"If I was in the audience and I was hearing this.. It's so good. It better go somewhere fucking awesome." It does Tom. Thank you for The Adventure.

Tom is a true artist. I love how he describes what he imagines the song to be. He truly knows what story he wants to tell and what emotions he wants to evoke through his music. And he doesn't give up at "good enough." He keeps working and experimenting and trying things out until it's perfect for him and he's truly proud of his creation. I really admire and respect this man.

@rjs3590

9 жыл бұрын

Cai Kiseki He sure gave the "good enough" for the Neighborhoods album xD

@brandonbell8726

8 жыл бұрын

+Jaime Smith that was a good album

@mahferrazffsouhomem7689

7 жыл бұрын

Jaime Smith neighborhoods is a goog album, better than the generic pop album california

@Phantom042690

7 жыл бұрын

Tom's the only reason Neighborhoods was any good.

@Gaenico

6 жыл бұрын

+Jaime Smith Tom lyrics on Neighborhoods are high level mate

2:50 is my absolute favorite part. Say what you want. But AVA is absolutely underrated as hell. The music from blink, box car, and AVA literally saved my life countless times.

@Skribblez_Entertainment

7 ай бұрын

Yess he's just dueling it out.. he found it ❤

@dennis_burgess

7 ай бұрын

Didn’t they win awards? Not quite underrated

@sergeant_salty

Ай бұрын

​@dennis_burgess whatever awards AVA won it wasn't enough

0:08 “Where does this need to go?” That’s a fucking master artist. He’s asking what is best for the SONG! Not what he wants. But what the music NEEDS! Damn. Classic Tom. My man. 🦁❤️🙏

RIP Critter and Jerry Finn. Both of them are the mastermind for AVA and blink-182

@spridle

3 жыл бұрын

AvA without Critter was pretty rough. Took so long for them to figure out how to add Critters touches without him there

@endochronic_

3 жыл бұрын

@@Raydiaz92 i get u but without them they would stuck on making all the same repeatable generic pop punk stuff, they need someone who can direct them more into something like critter and Jerry Finn. Without both of them there wouldn't be AVA's WDNTW/I-Empire or even blink's EOTS to untitled albums.

@DV-zv4ox

2 жыл бұрын

@@spridle True, but luckily Tom already had a lot of knowledge passed onto him from Jerry Finn. So did Mark and Travis too, you can hear it on Mark's production of bands like Motion City Soundtrack. They just have that "Jerry" sound.

@FatTracksMusic

5 ай бұрын

​@@spridleDid they ever really add them though... To me the real AVA is a four album band

This clip is so inspiring to me Tom delonge is creative and just soulful

When Tom is 90 and asked by his grandkids, “what is one of the best things you did with your life?” - plays this video clip

He fuckin' nailed that whole song. And that riff is amazing, totally fitting to it's lead up.

When Tom starts singing the melody on top of the guitars does any one else hear "I've been here before a few times" from Blink's "Always"?

@sean6749

7 жыл бұрын

Joey Strickland kinda but not really

@sensei-lr4cj

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@Josh-it6uy

4 жыл бұрын

no

@2ndheartbeatrest

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@TheBip666

3 жыл бұрын

sounds more like "i'll be your distraction"

This video is very inspiring. No wonder Tom is my favourite artist

@JanoyCresva

8 жыл бұрын

+PlasmaCutter117 The dude can come up with amazing catchy pop punk songs in his sleep. But now its admirable that he's challenging himself with newer styles instead of just cashing in on what comes easy to him. Too bad Mark and Travis are fuckin boneheads. I was actually looking forward to some of that catchy fast shit in what wouldve been a new Blink album. Oh well.

@aisthpaoitht

7 жыл бұрын

what did Mark and Travis do?

@mahferrazffsouhomem7689

7 жыл бұрын

gumbo generic music.

@joshcandelario5548

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 10000000%!!!!

@dye182

3 жыл бұрын

Fr him and jerry Finn were the masterminds I’d blink. Mark is horrible at writing with out him new blink is the cheesiest pop punk worse then Avril Lavigne

We all wish we were time travelers in the room that moment telling Tom exactly the riff he needs to use. Luckily he eventually found it but, man, would that be cool to show him what we know about arguably his best song.

Still my favorite song to this day

2012 my family was broken and I hear AVA every night for mental recovery.

"Fucking prove it to you right now" Words to live by.

Man 2:59...that intro and those riffs seriously push outer world limits. So damn great. I remember listening to this the first time and going, how and the F did he get that sound?!

2:53 that lightbulb moment haha love this guy

It's crazy how he can hear 3 different parts of guitar on top of each other in his head like that. Fkn awesome.

Tom is so amazing! So creative and hard working. He brings music to life and touches your heart. Bless him, happy birthday Tom!

Tears and goosebumps at 2:53

Genius god and living legend

Magic was made that day

this footage is absolutely incredible.......this song has saved my life countless times over the years and will remain perhaps my all time favourite until the end.

I always come back to this video to remind myself about the songwriting process thank you so much for posting this!!!!!

@2:59 Chills as I remember how amazing this band was and will always be !!!

"Pretty rad huh?" Yes Tom, yes it is.

riff straight out of heaven

This man is nothing short of a pure genius.

It's funny to see Tom actually trying in these behind-the-scenes vids...he clearly cares and tries really hard but just sells it like he can put no effort in and still kill it. Love Tom

2:44 until 3:00 sounds so great, nothing but good vibes.

This album helped me get through some tough time in my life. I had just ended a 4 year relationship and woke up one day miserable and alone and joined the Army on a whim... This album helped me endure the misery that was 2007/2008 for me. Thanks Tom.

This is the best intro. i've ever heard.

Just stumbled onto this...wow. It's like watching a murder mystery where you know who the killer is and watching the detectives figure it out from the start. It seems so obvious, but that's because we know the outcome -- what an amazing song the finished product becomes. Tom demonstrates such a gift to see and almost be able to touch the music that he is creating. But it's like it's already there, Tom just has to harness and assemble it for the fans. Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing this video -- even if I'm a decade late. heh

@CookieThug

3 жыл бұрын

i’m watching this for time right now

Такой молодой! И в то же время взрослый. Величайшие времена!

R.I.P Critter

I’m glad he was born. Honestly has made my life great listening to his music during hard times. Love blink and angels

This is one of my all time favorites. Had to buy the CD as soon as I heard this song the first time, and I actually went out and bought it right away. That's a rarity for me, there are some 20 year old CD'S that I still think "I gotta buy that one of these days."

I love how he had all these ideas, and they all just ended out coming out as one.

man....tom is so creative, i love all of his projects.

Agreed, at best I'll give props to Tom for being as ambitious as he was in the inception of AvA even with how great a shadow Blink cast.

One of my favorite songs...this was awesome to watch

and thats how one of the best riffs in rock and roll history was created

@serrael-182

3 жыл бұрын

At least the most underrated.

@TheNickyVera

2 жыл бұрын

not taking any credit away from Tom but listen to guest list by screeching weasel kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqOpqLCjkprYlrA.html

@ryline666

Жыл бұрын

@@serrael-182 Everything that has ever happened is underrated

One of the greatest behind the scenes EVER!! A masterpiece being born.

You ever just like… replay the intro of The Adventure over and over, so loud to the point you feel like the speakers are going to absolutely blow, or just me?

Listening to this song on repeat. A true masterpiece.

I wish he kept that version of the lead guitar during verses. He kept it slightly in the final recording, but there were a few extra notes thrown in here which made it sound cooler

could listen to that riff allllll day....

As a runner, this is THE SONG I warm up to before a race 5k to Marathon. Its that damn good.

@Fred_Lorz

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. As an ultrarunner, I can say that AVA is well-known in this community. It absolutely gives you the ability to tap into that extra hidden secret store of energy from your soul you need to get you to the finish line. It's like a PED.

lmao @1:47 it sounds like always "I've been here before a few times"

@ComedyJakob

8 жыл бұрын

haha yes that's exactly right

@trekingtkg2230

6 жыл бұрын

i will not surrender, actually sound like that (surrender, love part 2)

@dougnulton

4 жыл бұрын

Sockhead360 that or Distraction

@icheart2455

4 жыл бұрын

And I'm quite aware that your are wrong

I've loved listening to Tom all my life, Blink182, Boxcar Racer, Angels & Airwaves, I know he's really fucking good. I never thought that he was this brilliant though when it comes to music. He's full of amazing ideas and he knows what fans want to hear, that's why he's so damn famous.

That riff is so nasty. The one thing weird about this video is that Tom seems stumped and then the next frame is him just playing it as it is on the record. Guess it came to him in his sleep or somethin? Amazing what you can come up with on an instrument if you just mess around with it all day.

@Lionlovesunity

3 жыл бұрын

muffinman182 Yeah I doubt he just thought of it. I think the camera missed days of innovation and thinking. I bet he freaked out when he finally landed on that riff. I know I did. Lol

@somerandomarmydude

3 жыл бұрын

It looks like that because of editing.

@Tolohtony

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lionlovesunity Replying to a 6 year old comment. Funny algorithms KZread has going on there.

@97bombz

3 жыл бұрын

KZread Algorithm got me too. I’m pretty sure there’s another video out there explaining that he came up with it one night when everyone else went to a Foo Fighters show. Everyone wanted him to go do as well, but he knew he had to figure it out. And figure it out he did.

@Lionlovesunity

3 жыл бұрын

Jacob Cleveland wow man if you find that video please contact me lion of truth. I want to see it. I love Tom!!! ❤️🦁🦁

In the Top 3 for best song ever made hands down.

....and he created the best intro. ever.

The song of my life!

What happens when your band falls apart? Obviously, you create an even better band!

He really does, every AVA song is perfect.

and the finished product came out perfectly...amazing

Your right it did go somewhere awesome this is my ultimate favorite song Thank you Tom

@goodputin4324

2 ай бұрын

You're, not Your

It's amazing how his brain works, because for those who don't know, the crescendo part of the riff is the same riff as the beginning of the song Carousel from the Blink 182 Cheshire Cat album, it's incredible how how reintroduces it in a whole new way

@DeFryskeVlogger

2 жыл бұрын

It's what he does all the time. Like the m+m's riff, it's used so many times.

@andy_182

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeFryskeVlogger natives, carousel, young london, dumpweed just to name a few

@drew5241

2 жыл бұрын

1:46 and on is literally the verse of Always. The adventure is pretty much Always part 2.

@Jan_von_S

Жыл бұрын

@@drew5241 that's called a key

amazing to see. love ya tom

He's so amazing

So cool to see him work through the idea. Love Tom!

the most beautiful song in the world

So much for seeing when he is thinking about it and going to do it.

The part he came up with /is/ the ultimate payoff. I couldn't imagine it any other way.

I love that song so much!!

This is why I love him and look up to him so much, just the way he writes, the process, all of it. It’s almost exactly how I do it! My fucking idol!

Tom is still trying to find that perfect thing with AVA, he'll get there and it will be epic.

"i'll prove it to you right now" awesomeness!

The adventure is my favorite song ever! i see he work'd hard on it! i jus wanna say he nail'd it! it definitely takes me somewhere! :) kinda sad that his music style changed so much in his newer stuff (2014) doesn't quite have the same effect to me! still fantastic music overall!!

Tom has to be gift from God to create something so awesome!

@Lyris-XVII

4 жыл бұрын

STANGMAN1997 tom is a god

Tom seems so happy with angels and airwaves, I dont know but i dont think he will return to this because thats what he loves the most

Fucking right!!!! Holy shit...He looks so non-chalant playing the final riff!

this song takes me somewhere, in space

This song is amazing

What a freak. God I love him

Correction: He creates the BEST intros for songs. Ever.

3:00 - the perfection

Easily one of the best intros...mondern day music. It's literally like your waiting for the adventure..

no doubt this intro is ambient and riveting, you feel the progressive hype

Wow. KZread randomly suggested this video. I remember seeing this footage when it first came out. I was 17 I believe. I am now 32. I was crushed when blink first split but I have to say AVA is a masterpiece. I couldn't vibe with +44. They weren't bad but I just gravitated more towards AVA.

Masterpiece

Love Tom❤️🔥

Everyone keeps comparing the vocal melody to Always, but my first impression was Surrender.

I want the entire process so badly

He got it absolutely right.

a genius at work

sounds AWESOME!

thanks for this great song man!!!

And now we have fucking Rubin.. RIP AVA

talk about fucking nailing it! that song takes you somewhere, not here, somewhere else, even as i listen to it now on 9-21-23 at 12:30 am. in a way it takes you on a spiritual journey in a matter of seconds. it reminds me of astral taveling just blasting out of your body into the stars. hes one of the most underrated artists since he came on scene. that album couldnt have been done by anyone any better than tom did it

Not only can I hear Atoms drums, i feel them! Incredible band. Not to take anything away from Ilan Rubin (AMAZING drummer) but Atom was the guy for me.

@serrael-182

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he was. I kinda started to dislike ava a little bit with Ilan. :/

@afirblameikon

7 ай бұрын

Atom was ahead from them.

Where the streets have no name

i like they way he envisions the music

where would i be without him

This gives me chills, seeing Tom work exactly how I do, and feeling this awesome sense of calmness knowing my EP just might make it

If you weren’t an AVA fan before this - you better be now

I love Pink Floyd, Paganini, Muse, Radiohead, Beethoven, Placebo…Hundertwasser and Dali are my favourite painters…but without a doubt and by far, Tom is my favourite artist ever, he gives me tons of songs when I desperately need them and beyond. He just is my favourite.

AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING FOREVER AMAAAAAZING CHILLS GOOSEBUMPS WOW L🌙VE

Everyone sshhh, genius at work!

Whisper will always be there best record!!!