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Untitled is timeless. It's the only Blink record I revisit at least a couple times per year. Cat, Dude, Enema, Jacket... were monumental records at the time of their release but I wouldn't call them timeless. They're time capsules for that point in my life and I enjoy re-listening to them given the memories that come back to me while doing so. But until recently, I seldom have any desire to revisit those albums like I do with Untitled.

A timeless record defies modern day trends just like JAWS does in terms of movies. Whether people discovered JAWS in 1975 or 2015, the movie is just as powerful as it ever was. It may not have modern day effects or cinematography, but it's so well written and directed that the dated aspects become an afterthought. A New Hope and Empire still blow kids' minds to this day. So, Untitled isn't just a meaningful album to those of us who were pre-existing Blink fans and were maturing at the same time that Blink's most mature record was released. It was a great album and it still is, hence, the term timeless.

Kids are discovering Untitled at this very moment and are enjoying it just as much as we did 13 years ago. That's not a guarantee with Cat, Dude, Enema or Jacket. Maybe particular songs but not the entire body of work. 90s pop punk was vastly different than it is now so pop punk fans in 2016 may not get it like we did.

The same goes for "screamo" which is a genre that hasn't held up at all to newer audiences today. When I refer back to some of the bands I listened to in 2002 and 2003, Thrice is one of the few that stuck around because they evolved into something else entirely. Their entry point was a genre that was nothing more than a fad. And they knew it. That's why Vheissu is Thrice's most timeless record at this point. It was a turning point for the band as they evolved and matured for the better. If Thrice had produced yet another screamo record like Island wanted them to make, I doubt they'd be around still. Vheissu was a creative lightning bolt for that band just like Untitled was for Blink. The problem was: it opened the door for Tom to want to push the band towards a genre that everybody else wasn't ready to commit to quite yet. So, he did it alone, something he knew he could do via Boxcar.

My 12 year old nephew is currently experiencing all the records I loved as a kid and he understands their importance just like I understood the significance of Led Zeppelin IV (to name one) as well as The Beatles' White album (to name one) at his age. So, when I play him a handful of 90s records considered to be timeless by most people, I see firsthand how they resonate with him too.

Last weekend, I ran through Blink's catalog with him and out of all their records, Untitled was the one he reacted to most. It's fascinating to see how he reacts to things that pre-date him, especially when they're things I loved at his age. I have no idea if California will be a timeless record like Untitled but if it resonates with my 12 year old nephew, then they've accomplished what they set out to do: make a record for everybody.

 

I think this album will be our version of Enema of the State for the future 13-yr old pop-punks.

Also, contrary to some other opinions, I find TOYPAJ to be their darkest album. Something about that album from start to finish has a really dark and ominous sonic aesthetic to me.

 

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Tbh, I absolutely wouldn't describe Untitled as timeless. It hasn't aged well for me whereas Enema and TOYPAJ have. I totally agree that people think so highly of Untitled because in many cases it was their first "more mature" record.

 

Really? I don't get that at all but that's interesting haha.

 

I've been reading the blink subreddit, and blink-182online, and I have no clue how they all have such predictable opinions. Despite having no idea how albums are written/a lack of perspective on Jerry Finn's hand in previous blink, a lot of them are convinced that John Fieldman "ruined" this band because of how poppy the record is. I seriously cannot stand the fans that hear something catchy and more modern and immediately go "this sounds like All Time Low/Fall Out Boy bullshit! Not MY blink!!".

Anyone with ears can tell this album was actually produced, unlike neighborhoods, and on the whole it makes blink sound relevant again.

 

Anthem Part 2 and Please Take Me Home specifically. If you fill in the gaps between those two songs, I think there is a very distinct vibe that is darker than any of their other work. To me, that is.

 

I'm sorry but its just plain wrong for you to assume I cherish Untitled because Blink decided to mature at that point in my life. It's the music dude - it still holds up and I'm sorry if you need to come up with some BS reason as to why people are still in love with it.

 

Even more so than Violence and Stockholm Syndrome?

 

Sober is my jam! Cynical and The Only Thing That Matters are totes mcgoats too. She's Out of Her Mind is straight up TOYAJ. I think its a solid album...To me the real let downs are Home is Such a Lonely Place, California, and Teenage Satellites.

I also went to the San Diego Fair last night...There was a Blink 182 tribute band playing in the beer garden (Blink 180 True). Fun show, but goodness they sucked. Their setlist was awesome too. They didn't just play the hit songs. They even played BTD

 

Nostalgia plays a huge role in music perception and it's absurd of you to try to argue otherwise.

 

Yeah I mean those songs are definitely on the darker, more mature, side. I dunno. Maybe its something about my headspace when TOYPAJ came out that follows me when I listen to these songs.

I really can't tell you what it is. If you don't hear it, you don't hear it.

 

White so far

 

Enema is timeless! The production on that album is so damn good.

 

I would agree with Enema being timeless (if you're a fan of pop punk of course).

 

Maybe once they get over 30, nostalgia will make more sense. What Jason said completely resonates with me. Untitled came out when I was 19, but Dude Ranch and Enema came out when I was 13-15, so those albums always stuck with me. Now that I'm older, I can look back on them fondly with genuine affection but see them for what they are: fairly vapid and built-for-fun-not-for-brains pop-punk. It was perfect at that time and I love those songs b/c of their importance to a specific time & place that means something to me.

Untitled is on a similar level and while it's certainly no masterpiece, it's a quality record that was something we had never heard a pop-punk band attempt to do -- especially the then-biggest one doing. When other bands of their ilk tried to do something similar, they'd always come up short. I think there's a reason in there as to why many hold that album with such high regard despite the fact that while its "more mature" and a great album, it's still nothing more than their previous stuff with some additions and tweaks. And there's nothing wrong with that at all b/c it works!

 

My point being that a ton of albums that I listened to when I was around that age have not stuck with me like the way the album has. It still sounds as relevant as ever.

I liked Backstreet Boys Millennium album when I was younger, in fact i LOVED it. According to you when I put that on I should love it as much as Blink. Pure nostalgia huh?

 

I only knew I Miss You, Feeling This, All The Small Things and The Rock Show before 2006. In 2006, my first blink related purchase was AAA's We Don't Need To Whisper and then I bought the 2003 album a few months later. This is probably why I'm not attached to Enema or Toypaj at all lol.

 

If someone put on "I Want it That Way".... that person would be me. Great jam. That's just a damn good pop song, no joke.

 

Kinda weird and dismissive to claim the reason someone loves a record isn't the real reason

 

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And here I am still not having caved in!