yes i have an eclectic taste in music. there is no other shelf where you can find backstreet boys, n'sync and westlife next to foo fighters, koRn, pearl jam and blink 182. sue me.
anyway, i fell in love with mark, tom and travis when i saw their "what's my age again" video clip. i was hooked to the song, and i think what they did in the video was balsy (pun intended) and everything started form that. i know, for all of you older blink fans, you'd probably say i caught them in the mainstream, yeah i'm the late bloomer. but i can't get myself away from blink. after 'what's my age again' i bought the copy of "enema of the state" and vowed if i ever make a band, it'll be modeled after blink 182.
the band thing never happened :) but i stuck with what i can do best, listened to music and catch the hits :p
for neighborhoods, it's like the moment i've been waiting for ever since their announcement to reunite in 2009. as soon as the copy arrived, couldn't stop jumping up and down (literally) and started cranking right away.
well, this is not the blink i knew in 1999, the lyrics is as far away from "wendy clear" or "mutt" as possible. the mood is darker, i bet no more running around naked for mark, travis and tom. or let alone a cover that features the infamous janine lindenmulder. it's like listening to a different band. not a band who grew up, but a different band.
i mean in the famous 'untitled' album (i like this take better than 'self-titled') you can still hear the old blink from some of the lyrics in some of the songs like 'violence' or 'easy target' or 'feeling this'. but this album is a complete departure from the 'old blink' so to speak.
not that i hate it (unlike the other band that i religiously listened to back then who changed their direction completely, their name rhymes with 'blinkin' bark') blink's departure actually acceptable for me. it's like they're growing up with their fans, so to speak. their lyrics capture the complication of adulthood and not about their ever growing manhood anymore (okay bad pun, i'm sorry).
anyway, even though i feel a little disappointed on the side, because sound wise, i hear no blink at all, i mean what i hear was blankva racer +44 (shoot me for these bad puns) but i think i'm learning to love this new band. the 'snake charmer' is one of my favorite. it got this verse 'cause good girl they like to sin' can be one of my collectible best-one-liner. and 'kaleidoscope' is one of my favorite, is one of the few song where mark is the lead singer, what can i say, i love that man better :p sound wise, it's a bit confusing for me, the intros are like too much foreplay before sex. i mean, just get it on already (but i guess that's the not musician side of me). but lyric wise, i bow down to the men... i mean they're just beautiful from 'ghost on the dance floor' to 'even if she falls'.
so, i guess "neighborhoods" is like seeing stiffler or michael kelso becomes an attorney, full suit and all, and suddenly quoting smart stuff. i know, trippy right? but it's not bad, not bad at all, i mean stiffler...er...blink is growing up and going to a positive adult direction (as some of his fans should have) so i just need sometime to get used to. they're still blink in my heart, not naked and singing about erection anymore, but they're still blink, the album still rocks...i just need to get used to the serious adult side of them.
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