fran.182

That clip is great. "Chapter XIV"? Can't believe I've never heard it before.

Rolling Stone betting on blink to get a Grammy nod: (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/grammys-2025-best-rock-album-predictions-nominees-1235111277/)

I see everyone loves If You Never Left and it's probably the fan favorite from the deluxe... Is it just me or the bridge sounds "wrong" coming so soon after the chorus, once more giving that copy/paste impression? I've warmed up to All In My Head's verses-chorus transitions, but this one still doesn't sit well with me.

Not sure if I can pick one... Either "Adam's Song" or "Feeling This", probably. "Here's Your Letter", "Natives", "Violence" and "No Heart To Speak Of" are some of my other favorites...

1. Anthem Part 3 2. Turpentine 3. Childhood 4. Blink Wave 5. More Than You Know 6. Terrified

1. Anthem Part 3 2. Dance With Me 3. Every Other Weekend 4. Terrified 5. One More Time 6. More Than You Know 7. When We Were Young 8. You Don't Know What You've Got 9. Blink Wave 10. No Fun 11. Everyone Everywhere 12. Hurt (Interlude) 13. Can't Go Back 14. Turpentine 15. One Night Stand 16. Other Side 17. Childhood Despite including 17 songs, it wouldn't be overly long since about half of the tracks clock in under the 3-minute mark. The original OMT was already quite sprawling and about showcasing the different sounds across blink's career with one or two curveballs (e.g. "Childhood" psychedelic feel and the chiptune outro)... That said, I simply chose the songs I consider stronger with a sequencing I believe would work. Getting all this stuff was amazing, but next time I hope they take a different approach: a more focused record that feels less like a collection of songs and leans less on throwbacks (blink has already mastered pop punk). Even if it's just 10 tracks total, either: 1. Go full new wave with more prominent synths - I think Paramore's After Laughter is a great example of a band from their scene doing it so well. Add some somber post-punk stuff like "All Of This" and expand on "Childhood" maybe... or 2. Something heavier, post-hardcore/emo-ish like Box Car...

"Everyone Everywhere" is the biggest grower for me so far. "Exodus from the mind" is such a cool line. Both this and "All In My Head" have some of those insanity and escapist vibes "Turpentine" did so well.

This would be my definitive tracklist... "Fell In Love" is the only song from this era I would delete from existence, though. The rest I'm more or less happy to have... 1. Anthem Part 3 2. Dance With Me 3. Every Other Weekend 4. Terrified 5. One More Time 6. More Than You Know 7. When We Were Young 8. You Don't Know What You've Got 9. Blink Wave 10. No Fun 11. Hurt (Interlude) 12. Can't Go Back 13. Turpentine 14. One Night Stand 15. Other Side 16. Childhood

I thought too and I wish that was the case, it would fit better and those magical chimes were wasted...

blink-182 loves climbing fences confirmed: "I'm kind of nervous of the consequence, as we climb over the Neighbor's fence" - Teenage Satellites "Cut myself on the neighbors' fence That I hopped as the cops tried to take me in" - Blame It On My Youth "The tree, the house, we jumped your fence" - One Night Stand

"Everyone Everywhere" has a great song buried somewhere in it, I just think it was rushed. Seems like a demo. Finally, "If You Never Left"... I think the Autopilot break-up lyrics kill it for me. Plus, my favorite part (the outro chimes) lasts a few seconds. Bridge is strong, but sounds shoehorned - "All In My Head" and "Everyone Everywhere" had similar issues between some sections...

So glad we got one more great 80s blink tune with "Every Other Weekend". It's like "Just Like Heaven" melody (specially the bridge) set to "Friday I'm In Love" lyrics. "One Night Stand" is a banger and I love how specific the lyrics are. Just not so sure on the outro with the overlapping vocals... Those two and "Can't Go Back" are a step above the rest. Replace "Fell In Love", "Edging" and the two 30 second tracks with these three and the main album would be amazing.

blink-182 - untitled blink-182 - neighborhoods blink-182 - take off your pants and jacket blink-182 - nine blink-182 - enema of the state blink-182 - one more time... blink-182 - dogs eating dogs blink-182 - california blink-182 - dude ranch blink-182 - buddha blink-182 - cheshire cat Notes: - Untitled/Neighborhoods/DED is my favorite type of blink: dark, poetic and just as catchy with regular experimentation. - It's difficult to consider DED being just an EP. If it had 5 more songs as good as those included it would either be my second or third favorite... - Take that "Fell In Love" turd off from OMT and I'd put it right behind TOYPAJ. - I really love Nine, always felt like a different beast compared to California, which was so formulaic and pandering. Much more thoughtful and consistent as well.

Haha, maybe? At least the intro, for me... It also reminds me of something else, but I'm not sure what, so far...

For all the robotic production complaints, I've to say I love the echo effect on Can't Go back vocals. So haunting. To me this one feels like After Midnight's sister track, even if not as great.