The blink 182 general discussion topic

[Tenks]

NINE ahh track.

[Nosferatu]

Mark seems to change his mind about his rankings. California was his number 1 when he ranked his favourite blink albums during the Skiba era

Now he ranks OMT up there, which is a fine album but not up there with Untitled/Enema/Dude Ranch. The Untitled album was number 2 on his rankings back then and his rankings from few days ago.

I guess deep down he considers that album to be number 1. He'll give his true opinion about OMT a few years from now. Surprised he has California as high as he does though

I get why he doesn't seem to rate Dude Ranch as high. A lot of bands hate their earlier work but he's gotta give Dude Ranch some props. It's a masterpiece and IMO one of the two best pop punk albums ever.

[Drama-Free Jan]

5 hours ago, Nosferatu said:

Mark seems to change his mind about his rankings. California was his number 1 when he ranked his favourite blink albums during the Skiba era

Now he ranks OMT up there, which is a fine album but not up there with Untitled/Enema/Dude Ranch. The Untitled album was number 2 on his rankings back then and his rankings from few days ago.

I guess deep down he considers that album to be number 1. He'll give his true opinion about OMT a few years from now. Surprised he has California as high as he does though

I get why he doesn't seem to rate Dude Ranch as high. A lot of bands hate their earlier work but he's gotta give Dude Ranch some props. It's a masterpiece and IMO one of the two best pop punk albums ever.

Seems pretty obvious why he does that.  Same thing movie directors always do too.

Dude Ranch not sure though, Dammit sort of made him and set them up. 

[Paparazzi Magnet]

Mark’s ranking in 2020:

1. Untitled
2. Enema Of The State
3. California
4. Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
5. NINE
6. Neighborhoods
7. Dude Ranch
8. Cheshire Cat

Mark’s ranking in 2024:

1. ONE MORE TIME... ➕
2. Untitled
3. Enema of the State
4. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
5. California 🔻
6. Neighborhoods 
7. NINE 🔻
8. Dude Ranch
9. Cheshire Cat
10. Buddha

 

He put OMT on top, and then knocked down the Skiba era albums by one. I think since a lot of animosity towards Tom dwindled, that likely cleared up his vision a bit. I’m curious to see how it changes over time again once OMT is no longer brand new. I have my doubts that it will remain #1 in the long term.

Although he’d never put the +44 album in here to avoid controversy with Tom, I’m very curious where’d rank it.

 

[Sun God]

2 minutes ago, Paparazzi Magnet said:

Mark’s ranking in 2020:

1. Untitled
2. Enema Of The State
3. California
4. Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
5. NINE
6. Neighborhoods
7. Dude Ranch
8. Cheshire Cat

Mark’s ranking in 2024:

1. ONE MORE TIME... ➕
2. Untitled
3. Enema of the State
4. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
5. California 🔻
6. Neighborhoods 
7. NINE 🔻
8. Dude Ranch
9. Cheshire Cat
10. Buddha

 

He put OMT on top, and then knocked down the Skiba era albums by one. I think since a lot of animosity towards Tom dwindled, that likely cleared up his vision a bit.

Although he’d never put the +44 album in here to avoid controversy with Tom, I’m very curious where’d rank it.

 

+44 isn’t a blink album, so why would he rank it amongst blink albums?

[Paparazzi Magnet]

20 minutes ago, MCDC said:

+44 isn’t a blink album, so why would he rank it amongst blink albums?

Exactly, I’m not saying he would. I’d still be curious though in that hypothetical world. It’s the only other full album he’s done in his professional music career.
 

It’s positioning may even provide more reasoning for why he ranked the blink albums. For example, if +44 were ranked high on the list, it may confirm my hunch that California has been ranked so high due to the fact that his influence played a greater role than usual.

 

It seems like Mark is mainly judging and balancing off of these 3 factors:

- How good the albums were

- How new they are 

- The circumstances with the songwriting process

 

[Thibaut182]

The Timeline Website 2024 Discovery of The Year :

As some of you may know, I am in charge of the Timeline website with the wonderful and most updated comprehensive history of the band!

This is this year's discovery of the year for the timeline website (only short clips for a while but the full show surfaced this year).

Blink guest and hosting Rage

This is dated May 1998 and aired on 27th June 1998 on Rage (the last interview with Scott in the band)

 

 

[boxelder]

that's huge @Thibaut182! i remember those clips but didnt realize it was scott's last interview as a part of the band. makes it all the more signficiant. nice job!

[thongrider]

Almost all the videos they played were on Epitaph, except Bad Religion.

[Thibaut182]

20 minutes ago, thongrider said:

Almost all the videos they played were on Epitaph, except Bad Religion.

Here are the music videos that the band selected for their episode guest programming :

• Descendents "I'm The One"
• Face to Face "I Won't Lie Down"
• Jebediah "Leaving Home"
• Blink 182 "Dammit"
• Bodyjar "Glossy Books"
• Bad Religion "Stranger Than Fiction"
• All "Dot"
• Unwritten Law "Teenage Suicide"
• Bjork "It's Oh So Quiet"
• The Cure "Just Like Heaven"
• Nofx "Leave It Alone"
• Millencolin "Lozin Must"
• Pulley "Cashed In"
• Pennywise "Same Old Story"
• The Offspring "All I Want"
• Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
• The Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated"
• Beck "Devil's Haircut"
• Portishead "Numb"
• Foo Fighters "Everlong"
• The Replacements "Bastards of Young"
• The Clash "London Calling"
• Sex Pistols "Pretty Vacant"
• Nirvana "Sliver"
• Blink 182 "Josie"

[just_bringing_good_chats]

onmortiem

[Thibaut182]

 

[thongrider]

Glad I don't have to make that decision. I can't imagine choosing the musical direction of a band over someone's health or someone's life.

[Elisa]

i'm the only one who cares about this (and possibly @boxelder) but it's so cool and mark sounds great 

[Champ182]

7 hours ago, Elisa said:

i'm the only one who cares about this (and possibly @boxelder) but it's so cool and mark sounds great 

[boxelder]

i saw that and it was heavenly. i’m sure it was a great experience for joyce manor. dream lineup! i always wonder why blink wouldn’t let some indie-adjacent punk bands like PUP or JM open for them. they let wavves in 2017. 

[Pirate Mexicano]

It still blows my mind that Tom discovered de-aging.

7 years ago

4 days ago

[Tenks]

All hail Ozempic!

[Champ182]

10 hours ago, Pirate Mexicano said:

It still blows my mind that Tom discovered de-aging.

7 years ago

4 days ago

The only explanation is the obvious one: Tom was abducted by aliens in early 2005 and replaced by a rapidly deteriorating alien lookalike. The lookalike was responsible for the breakup, AVA, the half-hearted reunion and second breakup, all movie/TTS related debacles, and Tom just generally having an entirely different personality for over a decade. For unknown reasons (likely because they knew I was onto their scheme), the aliens returned the real Tom back to earth in around 2019, and he has been successfully putting the pieces of his life back together ever since his return.

[Nosferatu]

Tom looks like one sexy bastard in that photo