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Them fucking claps made me laugh.

I've heard that theory before but never believed it at all.

When the band is playing the videos are always good. It's when they move onto the story parts of the video where they tend to be shit I think. Don't know why they had police chasing down mexicans in the Down video. But I agree the parts when you see the band playing are great. I love the band parts from Up All Night & After Midnight too. I think Up All Night would've been great if it wasn't kids trashing up/partying in a house. Maybe a riot in that neighbourhood with people of all ages, kinda like what you see in that Chvrches - Miracle video. Would've been cool to see all that with fire exploding everywhere whilst blink play.

That album apart from Down is proof they can do serious videos that are great. Those two are probably my favourite serious ones. Can't stand the videos since the reunion.

How the hell are Depeche Mode, New Order and the Smiths not already in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? The Cure also should've been in it a long time ago. I'd argue blink are way more influential than Green Day too, so really blink should get in straight away too. Green Day are more popular and known but seems to me most modern artists and bands list blink-182 as an influence rather than Green Day.

Dunno, based on the photo of Mark writing, looks like Feldman is already there and probably saying shit like "was that your first thought? Use it!"

I've always thought suits look kinda strange on all of the blink guys. Guess we're just used to seeing them in t shirts, tight trousers or those long shorts from the late 90s and early 2000s. Was odd seeing them in suits for the I Miss You & Always video too but wouldn't change a thing about those two great videos anyway. The clothes, vibes, atmosphere, settings are all perfect for those two videos.

He looks way better when he's not trying to spike his hair up.

Nah, Feldman is still the producer. He's been working with blink for 3-4 months on this new album now anyway. Well, 2 weeks in the summer and probably the past 2 weeks.

Yeah I like those lines. I relate to it though. Actually didn't know it was about the music industry since the lyrics suggest it's more about a girl. I got proper played the year that song came out. Went through that shit and not long after the Wolfpack comes out and I just related to it on a personal level, especially the chorus.

One thing that Dogs Eating Dogs EP improved on IMO is the lyrics. The lyrics of every song are very good. It's a contrast to Neighborhoods where some of the lyrics were a bit iffy, mainly the Tom songs.

Can we include +44 in this? They've got some fucking killer lyrics.

Yeah that's true too. That's how I feel about TOYPAJ. Crap lyrics but I can forgive Tom for it. Can't forgive blink so much for songs like Parking Lot & Wildfire. California definitely has some great lyrics here and there though. I like San Diego, 6/8, Hey I'm Sorry & Long Lost Feeling when it comes to lyrics though.

Could also argue Tom wasn't mentally grown up either. 25 year old Tom mentally was 18-20. He never really had the chance to experience growing up the way most normal teenagers do. He was kicked out of high school and was constantly touring with blink in his late teens too. That's not to defend TOYPAJ though. That album sucks lyrically anyway. Blink should be looking at Enema & Dude Ranch when it comes to them kinda lyrics. Or even +44 with Cliff Diving & Baby Come On.

Nearly all of the lyrics from TOYPAJ suck I think. It's why I don't rate that as a top blink album and laugh whenever people try to compare California to that, because they're both as bad as each other. They're no Enema & Dude Ranch when it comes to lyrics. I'll say California has the edge lyrically over TOYPAJ now and then though but TOYPAJ instrumentally kicks California out of the water. It's an amazing album when it comes to instruments and melodies. I do like Mark's lyrics in the bridge of the Rock Show and his verses in STFTK though. I think Anthem Part Two's chorus is great too if you try not to think of the shitty lyrics from the verses. We really need to see this through We never wanted to be abused We'll never give up, it's no use If we're fucked up, you're to blame They could've been really deep and dark lyrics (simple but effective too) about actual abuse and not that teenage politics crap they were trying to talk about.