In at least half the performances I've seen since Neighborhoods came out, Tom sounds like shit. I've always preferred Mark's voice anyways but I feel like, especially in this video, he way outsings Tom.

Originally Posted by zack-182

Tom's voice sounds..pretty damn good

I can't tell if you're being serious.

Originally Posted by zack-182

I mean, in comparison to other TV and live performances in the last three years..he sounds very good

Originally Posted by ben mears

as much as i can't stand tom singing live....he isn't all that bad in this video.

Originally Posted by iseejosh

when are people going to accept that tom sounds the way he sounds live. take it or leave it. its not changing.

Originally Posted by RockVocalPower

More irrational Tom hate.

To address all of the above comments at once, people aren't saying Tom sounds off compared to the Tom Standard. It's that there's a huge difference between Studio Tom and Live Tom that you don't see to that extent with most acts.

Originally Posted by SLoT

I feel this same way about Fall Out Boy. I call them "studio bands," and there's plenty of them around.

Originally Posted by Charlieistony

fall out boy sounds blah live. I think Blink sounds better live than FOB imo. But I agree, they definitely are a studio band, they make fun records for fun shows. But there is still a level of quality and skill expected by the millions of blink fans...

I can agree that FOB is also one of those bands, but I still think Patrick sounds better live than either Mark or Tom. That's not even close.

I will also say that when I saw Patrick a few weeks ago solo one of my first thoughts was "Holy shit he sounds so much better live solo than he did with Fall Out Boy." Part of the FOB live problem, in my opinion, is that Patrick's forced to play lead guitar half the time because Joe sucks and Pete's off doing flips, so the vocals suffer.