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I swear enema of the state is a magical album. It’s like a time machine that takes my soul to 99-2000 every time I hear it.

Thanks for letting me achieve my lifelong dream of playing Mark Hoppus!

I have an alternate take. I think Blink was a gateway drug for a lot of people into deeper, older punk. Shows from established bands like NOFX, Social D, the Vandals, and Bad Religion got an influx of new and younger fans that matured from Blink looking for stuff with more depth. I was in 8th grade when Enema came out, and by sophomore year in high school I was at Discharge and DRI shows with no concern for future hearing loss.

"Adam's song" is fucking brilliant, it's a real emotional lyric that anyone can relate to, a lot of their music is kind of cheesy but they really do write songs that are completely relatable to so many people

As a teenager, I also took the lyrics as silly and immature. Someone tells you to act your age and you come back with the sarcastic “what’s my age again?” as a refusal to be more mature. But as an adult, I find a more profound meaning in it. Like, why does everyone want me to grow up before I’m ready to, I should act young while I still can. To me, he’s saying “what do you mean act my age? I’m 23, I am acting my age.” The final chorus drives that meaning home in my opinion.

This video confirmed what I already knew but wasn't entirely sure of - that Travis was a top tier drummer from the get-go. Equal parts gifted and manically enjoying his drums so he'd play them all the time. And that's why there's a saying that you'd excel in everything you do if you enjoy doing it in the first place.

I know Blink isnt the best band in the world. But, They're MY favorite band and thats all that matters to me.

Their impact can't be ignored even if you hate them. Personally, I'm a fan... and was in a band when they were getting popular... I loved covering their songs at practice, super easy and fun, and great to practice vocal harmonies to.

i think blink's relationship to the more overtly ideological and anti-commercial side of punk rock is a bit more complex than this video lets on. after the massive success of "enema" tom especially grew weary of some of the popstar baggage and pushed for a darker, less commercial sound which they hinted at on the still pretty commercial-sounding "take off your pants and jacket" and eventually embraced on their more experimental self-titled 2003 album. in between those albums tom even started a side project with travis, box car racer, which was partly a tribute to bands like quicksand or fugazi, a band tom always cited as one of his favorites. i think a lot of those dismissive, braggadocious comments from around '99/'00 were rooted in a certain insecure defensiveness about their choice to go mainstream, likely being surprised or even shocked by the level of fame they managed to achieve and maybe even feeling slightly guilty or at least conflicted about it in hindsight. plus, it's unlikely all the band members felt the same about it. they have said as much themselves: mark was always more comfortable with the fame than tom which created tensions in the band which eventually led to their dissolution in '05. i think their '01-'05 era is probably the most interesting as far as their place in pop culture, the music industry and the punk scene is concerned and some of their statements from that time clash massively with those made during the enema era. oh well, maybe in another video :)

so I was never a huge Blink fan, but god the lyrics on the last chorus about "many years ahead to fall in line, why would you wish that on me" sting a little bit on the brink of turning 40. It's a great song, and as someone who was an immature waste of skin for FAR too long, I can definitely relate.

Oh man. @17:14 "20-somethings of any era can relate to not wanting to be the sensible adult all the time." Bro I just turned 40 and I still feel like this. I've never stopped feeling like this.

I started my pop punk phase when I was 28 years old. It's fun and doesn't take itself seriously and it was a nice change of pace for listening to nothing but extreme metal for 15 years.

Mark was right, they _do_ have good songs. I think that's ultimately what grants them legit punk cred. Even if you don't like how polished and radio friendly their sound became or their presentation and the way they were marketed, I think everyone can recognize that they have good songs.

Tom and Mark grew up in Poway CA and started the band there. I grew up in there in the late 90s/early 2000s. It took me years to realize that the blink-182 hype stretched beyond our crappy little suburb. Their early albums - Dude Ranch especially - really capture the feel of the area around that time. Sadly, it's just a snoott tech suburb now.

Not a big blink182 fan but they have some great songs that I still enjoy, and the fact that they went for the maximum amount of money possible without caring what other punk bands or fans thought was very punk in itself

The thing about blink is what they were singing about is what everyone was living. They were so relatable it was like someone singing songs about your life. Instant endearment.

Blink's Enema of the State was to music what Kevin Smith's movie Clerks was to cinema. A half comedy, half serious take on youth dissatisfaction with the real world that didn't necessarily pass trough big issues like world hunger or wars, but it had to do with more everyday issues closer to home. I'm 40 now and I whish there was new music that reflected how being 40 feels the way Blink's music reflected how being 20 felt.

I loved Blink back when I was 14/15. Now my music tastes have changed a lot with the years, but I will always have a special place in my heart for them. Great video!

I never thought I'd ever hear 'Mic boy me Snare' himself playing Mark Hoppus, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it.

i'll always be thankful for blink being my gateway into bands like bad religion, the cure, fugazi etc. but their success brought about the wave of pop punk bands who could also barely play their instruments, but lacked the songwriting chops blink has. i'll always enjoy their self-titled album the most, it's almost hilariously angsty but the production and creativity is at an all-time high on there, and travis gets so much more room to shine than on either of the past records he did with them.

lifelong blink fan. they aren't particularly deep, or particularly good, but they remind me of good times in my youth, and they'll always be a fave.

I discovered my favourite band thanks to your “How Punk became Pop” video a couple of years ago, and the band was blink-182. I’ll always be eternally grateful to you.

if we consider that bands like Green Day and Offspring had some pop punk songs but were not really pop punk groups, Blink 182 is definitely the defining band of the genre. it wasn't new, Descendents created that template more than a decade before, but no one else managed to get so famous, so much money, so much hate and so much legacy as Blink 182. one just can not talk about pop punk and not talk about Blink 182.

In a nutshell, the Blink album Enema made the music vibrant and FUN, instead just of competing with other bands to see who could be angrier or more depressed. It wasn't the immaturity, it was the freedom from the DRAG of music that was intended to be "important."

I saw Green Day at Gillman ... the people mad about their success are just bitter. They got success without changing their sound. After a few major label albums they did get softer but it's pretty hard to be a millionaire and write punk songs like you are starving and sleeping on basement floors.

Green Day was a breath of fresh air in a generation full of grunge and melancholy. Blink hit in 99 when we were attempting to leave grunge along w Korn, Limp Biskit. I started every Friday nite party with What’s my age again. It was refreshing. I was never a die hard punk fan, but I appreciated the bands that were punk inspired. I also loved “hair metal” and forgetting my troubles while listening to songs that were fun.

Basically ''What's My Age Again?'' is the ''Smells like Teen Spirit'' of pop punk.

I feel like the success of Blink and other bands like them speak to the inherent self-contradiction of punk: *no two people rebel the same way.* Righteous anger towards social injustice, introspective angst over a stifling middle-class life and frustration about how safe popular rock music feels at the time are all completely valid feelings, and while I'm sure they do overlap, one is probably not going to be as passionate about the other and vice versa. And if someone is passionate about those feeling, they're going to say something about it. After all, that's the ethos of punk: if you want something done right, do it yourself. Blink-182 can't be what "ruined" punk rock, that would imply that punk rock follows a strict code of ethics, which it doesn't. The only rule about punk is that it's against the status quo, and not everyone is always in agreement of what that is. It's why I always say that fundamental values are always way more important than whatever groups you belong to, because they're not always going to reflect every important part of you, and sometimes they'll contradict them. Only living by the ethics of punk, saying whatever you're passionate about without filter or remorse, is how we got Nazi punks, because, again, no two people rebel the same way. Blink 182 didn't "ruin" punk, punk was just full of shit to being with.

"while maintaining some of their more troubling qualities" shows brand new LOL

If "What's My Age Again?" is the price of admission for "Sugar, We're Going Down", I would pay it a million times over

I actually like blink a lot more now in my 40s then I did in my 20s. At that time I took punk rock very seriously. Now I can listen to blink, black flag, and hank Williams sr in the same playlist.

I feel like there is an inherent contradiction of so called "real punks" critisizing blink for not being punk, where "punk" ultiamtely derives from being yourself and not going along with the crowd, which blink did. they never changed their personas on stage and had a reputation for immaturity and childish antics which was rebellious in it of itself and is rejecting of how most bands or people who had the amount of publicity they had presented themelves. Not to mention how Tom started box car racer, which was a trubute to bands like fugazi, and how blink took a risk with the untitled album, which was a much more experimental sound which shows how they were not very strung up on making their classic sound for an easy cash grab.

I´m 35, still listen Blink182 and i love it.

I love your videos, you're definitely underrated on here. There's something about your style and presentation that makes me really interested in even bands I've never heard about or care about and that says something. Keep up the good work!

Lots of Punk elitists in the comments. Nothing is more punk than deciding what is and isnt punk. Things never change.

I remember my older brother bought enema of the state for me in 7th grade. First album i ever asked for. We'd rock out to it in the basement. I remember not being able to get over the fact that literally every single song was so good and so catchy. This band literally changed my musical tastes with this album and turned me into a musician .

It's so cool to see Mark Trombino being mentioned, Drive Like Jehu were so cool! This man is a Legend!

Blink for me represents summer time, feeling young and having fun..even nearing 40 it still makes me feel the same way as it did back then

Great video, as per usual. Love this channel, cheers!

Thank you for not leaving out The Aquabats 🙌

I never was a huge fan of Blink-182 but they were everywhere when I was a kid and I always did enjoy their music. Their songs are reminding me of innocence and silliness, so when I hear them, it's kind of a feel good vibe for me. I think their music is kind of timeless, they never took themselves seriously and I think it keeps it fresh. Also, I can't believe Tom Lord-Alge was behind so many iconic songs of when I was a teenager, wow !

I’m a teenager and as any teenage boy I was obsessed with one girl and she broke my heart last year. The first song I heard afterwards was I miss you. And I fell in love with the song. I’ve heard blink many times before but after hearing I miss you again, I listened to more and more of their songs and fell in love with pop punk more than I had thought I liked it

Brilliant mate! Really good video!

Props for giving credit to the legends that are Jerry Finn and Tom Lord-Alge. Pop punk wouldn’t have sounded half as good as it does without them. Such a shame that Jerry died so young

Great video! I bought this album not long after “What’s My Age Again” came out. My favorite Blink song is “Stay Together For The Kids” off of TOYPAJ! The lyrics, music, coupled with the video are powerful!

Not necessarily a big Blink fan, but I do just love of good up-tempo, guitar- and lyric- driven rock song. A bit of knowing wit and self-deprecation goes a long way, regardless of genre. What’s My Age Again, All The Small Things and Rock Show amongst many, are gems.

Yayyyy you made my Friday! Gonna watch this while I clean my room.

Amazing video, very well curated

They were soundtrack of my teenage years, with Greenday and Offspring.

Loved this, and would love to see more videos like it and like the Jimmy Eat World one. Thanks dude

All of this music was the soundtrack of my middle school torture but I still watched the whole video. That’s how much I like your channel.

PERFECT ANALYSIS! You are the BEST man! Love your (unique) channel! Thank you so much!!

New Found Glory really deserves praise. We all hate when our favorite band breaks up or retires. NFG have never even taken a break. Props to those dudes.

Great video. Enema Of The State is arguably the most iconic pop punk album that will ever be in existance

Mate, your videos are one of the best on You Tube.

Yesterday was my 23rd birthday, I feel like this video was made for me, so thank you for that 🥰

Two and a half minutes is too short for a great song like What’s My Age Again. Making me play it all over again. That’s what made it addicting for me

I was probably "too old" for Blink when they started getting traction. I honestly never had an issue with their existence, so indifference is probably the most accurate way to describe how I felt about them. By then, the pop punk scene was already saturated and I realized that I mostly liked the bands that had invented it (in particular, Descendents/ALL, Bad Religion), while most were just playing stuff that followed the formula too closely. But good for Blink for deciding they wanted to pursue being a huge band and succeeding. side note: that montage of bands that dude mixed is startling in how he really does mix them to sound about the same.

this is an amazing video, dude. congrats!

Really super video. Great JOB

Wow, I remember when "selling out" was a big deal and a negative thing. Nowadays making money is seemingly the first thing people think of when creating art. Not that that is a bad thing, making money isn't exclusive to creating art.

For Millenials, Blink-182 have aged better than any band from the late 90s-early 2000s. Something about their music and attitude will always resonate with people.

That was great man, must of been a lot of work. Really well done :)

You showed the cover for short music for short people and I will now love you forever, more than ever. I have been asking Mike to make a second short music comp. it’s my favorite.

Say what you want but Green Days riffs always sound so similar to me and in blink every riff sounds different, even if they are the same chords! Except Boring and Online songs lol that shits exactly the same.

I’m a big fan of their 2003 album. At the time, I write them off as trash. It’s a shame I did. Would have been good to see them live.

Love your work man. I'm following a lot of music youtubers but you're by far my favourite. Just like Blink, you don't take yourself too seriously, everything is super documented and well edited. Congrats man !

Love your channel

What about a video on bloodhound gang? Love them like i love blink also one of the best channels on yt! Cant wait for the next new British cannon!

I was 13 when Enema of the state came out. Guess what i listen to 22 years later. Late 90 early 00s pop punk. This album was a game changer for me I was perfect age demo for it

This was so well made. Even as a huge blink fan I was throughly engaged. Great job buddy.

Awesome video!

I'm drownings in nostalgia and I'm enjoying it

Loved the video but i need to say something. Blink wasant the opposite of fugazi, bikini kill or nirvana, they were just different, actually, when blink went to write the self titled album, tom always said that fugazi and refused were one of his biggest influences at the time. For me, blink was not a band that was against feminism, it was just a band full of jokes and allied with the feelings of the sex in the youth. Another thing, i think that when enema released, they made a tour that only costs 1 dollar to pay the ticket, that line from tom was clarly a joke. Taking that aside, loved the video! thanks!

great video, im excited to listen to some of the bands you mentioned

Great video mate!

I think Screeching Weasel’s influence on modern punk is underrated. Tom’s lead riffs could fit on any SW album.

Good job holding the "they were misogynists" to the end of the video. I would have clicked off much sooner if that was at the start haha

Hats off (and apparently all blinks clothes) to you. This was very well written. Analyzing this group in a different way than I've heard before. It's one thing to grow up with the music and listen cause it's catchy and playing everywhere, but to go a bit more into the weeds about other lesser known influencers from the late 80s and mid 90s. Had no idea there was a punk rock band in 1987. Great work

Officially the best video on youtube. I've listened to blink 182 since 2001 and never knew the majority of the things mentioned as I enjoyed their music and never bothered to search hi and low as to why songs were the way they were and then this gem popped up!! Mind blowingly awesome!!

Blink, NFG, Saves the Day were a breath of Fresh air from the punk and metal scene that I was in for many many years. Exactly that music wasn't fun anymore. These bands made it fun again.

I loved blink and so many other rock and punk bands around the late 90's early 00's. I've probably outgrown them a little but still enjoy them from time to time

You got Mark and Tom mixed up at certain points in the video, but regardless great work as always.

This was a great video and I am so glad that it was suggested for me. Could you possibly do a video on the Offspring?

Blink were great. I'll defend them to the end, great combination of catchy melody with a punk attitude but no pretensions about being strictly punk. They did what they wanted and didn't care what punk purists thought, if that's not punk idk what is. They also made a whole generation want to pick up a guitar and get into punk.

Blink had such a huge influence on me and so many other people. Also, I think we should hear more about the Aquabats

My gateway to punk was Green Day and the Offspring thanks to MTV. I got those tapes and went to my local record store and they turned me on to Pennywise and NOFX, and then it all went from there. I'm sure Blink did the exact same thing for kids just a couple years younger than me, though by the time they were becoming popular I was already a punk rock music snob! Great Video as always

wow you went deep. amazing. 🤘🎸🥁🔥🖤

I was 30 when I first heard Blink-182 and I've just always enjoyed them. They've never really pretended to be anything more or less than they are, which was refreshing to me because I always felt that Green Day believed it was entitled to much more hardcore punk cred then it deserved. Imitation almost invariably results in near parody, but I can't hold Blink-182 responsible for the exaggerations that followed. You'll notice that none of those bands had nearly as many singles as Blink did. That's no accident.

For a lover of music I'm just delighted with this heartening upload and let's be honest, what a fucking brilliant track *🙏

When I was in high school damn it was on my running playlist. Every cross country/ track meet that I had, that was constantly running through my mind. By my junior year, all the girls on the cross country team knew every single word to all the small things, and at that point in time I had most of the enema of the state songs memorized. It's time progressed, blink-182 still remained a staple in my playlist. In 2009, I planned a cross country road trip around seeing blink-182 ( first time seeing them live)in Virginia beach. Flash Forward to 2015, and the last physical readiness test that I ran. The first song in the PRT playlist, was dammit by blink-182.

Such an amazing video. As a huge blink fan I actually learned a lot!

Man, watching this video took me back to when I was 15-16!!! Those were the days!! Blink 182 was one of my favorite bands!! I'm also not ashamed to say that TRL was my shit, from about '98-'00. Man, can you believe that all the guys in Blink 182 are in their 40s, now???

I have a daughter who's turning 23 in 11 day's, and she has been looking forward to my promise of a 'what's my age again' birthday cake, for over a decade now, because she's a fan too. blink will always be in our family, and that's a good thing.

Dude Ronch :) favorite music channel

Having Mic the Snare in here was a great touch.

I'm sorry but "Aquabats drummer Travis Barker" was not a sentence i ever thought I would hear.

The older I get, the more I get into the individual projects the blink boys have created like Angels and Airwaves and +44. That being said, I wore a terry cloth Smiley Face logo wristband all throughout middle school until it fuckin' fell off of me. blink-182 will always hold a place in my heart, even if I can't bring myself to listen to the newer stuff before I soon Self Titled for the thousandth time 💜💜💜

Holy shit, yesterday I was just thinking "I bet they'd never do a Blink 182 video but that'd be cool." You posted this 4 weeks ago 👀 excited to watch this