A Letter to Elise” is the third and final single taken from the album Wish from The Cure in 1992. It was made public for the first time on MTV’s Cure-“Unplugged” show in 1991 and had very different lyrics from the later version to be released as a 7″.
The B-side “The Big Hand” was planned as an A-Side single early in 1993 but the idea was scrapped, largely due to Boris Williams not wanting it to appear on the album but having no qualms about it appearing as a B-side (from KROQ radio interview with the band in 1992). “The Big Hand” is one of the few B-sides to be played live, although very rarely. It was first played in 1991, performed a few times during the Wish Tour in 1992, then revived at the Ultra Music Festival in 2007, and popped up, though rarely, during the band’s 4Tour World Tour 2007-08. Letters to Felice by Kafka was a huge influence when Robert Smith wrote the lyrics of the track.
A letter to Elise is the song that popularized by the cure, the band is legendary, and the blink 182 personnel admitted that they are a big fan of the cure. blink 182 bring the cure is when the show made by MTV namely, MTV icon The cure in 2004
actually, i think its the other way around, and the guy is going away to college. for one, he talks about skippin his lecture, and going to a soccer game, and lecturses are more common in college. second, is he wonders if his picture is still hanging in her locker, as in shes still in school
what a sweet song. pretty self explantory…a guy’s girlfriend is going away to college, and he’s not sure what he’s going to do without her around all the time. he kind of feels like he took her for granted all the time they were together, and he never realised just how much she meant to him.
going away to college is yangterdapat song on the album Enema of the state. This video clip blink 182 take the concept to simply take a picture potonga piece of video clip to another.
This is a very funny video, but unfortunately the image quality is less good. hard to find this video with excellent image quality, because the video was released long enough that in 1999.
one of the greatest blink songs yet.
Sometimes it makes me want to laugh
Sometimes I want to take my toaster in the bath
some of the best lyrics cuz sometimes you do just wanna take your toaster in the bath;-)
Because when I’m with you there’s nothing I wouldn’t do
I just want to be your only one
I’m grasping out at straws thinking back to what I saw
That night on the floor when we were all alone
i LOVE this song…one of their best…and i agree that travis is a better drummer…no offense to those of u that like scott better. i just think hes got more talent. this song is totally awesome!! hahaha…i just remembered this… when i was playing risk with my friends, (i know, its lame, but we were on an island with nothing to do!) drew got madagascar, so i gave him 5 of my countries for it, cuz mark said it! hahaha…oh good times, good times
this song is what got me hitched to blink 8 years ago…wasting time is a better song though…reminds me of NFG’s early stuff if it can be called that yet
great song… guy wants girl, girl just wants to score. classic high school theme. still during blinks best music stage and is a top 10 blink song
my fave blink song. the older stuff is and always will be the shit. but i just wanna say that i’m glad scott’s gone. sorry to u people who like him but he fuct shit up when he was around. trav is a better drummer anyway…it’s the truth or else i wouldn’t say it. anyways i want a boy to buy me some ciggarettes and candy and drive me away..
“Adam’s Song” is a song by American pop punk band Blink-182, from their third album Enema of the State, the album largely credited for the band’s success. It was released as the third and final CD single from the album behind “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things” on September 5, 2000. “Adam’s Song” is one of five Blink-182 songs that peaked at on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. Vocals on the song are performed by Mark Hoppus.
“Adam’s Song” is commonly referred to as the song when Blink-182 got “serious”, being their first well-known slow-paced baker. The song is placed in between the catchy and fast-paced songs “Dysentery Gary” and “All the Small Things”.
The song is written in C major, with the strings on the guitar tuned a whole step down. The song’s lyrics deal with depression and suicide, a noticeable departure from the toilet humor present in most of the other songs on Enema of the State. The arrangement of the song departs from their previous work as well, particularly the shifting instrumental parts. In the verses, the guitar plays (muted) chords accompanied by a relatively ordinary bass line; in the chorus the guitar plays octave lines while the bass shifts to playing chords. It is comparable to their later song “Stay Together for the Kids” (dealing with ‘broken home’ and family issues), from Blink-182’s fourth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.
The song makes a reference to “Come as You Are” by Nirvana, which includes the lyric “Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don’t be late.” “Adam’s Song,” in turn, includes the lyric “I took my time, I hurried up, The choice was mine, I didn’t think enough.”
It was once thought that the website AdamsLetter.com featured the inspiration behind the song, though this was later revealed as a fictitious story, and any “resemblance between the characters, places, and events to any real people is purely coincidental.”
The song caused a stir in 2000 when it was set to replay indefinitely on a nearby stereo as 17-year-old Greg Barnes, a survivor of the Columbine High School massacre, hanged himself in the garage of his family’s home. Hoppus, the song’s writer, has insisted that the song is anti-suicide.
During their 2009 summer tour, after the passing of DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, Blink-182 stopped playing “Adam’s Song” for the remainder of the tour.
“Man Overboard” is a song by Blink-182 from their live CD The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). “Man Overboard”, however, is a studio recording. It was released as a single in October 2000 and peaked at number two on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The words “So sorry, it’s over” are repeated throughout the song, a reference to an earlier Blink-182 song, “Untitled.” The song is alleged to be about drummer Scott Raynor departing the band.
The video was directed by Marcos Siega and released in 2000. It is a parody of Blink-182’s previous videos. The band can be seen traveling to a show, falling asleep in the van. Mark dreams about midgets, who look like the band members, recreating the “What’s My Age Again?” video. Tom is dreaming of the little trio recreating “Adam’s Song”. Finally, Travis dreams of them recreating “All the Small Things”. These sequences are interspersed with footage of the band playing live at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California. They arrive at their show at a Los Angeles club playing with Fenix Tx and are greeted by the tiny trio in their dream sequences, resulting in the members screaming and running.
reading festival tour is a series of blink 182. in the video blink 182 bring 3 songs include violence, i miss you and stay together for the kids. in the video I saw blink 182 music plays well, it sounds neat, in gantu with lighting that makes the atmosphere more exciting.
at the time of rendition of violence, tom play its role as a vocalist with a very good, as well as mark and travis. in this video are many words that are pronounced in the sensor, because the reading festival broadcast live on British television station that is bbc.
action stage in the video is very thick typical of blink 182. funny but also cool.
when the song stay together for the kids, tom looks like a sad person, because that song is the true story of his family. but overall ok.
I really like when i miss you, relaxed, but the strains of soft music rhythm guitar, and bass from a very good mark in the hearing. travis played his drum with a very relaxed and it’s very good at hearing and be seen. at the end i miss you. It is the most exciting. they are all cool, blink 182 dead!
not now is the songs contained in blink 182 greatest hits album.
and they released the video as a video bye because they had time to disperse and eventually a reunion back in 2009.
This video is only a combination of several videoyang menampilakan once they release. and also some video scenes when they were still close relationship.
now it’s not the song itself tells of a fear that is felt by someone and he said to his god.
in this video, a lot of scenes are funny scenes that became the hallmark of blink 182. but there is also a sad scene when the seconds they will disband.
in terms of cinematography, this is a good concept album, unique but the message conveyed can be received by the audience.
“What’s My Age Again?” is a song by American pop punk band Blink-182. It was the first single released from the band’s third album Enema of the State. The song, written by bassist Mark Hoppus, carries a theme about a protagonist who, despite being an adult, still behaves like a prepubescent child.
Released in November 1999, “What’s My Age Again?” became Blink-182’s second hit single, setting a precedent for most of the band’s further career. The song peaked at #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart as well as #19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The album version continues the guitar outro from the previous track, “Going Away to College”, whereas the single version cuts the fadeout and simply opens with the song’s trademark opening notes. The single version appears on the band’s Greatest Hits.
“What’s My Age Again?” was written by bassist Mark Hoppus and guitarist Tom DeLonge, while sung by Hoppus produced by Jerry Finn. The song has pop punk influences, with elements of pop and pop rock thrown in. The song has a driving tempo. “What’s My Age Again?” is two minutes and twenty-eight seconds long. The song is composed in the key of F-sharp major and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 80 beats per minute. Hoppus’ vocal range spans from C4 to F5.
Described by Hoppus as “the track that launched [Enema of the State]”, the track originally was titled “Peter Pan Complex” and went through a large amount of changes before it was finally completed. According to Hoppus, a few lines near the end of the song were written the day the final cut of the song was completed: “No one should take themselves so seriously, with many years ahead to fall in line – why would you wish that on me?” The version heard on the demo for Enema of the State, recorded in late 1998, does not have these lines and has a different ending.
blink to do this tour during 2010, including the chile. and this is the tour that ended their 2010 meeting. after the tour was finished their focus to preparing their new album
“Dammit” is a song by American punk band Blink-182. It was the first single released from the band’s second album Dude Ranch. The song was written by bassist Mark Hoppus concerning a fictional breakup with his girlfriend. Sung entirely by Hoppus in the studio recording, guitarist Tom DeLonge usually sings the chorus in live performances.
Released shortly after the release of Dude Ranch, “Dammit” became Blink-182’s first hit single, reaching number 11 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. Giving the band a glimpse of mainstream popularity, the success of the single paved the way for the massive success of Blink 182’s next album, Enema of the State.
An alternate version of the song can be found on the Can’t Hardly Wait soundtrack, the Hit Machine 20 compilation album, and the band’s Greatest Hits album, which features a drumroll right after the opening notes along with louder instrumentals. Sometimes in live performances, Mark Hoppus sings choruses to popular songs from the late 1990s such as TLC’s “No Scrubs” or “Forgot About Dre”.
The song was co-written by Tom DeLonge and Scott Raynor (with Mark Hoppus writing the lyrics), and was produced by Mark Trombino. It was reportedly written in “five minutes” as Hoppus wondered the consequences of breaking up with his girlfriend
The song was performed live on Loveline in 1997. The popularity yielded Blink-182’s first late night talk show performance, appearing as the musical guest for Late Night with Conan O’Brien on March 18, 1998. The song has been covered by Trivium, Avril Lavigne, Say Anything, Good Charlotte Hellogoodbye, Math the Band, and Fake Problems. The bands Cute Is What We Aim For, All Time Low, Leftöver Crack, Boys Like Girls, and Hey Monday have performed the song live. At the Warped Tour 2009 15th Anniversary Movie, Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith from Panic! at the Disco and Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy with others performed the song for the movie. +44, Mark Hoppus’s other band, performed the song regularly during the 2007 Honda Civic Tour.
“Dammit” can also be heard in the films Bubble Boy and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, as well as Can’t Hardly Wait. The song was used in television adverts for the film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel. It is part of the soundtrack for the video game Big Air Snowboarding. The song is a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour, and is considered a difficult song on drums. A 2008 job advertisement for future Guitar Hero playtesters listed four songs potential applicants had to be capable of playing on the highest difficulty level: applicants choosing “Dammit” had to successfully play the song with the drum controller.[3] Beating the song with the drum controller on any difficulty level will unlock Travis Barker as a playable character. The song is available as downloadable content in the Rock Band series, as well.
A rare live recording of “Dammit” in Los Angeles during the 1997 Warped Tour can be found on World Warped III Live (1999). Another rare live recording of “Dammit” can be found on The Solution to Benefit Heal the Bay (2000), a benefit album by the Heal the Bay Foundation, an environmental organization dedicating to cleaning up the San Diego Bay.
Music video
The music video (directed by Darren Doane and Ken Daurio) shows the band members going to see a movie, where the singer, Mark Hoppus, sees his ex-girlfriend with another guy. Mark, devastated, throws his popcorn into the air and Tom and Scott stand around acting like nothing happened. When the band enters the theater, Mark’s ex-girlfriend sits in front of him, so Mark tries to talk to her. She ignores Mark, and so he starts doing annoying things to distract the couple from the movie. This includes putting his feet up on their seats, getting up and spilling popcorn on them, and falling in between them trying to get candy from Tom. He then tries to put his arm around his ex-girlfriend, and the other guy chases Mark out of the theater, where they start to have a cartoon-like fight as Tom and Scott just stand in the background drinking their soda. At one point, Mark tries to hold onto Tom and pulls his pants down. The video ends with Hoppus and the boyfriend fighting and the girlfriend walking away with a theater employee, played by the band’s manager, Rick DeVoe.
The music video was eventually updated with the “alternate” version of the song featuring the drum roll intro among other tweaks.
If anyone can claim that they’re a Blink 182 fan, then they can honestly say they’re a fan of the song “Dammit” that was made famous from Blink’s album, Dude Ranch, in 1997. Even with four albums following, the band continues to perform this song over and over again at the request of millions of fans worldwide. Personally, I’ve watched live footage of Blink 182 performing “Dammit” numerous times and the crowds go utterly insane.
So what makes this song so darn popular? Another good question to ask is “Why are their so many bands attempting the same style as ‘Dammit’ and failing with Blink 182’s popularity growing every day?”
First of all, always remember that the music industry is a cut-throat business and in many instances, just not fair. Many of the reasons bands like Blink 182 succeed or die has nothing to do with music what-so-ever.
Considering that tons of pop rock bands have emerged and died since the start of Blink 182, what makes “the blink” so much more dynamic than some of these other bands? Here’s a few reasons as to why Blink succeeds with extremely simple and similar songs.
1. When Blink 182 finds a good hook, they repeat it over and over again.
Blink 182 has a good talent for finding catchy hooks from simple and over-used chord progressions, and once they discover that hook, it’s repeated. Let’s take “Dammit” for example. If you notice in the verses, Mark Hoppus sings the same melody for almost every single line! I mean, no one really cares since that’s the hook of the verse and it works so well. The same thing goes for the choruses. When Blink 182 sings “And it’s happened once again. I’ll turn to a friend, one that understands, sees through the master plan…” those phrases are all the same melody with only slight variation.
2. Each phrase is played a comfortable number.
Some pop rock bands have trouble realizing when something is just too darn long. After awhile you’ll begin to realize that some riffs just can’t stand to be played four times without ruining the drive of the song. Oppositely, some riffs finish too fast leaving the listener “hanging” so to speak. In “Dammit” Tom Delonge wrote a very simple lead riff that sets the mood for the rest of the tune. Blink 182’s intro riff happens to be a very comfortable length of time that the listener won’t get bored or feel like they’ve been slighted when the next phrase begins.
3. The subject matter is something that relates to the listening majority.
This is pretty subjective since you could argue about bands that are popular that sing of death or violence or other things that most of us have never been exposed to. However, Blink 182 sings about relationships with people. How often does the average person have a relationship? How about every day? “Dammit” isn’t any different either. It’s poking some fun at a break-up and how awkward it would be to see an “ex” with someone else. Next time you listen to some of the mainstream bands on the radio, pay attention to their subject matter. Most of the time, it’s way too generic to apply to just anybody. And a lot of it is decided by their record label contracts.
4. Each song is a progression.
I’m not talking about the chord progressions of each section in the song. I’m talking about the very subtle additions to the songs that most people don’t even notice. Does anybody realize that on the final chorus of “Dammit,” Blink 182 has a second lead guitar riff? I’m not talking about the guitar rhythm that follows Hoppus’s bass part or Delonge’s signature lead that begins the song, but another higher part altogether. Listen again and you’ll notice it.
Dammit’s hidden guitar riff is only there for the purpose of creating an up-hill progression to the song, because when something is different as the song continues, people want to keep listening. So for every band that thinks your song is done with intro/verse/chorus/intro/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus, you need to think again. Only the best songs add some subtlety to draw the listener in longer and Blink has always been able to take advantage of that.
There’s plenty of other reasons as to why bands don’t make it in the pop rock genre and a lot of it doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the composition of songs! It could just be the fact that many of them weren’t very original, or good, or dedicated. Whatever the reason is, these points could have a very big part in why Blink 182’s fame grew so quickly, and why it may never fade away.
Josie” is a song by the punk band, Blink-182 from their second studio album Dude Ranch. Singer and bassist Mark Hoppus wrote this song about how a perfect girlfriend would be for him. This girlfriend is make-believe rather than an actual person. The character portrayed on the song, a woman named Josie (whose name comes from Mark Hoppus’ friend’s dog), is recalled on the song “Online Songs” from their 2001 album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.
Two versions of this video were produced. The first featured the band playing in a basement that was quickly flooding with water. As band members Mark, Tom, and Scott were unhappy with the way the video turned out, it has never been released.
The second, released, video involves Mark, back at high school (filmed in Westlake Village, California at Westlake High School). The video begins with Tom skateboarding to school and is quickly met by Scott. Mark arrives with his mom dropping him off. He meets up with the rest of the band but they quickly warn him to turn around. Mark’s mom gives him his lunch bag and has him kiss her on the cheek. When he turns around he notices the other kids ridiculing him. Later that day he sees Josie, (played by Alyssa Milano) a girl he likes. He proceeds to faint as she passes him by. During class, Mark writes “I Love You” on a paper airplane and throws it at Josie. Ultimately it misses and reaches a fat guy (played by Jeremy Gunther). He turns around and is shocked to see the band had thrown it; Mark and Tom point the finger at Scott, who shakes his head in denial. At lunch he sees Josie and she waves to him, but when she turns she sees a jock and quickly goes to hug him. Mark, disappointed, turns around and bumps into a large guy and a food fight ensues. Outside the cafeteria Mark notices a sign for Track Tryouts. He changes in the locker room, sees the fat guy and both scream and run away in opposite directions. Tom and Scott support Mark through the tryouts. Mark runs a race and he clears the first hurdle. He looks back and Josie is cheering him on. Mark fails the second hurdle and is comically thrown to the ground. Josie, Tom, and Scott quickly run to his aid, though apparently no one else does. On the stretcher, Josie kisses Mark right before he is loaded up, and he smiles. In the ambulance he notices the fat guy is riding with him, and screams for help to no avail.
Throughout the video, the band are shown performing in the school’s lavatory, with high school-themed posters: “Go Team”, “Pep Rally Friday”, “School Is Cool”, “School Spirit” and “We’re #1”. At one stage, a poster saying “Grand Moff Tarkin 4 Prez” appears at 0:54, although the name cannot be seen. This is a reference to a character in the popular Star Wars series. It appears as a result of an obsession with Star Wars shared by Mark and a member of the film crew.
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