@@erikchristiansen6254 I know, right? I didn't really realize till recently just how influential he was (as now I have future albums to compare them to). What's funny is I had a friend who was cousins with him, and I brought him up once and he told me his dad put him through music school, but he didn't know much else about him. I had known him for like 5 years at that point, yet he never brought it up, so I tried to get it through his head how big he was. I think he left him like 10 grand after he passed.
To complete the Trinity you must react to +44. It's the side project that Mark and Travis did together when Tom left. It's honestly just kind of if blink was sad. With the exception of boxcar racer Mark has always been the dark to Tom's light, and it really, but he's also the pop punk to Tom's experimental. It's in my opinion the best lyrics Mark has ever written. If you read the lyrics with the song it's brutal especially when you realize that almost every song relates to Tom and the band. (which i always thought he did better lyrics than Tom anyway but again this is all just my opinion) + 44 is always been the weird step child that almost no one knows about, because it's not as heavy as box car racer, and it's not as big as Angels and air waves or Blink. But it's the perfect time capsule for blink during that time.
On letters to god, when you paused just before the heavy ending starts and you were already loving it, I knew you was going to lose your mind in a second. Best song on the album
It's hard to hear Jordan - while in NFG his voice is really distinct, in this track he ends up sounding a lot like Tom. I feel like there's one bit toward the end where one the vocals does a "yeah" and I don't know 100% but I've always thought that's Jordan.
@@Kwright304 I figured that was him, or a the very least one of the layered vocals there. It's just that, as you said, he ends up sounding so much like Tom in that part lol it's the "leave errr" that's super misleading 😆
im 3 min in and that look of realization before the "oh yeah i was a jackass" is golden lol keep it up man im excited to finish this video! im 25 now but this album was huge for me back in middle school
HOLY SHIT !! I am so happy you did this. I love box car racer! Please give more chances to blink and their side projects as well. We are here for it haha
@@poppunknerd182 I know, but Travis introduced him to that kind of music after Enema. You can start to hear it in his songwriting in parts of TOYPAJ. There was also less than a year separation from TOYPAJ coming out, and Tom starting BCR
Funny you say that because Mark and Tom have said they hate this album being thought of as their fun summertime album. They wanted more stuff like What Went Wrong and Stay Together for the Kids and the label wanted First Date and The Rock Show.
@@sumspring4112 yeah it's a shame. Would love to hear what songs didn't make it to that album. TOYPAJ ranks at the very bottom of my list because to me it just sounds like Enema but with weaker songs. Not saying it's all trash but it just doesn't compare. Stay Together and Please Take Me Home are some top tier songs though.
There’s a new Box Car Racer song in the new Blink 182 album that just released. It’s called Terrified. Also, someone else just mentioned what i was thinking and that’s to do the first Angels And Airwaves album “We don’t need to whisper” and also, I Empire album. You need to experience both, it would be a treat.
One thing I find to be especially moving about this album is how it is very much a “post 9/11” album. There are so many subtle references to the attacks and pretty blatant themes of being distrustful and disillusioned with the government. Songs about the apocalypse, lyrics about being up all night long and opening your bedroom window maybe thinking about ending it. It has anger, fear, sadness, and longing. I just really love this album.
Right! “Watch the World” I done my research about it. It basically was about 9/11! I mean this album was definitely a gem! I really like 7 songs out of 13
You mentioned “if the band got back together…” Well, they sort of did, kind of. So, now that you’ve heard Box Car Racer (Tom Delonge, Travis Barker, David Kennedy) you need to listen to Angels & Airwaves’ (Tom Delonge, David Kennedy, Atom Willard, Ryan Sinn) “We Don’t Need To Whisper”. That was Tom’s new band once blink broke up which he considered to be a direct follow up to this band and record. I warn you, if you don’t know anything about Angels, prepare for a total 180°.
AVA to me I feel is just too futuristic 🤷🏾♂️! I couldn’t get with the spacey kind of shit from them. Certain fans are saying Tom nowadays having a dryspell and it could be from him doing different kinds of music. Mark style has always been his style, he never made a song like “Dammit” again. Which is honestly my favorite Blink 182 song! Cause it’s so real to core. About relationships and things happen that you have to move up from no matter how much it hurts. Something happened to his voice after recording that song and doing a show that day or something. So that’s why he doesn’t yell on the mic no more
I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy this album when we were younger, I'm forever in love with this album, I like blink 182, but when I heard this album when I was 14, I thought, this is it, this is the kind of sound that I like, heavy, melodic, I wanted a second album so much.
Sadly that second album will never come and I’m trying to understand why hasn’t a second album occurred. Tom basically looked at AVA the continuation of Boxcar Racer which I don’t believe it is. AVA sounds so futuristic vs Boxcar Racer being what it was! It was emo, dark, depressing, and yearnful of wanting things you can never have. I been a fan of Blink 182 since I was 12 years old. But I stumbled across Boxcar Racer real late at 20 years old. That album was literally everything I been feeling at that time especially wanting a relationship. “There Is” describe me perfectly.
@@91Definite I couldn't identify with AVA, I've been listening to Blink since I was 12 years old, I discovered Boxcar in 2002, at the time I was already very involved in the new metal scene and other styles, when I heard Boxcar, I immediately became a fan, I I love this type of sound, are there any other bands with a similar sound? I met 2 of those times ago that reminded me, but I didn't really like them, so much so that I don't even remember their names.
Not too shabby eh? BCR was Tom DeLonge's side project while there was a bit of turmoil in Blink182. You should check out Mark Hoppus's side project +44. Some of it sounds like blink, but also different from BCR and you get to see his style and what he brings to Blink.
Feel like you need to listen to the untitled album and neighborhoods of blink 182. And most of angels and airwaves. Don’t think you’ll realize how big of a musical genius Tom Delonge is
Most people don't realize it! There's so much value in simplicity! He's obviously not the most technical player of all time, but he is arguably one of the most creative.
Everything he touches is golden. I love it all, by far my favourite musician of all time. Untitled is a masterpiece imo. Love part 1 when listened to all in one is also a incredible and so different to this BCR which is also amazing.
Makes me happy to see you getting so much joy out of Box Car Racer. Let’s all thank the late great Jerry Finn, for another masterpiece of a production.
Hey dude, sorry for some of the hate comments you're getting. I think it's just people who read your title and immediately jumped to conclusions lol If you ever get to it, you should listen to when your heart stops beating by +44. It's an album mark and Travis made after the blink break up in 2005. "No it isn't" is a song that has since been confirmed to be about Tom but there are rumors that the whole album is basically about him and I think that's pretty interesting
I’d love to see you react to the blink untitled album and their new one. It’s got a track called “terrified” that was an unfinished box car song, but Travis and Tom finished it with mark and put it on the blink album
I’ve always enjoyed showing friends music to show them the popular songs aren’t the best songs the artists have. The reactions were always great. Your reaction is pretty awesome broskie. Takes me back to watching this on mtv then going to my computer to download whatever I could
You are so on point on the Fugazi reference! Jerry Finn IS da goat, may he rest in peace. And for the last track, those distinctive instrument sound on the verses, in Indonesia we call them “Gamelan” Your reaction reminds me of how i react when the first time i hear the record. Those days! Thanks man!
this guy gotta be the fakest reactor out there when hes pretending to like it it seems so forced and fake. oh and he claims to be a blink hater so hasnt given them much time so his comparison opinion is far from credible
@@ryanny9240Because Tom asked him after recording almost an entire album without him and taking Travis along. Mark felt betrayed because his two closest friends went off and made a full musical project without him knowing about it at all. He was only on Elevator out of obligation to Tom, he felt VERY hurt by this album's creation.
I kinda knew that! Cause why would Tom do a side project without Mark speaking about it? He probably showed Mark certain songs he wanted to do with Blink 182 and Mark refused. You never know Tom is definitely an artists that cares about his art. He probably took that as disrespect and it hurt him to believe Mark ain’t believe these songs he wrote can be hits
It's definitely one of my favorite albums. Back in high school, I played this on repeat and was obsessed. I didn't know Mark was on the record until I listened to it. Absolutely floored me the first time I heard elevator.
Knowing what BCR is w the blink history, this album is what they could've been. Especially after hearing TERRIFIED off the newest album. Life robbed us after Untitled
I adore this album, I think Untitled by Blink actually does kind of take a lot of ideas from this album and implements them. You probably heard the singles a million times, and I do like those singles, but the album as a whole is great and if you liked this better than you like blink, it's worth a listen. I think this idea of listening to stuff you used to hate with a new perspective is really cool, and you're better than me for being able to do it. Even as an adult, I still struggle to listen to a lot of stuff that falls into genres I dislike, though I'm definitely more open than I used to be. Great video! Also, that guitar tone is fantastic. I have to attribute the pop punk I loved growing up largely to Jerry Finn the producer of a ton of them. After Jerry Finn passed, a lot of bands I used to love started sounding worse, in my opinion. He did a lot of Blink and Green Day and his contributions to the genre cannot be overstated.
The saying „everybody can be replaced“ definitely doesn’t apply to Jerry Finn. I can‘t overstate how much I love the sound (especially the guitars) of the records he worked on.
Funny enough, listened to Enema of the State during work and felt it was meh, then ended up listening to the entire Box Car Racer album and being blown away (only listened to I Feel So and There Is, but not the whole album). I really wish their side project became their main project, cause it is their best work ever! Gives me the vibe of Edgewater, Taproot, P.O.D and Pennywise all blended together Also the drums always makes the band, felt that was severely lacking in the Enema of the State album, and I despise the drums in Fear Factory since the kick drums are the equivalent of the St.Anger Snare in every album they make except when they covered Cars
@@andrewlermen right! It deserved a second album, but something about the relationship between him and Mark wouldn’t let him do a second album for some reason. Cause rumors were that Tom decide to do the album without him knowing and asked Travis if he wanted to be apart of the album cause he couldn’t find a drummer or something. That right there kinda did the damage, but Mark decided to be on the last joint “Elevator”. But when Blink 182 got back together for the self titled album? It was great and then some reason Tom and Mark clashed again and I think it was about the “Not Now” song and that it was on the Greatest Hits. It was other reasons why Blink 182 broke up permanently til their next album in 2011.
@@andrewlermen who you telling? There’s a Blink 182 A.I. song of Boxcar Racer. It sounds ok? But who knows how that song would’ve really sounded if Blink 182 recorded that song and not Boxcar Racer. I think Boxcar Racer would’ve done it the best and they did. Mark probably had a talk with Tom about the songs he written but Mark just wasn’t feeling the tone of the songs. Those songs BCR done were dark, gloomy and emotional.
I recommend checking out blink's untitled album, which is their first album after Boxcar Racer. It's like a continuation of the BCR sound but also experiments with other sounds After that, +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating is a great album to listen to. That's another side project of blink featuring Mark & Travis and continues with a more experimental sound with alt rock elements
love this album! great video. And I & Elevator are definitely my favs. Fun fact The track "Terrified" off Blinks new album was a Boxcar b-side that Tom wanted to keep off the album because he thought it was so good he wanted it to be a Blink track exclusively. Also bro, you gotta do a Rancid album, recommend starting with Selftitled (2000) or Indestructible (2003)
This is such a great album. Enema is my favorite blink album, followed by TOYPAJ, their new album one more time, and then Dogs Eating Dogs EP. I think you’ll dig the musicianship in the new album for sure. Terrified is a re recorded boxcar song and turpentine is a vibe.
@@jacobfilasky2729so weird how people have different opinions. I think it's an absolute masterpiece. Every song is incredible, they put so much thought into everything the way everything is arranged, the way they recorded it looking themselves in a house for 2 months. My favourite album ever
I remember hearing this record for the first time and being bummed as a blink fan at how fucking good it was. Quickly became one of my all-time fave records and I was worried about the future of blink. Blink's new album having a Box Car song on it is crazy full circle shit but I wish Tom and Travis had worked on a follow-up album back in the day. Love this band.
@@jacobfilasky2729 Fans also said that about Self-titled. Punk fans said that about Enema and TOYPAJ. Didn't stop them from being some of the best albums of all time.
Tom also has a solo album that isn't Blink, Boxcar or Angels. It's 8/9 songs and apart from one track on the new Blink album, it's as close to Boxcar as you can get
@@randy1822001 No doubt, I've heard that too, although it is yet to be confirmed. Blink has captured the sound of all of Tom's ventures, so there's a lot of crossover. There are songs on self-titled and Neighborhoods that have a Boxcar sound as well
Yes that's Tim Armstrong, Rancid vocalist and he's also in the Transplants which is a "supergroup" with Tim, Rob Aston and Travis Barker on drums. And Jordan Pundik is the vocalist for New Found Glory.
you are awesome my friend! finally reaction i could relate i’m a delonge fan though :) but yeah i liked your vibe so here’s a comment AND a like Also subbed cheers from Kyiv Ukraine ❤
Love Box Car Racer but I really wish you would try some Angels and Airwaves! Especially the Love albums! But honestly in my opinion the Self Title Blink album is a masterpiece!
