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Find some funny stuff for the timeline website! Joe Strummer "I can even handle Blink one-eight-two. Because my daughters are into Blink 182." From MTV 120 Minutes October 3rd 1999 guest Joe Strummer Original source (at 17:30) @Elisa @_Bagel

the deluxe edition release of a book is such a stupid idea (cash-grab)

I think mark was doing deadpan/awkward humor there about the dead dogs. Typical intrusive thoughts too. I did not come away from the book Mark was on the spectrum of autism, but obviously OCD and just being in control of certain things/thoughts. I know that typically goes hand in hand with people who can be really hard on themselves and Mark seems like the type where he struggles with self-worth along with cynical aspects of themselves (this is kind ironic considering he's an unabashed Disney adult, but it sounds like a nice reprieve from dark thoughts and makes sense when openly has some arrested development). I don't remember if he firmly states it, but Tom being in his life gave him an outlet to be the blink 182 "Mark" and probably let him escape the side of him that dwelled on negativity and stuff he can't control. Almost like the friendship/competition between them gave Mark a form of regression therapy of sorts. You stay young/free and you don't have to deal with the problems of being an adult as much and never confront the hardships of childhood. Then you write a bleak song like Adam Song because you've been shielding/medicating yourself with friends/girls/bandshit for years and you just got into a huge fight with a true friend like Scott. When I got to the part where he was not sure what he was gonna do with his life until he met Tom/Scott and that propelled him, it felt like that was a pretty low point in his life/self-worth and that lasted until he was threatened by BCR (as far as we know). I think that was a hook for me with this memoir. I could very much relate to all of that.

Every time I open this thread lately, I wanna listen to The Best of Me.

Yeah, outside of a select few songs or moments I don't hear California in the One More Time album. I too see what Ghent is saying though. Terrified was originally for BCR. Turpentine and More Than You Know clearly had a lot of involvement from Tom. They don't belong on California at all California and Nine barely has any riffs. Bad News could've easily been a Dude Ranch song if it was less polished. Couldn't be anymore different to California. Dance With Me may have the typical four chord song structure like a lot of California but the riff alone makes the song way less generic I could see If You Never Left being a California song but even that has a lot of simple but interesting guitar parts unlike California. Everyone Everywhere is basically BCR meets AVA's Dream Walker/Lifeforms era. One Night Stand has a riff that Tom has been teasing for almost 10 years on his acoustic clips. Blink Wave and Every Other Weekend are 80's sounding songs. I don't hear anything new wavy or 80's on California. Maybe When We Were Young? But the chorus isn't something you'd hear on California either. You Don't Know What You've Got has a bridge that's way too interesting to be on California. Maybe Fell in Love but the guitar playing in the verses are typical Tom. It has that Voyager vibe from AVA. Other Side has an intro similar to Even If She Falls. The point is that Tom is far from a generic songwriter. Yeah, there's moments that could be on California but there's a lot more happening on OMT than woahs, gang vocals and Adam's Song riffs being on nearly every intro or verse

You can’t hear the differences is the main problem. I actually understand where you are coming from but not hearing the differences between this, Cali-Nine and OMT (sans a few songs) is borderline intentional?

Fuck yeah. Good find Mon Ami. I think blink once said they consider themselves a Fisher-Price 'My First Punk Band'. If you can follow the thread from blink to The Clash, then Blink did their job - still do. RIP Joe

Blink merch is so shit. I wanna rep the boys but wouldn’t be seen dead wearing any of those hoodies or t shirts.

I once dreamed of a blink song called Timothy and it was so amazing in the dream (they were playing it live) but I just couldn’t even hum it when I woke up because I didn’t remember it at all.

Just listened to “say it like you mean it”. Was a good time. Thanks fap!

LOL this one is even funnier cause we know that song wasn’t written by mark and tom. It came from Travis and another bloke then got reworked.

I don’t care that people don’t like the music. Weird attempt at deflection. i just call out the hypocrisy surrounding the criticisms of that era regarding outside songwriters, songs not being written by all three of the members not being “blink” etc suddenly not mattering now that Tom is back. It’s obviously not everyone but there were people who went on about it for years that suddenly went quiet and didn’t seem to care now that their lord and saviour was back.

It actually blows my mind these 2/3 can't accept some-many people just didn't like California-Nine. And has nothing to do with resisting change because of Tom. Many of us, if not all, went into it wanting the Skiba experience to give us new life. And it really just did not click. I don't get why that causes such a ruckus, replacing a lead singer is hard to make work. Especially in a tight knit trio like Blink. Resorting to everyone being worshipping Tombots in our 30s now is ridiculous..

Have you all just ignored the copious amounts of complaints and issues about OMT? Fun narrative ya’ll are making up. I wish I was Tombot enough to blindly love OMT 😂

I do not miss this cheesy production or cheap songs.

This one goes out to Mr. Faplord aka @Sun God

They have some good tunes. Both Starting Line and Oasis. Neither can compare to blink, GD or the Beatles.

Oasis suing anyone must be trolling. Their rip offs are even more blatant than Green Day.

Also I think it’s worth noting that a couple of Kardashians are present for Jeff Bezo’s wedding…but not the one who is married to Travis. Glad they didn’t attend that bullshit.

I feel weird knowing that Fap thinks about me in the middle of the night.

It’s pretty cool fap. Chill.

There are only 3 non-generic songs that feel like real blink on OMT: DWM, Turpentine and Anthem Pt 3.

Can’t honestly believe someone in their mid 30’s actually said “unalived”.

This is perfect. Surprised we haven’t made the connection before. Watching Jan bend over backwards to say things are somehow different this time looks exactly like a Twitter threads with MAGA defending some trump stuff.

“It’s okay when Tom does it”

Exactly. Couldn’t have said it better. Even a simple actual riff, written by Tom, lifts a generic song so much. Having Tom’s vocals contrasting Mark’s lifts a generic song so much. Otherwise it is just blink-lite. I don’t love the generic formula stuff either on OMT, or pre written songs like Take Me In make me want to pluck my ears off but when you mix in all the more authentic/creative songs like you mentioned, it’s not even the same stratosphere. Cali-what?

I fucking love bedroom talk

Songwriters magically went from satanic and wrong to completely "meh" simply because Tom was in the band. Credibility is gone with the tombots Generic pop punk is cool if Tom's name is listed. If not, its fake and phony and not art I will never be broken

Good generic little tune, a lot like some OMT and Cali material

yeah but the front man wore a puka shell necklace. Crime against humanity.

70 million albums? Not bad for a mid Beatles tribute band. Highlight of the day: glad to see Fap is finally growing up.

also i’ve been crying over videos of oasis in cardiff, is this a sign of mental illness? 😶‍🌫️

Watching it on TikTok @Elisa they sound fantastic

I’ve been listening to a lot of old man music lately

I’ve been watching them haha Cardiff is going to be wild, such a great venue for events, right in the city centre. I may go up just to soak it all up then drive home.

Anyone see that video of the kid trolling Green Day at their recent concert by playing Wonderwall? Lol I’m sure some of you GD haters will get a kick out of it. They invited kid to play a song as they often do, and he started playing Wonderwall…Billie got pretty pissed and kicked him off stage immediately lol. Gotta say that shits pretty fucking funny

I remember Tom saying in an interview a long time ago that Joe Strummer sat on the side of their stage to watch blink’s set (he was there for daughters obviously) that’s gotta be nerve wrecking. It would be like me trying to perform a set on the drums with Travis watching me or something lol

blink's merch is maybe the worst out of any band I can remember

Thinking of wearing this today. It’s a size too big, but I don’t mind. I got it at the blink show I went to in Lisbon. The merch girl was super friendly and funny, and I remember her wearing one just like this. I’d relieve that day in a heartbeat. The vibe was unreal. #livejournal😀

I'd tax her to oblivion if it was up to me. I'm here for the tunes

Surprised nobody posted this here yet. This is pretty cool, I’ve always known the guys were blink fans since seeing one of Tom’s Starcasters in the background. And unlike Jan, these dudes know ball!

here https://m.vk.com/video796393836_456239026

I had a dream once where I was hanging out with Tom for like a whole day. We were doing regular stuff like shopping and running errands, but I was also secretly trying not to fan girl. It was hilarious to wake up from

It's so weird when you hear new music in a dream. I always wonder what it would sound like if I could hear it while conscious. Would it be a complete rip-off of another song? Would it be a garbled mess that isn't even slightly musical? Would it actually be a cool (and original) song that would be worth writing and recording?

i don't think he's necessarily on the spectrum; his joke about the dogs being dead is just the type of typical dark humor you find in a lot of gen x-er's. as for the +44 winter tour anecdote, i feel like he was just trying to capture just HOW lost he felt. two years before, he was touring arenas and guesting on MTV. now he couldn't he count on travis -- he was stuck in germany, with some bandmates he (barely) knew playing some pretty negative songs. as for the soundcheck memory, i definitely know what you're saying -- he was super all-business as i recall, when they let fans see them at soundcheck. but the thing is, i feel like if i were a musician, it would be super annoying to have fans there when you're just trying to get the volume/mics right. they're all expecting a performance and engagement but you're just trying to get something done. it turns performing into a multi-part affair, which i might find annoying too. seems like something management may have talked them into during that era, given how little they've done it since.

great song, can't wait for the album.

But he paid to hang out with him, what do you mean they aren't friends!?

So a bit back I posted that my buddy sold something on eBay to Skiba and requested a sketch. Coincidentally enough a couple months later Skiba bought something from me as well so I went ahead and requested a sketch too