Rare blink-182 A Letter To Elise (Cure Cover) MTV Icon 2004

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  • 2004.09.17 - MTV Icon-The Cure, Old Billingsgate Market, London, England
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  • @Speartuna
    @Speartuna ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Mark is a huge Cure fan, for him to play this with Robert Smith himself watching must’ve felt like a dream come true

    • @daz1676
      @daz1676 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Also having him literally singing a song on the Untitled album. Crazy.

  • @alexmusic5013
    @alexmusic5013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    Blink’s absolute peak. They would never be quite the same after this. I have been coming back to this song for 15 years.

    • @harrygoldsmith6792
      @harrygoldsmith6792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It is the absolute peak of blink. Goddamn to go back

    • @nos4me
      @nos4me ปีที่แล้ว +24

      self titled is the best pop punk album ever made

    • @adegracci
      @adegracci ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They’re back!

    • @nonyobussiness3440
      @nonyobussiness3440 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      For sure. What’s odd is they’re more famous and popular now. But this was their artistic peak

    • @cirofdo
      @cirofdo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mark is out of tune and Tom's guitar is sloppy, how is this the peak?

  • @HoppusBarker44
    @HoppusBarker44 10 ปีที่แล้ว +805

    I really wish that they could've done a studio version :(

    • @IAmNeomic
      @IAmNeomic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      They did, just never been released. Probably never will because of rights and royalties.

    • @IAmNeomic
      @IAmNeomic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I found the CoCatalog (copyright office) listing for it years ago, and the notes on the listing stated it was a "Main Mix", which in the music industry denotes a studio version.

    • @briannasca3044
      @briannasca3044 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Damn, I'd really like to be able to download that

    • @alessandrodonofrio4047
      @alessandrodonofrio4047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@IAmNeomic my opinion, probably was in ballot with another girl another planet in the cd of their hit, pity some hacker that offers?

    • @denisuntoro
      @denisuntoro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brightside come leak it dudes

  • @ryanpeters801
    @ryanpeters801 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I never realized how much Tom cared; He knew how important this was to Mark!

  • @parkerwolsey3186
    @parkerwolsey3186 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    toms best guitar work is in this era, he mixes post punk, hardcore, and his skate punk influences so tastefully

  • @elisekelly5761
    @elisekelly5761 8 ปีที่แล้ว +649

    Every time I listen to this and hear Mark sing my name I cry a little

    • @TheKatok
      @TheKatok 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hahahahahhaa

    • @mitzz1827
      @mitzz1827 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      fuck sake elise calm it

    • @v4nnz444
      @v4nnz444 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      right. :)

    • @wornoutshoes11
      @wornoutshoes11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      calm down elise... its not you! lol

    • @abitheburdn
      @abitheburdn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      it doesnt matter what you say

  • @leocavala9772
    @leocavala9772 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1514

    tom killed it on the guitar

    • @RustyStrings98
      @RustyStrings98 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Leo Čavala i wanna like this comment but it has 182 likes already

    • @tadiwright8749
      @tadiwright8749 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Now it has 282 likes

    • @jre-1337
      @jre-1337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I wish there was an emoji for that little snort when someone says something so retarded you almost laugh but you cant.

    • @jre-1337
      @jre-1337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But I checked out your channel, so I know where you're coming from. 15 years ago I was your age and had just learned how to play Dammit and thought Tom was tight, so I feel ya dawg.

    • @benl.9019
      @benl.9019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@jre-1337 so he isn't Hendrix the song is still beautiful and blink had their own spin on it. Fuck off loser

  • @bnes2.0
    @bnes2.0 9 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    That riff is catchy as shit..

    • @FfancyCcrash
      @FfancyCcrash 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tristan Conrad And it fits the song very well! :D

    • @josefnewsom7992
      @josefnewsom7992 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tristan Conrad indeed

    • @riaranta3150
      @riaranta3150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tristan Conrad RIGHT?! 🤘🏻

    • @hw343434
      @hw343434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That riff is played with guitar and Xylophone I believe in The Cure’s original version

  • @Embryonicboy
    @Embryonicboy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    When they really tried, Blink could be so good live. Tom really really plays this well.

  • @tkthetank
    @tkthetank 5 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    I imagine this is what the album after Untitled would have sounded like if they didnt break up that first time. This was pinnacle Blink 182 imo.

    • @OMGYasuke
      @OMGYasuke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Nah they probably would've sounded more like Angels and Airwaves. That's what Tom thought they would've done next after untitled. Hell, in the 2003-04 concerts, before Tom starts playing 'down', Tom plays a riff that sounds just like something that would be used for AVA lol.

    • @Jim-lo9up
      @Jim-lo9up 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ItsGrumpy I mean you can’t be mad at that lol it is pretty great

    • @shottxy4647
      @shottxy4647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      tbh I reckon neighbourhoods would've been their sound after this anyway. In the mtv album launch you can hear tom play the riff from one of the neighbourhoods songs in there

    • @ohalistair
      @ohalistair 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Several songs written for the next record are actually on the first AVA record. You can pick them out if you listen closely.

    • @ohalistair
      @ohalistair 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@shottxy4647 The riff for Wishing Well was written during the Untitled sessions, so it's quite possible that.

  • @michaeld614
    @michaeld614 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    2004. I was 15 and saw this live on German TV. I never thought I would understand this song. 2007 I fell in love and she loved me. Until 2017 when she left me. Now I am 34 and it is 2024. Still love her. Always will do. Missing the early 2000s. Life was hard but true. So was love.

  • @francisconavarro9629
    @francisconavarro9629 7 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Tom's work on the guitars on this tune were magestic!

    • @wildcard749
      @wildcard749 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Francisco Navarro majestic

  • @victorsuarez3
    @victorsuarez3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +653

    Marylin Manson, The Cure and Blink 182 in one single video... what more can you ask...

    • @rigbypa
      @rigbypa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      To subtract two of them out.

    • @danashyaaa
      @danashyaaa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      could understand Manson, but without the cure there would be no blink-182

    • @chobes1827
      @chobes1827 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      RJAWolfe 07 They both loved the Descendents / All who were the biggest influences for early blink, but Mark's favorite band is the Cure and they shaped his music taste. He might not have ever played bass if it wasn't for the Cure, especially considering the first song he learned was A Forest.

    • @dta666
      @dta666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Manson has his good material

    • @sunakonakahara9104
      @sunakonakahara9104 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      THIS MADE MY DAYY!!

  • @flex_piper
    @flex_piper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    This is the direction i wish blink stayed with and evolved into what they're making today.
    This sound with all the passion here would sound incredible.

    • @theempire00
      @theempire00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      💯

    • @onedeathbyflame
      @onedeathbyflame 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alternative universe

    • @jellybIood
      @jellybIood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They would’ve ended sounding like Neighborhoods regardless, which I don’t care. I love Neighborhoods, and California is great, but I would give it up for another album like it

    • @justinTime077
      @justinTime077 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jellybIood California and Nine are sideshow trash. One More Time is proof of that.

  • @rskimski
    @rskimski 10 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    this was a cover done the right way. blink made it their own. every other band just tried to sound as much like the cure as they could. most bands that play bars every night can sound like someone else, thats not all that impressive. kudos to blink for being blink.

    • @RSpracticalshooting
      @RSpracticalshooting 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      exactly i love this version because it's so different

    • @nicktrousers
      @nicktrousers 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rstewart0516 Agreed

    • @saintmatthew7451
      @saintmatthew7451 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      implying blink had a choice .. LMFAO

    • @punkgrl325
      @punkgrl325 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saint Matthew That's the same thing I was thinking XD

    • @victoraxelalonso4434
      @victoraxelalonso4434 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      rskimski deftones did a pretty good job tbh

  • @gerardchampagne
    @gerardchampagne 9 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    This just makes me feel every feeling under the sun. They fucking killed it...

  • @FfancyCcrash
    @FfancyCcrash 8 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Rob's face is like "Shit, I should tour with this punks" xD

    • @FfancyCcrash
      @FfancyCcrash 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** I know, that's why I said it xD

    • @bon2yan88
      @bon2yan88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      **gave a proper nod**

    • @Disturber93
      @Disturber93 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha best comment !

    • @marsimus13
      @marsimus13 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      wish kind of granted dude

  • @driftkim7015
    @driftkim7015 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    The guitar tone in here is insane and riffs are catchy. Tom is such a genius. Please don't let this video die.

  • @rattleandhumgirl
    @rattleandhumgirl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Because of Blink and this cover I fell in love with The Cure and the amazing Robert Smith!

    • @JustSheilz
      @JustSheilz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +LeeSa This is my all time favorite son and Blink 182 did a fabulous job!

    • @blessingsara11
      @blessingsara11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats doing things the other way around lmao

  • @jamesdanher6875
    @jamesdanher6875 9 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    wish there was an actual recording of this version

    • @ZacharyPipe
      @ZacharyPipe 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      studio version would be soooooo sweet man!

  • @Ripper13F1V
    @Ripper13F1V 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I still get the chills hearing this version all these years later. just whoa.

  • @bumqueen3074
    @bumqueen3074 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I named my kid Elise because of this cover

    • @azkarais989
      @azkarais989 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      great stuff, might be me in the future

  • @hradecek7748
    @hradecek7748 9 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    3:24 Robert approves.

    •  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's rather at 1:28 or you must have night-vision googles on.😅

  • @ericcortina7125
    @ericcortina7125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I've been a fan of Blink since the 90s. Out of all the albums, all the songs - This is my favorite song I've ever heard them do. Best rendition of this Cure song, by far.

  • @alittlebindi25
    @alittlebindi25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My heart breaks when the pan to RS sitting in the dark, clapping quietly. He probably feels like a proud dad. I love them all so much.

  • @blakey3818
    @blakey3818 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The best Blink stuff is always the stuff most people haven’t heard. This is perfect.

  • @RoxstarX
    @RoxstarX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    im in love with toms style on guitar and movements including at 0:53

  • @CalvinEastwood
    @CalvinEastwood 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is how a cover should be - staying true to the band's style that's playing it, while still playing the recognizable chords and singing the right melody

  • @JD43232
    @JD43232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    This performance is perfect. It might suck to some people but this is 100% what blink was in 2003/2004. Just high energy blink having fun and making it their own...knowing that a large amount of Cure fans probably won't like it. Robert obviously sees it in the right way and likes it a lot, which is awesome. He did sing an entire song on their self-titled record and he thought that record was really good!

    • @vishano1234
      @vishano1234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think tom and mark were already
      really ugly w/ each other at this time

  • @777Eliyahu
    @777Eliyahu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Props to blink for putting their own spin on this. I felt like this was the only performance during this thing were Robert Smith didn't look completely bored.

  • @TSMusic-95
    @TSMusic-95 10 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE? its amazing!

    • @182182alex
      @182182alex 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've just discovered this video.... 3 years after you so.... lol

    • @TSMusic-95
      @TSMusic-95 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      182182alex wow, i don't even remember this haha! this reply just popped up when I was browsing. it's interesting how much you can change in 3 years, I probably haven't even listened to Blink in like a year. even though they used be huge Idols of mine. thanks for the blast from the past! :)

    • @fidgetyrock4420
      @fidgetyrock4420 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember seeing this back in 2004 breaking my heart. Idk why but this song and blinks emo period reminds me of the movie 13

    • @thedawgz1507
      @thedawgz1507 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m just now seeing this 7 years later 😔

  • @abst_mmchvl1920
    @abst_mmchvl1920 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Twenty years later, BEST BAND EVER

  • @LG_Av8r
    @LG_Av8r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No matter how long it’s been, I always come back to this cover. Peak Blink. Punk with a fresh spin on old sentiments.

  • @felipea.3487
    @felipea.3487 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    that guitar is literally orgasmic

  • @Anonymous-fs3gs
    @Anonymous-fs3gs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Travis Barker man, what an UNDERRATED Drummer...
    A Legend...

  • @ElBiggso
    @ElBiggso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've been watching this incredible cover for years and it's about to top 1M views. Good work everyone.

    • @BecomingAMan
      @BecomingAMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m proud to have contributed to at least 100 of those haha

    • @ElBiggso
      @ElBiggso 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BecomingAMan fuck yeah mate Lets keep it going!

  • @Andrew_suspended_in_time
    @Andrew_suspended_in_time 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Still remember when I watched it on tv.. Back when mtv was good and we didn't have all this Facebook/phone apps and "everything is accessible" way of life

  • @isleofthecheetah
    @isleofthecheetah ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The guitar riff is awesome, but I really love mark's bass tone.

  • @frigyesburkhardt4469
    @frigyesburkhardt4469 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lyrics:
    Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say
    I just can't stay here every yesterday
    Like keep on acting out the same
    The way we act out
    Every way to smile
    Forget
    And make-believe we never needed
    Any more than this
    Any more than this
    Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
    I know I'll never really get inside of you
    To make your eyes catch fire
    The way they should
    The way the blue could pull me in
    If they only would
    If they only would
    At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else
    That hides away
    But you and me, we're worlds apart
    With aching looks and breaking hearts
    And all the plans your hands can make
    Oh I just take as much as you can throw
    And then I throw it all away
    Oh I throw it all away
    Like throwing faces at the sky
    Like throwing arms round
    Yesterday
    I stood and stared
    Wide-eyed in front of you
    And the face I saw looked back
    The way I wanted to
    But I just can't hide my tears away
    The way you do
    Elise... believe I never wanted this
    I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
    I thought you were the girl always dreamed about
    But I let the dream go
    And the promises broke
    And the make-believe ran out...
    Oh Elise
    It doesn't matter what you say
    I just can't stay here every yesterday
    Like keep on acting out the same
    The way we act out
    Every way to smile
    Forget
    And make-believe we never needed
    Any more than this
    Any more than this
    And every time I try to pick it up
    Like falling sand
    As fast as I pick it up
    It runs away through my clutching hands
    But there's nothing else I can really do
    There's nothing else I can really do
    There's nothing else
    I can really do
    At all...

  • @boarderlife5150
    @boarderlife5150 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just found this and haven't stopped listening. I want the original Blink back together

  • @bhuezo
    @bhuezo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I wish they release this as a single.

  • @ozyris859
    @ozyris859 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Absolutely insane guitar work by Tom!

  • @elisedingemans5207
    @elisedingemans5207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Damn I love this cover.

  • @danielalvarez1810
    @danielalvarez1810 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    good music doesn't have to be technically perfect, it's a feeling

  • @mattpayne5208
    @mattpayne5208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This performance is so damn good and underrated!! Blink was never better than this period after they released the self titled album. That album was pure master piece and as a teenager it took me a couple listens to really buy into the new record bc I wanted take off your pants and jacket and enema sounding blink. I quickly got over that and that it became my favorite and it has aged like a fine wine into my early thirties! This cover in front of the cure is just an added bonus to that awesome sound they created for that album along with Not Now!

    • @daz1676
      @daz1676 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve always wondered about Not Now. It was on my Untitled album when I was 10 or 11 which was when I first got into them. So I never knew that it was only on the greatest hits for some people. It’s always been one of my fav blink songs

  • @raymon8044
    @raymon8044 8 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    I remember watching this entire show and how they showed a clip of Robert Smith telling how he did a song with Blink for their album (All Of This) and how his friends said he was nuts for even thinking about the idea. I guess alot of ppl didn't take Blink seriously back then because of their poop jokes and songs about blowjobs. That self titled album is still their masterpiece. I mean they've matured a little from the poop and blowjob songs, sounded like their favorite 80's bands yet still hadn't lost their energy of previous albums.

    • @Tom364
      @Tom364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Raymon still think it’s funny how mark didn’t want to do that album lol

    • @russellschwartz9687
      @russellschwartz9687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Untitled album*

    • @bbarrera86
      @bbarrera86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i even think that song is about as good as it gets meshing the cure and blink together, they really did a stellar job in creating a song that would fit the cure style and that wouldn't lose blink's essence

    • @emfraridades7261
      @emfraridades7261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That álbum is too polished and too 80's. Still good tho

    • @ryanejhinger5331
      @ryanejhinger5331 ปีที่แล้ว

      The poop jokes and blowjob songs ARE FRICKING AWESOME .... TF DUDE

  • @Smellyday
    @Smellyday 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It’s so sad that this was the BEST era of blink, yet there was so much turmoil within the band at that point. I wonder what it would have been like had they not broken up the first time… also this is the era where they’re the BEST LOOKING, Mark is so hot fr 😍💕

  • @nick.3460
    @nick.3460 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I love Tom's guitar part from 3:08-3:18. I keep playing it over.

    • @MerenlongS
      @MerenlongS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I do the same thing. I just love the transition

    • @reyy3644
      @reyy3644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U have the tabs?

    • @psydvckk
      @psydvckk ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reyy3644its all in A major scale i dont remember the exact notes

  • @bobbie922
    @bobbie922 10 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I love how raw this version is. The energy is what drives this. It's really cool. The beautiful sadness is what makes the original Cure version so great, and it truly is wonderful as well. I thoroughly enjoy both versions, and will listen to one or the other depending on what kind of mood I'm in. Thank you, Robert Smith, for writing such a wonderful song.

    • @pavelsvoboda9012
      @pavelsvoboda9012 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      výborný komentař, přesně je to o cítění v tu danou chvíli, dobu a ne provedení, kdyby to zahráli jak originál, tak to nemuseli dělat.

    • @mahferrazffsouhomem7689
      @mahferrazffsouhomem7689 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      pavel svoboda Vai escrever nesse idioma na casa do caralho

  • @taylorhewitt7025
    @taylorhewitt7025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Smith looking on like a proud dad 1:28

  • @r69m56
    @r69m56 7 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    wow tom such a good guitarist right here, just my opinion

    • @skypekai
      @skypekai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah but only here

    • @Goodpizzaa
      @Goodpizzaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@skypekai Not even The Adventure can stir your "that too" ?

    • @ivanaparicio3815
      @ivanaparicio3815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ur not wrong the blink killed it i like to call this theyre self titled album sound

    • @echoguitarist
      @echoguitarist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, so good that he couldn't even play the solo.

    • @austin4669
      @austin4669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      echoguitarist found the asshole

  • @aristotleaugustus03246
    @aristotleaugustus03246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been here before year 2017, coming back here now 2022. Hi, still get goosebumps everytime I listen to this epic cover.

  • @NicCollinsFilms
    @NicCollinsFilms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    one of the best covers of all time

  • @dssyahril
    @dssyahril 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That guitar's sound, brilliant work from Tom.

  • @DesertDemons
    @DesertDemons 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember introducing my friends to Dude Ranch in the 90s, we all loved Blink instantly. And here I am, like 30 years later and finding this song, after having a seriously intense love with a girl named Elise. So much feelz rn.

  • @LoZeR_TrOn
    @LoZeR_TrOn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    OK so here is the thing, Blinks my favourite band, my name is Elise and I was also born 2004... 😂

    • @Goodpizzaa
      @Goodpizzaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn I was 12 when the Self Titled album came out. Don't make me feel too old now. Been listening for 20 years now. \../ Green Day's "American Idiot" came out in 8th grade for me. Also it's cool that blink is still popular today among people in highschool and whatnot. Adam's song got me through my darkest days of highschool until tomorrow held better days.

  • @Tomscabforcutie
    @Tomscabforcutie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I fantasize Blink, Robert Smith, and Ludwig Van Beethoven jamming to a Letter to Elise,

  • @theempire00
    @theempire00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They made the song their own, a true cover!

  • @blessme2443
    @blessme2443 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never forget about dis song cuz of blink 182 made it darker n so fckn dope.. i feel like it just happened yesterday, i wanna get back in dis era 😢 blink182lifeforlife

  • @Disturber93
    @Disturber93 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first time i listen to blink 182 is 14 years ago and with them they become my favourite band of all time. I thought i know every song and every cover but this moment i see this video for the first time ^^
    Awesome !!!!!!!!!

  • @sevpha1259
    @sevpha1259 10 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    I think they did a really good job in my opinion. Sure, it doesn't sound anything like the original but, wouldn't that be kind of boring? like... hey let me cover your song and try my best to sound like you. "Be Who You Are" no? That's what I felt like they did.
    They obviously put a lot of time, effort and practice for their rendition. It does sound blink-182ish but that doesn't make it a bad cover, it just means you don't like their style of music. I really like the original but, I also blink's version probably just as much. ;D

    • @donovan.d
      @donovan.d 9 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      "You said it best, brother!"

    • @windrated
      @windrated 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      James Durney well said boomer

    • @FfancyCcrash
      @FfancyCcrash 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +James Durney *Travis' First Date intro begins.

    • @karlclarke
      @karlclarke 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      spot on, gotta make it your own when covering a song, and they did that very well

    • @karlclarke
      @karlclarke 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

  • @LordUlbin
    @LordUlbin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    To me, this is Blink-182's best live performance ever. It's slightly better than the Pepsi Smash "I Miss You," which is weird because "A Letter To Elise" isn't even a Blink song.
    If I remember correctly, the band rehearsed religiously ahead of the performance to give Robert Smith and the gang a good impression, and give justice to the song. Blink-182 rarely rehearsed. After all, they're a punk rock band.
    It's also great that they decided to give Mark all the vocals here. Tom would've fucked it up with his voice. At least he got to concentrate on his absolutely brilliant guitar work here. And Mark's voice is obviously closer to that of Robert Smith compared to Tom.
    Absolutely grand tribute and performance by the band.

  • @ojorgeilustra
    @ojorgeilustra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is literally the song of my life, and the band I'm proud of being fan. Thank you, Blink-182!

  • @mC-zo2mo
    @mC-zo2mo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Got a phone call telling me my brother died while this song was stuck in my head. Love this song forever

    • @tankemate
      @tankemate 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was his name Elise?

    • @mC-zo2mo
      @mC-zo2mo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tankemate no his name was Glenn

    • @tankemate
      @tankemate 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mC-zo2mo Ok, sorry, bro.

  • @ericcortina7125
    @ericcortina7125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always a huge fan of Blink 182. Looked at as pop/punk, but they do have a lot of talent. Travis is an amazing drummer and when they do shit like this, they always make it work so well. Love this rendition.

  • @DavidCelisBits
    @DavidCelisBits 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man this performance still gives me chills! SO GOOD.

  • @mofzpo
    @mofzpo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    15 years later and this performance is still flawless.

  • @patchrockit
    @patchrockit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Mark and Tom are huge cure fans and a lot of what started Blink-182 was The Cure's influence. I could see the try-hard in Mark and TONS of energy from Tom. Travis is BEASTING IT as always and those small nods from Robert Smith during the performance must be such a huge honor and bucket list check from each band member. Damn what a great performance and cover.
    And blink-182 being intro'd by Marilyn Manson himself? shit. wow. Never thought i'd see the day.

  • @Trolling365
    @Trolling365 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Mark sounded really good.

  • @Crunch_Buttsteak
    @Crunch_Buttsteak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love Roberts expressions of approval throughout this performance, especially at 3:25

  • @vincentsilva7230
    @vincentsilva7230 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fuckkk this whole song and video just pumps me the fuck up !!!! Especially when everything stops and tom just plays that melodic ass guitar riff 🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @pedromiguel6351
    @pedromiguel6351 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there a better pleasure for a band to hear their music played with passion by other bands? yes there is THE CURE best band on the world

  • @hamdanmarsinggih7383
    @hamdanmarsinggih7383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    [Chorus]
    Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you say
    I just can't stay here every yesterday
    Like keep on acting out the same
    The way we act out
    Every way to smile, forget
    And make-believe we never needed
    Any more than this
    Any more than this
    [Verse]
    Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you do
    I know I'll never really get inside of you
    To make your eyes catch fire
    The way they should
    The way the blue could pull me in
    If they only would, if they only would
    At least I'd lose this sense of sensing
    Something else that hides away
    From me and you, there are worlds to part
    With aching looks and breaking hearts
    And all the prayers your hands can make
    Oh, I just take as much as you can throw
    And then throw it all away
    Oh I'll throw it all away
    Like throwing faces at the sky
    Like throwing arms round yesterday
    I stood and stared
    Wide-eyed in front of you
    And the face I saw looked back the way I wanted to
    But I just can't hold my tears away the way you do
    Elise, believe I never wanted this
    I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
    I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
    But I let the dream go
    And the promises broke and make-believe ran out
    [Chorus]
    So, Elise it doesn't matter what you say
    I just can't stay here every yesterday
    Like keep on acting out the same
    The way we act out
    Every way to smile, forget
    And make-believe we never needed
    Any more than this
    Any more than this
    [Outro]
    And every time I try to pick it up
    Like falling sand
    As fast as I pick it up
    It runs away through my clutching hands
    But there's nothing else I can really do
    There's nothing else I can really do
    There's nothing else I can really do
    At all

  • @redjordan5668
    @redjordan5668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best version ive ever heard of this song. Way to go!!

  • @Embryonicboy
    @Embryonicboy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The end of this really rocks and sounds amazing. Turned it into a Blink song. Brilliant

  • @jdm18244
    @jdm18244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this songs played in the moment Tom exploring guitar effects, he had playing much with phazer, delay and more, if you watch closely during 2003-2005 he had adding some of that guitar effects to blink songs

  • @pantsnjacket381
    @pantsnjacket381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Robert smiled, nodded and clapped.

  • @RivalZSS
    @RivalZSS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mark just posted this on Twitter!
    Been watching this for years now it’s still so damn good

  • @jimminyxmas
    @jimminyxmas 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is a God tier cover

  • @separablealt
    @separablealt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    that version kicks ass so much!

  • @Robin-do3tx
    @Robin-do3tx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Gosto muito desses caras , volta blink 182 ! Brasil !

  • @StefanLienerth
    @StefanLienerth 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    they did a great job with this cover!

  • @dannychane
    @dannychane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    They should have made a studio version of this cover!

  • @xxxdabitchxxx
    @xxxdabitchxxx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just love the way they play The cure's song with Blinks 182's sound. The song has 50% DNA of each. I mean if they were a marriage this would be a perfect child.

  • @doctorbananashooter
    @doctorbananashooter 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watched this in 2004, Tom's solo still gives me goosebumps.

  • @nfstudio3601
    @nfstudio3601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tom Delogne is the coolest man in this wolrd .. just look at his style and guitar riff it so fucking awesome

  • @danielmclaughlin6560
    @danielmclaughlin6560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is great, I'm so stoked I just found about this tribute to the Cure !!!

  • @williambreaux-mg5yj
    @williambreaux-mg5yj ปีที่แล้ว +4

    sometimes guitar bass is the only thing that makes me feel real tom mark and travis felt real af during this whole performance

  • @leod1740
    @leod1740 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i wish they would have had this passion in the last years

  • @cannabiskills8728
    @cannabiskills8728 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    one of the best the cure covers... excellent

  • @xmrgx
    @xmrgx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i remember this cover like it was yesterday. such a good time in my life.

  • @jms2254
    @jms2254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    la mejor época de la banda, a pesar de que poco se soportaban ya, la era dorada para los fans 💕💕

  • @macramirez5838
    @macramirez5838 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    blink 182 is my hero

  • @biluga87
    @biluga87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:26 got damn that smile is precious, i think he liked.

  • @MatthewSmith-nt7rj
    @MatthewSmith-nt7rj 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Robert Smith gave a look of approval

  • @mackjungkoi4906
    @mackjungkoi4906 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember back then when I bought Flanger pedal because want to play this song.

  • @kynansmusic9724
    @kynansmusic9724 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    litrually months before that spilt... amazing performance

  • @Klemar-Klemer
    @Klemar-Klemer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2021, i'm still listening this song !!

  • @nickberg7072
    @nickberg7072 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Getting to play for their hero... inspiring. Wish they would release a studio version!

  • @hairyhaggis7431
    @hairyhaggis7431 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Dat guitar tone