Blink 182 Live Up to Their Success with the Self-Titled Album "Blink 182"

Blink 182 were at the forefront of a pop rock that wanted to make it clear they had some sort of punk style roots movement in music. Unlike many other acts that tried the same path they were actually good at what they did! I listened to the self titled album "Blink 182" and my song by song thoughts are below.

"Feeling This": Broken melodies that are all catchy with some wannabe punk spoken word tossed into the echoing can for good measure. This song reminds me of the first time I heard Blink 182 on a video competition show on MTV back in the day. It captures the essence of what made them popular and provides a sing-along with enough story to feel like it matters.

"Obvious": The whiny voiced singer is behind the wheel and it is audio fingernails across the chalkboard crap.

"I Miss You": A radio play classic that strikes all the right chords.

"Violence": Bad beatnik poetry.

"Stockholm Syndrome Interlude": A woman reads a war time letter written to someone she misses telling them she misses them.

"Stockholm Syndrome": Felt like a lot of stall in the ride, but the power pop chorus sections were audibly sound. Audibly sound ha ha.

"Down": It feels like a different cut of "I Miss You" void of the same magic.

"The Fallen Interlude": An R & B feeling mainly instrumental interlude that seems out of place.

"GO": Monotonous pop/punk/rock driven story, but it's one of the things Blink 182 pulls of successfully and better than any other bands really. Been there, heard that, but not terrible.

"Asthenia": Dull, meh. Whiny voiced puck. (pop/punk)

"Always": This one gets an A+. It gives you the mopey rock about relationships and backs it up with slid Blink 182 X factor.

"Easy Target": It's an okay song, doesn't really go anywhere or do anything for me though on any level other than it's here/there and when it is over I can move on without having had my mood totally soured.

"All Of This": I kept getting confused and wondering if I had the wrong track playing: Robert Smith is singing! Robert Smith is the singer from the band Cure. I had never heard this song before and quite frankly the Robert Smith singing takes it up to the notch above awesome. Nice use of a guest vocalist.

"Here's Your Letter": "I'm talking to the ceiling, my life has lost all meaning," that strikes me in the heart. Who hasn't been there? This is a song that some may find forgettable and others like myself will find something to identify with strongly within it. Well, identify enough to have liked listening to it, but not enough to not forget it.

"I'm Lost Without You": It works, slow ballad, but it did not personally move me.