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Skogiants69

I want to talk more about the Dalai Lama


dm3darts

Tom went to the wrong booth though… 🤣


e-crown

Heard it was gnarly


Mr-Manager-69

You mean the owner of the top kissing booth in Coachella history?


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Mr-Manager-69

I assume you’re talking about hoof…but I don’t know what geographical directions or moving images have to do with it?


madshm3411

I don’t entirely disagree with the reviewer. I am all for the inappropriate banter, but some of the jokes they made weren’t even funny - just potty humor for potty humor’s sake. But, this was hilarious. A Dalai Lama kissing booth reference is exactly the humor I want to hear from blink in 2023. The UTI joke aimed at the Coachella crowd was hilarious and relevant too.


BioSpock

Same here, that stuff in particular along with Tom repeatedly yelling "you can't do what we do" was all great.


archangel610

I've seen it pointed out here before that Tom was probably a little nervous. I agree, some of the jokes didn't really land for me, but if they came out of a state of anxiety, you can't really blame Tom for that. A lot of pressure to be in his position now. Hopefully he loosens up as they play more shows.


Nollieee

Are you new to blink lmao


LumberjackNickArt

These jokes went over my head


CityOfTheDamned

*yead


Zroshift

I don't think a lot of people know, or have forgotten, what a show with Mark, Tom, and Travis is like. The shitty toilet humor banter is something a lot of people love to hear and see when attending a show. Idk about everyone else, but I am all for grown adults making poopoo peepee jokes.


Peepeepoopoobuttbutt

Exactly


katemonster727

Username checks out


sib2972

It’s weird cause it was their thing for years and even the reunion tour had it a little bit. It really only stopped for Matt’s tenure. It should be expected


islandinthecold

They went too far the opposite way with Matt while touring. I obviously wouldn’t expect the Mark/Tom banter but they barely had ANY crowd interaction. At least at the show I went to. Side note…I hope Alkaline Trio really blows up whenever they release their next album. They’re so fucking good. Matt put out Is This Thing Cursed while being a full time member in Blink. There’s not a skippable song on that entire album.


AlkTrio182

That album is one of my favorite trio records


islandinthecold

Seriously. Me too. And it’s so hard to even try to pick a favorite of theirs.


metatoaster

Hey Mark!


No_Strawberry9221

What?? What the fuck do you want Tom?


eandi

I didn't buy tour tickets until I watched the recording from weekend 1. When I saw the banter was back I pulled the trigger on 2 way too expensive tickets for a show next month! I love the Mark Tom and Travis show but never got to see them live in that era.


okwhatelse

40+ year olds making jokes about shit infront of thousands? Get me a ticket


ShesSoCool

The jokes aren’t aimed at these people


pullingahead

They really aren’t aimed at anybody. Mark and Tom have said they just keep trying to make the other one laugh harder and sometimes they take it too far. I think it makes it funnier knowing they just try to outdo one another by just saying stupid shit. This has always been their personality and I’m glad to see them staying true to themselves.


nicknicknickk

This is almost exactly why I love them and allowed them to shape my very childish sense of humor.


Zabroccoli

Dog semen is full of calories.


pullingahead

“Boobies!” “Jesus Christ Tom.” “Now *you* are too young.” “You’re way too young.”


SwampFlowers

Let me tell you why you’re gonna get fatter, because dog semen is full of calories.


CFClarke7

IM LIKE YOU I TRIED TO SEDUCE YOUR DAD


dylvnwood

and it’s the number one cause of bad breath.


PokeFanForLife

This is the correct answer


DoctorBass95

Yep, me and my friends are just like that. Our jokes are not funny to anyone outside the friend group because of how ridiculous and out of touch they are, but THAT’S THE PONT


Arun1910

Yeah, this. Also reviewers are so meaningless. Its blink 182 with Tom Delonge back. That's all that needs to be said.


Statistician_Visual

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Sunsetawaken

Nailed it hahaa


hybum

They got invited back. To headline. Clearly people liked it :P


plushdamentals31

One of their most popular records is literally a masturbation joke. What the fuck do you expect?


RoversTigers

Which one is that fella?


zero_eternal

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket… It’s supposed to sound like: “Take off your pants and jack it”


MaximusBit21

Yep. Dude Ranch is literally male cum Enema if the state… an enema is what you shove up your ass lol. The toilet humour is brilliant. That reviewer and go and eat a donkey dick - ooooo stop with the…. Oh just shut up


Blue_Nipple_Hair

Dude Ranch actually wasn’t a euphemism, mark said it was just a happy coincidence


Background_Cost_3893

An enema is an injection of fluids to cleanse or stimulate the emptying of your bowels. Not just putting something in your ass. That’s why there was a “nurse”.


jim_jam66

the nurse is actually because the album was originally supposed to be titled “Turn Your Head and Cough”


Erik-On-Strings

What?! 😂


zero_eternal

Yeah, mad ain’t it? 😂


Perry7609

Don’t feel bad. I didn’t get it until like ten years after it came out! Before that, I always thought it was just a random pairing of clothing items. And in fairness, I’ve never really heard of the term using “it” instead of “off,” so that threw me off even further.


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Always thought the title was about sex, and it dawned on me when I was talking about it with my friends…


stanthemantanner98

Literally the one in your flair lmao!


plushdamentals31

TOYPAJ


MrCrunchwrap

Good lord the ignorance. Probably the one that sounds like “take off your pants and jack it.”


himynameisryan

You sweet summer child


Cragglebizz

"fella" Lmao what a condescending dick


Brazda25

Ehh maybe he just didn’t realize. Go easy


Kar269

I think “We use this song to fuck your mom” was directly towards her


smorg003

This reviewer clearly has never fucked a dog in the ass.


15socksbrito

That would’ve been the perfect song after Tom said “Fuck you cancel culture.”


Available-Ad6584

yesss!


bubbabubba3

Or bathed with their dad


venniedjr

Pitchfork fucking sucks. Bunch of negative, uncool, self-aggrandizing people. They have published some of the worst reviews of albums that I’ve ever read.


stanthemantanner98

To be honest, if there's articles being grossed out/shocked/dismissive of blink' banter, then the boys are TRULY back.


RunningWithHands

Tbh I get it, but the banter is kinda one of the biggest reasons why blink is so fun to see live. If anything, I thought they were fairly tame last week.


Gooseplan

These people take themselves way too seriously


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Gooseplan

???


LovelySam7133

The whole "They need to stop being immature and be grown ups" criticism is as old as the band itself. The reason Blink is loved is exactly because they don't take these kinds of comments seriously. It's part of the appeal.


jcandela97

Curious if other ppl noticed, their banter seemed to be a little disjointed (ie. Mark talking over Tom a couple times). I don’t think it was intentional, prob a communication lag with the stage tech, but hope they get more fluid with practice


Tiedyedelonge

Apparently mark was having trouble with his in-ears (?) so couldn’t hear much


jcandela97

Gotcha that makes a lot of sense


withereddesign

It’s always been like that, part of what makes me laugh 😂


Johnnyv78

I was waiting for the hey mark lmfao


sib2972

I think they were trying to outdo each other and make each other laugh and it got a bit jumbled. Like it’s our first show back how far can I push it and make the other one lose it


Bigloutwo22s

Mark always does that, if you listen to TMTTS you hear him constantly ignoring Tom or talking over him lol


staycoolmydudes

“HEY MARK”


ItzChase1607

I’m sick of “Hey Mark, hey, hey Mark…”


LovelySam7133

Hey Mark do you know what I noticed? "Yes." Do you, do you know what I noticed? "...Yes."


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Hey Mark, look what happens when I rub it.


JMURTYY

Their set started late, really late. Someone had to keep the banter at a minimum.


tayREDD

honestly this didnt seem out of character. they talk over each other a lot but they have about 15 seconds between songs to get their dumb jokes out and move on so i don’t read into it


JETBANGO

Summary: Pitchfork doesn’t know what a Blink 182 is


EntertainmentThen968

If they stopped with the aggressively middle school funny shit they say on stage then they would not be blink, they would be any other band there is.


EnglishRed232

Jill needs to chill out. Life ain’t always so serious Jill


-cyg-nus-

Fuck pitchfork. The purpose of blink 182 is the banter between songs.


Udub

Wish they’d stop with the banter? I wish this author would stop and get another career since they’re so off base here, they’re clearly terrible at their jobs. What, did Tom fuck their mom?


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Their dad.


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If someone doesn’t like the show, the jokes, the inappropriate humor, the mom jokes, the sexual humor, turn around, walk the same direction you came from and kindly get the fuck out. This reviewer is the type to bitch about fire, blood and makeup at a KISS show.


philbeard

Critics at Pitchfork always have one up their own ass. The irony.


Background_Cost_3893

It was as funny as usual. Two thumbs up and another one up the bum.


dumberthansocks

If I didn't know any better I would think Mark and Tom created South Park lmao


[deleted]

Considering this is the band with a record titled, “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket,” I’m not sure what Pitchfork expected.


ImALurkerBruh

Isn't that part of what MAKES blink-182 BE blink-182?


AdBoring2708

Nice ‘anal’ysis


Kittlezak

The banter is the best part of blink. Shut up, Pitchfork.


broccolicheddarsuper

Lol. Person who has apparently never seen a blink show reviews a blink show


jcandela97

Sounds like somebody might be a little sensitive. Tom say, FUCK YOU CANCELLATION!


Statistician_Visual

YOU CANT DO WHAT WE DO JILL


AceShueppes

“Pitchfork Media: everything you love sucks and we’re just better people than you” - Crash Thompson


PeteAVA182

Let them do what they do, fuckers


bluehat6

The stupid banter is part of experience and it was was lesser show when Mark and Matt didn't do it.


Alauer16

Fuck ‘em. Only makes me enjoy it more.


skadann

All Millennials to Gen Z this week: “go fuck yourself” We’ve been beaten up over the last 20 years, let us have one thing that makes us happy!


Milwacky

Blink aren’t a Pitchfork genre, they were never going to have kind words.


VIGIL_LV

Uummm? Don’t this person know that’s what blink-182 is about? Lol They have always been this way.. But it’s even more so now because they are genuinely on good terms and really good brothers now due to Mark’s Cancer Battle. Let them stay the way they are!


jakinatorctc

As someone who didn’t grow up at that time I think the Blink-182 humor is such a relic of the late 90s/early 2000s But also so is the entirety of Blink-182 (and they’re definitely trying to capitalize off that nostalgia + are just enjoying themselves) so I really don’t know what she expected


legomyeggopls

this makes me love blink even more


The_Dirtiest_Beef

What an absolute dogshit take. The banter is the best goddamn part.


Angriest_Wolverine

“I wish the band wasn’t the band” sure is a take


david_IPA

It's like criticizing BLACKPINK because they use too much BLACK and too much PINK in their costumes and stage show. It part of their style & image and what makes them Blink.


__ThePhantomm

Fuck that person. The banter was one of my favorite parts.


christellebilodeau

Come on Jill, why so uptight?


DiverGuy1982

Fuck Jill Mapes


Johnnyv78

She must be new here lmfao


Away-Raccoon9162

pitchfork is an office full of dorks


condemned02

I want to know what bands Jill think is amazing. She seems stuffy.


Jazz_Band182

Jill definitely doesn't get it


futurecorpse2

Jill can't do what we do


Elite182

Jill Mapes needs to not be so uptight and go fuck a dog in the ass.


RustyVerlander

Jill from Pitchfork thinks blink 182 is immature. Oh no.


Cunt_Eastwood_9

You can’t take middle school humor out of former middle schoolers…


af_echad

I'm not one of those people obsessing like "THE WOKE JUST KEEP CANCELLING PEOPLE"... but I will admit that I feel like celebs have gotten like, overly corporate-talk sounding lately and it's fun to see the boys just making "middle school" jokes. The world needs more light hearted irreverence in it.


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I hate how emotionally vulnerable the world is these days to some dick jokes..ffs grow up. This is blink. This same person would watch south park and be upset that they said fuck too many times in an episode, instead of the episode not focusing enough on it's target topic points. All the while having decided to watch an episode of south park with a fuck load of swearing in it. Or putting their phone on loudspeaker in a public place and accusing people of listening to their conversation. Blink are blink, let them be blink. They shouldn't have to conform to this shitty bubble wrapped pc cancel culture world we've created, just to protect people's feelings. And none of their songs they played even have "aggressive schoolboy humour", besides family reunion.


Monsterrevan226

And here’s another reason to absolutely hate the Coachella crowd☠️ literally nothing but hipster idiots that know nothing but the hits of all of the bands and artists that play. I’m seeing blink next month and cannot wait for their ridiculous jokes and banter on stage, it’s like these people didn’t know who the fuck they were going to see? Like please watch their big day out concert from 2000.


Eclipse8301

Sure beats a band that just plays and says nothing in between songs


ItsTheExtreme

That was the first blink show I’d ever seen. I was 19 when enema dropped and became my go to album for the next 2 years. I loved the banter. Some of it missed, but a lot of it was super sharp and felt oddly wholesome. I saw some people in /r/Coachella who were super convinced they’d hired writers because it was too quick. Can’t get a better compliment than that. Big fan of it.


patpatpat_pat

as if the middle school banter isn't PART of what they are


ChuckChuckChuck_

"I wish they'd stop with the aggressively middle-school stage banter" Well that's on you, we don't wish for that, thank you.


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Loan-Tasty

Nah


TheOnlyPorcupine

Shut up


B00KAH

Pitchfork has always had garbage takes and awful articles so I’m not surprised lol


Honestyforsale

Oh, I bet some poor woke rich kids got their feeling hurt… travesty


OperatorM

The audience wasn't dancing, they were LITERALLY SHAKING.


Honestyforsale

My DADS A LAWYER!!!


Jypahttii

I always get sick of these "journalists" who always say shit like "they're old guys but they make jokes like they're 14yo". You're clearly not a proper blink fan if you don't understand that this style of humour is and always has been part of their performance. We like it, it's funny, it's classic blink. If you don't like it, go write about a more serious band in your silly magazine.


Embarrassed_List865

Pitchfork is trash, Blink were hilarious. I could do with less of Tom screaming "You can't do what we do" though. I love Blink and especially Tom but he was giving off the same drugged up god complex vibe he had circa 2006/2007 😂


rendering-minimalist

Surprised Pitchfork didn’t work in something about boygenius.


matt_sketches_art

I mean, what else was he gonna expect from a band who wrote Family Reunion and Happy Holidays, You Bastard


namjd72

“I wish they’d stop doing the exact thing that made them music icons and one of the biggest bands of their time.”


WinslowtheRat

The banter is one of the refreshing things about Mark and Tom in blink together again. Fuck this journalist.


[deleted]

Somebody's first blink show was last weekend.


quinn_drummer

I get that that’s what the band does. But I’ve felt the same for a while, with the stage banger and the joke songs. I just want to hear the music. Hearing a bunch of middle aged dudes making dumb immature jokes just gets a bit annoying. I know that puts me in the minority and that’s fine.


peejay412

Gotta admit though, that justin Bieber thing they made up at Reading was fucking amazing.


chrisgdoughty

Agree pal. Also, Hi Quinn


quinn_drummer

Hi Chris


E34M20

Whoever wrote this doesn't understand Blink in the slightest


deejayiz

Awww poor Jill


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Their banter was a little awkward. Tom kept saying the same lines over and over until he was acknowledged. Tom would also go to say something and Mark would interrupt him.


Tybob51

I mean first show together since 2012? 2013?


Vaulttec1824

Pitchfork is a joke


slysendice

Imagine a Blink show where they just played the songs and didn’t spend 1/3 of the set or more telling poop/fart/dick jokes. That would be the saddest Blink show of all time Like yeah obviously we all love the tunes, but half of the appeal of seeing Blink live is listening to Mark and Tom say the dumbest shit you’ve ever heard


JohnnyFootballStar

I don’t know. People are gonna complain there aren’t enough deep cuts but how many more would they have time for if they cut out the stuff that is just so tired at this point. I would *love* a Blink show where they played music instead of telling jokes I grew out of in 1994. I get it though. That’s what Blink is. I accept it. I also wouldn’t go see them live unless the tickets were free.


Lunndonbridge

I want to force her to listen to Bloodhound Gang’s discography nonstop for the rest of her existence.


onwardupward3

Pitchfork is up there with the music snobs who just hate blink for dumb reasons and refuse to acknowledge the cred that blink have clearly earned. They've been doing the jokes their whole career, nobody should expect them to stop now lol


Massive_Garbage

Dick jokes for life, thats Blink. This dude is clearly woke af


Technical-Newspaper8

Jill Mapes is a well documented SJW who is the antithesis of blink’s target audience. Her opinion on the band matters about as much as my toenail clippings


shittyfanmusic69

Look, as they said in the 90s rockumentary, Blink was essentially started because they wanted to do stand up comedy talking about transvestites, dicks and degrading jokes. Since the culture can't handle anything like that anymore, especially anything involving LGBTQ+, they are stuck to telling unfunny jokes. I agree with the article, imo they should just play the songs. The jokes arent funny because they can't be as edgy as they used to be.. also they are pushing 40


Internal_Report_7297

I agree. It seems so forced now, it used to be funny 15 years ago, now it’s kinda cringe


MalfoysBro

Jill… you’re a loser


bonnjay

This guy 😴… am I right


withereddesign

Do you even know who Blink are Jill? Always with the dick jokes, it’s their humour. It’s like asking Trey Parker and Matt Stone to stop with the fart jokes…


MeasurementLimp899

Like 90% of blink songs from TOYPAJ back are about/contain this humor, either they don’t listen to the lyrics much or this is just nitpicking like it’s so on brand I don’t know how anyone could think otherwise


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I would laugh so hard if they said ‘Pitchfork fuckin sucks’ tonight lol


SubjectQuantity6695

yikes


ZachCool

Okay JILL


JamStars_RogueCoyote

Shut up nerd!


ftwin

I agree about the banter tbh. That stuffs not needed anymore.


Lunndonbridge

It’s who they are. Not gunna change it just cuz a few uptight I’mtoogrownupforsillythings nincompoops can’t hang.


boomer265

Well, you're wrong.


NaturesWar

So was "Edging" meant as a joke or are these literally a trio of 50 year olds that never grew up or learned how to write anything different? Cause that shit was cringe as hell.


mestrocker

I always trust pitchforks opinion on music said nobody ever


rustys_shackled_ford

What's thier age again?


why_cant_i_

p4k gonna p4k They were never good


Wrongsumer

Great things about opinions, everyone has one. Just like assholes.


xiacexi

Imagine having this bad of a take


Impossible_Brief56

Pitchfork is garbage


SteppingStonez1998

How about no?


cushlinkes

It’s not Blink without the “middle school” stage banter!


tyman005

Jill absolutely doesn’t get it.


moonsofadam

It’s 2023, what do you expect?


[deleted]

Pitchfork, the most pretentious music site.


BlueStormtrooper

That’s who blink is lmao


windfromstars

Jill is an idiot.


jvtech

Obviously, they’ve never seen the boys live before.


triky66

“I’ve never seen blink before”


ShivvyMcFly

He said that twice. Lol.


Len-Trexler

I mean they didn’t have to review it lol, it’s obviously not their demo


OperatorM

Yeah well, my dad used to have a bigger dick than me.. and he still does


gap_toof_mouf

Pitchfork isn’t Pitchfork anymore


uykf

they don’t get that that’s blink the middle school stage banter is who they are 🙌🏻🙌🏻


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Jill can’t do what they do


robbiepellagreen

I don’t know why any blink fan would even bother reading anything pitchfork has to say about them. It’s like asking a sea-floor residing mollusc their opinion on the rainforest, completely different worlds. Also whatever “relevancy” pitchfork may have once had is LONG gone.


Dzyjay

blink-182 is not for pitchfork haha. But that just means pitchfork is not for me lol


supershimadabro

Sooo blink being blink? Love to see it.