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  Review by: The Evil Monkey See others by this writer Taking Back Sunday (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on September 6th 2002
I admit it. I walk into Borders and just sample whatever is on the short punk sampler. Four or five cds that may or may not spark my interest. Maybe Borders isn't the best place to find good punk music. But I sure as hell found my new favorite band there. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
How can you say you are new to a genre, and then say no one compares to a certain band in that genre? Horrible, horrible review. my fave band and yhis by far there best cd love tbs so much. they are the best. no one can compete w/ them Seriously "MONKEY" whatever YOU SUCK COCK IF YOU dont admit that taking back sunday is the shit. i mean like i would kill your grandma for tickets to warped 06 if they are there FUCK YOU the best fucking band in the universe DOES NOT EXIST because its all personal opinion. GET SOMEone TO REVIEW this shit that actually likes it and quit givin it a bad name COCK BALLS TIT TEASER 0MFG TAKiNG BACK SUNDAY R0CKS MY S0CKS !! BEST FREAKiN ` BAND EVER ! i C0UlD lISTEN TO THEM F0R MY WH0lE liFE MY ABS0lUTE FAV0RiTE S0NG iS .. CUTE WiTH0UT THE E !!! S000 GO0D !! M0ST AWES0MEST BESTEST H0TTEST BAND EVER !! ABS0FUCKiNGlUTlEY THE BEST .. N0 C0MPETiTi0N !!! haha... This album is sooo fucking awsum i dont ever get tired of it and i listen to it about 10 times a day!! i really like this one better then where you want to be, but i still love tbs! i saw them live about 5 days ago and they put on an awsum show!! i love adam!! I have been listening to this album since its release and still do not get sick of it.... Where you want 2 be was a bit of a dissapointment... They may becoming popular on mtv and that crap but doesnt mean they dont kick ass.... This cd is truely gold emo muically and lyrically perfect.... emo pop punk? yes. This is a great album, but they arent "the next underground thing." Please... to the person like 2 below who said they dont have any videos on mtv are you retarded?They have had two on mtv and are no better then good charllote. The person below me sounds like a complete moron... Why are some ppl saying TBS are a packaged pop-punk band! i thought the album was awesome.ppl r saying that it isnt that good but i luv TBS.if u dont like them then i dont really care that much cuz i luv them and almost evry1 i kno does too The singers voice reminds of the voice from the band assorted jelly beans. GORGEOUS he had sex with her b/c she was his girlfriend, and johns mad at him b/c he cheated on her Sick cd. It's a gem. I've been listening to it for a year and haven't stopped at all. The only thing I have against it, is that the guitars are all power chords and aren't difficult at all. Also they probably are going to break up because Adam was having sex with John's girlfriend I believe. They might just replace members Brilliant Hey, I just gotta say, I love TBS!! You kick @$$ and I love all your songs:) This band is better then NOFX, way better. To the guy a couple of spot s below: Lethargic, and latent? very lame and boring cd. Lethargic, and latent. Old Punker you're an ass, I see your retarded opinions here all the time. Your taste actually gets worse as time goes on. OMFG! Oldpunker- A couple of posts down, you say nofx "keep it interesting".............. No they dont,about all they have done is put alot of people to sleep with some weak ass music that has nothing to do with punk.. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-oldpunker- TBS will never be as good as NOFX. Simple as that. NOFX Style punk got boring, but NOFX is one of the best and keep it pretty interesting. Oh yeah, I don't know where you've seen them but every time I have they were super tight and funny. I don't like them as much as I did a few years ago (which wasn't a ton anyway) but they put on one of the best live shows around. Yeah, every time i turn on the tv and radio there they are, TBS exploiting themselves like a boy band....ummm no. TBS may not be one of those memorable bands that will leave their mark like the clash and the ramones (one band i don't like), but they did release a good cd that isn't a direct clone of someone elses cd like alot of people are doing The only thing I have to say is, just because the singer of TBS sounds similar to the saves the day guy, everyone says they're a typical trendy emo band. Besides the vocals, the music is somewhat "emo" but that's where the similarities stop. No they didn't invent a new style, but they do what they do well and they write good songs. Saying they are a packaged band that will go away just because you assume so is stupid. Sure it may happen, but how the fuck do you know? I'll beleive it when I see it. Until then, keep talking out of your ass like you have a clue. original? every band is original in their own way. they do however sound remarkably like other bands in the genre. First of all I believe Thursday is closer to a post-hardcore band....not really hardcore...the similarities between TBS and Thursday are quite small, both share that post-hardcore sound...but TBS is poppier. To the dipshit a few posts back: because someone says Thursaday is emo doesn't mean they are(you). That's the exact reverse of what you said you hypocrite. Besides if any of you fucks can prove TBS is a packaged band other than their CD insert, I'd like to hear it. So Victory sucks, this band is on their label and that's their decision. Victory may have know it would sell, but it doesn't make this band fake. It's sad you fucks can't even tell the difference. Like them or not, watch their live shows and read their interviews. They don't have the typical boy band pop-punk additude and style you think they do. OMFG! ""This is the most important punk album in the last decade. Twenty years from now people will be talking about TBS the same way they talk about Minor Threat, DK, etc."" This is the most important punk album in the last decade. Twenty years from now people will be talking about TBS the same way they talk about Minor Threat, DK, etc. I just saw these guys @fletchers in baltimore and they were quite good-oldpunker- There are lots of bands that can do this style of music better. Forty Winks and the hordes of other poppyish/hardcore wanna-be/punk bands is a prime example. At least we know they aren't on the evil Victory band wagon. Bitch, their Demo sounds completely different. Different singing, different everything. This album was given to me under the premise the band was 'the next big thing' and honestly I fell in love the first time I heard it. I guess keep in mind this is coming from someone who genearlly hates anything labeled any sort of indie-hybrid or w/e. For some reason I just can't take it out of my cd player. Oh well, pass me some emo glasses and some tissues I guess. I love the CD. If you don't, fuck you. i listened to the album and didn't like it. oh well. i don't like a lot of music. what pisses me off is that there is a sticker on it that says "if you like thursday, jimmy eat world, and dashboard. buy this album." i think if this band is as good as people say they are, and their label thinks they are they shouldn't have to put that shit on their cd to sell it. it just leads me to believe victory is trying to further cash in on the success of thursday and the rest of the "emo" movement. oh well, it's better than still putting out shitty hardcore. People who say tbs is a victory package r type wrong. I saw them when they had no label and there demo first came out. THey were intense and fucking crazy and there demo sounds just like the album so vic had no role in it Is everyone alittle pissy that NOfx style punk got incredible boring and these bands are taking over I'm sure your friend did something retarted grammar lessons on the internet is so passe. so is everyone getting so worked up about whether or not a band is groudbreaking. BostonMusicGuy you sound retarded. Some grammar and clear thoughts would do you well. Taking Back Sunday is good... my opinion... they sound exactly like Midtown... your opinion. Midtown sucks a fucking dick... their musis may be somewhat ok but seriously who needs them. The lead singer guy... whatever the fuck his name is... is a fucking prick. I would compare Taking Back Sunday to Thursday because they remind me of thursday... that a problem? Fuck you thats my opinion. If I was to give TBS a description though and compare them to any band I would have to say they are screamo meets pop punk kinda like Thursday meets Saves The Day and New Found Glory. If you disagree fuck you I dont care go make up your own fucking description. Anyway, Taking back Sunday is good, in my opinion. If you disagree with my opinion good for you it doesnt really matter when it comes right down to it... does it now?-BostonMusicGuy Bandwagon. In two/three years all these bands will be gone. Just like ska was back in the day...They also spit on my friend at their show and the singer said "You f'n fag, we are going to fight after this show." It was the Erie, Pa show with FATA. ASSHOLES! why cant we all get along? unity! I did myself a favor and listened to it. I then realized that it was a terrible album and saved me some money. ""Thrice is on Madden 2003. Asshole. I will admit though that they are very good and well deserved to be on there."" With all honesty i dont think they really sound like thursday that much. I wouldn't say they're completely original, cause really, hardly any bands are anymore. Taking Back Sunday - Tell all your friends...we suck. "They are as popularly stereotypical emo as Dashboard Confessional" Thursday said they think of themselves as a hardcore band. And TBS is only packaged because they were done that way by victory. They write good songs with good lyrics, eat shit. (before we begin, please note that I gave the record a 5) Its amazing to see where they have gone in such a short time... they went from this small local long island band to where they are now in less than a year...Adam from TBS is the man.. he always like seriously injures himself at shows.. he always has like a huge gash on his forehead or something.. He gets really into it.. This one times he like come out of no where and i think grade was playing and he stage dove and there was no one there to catch him and he fell like right on his head.. he was alright though....Good cd. They must have spent hours in the studio getting that layered vocal effect Ok I am back everyone...I got to listen to the whole cd twice and shit, I will say 2 things... fuck everyone and who compares bands and say there unoriginal. THere could only be one band who comes up with a sound then whoever sounds similar is unoriginal. So its not bad to be unoriginal its just bad too sound shitty and tbs dont sound like shit or anything like midtown everyones entitled to their own opinions, and i say this is one of the best cds ever !!! I don't like thier recorded music that well, but they're pretty good live, so my score is for the performance. another wuss-rock album. Why the fuck is everyone comparing these guys to Thursday !!? Yeah, each song has it's own thing while keeping the same style. As much as I hate the trends of music these days, this album is one of the most intense and emotional albums I've ever listened to. The recording goes along way with that, but it shows in their awesome live show. Listen to this 5 times and tell me it's not atleast a good CD. I'll be the first to admitt that this reminded me of saves the day at first, but look past that and enjoy it. Sorry, that's all I had time for at the moment tho, I am driving down to the beach tonight so I will have an hour in the car to listen to the whole thing, then I will give you my 2 cents. you cant just listen to a minute of each song on this record. The songs build up and usually the ending is the best part the album isn't that good, but they make up for it live. everyone should go see these guys in concert. because all I ever hear is TBS this or TBS sounds like Thursday bla bla bla, I decided after reading this review that I would just stop taking everones word for it and go out and purchase the album. So 10 mins ago I did and I put it in my cd player and gave each song about a minute listen to (cause tower is only 10 mins away) and all I have to say is I expected more, much more. With all the hype that everyone says about TBS being the greatest, I expected this amazing CD but so far what I have gotten is something very ordinary and very weird. It sounds nothing like Thursday in my opinion, but anyway, hopefully it will grow on me because the vocals are good, the music is just, eh...different, give me a day or two and I will post again. Mmm i like TBS. Great live show.. better than their album i must say. "It's not exactly pop, it's not exactly emo, and it's not exactly punk."...but it is exactly shit we can only hope this kid is the last person to compare a band to thursday or saves the day. It's getting kind of annoying, don't you think? |
