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...that is, until I become a snobby little metal head.
(Ed. Note: How hot was Alyssa Milano in that video?!?! Daaaaaamn. Also, lol @ Miller's Outpost era clothes/fashion!).
Once I entered high school and started digging classic from Slayer, Death, Sepultura and new bands (well, new at the time...fuck I'm old) like Lamb of God and Hatebreed, I stopped enjoying the feel good zany pop rock of bands like Blink-182. Also, this was around the time they got big with their album Enema of The State, where they went from heroes of the alternative rock airwaves, to champions of MTV's TRL video countdown. Basically, all the girls and cool kids in school started liking them so you know, I couldn't have any part of that man!
Well, the times they have a changed. Now I'm old and cranky. I've pretty much melted my brain listening to some of the most fucked up technically challenging/chaotic noise the underground metal world can churn out. Now I hear an old Blink-182 song on the radio I don't turn away in disgust, quite the contrary, I turn that sucker up louder! Part nostalgia, for simpler times when worry about a lame band's popularity seem so important, and partially just honest enjoyment of catchy jams that are actually pleasing to the ear, I now renounce my hatred for Blink-182 and welcome with open arms into my VILE NOSTALGIA collection.
Nostalgia? I still love Blink. But yeah they're pretty old now. I was a big fan of bands like Blink, Good Charlotte, Bowling For Soup, the like. Occasionally I go back and listen to a song or two but as I recently bought Blink 182's self titled album, I guess they count as something I still actively listen to. Even if it did take a few years. Enjoying rock and metal doesn't mean I can't enjoy pop.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit man that I've still not warmed to Blink in recent years, like I used to love them and then I kind of grown out of me and it unfortunately hasn't came back. It's weird, the same thing's happened to me with several songs and groups I liked when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteWas actually listening to them yesterday. 90's nostalgia and stuff was on. It's good nostalgia. Good times.
ReplyDeleteFriggin love Blink 182. I've been listening to them a lot lately-- total high-school nostalgia!
ReplyDeleteSome good nostalgia indeed. Been a while since I hear them, always enjoyed them though.
ReplyDeleteBlink 182 can still help you pick up girls:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJoqh8xx-A
Fucking Enema of the State. I would kick the ever-loving shit out of 14-year-old me if I ever got the chance. The late nineties, early two-thousands created far, far superior music to fucking Blink-182
ReplyDeleteI like them. I like them then, I still like them now. I will always like them :D
ReplyDeleteMs. Milano does indeed look fantastic in that first video.
ReplyDeletei just heard that josie song on the radio like 10 mins ago
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