Blink-182 [ARCHIVED] Band • Page 707

Yeah, wtf, I love "Papercut Skin" and hear zero similarities. If anything, it's far more similar to "Drive," which was co-written and produced by.... oh yeah, Mark!

 

I waded through the past 50 pages of lists and garbage to catch up and tell you guys I dig the album. That is all.

 

Couple thoughts: I don't think saying the impression you get is that the songs are insincere is really an opinion either (I do get what you're saying better now). Sincerity seems to be a trait that isn't really opinion based by a listener. Anyway, I think that as a listener of music we should always assume that the music means something to the people writing it. This is their job, their life, they love music - this is their vehicle for self-expression. I think that the starting position should always be that they are sincere in their music unless they flat out say they're not, and even if the lyrics aren't, that doesn't mean the performances aren't (which is why if someone helps write an Adele song, or Beyonce song, and someone tries to say it's insincere when performed I think that, too, is flawed). I just think guessing at the motivation of a songwriter is a strange way to evaluate the music itself, as it's based upon two unknowable things. I think assuming sincerity is the way to go — but then I also think something like "Home" when viewed in the context of Mark's family and son, carries more weight than something like "Don't Leave Me" or "Dumpweed" or countless other songs ever did.

tl;dr: I have a hard time ever questioning the motives or sincerity of an artist at the base level. Execution I understand, but when it gets down to evaluating how sincere they are in making their art ... that just seems too far. Given the huge hoops and risks taken by the band to even record and release this album and get to this point, by a man who clearly never has to work another day in his life he didn't want to, I just really think that line of thinking is flawed.

 

Back when Stomping Ground was first released, I specifically remember reading a short interview where John pokes fun at their own album, saying it's basically what blink & NFG were doing, and since that was the current trend, they decided to jump on board.

 

Bingo. I have a hard time trying to imagine what a lot of these people think blink should sound like In 2016, if not what pop punk has essentially evovled info.

 

which it probably was from the beginning, knowing the Matches as I do

 

The Matches were great. And I loved that they worked with a bunch of producers and created such a cool sounding couple of albums. They were before their times.

 

Sellouts!!!!

I liked Goldfinger on that trend more than I did when they had Ian Watkins (puke) on a song.

 

I often wonder if they had released Decomposer like 2-3 years later if things would have worked out differently.

To wit: Saw them do a show in Oakland in like 2006-7 and the band that played before them at noon was MCR, circa 'I'm Not Okay'.

 

Amen! Decomposer and A Band in Hope were far ahead of their peers. Still might be if released today. They worked with producers from all walks of life/sounds to compliment their own style (which, really, was pretty fearless for what many perceived to be just another Bay Area punk band).

I hope they intend to record another LP. The single whet my appetite for more Matches!

 

And then went on tour with them. Haha. Yeah, I do. No one wanted to be compared to GC. And then for a while no one wanted to be compared to Sum 41. And then it became kinda cool to be compared to those bands.

 

I've never listened to Goldfinger or The Matches and now I feel like I should.

 

they have a new batch of promo photos on their FB, too, which seems odd for a band that only has one gig lined up in November...so.... fingers crossed

 

The Matches for sure. Goldfinger is fine, but IMO, they never released anything close to being even that nostalgically memorable. S/T, Hang Ups, Stomping Ground and Open Your Eyes are all pretty hit-or-miss, but they're fine I guess.

 

That pissed me off so much, ugh.

 

That Civic tour was '03, I believe, and then Catalyst (which is where they address that whole thing) came out in '04 But yes ... that period was very weird. Jordan has the GC logo tattooed on his leg and everything.

 

Lol, I saw that NFG/GC show. It was a pop-punk extravaganza that night. Good times.

 

Hey now... don't be calling Good Charlotte pop-punk. They're nowhere near as legitimate a band as NFG or Blink 182.

 

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but they're absolutely a legitimate band.

 

I did too.

I saw GC with Fenix TX and ... I think Home Grown too.

God damn I loved Home Grown. Act Your Age was a classic. I don't think I could listen to "She's Anti" anymore though, content wise, that would be ... hard.

 

Definitely sarcasm haha, I tried to make it obvious but I see how it doesn't read that way

 

Home Grown is another one I haven't listened to.

 

Real talk: I think the new Good Charlotte album's good too. And I think Feldmann killed it on that one as well.

Fuck it. Haha.

 

Good Charlotte were my favorite band in 7th grade, I had a red shirt with their band name on it, I also dyed my hair red, my girlfriend thought I was SO COOL. Until she broke up with me, totally not related... right? RIGHT????