https://modestwalrus.com/tags/emo/Recent content in Emo on Modest WalrusHugoen-usTue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/a-decade-under-the-influence-by-taking-back-sunday/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/a-decade-under-the-influence-by-taking-back-sunday/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>I felt this one in my bones. Relationships are inherently troubled and the song never softens that truth, rendering their messiness with the same weight they carry in real life.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S9z3gv3MWaM?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;A Decade Under the Influence&rdquo; comes from Taking Back Sunday&rsquo;s 2004 album <em>Where You Want to Be</em>, the first record to feature Fred Mascherino on guitar and co-lead vocals after founding members John Nolan and Shaun Cooper departed to form Straylight Run. The interplay between Fred Mascherino and Adam Lazzara&rsquo;s vocals became a defining trait of this stretch of the band&rsquo;s catalog and this song is one of the clearest showcases of it.</p>