Tom DeLonge's Most Underrated Guitar Riffs (Part 2)

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[@imthebause]

Everything from Box Car Racer is underrated to be honest.

[@gio8139]

i love boxcar racer so much; i absolutely agree with you. Very emotional record

[@robmerchant4291]

I remember being a teen when that album came out, ENORMOUS Blink fan at the time and was sad that BCR existed to be honest, but the album was faultless IMO

[@shanedaharris]

I still listen to it, along with blink and ava all the time...I dont think it's any coincidence Tom is in all of them. I personally love that we got all the extra music and the variety of it. I learned to play guitar to him back in the day, and still find it the most fun

[@jazzyj4126]

Box car was one of my first intro to a harsher style of punk, was pleasantly surprised . And still am

[@owomuwu]

Honestly that album rivals the best blink has to offer, and that's coming someone raised on and obsessed with blink. Box Car was phenomenal.

[@jimenanonato4048]

I love this because you can notice the different styles between blink, BCR and AvA. And to hear it like this makes me love them more. Punk is not dead! Great mix (:

[@christophermchugh7887]

María Jimena Nonato I wish I could agree but I think Punk is definitely dead... and Tom Delonge, A’s much as I am a huge fan, was never really punk.

[@Mart_YT]

@@christophermchugh7887 punk is not dead, i can make punk rock with my guitar xd

[@pantsnjacket381]

@@christophermchugh7887 you cannot get that conclusion

[@christophermchugh7887]

Pants and Jacket I think you will find I can. As I already have.

[@MaxiFernandez1998]

Basically BCR is underrated

[@owomuwu]

Criminally.

[@SUMR4WR]

that Letters to God pt II riff is so good

[@uh4ck3d]

you're a great guitar player

[@pacorka9943]

Elevator is one of my favorite songs Tom has done. That riff is so great!

[@willtaylor111]

Was really the lyrical genius of Blink, as well as a musical genius. Shame he didn’t take care of his voice

[@wienersmcbutts]

I like blink as much as the next guy, but calling Tom Delonge a musical genius is like saying McDonalds is gourmet food.

[@fersan92]

Wieners McButts I mean, when it comes down to technique then yeah, he's not a genius. Creativity wise? He was the main driving force of that band.

[@MolliOlli182]

Tom might not be a technique-monster on the guitar but he still used to write and play some complex stuff on guitar. And he used to be so creative and had a unique style to write stuff.

[@bgcheese]

Wieners McButts that’s funny. How many platinum and gold records do you have?

[@Gaenico]

@@bgcheese well so you don't criticize anything thinking that way xD

[@Latin_Samurai]

When I get to see the up close view of the complexity of some of his riffs, I have to defend him in his ability to write some of the greatest punk/pop-punk/progressive/alternative riffs of all time. The guy just pulls straight brilliance out of his ass and it just sounds incredible. Amazing job on nailing some of the more difficult riffs here. Props to both videos mate. Keep them coming. These DeLonge videos will never get old. Love your content.

[@georgenelson9038]

I always loved playing the pre-chorus riff in Always...definitely thought you'd have that one in part 2! But still, great video! Tom deserves a lot more credit than he gets.

[@tjmartinez4463]

Glad to see Emo on it and thanks for doing Ben Wah Balls, that song rules, easily one of my top 5 blink songs

[@davidcarbajal7259]

Love Parts 1 and 2 had amazing guitar throughout

[@musicman6555]

kaleidoscope gang where u at?

[@182zebraheads8]

My favorite blink song

[@augustrush6957]

kaleidoscope was written by Mark

[@LukeyPooky]

Boring is probably my favorite riff. Just such high energy and cool song to begin with. Great job with this video!

[@tucosalamanca171]

Great video thx a lot mate. I particularly appreciated that you put Emo.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

One that I'll ALWAYS love is the solo from "Point of View".

[@wriglarzzz]

Always loved it hurts alot. I'm glad this was the first song. I should learn it

[@nostarsick]

Man, we gotta give mark some props aswell. The bass in emo is golden. great video!

[@damiendantonio5550]

The original 3 together is amazing

[@aGraphicWay]

Really loved this part2 vid !!!🤙 Missing the "I'm Sorry" intro riff!

[@nachobeerhunter8713]

Fantastic montage. I'm a huge Tom DeLonge fan and I love how you covered Ava and BCR. Me thinks I need some tabs from you. Great playing.

[@jonathanease]

Great work, great tribute to Tom Delonge, enjoyed the quality of your playing and of course the backing tracks thanks man

[@22bseano]

Some of the riffs on Cheshire Cat are so fast and complicated. Amazing to watch his progression

[@22bseano]

There's some ACDC thunderstruck in that Young London riff

[@SonikJesus]

so good! ben wah balls is my fav blink song. love all the bcr and ava songs

[@louis-qb7xw]

Ben wah balls is the most underrated song on Cheshire Cat

[@benl.9019]

Sh4dy agree 100 percent

[@kidkoiii]

Not for me I love that song

[@KevinLuper99]

@@kidkoiii I don't think you know what underrated means.

[@kidkoiii]

Kevin Luper it means it’s rated lower than it should be (less popular than it should be) right?

[@KevinLuper99]

@@kidkoiii yeah, I guess I just got confused on the way you said it.

[@martintemelkov]

Let's face it, guys, nobody in the punk-rock scene plays riffs like Tom's. He's an innovator like no one else.

[@abilgartecs7434]

The best tom delonge

[@archfoxfire]

Everytime I try to learn to play young London I just end up playing thunderstruck :(

[@roo4funnnn]

3:40 - 3:49 the best

[@Vianney_924]

Yes really catchy riff

[@corvanderheide5765]

What song was that?

[@Vianney_924]

ben wah balls @@corvanderheide5765

[@r69m56]

@@corvanderheide5765 ben wah balls in cheshire cat album

[@TruckerJoerg]

Wow.... now I know what I am doing wrong with the Licks and Chords and now I can see how I can make it better. Very great job!

[@piotrek8a]

That Elevator riff, had to listen to the song right away.

[@jaaxoon]

Piotrek I had the exact same reaction. It’s that catchy.

[@marius3347]

Tom the only one does these melodic riffs...remembering my high school moments

[@shanestunna182]

Love it great job! I'm glad this is out there Tom has always been on of my fave guitarists, never noticed til watching these vids how Metal some of his riffs are🤘! It's just arranged in a way that kind of covers it for blink BCR AVA style, awesome!

[@edouardhenry5298]

Very nice man. keep it up. Tom Delong is one of the most underrated musicians of our time.

[@DarrenMalone253]

This made feel like I just had 8 espresso shots and it’s 2am here!! Thanks for riffing AVA and Boxcar

[@ramyrez-7140]

My favorite Tom Delonge Riff is in Does my Breath smell? also my fav blink song of all time

[@J.Braxton]

Great choices. Elevator and Rite of Spring severely underrated

[@mohdhisyambabdrazak]

Love to see Secret Crowds in here! My neck hurts head banging each time I hear that section!

[@MolliOlli182]

Loved the video! Nice that you showcase all this stuff, I hope many people watch this and realize how creative Tom really used to be.

[@BlackCat-64]

We don’t need to whisper is one of my favourite album of all time there is so much liberty and authenticity I absolutely love it

[@davepresswell9761]

This video shows how good toms riffs actually are . Good video dude

[@danny-boy-black1481]

love that you added bass man so goood

[@agustinjauregui]

Awesome work man! Part III should be "Degenerate" in a loop for 10 mins haha

[@ezanevnemletezik]

Awesome that you included waggy in the mix man!

[@Junierific]

Great stuff! I always found it funny how Tom gets called a shitty guitar player even though he created his own unique sound.

[@emmanuelbongar7370]

He’s a shitty live guitar player. He makes at least 10 mistakes minimum per concert. I counted at least 25 in Reading 2014

[@staceyh8390]

I always loved his guitar playing, had the biggest crush on him back in the day lol

[@PunkCoverMoose]

Pretty cool man. Tom def has a lot of cool riffs I feel go unnoticed. Keep em coming!!

[@denisuntoro]

Always love everytime you're update

[@DougDavis]

Enjoy part 2 man! Very cool.

[@newmystery7753]

These were the ones that were overlooked on the original list. So this makes it the ultimate overlooked list

[@WhooNiki]

Super nice video!!! Love his style of songwriting soo much

[@Disturber93]

Hey Nice that you doesn't play the riffs too often like in the first video. Great job !

[@khalisz]

Awesome 🤘👍 Thanks a lot made, you made my day and take me up in the good mood 😁😉

[@mattyboi626]

So glad you had golden showers in there. That would have been a fantastic tune for the california album

[@El_Soy]

I really think that blink had the whole "California" theme for the album planned before Tom was even kicked out, as songs from Tom's solo album have so many references to California

[@charmingman484]

Another amazing work mate, cheers for you!

[@KM-xx1gx]

"Boring" should be on this compilation for sure. That was the first time I've ever heard a Tom Delonge riff and thought "THIS would satisfy metalheads" So heavy.

[@martin_srm_2481]

9:39 sounds so good recorded clearly

[@martintutuy2514]

Brutal man. Gracias desde argentina Corrientes.

[@proxin0vaYT]

Hearing Elevator gives me chill everytime

[@BrunoSousaf]

Niceee 😍😍😍

[@Braddicusfinch]

I would have to exclude Bullets In The Wind on the speculative basis that Ilan was involved at that point and it sounds awfully similar to what he allegedly contributed towards the Lostprophets albu,m "The Betrayed" therefore I would say there;s a reasonable doubt that it's a Tom riff. Great video though! :)

[@BenCookAC]

Young London so good for real

[@zangetzu70]

Loved it! 😍 Liked and subbed! 😎

[@gabrielfacholabasscovers843]

Amazing!!!!....Mark Hoppus Bass riffs PLEASE!!!

[@jnelson4611]

Awesome video. Surprised you don’t own a tele yet tbh (after staring at the guitars in background for half the vid lmao)

[@williansrocha4028]

Thomas possui muita criatividade, ele e sensacional.

[@adamkicks10]

Rite of Spring underrated song in general

[@augustrush6957]

u forgot about Time to break up, such an underrated riff

[@blueskiesonmars17]

We Are All That We Are by AVA in full would be sick

[@davidjohnsully]

To be fair I think the bass line is sick in voyager!

[@jhoelmorosini6217]

Amazzong , like always Cheers

[@brycecastle9694]

You included alone! One of the first blink riffs I learned to play. The rest of the song is whatever but that riff is absolute gold.

[@limaddams]

I really love tom delonge's riffs they are awesome👍

[@ChristopherJohnson-wh5xi]

Probably alone is my fav on here cause how obscure it is and most people don't know it. I've always wanted to cover it

[@odoibhilin9]

Christopher Johnson what’s alone from? I definitely don’t think I’ve ever come across it!

[@ChristopherJohnson-wh5xi]

@@odoibhilin9 it's from blinks very first recorded lp called flyswatter. The only mp3s were taken from a cassette tape so shitty quality but great album

[@Barry018018]

4:45 five minutes alooooooone

[@andyoftheyear]

Thank you for making these fucking videos dude. Hell yeah

[@Vexthewolf03]

Yes! Rite of spring! My favorite!

[@callansturgeon8356]

Nailed them all mate!

[@MelancholyMegan]

You NAILED “It Hurts” 👍👍

[@bensonofnobenson6367]

He is a artist in not just music but in writing and ideas check out his book Poet Anderson it is not a poetry book though but a novel.

[@Gabingus69]

Need to check out voyager now

[@ejoshcoron]

Great work!

[@danieldufur7474]

This all hurts so good with melancholy and ambition

[@p25h76l]

Is the tuning basically the same, throughout? What is the tuning? Outstanding precision, man!!!

[@SugarpillProd]

Yeah I think it's mostly E standard stuff. The odd AvA track may have been in drop D.

[@p25h76l]

@@SugarpillProd thanky you for the speedy reply. I’m sub’ing!

[@septiandamar6777]

amazing ...... nice guitar sound !!!! teach me how did i get that sound ? ....

[@tomaszsuwinski1068]

I can’t stop listening... Super!

[@KevsShwaShwa]

His Blink stuff is good... but his Angels work is just so much better. Tom is very quietly a nasty musician that understands rhythm and chord progression. I'd say that the Animals chord progression is so under rated, also Anomaly is very simple but so brilliant. Still missing the Anxiety and Saturday Love riffs but very happy to see you cover his Angels work. That inertia riff is so fucking amazing.

[@ASRforeverASR]

Oh Alone... a flyswatter classic riff

[@austinjosef41]

Way to include golden showers in the golden state. And killer shredding

[@zacharyjohnston9449]

Do you know what shredding is?

[@austinjosef41]

Zachary Johnston I just watched a video on it tf?

[@DumpsterFire96]

Ahhhh Golden Showers in the Golden State. I see you’re a man of culture too 😂

[@parasetamol8203]

but you don't have the link to buy the tom's es-333 signature 😫😫😫

[@matthewrobinson7780]

The Ben wah balls was awesome!

[@ivanboston6478]

very good ...... compliments !!!!

[@mastod0n1]

2:47 my wrist started hurting just looking at that

[@sharktheprez]

The main riff in Snake Charmer is so fucking good I'm surprised I didn't see it in either video.

[@paradigmshiftz7]

So happy to see All Systems Go on here, fucking love that song

[@bxbbyxx]

Isn't everything magics basically Anthem Pt 2

[@AlexFarleyMusic]

Basically, no. Melodically similar, yes.

[@bxbbyxx]

@@AlexFarleyMusic i'll stick to basically the same then

[@AlexFarleyMusic]

@@bxbbyxx The chord progression is different with Everything's Magic being centric to Am. Anthem Pt. 2 is in C. Already different. The arpeggio pattern of the guitar part on Everything's Magic uses three moving notes and Anthem Pt. 2 uses two. Still different. The drums and bass are much more syncopated in this song. Once again, different. The chorus melody, chord progression, sonic structure, and rhythm isn't in half time unlike Anthem Pt.2 which is two different rhythmic feels for the chorus. It is most definitely not "basically" the same. The intro is the only thing that shares similarites and that isn't enough to justify your argument. By that statement, all of Enema of the State and TOYPAJ is "basically" the same. Since Tom focuses on Major Chord triads and repetitive patterns on those two albums, your claim rings true on every song then.

[@brycecastle9694]

It's the same riff played slightly higher and a tad differently

[@AlexFarleyMusic]

@@brycecastle9694 That's not even true. The main notes of the melody are the exact same notes.

[@mjamiv]

Hey I’m just getting into this space and producing some of my own songs/videos. Great stuff here, aside from the fact I am huuuge fan of Tom and the music he created with Blink. Was wondering how you produce your drum tracks. I currently use a combination of real time drum samples using a beat buddy and creating my own with a midi keyboard. Yours are very tight and detailed, just wondering if you recorded with a real set or are using something digital. Thanks.

[@Boxsteam]

Man, where's Carousel? Best punk rock intro in all of music history, no debate, xddd, good vids dude

it's a video about underrated riffs, and carousel's as you pointed out not really that underrated

[@Boxsteam]

@ true, but it's not a really notable song I should say

[@PedroSilva-tk7in]

What software u use to record

[@josh_wah]

What is that song "And I"? I cant seem to find it anywhere.

[@ortomaniaco]

It's a Box Car Racer song, one of Tom's side projects

[@sumspring4112]

Alone really stuck out to me, and somehow I've never heard it, even as a huge blink fan!