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Does anyone randomly go through phases where they realize a new appreciation for an old blink track? Like a couple months ago I was revisiting 'Pathetic' and 'Apple Shampoo' a ton, and then today I found myself thinking that 'Man Overboard' may be one of my top 5 favorite songs from their discography

 

Yup! This happened to me recently with Lemmings.

 

Oh yeah definitely. Before California came out I revisited all the albums again and I really underrated Mark's songs on Dude Ranch, while also realizing that most of Tom's songs pre Enema are very hit or miss, mostly miss.

I also realized that while I always liked Every Time I Look for You, it's truly one of their best songs and definitely in my top 10. I never really had an opinion on Online Songs until a couple of months ago too.

 

Good call on Lemmings, definitely a hidden gem.

 

That happened with me and "Josie" this year. I think it might be my favorite Blink single, other than "Not Now."

 

i think it would be so hard for me to only pick 10 Blink songs for a "Top 10" list haha

 

So I tried...

Not Now
Apple Shampoo
Josie
Carousel
Dammit
Everytime I Look For You
Feeling This
Going Away To College
21 Days
Pathetic

I feel like it's still too soon to add any California to my "Top 10 Blink songs" list, but "Bored To Death" and "She's Out Of Her Mind" are definitely contenders.

 

I kind of wish Blink did what taking back Sunday is doing right now.... Play the new cd front to back and then play the old stuff

 

there's a good chunk of California songs i'd love to hear live, but i dunno... i'd rather them play only older songs and then play a few California songs at the end... haha.

they should do what Less Than Jake did a few years ago, where they had a big wheel on the stage, and they'd spin it to determine what song they were going to play next. they did that for the whole show. that'd be fun for Blink to do!

 

Dude Ranch has always been far and away my favorite Mark album.

 

You may think it's shitty but that's like, your opinion man. I disagree majorly as do many others.

 

Sooooo similar, swap out 21 Days and Josie with like Man Overboard and Stay Together For The Kids.

But then ask me tomorrow and I'll probably include Anthem Part 2, Wendy Clear, Always, and Dysentery Gary so who the hell knows

 

Josie is soooo good! 21 Days had POTENTIAL to be amazing. I wish they had brought that song back, even just for Cheshire Cat. I talk about that song way too much here... haha

 

In preparation for my Blink show in a few hours, I'm listening to California in full right now for the first time in almost a month probably... It's a fun little album! I think it's good I gave it a little break. I kinda wore it out in the first week or so of its release.

 

I've noticed that it's the kind of album that I get kind of bored of when I'm listening with headphones at work. But when I play it on speakers in my apartment, like when I'm getting ready to go out, I really get into it

 

Rollercoaster, Going Away to College, Not Now, Lemmings, Everytime I look for You have all had resurgence for me

 

I don't remember if I ever tried to do a blink top 10.

Adam's Song
Stockholm Syndrome
Emo
Apple Shampoo
Man Overboard
San Diego
Wendy Clear
Lemmings
Online Songs
Always

That seems like a weird list and the order could vary but I'm happy with those ten haha.

 

In no order:

Feeling This
Apple Shampoo
Down
Everytime I Look For You
All of This
Going Away to College
Not Now
Stockholm Syndrome
Pathetic
Anthem Pt. II

I think Cynical is the only California track I'd have close to my top ten. I have a lot of honorable mentions though: Untitled, Dumpweed, Roller Coaster, Carousel, I Miss You, Josie, Stay Together for the Kids, Here's Your Letter, Asthenia, maybe Sober and Teenage Satellites sneak up there too.

Down has grown on me a lot. I always liked it but I think it kills live and lately it's become one of my favorite songs of the swoopy hair, early 2000s angsty emo/pop punk era. Tom's lyrics are borderline nonsensical and almost hilariously elementary, especially given how serious the song is trying to be, but I kind of love it. I love the simplicity of it, just repeating that one octave, I love those repeated shakers and piano at the end, Travis' drums sound fucking great, it's just become one of my favorite blink songs. Maybe because it feels so Box Car-y with the sad, lovelorn, muted verses and then the angsty explosion of the chorus, tempered by Mark's calm "down" refrain. Skiba kills it live, too.

 

No order other than Adams Song on top.

Adams Song
Stockholm Syndrome
Man Overboard
Not Now
Pathetic
All of This
Here's Your Letter
Untitled
Violence/Obvious
Apple Shampoo

PS. I wish they would remaster/rerecord Pathetic

 

This is tough, kind of in order, Always is probably my favourite song by any band ever just for the bass.

Always
Down
Feeling This
After Midnight
Adam's Song
Not Now
Roller Coaster
What Went Wrong
I Miss You
Kaleidoscope

HMs to She's Out of Her Mind, Apple Shampoo, Anthem Pt. 2, Asthenia & Carousel.

 

Welp! My show came and went! It was pouring rain the entire set, but it was a lot of fun and my voice is gone. I hate the "bro crowd" that this band seems to bring to shows, buuuut it's all good. Anyway, the band sounded awesome, despite the wind and rain. Notable songs played: Reckless Abandon, Dysentery Gary, Not Now, San Diego, and Pathetic (just kidding). I haven't been keeping up on the setlists lately so I'm not sure what's more common than not, but yeah. Very fun show!

 

With blink-182, Green Day, and Jimmy Eat World all releasing albums this year, I think a Pop Disaster 15 year anniversary tour needs to happen

 

ETILFY could be released as a single today and would undoubtedly do very well.

 

Thank you for being the only one to include Untitled, that's the shit right there!

 

No order: waggy, Josie, dumpweed, what's my age again, dysentery gary, mutt, roller coaster, reckless abandon, feelin' this, Stockholm syndrome.