Blink is a good example of how to sell out gracefully.. regardless of if you like their music. Tom and Mark are really good songwriters and popped up at the perfect time. They knew when to pull...
Blink is a good example of how to sell out gracefully.. regardless of if you like their music. Tom and Mark are really good songwriters and popped up at the perfect time. They knew when to pull out of the sophomoric, immature stage and move onto something more serious and risk never being taken seriously. I can't say I've enjoyed anything after their self titled (apparently they started bringing in outside writers after that one) but they've set themselves up to be able to do this for the rest of their lives without totally alienating their original fan base, which is almost completely unheard of. I saw them at warped tour last week and they certainly kept to the script and talked less than the last time I saw them years ago but still keep the show fun and full of energy. Can't really fault them for any of that. This article is more-or-less a recount of the bands history, but its good to see their legacy represented in a respectful way. I don't know a single millennial-ish aged person who did not enjoy their music at some point in time.
This is a really old post, but I saw your comment on starting a record label & touring, so clicked on your profile and read this. The "bringing in outside writers" comment isn't exactly accurate;...
This is a really old post, but I saw your comment on starting a record label & touring, so clicked on your profile and read this.
The "bringing in outside writers" comment isn't exactly accurate; the Untitled album did have a track co-written by Robert Smith (of The Cure fame), but it was done fairly honestly (he also did vocals on the song he co-wrote).
Neighborhoods had no outside writers whatsoever, and Dogs Eating Dogs had one in the vein of the track with Robert Smith (though done drastically less elegantly).
California did, and while I, personally, dislike California, it was generally considered more reminiscent of TOYPAJ than any of their records since. The DLX version of it was, outside of two songs, entirely written by them, and the quality's much better.
Tom wasn't on California, though, and the lyrical quality definitely suffered for it.
Haha Good to know my endeavors are worth investigating! But that’s interesting, I had glanced at their wiki before posting that and it looks like California has a lot of co-writers but it’s of the...
Haha Good to know my endeavors are worth investigating! But that’s interesting, I had glanced at their wiki before posting that and it looks like California has a lot of co-writers but it’s of the likes of Fallout boy, boys like girls, evanescence and such which didn’t occur to me. I guess with that in mind, it’s definitely more “honest” than I portrayed them. Thanks for the correction, maybe now I can stop slandering hoppus’ name!
"Enema of the State" was one of the first CDs I owned. It came with some ~muktimedia~ features in that you could out the CD in a computer and watch some videos and stuff. Very cool. I wasn't a...
"Enema of the State" was one of the first CDs I owned. It came with some ~muktimedia~ features in that you could out the CD in a computer and watch some videos and stuff. Very cool. I wasn't a huge fan of "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket" and didn't really pay attention to them after that. Still, early Blink will have a special place in my heart. "Dammit" was one of the first songs I learned on guitar.
Blink is a good example of how to sell out gracefully.. regardless of if you like their music. Tom and Mark are really good songwriters and popped up at the perfect time. They knew when to pull out of the sophomoric, immature stage and move onto something more serious and risk never being taken seriously. I can't say I've enjoyed anything after their self titled (apparently they started bringing in outside writers after that one) but they've set themselves up to be able to do this for the rest of their lives without totally alienating their original fan base, which is almost completely unheard of. I saw them at warped tour last week and they certainly kept to the script and talked less than the last time I saw them years ago but still keep the show fun and full of energy. Can't really fault them for any of that. This article is more-or-less a recount of the bands history, but its good to see their legacy represented in a respectful way. I don't know a single millennial-ish aged person who did not enjoy their music at some point in time.
This is a really old post, but I saw your comment on starting a record label & touring, so clicked on your profile and read this.
The "bringing in outside writers" comment isn't exactly accurate; the Untitled album did have a track co-written by Robert Smith (of The Cure fame), but it was done fairly honestly (he also did vocals on the song he co-wrote).
Neighborhoods had no outside writers whatsoever, and Dogs Eating Dogs had one in the vein of the track with Robert Smith (though done drastically less elegantly).
California did, and while I, personally, dislike California, it was generally considered more reminiscent of TOYPAJ than any of their records since. The DLX version of it was, outside of two songs, entirely written by them, and the quality's much better.
Tom wasn't on California, though, and the lyrical quality definitely suffered for it.
Haha Good to know my endeavors are worth investigating! But that’s interesting, I had glanced at their wiki before posting that and it looks like California has a lot of co-writers but it’s of the likes of Fallout boy, boys like girls, evanescence and such which didn’t occur to me. I guess with that in mind, it’s definitely more “honest” than I portrayed them. Thanks for the correction, maybe now I can stop slandering hoppus’ name!
"Enema of the State" was one of the first CDs I owned. It came with some ~muktimedia~ features in that you could out the CD in a computer and watch some videos and stuff. Very cool. I wasn't a huge fan of "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket" and didn't really pay attention to them after that. Still, early Blink will have a special place in my heart. "Dammit" was one of the first songs I learned on guitar.