Gave Tom an Alien Head stone at this meet & greet he did for his book years ago. He said he’d put it on his work desk. Around 6 months later he posts a picture of him at his work desk on Instagram and there it was. Made me feel so damn good.

@matthewgatens9434

2 жыл бұрын

Fire af

@danieljimenez1989

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, Tom is a real dude.

@TheRealMcFIy

2 жыл бұрын

That’s bad ass!

@db165

2 жыл бұрын

So wholesome

@jasonreyes9570

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it meant a lot. The Alien rock was so badass & unique. Found it at a thrift. I was struggling with drinking back then, so that act of him making good on his word boosted me up. Going on 4 years sober now and whenever I see clips of Tom or listen to his music, I’m always really appreciative. Good dude.

Tom touches on something here that I've been saying for years: Blink's hits were not their best songs. They were great for what they were at the time, but I think a lot of their deep cuts hold up much better over the years.

@IndigoLeague2BAmaster

2 жыл бұрын

Nah everyone's going to know them for blink 182 and everyone's going to love and know their hits cause it represents a time where things were fun and simple and they were fun and upbeat songs. Only like new gen or people that think they are better than before are gonna be gatekeeper snobs about it. It's a weird cycle too where some people were snobs about the songs back then but now when they hear it, it reminds them of a better time it's nostalgic and wish they could appreciate it more when it came out. Tom needs to stop trying to hate on his past the interviewer had to stop him in his tracks to show him to appreciate it cause to be honest the road tom was going down in that interview was stupid.

@joneslive586

2 жыл бұрын

Tom always said this dude! They finished TOYPAJ album and record company said "where's the catchy tunes for summer single?", so Tom wrote First Date and Mark wrote Rock Show both in one night. So...it was the record companies that forced them to write cheap singles for mass appealing to become hits

@jarsenberg

2 жыл бұрын

@@joneslive586 Exactly

@jarsenberg

2 жыл бұрын

@@IndigoLeague2BAmaster If people like their hits, that’s great. There’s a handful that I still really like too. It’s more when people disregard Blink due to some of their hits that I get irked since songs like First Date and The Rock Show aren’t good representations of the band in my opinion.

@IndigoLeague2BAmaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@jarsenberg actually those songs are good. Like how aren't they not good songs? Cause they aren't complex or mature or edgy? The hits will always be the representation of blink 182 and there's nothing wrong with that yeah there's other songs to like or more lyrical songs or deeper songs from them doesn't mean it makes first date or or rock show bad songs. It more bothers me that Tom doesn't appreciate it I mean he left the band and just goes to join another band for a reason yes I'm aware he did the samething as a side project in the past with box car racers but right at the beginning of this clip he goes to defend his current band about "yead" then jumps to taking shots at his old band with poking at the song all the small things. Makes no sense to me he defended the word "yead" then tries to play it off as "he did it cause he thought it was funny" but yet contradicts himself in saying the blink 182 song all the small things lyrics sounds like a 14 year old wrote it. so saying "yead" cause it's funny to you in a song is not in the lyrical category of doing something that seems like a 14 old? compared to a other song you claim the lyric sounds like a 14 old? It's very ironic and contradicting if thats the case it has nothing to do what he was making up in the interview, for some reason he took a jab at blink 182 and then stood up for his current band angels and airwaves. I'm not sure what his beef that he acts like he wants nothing to do with blink anymore and why he split up but his reasons and attitude don't seem to align between the two. I mean even when I first heard angels and air waves hit song i thought it was just another blink song I mean I don't know where he thinks angel and air waves are anywhere different in sound or lyrics.

Wow. 2:14 "We brought sunshine... with a little bit of dick jokes sprinkled on top of it" Is perhaps the best definition of what Blink 182 was about. Leave it to the man himself to describe his band perfectly.

@theirishpotato6588

Жыл бұрын

Yas

Met him at an AvA show and chatted a bit. Sweet man and his crew was great!

@kobweb2994

2 жыл бұрын

Cool story

@richh4430

2 жыл бұрын

@@kobweb2994 so cool

@michaelpaul2264

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! Soooo sick!

@brandon.lewis.

2 жыл бұрын

Weird. I also met him at an AvA show and he kicked me right in the cock and called me a peasant

"Nobody likes you when you're 23." When I was 23, my girlfriend of 2 years just dumped me and my friends were moving away from our home town. I heard that Blink song, and I was like: these guys get it.

Love it or hate it but all the small things is a timeless song. They were able to create a song that represented a specific time and it became special to many people.

@Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy

2 жыл бұрын

That song takes me right back to being a kid in my parents’ car and being in awe f of what a power chord could do

@leonardoneves7450

2 жыл бұрын

@@Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy that's pretty cool. My fiance always say that this song is a time machine to her freshman year in high school. For me it's the most 2000 song I can think of...

@dogmosatchmo

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It represented a SPECIFIC TIME. Nostalgia is it's only crutch.

@matthewstubblefield7337

2 жыл бұрын

Nah it's cringe as f to hear now. Kidz bop sing along. Last time I heard it live the people singing along made me feel like a moron for being there

@tom_shredz

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewstubblefield7337 sounds like you’ve got some internal issues to deal with

I love All The Small Things. The riff, his voice, the palm muting, the drums, the message of the song, the line about roses and stairs, all the playful double entendres... It's genius!

@jonvia

2 жыл бұрын

surprises let me know she cares.

@ianjohnson171

2 жыл бұрын

What does the line about roses and stairs mean? There's a hidden message there?

@holdenjacobs6032

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianjohnson171 no it’s because Tom’s girlfriend actually left roses for him by the stairs

@thebroomcupboard

2 жыл бұрын

@@holdenjacobs6032 Right. It's just a perfect lyric. The imagery is beautiful. So many great lines... 'watching, waiting, comiserating'... 'Turn the lights off, carry me home'... It's all the small things your girlfriend does to support you .Tom Delonge is amazing!

@CalebHimself

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebroomcupboard Woah, dude you just explained the song in a way I didn't think about. I love it even more now

All the small things is like Blink's 'Wonderwall'. I do like both songs though.

@scatterthewinds3126

2 жыл бұрын

hard to say, they have so many classics.

@jackmarlow4355

2 жыл бұрын

And oasis is biblical imo. Wonder wall is great but the hits are biblical. But I get it

@viniciuscfreitas_

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackmarlow4355 wonderwall is overrated!! the entire album is high level

@xbrandon2252

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderwall is phenomenal

@Bucboy1001

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderwall is great, just overplayed. So many great songs on What's the Story that are superior though.

I was a HUGE Blink fan in teens. I’m 35 now and I’m still that guy wearing Hurley and surf shorts in the cold north of England.

@TexasVexes

2 жыл бұрын

🤙

@RichardChalmers

2 жыл бұрын

Me too bro! 🤘

@DaveLag84

2 жыл бұрын

✌🏼😆 same here

@MrCybershade

Жыл бұрын

Me to! Also in the north of England!

@whippany

Жыл бұрын

So ur a dilf then 😉

"this shit is not indigenous to this area" is going to be in my repertoire for when I see messed-up things.

the 'it worked very well' at the end is incredibly humble, you inspired a whole generation of youth and are still the staples of pop punk! love you Tom

Blink 182 saved me in 2000 from going down a very depressive road. I listened to Enema of the State every single day that year in high school. I had just changed schools so I had no friends, it was just me, my discman and Blink 182. I'm alright now, that was a long time ago, but this is why I love them so, so much!

@tinamarie2121

2 жыл бұрын

I was in my early 20s, but in that same headspace...so, same here. Music has always been my ultimate safety net.

@mikevandemark1993

Жыл бұрын

That’s how I felt at one point in time, now I’m depressed a lot 😂 Life is difficult but at least there’s things to distract ourselves with

@oystershucksters4206

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like we’d have been friends. Love to you brother.

@j_r0dusmc168

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Them, and Eminem helped me through those Teenage years for sure

@Ikaikiastar

Жыл бұрын

This has 182 likes 🥰

“We brought sunshine” That’s exactly what you did Tom.

He’s looking at himself critically as an artist. Of course you want your new work to stand out. My favorite Blink song is probably Carousel. Specifically the live version from the Mark Tom and Travis Show. So much better than the studio version.

@thisisdeadboy

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. The live version has an entire different energy and soul to it.

@videosofdeath99

2 жыл бұрын

Hate to break it to you but carousel is not super well liked by Tom either. I'm pretty sure he's said he has no idea why that song was their most popular of their old stuff. If I remember right he said the song makes no sense and has some real gibberish lyrics according to him.

@Deschain-um7jz

2 жыл бұрын

@@videosofdeath99 I can see that. It’s just one that I really like how it all melds together.

@ethy9186

2 жыл бұрын

Man I’d take almost anything off of Buddha, Cheshire Cat or dude ranch over I miss you

@BUCKYWHEATS

2 жыл бұрын

Carousel from MTTS is absolutely one of the best.

Guy said what were all thinking.

@bon2yan88

2 жыл бұрын

1:01

Tom is an absolute treasure. We don't deserve him.

@thetrophysystem3697

Жыл бұрын

Mess*

Blink has grown with me. Born in 90, got enema in the state in 4th grade, saw them on the TOYPAJ tour middle school, self titled album tour in high school, first reunion tour, and now again in my early 30s. Their lyrics have made more and more sense as I’ve grown up, and they’re now precious jewels in my mind. Can’t say how much I appreciate this band.

@AD-df5tm

6 ай бұрын

The fact you got EotS in grade four makes me so feel so goddamn old hahaha. I think i bought dude ranch in University.

I totally agree with the guy interviewing. Blink instantly makes me 14 years old again

Nerded out when he mentioned Ireland seen Blink years ago in Dublin good times!

@Marknumskull

2 жыл бұрын

I was there too!

As one of the thousands of Irish fans at your show, I can confirm this. Thank you, Blink 182! ❤️

@cathylynch1802

Жыл бұрын

Ditto!

All the small things definitely is iconic there's no denying it. We love Blink but that one stick out in pop culture memory

Tom always been saying this about Blink's hits! They finished TOYPAJ album and record company said "where's the catchy tunes for summer single?", so Tom wrote First Date and Mark wrote Rock Show both in one night. So...it was the record companies that forced them to write cheap singles for mass appealing to become hits

@andriprstn

2 жыл бұрын

Wok temena kon iku

@mattmo317

2 жыл бұрын

The guitar riff in Rock Show is sick tho

@rachelleyeung

2 жыл бұрын

aww, i loved Rock Show. it spoke to me as a Vans' Warped Tour kid.

@deathbystereo-

Жыл бұрын

They didn’t. That’s just a story mark said on camera. They were already demos partial written

Everyone remembers the voice inside my yeeeead, but forgets how weird Mark Hoppus sings the word victim

I was in Guitar Center this weekend and a bunch of young kids, teenagers really, were playing old Blink riffs. It was awesome hearing!

Blink was one of those bands I first started listening to when I got into rock and metal. They inspired me to learn guitar too. In grade 8, I met a kid in summer school and he was a punker that played guitar, and he taught me some invaluable things in my journey as a guitar player. He was a huge tom delonge fan, had that classic green strat tom used before he switched over to that Gibson ES 333. I lost touch of him a long time ago, but I still have those memories. Even tho I don't listen to much punk or rock music, blink182 is one of those bands I still listen to. Mutt is my favorite song

The thing is, Master of Puppets is great, but I don't have many memories attached to that song. All The Small Things, on the other hand, reminds me of so many people and so many moments. So it's not always about the "best" songs, it's about what connects with people in a vital part of their lives.

@fray3dendsofsanity

Жыл бұрын

Well also, those songs came out 13 years apart. different generations...Master of Puppets was like early Gen-X kids, All the Small Things was firmly team Millenial

@pirols1

Жыл бұрын

Nailed it

Theres not a bad song on Take Off Your Pants And Jacket. My favourite album that got me into drumming. Thanks Tom! I love you!

Dude Ranch will forever be my favorite Blink album. I liked Buddha, but Dude Ranch sold me. I've never disliked a single album they've released-including the new stuff; but Dude Ranch has always held a special place in my heart.

@HiMyNameIsJonathan

2 жыл бұрын

Developed my guitar and bass chops from Dude Ranch. During the summer back in 2001 going into 9th grade I’d wake up from my dark room, open the blinds and windows, let the sun shine in and blast Dude Ranch. Listening to those tracks back really let my imagination run about what high school and being an adult would be like. Such a trip.

@blackwagon18

2 жыл бұрын

That's the album that got me!! I was 15 when it came out and I got to see them on tour with Bad Religion promoting Enema of the state, one of my favorite shows, still have the ticket stub.

@vdromuzaraki

2 жыл бұрын

Dude ranch is a masterpiece from that single piece of time (mid 90's), it captures everything that a middle class misfit boy was back then, I love it, that album talked to me. For me, the best blink album ever.

@stolensentience

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s the best

@leewhitworth9142

2 жыл бұрын

Same here dude! Dude Ranch is my fav too, sounds so rad.

All the Small Things is just a song that makes you feel happy to be alive. It's a personification of the American dream. It's something to reach for and to hope for. Brilliant song

I haven't not skipped All The Small Things since it's original run. Dumpweed/Aliens Exist/Going aways to College are my favorites off that album.

@classicalliberal-nationall5153

2 жыл бұрын

And Dysentery Gary xDD

@stolensentience

2 жыл бұрын

That album perfect start to finish

@Xhoven

2 жыл бұрын

Yesssss Aliens Exist → Going Away To College is the highlight of the album!

@markstaud

Жыл бұрын

Adams Song for me. Blinks B-Sides we’re better than their hits in every single album.

@SupermanNew52

Жыл бұрын

@@markstaud This is true for most bands I like.

San Diego here!! Poway home boy!

DeLonge simply pays tribute to his proud french ancestors and performs a beautiful link between My and Head, french style My_ead

All The Small Things will always be one of my favorites

2010 I Found Blink182 and +44 during a amazing time in life when life wasn't great but those songs kept me smiling and dancing thru the nights we will always miss blink

The Blink 182 Songs with Tom in the Band really bring me Back at my Youth Day-without the Bad Sites -everytime and forever -Hope for the Young People Today the find here own Blink 182

loved that he mentioned Ireland

I absolutely love the way tom sings.. he is the reason I love blink. His parts in the songs were always my favourite.

There are few songs that take me back immediately from the first note like all the small things. It's a memento from a period of time that doesn't exist anymore

My favorite Blink song that Tom wrote is Violence, such a fucking good, yet experimental song

I was in a pub in London a couple of months ago and the live band played all the small things and everyone was singing it and dancing. Classic.

I got into blink 182 later in life. Yet here I was with my step brothers listening to them today and it felt so nostalgic.

They really did bring the sunshine. I remember I lived in England at 15 years old, it was cold and rainy all the time, and blink was my sunshine.

Kinda interesting to hear he feels that way about All The Small Things. It's not one of my fav Blink songs 😅

@VTunes_

2 жыл бұрын

Same, but a lot of the people within the blink fanbase/community play it up to be one of their best songs. I don't really like ATST, to be honest with you [not to say that it's the worst thing in the world]. It's honestly kinda underwhelming when compared to the rest of the album. Tom's right: they do have better songs. IMO, tracks like Mutt, Dumpweed and Going Away to College should've gotten the spotlight that ATST got.

@pratosaurusrex1128

2 жыл бұрын

All The Small Things is alright but they have better songs. It’s just everyone knows it. I’d love to play Miss You or Pathetic in a cover band but people probably wouldn’t know it.

@Stevethebeve101

2 жыл бұрын

@@pratosaurusrex1128 I miss you is one of their biggest songs

@pratosaurusrex1128

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stevethebeve101 not in the U.K. it isn’t. I probably should have mentioned I was in U.K.

@emmanuelbongar7370

2 жыл бұрын

@@pratosaurusrex1128 If only you lived in Australia, they’d get crazy for Dude Ranch songs

1:15 so true that’s “after midnight”, “up all night”, and “kaleidoscope” for me

As a kid this was one of the best albums i ever heard. One of the first albums i heard that felt perfect. IT just beckoned you to play it all the way through. Still holds up better than most albums from that era.

Thats all I could think about whenever I listend to "Miss You" which is already a really great tune. YEAD

I miss living in LA and listening to ted and stryker every day. Hope they are doing well

so interesting how some of the creators of these great things totally miss how important and special it is to the fans lol. maybe it's inevitable from their perspective, but man. blink was special.

Oh wow, it’s so great to see wht he thinks of it all. All the small things being the one that stuck out for blink. From cacophony all the way after midnight, he really did put out his heart into all of his songs. Really rad dude Thomas delogne

I play along to all the small things on my fender Delonge guitar at least once a week. Played at my 8th grade talent show back in 2000 and it’s my favorite blink song next to Mutt. Really enjoy playing bass to that song too.

He speaks the truth, there is a MASSIVE blink/skate fandom here in Ireland 🇮🇪 still to this day

I was in 7th grade and I bought my first ever album. It was Take Off Your Pants and Jacket! I picked a perfect album!

I grew up on Blink 182. Great memories!

I'm Irish and what Tom said is facttttts

I personally enjoy when Tom pronounces "something" as "sometheen" in their songs also XD.

I'm glad he embraced it again. I remember seeing them one time where he struggled to avoid singing it. To the point that he would actually slow down his vocals during that part.

“We brought sunshine with a little bit of dick jokes sprinkled in” greatest quote of all time

I remember doing this song for an air guitar talent show in grade 8 when I was 13 years old... I'm now 35 lol

one is my favorite metallica song.

All the small things is the first blink song that I learned, and it’s fun to play

All the small things is such an endearing song, hearing it always makes me so happy

"The voice inside my yead." Probably my all time favourite track from 182, so deep.

I always loved Adam's song and feeling this the most

@tyler4723

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! And Carousal. The opening guitar riff is the best

Its a happy song. It takes me back to a happy time.

I saw him at warped tour in 08! He was playing in angels an airways! Bad ass! I didn't even know they were gonna be there

Some of my favorite songs are from Box Car Racer!

Adam’s Song is my favorite Blink song. ❤️

6 Months later and the reunion is official. Blink182 world tour 2023 LFG!

This dude lives down the road from me still crazy to think about

Great way to describe them. 👍

The fact he used the word "sunshine" i think nails the feeling we all felt and thought.

It will now be my goal to send tom every bad all the small things cover

Mutt, Dammit, First Date are some of my favorites!

Tom to me is and was Blink!his singing style is what makes him unique!

12 year old Joe with new Blink record in Walkman when track 8 came on: "Great, Tom wrote a little kid song and it's the only song the radio is ever going to play."

TOM 💜

First date or stay together for the kids would be my most memorable blink songs. The second song because I was old enough to know what my parents meant when they were divorcing and it was oddly the exact same year my Dad won custody of me "stay together for the kids" came out.

I never met him before and he was great.

Love u TOM!! yeah i played all the small things in like 10 bands LOL everyone knows how to play it

I love I miss you! can't believe he acknowledge his pronounciation of that phrase! XD hillarious!

Box Car Racer!

Still wearin Hurley and billabong today lol

It's good to see Paul Kariya still going strong after all these years.

"Sunshine and dick jokes" is actually a very apt description for the band. When I hear pretty much any Blink track I'm reminded of hangin' out with my friends as a kid during the Summer breaks. Great stuff.

@dynamitecity9667

Жыл бұрын

Sunshine and Dick sprinkles...That should be the title for the next album 🤣

*goes back*

Putting on a blink album feels like home

Love that he mentioned Losing My Mind 😂 first time I saw that I was dying

I wish he would come back

Everybody -> loves both

I also love the voice inside my yead part no shame very Catchy

I love you Tom!!!!!!

most matured band ive ever seen so damn good and AVA is next lev

Tom will always be the voice inside my yead! 😭😭😭😭

I wanted hear what Tom thought were their clearly better songs. I’m going on record that Dysentery Gary is the most criminally underrated song on Enema; Going Away to College and Mutt are also fantastic. Small Things did have that hilarious video though.

That about Ireland is so true. The skate culture made us all so happy here in England and other miserable cold places.

Stryker you hit the nail on the head! We listen to it because it takes us back to a time that we sorely miss now. The music is literally a time machine. Even if it's a little cringe, you know what sucks about cringe? It's robbing our creativity, the colour and life from our world. Self awareness is great, but it makes art feel cold and less emotional. I'm just going off the top now - just how I feel.

@TunaonToastwithStryker

Жыл бұрын

thank you!!

Grande Tom💜😸

Stryker has the coolest effin job!!

Tom’s vocals on Cheshire Cat were epic

Coincidentally Hurley is the name of a stick used to play a Gaelic sport in Ireland called Hurling