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"Brand New"

Best band ever.

Ah ha, Brand New will rule the world soon my friend. Although speaking of them, I haven't listened to either of their albums I've got recently :[

Dringo wrote:
> I'm also a major fan of Box Car Racer, even though they'll never do
> another album.

It's just a side project, they aren't even a "they" anymore.

Plus they were crap, the songs were faceless and generic except "there is".

Dringo wrote:

> Oh, and if you've got the Mark, Tom and TRavis Show and you're
> saying
> that, you'rewrong. Utterly.
>
> Mark, Tom and Travis show is a bit of a lie, Blink don't play that
> good live but it is still their best album. Immensley funny, clever
> and the build up to some of the songs is great. The country song
> (hilarious) leading straight into Dammit is listened over and over
> again on my I-pod, as is Blew Job leading into Untitled. The best
> version of carousel is live and the word changes in Aliens Exist is
> very funny. The album is very good and is the only way you can hear
> the fantastic hit Man Overboard.

Really Dringo, I'm begining to think you're on the E-Street Team or something. Dude Ranch is the best album too, if you disagree with me then you're wrong.

Paradox: wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> I'm also a major fan of Box Car Racer, even though they'll never do
> another album.
>
> It's just a side project, they aren't even a "they"
> anymore.
>
> Plus they were crap, the songs were faceless and generic except
> "there is".

RUBBISH! I'll agree "I Feel So" was way to universal to be brilliant but Cat Like Thief was excellent, Elevator had a dark humour to it and "Letters to God"... what a song... what a truly depressing song about death.

Box Car was supposed to produce a few albums in between Rancid and Blink albums but after it nearly split Blink Tom vowed never to go back. Mark's appearance on Elevator made me question if that was the real reason though.

Dude Ranch best album??? Hmmmm probably their best recorded...

You know it is hard to say, Dude Ranch was an end to the "rough" punk they did and was the best example of it. Their "polished" punk was pretty much perfect first time and TOYPAJ was just that tiny bit better. The new stuff is superb too. It's so hard to say.

Although I did love I'm Sorry, Enthused, Degenerate, A new hope, Josie, Untitled, Boring etc... from said album.

I'm a big fan of waggy and d*ck lips - both immature punk rock songs, the way punk rock should me.

The new Blink album does show how they've matures, but it's gone somewhat Emoish, which I dont think suits them, especially with their limited simple power-chord guitar abilities. Look at the lyrics to "I miss you" or "always" They've gone Emo. Whilst I do like the new album, and do like Emo, it isn't Blink as you traditionally think of them. Just like when Limp Bizkit made that abomination "results may vary" - it can be seen as a good album (if you like crap albums) but it wasn't good LB.

I haven't heard the entirity of Tom Mark and Travis show, but I've heard Man Overboard and such, they are good showmen no doubt - glad you agree Dude Ranch is the best recorded album. I've got to say I like the "rought punk" as you put it, before it gets all polished and perfect.

I've you can get your hands on a copy of flyswatter (my msn is [email protected]) I recommend it for a really good sample of pre-produced Blink.

Jeez, Blink are okay and all, and if you love them, good.

But seriously, other bands do EVERYTHING so much better.

I think Blink are the first "punk" band a lot of people listen to, and they help brudge the pop > rock gap - so people like them lotsly.

I'm sort of interested in Blink 182, don't own any of their albums yet though.

do you want to?

I have email, cd burner and stamps.

I hate burned CDs. Just don't look cool in the collection.

Hey, if you wanted to send me the actual cds themselves..? lol