Best of Tom Delonge's Guitar Playing

[delgado4652]

I used to hate Blink, but then I realized that Tom Delonge is a freakin genius when it comes to writing riffs and being creative on the guitar...It may be easy, but it's stuff you had never heard prior to Blink 182, and even now, every other guitar riff sounds generic compared to Tom's stuff. Definitely my new fav. guitarist!

[Wayneurp48]

You can't hate on someones guitar playing skills because it's simple. Smells like teen spirit is one of the most simplistic songs to play on guitar but that doesn't make it any less bad ass.

[RippedJeansSuck]

It's not his guitar playing...it's his composing that makes him amazing

[grock825]

okay,,, im a guitar player.. not one blink 182 song is difficult to play.. neither are any AVA songs.. I love blink and all there side projects but Tom hasnt progressed at all.. He now uses effect pedals which he never used prior to TOYPAJ. But he fuckin sucks at guitar... and cant sing live to save his life

[182AVAFan182]

@grock825 You are so ignorant its ridiculous. Just because its easy to play, doesnt mean it bad by any means. I and many others really enjoy the way he plays guitar. Doesnt mean he sucks. And its "guitarist" not "guitar player"

[dbrules99]

@grock825 fuck your couch

[Metalhead12828]

@grock825 he doesnt need to progress or evolve his playing. its his style, his signature. say what you want, but when you hear him playing you know its him

[greenday10fan]

@grock825 hes amazing at guitar.he doesnt show it but hes fresh

[RRguitaristTC]

@grock825

and if you couldnt play it you'd be pissed

[Sodericeberg]

@grock825 It's one thing to play blink, but it it's a whole other level to write blink.

[stuscott555]

@grock825 so true. but i love blink and all toms side projects

[HappyForBreakfast]

wheres whats my age again

[wizzytype]

WASTING TIME IS NOT HERE! WTF MAN

[SgtDillPickle]

Where's "Feeling This"? That was one of the best guitar intros that he wrote. Well, in my opinion.

[blackfire053]

people only get the desire to play guitar like tom because when tom plays it sounds actually easy and takes five minutes to learn an entire blink album.

[radadamsable]

Great list. God I fuckin love how Tom plays. Although one song, I think, that NEEDS to be in there is Wasting Time off of Cheshire Cat. It's one of Tom's best openings to a song.

[TheBlinkisback09]

whats the deal with i feel so. my version is just the bass the tremelo and then the riff and then vox

[xXAAG12Xx]

I really like the solo he plays in Reebok Commercial I think that is some of his best guitar

[MyCoolboy17]

you should have put the bridge to give me one good reason cause that is a guitar solo

[placebogirl1]

every time the song changed i had started singing the song before it lol

[BreakingTheShame]

obvious...not really his best work. try heres your letter the chorus part, its a little better. the rest are good though

[mgstatic91]

He actually does a solo in Degenerate.

[Jake305super]

i dont think that tom played guitar for the adventure

[Galexanna]

you missed many nice riffs played by Tom, Touchdown Boy, Enthused etc.

[beginxXzor]

LOL Hardest blink-182 riff isnt in this video.

Ben Wah Balls 0:50 (from cheshire cat)

[JeffBrownThe10th]

i'd say the last one from rite of spring is my favorite. probably one of my all time AVA songs too

[BLCIAINK182]

how did you find an intro of dammit without the drums leading into the pre-verse?

[182AVAFan182]

@BLCIAINK182  its the dammit from the actual dude ranch album. not the single.

[AlbertoVannucci93]

the most difficult guitar part by tom in blink 182 is touchdown boy

[wwwwwoooeeee]

Being a good guitarist doesnt mean it needs solo´s for the entire song. Music is about what it touches in our souls, not only solo´s. Most of you metal lovers only listen to solo´s (there´s not much to listen in that crap anyway), and think that´s music art. So i don´t respect any metal band, because that´s no art. That´s sellout bullshit that talks about churches and death. Take for example: Slipknot. Just a guy yelling about death and shit, and some guys beating on some oil drums. Metal sucks!

[BILLYBOB12231]

@wwwwwoooeeee First off, what kind of Metal are you talking about? Death, Black, Heavy? There's many different kinds, and none of them are all about Guitar solos. Some of the "Best" guitarists are in Metal because it's hyper jumping around music. Furthermore, Metal isn't about burning churches and death and shit, it can be about emotions and other shit like that. Slipnknot isn't Metal at all.But you wouldn't know any of that because you don't respect any Metal artists.Dont bash shit you dont kno

[wwwwwoooeeee]

@BILLYBOB12231 haha, metalhead fanboy, what could i ask more?

[BILLYBOB12231]

@wwwwwoooeeee Nice comeback faggot.

[EuphoriaMusicSession]

i've never liked Rite of Spring's instrumentals. but it's a good song.

[dfsxgh]

enthused is crazy cool especially on guitar it should be o here

[SceNeBBy13]

Tom is god! (:

[000Z9A]

M&Ms is such a hard intro but the best i've everv heard :o!!!!!

[Ruthlessofniet]

change the title into 'Best of Tom Delonge's guitar riffs'

[pfp215]

listen to his solo in "wrecked him"

pretty sick.

[182robinson182ian]

there first erm if can call it a album flyswatter has some gd guitar lines in it like tom uses the same technique for like everthing he`s ever done from blink to box to ava but yer tom rules

[mickandsambothrule]

the music he makes may not be techically the greatest but i love his music and he is actually my 2nd fave guitar player

[monkeyjacket1]

@mickandsambothrule whos ya first cuz they must be pretty amazing to compare

[MrScs182]

@mickandsambothrule he is mi favorite guitar player he is fucking awesome.

[MadSkillsJohn]

u had to do carousel that has some intresting riffs in it and boring on dude ranch that had some hard riffs in it

[PrivateWednesdays]

lmao i agree with WolvusMan, and i feel so is all distortions, and dumpweed is really simple, the adventure is extremely easy and once again all distortions, but good mix of songs.

[WolvusMan]

dammit is the easiest song blink song on guitar

[redpandajacob]

Listen, if you're going to come on here just to argue, you need to get a life. We like blink more than metal. Quit trying to fight us/change our opinions.

[1Jammanguy]

you guys are fucking gay. Metal can lick my ass.

As well as randy rhodes (RIP?, fuck it) good, hes dead he was an ugly fuck, and he can lick my ass to .

POP FUCKING PUNK.

[ShadowFalcon12]

No ninja im not. i've seen players who play blues jazz rock and hardrock play better than him. and holy shit i did fucking forget Randy Rhoads(RIP)

[ShadowFalcon12]

Tom Delonge: Gay faggot asshole in Gayer boy band. Gets raped at guitar by the following:Synyster Gates,Paul Gilbert,Joe Satriani,Steve Vai,Jeff Loomis,Michael Batio,John Petrucci,My friends 4 year old Brother,Matt Heafy<Corey Beaulieu,Zacky Vengeance,Dave Mustaine,Guitar Zack,Chris Broderick,Alexi Laiho,Roope Latvala,Doug Doppler,Doc Coyle,Dallas Coyle,Kirk Hammett,James Hetfield,Mark Morton,Willie Addler, Oli herbert DIMEBAG FUCKING DARRELL(RIP BROTHER DIME),Jimi Hendrix,Tom Sucks basicly haha

[avafuture]

hey shit face....you suck only 20 times more haha.FAG!!

[NINJAMauri]

okay so what you are trying to say is tom sucks because he does not play metal?

[JacksonShredder777]

i agree , EVERYONE on your list kicks this fags ass , but you forgot RANDY FUCKING RHOADS (RIP).

[182AVAFan182]

oh my god. If you ever refer to Patrick Stump as a better musician than tom, or even a good musician in general, i dont want u ever commenting my videos again.

Patrick Stump is horrible. His guitar is uninteresting. His voice sounds like he has a rubber band tied around his balls. In fact that whole band sucks.

[182AVAFan182]

Patrick Stump barely goes beyond power chords. Of course he can play his own stuff better than anyone else. Because its his. That doesnt make it good. And no. He cant sing. He is sooooooo high pitched it ridiculous.

[182AVAFan182]

check out marlboro man by blink 182. tom has a great solo towards the end. Just because he DOESNT solo, doesnt mean he CANT solo. And patrick stump cant sing low pitched for shit. he tries and he fails. his voice is always that high pitched nasally voice. and ive heard him scream and he screams like a bitch. he doesn't know real screaming.

[182AVAFan182]

lol. Tom rapes Patrick Stump in everyway. Tom is a BAND MEMBER. Patrick is a little bitch who wants the spotlight.

[oppositeofme1]

@182AVAFan182 Dude I respect both artists, so could you not rip on Patrick?

[budqt1]

he does have some solos tho in tv off cheshire cat and reebok commercial off buddha 2 niice solos

[flamedudeNL]

@HugitoAfilms

Uhm, blink 182 never had made a guitar solo, ive got all their albums. Maybe you mean intro's?

[budqt1]

thats such a load of shit

try singing the chorus in stay together for the kids then talk

[budqt1]

patrick stump is such a fag tom delonge is pretty much FUCKIN AMAZING

[oppositeofme1]

@budqt1 They're both fuckin amazing dude. You just have to be more open minded.

[MajoCovers]

@HugitoAfilms I can do that too. :b

[oOoSassquatchoOo]

i think the riff of the adventure isnt writtn by tom delonge, beacause its in a screeching weasel song!

[wlad21]

which song?

[oOoSassquatchoOo]

screeching weasel-guest list

[trixr4kidzs]

actually there is probably a more correct version of the most popular musician in the world other than tom... if it were most preferred musician that would be different.... cuz in my opinion he is the best musician ever, but probably not the most popular. however, he is very popular

[EJtheDJ94]

Dick, did you not just see what i said...you might not think he's the most popular musician, but i do....thats our OPINIONS!!! Everyone's is different...there's no right answer.

[gizmo359c]

in my opinion i'm the most popular musician in the world... its my opinion so it is true

[EJtheDJ94]

I think Tom is one of the most talked about musicians ever...people are so opinionated by him...and that is why he's the shit!!! I bet he looks at these comments and is like "Shit, ther are so many people that have really strong opinions about me." He's like the most popular musician in the world!!

[huke1928]

He's definitely not the most popular musician in the world...

[EJtheDJ94]

As a guitar player myself I always play Dumpweed!!

[budqt1]

me 2

[huke1928]

almost everybody knows the riff because, they are mainstream!!!! and 90% of the people in the planet only listen to mainstream!!!!!! but listen to Dream Theater, Circus Maximus, Steve Vai, Paul Guilbert, Joe Satriani, Liquid tension, and you are going to see what masterpiece theses bands can create !!! Today guitar is an instrument that you need at least 10 years ( practicing exercises) to be able to play what the bands above play...but people don't give a shit for these players!!!!

[robinfinckisgod]

Whats wrong with listening to mainstream? Dont get all musical elitist because you listen to music-student bands. Who cares if people dont give a shit about the players you listed, if they wanted to be popular, theyd be more mainstream.

[huke1928]

you got a point... the players I listed don't want to go popular. My main point was to replay to kelyleemanproduction statement "there isn't any one who doesn't know the dammit riff".. he is right, but just because almost everybody listens to mainstream. There are a lot of riffs out there a lot more epic than Dammit.. and there's nothing wrong with listening to mainstream, I listen to mainstream.. and i didn't mean to go elitist even though it seamed, just wanted to make a point. peace!

[robinfinckisgod]

sorry if i got a bit pissy there, its just an auto reacting if anyone mentions mainstream on youtube, most of the time its people going OMG MAINSTREAM IS SO SHIT LOLOLOLOL, and I do understand your point of the epic riffz,

[huke1928]

its ok man, I didn't get offended...

[bebaslepas]

this is what I call a 'melodic guitar playing'

he dont play crazy stuff such as sherd,tapping,arpeggio,ect... but he play tones that last forever in our mind.. :)

in my opinion.. he's a genius!

[KyleLeemanProduction]

regardless of how simple some of this stuff is, its so rediculously memorable. and surely thats what a good riff is about? there isn't anyone who doesnt know the dammit riff or whatever.

fucking love tom delonge :D

[dollargeneral69]

you dont even have whats my age again you stupid fuck.

[twofive25]

The Adventure is by far the best song Tom has ever wrote in my opinion, especially lyrically, but i don't think its one of his best songs as far as the guitar goes even though i love the bridge. The intro to STFTK is rad. The intro riff for valkyrie missile that was later played on the bass is rad also.

[twofive25]

Other great ones are the war, the gift (simple but wow.), feeling this, the riff for the the course of not now, lifeline (even if you dont like it the melody is amazing, admit it.) and lets not forget ENTHUSED!!! that entire song is one great piece of guitar artistry.

[yuvinek]

what about ome old stuff like reebok commercial wasting time point of view solo

[Boehsermehnsch]

dumpweed is the best song ever!!

[bidy182]

Wasting Time ?????

Stay together for the kids ????

you left out some pretty good ones

[knockoutguitarist087]

dude to this day the dammit intro is still my favorite thats the only part of the song i listen to because ive heard that song soooooo much but awesome!!!

[jojolharicot51]

Old blink rocks!!

A riff like touchdown boy is simply awesome!

[zinrok2000]

lol Tom just kinda went downhill...

[Diuxix]

what about stay together 4 the kids??? the main riff is awesome

[alancito6]

and touchdown boy?

wasting time?

[182blinkstreet]

u need to add whats my age again that guitar is really awsome in that song

[Heeltoe1018]

playing fast and amazing solos isn't the only way to be amazing at guitar ..Tom is fuckin nasty even though he doesn't have fast and insane solos, thats not his style ..sometimes just staying back in the pocket is just as good as soloing and for you retards who don't even play guitar and say that he sucks, staying in the pocket and in time is harder than you think

[jmc2219]

yes keeping time on an instrument is not as easy as nodding your head

[vinny669922]

haha hell ya your right

[monkeyboi282]

lmfao it really is, i've been playing guitar over a year and thought i was good, started a band and it's so hard for everyone to get right time, we only playing blink stuff but yeah you're right

[182AVAFan182]

really? i guess it depends on the person. Because when i got my band together, we got the timing down and everything about 2 hours into our first practice. I guess it depends.

[gizmo359c]

its all about having a good drummer

[HideTheAvenue]

just cuz he plays "easy" riffs it doesn't mean he sucks at guitar!!! from my point of view i would want to hear a pop-punk song with just "amazing" guitar solos, that's for other type of music genres. for all you people who say he plays easy stuff i want to see you do better. words are cheap but actions are strong!!!

blink 182 rules!!!!

[Blink182max41]

agreed man

[alwaysblinkin182]

this is a terrible example on delonge's guitar playing. get more older blink stuff he's ideas were better back then

[ComebackChemist]

Well this video's purpose is to show Tom's guitar playing and how it changed as well.

But I can't disagree with you on the fact that their older stuff was a lot faster, harder, and more enjoyable to listen and play to.

[Geist666]

whats my age again should be up there.

oh well still good

(the opening to whats my age again)

[CaramelMarshmallow]

he's alright. tons of their songs have the same chord progression, albeit in a different key. he also screws up a lot live.

[182AVAFan182]

every band screws up live. He just likes to have fun. And who cares if they have the same chord progression. It still sounds good to me. I like listening to it. =)

[CaramelMarshmallow]

thats just fine. he can write. just accept the fact that he cant play guitar worth shit. he cant even count a beat.

[mundmandrummer]

you know...that HAS to be true....because you know...he's famous. what the fuck dude, he wouldn't be famous if he sucked at guitar

[182AVAFan182]

i wouldn't say he sucks at guitar but (and this is coming from a huge blink fan) he plays VERY simple stuff. but by no means does he suck.

[mundmandrummer]

i know. i'm not sayin he does. just calling the other guy a dumbass for saying he does

[182AVAFan182]

yeah. i know what you're saying.

[CaramelMarshmallow]

dude, look at the fucking jonas brothers. are they good at their instruments?

hell no.

my point is, someone doesn't have to be talented in the music industry to become famous anymore.

im not saying he sucks.

hes just alright.

[mundmandrummer]

yea i get your point. kinda. i'm just saying that he's actually really. he's getting alot better now too

[182AVAFan182]

yeah. tom certainly grew as a musician since blink's prime.

[link90099]

because he never learned how to count lol, he actually admitted it, and btw your a dumb ass for thinking that he sucks at guitar

[CaramelMarshmallow]

yeah, even the most novice guitarist can count a beat.

and wait...

your calling me a dumbass based on a few comments on youtube?

lets just stop.

the maker of the video is probably getting annoyed having to read all this shit.

[link90099]

yea, what if he gets other people to count them for him?, and yes i am calling you a dumb ass for a comment about him being a crappy guitarist,

because he is fucking wicked at it

[CaramelMarshmallow]

do you even play guitar?

[link90099]

yes sir i do

[Edtheyak]

pretty gd list but anthem pt 2 and time to break up are awesome and basicially every song on the first two albums

[mynameistomilk]

i love how i feel so comes in after rock show!

its just DUNNNNN so dark!

[AbsoloutlyTomFan]

Anthem Part 2 is one of the best.

[kennypop182]

anthem pt2 is the most simple blink song to play

[mynameistomilk]

there are alot of easy blink songs that are equal in easiness to anthem part2

like im lost without you

and story of a lonely guy

and fentoozler

[kennypop182]

in fact it's... find a blink song, hard to play........ i fucking love blink but there's not too much difficult song to play... like hum, enthused, m&m's and some other old songs

[mynameistomilk]

the songs arent hard at all but theyre just contagious to play

i love jamming to them! especially when u know like a lot of there songs.

enthused isnt that hard.

m&ms took me a month of frustration but i wasnt working on it haha

um i like the solo for point of view from buddha

[ginonater]

what about touchdown boy? pretty hard to play and sing that at the same time

[txlnghorns22]

Best of Tom Delonge's guitar playing....? He plays power chords and ascending/descending root notes.....there is no best.

[182AVAFan182]

your retarded. it doesn't need to be difficult to play for it to be good. If it sounds good, than it is good.

[LIFE4DEATH101]

Wheres anthem part 2

WTF

[182AVAFan182]

Ok get ready to totally get pissed at me. Everyone wants stay together for the kids, but to be totally honest, i didnt put it in there because i dont particularly care for that song. I don't like it that much

[EzClixx1212]

okay dude seriously you got some right but stay together for the kids, wasting time, adams song, and enthused should definately be in there!

[RealRix]

what about enthused wasting time and anthem pt.2??? they deserve to be here...

[GHapple]

anthem pt 2 should be in there

[Fender1424]

Carousel is more bass. The guitar isnt that great. It's the bass playing the main part in the intro.

[joerego88]

why is i feel so and obvious in there? surely stay together for and the kids and adams song are better than them...or carousel!

[blinkracer1224]

I agree, I think that carousel, stay together for the kids, and adams songs should be included.. oh and ben wha balls.

[bandshed]

stay together for the kids?