I know blink would have been nowhere near as popular without the production behind them, but to hear these songs without the clean, boring, overproduced sound to them is so refreshing.
Fun fact: they all loved Mark's bass lick for "Life's So Boring" that it was reused as the main riff for Story of a Lonely Guy on TOYPAJ in a different key!
Not saying that Enema of the State was overproduced whatsoever (I love the sound of that album) but there's something really special and charming about listening to these demos :)
Dude Ranch is their best and purest album musically and perfectly produced. Enema of the state is great, but it feels like the production was overdone because the songs were kinda cheesy and written for a mainstream audience. I'm probably biased though. My first concert at 16 was Blink with Unwritten Law and Assorted Jellybeans in 1998.
@@shxpsixcreative4318, respectfully have to disagree with you on that statement. There is a certain charm and undeniable interest in being able to hear the beginnings of these songs that grew and progressed into an album that touched millions of people's lives, yours most likely as well since you are here and commenting. To this day one of my favorite albums was from a local band in TN, named 'Code Blue', which was also a rough-cut demo. Sadly I lost my copy years ago but I still think of that album and those songs often and fondly. Wish I could hear them at least one more time.
1998, colourful Hurley clothing, baggy cargos, this gives me such surfer/skate vibes! The demos of enema sound so much better! It's slower, in a lower tuning, and sounds raw. It also sounds more emotive too.
@@Kurmudgeon I think Anthem worked best with the full sound that Jerry gave Enema. To each their own. Only problem with Jerry Finn's production is that sort of thing is a bitch to pull off live, know what I mean? The audience likes to have sound with the same intensity at shows as they're used to hearing on an album, and that rarely happens--but it almost never does when the album is heavily produced. On the other hand, Enema was the album that got lots of people digging Blink, and that kicks ass.
@@emfraridades7261 nah, I like it, since it provides alternative take. Is more raw. But yes, large part of music is production / post production. Especially in the modern era. And musicians always use some external engineer to do it. But in this day and age it can be boring at times too if it all follows similar post production tools and techniques. For example, sometimes I laugh at how cheesy some of the pitch shifting / DSP work on Tom's voice is in some albums (but that is modern music in a nut-shell). Tom has never had a naturally 'good' voice (like Elton John has, where he was doing natural pitch shifts back in the day before computers were even used in production), but Tom's crappy natural voice suits the raw punk at least. Anyhow, that's just my opinion. And end of day that's what music is, opinion. So it's always good having alternatives, give people the options to hear different versions, etc.
I don’t think any real blink fan will argue with you about the awesomeness of Cheshire Cat , but anson was just saying that this enema was produced and mixed very well, which is the truth.
It was the single for Mark, Tom and Travis show. Not Enema of the state. It was recorded AFTER, Enema. Hence, why Mark, Tom and Travis show was also titled, Enema strikes back.
@@IceBreakBottle Almost correct. It was written to be on Enema, but they couldn't get the lyrics right in time, so they left it and worked on it more and then released it on TMTATS
I liked the sound on Dude Ranch for the most part. It needed more bass guitar in the mix, but I'll say that about damn near everything that isn't from Sublime. I wonder what Cheshire Cat would have been like if it sounded good. M+Ms and Wasting Time turned out pretty good, but overall the album sounded like it was recorded in a back alley on a fifty buck tape machine they found at a garage sale.
I know that Enema Of The State is a huge record with lot of bangers but, just imagine if "Man Overboard" would have been in the album. Just imagine that!!
Thanks Mr Finn for doing wonders for punk rock both mixing and producing: The muffs - The muffs (1993) Dookie - Green Day (1994) About time - Pennywise (1995) …and out come the wolves - Rancid (1995) Insomniac - Green Day (1995) Dear you - Jawbreaker (1995) Destruction by definition - Suicide machines (1996) Hitler bad, vandals good - The vandals (1998) Life won’t wait - Rancid (1998) Enema of the state - Blink-182 (1999) Fenix*TX - Fenix*TX (1999) And so many more We miss you Jerry
@@masterblaster8354 Maybe just to impress his girl. Well, another line is different: "and you're still more amused by prank phone calls". I can't understand what he's saying here, it's fast and I'm not a native speaker. Sounds something like "I guess you'd be amused by prank phone calls".
Blink is this. This is what all blink sounds like. From flyswatter to dogs eating dogs. When they play live, this is exactly what it sounds like when they write their songs. Jerry is a producer which is an entirely different element of the band when you hear it radio ready. Appreciate everyone's part in the masterpiece known as enema. It's the quintessential pop punk album of all time. I say this being the biggest dookie fan. Gotta give credit where credit is do.
@@anaranjadisimo I am not a blink fanboy or the biggest fan of Eots, I prefer their earlier work when it was more raw but eots was nothing but catchy songs, front to back. Not saying your opinion is wrong, I am just saying that eots was honestly a good pop punk record.
Well, it probably does, in fact it probably happens all the time just about everywhere and the first people to back me up on that are probably Blink-182 themselves. I still love 'em though!
Is that Scott on "life's so boring"? It definitely sounds like him but don't know enough about the song.. listening to it for the first time and im loving it though! I LOVE that continuous guitar riff over the bass progression. Upon further listening I think it might be travis.. I honestly can't tell though.
Imagine if this version released instead of the redefined and shaped final release of this album. For me it would've get to sell likely 2 or less million ships.
The difference in production and performance on these old, sometimes half-written versions makes most of these feel unsurprising to have been written off the back of Dude Ranch, such as Anthem and most surprisingly Man Overboard which reminded me a bit of Lemmings in this version.
That beginning bass riff for life’s so boring seems to have inspired Story of a Lonely Guy’s given they are exactly the same. Also, the Mutt demo was recorded with Scott Raynor and not Travis.
if you listen attentively to the Dumpweed it will become obvious it's Travis on the drums because Scott never used hats diversely and/or halftime snare pre-fills. I prefer Scott drumming to Travis because I like oldschool underground punk patterns but I don't say Travis is bad or smth, they both are very solid drummers in their own areas /upd couldn't even imagine that this comment will get any attention, thanks blink-fans, stay safe and healthy in these dark days
I used to really love scotts playing! still do - because he is the classic drummer - but man...travis real is a superior drummer. they both know it. no shame in that. travis simply honed his craft more with the drum kit. but the tracks scott recorded, I'll always prefer to listen to his version.
Man yeah, Scott and Travis take different approaches. But, Scott’s drumming will always have a place because it’s nostalgic for me. When I listen to those old albums like Buddha and Cheshire Cat takes me back to a place of no responsibility. 😆
Scott's drumming is a lot "looser" so it definitely has more of that raw and sloppy punk energy. It's really interesting how just listening to the drum hits on Mutt compared with the other songs can tell you who's drumming.
I’m actually loving this. Enema songs that sound like they came from the Cheshire Cat/dude ranch era.
Right?! It's incredible!
I was thinking the same
Makes you wonder A) what would Enema have sounded like without Jerry Finn, and B) what would Dude Ranch have sounded like with Jerry Finn
@@tribaltroll Dude Ranch would've been much better with Jerry
I know!
and this is why Jerry Finn was a national treasure.
RIP
Such a correct comment dude
Why? Explain?
I know blink would have been nowhere near as popular without the production behind them, but to hear these songs without the clean, boring, overproduced sound to them is so refreshing.
@@Poodz_ Jerry Finn’s production may be clean, but it is certainly not boring, sir
This is like finding an entire new blink album. Raw as.
Love discovering this new experience
Fun fact: they all loved Mark's bass lick for "Life's So Boring" that it was reused as the main riff for Story of a Lonely Guy on TOYPAJ in a different key!
Sounds like the baseline for Always as well
Amazing demo. A testament to how talented Blink were in crafting such catchy songs. Jerry Finn polished it up but the soul and bones is all Blink.
Exactly brudda
Well said. Every new and old blink fan should read this. Jerry couldn’t write these, and Blink couldn’t polish these. A perfect match
The soul of blink is with Scott on drums
Not saying that Enema of the State was overproduced whatsoever (I love the sound of that album) but there's something really special and charming about listening to these demos :)
Yea it's called needing to fit in.
The recordings sound crappy and you god damn know it.
@Marshall Fairbrother you took my words to heart. Thank you friend.
I couldn’t agree more with you Jesus. 👍
Dude Ranch is their best and purest album musically and perfectly produced. Enema of the state is great, but it feels like the production was overdone because the songs were kinda cheesy and written for a mainstream audience. I'm probably biased though. My first concert at 16 was Blink with Unwritten Law and Assorted Jellybeans in 1998.
@@shxpsixcreative4318, respectfully have to disagree with you on that statement. There is a certain charm and undeniable interest in being able to hear the beginnings of these songs that grew and progressed into an album that touched millions of people's lives, yours most likely as well since you are here and commenting. To this day one of my favorite albums was from a local band in TN, named 'Code Blue', which was also a rough-cut demo. Sadly I lost my copy years ago but I still think of that album and those songs often and fondly. Wish I could hear them at least one more time.
1998, colourful Hurley clothing, baggy cargos, this gives me such surfer/skate vibes! The demos of enema sound so much better! It's slower, in a lower tuning, and sounds raw. It also sounds more emotive too.
Totally, it's a super "young" sounding song. Both the demo and the final version of Anthem are highlights
@@Kurmudgeon I think Anthem worked best with the full sound that Jerry gave Enema. To each their own.
Only problem with Jerry Finn's production is that sort of thing is a bitch to pull off live, know what I mean? The audience likes to have sound with the same intensity at shows as they're used to hearing on an album, and that rarely happens--but it almost never does when the album is heavily produced. On the other hand, Enema was the album that got lots of people digging Blink, and that kicks ass.
These songs are not in a lower key
This should back to people over 30
Jerry Finn did wonders with this album.
Blink without proper production would sound like shit, honestly
emf emf past couple of albums has shown thay
@@emfraridades7261 nah, I like it, since it provides alternative take. Is more raw. But yes, large part of music is production / post production. Especially in the modern era. And musicians always use some external engineer to do it. But in this day and age it can be boring at times too if it all follows similar post production tools and techniques. For example, sometimes I laugh at how cheesy some of the pitch shifting / DSP work on Tom's voice is in some albums (but that is modern music in a nut-shell). Tom has never had a naturally 'good' voice (like Elton John has, where he was doing natural pitch shifts back in the day before computers were even used in production), but Tom's crappy natural voice suits the raw punk at least. Anyhow, that's just my opinion. And end of day that's what music is, opinion. So it's always good having alternatives, give people the options to hear different versions, etc.
@@emfraridades7261 what are you talking about. Cheshire Cat was awesome
I don’t think any real blink fan will argue with you about the awesomeness of Cheshire Cat , but anson was just saying that this enema was produced and mixed very well, which is the truth.
This is the Cheshire Cat for Travis Barker
more like the buddha or flyswatter, considering this is a demo. polished enema would for sure be the cheshire tho
The influence of a music producer is huge.
Rest in Peace Jerry Finn.
Man they must of had a hell of a time recording those vocals for Enema 😂😂
"Take 756... Rolling!"
@@travboat lmao
Dysentery Gary sounds so good! Tom sounds amazing
Interesting that Man Overboard never made it into EOTS. Such a great song
if they had made a deluxe of "Enema Of The State" "Man Overboard" surely it would have been included
It was the single for Mark, Tom and Travis show. Not Enema of the state. It was recorded AFTER, Enema. Hence, why Mark, Tom and Travis show was also titled, Enema strikes back.
@@IceBreakBottle Almost correct. It was written to be on Enema, but they couldn't get the lyrics right in time, so they left it and worked on it more and then released it on TMTATS
@@IceBreakBottle I always heard Jerry didn’t want it on EOTS because of shade towards Scott
@@edolla1542 was the song about Scott or something? Didn’t know who it was directed towards.
Can someone agree that Wendy Clear is so god damn underrated?
Yup, my favorite song from the album
Esssily one of my favourite tracks on the album, along with going away to college
nah its the worst on the album for me...dysentery gary is the best
Yes
I loveee this! as someone whos favorite blink albums are Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch I love hearing Enema like this
The more raw Blink, I guess
1000000000 times the old blink with scott…. Imagine this enema songs recorded with scott, just feel the “Mutt” track with he on drums
I liked the sound on Dude Ranch for the most part. It needed more bass guitar in the mix, but I'll say that about damn near everything that isn't from Sublime.
I wonder what Cheshire Cat would have been like if it sounded good. M+Ms and Wasting Time turned out pretty good, but overall the album sounded like it was recorded in a back alley on a fifty buck tape machine they found at a garage sale.
And imagine they had scott. scott was better for blink than travis
I love this sound, is just like how the band sounded live back on those years, before Tom lost his voice
Lmao when did he lose his voice and when did he get it?
This is awesome, it's really interesting to listen to the differences between this and the final album...
Lmao I would have loved to have seen Jerry Finn's initial reaction to hearing Tom's "fuck my dog" bit in Dysentery Gary
16:30 for anybody wondering
@@maxonmendel5757
Ty :)
what about "mark mom's a whore" right before that line?
Whatever reaction he had it was enought to change it XD
I fkn love how raw this sounds and the different track order!
Hearing rumors about Blink 182 reunion and I felt on this youtube video again ❤️
Life’s so boring is giving me really strong dude ranch vibes I love it! 🍻💕🤘
It reminds me Boys don't cry from The Cure. Mark is a huge fan of them
I know that Enema Of The State is a huge record with lot of bangers but, just imagine if "Man Overboard" would have been in the album. Just imagine that!!
it wasn't?
@@megan2484 No
@@brunomartinello1114Where it is then ?
@@brunomartinello1114Where it is then ?
@@brunomartinello1114Where it is then ?
love how this has the sweary version of the last line in Dysentery Gary
yooo i didn't know these existed. this is pretty cool to listen through
Total crime man over board was left off this record
Thanks Mr Finn for doing wonders for punk rock both mixing and producing:
The muffs - The muffs (1993)
Dookie - Green Day (1994)
About time - Pennywise (1995)
…and out come the wolves - Rancid (1995)
Insomniac - Green Day (1995)
Dear you - Jawbreaker (1995)
Destruction by definition - Suicide machines (1996)
Hitler bad, vandals good - The vandals (1998)
Life won’t wait - Rancid (1998)
Enema of the state - Blink-182 (1999)
Fenix*TX - Fenix*TX (1999)
And so many more
We miss you Jerry
Did anyone notice that What’s My Age Again originally said “my friends TELL me to to act my age” rather than “my friends SAY I should act my age?”
Yeah I really felt that in another dimension
He also says I called my mom instead of her mom, which makes no sense in the context of the song. Very weird.
@@masterblaster8354 Maybe just to impress his girl. Well, another line is different: "and you're still more amused by prank phone calls". I can't understand what he's saying here, it's fast and I'm not a native speaker. Sounds something like "I guess you'd be amused by prank phone calls".
I like the longer WMAA interlude. It's the slow pretty part!
this version of anthem hits hard!
Doesnt has the second guitar. Really weird
i swear hurley better sell retro clothing like that
look at depop
i had to get my hurley shirts off the clearance rack at bealls back in the day lol
Used to find shirts like that all of the time in Marshall's in 2003 for 10 bucks. XD
That's when they were good and not worn by d bags like now
@@Zockledoof ikr
Dumpweed is probably their best song of all time. Sounds just as good as a raw demo. Love it.
Dude, how did I not know Man Overboard was originally in the Enema of the State demo
They musta wrote it soon as scott left
This is class. Sounds like old school Blink and I'm ok with that :)
Best album ever. I just released a 2 minutes medley video of this album! 🤘🏽
I keep coming back to listen to this every week
Blink is this. This is what all blink sounds like. From flyswatter to dogs eating dogs. When they play live, this is exactly what it sounds like when they write their songs. Jerry is a producer which is an entirely different element of the band when you hear it radio ready. Appreciate everyone's part in the masterpiece known as enema. It's the quintessential pop punk album of all time. I say this being the biggest dookie fan. Gotta give credit where credit is do.
Both Dookie and EOTS deffo shaped my music taste when I was in my teens
LOL enema a masterpiece? give me a fucking break....
@@anaranjadisimo I am not a blink fanboy or the biggest fan of Eots, I prefer their earlier work when it was more raw but eots was nothing but catchy songs, front to back. Not saying your opinion is wrong, I am just saying that eots was honestly a good pop punk record.
Dude Ranch is the best Blink album, Insomniac is the best Green Day album
California and Nine are amazing too. and sounds like Blink
Really shows you what production can do. Always wild seeing the process.
Music just doesnt get any better than this!
Well, it probably does, in fact it probably happens all the time just about everywhere and the first people to back me up on that are probably Blink-182 themselves.
I still love 'em though!
I am glad they changed the drums in Dumpweed.
Miss this blink
the real blink 182 perfection
lifes so boring turned into story of a lonely guy thats awesome my favorite bass line of marks
Qué líndo sería vivir en esa época que estaba de moda.
siempre soñaré con haber vivido en esa época, es algo que me seguirá hasta el día de mi muerte. ☹️
Mutt sounds amazing
my preferred version. I downloaded this from winmx back in the day
“Life’s so boring” sounds straight off of dude ranch!
I feel the same way
In this demo, the drummer for Mutt is Scott Raynor
Are you sure?
@@cletus7419 yes the drumming literal shows his style
Is that Scott on "life's so boring"? It definitely sounds like him but don't know enough about the song.. listening to it for the first time and im loving it though! I LOVE that continuous guitar riff over the bass progression. Upon further listening I think it might be travis.. I honestly can't tell though.
goes to show how last minute of a song all the small things was
this sounds like when you’re sick and are in bed and everything sounds different
Hyped for the tour 🙌🏁
This version of Mutt isn’t from the demo of Enema of the State. This is the Scott Raynor version before Travis rewrote it with them.
Yeah you’re right, it’s much better though, isn’t it?
@@Evan-10000 I wish there was an entire version of the album with Scott.
@@megan2484 Me too man
Yeah and that's because he wrote it under the video bruv
@@pandoz40 huh?
I like this version of Anthem much better, it sounds like it could've been on Dude Ranch
So genuine sounding
BUENÍSIMO AGUANTE BLINK 182
Hearing this transition between dude ranch and enema is super fuckin cool.
Life´s so boring is SICK
Life’s So Boring became Story of Lonely Guy except with the chorus not ever really used for anything as far as I know
Thanx :)
so mark originally didnt want to call her mum but his own one... interesting 😁
Imagine if this version released instead of the redefined and shaped final release of this album. For me it would've get to sell likely 2 or less million ships.
It really shows how important good production is
This is amazing, thank you
Mark used Music Man Bass here, original Enama is on Precision Bass :)
I like these versions more :D
The difference in production and performance on these old, sometimes half-written versions makes most of these feel unsurprising to have been written off the back of Dude Ranch, such as Anthem and most surprisingly Man Overboard which reminded me a bit of Lemmings in this version.
Mandela effect strikes in my head on this Dude Ranch's style. Love it hard
i fuckin love this band
Marks bass tone is still so good here
thank you mate for this amazing content. and cheers from Kyiv Ukraine
I hope you are doing great down there! I really hope you and your family are fine!
@@diegoalonso1545 I’m alive and well, my friend, many thanks for supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦🙏💛💙
@@molkoko8 Z
That beginning bass riff for life’s so boring seems to have inspired Story of a Lonely Guy’s given they are exactly the same.
Also, the Mutt demo was recorded with Scott Raynor and not Travis.
i actually like this demo a lot more than the final version, sounds more raw.
Then you must really love live performances over albums.
It’s def a fun listen. Enema songs that sound like they came from the Cheshire Cat/dude ranch era.
Live is way better for me.
Oro puro💛
Ngl I’d love for this to be on spotify
Damn this is awesome. How have I never heard this???
Found this yesterday
Better then the finished album...
Definitely
Man overboard is basically a screeching weasel cover on this
this version of dumpweed
Life's So Boring evolved into Story Of A Lonely Guy and I Won't Be Home For Christmas
I won't be home for Christmas was released before the recording of this.
The intro sounds like always
Life's So Boring is such a good fucking song
Mutt es tocada por scott lo intuyo por la forma de tocar platillos seguidos en ciertas partes
I really like this version of Anthem, I like it better.
This basically sounds like EOTS in a Dude Ranch style. Or just blink without Jerry Finn. I can't tell if this is Scott or Travis drumming.
I'm pretty sure scott is only on mutt
Scott is on everything from the beginning (flyswatter) to dude ranch I believe. After that, he's man overboard
@@BaalofSouls Scott played the original recording of Mutt. I'm glad someone else is watching this in 2020!🙂
@@BaalofSouls You can find mutt with Scott in youtube.
Scott is a douchebag for what he did so I probably won't check it out. But thanks, still cool to know.
miss you guys
This is a treasure.
this is gold
This is a great demo
Damn Dysentery Gary sounds way better here
This is great
It's just me, or this was recorded before Mark started to use a Precision Bass? I think I can hear the sound of his music man (used in Dude Ranch)
I think you’re right. P-bass sounds much better
He didn’t use a Music Man on Dude Ranch he used a weird bass that was lying around in the studio
if you listen attentively to the Dumpweed it will become obvious it's Travis on the drums because Scott never used hats diversely and/or halftime snare pre-fills.
I prefer Scott drumming to Travis because I like oldschool underground punk patterns but I don't say Travis is bad or smth, they both are very solid drummers in their own areas
/upd couldn't even imagine that this comment will get any attention, thanks blink-fans, stay safe and healthy in these dark days
I used to really love scotts playing! still do - because he is the classic drummer - but man...travis real is a superior drummer. they both know it. no shame in that. travis simply honed his craft more with the drum kit.
but the tracks scott recorded, I'll always prefer to listen to his version.
Man yeah, Scott and Travis take different approaches. But, Scott’s drumming will always have a place because it’s nostalgic for me. When I listen to those old albums like Buddha and Cheshire Cat takes me back to a place of no responsibility. 😆
Halftime snare pre-fills? What do you mean by that?
Scott's drumming is a lot "looser" so it definitely has more of that raw and sloppy punk energy. It's really interesting how just listening to the drum hits on Mutt compared with the other songs can tell you who's drumming.
Travis is clearly a million times better than Scott, come on now
man, scott just doesn't bring the drumming needed. Travis's drumming on enema was such a game changer
Travis is drumming on these demos
The demo version of mutt sounds better than the album version
And I think is the version they recorded with Scott
They shoulda put it in American pie
@@Veinyboi the demo version is the one in american pie, no?
@@MilesHemingway no
It's not a demo. It was just added to the end of the demo by the uploader. It was recorded at the same studio as DR with the same producer.
On mutt it’s actually Scott playing drums
Travis' drum tracks are almost identical to what we hear in the album.
Dumpweed as a demo is still just as good 👍
Scott sounds great on mutt
That bass drum hits so hard.
Jerry Finn was the 4th member of Blink-182, and this is proof
What Jerry Finn did with Dumpweed was amazing
This demo proves how good dumpweed was Tom wrote it perfectly and Jerry didn't have to do a whole lot to make it better
Parts of Dumpweed were from a Dude Ranch song that got cut from the album
The only song with Scott is maybe Mutt right?
Wich version of Mutt is it? Sounds more raw than the one on the record. Thanks for this little treasure!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Scott Raynor original Mutt version
@@Fabregas200788 i personally like it more than the original version
I feel like demos from a punk band sound more punk than the finished product except for 39/smooth by green day. (I like punk bands either way btw)