Blink 182 Singles - What's My POLL Again?

all the small things

The Rock Show FTW

dammit

went with dammit, though surprised my favorite blink song ("carousel") isn't a single. "wasting time" and "what's my age again" hon mention

best: dammit
worst: stay together for the kids

Good lord do I hate this band, but I have to go with "All The Small Things."

blink-182 seems like an odd band to waste negative energy on, but i can def understand not feeling their shit

dammit for life

"I miss you", just for being different.

Who would have guessed that these guys would become Gen Y's most influential band? Every band with a member under the age of 25 claims them as an influence.

I picked the obvious one- All The Small Things.

whats my age again
the rock show
dammit
adam's song
i miss you
all the small things
stay together for the kids
down
feeling this
wasting time

love every single one of course

First Date

Anthem Part 2 a close second

also rep for Man Overboard

i still remember the first time i heard dammit tbh

sitting on the bus on the way to class in middle school and it came on the radio and i was just in fuckin awe

kinda falls in 2 categories for, ones i'm kinda sick of but still essentially like, and ones i wish i heard more

top 5 ones i never hear on the radio:
Down
Josie
Always
First Date
Not Now

top 5 ones i always hear on the radio:
Dammit
Adam's Song
I Miss You
What's My Age Again
All The Small Things

i can't say i've head more than five of these, but i feel fairly confident voting for "all the small things" as it's the only one of those five that i can say i like

i never forgot every word of "all the small things"

these are not all the singles, btw. and, while not a single, Going Away to College is at least as good as most of these.

I included all the singles that were officially released from every album (according to wikipedia). Did I miss something?

wikipedia lists the following additional singles:
Lemmings
Dick Lips
Dumpweed (Live)
I Won't Be Home for Christmas

I didn't want to crowd up the poll with a live release or a holiday release. Not sure if the other two were actual singles- maybe for college radio? They didn't seem to get official videos or radio play...

Not sure if the other two were actual singles

i don't know if they were "actual singles," but they were singles. four of the first five on your list didn't chart either.

some good material here:

taking sides green day vs. blink-182

I still stand by these statements:

"What's My Age Again" and "All The Small Things" are really really essential listening, probably the best rock songs on the radio that year.

"Rock Show," "Josie," and "Pathetic" are pretty darn good pop-punk... not much to say about them except that they're good and kinda sweet.

"Man Overboard" starts to go off in a little more of an arena direction but basically still works. "I Miss You" (the loopy spooky one) is kind of great if read as a halfway-ironic send up of the "we have to become dark and mature" move...I mean they have the guy with the whiny voice carrying on about spiders for god's sake, and the other guy is namechecking "Nightmare Before Christmas!"

"Dammit" kinda got on my nerves after a while tbh.

...and it's "All The Small Things" in a walk.

would you have voted for one of those or are you just being a pedant

xpost

i am standing up for the rights of the downtrodden

I Miss You.

But mad love to Adam's Song, my first-ever live cover (shout out to the other members of PICKS AND STICKS, my sixth grade cover band, fantastic backing guys, was an honor to sing for you).

"I Miss You" 4eva.

Good lord do I hate this band, but I have to go with "All The Small Things."

― Alex in NYC

Couldn't have said it any better myself.

Love "All The Small Things", "I Miss You" and "Down" - these seem like boring choices though. I should investigate Blink 182 more.

voted "Dammit".

"Always" is underrated though, one of their best fake-80s moments.

xpost: yeah, "going away to college" is probably their best non-single song.

gotta be dammit, but very few of their best songs were singles for some reason

Suddenly wishing I voted for "Josie."

I'm sure I loudly lamented it on the thread devoted to same, but Tom's ridiculous Cali accent (or whatever it is) makes the enjoyment of "I Miss You" entirely impossible for me.

"Always" is underrated though, one of their best fake-80s moments.

totally! i was very disappointed when it wasn't a hit.

gotta say i don't really understand why "All The Small Theengs" is so loved, i thought maybe it was mainly popular for the video, but obviously a lot of people like the song too.

i don't think you can blame Tom Delonge's bizarre relationship with enunciation on the state of California

Too late. The blame has been assigned.

Feeling This. Always loved that song.

Tom's ridiculous Cali accent (or whatever it is) makes the enjoyment of "I Miss You" entirely impossible this band

have we done a blink albums poll? that would be harder for me. or tracks from enema.

What's My Age Again, because it's so sincere

Also, thanks to Dammit, every time someone says the word 'structure' a little voice inside my head goes 'did you hear, he fucked her'

i think these guys tend to be above-average lyricists

gotta say i don't really understand why "All The Small Theengs" is so loved, i thought maybe it was mainly popular for the video, but obviously a lot of people like the song too.

Loved the song, was meh on the video (talent-show parody, bargain-bin Weird Al stuff). Really high energy and it rides this edge between a joke song (about this guy who stumbles home drunk all the time and doesn't realize his girl's cheating on him, wahh wahhhh) and a sincere, sweet song, which basically works if you're not paying attention. Incredibly fun to sing at karaoke.

adam's song is the only one i recognise from there that i like

it never occurred to me that there was a cheating subtext to that song, but considering that you described the video as a "talent-show parody" i don't know whether to take your word for it

"All the Small Things" is a song by Blink-182, a single from their 1999 album Enema of the State. It is one of only two Blink-182 singles to reach the number 1 spot on the US Modern Rock chart. Tom DeLonge was inspired to write the song after his then-girlfriend (to whom he is now married) complained that he had written many songs about all the other girls he had known in his life, but none about her. The line in the song "she left me roses by the stairs/ surprises let me know she cares" references an actual incident where Tom came home late one night and had been left flowers by his girlfriend.

So, no.

Sweet, I much prefer it as a sincere love song.

Every band with a member under the age of 25 claims them as an influence.

Waaaaaaaht?

All The Small Things is great, but I Miss You is greater.

all the small things gets props because it's both their most exposed song and one of their best. The real hook is the instrumental chorus with that slight delay that subtly delivers the melody. It's also a sweet sincere love song that contains the line "keep your head still" - Judd Aparow, we've seen this movie before.

yo what would you guys say their worst (hit) single is? i kinda like their mellow tunes in general but "Stay Together For The Kids" sucks imo.

stay together for the kids is better than a lot of tear songs

the party song recommended to people who think "guys love to be hit on"

These guys were my first favorite band. I went with Dammit without much thought. I did some serious angst-ing to that song age 14 or so.

ew

Hated "Stay Together For The Kids" at the time, can't even remember how it goes now though so it must not have been that bad.

Voted The Rock Show but really, I love most of these. What's My Age Again was the first song I learnt on guitar. And other memories. :)

how does "unmemorable" translate to "not that bad after all"?

i mean i couldn't remember how it went either, so i pulled it up on YouTube and went oh wow, that's dire.

haha, fair point - will listen to it later maybe..

i'm torn between "what's my age again?" and "i miss you" and reading this thread isn't helping much.

also, i could've sworn "carousel" was a single. i thought there was even a video, but youtube searches have lead nowhere.

i missed out on these guys, I think I was just moving out of my pop-punk phase when they started to get any sort of renown, a year or so earlier and I would have loved them.

Of these I've not heard a bunch, but apart from hating I Miss You and Stay Together For The Kids I like all the ones I've heard. Going with What's My Age again.

hello theeeere.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

it has to go to all the small things...

blink were great despite the inadequacies of their genre. (also despite their drummer and tom both being assholes.)

poor guy's just embarrassing himself!

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I probably would have voted "Dammit" but it still bums me out that "Always" didn't get any votes.

seriously! it lost out to "Down" when I decided to vote for one of the slept on later singles, but listening to them both today i enjoyed "Always" more.

Forgot to vote, but would have voted Dammit, though.

xpost yeah i should've voted Always. it had a good video too:

"my little windmill" wtf

1. windmill 137 up, 70 down love it hate it

To swing your penis around in a circular motion to appease the ladies.
Wow, the general knows how to do the windmill!

man i love "i miss you" so much

that last album really spawned some great singles

it's a great album!

yeah i'm gonna re-listen to it again soon - it has to have been years - right now i'm just going back and forth between "i miss you" and "always"

"Always": robbed.

yeah they went out in a blaze of glory

i really love the one robert smith sings on

gotta say i don't really understand why "All The Small Theengs" is so loved, i thought maybe it was mainly popular for the video, but obviously a lot of people like the song too.

its just a really pretty song, i think , the vocals are so sweet. but the video is probably 'better' a couple of weeks ago some friends and i were watching all the blink videos & nostalgia tripping on who gr8 so many of them are

probably woulda voted 'what's my age again?'

i really love the one robert smith sings on

― max, Sunday, February 27, 2011 7:09 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

fuck yeah

yeah it's a nice catchy tune, but i think any chance of being swept up in the hook is usually deflated for me by an opening lyric like "ALL THE...SMALL THEENGS...TRUE CARE...TRUTH BREENGS"

http://instagram.com/p/bC5Eyiruyk/

wb

thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0g16_LQaQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MRdtXWcgIw

i couldn't wait till i got home to pass the time in my room alone

damnit is a perfect song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

Enema of the State is a perfect record, the last classic album of the 90s.

the perfect simplicity and joy of the bass line in What's My Age Again

"going away to college" never being a single is a goddamn travesty. the "don't depend on me to ever follow through on/anything but, i'd go through hell for you" is an all-timer.

I don't know why I find All The Small Things so obnoxious, I think it might be Tom's bratty voice that gets on my nerves on that one. I like the rest of their singles, had no idea it would be a favorite in here.

I would've voted for Feeling This. Love the harmonies and so many different hooks.

Enema of the State is a perfect record, the last classic album of the 90s.

― flappy bird, Sunday, May 28, 2017 1:33 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, for fucks sake...

It's actually quite impressive that this band spent most of their career making lame jokes, but the biggest laugh this band ever got from me was when Tom's voice entered on 'I Miss You' and steamrollered over the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cbSPNZryzo

i posted one of the songs from the new record in the rolling worst music thread and i stand by it, but the album outside of that is good! better than california. i'm obsessed with the chorus to this song

boy do i feel like polling the s/t/untitled even though four people will vote it in it, all for "i miss you"

do it

I love "Darkside" and there are a couple of other good ones here, but overall I'm really not feeling this one. I forget the titles but Blink 182 doing Imagine Dragons is not something I needed in my life.

xp ive been listening to this album + s/t back to back all week so yes please do that poll

i did!

blink-182: untitled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZawP8SNUyi4

best blink single since 2004

new album is sorta uneven and the tone shifts wildly throughout but... boy do i love the second half

i'm super impressed still

"fell in love" is utter trash tho don't let it scare you off

this album RULES actually

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ8JZz5v3dg

prob my favorite song on the new record, that uncut tom delonge shit, veering from riff to riff and from silly to serious

thats real good