BLINKK 182 FIRST DATE UPDATE
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Their lyrics center on relationships, adolescent frustration, and maturity-or lack thereof. Though their sound has diversified throughout their career, their musical style blends catchy pop melodies with fast-paced punk rock. Their current lineup consists of guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba, bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Travis Barker. A great band, and one of their top songs.Blink-182 (stylized as blink-182) is an American rock band formed in Poway, California, in 1992. But I think we would all be glad to see the three members that made up the band at their peak get back together at some point. Tom DeLonge has gone his separate way, and has gotten really into aliens, which I’m all for. The band currently still consists of Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker. It’s a shame that Blink 182 has gone through their fair share of break ups, reunions, and re-break ups. Just because I love it so much, let’s get phonetic and read how these lyrics actually sound coming from Tom DeLonge:Įes eiut wraung eif I theenk eiut’s lame tuh daaaunce? Having the song only get better after said start, pro. Starting the song off with a shaky lyric con. Thinking it’s lame to dance, definite con. Asking permission to hold someone’s hand, definite pro. Is it wrong if I think it’s lame to dance?Ī few pros and cons here. I draaad the thoight auhv our vaary feeurst keeisĪ taurgut thaaat owime praubly geeonna meeis You can read the lyrics above in what would be considered a normal voice, but they actually sound like: You just know there were millions of 13-17 year olds who felt these lines in their bones.Īnother thing that I love about Blink 182 and bands of the like, is the punk rock accent they threw out there when singing, have you ever noticed that? A lot of elongated A’s and ending words with an “auuuugghhh” sound. They had the early aughts, punk rock, teen angst crowd wrapped around their finger. Blink knew exactly what they were doing here. Not only are these great lyrics, they’re totally savvy. I dread the thought of our very first kiss A fitting end to this group of dimwits we’re introduced to in this video.

BLINKK 182 FIRST DATE UPDATE

We finish off by getting an update on where the guys are know Travis drives go-karts full time, Spaulding (Mark) still lives in his van, and Boomer (Tom) is currently in prison for undisclosed reasons.

The remainder of the video is a trip to the water park and go-kart track, where we get some awkward ass slapping, shrinkage jokes, and peeing on the side of the go-kart track. The hilarious part is that this moment produced what is one of the most popular GIFs used today:Īt their peak, the guys from Blink 182 were such visionaries they were creating visual art that would become one of the best GIFs we have, 15 years before the medium even became a popular form of communication. She takes a mighty tumble over the handlebars and rolls away crying and ashamed. Both hilarious and sad, the wiffle ball bat gets launched, and caught in the poor girl with the headgear’s bike spokes. We see the band start to roll around town in their Volkswagen van, exiting accompanied by a plume of smoke, and driving with an “Ass, Gas, of Grass” bumper sticker on the back fender.Īround the 1:45 mark, we get to, in my humble option, the climax of the video…the wiffle ball scene. Shaggy hair, handlebar mustaches, and short shorts all around. If the costumes and grainy footage didn’t give it away, we quickly learn the setting for the video is El Segundo, California in 1974. A totally random and unexplained anecdote of Tom DeLonge kissing his brother starts the video off right before Travis Barker begins the musical proceedings. There is so much going on in this music video and I absolutely love the chaos.

You meander through the first few songs, until you get to the third track, “First Date.” So you grab that trapper keeper that held all of your CDs, and find Blink 182’s classic album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Are you going with Bucky Lasek, Bob Burnquist, or Chad Muska? Doesn’t matter, all three of them shred so hard.Īs great as the THPS soundtrack is, sometimes you have to switch it up a bit.

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Shut the door to your room and throw Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater in the PS2. It’s 2001, you come home from school and throw some pizza rolls in the microwave.

Blinkk 182 first date