Controversial Blink Opinion

[Elisa]

1 hour ago, twentytwenty said:

Stealing the thread though. What are your fav albums by them? 

I think the only correct answer is Sgt Pepper, isn' it? But it's Rubber Soul to me. And Abbey Road. 

The songwriting on Rubber Soul is absolutely phenomenal. I really go back and forth between this and Help being the start of the Beatles true creativity, but as much as I love Help, this is leagues above it. It's such a consistent listen from Drive My Car to If I Needed Someone. They brilliantly blended folk and pop on this record in a way that most modern bands still cannot touch. And the production is so much richer that most of what other bands were releasing. I mean go listen to The Byrds album from 1965, it sounded huge at time (I wasn't there of course but I bet it did lol) but it just sounds tiny compared to this. Never underestimate Rubber Soul.

Then Abbey Road because it was my fave Beatles album for years before I switched to team Rubber Soul. 

Abbey Road is a little disjointed and has a few throwaways, but the vocals, George's guitar work, many cool musical ideas and the killer tunes make it magical to me.

 

[Nasa]

1 hour ago, twentytwenty said:

He hasn’t listened to more than their biggest hits, it’s kinda clear.
 

Stealing the thread though. What are your fav albums by them? 

A Hard Day's Night, Rubber Soul, and Revolver. what about you?

[twentytwenty]

On 2/18/2022 at 12:12 AM, .437 beats .40 said:

Wrong.  What versatility did these guys ever have?  Blink showed us with Dude Ranch, Enema/TOYPAJ, then Self Titled.  Heck throw in Neighborhoods, they are just as solid but can do more than just Hey Jude and LeT iT bE

 

Kerplunk- Dookie - Nimrod - Insomniac - American Idiot same story here buds.

 

43 minutes ago, Elisa said:

I think the only correct answer is Sgt Pepper, isn' it? But it's Rubber Soul to me. And Abbey Road. 

The songwriting on Rubber Soul is absolutely phenomenal. I really go back and forth between this and Help being the start of the Beatles true creativity, but as much as I love Help, this is leagues above it. It's such a consistent listen from Drive My Car to If I Needed Someone. They brilliantly blended folk and pop on this record in a way that most modern bands still cannot touch. And the production is so much richer that most of what other bands were releasing. I mean go listen to The Byrds album from 1965, it sounded huge at time (I wasn't there of course but I bet it did lol) but it just sounds tiny compared to this. Never underestimate Rubber Soul.

Then Abbey Road because it was my fave Beatles album for years before I switched to team Rubber Soul. 

Abbey Road is a little disjointed and has a few throwaways, but the vocals, George's guitar work, many cool musical ideas and the killer tunes make it magical to me.

 

23 minutes ago, Nasa said:

A Hard Day's Night, Rubber Soul, and Revolver. what about you?

My favorites are sgt pepper and the mystery tour, and I always get torn between which one of them really are my favorite. Sgt pepper is better for listening start to finish imo, while the mystery tour has some of my absolute favs by them, such as fool on the hill, I am the walrus, hello goodbye, and of course strawberry fields and penny lane. 
 

I do think these are their two best albums hands down though, with the white album as a contestant.

yeah, from a production stand point, no one could come close to what beatles or beach boys were doing those days, tbh not musically either. 
 

and, who can listen to obladi and NOT sing or hum along to the verses!?

[daveyjones]

1 hour ago, Elisa said:

But it's Rubber Soul to me.

same. rubber soul to me is GOAT. that's when they had started with the pot (HELP era) but hadn't found the mushrooms and LSD yet.

[daveyjones]

On 2/17/2022 at 3:18 PM, .437 beats .40 said:

Imagine if the Beatles didn't have the whole global push to make them famous, icons, heroes of our time.

this statement is hilarious. there was no marketing machine to push the beatles, because an international pop star group hadn't existed yet. there's certainly been a hagiographic mythos machine humming along steadily since they've broken up, but when they were active? no one marketed the beatles.

the product sold itself. 

[scoobs]

3 hours ago, Cheerios4u98 said:

California disc 2 is the worst blink album if you count it, but my unpopular opinion is that Wildfire is great and Parking Lot is fine.

Wildfire is great, hard agree.  Bottom of the Ocean & Hey I'm Sorry also good ones off that 2nd CD.  Rest are pretty damn forgettable.

[Speedo]

2 hours ago, twentytwenty said:

who can listen to obladi and NOT sing or hum along to the verses!?

Offspring fans.

[Cheerios4u98]

7 minutes ago, scoobs said:

Wildfire is great, hard agree.  Bottom of the Ocean & Hey I'm Sorry also good ones off that 2nd CD.  Rest are pretty damn forgettable.

I also like those two! It’s not that I hate everything on the album, but it’s still definitely my least favorite blink release overall.

[boxelder]

offtopic but beatles blow me away every few years. the amount of stuff they accomplished in such a short time frame, with an unparalleled sense of melody and songwriting and such varied experimentation, innovative techniques, and more... it really holds up. i love all the albums, but revolver is hard to beat.

[daveyjones]

55 minutes ago, Speedo said:

Offspring fans.

speedo, why don't you get a job

[daveyjones]

30 minutes ago, boxelder said:

offtopic but beatles blow me away every few years. the amount of stuff they accomplished in such a short time frame, with an unparalleled sense of melody and songwriting and such varied experimentation, innovative techniques, and more... it really holds up. i love all the albums, but revolver is hard to beat.

people claim the beatles are the best popular rock act of all time for three reasons: they were the most famous, the most prolific in the shortest span of time, and they wrote all the best songs.

all of which is true.

[bobbo11290]

Dogs eating dogs was absolute dog shit compared to Neighborhoods, and sounds like the dying gasp of a band falling apart. I never understood why people thought it was a step up. That EP alone made me not the least bit surprised they imploded again two years later.

[Rickay]

It’s hard to fathom that the Beatles went from Please Please Me to Sgt Peppers in about 4 years. 

[Speedo]

54 minutes ago, bobbo11290 said:

Dogs eating dogs was absolute dog shit compared to Neighborhoods, and sounds like the dying gasp of a band falling apart. I never understood why people thought it was a step up. That EP alone made me not the least bit surprised they imploded again two years later.

It was great, if you exclude Pretty Little Girl.

[Cheerios4u98]

DED is no joke one of my favorite blink releases. It made me really excited for the future of the band. In the same way that Not Now did. ?

[Rickay]

Tom writing lyrics about little girls is super cool and in no way weird for a man in his mid 40s

[Speedo]

23 minutes ago, Rickay said:

Tom writing lyrics about little girls is super cool and in no way weird for a man in his mid 40s

It’s about his 1st wife … I mean, the song sucks but he isn’t exactly crooning about middle school.

[Cheerios4u98]

yeah wtf that song was clearly about his wife lol

[Elisa]

Pretty Little Girl is probably the most mature love song he ever wrote. 

[Elisa]

I think my controversial opinion is that Cheshire Cat is as great as Enema of The State.