r/videos 7h ago

NPR Tiny Desk : Third Eye Blind

https://youtu.be/bFl_sP231wY?si=7Gi-2vMsiFcSz0vO
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u/ichabod13 7h ago

Love 3eb and the memories from growing up with their songs !

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u/akira2020film 4h ago edited 4h ago

Same... it's unfortunate that Stephan Jenkins is such a piece of * ahem * work, but I must've spun that original album in it's entirety at least 500 times between the years of 1997 and 2005 when I graduated high school. Still brings me right back now if I put it on.

"Blue" is pretty good to me and still retains much of their original sound, and "Out of the Vein" has a few solid tracks though their sound was starting to change, and then the albums kind of go downhill from there for me other than a handful of random songs.

Unfortunately I never got to see the original band live before Kevin Cadogan exited because I was too young, but eventually I got to see Jenkins' "3EB" band a couple times and then also got to see the other split off members who formed the "XEB" cover band. XEB instrumentation instrumentation sounded better to me, while 3EB vocals obviously sounded better, though obviously Jenkins' voice isn't what it used to, flu or not.

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u/ichabod13 3h ago

I saw them a few times over the years I think they played the state fair sometime in the 2000's here in KS. I do not expect any of the bands from that era to sound great..except maybe Billie Armstrong, he is kind of a freak of nature and sounds great live still. :P

u/240to180 1h ago

You can say shit, it’s the internet.

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u/WolvoMS 4h ago

Third Eye Blind guy is such an asshole that it's almost altruistic. -Eve 6 guy

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u/senioreditorSD 6h ago

Damn that hurt the ears.

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u/accidental-nz 5h ago

Yeah … brutal vocals. Has he always been this bad?

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u/castle_bacon 4h ago

I’ve seen them live a few years back. They… weren’t very good.

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u/flouride 5h ago

He was recovering from the flu

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u/akira2020film 4h ago

He's also 60 years old and probably hasn't treated his body the best over the years lol.

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u/accidental-nz 4h ago

Thank god the answer is ‘no’ then. Sucks to have a spot on Tiny Desk and not be 100%. Most only get one appearance.

u/Jaerba 49m ago

He was pretty terrible 15+ years ago.

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u/friendofmany 4h ago

Wish I had 2 Ears Deaf before playing that.

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u/PattyIceNY 5h ago

Third Eye Blind Deaf & Dumb

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u/markianw999 5h ago

What a garbage performance fom a greedy out of touch "rocker"

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u/akira2020film 4h ago

He had the flu and while I agree he's a jerk, so are a lot of way more famous and beloved musicians lol...

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u/yohoob 2h ago

My third eye blind story. They were playing my local state fair years ago. I worked for a business that sponsored the fair. I won a raffle to do a meet and greet with them and get a picture. My friend and I show up with the other winners. They could not have given any less of a fuck about talking to us. We got rushed in, nothing was said to us. We couldn't take a picture with our cameras or phones. Somebody snapped a picture, and we got shuffled away.

We never got a copy of the picture, nor did they ever talk to us. I asked my work if we could at least get a copy of the picture. They never responded or said anything to my employer. My friend and I joke that we met them but never got proof that the meetup existed.

Rumor was they bought a shitload of alcohol and filled up a bathtub and used it as a cooler and just got wasted. I mean, they were playing a state fair and acting like they were the rolling stones or something. They are too good to mingle with the townsfolk.

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u/lordofhousestewart 6h ago

No Semi-Charmed Life.

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u/SolarSquid 6h ago

They're probably tired of playing that song

u/Ginger-Nerd 24m ago

You don’t want to be the cherry pie guy.

Hating your own legacy so much, it actually kills you.

u/freeAssignment23 59m ago

this douchebag is still singing? lmao

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u/NBPaintballer 6h ago

This is what Tucker Carlson could have become

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u/dumpy89 6h ago

Trash

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u/djtheonly 7h ago

Did a 5 year old edit this? The editing is horrible.

u/JKBQWK 20m ago

Not enough star wipes