard5052]

Tom can't play that anymore lolll

[@elmerromero2207]

I was just discussing this with some friends, he CANNOT play and sing this song in this moment of time, and if he did it would truly prove he is a fucking genius

[@theotothefuture]

Maybe not as fast but I bet he can still play and sing it at the same time.