blink-182 - One More Time… (October 20, 2023) • Page 150

The absurd lyrics in Turpentine hold it back from being higher for me. I like the song. I love the instrumental parts. Love Tom’s delivery and Mark’s part is golden. But the dick in ovaltine stuff, while funny, just makes it feel lesser to me. It is a cool song. It is essentially a Frankenstein put together song that works really well. Like, it’s rad. But I am always going to prefer songs like Childhood, More Than You Know, Blink Wave, OMT, etc more.

 

I mean, in what context?

 

I wouldn't knock it until you try sticking your dick in some ovaltine

 

Experimenting tonight will report back

 

Turpentine is lyrically all over the place but that's what makes it work for me. It reminds me of what happens when I hang out with close friends that I've known my entire life where you have these sprawling convos. Convos that incorporate big life topics, internal thoughts, and stupid / goofy / immature humor. Don't know how else to explain it.

 

Surely he doesn't mean that they're going to open with it every night, right?

 

He kept going:

"Turpentine is everything I love about Tom's songwriting."
"Tom came with this idea. i had an idea for the bridge. travis crushed it and then produced something really special. for me, as a fan of the band."

 

That totally makes sense.

 

I mean, sure, I get that. But that doesn’t make the absurd parts less absurd haha

 

Turpentine is this album's Reckless Abandon

 

It's blink personified as a song... meaningful and deep yet fun and dick jokes

... a Frankenstein if you will

 

The lyrics bouncing back and forth between serious and goofy absolutely elevate the song. That's what makes it feel so quintessential to me. It's not a joke song, but it's got so much personality. They're firing on all cylinders.

 

I already said it was like a Frankenstein song. Those lyrics still hold the song back for me. You all can praise it all you want. My favorite won’t be it. It’s fine.

 

The dark, almost sinister absurdism of Turpentine is what makes it so good for me.

 

I laughed out loud the first time I heard the ending bit where Tom pronounces it differently and goes "god dammit"

 

Greg, think of Turpentine as a sort of Frankenstein song.

 

For sure. It’s a very funny bit.

 

Yeah, I'm really hoping they're in the $150 range. The Seattle tix were $250 before fees. Really hoping that's not the case this time around for Portland.

 

I’m gonna Frankenstein you.

I don’t even know what I meant by that.

 

Nothing more sinister than jerking off with a magazine while dipping your dick in ovaltine. Be wary of Tom! Haha

 

I need you all to understand that Frankenstein was the doctor. The song is his monster. God.

 

It's the juxtaposition of all of that stuff – the drug references, the self-immolation – that feels more darkly hedonistic than the adolescent rage of something like "Reckless Abandon."

 

We are using it as a verb. So it works out.

 

I've been to the castle in a creepy ass German forest

 

It's actually pronounced Frankensteen