The blink 182 general discussion topic

[boxelder]

1 hour ago, Chewy030 said:

Just listened to Enema of The State for the first time in awhile. What a fucking gem of an album. 

when dumpweed kicks in, it just fucking roars. it hasn't aged a bit

[alex_dept.]

Enema and California are both pop-punk albums but there's such a gap between them. Enema has such a stylish, thought-out sound without any repetition and unnecessary elements, it's clever and it's minimalistic while California is a disgrace

[2point5]

19 minutes ago, alex_dept. said:

Enema and California are both pop-punk albums but there's such a gap between them. Enema has such a stylish, thought-out sound without any repetition and unnecessary elements, it's clever and it's minimalistic while California is a disgrace

Wouldn't say it's a disgrace. But the 2 albums are definitely leagues apart. Enema is full of catchy, riff filled, unique songs whereas California falls under the tag of generic pop punk for the most part with flashes of greatness. But Enema had Delonge in his prime, California is a new era of Blink, a band that had been pretty much forgotten by everyone that wasn't a hardcore fan like us. Was always gonna be a struggle, but to say it's a disgrace is pretty far from the mark in my opinion. 

[zzzz]

A disgrace...LOL. 

Look at all these people who came out to watch this disgrace of a band, whose album flopped miserably! California is TRASH but 10,000 people are screaming every word to BTD/SOOHM/Cynical/Sober! No Tom no Blink! Skiba sucks at guitar! Gosh they look so miserable!

[Scott.]

Parking lot is genuinely disgusting. Makes me dry heave

[Champ182]

1 hour ago, boxelder said:

when dumpweed kicks in, it just fucking roars. it hasn't aged a bit

 

39 minutes ago, alex_dept. said:

Enema and California are both pop-punk albums but there's such a gap between them. Enema has such a stylish, thought-out sound without any repetition and unnecessary elements, it's clever and it's minimalistic while California is a disgrace

Yeah it's crazy to think that after 18 years, countless ripoff attempts by other bands, years of inter-band turmoil, not to mention the fact that it was a turn toward the "generic" and wasn't all that groundbreaking, it still sounds absolutely distinct and well-done. They had some kind of magic on that album. 

[More Jan You Know]

43 minutes ago, ryan1125 said:

A disgrace...LOL. 

Look at all these people who came out to watch this disgrace of a band, whose album flopped miserably! California is TRASH but 10,000 people are screaming every word to BTD/SOOHM/Cynical/Sober! No Tom no Blink! Skiba sucks at guitar! Gosh they look so miserable!

 

What are you, Donald Trump?

There's a lot of fall out boy, simple plan, & Hillary Duff fans yet.

[Elisa]

I was listening to California on my way home tonight and I have to admit that as a work is quite cohesive; the 3 new songs are too frankensteined and I'm afraid the deluxe edition will be a disaster (for some of us).
  
For some reason I keep going back to Misery every once in a while though, the song per se is bland, the hooks are too simple and rushed in and anyone could have come up with that melody (I feel the same about the chorus of 6/8) but there's that bridge and I have to listen to it on repeat. Probably the only time where the whoa-oh-ohs kinda make sense is on the prelude of the bridge.
                            

[Radioactive Ghent]

4 hours ago, ryan1125 said:

A disgrace...LOL. 

Look at all these people who came out to watch this disgrace of a band, whose album flopped miserably! California is TRASH but 10,000 people are screaming every word to BTD/SOOHM/Cynical/Sober! No Tom no Blink! Skiba sucks at guitar! Gosh they look so miserable!

Hahaha

The dumb is strong around here lately, that's for sure. Can't wait until they get over the Tom stuff and start to fade out

[Scott.]

5 hours ago, ryan1125 said:

A disgrace...LOL. 

Look at all these people who came out to watch this disgrace of a band, whose album flopped miserably! California is TRASH but 10,000 people are screaming every word to BTD/SOOHM/Cynical/Sober! No Tom no Blink! Skiba sucks at guitar! Gosh they look so miserable!

You can't see their faces tbf 

[More Jan You Know]

What does a picture of a crowd prove, at all?  Nobody goes to a concert to stand with a thinking pose and criticize the band

[vic vinegar]

Over 70% of the crowd doesn't know the difference between Matt and Tom so...

[jordidanen95]

6 hours ago, MattSkibbasuxatguitar said:

What are you, Donald Trump?

There's a lot of fall out boy, simple plan, & Hillary Duff fans yet.

Hillary Duff's latest record is my fucking guilty pleasure. And she's hot as fuck.

I thought people forgot about her

[Cheerios4u98]

So... most of them.

[alex_dept.]

If many people like something it doesn't mean it's good, of course a lot of people enjoy California, but a lof of people have no taste and fail to acknowledge the fact that 90% of California is recycled generic shit. Because it's enough for them. But for me it's not enough and I don't enjoy it. I don't listen to Four Years Strong, ADTR, Wonder Years, Man Overboard, NFG, Sum 41, Green Day, Bowling for Soup, Rise Against, Offspring and other generic pop-punk shit because the genre itself is generic and boring, formulaic. I don't like pop-punk at all, I used to when I was 15. But Blink stayed with me and I haven't stopped enjoying them because they were always so much more than pop-punk, the music was much smarter, however not many people could recognise it - there were people who thought that they were as great as other popular pop-punk bands and there were critics who thought they were as shitty as other pop-punk bands, but I always fell into the category of people who understood the difference, they understood that Tom wouldn't leave a blink song without a tiny riff or interesting vocal change. And now it is something Blink lost. Now they fall into this generic category I never wanted them to fall. And it really disappoints me, I believe that people who like California never really understood what blink was about, I don't even think that Travis understands because it doesn't matter for him if the part has only rhythm guitar or rhythm guitar and a solo guitar. He just smashes his drums and flies with them around the venues and thinks it's all people need, Maybe, but not me. But I believe that Mark understands the difference because he actually wrote a lot of guitar, and he understands that Untitled and +44 were a lot more challenging for a generic listener and he just chooses money. No wonder there a lot of people at their concerts. This is what they aimed for. Nickelback or Linkin Park also have a lot of people at their concerts, and Imagine Dragons, Chainsmokers, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran. SO all of those artists are great now, aren't they?

[2point5]

I stopped reading when you said a lot of people have no taste. If you start with a bullshit statement like that then there's no reason to continue. 

[Neal]

a lot of people have a different taste than you...

but on everything else you wrote, i completely agree. How travis can classify california as a mix between untitled and enema just makes me speechless....

[Nasa]

I think music taste is entirely subjective. There's no such thing as objectively good music. I think California sucks but who am I to say that therefore it should suck for everyone?  

[Speedo]

Did anyone take count of the times that Alex guy said the word generic?

[Ghost]

36 minutes ago, Nasa said:

I think music taste is entirely subjective. There's no such thing as objectively good music. I think California sucks but who am I to say that therefore it should suck for everyone?  

I agree. Taste is subjective, but I always have a problem thinking about the possibility of existing good and bad music. The thing is the scale that exist in between. I mean, I'm not sure this or this can be any good. And nope, I'm not joking.