Mark Vs Tom

[Scott.]

Who wrote the better Blink songs in your opinion? 

[Speedo]

Tom.

[Ghent]

Seems like a thread intended for arguments and division. I like em both

[High Value Man]

1 minute ago, Ghent said:

Seems like a thread intended for arguments and division. I like em both

Also team both. ❤️

[Scott.]

1 minute ago, Ghent said:

Seems like a thread intended for arguments and division. I like em both

How 2023 ? just answer the question you soft cunt 

[Drama-Free Jan]

This is not toxic.

[Drama-Free Jan]

I can't keep track of which ones Mark wrote that Tom sang at this point, but I do remember writing it out at some point and concluding there's more good Tom centric songs, but Mark has the top tier ones.

[Sun God]

Feldmann 

[Ghent]

8 minutes ago, Scott. said:

How 2023 ? just answer the question you soft cunt 

Much love to all three members you absolute bellend ❤️❤️❤️

[Scott.]

18 minutes ago, Ghent said:

Much love to all three members you absolute bellend ❤️❤️❤️

Just fucking with you big man.

[Kay]

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Tom

[Ghost]

The two of them together. Maybe one songs were initiated buy one, but the input of the other one makes a song a blink song.

[boxelder]

i think they've both kept up with each other in ways, but i'm going to say mark.

mark was the top lyricist in the dude ranch days -- songs like waggy, apple shampoo, and lemmings kind of stand far above the work tom was producing at at that point. i think tom came into his own a lot on EOTS, and especially through BCR and untitled (not now, asthenia, all top-tier songs). i think mark's songs, then and now, tend to be more honest. in his work with blink, tom has sounded like he was forcing it for a long time... he felt trapped in a box unnecessarily so on TOYPAJ, with a lot of his themes circling back to adolescent angst. not that mark doesn't write that way either, but mark's tended to feel more aged up even then.

even as recently as EDGING this interplay still holds true. tom writes like he's viewing blink through the rearview or forcing himself to dumb it all down ("fucked her in church"), whereas mark's are more descriptive ("seats of my car are filled with cigarette burns") and leave more open to interpretation ("they pursue me on foot, but I hid in the crowd like a ghost").

i also think mark's work on +44 (and simple creatures, and his guest spots) far outstrips most of tom's solo and AVA material, at least up until rubin started co-writing.

[Worst poster here]

Mark writes better lyrics but I prefer Tom’s voice, melodies, and riffs. It’s been a while since Mark wrote an amazing riff, but he carried the band in the early days with Carousel, Dammit, What’s My Age Again, Man Overboard, etc. 

[Ghent]

5 minutes ago, boxelder said:

even as recently as EDGING this interplay still holds true. tom writes like he's viewing blink through the rearview or forcing himself to dumb it all down ("fucked her in church"),

One of the best lines in a blink song in 20 years

[Neal]

Mark writes much better lyrics, tom writes the catchiest melodies

overall i enjoy tom‘s songs more 

[Knapppers]

My gut says Tom but then you remember Mark came up with the riff for WMAA, wrote the rock show, here's your letter is one of my favs and that's him, and he came up with dammit did he not?

[Worst poster here]

13 minutes ago, Knapppers said:

My gut says Tom but then you remember Mark came up with the riff for WMAA, wrote the rock show, here's your letter is one of my favs and that's him, and he came up with dammit did he not?

Yeah pretty much. You can tell he wrote the guitar for a lot of their songs. If I were to hazard to guess, I’d say he’s also responsible for Don’t Leave Me, Hearts All Gone, Kaleidoscope, FTG, DED, etc 

[Speedo]

I’ve never seen so many wrong answer in one thread before, it’s a shame what we’ve become.

[Thibaut182]

Don't forget Scotty!