blink-182 Obvious Live @ Virgin Mobile Freefest 08-30-09

[jelloman22297]

I love how Tom is wearing an Angels And Airwaves shirt!

[greenday10fan]

nice headstock tom?is tht a gibson?we wouldnt be able to tell

[TheMauricevonk]

@greenday10fan Its a Baratto ;) custom for this low tuning, the gibson cant handle the tuning this low. I tried it and it failed with my gibson xD!

[greenday10fan]

@TheMauricevonk :p haha

[greenday10fan]

@TheMauricevonk wait did u play ths guitar?or do u just kno everythin bout time

[somethingtosave]

@TheMauricevonk good shit man, how'd you find that out?

[kamaseinc]

Who think that the 2009 tour is better than this year

[Thatoneguykid]

hah Tom is trying to have his old hair here x) 

[somethingtosave]

0:23 does tom sound like a legit singer? hes got like, vibrato and stuff... where'd that come from?

[morson93]

@somethingtosave listen to 0:38, 1:12, etc etc, no vibrato.

He probably does use stuff, he does in AVA,

[8gerrard8]

@somethingtosave He's just messing around.

[mattjoe952k9]

OMG TOM SOUNDS AMAZING

[TheCactusBoi]

Why don't they do this on their Honda Civic Tour set? Would be awesome!

[MykeMetyll]

Why trash Tom just because he's shitfaced?

[sk8brder40]

yaz yimes lie yeesss! is obeeousss!

[brokenyard]

@sk8brder40 That's how its supposed to go!

[bassgeek3]

I have to disagree with anyone who says toms voice sounds decent

Its like he hit puberty after enema of the state

Listen to live stuff before 2001

[priceyboy]

2:14 i love toms "ayyyy"

[kornlda1]

it's obvious that blink 182 is the best

[VashD15]

Watching Tom try is just downright hilarious

[8gerrard8]

@VashD15 Lol I agree.

[182upallnight182]

yeah i was just about to say i love the original obvious, but i like this one a little beter cause he makes the vocals alittle more challenging

[ticco182]

tom now is gay!

[mikeyputman]

tom actually sounds decent in this!

[mecorito]

Travis Fuckin Barker!!

[ktl2]

blink live sucks

[almostmakingit12]

Toms has a AVA shirt on In a blink video...I feel like that should be wrong in some way.

[kamaseinc]

Shut up! ahahah 

[FockingLars]

at yimes like th-ie-ssss

[melmikehenFynn]

toms the best pop punk guy

[Rubulifasta]

Their songs are great but ... why tom sing different?

You're the best guys!

[bucknutz021891]

this.sounds.amazing

[SSekhon96]

scott fucking raynor just doesnt sound good

[Alex888CKY]

my second favorite song by blink 182!!!!:)

[EPCification]

i dint know travis' middle name was fuckin

[andrws129]

@EPCification Lol haha

[tjrskyline]

no black shield that covers where the second pickups should be!

[dudzi777]

@tjrskyline thats because this guitar that he uses here is one of the prototypes for when he created this guitar, he uses it sometimes for songs tuned down1 and 1/2 steps like this one

[LazyGeneration5]

lol... tom has a love shirt from AVA

[rockettransam911]

@LazyGeneration5 haha yeah, that was an advertisement xD. You know how many people asked me at the concert what it was for? hahah

[joselalog]

@0:27-0:35 hahahaha i love it XD

[macbeth3451]

listen to the old versions they are a way faster!

[greencatsick]

baratto guitar :]

[MrScs182]

i love voice's tom but i hate the pick slide...

[TheMauricevonk]

this song sounds soooo fucking good with the voice he has now!

[Pippetypippen]

Awesome. Totally rad. Punk vox, punk song.

[lukasMHC]

Tom is the best

Mark is the best

Travis is the best

And you guys...you are just idiots

[nujobztube]

tom is full of shit

[BassOMasta]

It's a Barrato :D

It's made to play songs in lower tunings :P

He used Barrato's back in tha days... But then just the neck :P

[123mreu]

the bass of mark is very beautiful Oo

[Lukealeck]

and if you didn't know, it says Obvious on his head stock on that guitar

[kornpleiks]

best version.. ever

[hendrix1222]

@YETEproductions oh that would make sense

[priceyboy]

toms grunts in theses are soo sick

[hendrix1222]

why is he not playing his signature gibson look at the headstock

[YETEproductions]

@hendrix1222 its probly cause this song is in like drop c# and he doesnt wanna fuck up the action or the tension on his signatures

[CasiMirLtd]

This is my favorite live performance of Obvious =) Tom sounds great, i heard that the side effects of the drugs he took/take for his back after the surgery is the reason for his "weight-gain" and the change in his voice. I don't remember the name though..

He is awesome though! Always! :D

[ChillyMule]

They need to drop this song. Tom can't do it. He never could.

[hatchetiscarrot77]

@ChillyMule what are you talking about? This is actually a good performance of this song

[xXBronynXx]

@ChillyMule stfu, this song is tits

[Langer862]

travis is the best drummer of the world

he plays so special

[paulbanda29]

Tom don't change your Gibson to a baratto guitar! I know it's awesome but back then when you played gibson so keep playing gibson and bring back your fender strat when you play "obvious" and you could your strat for down tuning songs! :)

Everybody would go krazy if you bring back your strat and mark has an awesome logo on his guitar I love the octopus!!! :)

[MarksAsianFriend]

@paulbanda29 yeah dude im fine with the gibsons, but if he brought back the strat just for half down or d tuning, thatd be sooo sick

[6ty]

Is he accually saying words?

[disluxia]

he sounds so bad..

[melendrezsteven]

its called growing up people. something you people need to do......

[MarksAsianFriend]

that barrato looks so badass

[spparkie1]

his voice is so good here!

[MarksAsianFriend]

shut up.

[hatchetiscarrot77]

@MarksAsianFriend Dude you have one of the best Youtube names ever. hahaha

[MarksAsianFriend]

@hatchetiscarrot77 hahaha thanks bro.

[hidingfromadam]

How fucking drunk is Tom in this video!? His AvA voice is incredible and singing whilst wrecked seems to make it better. Seeing you on the 3rd of February Tom, you better be wasted.

[MarksAsianFriend]

@hidingfromadam dude when he says "i know you fucked him again!" it sounds..like drunk..but amazing at the same time.

[HalfDeadFatGuy0]

tom sounds better on songs from the self titled album than he did in 2003

[AFIrock13]

@HalfDeadFatGuy0 Well, he sounds better live now than he did then.

[HalfDeadFatGuy0]

@AFIrock13 i wouldnt necessarily say he sounds better on some earlier songs like from enema, just because his voice has lowered and hes 10 years older. but his vocals arent as bad as people are making it sound

[chrisisdabomb1234]

@HalfDeadFatGuy0 he sounds awesome in dumpweed :)

[SumGCFan41]

TOM, stop singing like that. He sounds so spaced out like he does in AvA D:

[prafty]

fuck they suck live

[epicholiday93]

why is tom playing a barrato?

[p00123456789]

he isnt using he gibson because this song is tuned half a step down and i think he is working on a sponsership with this new company might leave gibson

:O

[ftwsk8erkid582]

hes not using his gibson ..

[HalfDeadFatGuy0]

okay..so i closed my eyes, and listened to this song after listening to the reading performances from 2003. i couldnt tell the difference. everyone's blowing his voice change way out of preportion

[raffy971]

bleh..........tom...-.-''

[iamjsteal]

"shut up"

[dorlack]

i love the black and white on this guitar!

[atamakarappo]

wow!

[Unde4dHun7r]

Tom wearing LOVE's T-shirt, from Angels & Airwaves *-*

[12thUntitled]

i think toms voice is BETTER than before!

[guitargod10940]

i never understood how they played their instruments so low without hurting their backs or hands

[TheBeeges]

@guitargod10940 Tom did hurt his back, that why he switched guitars

[himynameisglen199]

@TheBeeges no, that's not the reason, he switched to Gibson because he wanted to go back to his roots. Tom used Gibson Les Paul during the first few years of blink 182, then he started to use Fender after dude ranch came out

[moonbeam182]

@himynameisglen199 but he used that white strat with all the stickers on it at the same time not disagreeing just saying

[ExitiumArs]

"Shut up." lol

[urfriendkevin]

fucking perfect preformence

[alkemist85reconz]

i Think u mean Mark needs to have his bass higher

[MeatJackn]

i wish tom would quit bein such a deushe and sing like he used to

[ccenac1233432356654]

@MeatJackn i wish you knew how to spell douche and werent such a terrible blink fan

[MrRossdawson182]

@MeatJackn just stfu

[MeatJackn]

@MrRossdawson182 sorry to personally offend you on youtube friend. sorry your feelings are so easily hurt over the internet.

[MrRossdawson182]

@MeatJackn Don't be a tard ;)

[MeatJackn]

@MrRossdawson182 Cool beans. Have a good day.

[HalfDeadFatGuy0]

i want that guitar

[97Chrissss]

everyone want this guitar

[VacantFishTank]

anyone know why he was telling the crowd to shut up?

[NeVeRaGaIn901]

ladies and gentlemen travis fucking barker XD

[MBblink182]

mark needs to have his bass lower

[axisme]

I think he sounds sick in this cause his hair is back in its like 2005 style <3

[barkerfan182]

what kind of Guitar is Tom playing? Thats Not Gibson, Check The Head Stock

[McMammut]

@barkerfan182

ES335, there is an expensive Gibson and a cheaper Epiphone version of this guitar

[maydecember513]

@barkerfan182 I think it is, but he just chopped off some of the headstock.

[allaboutandrew]

@barkerfan182 he is playing a baratto. but it still has the gibson dirty fingers pick up in it.

[gunlak]

@barkerfan182 That's a custom Baratto guitar for different tunings like Obvious.

[barkerfan182]

@gunlak cool thanx, that makes sense considering he use to use a fender for that song live

[kuntucky123]

toms guitar here looks mint.

[andrewk170]

ladies and gentleman travis fucking barker!!!!!

[sok213]

I FUCKING JIZZED

[MirrorevO]

@sok213 hahahhahaha but not really?

[sok213]

toms getting better

[Mayhem3033]

well at least tom can play guitar live now lol marks my favourite, they r all sic as fuck though

[eddydiaz41]

tom is gay... mark rulzzz

[sok213]

@eddydiaz41 being gay is awesome

[eddydiaz41]

@sok213 it's posible but sing in that way is really bad! WE WANT THE OLD TOM!

[McMammut]

@eddydiaz41 Actually you want.. I heard them live in august and they all sounded better than in the time between 2000-2005..actually that's my opinion, it can differ to yours :D

[BlinkeSko]

@eddydiaz41 he has always sounded terrible live, but hes better now than before. Its something special when they're playing live, but in no way bad.

[MirrorevO]

tom is not the best live singer

[alcaPWN1994]

@MirrorevO never has been lol

[blinkMATIC]

i saw u again,i know you fucked him again,tom sings so good in this one

[BLOODREDNBLACK]

awesome :D ppl stfu! tom sings gr8t!

[SpacemanSven]

I love how Tom sings in this!! It's so rad!

[heywood715]

hes matured you fucks, and his voice is just mimicking angels and airwaves obviously

[921musicman]

tom really needs to stop singing like this... what happened to old blink... great song tho :-/

[Norbzz11]

hes just having fun, thats what he cares about.

[davinesu]

Tom's voice it's sucks...

[alcaPWN1994]

@davinesu maybe learn english then comment again

[mfighter96]

The beginning almost sounds metal.. Cool.

[allaboutandrew]

he plays a baratto guitar.

[SkurwysynJakichMalo]

00:19 - 00:30 best tom live voice ever. that's all.

[DanielHalf]

@SkurwysynJakichMalo yup! :)

[greenNroses]

Tom Sounds So! Good Singing This Song !!!

[chrisbyebass]

you can see that tom sings like that on purpose, because at the near end he sings like he used too back in 2003

[CJCFlims]

i just noticed, thats not his signiture gibson or epiphone

[allaboutandrew]

@CJCFlims this is a baratto guitar

[delez24]

@allaboutandrew no, just a baratto headstock

[allaboutandrew]

@delez24 no it's not, dumb ass. look on baratto's website. and there is no plate right under the neck which all of his gibsons have.

[masterfries]

@allaboutandrew Dude on the baratto website under the gallery they have pictures of this guitar in 2 finishes AND pictures of Tom playing it. Do your research and then you can call people dumb asses, but this time you made a fool out of yourself.

[ckhughes117]

Somebody needs to tell Tom to stop trying to sing and just sing the song

[Norbzz11]

@ckhughes117 well keep in mind that during blink shows he is normally drunk...

[GBfan006]

is tom even saying words in the begininng when he's singing? lol jk...he's a boss either way

[skulduggery1515]

People need to shut the fuck up about toms voice. This is live #1 so he isnt gonna sounds like his studio recordings, and he is doing just fine. I think he sounds great. He has emotion in his voice, with the humor and punk image that he used to have.

[sivaband]

@skulduggery1515 yeah but the songs the bassist sings sound better, adams song, whats my age again, dammit, all their best songs

[skulduggery1515]

@sivaband . But what about all the small things, Dumpweed, Stay Together For The Kids, Not Now, I Miss You, First Date, Carousel, Always? They sang an equal amount of good songs. My Two Favorite songs are Dumpweed And Going Away To College. Mark sings one, and Tom sings the other. Thats what makes Blink-182 so unqiue. They are all known.

[ezhockey]

too much bass

[gunlak]

yayYayak ThEys!!

[THEM0STSHADY]

watching the beginning i was thinking "This is average Tom", then it kept getting better and better and better and the near the end was perfect! they shoulda played it twice in a row. the second one woulda been perfect!

[greenNroses]

Toms new voice works so good with this song !

[pete34911]

Can this song only be played tuned correctly with a baritone guitar?

[jamesman74]

@pete34911 nah you put it in drop C

[TheBlinkisback09]

@jamesman74 just tune 1 1/2 steps down. not c. its C# aka Db

[accad95]

hate it.. tom ruined it.. i miss his old voice. he must separate tom from AVA and tom from BLINK.

[NINJAMauri]

@accad95 lol tom did NOT ruin it this is like the best performance of obvious in youtube.

[yourbiggestmistake18]

@accad95 dude he has been gone from blink for 5 years cut him some slack geez

[TobiasGuitarGod]

to be honest, tom sounds like a spastic having sex with his mother while screaming and trying to eat a carrot at the same time... but in someway he still kinda rocks cuz hes tom. wierd.

[Charls1994]

travis fckng barker.. he´s awesome, Im waiting the new cd until they return.. im a big fan of this band, im from mexico, so SORRY for my english!

[ericrpurvis1]

Ha yes!!! Travis fuckin barker!!

[ezhockey]

I don't know about you guys, but did Tom's guitar seem really quiet? It wasn't as loud as I expected when I saw them live.

[BLINK182OWNS100]

GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!!

[evansayschill]

oh yea hes wearing his AvA shirt, LOVE

[JoeCification]

The Tom Delonge from the Dude Ranch period until the TOYPAJ won't come back..

But you know, he is just awesome !

[RoyalAirwaves]

ITS OBVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUS :D

[biette808]

shut up...

[mtasadude]

tom is so AvA! blink will never be the same =( sometimes i think that mark should continue with +44...

[johnaries222]

oww i notice that toms guitar is not gibson & epiphone .. what brand is it ?

[Melleniacon]

@johnaries222 It's a gibson, tom's signature model.

[charlos444]

@Melleniacon toms using a BARATTO guitar here. 

[Gdayguy36]

I love blink, but why the fuck does tom still do that with his voice? he's not in fucking AVA anymore!

[t3hZm4n]

@Gdayguy36 This has been addressed before. Tom's voice actually physically changed. He cannot sing the same way he used to. His voice began changing in 2002 when he injured his back and began taking painkillers and continued to change until ~2007. You can already hear obvious differences in his voice if you compare the blink's STFTK performance on Leno versus their later performance of it on Kimmel.

[Gdayguy36]

@t3hZm4n Yeah it's unfortunate. I saw them last year in Tampa, the show was still pretty damn awesome

[schimmeltre]

@Gdayguy36 you're wrong he is still in AVA xDD