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  Review by: Josip See others by this writer The Official Site (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on May 29th 2001
Is Blink 182 punk? I don't care. I really enjoyed "Dude Ranch" and i even liked "Enema Of The State", which made them so popular for the kids. But I think that they have changed their style a little bit, but their style was still o.k. in my opinion. I didn't know what to expect from the new record, because they said, that it would go more aggresive than their last, but I couldn't believe that. And I was right. It's a very soft album, even softer than EOTS. It's a wonderful present for your little sister or your girlfriend, who also like to listen to the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. It starts really lame with "Anthem Part 2", which has no similarity with the good Anthem from EOTS. The first seven songs are all really boring, all with a similar melody. I really dislike Tom DeLonges voice on this album. Blink 182 never had incredible, intelligent lyrics, but the lyrics on this album really suck. They're about girls on rock shows, your first date, a lonely guy,... TOYPAJ also has some decent songs: "Reckless Abandon" has a cool melody, "Online Songs" would perfectly fit into EOTS. "Happy Holidays Bastard", a 48 seconds song, reminds me of Blink 182 three years ago. I'm kinda dissapointed by this one. It's the perfect soundtrack for Beverly Hills 90210 and Dawson's Creek. I know that Blink 182 never have been real punks or very innovative, and many people don't care about them, or blame them for "sell-outing"! This is an own topic (and I'm sick of this topic). But I thought this album would be better...it's a pity! (Watch out for Blink 182 on Top Of The Pops and MTV!) People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
wat the fuck!!! this is serilsy a amzing album, personaaly its been my favourite album since music was invented! and the dog song crakcs me up. i love this website, BUT THIS TIME IS HAS REALLY PISSED ME OFF....i mean, is pretty crappy that punks criticize blink for getting softer of making more serious music...the fact that they are not like ramones or the clash doesn't mean that blink is bad...i mean...they improved and i think they created their our genre..........i think is their very best album why is it the same argument on every website? all the 'real' punk kids need to get over the fact that just because blink isnt like the ramones and doesnt sing about anarchy in every song doesnt mean there not punk. if blink isnt 'real' punk why are you even at their album reveiw. They definatly havnt gotten worse since chesire cat. this album was written in the same style as dude ranch but iwth better recording quality and a better drummer, they said so themselvs. really if you could get 5 million dollars and make a record with quallty recording or get a couple grand and make a poor quality record and have a minimal fanbase but not have 14 year old 'real' punk kids call you sell outs which would you choose. I think this cd rocks along with every other cd of theirs. I especially like toms voice.Yet he always rocks.Acording to me there is realy nothing bad to say about them or this cd.Personoly i think Give Me One Good Reason is their best song yet, bu like I said thats just me.Blink 182 ROCKS!! The album review guy/gal is an idiot pussy that is probably still in junior high. This was and is a great album. i accually really like this album. but what can i say when im just a kid myself relating to the lyrics. This album is sweet! Blink 182 is SWEET! This is the best CD i have ever heard. It has great chemistry. I think it is the CD in the world. this album is really good not soft and anthem part 2 is really good blink 182 rule !!!! Most poorly written review on PN.ORG I've been a Blink fan since i was 9 and i dont care how poppish they are i love their music and i'm not gonna keep myself from it because you say it isnt " In with the punks " im sorry but in my opinion this is the best blink album created so far. bludy amazin. Ok faggots you can stop bitching about how bad blink 182 sucks in the end you just wasted a crap load of time writing it, so fuck off blink 182 is awesome BLink fucking rocks and if you fuckers say there not punk then your fucked up dumpweed is fuckin punk. so what if they are trying some new styles exscuse the fuck out of them. They rock and they always will. yawn, the songs r sooo boring that they practacally make u fall asleep. really boring... it's like the songs r just sloppily made from jottin down a few tabs then just sang out. there's really no meanin to this cd. take off your pants and jacket was the shit i don't really care what anybody else says, but it's true Why in the hell does everyone care so much? Blink is Blink. I admit their lyrics suck, but everything can't always be political or potty humor (Guttermouth). If anything some bands are considered more punks than they are *coughRancidcough*. It's bad enough they're on Warner Bro's along with the Distillers, just wait til' they're on MTV. Me again, O by the way the only reason im giving this pathetic excuse for an album 1/2 star is because you cant give it zero anyways..... Who is this pussy ass blink loving motherfucker below and why the fuck is he such a moron...this pussy ass faggot is ranting and raving about being punk obviosly he doesnt know what punk music is...punk music is used to voice opinions (political, human rights etc.) not to talk about how shitty it was that your girlfriend broke up you. Cheshire Cat came out in 1995! Quit harping about how much blink has changed, I'm willing to bet that you've all changed quite a bit in 8 years!They've become much more skilled musicians and singers since then. ughhhh.... this music sucks. I can just hear the screaming girls NOW. And to the guy belowe me: Who ever wrote this review is a totally fuckign lame ass adn needs to pull his dick out of his ears and get some better taste. TOYPAJ was an awesome cd. It wasn't as hard as they said but that makes no difference. They a great sound album and its actualy sounds quite different. And blink never sold out(this asshole can't even talk right what the hell is sell-outing, fuckign lame ass) anyway, this album rocked and this what punk rock is supposed to be like who cares if their not all punk sounding and where clothes they made at home, their better then that. Their next album will probably sound even better b/c its good to CHANGE a little then havign all teh sam eold sounding punk abotu getting high and drinking fuck that they write abotu real shit. well im out and fuck this guy who wrote the review and any lame ass fucked up in the head punker agrees with that asshole. i love how people say "yea, blink 182 was so punk during the dude ranch/enema days but now they sold out" blink has always been a 7th rate nofx clone and they've just gotten worse over the years which is to be expected when more money is offered. we need to add a negative scoring system to this site. one star for these tools is giving them way too much credit. i reserve one star for bands like new found glory and the vandal's last album. haha sorry I forgot to change the stars...new to this kinda thing...haha..actually no stars!!1 I think this Blink cd really sucks. Yeah, Dude Ranch and Enema Of The State were good, but god does this cd suck. Blink is all about making money and being on MTV. Which is extremly common these days. What ever happened to going out there and making good music because you love to make music? "And while I agree with you that Limp Bizkit is crap, if you're into blink and nfg, then you really aren't into punk... at all. But that's not what you meant, I hope." This album is a joke. When I tell people I listen to punk rock and they tell me 'oh, right, like blink182' it really pisses me off. Buy it if you're stupid enough to think songs about dating girls and hi-school are rockin'. It's a review message board! Not everyone deserves 10 stars. This band deserves no more than 10 minutes. I'm wit u on that one! I can't stand it when people always say that bands are sellouts b/c they're not. They just change their views on music so stop ragging blink. And nofx, nfg, and the other ones, they're all awesome. stop ragging blink 182. Go listen to music u like and not rag bands that u dont like. Cause i would be here for half an hour ragging nstink. But im just gonna sy FUCK THEM. without blink i would have never gotten into punk at all. in my opinion bands like blink and nfg are good for that. i dont care how "punk" you think i am for liking this album, but the truth is i think it is awesome. a lot better then eots. and without blink i would have never gotten into punk at all. in my opinion bands like blink and nfg are good for that. better a kid who doesnt know anything about underground music listen to these bands then limp bizkit or some crap like that. It's been over a year since the album came out, and I think the comments below demonstrate that opinions on this album are mixed, but everyone pretty much agrees that this is a very highly-produced album, with guitar layering and vocal effects and such, even more so then "Enema of the State." If you like the Enema sound, you'll like this. If you still think "Cheshire Cat" is the sound they should shoot for, you won't like it. Nuff said. What MUST be said, however, is that I cannot believe how many people are trying to say that Scott Raynor was a better drummer than Travis Barker! Being a drummer and an avid Blink fan, I've been listening to the drums in their songs since before they ever met Travis Barker. I have seven years of experience playing the drums, and I can say definitely, confidently, and surely, that Travis Barker is absolutely and completely a much better drummer than Scott Raynor ever was. Yes, Scott was fast -- that was his one perk. But, in case you "Mad Dog" fans haven't noticed, Travis can play EVERYTHING that Scott ever played. He demonstrates this whenever Blink plays "Carousel" or "Dammit" live. He not only plays Scott's parts as well as Scott ever did, but he actually plays them the same as they are on the album, whereas Scott often wouldn't play the difficult parts when they were playing live. Look at the video of Blink playing Dammit in Australia in 1996 or 97 -- Scott is playing a very simple hi-hat riff, definitely not the super-fast one he plays on the album. Travis, on the other hand, always plays everything live exactly the same as he does on the album, no matter how hard it is -- cause he is THAT good. And speaking of good, he has one thing Mad Dog never had: creativity. Everyone's saying Jordan from Strung Out is the best punk drummer out there... one guy even said the Saves The Day drummer is better than Travis. Well, trust me -- Travis hands them all their drums on a plate. He may be an asshole, he may be annoying with all of his stupid tattoos and Cadillacs, but Travis Barker is undeniably the most creative and talented punk drummer out there today. I don't care how fast you can play -- there's no punk drummer out there as creative as him. Seriously, just listen to "Anthem Part 2," or "Dumpweed," or even "Adam's Song" -- the drums are so complex and creative. He uses all of the cymbals in creative ways, he uses the toms for other reasons besides rolls, he's not afraid to go outside of what punk drummers are supposed to do (probably because he was in a ska band for so long). He plays on weird offbeats and he doesn't always hit the snare on the 2 and 4, but somehow, he always, ALWAYS makes it fit with the music. I would be very surprised if any Strung Out fans could find a song in which Jordan does anything near as creative as the verse or bridge of "Dumpweed." It's my challenge to you. Listen to Dumpweed first, and then find a song that Jordan plays with more creativity, timing, and all-around awe-inspiring perfection than Travis does on Dumpweed (and I'm not just talking about super-fast rolls or something, cause, honestly, you don't have to be creative to do that). Good luck. To the rest of you, if you want to hear the best punk drummer out there, buy/burn/steal this album and/or "Enema of the State." The lyrics may be going down the toilet, but the drumming is still amazing. --Jay Porter hahaha isnt fun to see everyone diss/stick up for blink... oh yeah and by the way the im sure the album is shit Whoops I forgot to rate it. This album, like all of Blink's other releases, is good music to put on in your car when you have friends in it which don't really like or know any other punk bands. Its a surefire winner for any preppy/alternative wannabe. I like this album heaps, 'cept it is way too overproduced at times. So I guess I'm a preppy, hardcore aswell maybe its a little late to comment, people cannot listen to a cd and tell me if its good or not if its punk or not.you just dont know till you hear it live. some synthesizers and and too much guitar layering can really crap up a good cd.the songs on this cd are awesome with the exception of the rockshow .being blink 182s biggest fan im sad to say it sounds horrible. you just have to hear it live. it will put thiongs in perspective. this cd is garbage. i really like chesire and dude ranch. this is utter shit. Fuck what people think about being a sellout. WHAT FUCKING BAND HASN"T STARTED OUT THINKING THEY WANTED TO BE FAMOUS? Just because blink has "sold out", doesn't mean that u should hate them because of it. Hate a band cause they suck at what they do, not because they're popular, Blink has put out some good music, come tell me that u have never hummed Dammit to yourself? fuck blink 182.their a bunch of wannabe pop stars. they are so far away from punk and what punk is its pathetic.FUCK OFF AND DIE My favorite drummer I've heard in a long time is Jeremiah Green of Modest Mouse. Friggin genius, he's a superdrummer. blink has sucked in the past, they suck in the present, and they will suck in the future. To whoever implied that Blink 182 is better than Dillinger Escape Plan, please invest in a new set of ears. DEP plays complex structured songs that the halfwits in Blink couldn't even begin to imagine, let alone play. goddamn you fucking posers. this cd is pure good ol' rock. id take it over your angry dillinger escape plan and shitty ass fugazi any day. im not a blink fan, but come on. Josip eat my shit. Chesire Cat is more punk than 95% of the shit put out these days. stop posing and start listening you close-minded fucks. i thought dude ranch was good and still is good chesire cat was mediocre but then they just soldout they crank out shit song after shit song. they are all immature and need to grow up their music isn't going anywhere and i will be glad when they waste all their money can't bring out another trendy record and are drinking each others piss to stay alive...um sorry i was trying to contain my hate for them guess i lost it near the end. i shit on this band and its fans and you. Isn't anyone going to fix this page? is that supposed to be a joke? These guys created punk rock. They are the only "real" punk band these days. This album rocks man. I have it set next to my Fenix Tx cd's and my NFG disk and my SR 71 thing and my favorite new Keepsake disk. These guys are punks finest, and Take off your pants and jacket has set the bar for the future of punk rock. Pennywise and No effectx and RX Bandits and Big Wig and The Ataris and Thrice and kid dynomite can kiss their ass and mine too! ok i like blink they got me into punk.I dont give a shit what anyone else thinks about them.if u think they suck then thats great if u dont thats great. how about everyone stop bitching and listen to the music they like. i've gotta be the world's biggest blink fan and even i was dissapointed by this album, their worst to date, but to all you guys who say they are n*sync in skate gear then listen to cheshire cat or dude ranch and tell me it ain't punk, punk forever plain and simple, blink 182 is a piece of shit pop band wrapped in a corporate-friendly punk package. these guys take all punk ethics and throw them out the window in a sleezy attempt to make a buck. nysync in punk clothing. I bet if Blink saw some of the comments this CD gets, they'd shit their pants. more like start their period early I bet if Blink saw some of the comments this CD gets, they'd shit their pants. Blink sucks. Their music sucks and everything they do sucks. Where do you get blink introducing people to hardcore punk its absolutly the opposite of hardcore punk. Hardcore punk is like good riddance, model american,and others those are 2 good bands that play hardcore punk blink plays crap there 1st cd sucks and so do the rest of there cd's do people actually listen to the words in the songs a 5 year old seems more mature than these idiots. "A-N-A-R-C-H-Y. His name is Captain Anarchy but only in his mind". Before I heard this album, I thought punk was dead. I was wrong. It's nice to see a band get back to their punk rock roots and express the fuck you attitude. punk rock forever! HARDCORE!!!! Try telling me this album doesn't sound like that Screw 32 cd. It does, doesn't? Too bad AFI doesn't. They suck wormy goat ass.... but that's a whole different story altogether! I'm sorry I affended your gay pride T61. I didnt know you knew so much about homo, well being that you are one I can understand that know. Blink sucks We know you were getting off with that issue Cosmo with blink on the cover. Did you know T36 is the symbol for a band name? My band, so stop using it you loser im not gay and i never met blink so they cant be my ass partners, you should know this cus you have many ass partners and when you you are done getting herpes in the anus you and your friends sit around talking about who you wish would do you up the butt and you spelled faggot wrong hahahaha here here, good show. Blink sucks more that a tooth-less hoocker on payday.-SaYnE GuY This is a banal fuckin argument. They raped the scene? Indeed. Do they blow? Surely. What else is left to say? Dick, in general: they're just 3 douchebags--it's that simple. Myself fathead, Potpurri and that Guy person all have some damn good points. I think T36 is a fagget and should die with his ass p[artners Blink 567. I think I have said enough. i'm not going out of my way people!!! jebus h christ!! I just find it ammusing to find as many different ways as possible to say that "Blink 182 is pathetic." it really isn't that time consuming. by the way josh, I am an asshole.- fathead screw, HAHA you said screw It's not really going out of our way, it's just saying that we don't really like Blink 182. you know what mr' im more punk than you' fathead. ive only been a punk fan for like 3-4 years. offspring got me into punk and introduced me to so many other awsome punk bands, like blink 182, and nofx, bad religion and rancid and so on...now just because i havent been into punk my whole life dosent make me anymore less a punk than you are. i just try to ignore people like you because youll say anything to make yourself look more punk. im not gonna sit here and say your an asshole because i dont know you personally and you could be cool guy, but i just think when you have to go out of your way to make fun of bands like blink and sum 41 and their fans, its just kinda lame, thats all. do you see what we're dealing with here people? GOD DAMN! oh yes Blink 182 GETS PAID TO WEAR HURLEY CLOTHES, I HIGHLY DOUBT THEY WEAR IT EVERY FUCKING TIME A CAMERA IS ON THEM BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT!!HA! THEY SHOULD DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!- fathead Hi this Fred from Arkansas and i would like to vote for Blink 182's "Rock Show" because the backstreet boys dont have any videos out so Blink is my 2nd choice because they are practically the same thing and i alse think they are super hot and i like men, and they make my weiner hard hahahahhaha i said weiner Blink doesnt suck, its plain and simple, they are poppy but they are still good, they are better than nsync and backstreet boys, hanson plays they're own instuments but they are completly different, who would you rather listen to Blink 182 or hanson? if you pick hanson then you are gay and blink 182 is more punk than hanson Blink sucks. Plain and simple. -SaYnE "I can't spell for shit!"GuY IM not fat head but die has 2 meanings one would be die like there crappy music goes away so we dont have to listen to it any more. fathead- your an asshole. you siad in your comment you want blink 182 to die? what the fuck. you may not like there music but there still people man. so why dont you just go fuck yourself. oh and another thing. hurley is a fucking skateboarding company, not a blink 182 thing. they wear it because they like it. you probably wouldnt know this because your just a stupid fucking asshole who is trying to hard to be punk Someone's either high or ten years old... weiner, If you are a blink fan then get the album because its good travis is good. fathead, why is your head so fat, hahaha wut are these things Ok, i tried reading it again, and its the samething how many times has cosmogirl been mentioned? weiner hahahahahahahahaha, im not going to talk about blink cus i dont want to, my neck hurts blink is good strung out is good too, see, i can get along, im a blink fan and im a punk fan and if blink fans suck than i must suck but then i like punk so i dont suck and you suck hahaha weiner hahaha im immature listen to NSYNC then die cus you listened to nsync hahahahhahahaha weiner hahahahah I like blink and there is a lot of reviews for a band that you all hate, if you were a true punk you wouldnt waste your time arguing with people about blink 182 go burn down some stores or something la la la blink is good you guys swear too much NOFX, bad religion, pennywise, and stuff are good, go watch movies that make your weiner hard and im done wait not yet.. uh everyone has good arguments and the people who dont like Blink are doing better than the rest. Travis is good he is better than you Mark sings better than tom, Im bored, i get bored reading the reviews they all said the same thing, so i stopped and made my own blah! whoa man never said i liked them. the 5 stars is because im too lazy to switch it to 1 Blink and nsuck are EXACTLY the same. they are over produced, aimed at 13 year old girls, and glorified by MTV and mainstream radio. They both have made appearances in teen magazines, they write songs that make them sound ten years younger than they are, they dress up in their little costumes, whhether it be designer get-ups or Hurley uniforms, they have no meaning, integrity, or passion in their music, and somehow, they both sell a shit ton of records. I don't make fun of Nsync fans, or Nsync, because their style of music has been, and always will be lame (excluding male singing groups from the past such as the Temptations). Blink 182, on the other hand, decided to STEAL a style of music that was once anti everything, and proceeded to feed the masses their bullshit "punk rock",and make money.everyone ate it up so nicely, without even noticing the millon other bands that sound exactly like Blink 182, the bands that have been doing it long before, and that will be doing it long after the Blink insanity is over. i dont see how blink and nsync sound the same but alright Nsync and blink are exactly the same. How you ask well i'll tell you there audience is the same and they both make really bad music. It wouldnt suprise me if a few of you here who gave this CD a 10 or 5 stars actually listen to Nsync and have purchased there cds. fathead - ohh wow you can make fun of us blink cocsuckers in a minute- why dont you stop wasting your time making fun of us and go make fun of the nsync and backstreet boy people. i really think thats the main prob with the punk community is that we fight amongst ourselves way to much. we should be out in nsync chats telling people how much they suck. even if you dont like blink 182, at least they write there own songs, and work for there music. same with all those other bands you slam like sum 41 and reel big fish(i dont even like rbf, but at least i acknowledge that there in the punk community and that they put work into there music) i think that if all punks were a bit more open minded about punk music we would all be better off. i guessing that your response will be something along the lines of your a gay fag and you listen to shitty music but oh well. just so you know, I do all my posting through the college network in my hometown, i can post a three page bitch in about 20 seconds, so don't worry about me wasting all my time making fun of you blink cock-suckers, it only takes a minute.- fathead We're just presenting a second opinion, what with the "GAY GAY GAY!!!" shit? Anyway... As far as the album goes its pretty good. Its one of those cds that seems to be cool at certain times. As far as the band goes well they are sellouts but i just dont see what the big fuckin deal is as far as arguing if thier punk or not. GAY GAY GAY! Anyway I like how FATHEAD seems to post the most messages on this board when he hates blink 182. GET A FUCKIN LIFE! If you hate the band why spend time on their board saying how pop they are or how much you would like to kick travises ass and blah blah bullshit.-Rock These fools need to give back to SD all our venues suck these fools need to take some of the money they earned making crappy music and try and help open a place like SOMA and give a little back to where they started. Hahaha yeah, I was just trying to get the blink 182 shitheads to buy mediocre generica and then go cry to their mommies that it hurt their ears. Loc and choking victim fucking rule the school...after they get done shooting it up! I met em at club SOMA in 1996, nice guys..but they have went wayyy downhill since. Cmpared to all the pop-lovers whom worship Blink, we're the ones sticking our heads up out of the crowd. Blink is immature in the sense that they continually make jokes about sodomy, but they're also immature because they're almost 30 and I know at least one is married, yet they still write songs about high school. ill be honest. i really like blink 182 their my fav band. i really like the new album which i think is better than eots. dude ranch is still the best cd put out by anyone. i do think blink is punk because their music is still fast and still sounds alot like it used to. all of you people out their that are dissing mark for writing songs that are immature: give me a fucking break. since when was being mature a punk priority. jesus, i didnt realize we were turning into our parents here.now for all you people out their who might question my being a punk. i dont care. i know im punk. i know the music i listen to.i like all kinds of punk (ex: i like old stuff like sex pistols, ramones, dead kennedys i like new stuff like nofx, millencolin, nfg, and green day) so for all you people who used to like blink 182 and say their sellouts now, well i guess when the whole punk community says they dont like something its way eaiser to follow the crowd than stick up for your band. blink 182 rules! that was soooooooooo mature (2 posts down) i doubt you've even heard of leftover crack. what record company are they on, if you're a fan and think they're so much better than blink? I really don't understand what Blink-182's trying to make us think of them (with their new album "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket). I think they suck. They suck they suck they suck they suck they suck! Anyway. Mediocre Generica is a good cd. Blink is gay. They are almost thirty and sing about high school. And some one said it before but no respectable punk band would appear on the cover of Cosmo-Girl Jesus! I think I have said enough. Everybody who's been ripping on this cd, please do it at rollingstone. Com! all the pop shitheads are winning there! If you like blink 182, why don't you buy the new Mediocre Generica cd from the band "Leftover Crack". They sound just like blink 182! So all you boys and girls, get on the bandwagon before its on mtv and you all are out of the trends! That cd again is Mediocre Generica from leftover crack. Its called leftover crack cuz they're pop punk! Yay! *cough* blink182isgay *cough* anyways, buy it! Decent album, some nice melodies. There are hundreds of bands out there thats better than blink, support them! OK lets start with the fact that i do listend to old blink, i like the way the music relates to my life in that emo fasion, but thier new cd and the others that came out lately aren't at all like that, i mean i dont think im the only one who cant relate with fucking a dog in the ass. And for those of you who think blink 182 are not punk you have no right to call anything punk, you are not the "punk god". please if you are a real punk read the essay"a punk manifesto"by Greg Graffin. Blink sucks. I think i have said enough. oh by the way i give this album a 6 OK so not one of the guys in blink have a hurley tattoo and travis and tom are the only ones with visible body piercings... tom only has a lip ring even. Blink 182 might consider themselves to be punk but they dont consider their music punk. Blink 182 acts as training wheels for 12 year olds to listen to punk. I hate you guys. Blink is awsome. So is Sum 41. I like them. They have more money than of you asses ever will! I used to think they were ok. But my friend got me listening to NOFX, Vandals, and Schreeching Weasel. They kick way more ass than Blink. Jesus christ. I agree no punk bad would appear on GODDAMN COSMO GIRL! Christ what abunch of jackasses. "They made their money off idiots" Whoa there guys, this is supposed to be a place for album reviews, not shit-slinging for everything evil and wrong about Blink. True, the past two albums especially have been less "punk" than their others, but music doesn't have to be punk to be good. I'm into Good Riddance and NOFX and Dead Kennedys and the Overdrives just as much as, say, Led Zeppelin, Medeski Martin & Wood, Rage, etc... Granted, I liked Blink's old stuff better, but don't get caught in the trap of calling their music shitty purely for the reason that it's not punk, or that they were on some queer mag cover, or that they sold out, or any of that. I recently saw them in concert and while their playing wasnt' exactly the greatest, as expected, they were entertaining, and that's what the shows are all about, right? And even though they aren't underground or hardcore, especially now, they're still a "gateway punk band," if I can use that phrase. I listened to Dude Ranch once years ago and immediately started looking for other punk bands to listen and shows to go to. They aren't the best punk band, probably not even punk any more, but they have their uses, one of which is exposing other people to punk. They did for me and I'm a big supporter of it now where I live. But ANYWAY, the album I thought was decent, but again, nowhere near as good as their earlier ones. But Happy Holidays still gives me hope that maybe they'll come out with a whole album full of their older-sounding stuff eventually... It doesn't matter if blink still is, ever was, or ever will be punk. No respectable ROCK band appears on the cover of cosmo girl. By the same token, Hurley, tattoos, and body piercings don't make Blink look cool. One more thing ... I enjoy music with good instrumental execution and thoughtful lyrics. This CD has niether(some above-average drumming however). Real punk fans: at rollingstone. Com on the review for this cd there is the same argument that is taking place on this site. Only thing is the pop dummies are winning. Take them out with the trash and tell them the true message of punk!! help our cause!! Fathead, Pop in the music world is just short for popular. By the way, name dropping doesnt make you look cool. yer stupid. pop-punk does not equal popular punk. pop-punk= ramones, screeching weasel, the queers, the lillingtons, teen idols, chixdiggit, and so on.- fathead Every one just shut up with the sell out MTV stuff ya they did we dont need to hear it from every one. they are pop (pop punk=popular punk)plus they have a poppy sound. Also a soon as there 15 min of fame which has lasted longer than expected they should have no people willing to see them preform a majority of the people buying there CD's and pay the stupid amount to see them preform buy them because the band is popular once they fade there done. Ya the CD sucks. Simply put, this cd sucks. There is only one good song on this cd (rock show)and that's pathetic considering how good dude ranch was a couple of years back. Whether you like them or not it is an opinion. No one will change your opinion of this band, but from the facts blink started the boy-band pop punk trend. just let 'em fuck around with it until they aren't big anymore, let the trendy Mtv fuckers waste their money on a cd they wont listen to in a few months... the cd's that have stood the test of time (punk in drublic, suffer, etc.) are why punk is so great because its not trendy. The sad thing is that if Jordan Burns of Strung Out was seen playing drums in a music video for Jay-Z or some other rapper the story would be like "What The Fuck," or if Good Riddance was hosting this years music video awards on MTV, it would sit well with the punk community. Reality check: Travis was on Puff Daddy's music video playing drums and Mark Hoppus was one of the host on the MTV movie awards...and it's you think that it's cool that they did that...gimme a fuckin break...bottom line, blink traded in their underground fliers for ticketmaster posters, from being normal guys to walking advertisments for Hurley, sorry but that is selling out. Can't we all just fucking get along! OK! Blink isn't punk. to everyone who said cheshire cat is the best blink album: i think you may have thought you were listening to cheshire cat, but you were really listening to, say, ANYTHING else. cheshire cat is the absolute shittiest sounding record ever, you guys are idiots. and this whole issue of posers and sellouts is getting kinda old, really, who cares? say something original. the new album is actually pretty good, if you dont like blink and what they do, why waste your time getting pissed at them? no point Okay, I'm only 14, but that thing by the anonymous guy about fathead was the most immature thing I've ever heard. Masturbating is productive? Surrrrrrre... tom has a gay haircut. he looks like a fag. |
