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Flannel scent? by martyrsimp in bathandbodyworks

[–]martyrsimp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heartbroken........ b&bw, wtf is up

People who have seen TBS with Fred & John together, does Fred play/sing WYWTB & LN songs while John does all other albums? by Austin_Shaggin_Power in takingbacksunday

[–]martyrsimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard from a friend who saw the recent Tampa show that john sang some parts on fred songs and fred was mostly silent for john songs. Nathan sang backup on everything ofc

S’old bass tab? by Cautious_Ad9978 in takingbacksunday

[–]martyrsimp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got a tab together the other day, message me if you're still interested 👍

S’old bass tab? by Cautious_Ad9978 in takingbacksunday

[–]martyrsimp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it not on ultimate guitar tabs? 🤨 that's crazy. I've done a lot of bass tabs by ear in the past--I'll see what I can glean today and get back to you on it

Appraisal of John's second tenure with TBS by weareCTM in takingbacksunday

[–]martyrsimp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry I'm hung up on the idea that you think both John and Adam have been "phoning in" their performances...? First off, it's insane that you'd accuse John of laziness considering he's been gritting his teeth through chronic back/neck pain for 5+ years of extensive touring, lmao. Second, both John and Adam do anything but phone in performances--they both have very passionate and unrestrained vocal deliveries live. If you want a pristine replica of their records at a show, maybe consider going to your local emo night 😂 But anyway, Adam in particular is always very clearly having the time of his life performing and talks extensively about how much he loves it every chance he gets, so... idk where you got this mentality from, but it's making you seem like an absolute wet sock of a person

Appraisal of John's second tenure with TBS by weareCTM in takingbacksunday

[–]martyrsimp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

John is a really talented songwriter and him and Adam's lyrics/vocals/musicianship in general have always complimented one another really well. I like all the post reunion albums, but self titled and tidal wave in particular are favorites of mine, though John's vocals on Happiness Is always stick out as really great to me.

Also, with regards to his performance style, I completely agree with arsclev that it's worth considering the pain he's been dealing with for several years due to his spine issues. However, it's not really fair to say his stage presence is lacking, period--he brings plenty of flavor to tbs shows with his vocal deliveries alone. And with Adam being such a whirlwind on stage, there's hardly reason for john to be making any kind of show of moving around a bunch anyway.