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Of course Blink 182’s latest performance would be heavily scrutinized by fans; where the band were to perform ‘I Miss You’ live on Jimmy Kimmel. Although the concern this time is understandable with the absence of Tom DeLonge and his iconic ‘Where are you’.
Besides that Blink sound like a shell of their former selves as, in the video, they sound like a cheap knockoff cover band when performing. I’m sure that many fans will disagree with what I have said up to this point, so here is the video of the performance to judge for yourself.
As we can see from the video the performance as a whole just sounds off. First of all there is no replicating Tom Delonge’s voice. Matt Skiba, Tom’s replacement, just sounds like he is screaming the words rather than singing. Matt just seems like a wrong fit in general, his guitar work on the song is way too quiet.
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And let’s not forget how Mark Hoppus blatantly misses out words. I have no idea how Travis Barker, who gave a good performance, could stay calm throughout the other two messing up like that.
