Blink 182 - First Date, (Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, 2001)
important questions to ask potential future friends:
- mark hoppus or tom delonge?
- but why not travis barker?
- pre-9/11 blink 182 (dude ranch) or post-9/11 blink 182 (self-titled)?
- “all the small things” video or “first date” video?
- boxcar racer or +44 or angels and airwaves?
- I always had a fondness for Tom’s whiny voice, so him.
- He was always too professional about things. He couldn’t hide well enough that the poop jokes were a job. (One of my good friends in high school had a total crush on him though.)
- pre-9/11
- “All the Small Things” is classic but has kind have lost its punch now we’re more than a decade removed from the boy-band era. “First Date,” though, has goofy ’70s fashion and go-karts, which will be funny forever.
- The only acceptable answer is Boxcar Racer.
