![]() Ironically, “And I” and “Letters To God” are both classic emo tracks in the fashion of Texas is The Reason and Christie Front Drive. The song is built around a dub backdrop, showing that Boxcar knows something other than the loud/quiet, fast/slow formula. “Cat Like Thief” features the other Blinker, Mark Hoppus, doing his best Tim Armstrong impression. “Watch The World” begins with DeLonge cooing over acoustic guitars, and while the sentiment is a bit childish with lyrics like “I saw this man dispose of hunger and soap operas too / I saw this field that grew perfection full of things you do / I saw this box get rid of heartache and cure cancer too”, it’s quietly the most wonderful song he’s ever written. ![]() It’s at that point that Boxcar Racer actually gets interesting. However, before you abandon all hope the song turns into a raging hardcore track reminiscent of Silent Majority or the almighty Avail. The second song, “All Systems Go”, begins in the same manner as, oh, about a thousand other GreenSumBlinkNewDayFound182 tracks. The other problem is that other than being two minutes longer than standard Blink fare and having a three second piano intro, this is a basic pop-punk track. Part of the problem is his vocals - their nasal imprint is impossible to forget. As DeLonge wishes he were younger, stronger, braver, more outgoing, music fans might be wondering if he is going to pen a song that didn’t sound like anything off a Blink album. Judging by the first song on their self-titled album, “I Feel So”, you have to wonder what the hubbub was all about. The goal was to put out an album of songs the two had always wanted to write, but could not for fear of alienating their following. ![]() Displaying a remarkable knowledge of their fan base, the duo decided to record the album under the moniker Boxcar Racer. A couple of years ago, Blinkers Thomas DeLonge and Travis Barker teamed up with some friends to record an album full of non-Blink friendly fare. It seemed that, like the lecherous character from Dazed and Confused, Blink 182 were content with their fate, oblivious to the critics who attempted to derail them by charging Blink with lack of ambition and originality.ĭespite the gajillion albums sold, it seems that the members of Blink 182 did indeed yearn for something different. No matter how old Blink 182 gets there will always be a 15-20-year-old demographic gobbling up their albums. Finally, upon being confronted by some local kids, he utters the immortal line, “The beauty of high school chicks is that I get older, and they stay the same age.” Blink 182’s success is based on a similar theory: as long as they can keep churning out track after track of catchy punk rock songs about girls and farting, they’re always going to have a fan base. ![]() Blink 182 have always struck me as the band version of Matthew McConaughey’s character from the movie Dazed and Confused: the one who spends his early twenties hanging out at the local diner scamming on high school girls. ![]()
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