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  1. Buddha: 21 Days Cheshire Cat: Peggy Sue Dude Ranch: Pathetic Enema of the State: Dumpweed MTTS: Man Overboard Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: Anthem Pt. 2 Untitled: Obvious Neighborhoods: Ghost On The Dance Floor
  2. I prefer Neighborhoods. Musically, Untitled is more adventurous, but in the end what matters is how well the songs stick with you and the songs on Neighborhoods stick with me more than the songs on Untitled.
  3. What about making this site something along the lines of www.greendayauthority.com ? It's the best band website I have ever come across. They post news on the front page but it's done in a very interactive way and the comment section for the news stories is integrated into their message board section. Not to mention, that site just has tons of content in general from a huge career spanning photo gallery to columns, to downloads, etc... It might take some work to make something like that, but I think it'd be worth it. No one would ever have a reason to ever want to visit another Blink site.
  4. I don't think it's a good argument to say "Well, he writes so much, what do you expect?". There are countless other artists who have written a ton of material and while there may be similarities between some of it, they don't come off as rip offs of past work. Not as blatant as some stuff Tom has done, anyway. Having said that, I still enjoy the man's work so it's not really a big deal.
  5. I think if there's another album, it will be made together in the same studio. In some interviews they'll go on about how great the separate studios thing is for them and how it needs to be that way, but then in other interviews they'll go on about how great it could be if they all worked together in one studio. It's almost like the band was so fragile when they got back together that they were so careful to cater to what everyone wanted but through the process of actually making the album, they realized their potential in working together more closely. So I think the next album will be more of an actual band effort made in the same studio.
  6. The only songs on the album I don't care for are Snake Charmer and Fighting the Gravity. Actually, it's not so much that I flat out don't like Fighting the Gravity, it's just that it doesn't really lend itself to repeat listens. Whereas with Snake Charmer, when I hear it I just wanna turn it off. I'm in the camp that didn't like Up All Night when it was first released but upon hearing it in the context of the album, loved it. Ghost on the Dance Floor is also one that had to grow on me a bit, but that happened fairly quickly. I love Mark's backing vocals in the verses. The rest I was into pretty much after first listen.
  7. Another thing is that even if he had Tom in mind while writing it, that doesn't necessarily mean every single line is going to be directly about Tom. The song could just be about a general idea (the one expressed in the chorus) and then he took artistic license in a few spots to build up around that in the verses mixed together with lines that are actually about Tom. It's also possible that he's writing about more than one person. The "we fell in love" line could be about a girl, for example, whereas the "Your smoking tongue..." line is an example of something that could be about Tom. Just as many of us could probably apply the words in the chorus to multiple people in our lives, Mark probably could too.
  8. I think it's very possible that it's about Tom. The clues are certainly there. It wouldn't be the first time a band has put out a song with lyrics pertaining to frustration with a fellow bandmate. And when you think about Mark and Tom, there's something deeper there than just being bandmates. They were best friends for years. Although they may have patched some things up, I think it's clear that they aren't as close as they used to be and that there was some permanent damage done to the relationship.
  9. The interesting thing is, Tom doesn't sing backing vocals on any of the Mark sung tracks, yet Mark sings backing vocals on Ghost On The Dance Floor, This Is Home, and Even If She Falls, which are obviously three Tom sung tracks. He also sings the "Ahhh's" in the middle of Snake Charmer along with Tom according to the webcam chat he did a few weeks ago. He also sings dual vocals with Tom on Love Is Dangerous. Wishing Well has no backing vocals. Whether or not Mark is playing bass on these tracks, I'm not sure. I do think he's at least playing on This Is Home though due to the style of playing in the breakdown. It's not so far fetched to think Tom may be playing bass on some of these though when you consider the fact that there are songs Mark plays guitar on. As mentioned earlier, Mark plays all of the guitars and bass on Heart's All Gone, Kaleidoscope, MH 4.18.11, and Fighting The Gravity. He also sings lead and background vocals on all of them except for Kaleidoscope which Tom obviously sings the chorus on. Mark also handles all of the guitar and bass on Heart's all Gone interlude. I believe each band member is in their respective roll on Natives, Up All Night, and After Midnight, which are the three songs on the album that were written together as a band. So... Tom lead vocal songs Mark is audible on: Ghost on the Dance Floor, Snake Charmer, This Is Home, Even If She Falls, and POSSIBLY Wishing Well if it's him on bass. Mark lead vocal songs Tom is audible on: None. The keyword in many of the interviews surrounding this album HAS been "compromise"...
  10. Take a listen to Apple Shampoo, another song where Mark does all of the vocals. Specifically, pay attention to the background vocals on the "She's so important and I'm so retarded" line. Then listen to the background vocals in Heart's All Gone. Notice the similarity in voice? As I mentioned, it's also Mark doing the higher background vocals on MH 4.18.11. Again, same voice.
  11. All of the vocals on Heart's All Gone are Mark. Just like all of the vocals on MH 4.18.11 and Fighting the Gravity are Mark. The reason it may sound like Tom (although I never heard it as Tom at all) is because he's singing in a higher register than usual. I'm pretty sure all of the guitars on all three of those tracks are Mark as well. Tom is nowhere to be found on any of the Mark sung tracks. Also, Tom sings on Kaleidoscope, but that's his only contribution to that track. Mark wrote it and plays all of the guitars.
  12. Mark is doing the background vocals.
  13. Thought of a few more... How does his approach to songwriting differ today from 10-15 years ago? For a while before Blink reunited, there were rumors of a Mark Hoppus solo album being in the works. Is there any truth to these rumors and if so, how close did we get to the album seeing the light of day? Also, at this point does he ever foresee a time when he might want to release a solo album in the future? The two songs on Neighborhoods that come closest to being straight up pop-punk songs are Heart's All Gone and M.H. 4.18.11, which both happen to be Mark songs. Given the tone of the rest of the songs on the album, were these songs intentionally written in order to give the album a few nods back to Blink's older style? Also, if he had his way, would more of the songs on the album have been in this sort of direction? What does he think of the songs on Buddha and Cheshire Cat today?
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