Blink-182 2003 Recording Sessions

[@hysteria347]

This was them at their creative peak.

[@mwboost]

I've always said the same. This album was a beast of a blink album to me.

[@timothym3777]

Yep

[@mwboost]

@Brian Rodriguez He wanted to use the tools he had access to, not turn blink into AvA. Sure there were hints of Ava but still very much blink. Mark and Travis wanted to go down shitty path of working with other writers. Which they did and now the music is forgettable, nothing memorable these days.

[@HoldYourMarbles]

Their self titled album was my least fav by a country mile this includes their post Tom efforts

[@bluepearl_22]

@Wise Man What the fuck are you talking about, "I Miss You" is one of the most successful singles of their career and in their top 3 all time hits, right next to "Small Things" and "WMAA". Plus, Blink wouldn't have held on to their prime anyway. The early to mid 2000s were the peak of the pop punk era. After that the scene has pretty much faded away from the mainstream scene along with its biggest bands.

[@1Muzition1]

RIP Jerry Finn

[@aidanclark9616]

:(

[@scl17freak]

Wow that last scene from Not Now....amazing to see it in the process of being written. The last line ended up being "I'm right here waiting." He also changed it from "let's dance" to "please stay" at the beginning. One of the best blink songs ever

[@SidneyRoks]

I miss Tom... He was really awesome.

[@magg93]

He's back

[@siddersa]

@@magg93haha I forgot I made this comment. I saw them live this year!! So happy he’s back ❤️❤️❤️

[@siddersa]

Oops realised this is on another acc lol

[@magg93]

Saw them live too for the first time in life this year, dream come true!!@@siddersa

[@ephemeral7043]

hello ,me from 2027... tom is leaving band again lol

[@xhappymochix6029]

whoa the lyrics for Asthenia changed a lot

[@hunterhenry5236]

so cool to see him trying to figure out "Not Now", knowing what the finished piece sounds like. sounded so different back then.

[@drummerAVA]

One of Blink's best songs...

[@skylerkelly597]

so true

[@snowtrooperlml7372]

Can someone tell me what is he saying there? I cant hear so well

[@Conradlovesjoy]

@@snowtrooperlml7372 lets dance / until im gone / im here hold on / to me im right here / im leaving

[@snowtrooperlml7372]

@@Conradlovesjoy thanks But i mean about 33:32 Please :(

[@backtoemocovers]

this was recorded with a gameboy color

[@stefanblois7275]

Now I want a gameboy Color

[@f3rfra]

I need new batteries for my gameboy color

[@michaelmayfield2325]

😂😂😂😂 that's hilarious

[@sleazy1822]

Actually I think it was on my old tiny tube or my game cube can’t remember

[@papadelta9485]

it was just uploaded on the internet in 2003 when everything was compressed to hell

[@paulmckinney5395]

Man the last two minutes where Mark came up with the lyrics for Stockholm Syndrome and then where Tom came up with some lyrics for Not Now were great.

[@snutyy]

Mark Hoppus is the coolest dude

[@enzobonelli4786]

He is a great english teacher

[@sebastiancarrillo1769]

Nahh... In that times he was.... Now he is so fucking boring. Tom still having the same personality than in 1997

[@evelinaeriksson8759]

@@sebastiancarrillo1769 he still has a little bit of it, but not much, but I think u can dig it up some where inside him, but honestly imagine he do this kind of things now when he is old.. 🤐

[@JillRobertsIsmyGF]

I think you mean Tom DeLonge is

[@derekhooversound]

Thank god someone compiled all the footage into one youtube video, thanks mate!

[@efraz445]

I like how at the beginning he talks about blink going into the studio for 3 months and it actually took them like a year

[@ericfrancello5054]

I remember the website said Summer 2003 haha

[@rjs3590]

Hard to believe this was 13 years ago.... I was hitting up the blink site back in grade 10 at lunch everyday praying for some leak or teaser. #nostalgia

[@MilVukovic]

+Jaime Smith Same!!

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

Ahh high school memories....

[@rjs3590]

Believe it or not, they had a forum on the website - people would often post links to demos or snips.

[@Nightowl333]

Yes!! Great memory! I remember checking their website every day in high school for months waiting for these videos, and it just made the built up excitement for the release incredible. You just knew you were witnessing the making of a masterpiece. Then I remember buying the album on launch day and I was sick in bed with a fever, and had it playing on my CD walkman on loop for days. I remember thinking it was just the perfect album at that time, I could not believe how good it was.

[@bon2yan88]

i think his name was burritos who post leaks

[@wolf_jack6640]

7:11 love that riff or whatever it is

[@timothym3777]

Even if she falls

[@sokerplair]

Wrecking hotel rooms- mxpx

[@mikesopata1954]

I like how Tom was taking his time with writing Not Now, although its an extra track it still hits hard af and in my opinion tops I Miss You and Always

[@trogman43988]

I remember watching these videos straight from their website back in 2003. Crazy. At the time it was all random new music but now I can hear the specific songs they were working on and know what the songs turned into. Mind blown.

[@MartinVanDerSande]

Awesome record. Great to see its inception in a house! RIP Jerry Finn

[@F6matt]

this brings me back to the day.....love these boys and their antics. having a f...ing good time without taking themselves too seriously, and making music.....Blink is boss!!

[@topher6_9]

Imagine going to check on your chickens and Tom Delong is out there scolding them.

[@tbountybay3080]

Cheetah I will always be grateful for your filming of this 😢 Thank you

[@arny338]

17:05 People need to understand how much talent is shown. My lord the exact solo from drum line to the t.

[@stockholmsyndrome3218]

"I can barely, barely play my instrument"

[@charlesvictoria6800]

I remember back in the day it took like 3 hours to view / download / stream each video on our DSL / cable modems. Now we can watch all these videos instantaneously.

[@chrisswartwood6960]

Seriously! I could only watch these at school in journalism class when they would drop ad it would still take forever! I remember they also had a "realplayer" live stream that would update a picture fro a potato every few seconds and you'd see pixels that looked human and get all excited. "OMG I think that pixel is Tom's Atticus beanie!" Good times.

[@lilstjimmy]

11:24 Tom and Mark are so good at harmonising, especially when their voices were so different back then

[@MikeHawk-er7bx]

That’s not harmonizing … they’re singing the same parts.

[@KSandy-iy6fg]

This the best era of them 😢

[@PrimeReclaimer]

Tom explaining what Not now meant hit so hard so fast.

[@admcglka]

Best blink album to date! I wish they would come back together and do stuff like this again!

[@davidscgg1295]

Adam Cegelka to me this or Enema of the State are the best albums

[@thomaswilson7153]

Take off your pants and jacket is my fav

[@peanutbutterisfu]

I can’t really pick any one album pretty much all of them you can listen through without skipping a track. IMO “Take Off” has one of the best guitar tones not just for blink but of all time as far as rock bands go it’s a super thick clean distortion not gritty not fuzzy I just love it, I don’t like gritty fuzzy distortion I like smooth distortion with a thick tone with mids that growel and a tight punchy low end People like to talk about all these classic rock albums like they are the best tones and don’t get me wrong many are absolutely AMAZING and some you can tell were good tones but recorded with crap equipment and sound dated.

[@vnztv4902]

2019 anyone?

[@banjoksaw930]

VNZ TV En me

[@prajwalsadashankar6972]

Blink

[@gnr311182pj]

VNZ TV actually 18 hours into 2020🤘🏻🖖🏻

[@noles0649]

The acoustic piece at 8:45 is beautiful. Anyone know what song this piece eventually became?

[@benreilly8906]

Steven Gruver “Not Now” I think

[@dteezle]

yeah basically the same as not now riff 33:05

[@kaseybryant_]

Fav blink album, + one of my all time fav albums.

[@3Hits4Felix]

9:45 that, I believe is the bridge into the last chorus of Everlong by Foo Fighters.

[@timothym3777]

3Hits4Felix hoobastank

[@tommyboim]

God I miss this. I remember waiting for this album in highschool. Everyday I’d go online and try to wAtch the live feed they were doing ( wasn’t very successful)

[@JoaquinKLEENEX]

Coffee Tea Soda Pop Pee. Coffee Tea Soda Pop Pee. Coffee Tea Soda Pop Pee. Pee on me, Pee on Meeeee! Golden lyrics from a Man in love with caffeinated beverages & showers of the urine.

[@leanlea9978]

I just realized, that audio part is from another video. I mean, you can tell for the level of the sound that is always the same no matter if he is far or near. WEIRD SHIT.

[@JoaquinKLEENEX]

@Not Sure That "Hank Hill" moment. xD

[@Sisko182]

It's funny because 6:40 is basically the intro to most Angels and Airwaves songs. Irony at its best.

[@matthewgd3]

TRUE LOL

[@MrSpencerMcIntosh]

+Sisko182 It's almost as if Tom became exactly what he had been making fun of and what he despised the most.

[@TysonIsKetchy]

+MrSpencerMcIntosh not at all

[@MrSpencerMcIntosh]

+TysonIsKetchy you're a moron if you couldn't see during most of the Blink years Tom made fun of hair bands and predictable mainstream bullshit like he does now.

[@TysonIsKetchy]

+MrSpencerMcIntosh u need a chill pill, AVA is beautiful music, but to each their own

[@patchrockit]

7:15 was such a badass thing to hear back in 2003 when I was following their website after the album release. It was also cool to put the CD in my computer to rip them and see a few music videos on it!

[@haamishmcgarry]

it always blows my mind that they wrote all those deep emotional songs but the dark hair emo look came after the album

[@ryline666]

Marketing

[@oscar18034]

actually half way through. he dyed it mid-2003. they recorded and mixed the album between like february and november when it released.

[@schizojit]

@@oscar18034 yeah fr Tom already has the emo cut during TOYPAJ

[@intoxicz]

@@schizojityeah he just hadn’t died it black yet, even during BCR era he phases in and out of the Emo hair

[@littleredguitars2]

*that feeling when you realize tom could have easily gotten his acoustic professionally fixed for a couple hundred dollars instead of smashing it on the pavement*

[@Kuhlyedascope69]

Lol it wouldnt have broken his wrist wtf its not a rubber band ive had a bridge snap out didnt do shit

[@curtiswilliams5223]

Love your covers man

[@prajwalsadashankar6972]

Omg

[@norahpaige1499]

Its tom lol is not like he didn't wanna smash that guitar

[@onwisconsin1794]

I wonder if Tom ever watches these videos from time to time, just to remember the good days with his best friends. I support Tom and all his choices in life but I have to say I’m a bigger AVA fan than I am a Blink fan without Tom. Hope he is loving life and hope Mark and Trav are doing the same

[@guylumalfaro3176]

j No - same dude, on all levels

[@onwisconsin1794]

Guylum Alfaro seriously man, it’s videos like these that make me go through so much childhood nostalgia

[@mahferrazsouhomem]

Tom is back to blink!

[@williwilliandra2764]

i miss the 3 of them

[@VasiLynch]

8:30 I’m always here to ease my mind with this guitar melody every time I feel exhausted

[@AndreaL88]

Do you know what song it is?

[@VasiLynch]

@@AndreaL88 Alas, my friend

[@RohitSharma-mi8gt]

They play it @24:36 too ! Wonder if they threw it out

[@Kuba16BVB]

Dogs eating Dogs?

[@Kuba16BVB]

@@RohitSharma-mi8gt I miss you?

[@snapascrew]

Where’s the missing videos? Running over the guitar, all the pieces of Tom on the couch with the red guitar, recording feeling this on the les Paul.... etc... there’s at least 10 more minutes of footage

[@theempire00]

This is how you make a record future musicians. Experiment, be creative, have fun :)

[@enlightenedapple]

Douchebag. Why? Foh

[@kameronmcbride2225]

These guys were so down to earth. Creative geniusds

[@Kwisatz_HaderachXIII]

I come back and watch this and the other documentary about this time period every year or couple of years for the last 10 years

[@davidhavard1908]

Best album ever. Every song is the best . I listen to this for yrs and yrs when it came out . People would say Blink suxs until they herd this album.

[@mattb.7464]

Followed irl in ‘03, back to re-live it in 2024.

[@dannyphantom907]

32:52 my best friend passed away after his birthday this past october. His gf found him on their living room floor. That description reminded me so much of him.

[@MrEzee9]

7:48 "first gentleman, you must tune" ahaha

[@soarenn8163]

Omg, Mark was playing Pokémon what a badass

[@CosmicDomino]

And Animal Crossing!

[@Lucas500ll]

Minute?

[@michaelmchenry1290]

I think the bassline at 9:38 is from the song Hideous Towns by The Sundays.

[@groovelife415]

Loved these years. Early 20's, whole life ahead of us. We were rocking out looking to the future. Now we rock out to remember.

[@Kuba16BVB]

Man I love these Dudes so much. Favourite Band of ALL Time! ❤️

[@kyzeetruthahn4406]

this is my youth... memories

[@xbadmouthx]

Wheres the part where Tom says "this is what recording an album feels like" and then he proceeds to use a kick pedal to hit himself in the nuts?

[@hungchannie428]

That’s on the MTV album launch. These are different recording

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

i miss the three of them

[@brosephthomas3764]

The bass tone at 9:38 is god tier

[@snapascrew]

Broseph Thomas that’s his bass not playing through anything that’s just the electric bass not plugged in lol

[@snapascrew]

Actual tone at 11:15

[@brosephthomas3764]

@@snapascrew I play bass, and 9:38 is clearly an amplified signal. Get your ears checked son.

[@jimchris2272]

Came here after watching ava's dream walker recording process, damn man i was missing the funny Tom already 😢

[@montgomeryp]

At 8:30, was this used as a guitar layer in Not Now? Or was this just never used at all? One of my favorite recording videos and I’ve always been curious.

[@supersonic6637]

Not now is honestly one of their most beautiful songs

[@kafkaseyebrows]

13:32 I lost it at tom telling the chickens to keep it down 😂

[@Anthony-df4bs]

I remember going to the blink website and checking everyday after school for a new video. Shit, this brings back memories.

[@mwboost]

Thank fuck for youtube. Awesome these clips are on here . I remember it was Year 11,constantly checking the live camera and seeing if any new studio vids were uploaded yet lol. Good times.

[@UBR_MXMU]

7:17 even if she falls???????

[@bluepearl_22]

30:45 - 31:12 pure 100% concentrated Tom magic right there.

[@davidjohnsully]

2020 appreciating the golden era 🤘🏻👌🏻

[@InkAndPoet]

I understand why they only show the parts where Tom and Mark are getting along, given the fact that Mark at the time was still pretty upset with Tom over the whole Box Car Racer thing.

[@bluepearl_22]

That's basically how social media works today.

[@slovely08]

I wonder if that's why Travis stuck around through the whole recording process. Not sure if it's in this video but I remember a video if him saying "normally I record drums and leave but im sticking around for this album" maybe he was doing a bit of peacemaking, or at least trying

[@Callsign_Sam41]

But Mark has openly said for years that he was never upset with Tom one bit for Box Car Racer and 100% understood his goal in that band.

[@chrislopez1391]

@@slovely08 it is in this video. and it's my opinion that Mark was actually really happy with the band at this time because of the good work they were doing in the studio. they were really having fun and making something totally new with a whole new approach. before this, I know Mark was pissed with Tom, but in these videos it seemed like they were all excited.

[@enasal-qawamshe374]

travis is a beast

[@Immafuggin182]

Does anyone else notice a popping sound to the whole video like the audio is popping in and out?

[@Superxsniperz]

Yea

[@Humblemumble7]

Sorry son, that was me and your Mother. I'll try harder next time!

[@kafkaseyebrows]

wonder if this was copied from a vhs tape

[@marknowak8172]

yeah dude like the whole time

[@arny338]

I never realized how fantastic of a piano player their producer was.

[@quadzilla60]

Ive been on guitr for 4 years now, tom nd mark got me playing guitar, fucking blink is legendary, tom, mark nd travis is the only blink ill ever know.

[@thomasd.maybank272]

I wish that guitar riff that starts at 24:18 would last forever. I could listen to it all fucking day.

[@99MarcC]

It's the chorus to "I Miss You"

[@JAKEBrakeModel94]

Bearded Mark! Woah, never seen that before. Caught me off guard

[@StevenSKS2]

7:10 - 7:40 Even If She Falls?

[@bon2yan88]

I think u r absolutely right!

[@instinctofficial8745]

StevenSKS2 kinda sounds like a prettier dysentery gary

[@OMoyeen17]

Sounds like theyre making the bridge for GO

[@HDS999]

Yea man I agree

[@poweradecuber2811]

Stay Together for the Kids

[@thesunman108]

Takes me back.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Good thing they cut out all the arguments and fighting.

[@timothym3777]

They weren't fighting at this time

[@schizojit]

@@timothym3777 where can i find the arguing videos I've never seen them argue

[@timothym3777]

@@schizojit their last tour in 04.

[@schizojit]

@@timothym3777 got any links?

[@Treyworld]

15:32 Are those the drums for 'Obvious?'

[@ellielovesbands]

Sounds to me like Feeling This

[@Treyworld]

That's what I thought. But I lined up the drums with both songs. It's obviously 'Obvious.'

[@ellielovesbands]

alright

[@markvmmm]

yes, it's 'Obvious'

[@Kuba16BVB]

Im sitting here, singing "I saw you again and again and again. There's some room to move on, to move on, to move on!" ❤️

[@KimberlyRSWorld]

Could a kind soul please tell me where i can find a physical copy of all of these sessions??? I wish i could buy a high quality version so bad. This is my favorite album. Hope it wasn't just on the blink website

[@mattjoe182]

I THINK it's on the greatest hits dvd

[@dpbucknall1992]

Did the music starting at 8:30 ever amount to a song? Love the sound of it.

[@dmpunk]

I love it too but don't think it made it into a blink song. Tbh I think it's very similar to the Box Car Racer song 'Watch the World'. I've figured out the chords for some of the guitar part. He uses the 6th string (thickest), the fifth and the third string. First chord is fret 10 (6th string), fret 9 (5th), fret 11 (3rd). Second chord is fret 5, fret 7, fret 9 (same string order). Third chord is fret 7, fret 5, fret 7. The other stuff I think is just a 7th fret power chords, 5th fret power chord and 3rd fret power chord. I could be wrong though

[@AxStoryxToxBexTold]

+ravster619 I believe he's in drop D to keep the D octave voicing while using the bass notes. Not sure, but for me to play that D major thing I have to tune the top string down to get those notes and sustain the octave.

[@instinctofficial8745]

David Bucknall maybe an early version of not now

[@HellionYT]

@11:18 it sounds like the early stages of Snake Charmer

[@zachkeffer682]

Thought the same thing

[@salamy123]

DUDE!!!! They need to release a whole unreleased album. I'm hearing a bunch of cool shit that never turned into real songs!!!

[@ahagamin6180]

+salamy123 most of that shit is on neighborhoods or were just concepts that turned into other songs

[@onwisconsin1794]

13:37 that face kills me every time

[@patrickoneill8248]

I hope Mark gets better :(

[@ShawnGreyling]

The OG vlogger

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr. (Poway, California, 13 de diciembre de 1975) es un músico, compositor y empresario estadounidense, conocido por ser el fundador, vocalista y guitarrista en la popular banda de pop punk Blink 182, en Box Car Racer y, actualmente también, en la banda de rock alternativo Angels & Airwaves.

[@bridget6767]

6:51 I’m officially dead 😍😍

[@timeghost182]

If 12:17 was in HD instead of standard definition it would be so funny.

[@thedoobiewizard]

This is incredible.

[@bijibadness]

it's absolutely absurd to think about how much this album cost to record. imean millions of dollars, right? all in? they rented a mansion to record this shit in, then brought all those mixing consoles - huge, massive consoles - in AND out. it's unthinkable in these days to me. really wild.

[@bluepearl_22]

Today they could make 10 albums with that budget. But remember, other than technological progress since then, this was also pre-financial crisis. Back when companies couldn't care less about throwing money around while the bankers were still building their financial a-bomb in the shadows.

[@ttgturbo2284]

2021 im still here

[@DanielGarcia-xb1gf]

15:33 feeling this

[@klycket7844]

this was recorded the day i was born

[@TJ-zs3ux]

I would pay to see this in HD

[@TimG1089]

6:38 the beginning of AVA

[@tyroned1904]

Ah 2003. the last year of the 90‘s

[@quanashiab.9620]

2002 was the last day when people had the 90s style and then 2003 was when the 200s really came.

[@Josh7bordeaux]

Does anyone know what song Tom and Mark are playing at 7:11 ? or does anyone know the chords/tabs?

[@ahagamin6180]

+Joshua Escobar it was the concept for stay together for the kids

[@ahagamin6180]

conawillvlog ik they were trying to recreate their original idea for the song

[@Josh7bordeaux]

+Alex G so any tabs?

[@ZakareeRandol]

Sounds like early stages for a 'Even if she Falls' concept

[@ahagamin6180]

***** its not very complex, im sure you could do it yourself

[@johnfasitta7595]

next 3 months, brother if he only knew at the time

[@DeanoSauruzRex]

I remember tuning into the live broadcasts and it never EVER working!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Mark Allan Hoppus (Ridgecrest, California, 15 de marzo de 1972) es un músico, compositor y productor estadounidense. Hoppus es conocido por ser el bajista y covocalista principal de la banda de rock Blink-182, siendo el único miembro que ha aparecido en cada uno de los álbumes de la agrupación. También forma parte del dúo de pop rock Simple Creatures. 52 AÑOS 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@dopemanricky7196]

Mark with a beard isn't real he can't hurt you. Mark with a beard: 21:30

[@deadbird101]

9:46 does anyone know what group/artist Mark is referring to?

[@andrewmalenda199]

The Sundays

[@andrewmalenda199]

The song is "Hideous Towns"

[@nk-jt1br]

these were the good days man...

[@drummerAVA]

8:31... Nobody plays an acoustic guitar like Tom does.

[@bluepearl_22]

I could identify his stroking pattern out of a million. Yeah that's right, you heart me.