1° When I Was Young 0:00 2° Dogs Eating Dogs 3:28 3° Disaster 6:58 4° Boxing Day 10:40 5° Pretty Little Girl 14:40 THOSE ARE THE RIGHT SONGS, for every one that was confused....... ^__^
Truth! And how they made people realize things that society tries to denormalize blink 182 gives people a sense of comfort knowing that people just over react when they see people having fun cus some take it too far as other don't. Rather than society just be skeptical they take it too far and try to punish. The harshness that gets impacted on people that aren't being harmful but just want to have harmless fun get the bad rep... for it. Basically blink 182 allows people to see that they over react and to lighten up. those that are wise will get it and be light having fun. Those that don't will more than likely dislike blink 182. But it's sad that deep down what the real issue that isn't being addressed is the problem never is or was blink 182. It's the person's mindset that formed that opinion and it's their mindset that will rob them of life. Once they see that they won't be that grumpy person who flinches at any sight of people having fun cus they will know they were the problem. Moral of the story blink 182 keeps people young and helps those in need to be open minded and to realize how dumb it is to stress yourself out over things that don't have any affect on their personal life
Did anyone else notice that all the albums were released in alphabetical order until the Self Titled album? Buddha Cheshire Cat Dude Ranch Enema of the State Enema Strikes Back (The Mark, Tom and Travis Show) Take Off Your Pants and Jacket If only they re-released their Flyswatter demo before TOYPAJ!
This EP makes me feel bittersweet...it's amazing how this EP was such a natural progression of their old sound but it's sad knowing this would be the last time the Mark, Tom, Travis would release material. Regardless, as someone who's childhood was defined by blink 182 this album will be my farewell to them. As far as I'm concerned blink 182 no longer exists (sorry Matt) so this is how I will always remember them. Long live Mark, Tom, and Travis, thanks for being the soundtrack to my adolescent years
@@happybeingmiserable4668 Nah I love their early albums but Travis made the band complete. Mark and Tom were the first two pieces then Travis came and it all fell into place
1990 born. 1998 heard them. fell in love with their music. bought every album they ever sold. went to two of their concerts. 2011 put the ORIGINAL bunny logo on my car. 2013 - still my favorite band - TRUE FAN Story
born in 90. got 182 inked on my back. this is the last good album in my opinion... neighborhoods had a few "blink" songs but i feel like it sounds more like AVA than blink
1975 born. In San Diego. So same age as the guys so I’d see them at local bars and clubs back before they added the 182. Still my fav (well. All the stuff with tom. Haven’t cared about any of their new stiff l)
I was born in 86 and I got to see them when they were in their prime. I saw them the first time, 7 rows away from the stage in 2001 during their TOYPAJ tour when they had the flaming "FUCK" signs onstage with fireworks. The second time I was them was on 05/28/04 I believe and I got super lucky to get the concert tickets at the last minute. It was their last tour that they did before they went on the hiatus. During "the rock show" song performance, they had played the instrumental part after the second chorus and Mark + Tom started talking about how they came to that venue soo many times throughout the year and it was heartbreaking because you could hear the sound of defeat in Tom's voice and Mark spoke with nostalgia and the moment was really sentimental, as if they knew that their differences couldn't be put aside. They thanked everyone for coming out to all of the shows they had ever done and I honestly thought that they were both going to cry when they talked. They went back into the song with the "black and white pictures" part before it goes back into the chorus again and they rocked the fuck out that night. Travis also had 2 different types of drum solos with both shows I saw where his drums went into the crowd and the 2004 show had him going up in the air doing circles and playing the drums in all different directions in the air with him being strapped down with his drum set. Fucking LEGENDARY. :)
The song Dogs Eating Dogs has elements of all their projects. Like, Mark's verse is very +44 with its pacing and darker themes. +44 seemed to be Mark's Boxcar in that he was able to express his darker emotions while keeping it catchy and punky and a bit more dark and aggressive without going too heavy. Tom's chorus has the grand vast spaciousness of AVA without going over the top with the delays and reverbs, but still making it huge! I think Travis knows how to be Blink 182, and he stays very true to keeping that upbeat, technical but catchy and receivable slammage! You can hear his drum tone no matter what band he's in. Liek oh those are Travis Barker drums. But in this band, he is the master of their style
This EP gets so much hate from all of the "blink 182 gatekeepers" but its honestly so underrated. I love the direction they were going before Tom left... Not that i hate california or nine, but this is infinitely better.
I'm one of the biggest blink fans you'll ever meet & I love Dogs Eating Dogs. I think everything after that was a huge step backwards though. California (deluxe) has Cynical & 6/8 which i enjoy but NINE i maybe listened to twice because it just sounds so contrived. Sometimes a melody from NINE gets stuck in my head but that's about it. It makes me sad because I want to like it but it's almost like watching a spinoff or a non-canonical movie. I don't like to spread hate over it though, if you like it then good for you, enjoy it. I personally don't think those albums will age quite as well but it's not like I'm being forced to listen to 'em so it's no big deal in the end.
Agree, I much prefer this to neighbourhoods because this still had the mature blink sound of self titled without straining into complete Angels and airwaves territory like neighbourhoods did. You can tell neighbourhoods wasn’t written in the same room and you can tell this was
I like this EP because it sounds like a continuation of the untitled album. Neighborhoods sounded way too much like Angels & Airwaves, and California just sounded like Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, but with hip-hop elements and no Tom
@@conors4430 That's weird you that you say Neighborhoods sounded more like Angels and Airwaves than Dogs Eating Dogs... because every song on Dogs Eating Dogs sounds like an Angels and Airwaves song with all the synth and build ups and spacey bridges. I'm an Angels and Airwaves fan though, so it's all good to me. But I'm just extremely confused by your comment when the opposite is true to me.
that chorus was indeed epic and one of my favorites. unfortunately, they were falling apart and you could feel it in the music like mark wasn't into it because Tom wasn't either.. I still like it personally, but it's not their vintage pop stuff. bored to death is a more return to style that mark is vintage in..
agreed! altho there are some songs from California that's amazing (my personal favorite Cynical/Rabbit Hole/Wildfire), but overall, I loved the direction Dogs Eating Dogs EP was going for
First started listening to blink in 1997 I was 4. Saw them live in 2012 for the first time and believe me it was worth the wait! I will still listen to them for the rest of my life they are that good!
***** Damn right - they formed the year before I was born and my mom's been into them since - Probably my first band, and longest I've been interested in a single band. Jamming out playing my ukalele (When I was 2-4 my dad didn't want to buy me a real guitar haha!) Air-guitaring to these guys and singing offkey - best childhood ever. :'3
Tom wasn't wrong when he said Blink was onto something big. Sadly, the new Blink with Matt just isn't the same. Neighborhoods and Dogs Eating Dogs are some of Blink's albums. I want more of that.
I liked Dogs Eating Dogs more than Neighborhoods, but both albums were REALLY good. I wish Dogs was longer (as in a full album, not an EP, because I loved the direction they were heading in with this EP) As for Skiba, I like the guy. I like Alkaline Trio (I've been listening to them nearly since the first record) and I'm a huge AVA fan, as well as a huge fan of anything Tom puts out, but I can honestly say Blink should call it quits. (For now anyway). I enjoyed (+44) for what it was, but for the most part, all the songs sounded the same. On top of that, Skiba is just as busy as Tom is. Have you seen all the things Skiba has going on? Alkaline Trio, a solo album coming out in a few days, etc... They're basically going to be right back where they started. On top of that, it really seems like Mark is only in Blink for the money. Everyone knows Tom founded Blink, and brought the uniqueness that set them apart from other pop punk acts. Mark's last few songs have sounded very similar. Listen to Hearts All Gone and Dogs Eating Dogs. It's all incredibly similar. Mark needs Tom, and Tom needs Mark. Without that, there is no Blink. They complement each other. This isn't a knock on Skiba, but in order for Mark to preserve the legacy for Blink he needs to let Blink die for now. Maybe in a few years, he and Tom and work things out, but for now a lineup of Mark, Matt and Travis needs to be called something else.
how can you say that. If your really a true fan of blink you wouldn't 've saying this. what the Fuck is wrong with you. you can't find a better band then blink-182. I'm sorry they shouldn't call it quits for any reason I believe in them. This is what they love to do and fans would be more upset, then 1D splitting.
how can you say that. If your really a true fan of blink you wouldn't 've saying this. what the Fuck is wrong with you. you can't find a better band then blink-182. I'm sorry they shouldn't call it quits for any reason I believe in them. This is what they love to do and fans would be more upset, then 1D splitting.
+Janesssa Roberts They don't exist as people solely for our entertainment. We should be happy the members we like continue to produce music at all, and hope that one day they'll stop being shitty long enough to record an album. Blink is broken, Blink is bent, and probably won't learn to love again. LoL
Okay okay your right and made good points I get that. Blink-182 is now broken I can admit that. I'm not gonna lie I'm going to miss them. Because they were one of my favorite bands together or not I'll still listen to them. I appreciate your honesty. I just have one question would you ever stop listening to your favorite bands just because they broken up or not. I sure as hell I wouldn't?
+MoldyUniverse Well this and Neighbourhoods have a totally different style and mood from the rest of their works. I find these latest songs more mature but also less powerful. It looks like they're trapped in a midlife crisis. You might argue that they were stuck in an adolescence crisis previously :P but that makes me feel the power and discomfort of youth, which I'm closer to. Maybe you are older? (as old as them?)
This album is truly amazing and never released in an official way. It's a mix of AVA style with very up-beat Blink style, which makes a completely original offspring that we need more of. Tom needs to come back someday when he is ready for more!
@@thatonedudea thats not eaxactly true. The only reason travis took the spot was because he learned the set for that show in 45 minutes. The songs were already made before travis showed up that brought them to the spotlight. Mark even attempted to bring back the old drummer but failed under the same circumstances and travis ended up with blink permanently.
vasgeorgiad Fuck no - I can think of a hundred bands more creative and talented than the Beatles with ease. If they're the best band to YOU - That's all good because opinions are exactly that - But don't put em on a pedestal. Lmfao.
***** This except, you should shorten it to "Best" in general. :"D It's not just "all time" that's subjective - The words good, better, amazing, best, etc - It's all subjective. I wish people used more words like "Technical" or "Diverse" more often when justifying a band they like because those are factual qualities and not meaningless opinions. But even then those words can be twisted into opinions. :'3
I've been listening to these guys for a while now, and they've really helped me through a lot. Their songs enhanced fun times, lightened the darker times, and made me feel like I wasn't completely alone. They're my heroes and my best friends.
Thanks guys!!!! I never knew that all these lead vocalists were the same in all those bands!!! Blink - AVA - Boxcar ... THEY ARE ALL TOM!!!! my life is now changed
Really digging this EP! I read a description over this EP for the reason of dropping the label and self producing it, you can really hear how well they worked better without the label on their ass, Neighborhoods was decent but this shows hope for a an amazing future Blink 182 album! Apparently even recording Neighborhoods was hectic for the band, having to seperatly record and do their own thing, they feel more music creativity when working together, you could definitely hear it!
While it's sad that this is the final release by the "classic" lineup, at least they were able to incorporate their old sound into it while still pursuing additional sounds and adding more mature lyrics. I couldn't really get used to Neighborhoods because it sounded too much like Angels & Airwaves, this EP is more of a continuation of the untitled album (which was their best). EDIT: Well boy, this sure aged well.
I had to come back to this after hearing that newest Blink song and the Lil Wayne monstrosity haha! This is easily one of my favorite releases from them. Wish we could of gotten one more album with this sound. :/
+Nadav Drewe no, it won't. as much as i hate tom what made blink good was mark and toms banter on stage and the way they compliment eachother in a complete opposite kind of way in their songs
I love how in some songs how experimental blink is. Like, I would never think they would use an organ in their songs, or just like what went wrong, they had something like a clarinet in it.
Jonny Klin Nah I'm just giving my opinion I'm not expecting them to do anything. And how can I sound spoiled if I didn't even say that much, you don't even know me lol. Why start things over nothing.
I have been a blink fan for 11 years, and I consider that not a very long at all, in terms of how long they have been together. I feel bad for all you kiddies who found them recently.
i completely agree with you and JJ Raven. Born in '97, so all I have really grown up with is the mainstream hip-hop explosion. I always thought i liked it, but I never felt like I fit in when listening to it. As soon as a distant friend of mine showed me blink, I fell in love. and I've just expanded ever since. This music is me now, and i'm really glad.
I don't think you need to feel bad for any of us. I discovered blink just under four years ago, and they're music changed my life. It doesn't matter when you find the music, what matters is that you support it, and find it helpful.
I was only born in 01. I found them when I was 6 and then got realllly into them when I was 15. I'll be 18 soon and I still listen to them almost everyday. Unfortunately, I never got to see them live with Tom, only with Matt. I'm a huge fan of Tom's writing.
This and Neighborhoods are SO underrated. IMO this EP gets more love than the 2011 LP - and I get it. It's a shorter collection of songs, so it never overstays its welcome. I don't even think Neighborhoods does that, but I can see how others might. Nevertheless, I am thankful for those two works, and I hope the original trio gets together soon so we can get new Blink!
i listen to this and neighborhoods and it just makes me cry how beautiful and mature they are. But also how everything fell apart. I miss these guys so much... fuck.
This is I think my favorite collection of songs from them. Encapsulates everything they’re about. I have specific, distinct memories associated with each album, and this one had special value. Anyway, underrated EP.
I remember hearing this when it came out almost 7 years ago and being like wow, neighborhoods wasn't that great but they are really heading in the right direction now. It sucks it never amounted to anything
i've listened to blink182 sence ACE OF BASE was out... and i would rollerblade around my dads garage with my blink182 cassete tape playing.. i'm 30 now.. and still listening! they have had a couple bad albums i think here n there.. but all in all blink182 is one of the best bands ever! and i'm hardcore punk.. with a NOFX tattoo.. and i still listen to blink182 everyday! rock on you guys.....
I’m late to this but I am curious about what you would call a bad Blink 182 album? Since you said this 5 years ago it obviously doesn’t mean the albums with Matt Skiba soooooooo WHAT?! 😂
I predict that marks gonna pull through his current situation. Inspired by his exprerience. And realize how short life can be. And theyre gonna Get back together and slam out the best music they ve ever made.
While I blame Tom and his avoidance to be open with Mark about how unhappy he felt in the band for the first breakup, I blame Mark more for the second split. He clearly no longer trusted Tom as a creative partner and wanted more control of the band. You can really hear it in the music Blink is currently making.
Exactly rechasmed1. They have matured. And its great like they grew up as I grew up, im 28 now going on 29 and ive been a fan from day one. They helped me through so much in my (and others life) life and they grew up as I grew up and I related to everything along the way, which is fecking great man for a band to be constantly evolving as you do. I truely love this band and will do forever. Theyre my band for life. So anybody that doesnt like them growing might want to grow up themselfs :-)
Tom recently did an interview with Rolling Stone and he said that everything he does is about 5 years ahead of its time. I thought he was being conceited but after reading these comments it's clear he's right.
It's really bittersweet listening to this album. It's legit amazing front to back and I remember being so excited with the direction Blink was going in :(
God, this EP and Neighborhoods took forever to grow on me, as I believe it did for most people. I think it was after the release of California that me, as well as other people, really started to see the value in Dogs Eating Dogs and Neighborhoods. I'm not saying "blink isn't blink without Tom", but there was a level of creativity and unique concepts in Dogs Eating Dogs and Neighborhoods that we didn't get in California. It makes you gain a certain level of appreciation for those two works.
This first song should have been called the worst damn day. oh and these songs are a milion times better then anything on California. I dont dislike Matt Skiba at all in fact i kinda like him, but TOM made this band. and he MAKES the band.
