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After the success of "Enema of the State" and their greatest hits live album "The Mark, Tom and Travis Show," in 2001 Blink-182 released "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket," an album whose title speaks for itself; in fact, depending on the pronunciation, this title can mean "Take off your pants and underwear" or, by interpreting "Jacket" as "Jack it," "Take off your pants and masturbate," the jury is still out for history to decide.
The title already encapsulates the intent of this latest effort from the Californian group, which is to goof around by addressing decisively adolescent themes with strokes of punk-rock, or punk-pop for those who maliciously define it that way...
The tracklist includes thirteen songs plus two bonuses that vary depending on the edition of the CD. The dance opens with "Anthem part two," a parody of the track "Anthem" contained in the album "Enema of the state" in which Delonge yells like only he can and gives voice to the agony of adolescents in relation to society, politicians, and the limitations a sixteen-year-old can have.
The listening continues with "Online Songs" which sets the atmosphere for "First Date," a highly successful hit and the second single from the album in which the trio dedicates themselves to narrating the sensations and awkward behaviors one experiences on a first date.
Among the various tracks aimed at the masses like "The Rock Show" or "Everytime I look for You," one song stands out which was released as the third single from the album, "Stay together for the kids," where we find a verse sung by the low and calm voice of bassist Mark Hoppus and a chorus shouted by guitarist Tom Delonge, a heartbreaking and angry outburst in which the singer unleashes all the difficulty of his childhood torn apart by his parents' divorce, the unique and main theme of the track.
Overall, "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket" is an album where the influence that commercial success has had on Blink-182 does surface, but it offers more than satisfying insights for lovers of the genre and especially for the band's fans.
One of the six bonus tracks is worth highlighting, "What Went Wrong," the group's first acoustic song that decidedly breaks the festive and absurd atmosphere of the album, presenting itself as a solo guitar ballad in which Tom Delonge for the first time does not stop at the purely ironic surface of love, as Blink-182 have accustomed their audience by singing about disappointments, embarrassing situations, etc., but instead, launches into a less sentimentally stereotyped analysis, thus gifting those who listen to a track that is undoubtedly catchy but also deep.
Tracklist and Lyrics
02 Online Songs (02:24)
I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest who'd have known?
I traced the cord back to the wall
No wonder it was never plugged in at all
I took my time, I hurried up
The choice was mine I didn't think enough
I'm too depressed to go on
You'll be sorry when I'm gone
[Chorus:]
I never conquered, rarely came
16 just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over we'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never thought I'd die alone
Another six months I'll be unknown
Give all my things to all my friends
You'll never step foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up
Remember the time that I spilled the cup
Of apple juice in the hall
Please tell mom this is not her fault
[Chorus:]
I never conquered, rarely came
16 just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over we'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never conquered, rarely came
Tomorrow holds such better days
Days when I can still feel alive
When I can't wait to get outside
The world is wide, the time goes by
The tour is over, I've survived
I can't wait till I get home
To pass the time in my room alone
03 First Date (02:49)
In the car, I just can't wait
To pick you up on our very first date
Is it cool if I hold your hand?
Is it wrong if I think it's lame to dance?
Do you like my stupid hair?
Would you guess that I didn't know what to wear?
I'm just scared of what you think
You make me nervous so I really can't eat
Let´s go -
Don't wait -
This night's almost over
Honest -
Let´s make -
This night last forever
Forever, and ever... let´s make this last forever
Forever, and ever... let´s make this last forever
When you smile, I melt inside
I'm not worthy for a minute of your time
I really wish it was only me and you
I'm jealous of everybody in the room
Please don't look at me with those eyes
Please don't hint that your capable of lies
I dreamt the thought of our very first kiss
A target that I'm probably gonna miss
Let´s go -
Don't wait -
This night's almost over
Honest -
Let´s make -
This night last forever
Forever, and ever... let´s make this last forever
Forever, and ever... let´s make this last forever
Let´s go -
Don't wait -
This night's almost over
Honest -
Let´s make -
This night last forever
Forever,and ever... let´s make this last forever
Forever,and ever... let´s make this last forever
Forever,and ever... let´s make this last forever
Forever,and ever... let´s make this last forever!
05 Story of a Lonely Guy (03:39)
Push it out, fake a smile
AVERT disaster, just in time
I need a drink, cause in a while
Worthless answers from friends of mine
It's dumb to ask, cool to ignore
Girls posess me, but they're never mine
I made my entrance, avoided hazards
Checked my engine, I fell behind........I fell behind
She makes me feel like it's raining outside
And when the storm's gone i'm all torn up inside
I'm always nervous on, days like this like the prom
I get too scared to move, cause i'm a fuckin' boy
Remember when I was in the grocery store, now's my time
Lost the words,lost my nerve, lost the girl, left the line
I would wish upon a star, but that star, it doesn't shine
So read my book with a boring ending
A short story of a lonely guy........Who fell behind
She makes me feel like it's raining outside
And when the storm's gone i'm all torn up inside
I'm always nervous on, days like this like the prom
I get too scared to move, cause i'm a fuckin' boy
She makes me feel like it's raining outside
And when the storm's gone i'm all torn up inside
I'm always nervous on, days like this like the prom
I get too scared to move, cause i'm still just a stupid worthless boy
06 The Rock Show (02:51)
Hanging out behind the club on the weekends
Acting stupid, getting drunk with my best friends
I couldn't wait for the summer and the Warped Tour
I remember that it's the first time that I saw her there
She's getting kicked out of school cause she's failing
I'm kinda nervous, cause I think all her friends hate me
She's the one, she'll always be there
She took my hand and I made it I swear
Because I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
She said "what?" and I told her that I didn't know
She's so cool, gonna sneak in through her window
Everything's better when she's around
Can't wait until her parents go out of town
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
When we said we were gonna move to Vegas
I remember the look her mother gave us
17 without a purpose or direction
We don't owe anyone a fuckin explanation
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
She said "what?" and I told her that I didn't know
She's so cool, gonna sneak in through her window
Everything's better when she's around
Can't wait until her parents go out of town
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
Black and white picture of her on my wall
I waited for her call, she always kept me waiting
And if I ever got another chance I'd still ask her to dance
Because she kept me waiting
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
She said "what?" and I told her that I didn't know
She's so cool, gonna sneak in through her window
Everything's better when she's around
Can't wait until her parents go out of town
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
with the girl at the rock show
with the girl at the rock show
(I'll never forget you)
with the girl at the rock show......(x5)
07 Stay Together for the Kids (03:59)
It's hard to wake up
When the shades have been pulled shut
This house is haunted
It's so pathetic
It makes no sense at all
I'm ripe with things to say
The words rot and fall away
If a stupid poem could fix this home
I'd read it everyday
So here's your holiday
hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years
now lost
It's not right
Their anger hurts my ears
Been running strong for seven years
Rather than fix the problems, they never
solve them
It makes no sense at all
I see them everyday
We get along, so why can't they?
If this is what he wants and it's what
she wants
Then why's there so much pain?
So here's your holiday
hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years
now lost
It's not right
So here's your holiday
hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night, twenty years
now lost
It's not right
It's not right
It's not right!
It's not right
08 Roller Coaster (02:47)
Breathing deeply
Walking backwards
Finding strength to call and ask her
Roller Coaster, favorite ride
Let me kiss you one last time
Leave me standing here
Act like I'm not around
The coast will probably never clear
Can I please go home now?
I had that dream about you again
Where I wait outside
Until you let me in
And there I stayed
Lay beside me
And listen at the wall
We'll keep on lying
Until the summer comes
I had that dream about you again
Where you drive my car
Right off a fucking cliff
And now I'm breathing deeply
Walking backwards
Finding strength to call and ask her
Roller Coaster, favorite ride
Let me kiss you one last time
Make me promise
That I will never tell
all I remember is
The way her bedroom smelled
I had that dream about you again
Where I wait outside
Until you let me in
And now I'm breathing deeply
Walking backwards
Finding strength to call and ask her
Roller Coaster, favorite ride
Let me kiss you one last time
Goodnight, goodnight
09 Reckless Abandon (03:06)
On and on, reckless abandon
Something's wrong
This is gonna shock them
Nothing to hold on to
We'll use this song
To lead you on
I learned a lot today
Not sure if I'll get laid and
Not sure if I'll fail or pass
Kissed every girl in class
Everybody would waste it all
To have a summer that they could call
A memory that's full of fun
Fucked up when it's all done
On and on, reckless abandon
Something's wrong
This is gonna shock them
Nothing to hold on to
We'll use this song
To lead you on
And break the truth with more bad news.
We left a scar size extra large
Sip a drink of the alcohol
End up kneeling in bathroom stalls
Eyes are red and my movements slow
Too high, got vertigo
He took a shit in the bathroom tub
And fed the dog the brownie drugs
Tried hard to not get caught
He fucked a chick in a parking lot
On and on, reckless abandon
Something's wrong
This is gonna shock them
Nothing to hold on to
We'll use this song
To lead you on
And break the truth with more bad news
We left a scar size extra large
Break a window and bust a wall
Making fun of your friend's mom
Turn the music up way too loud
Charge the pizza to the house
Everybody would waste it all
To have a summer that they could call
Memory that's full of fun
Fucked up when it's all done
On and on, reckless abandon
Something's wrong
This is gonna shock them
Nothing to hold on to
We'll use this song
To lead you on
And break the truth with more bad news
We left a scar size extra large
12 Shut Up (03:20)
Shut Up Lyrics
Shut the fuck up she said
I'm going fucking deaf
You're always too loud
Everything's too loud
Now that all my friends left
This place is fucking dead
I want to move out
When can we move out
This shit has got to stop
I'll run away
Get the fuck up she said
Your life is meaningless
It's going nowhere
You're going nowhere
You're just a fuck up she said
I'll live alone instead
She said You don't care
I know I don't care
I'll never ask permission from you
Fuck off I'm not listening to you
I'm not coming home
I'm never going come back home
I got too fucked up again, and passed out on the plane
Try to forget you, I can't forget you
No sleep on this flight, I'll think about the nights
we had to get through, how did we get through?
I'll never ask permission from you,
fuck off I'm not listening to you
I'm not coming home, I'm never going to come back home
I'll run away
I think it's time that I should leave
I think it's time that I should leave
I think it's time that I should leave
I think it's time that I should leave
I'll never ask permission from you,
fuck off i'm not listening to you
I'm not coming home, I'm never going to come back home
I'll run away
I think it's time for me to leave
(I'll run away)
I think it's time for me to leave
(I'll run away)
I think it's time for me to leave
(I'll run away)
I think it's time for me to leave
13 Please Take Me Home (06:07)
Oh no, it happened again
She's cool, she's hot, she's my friend
I'd try for hours, if so
You leave me nowhere to go
She's unstoppable
Unpredictable
I'm so jaded, calculated.
Wrong
Please take me home
Too late, it's gone
I bet you're sad
This is the best time we ever had
I hope, hope that it lasts
Give in, forget the past
Be strong when things fall apart
Honest, this breaks my heart
She's unstoppable
Unpredictable
I'm so jaded, calculated
Wrong
Please take me home
Too late, it's gone
I bet you're sad
This is the best time we ever had
Please take me home
Too late, it's gone
I bet you're sad
This is the best time we ever had
Why did we have to go date?
It's too easy to complicate
Be strong when things fall apart (be strong when things fall apart)
Honest, this breaks my heart.(its so hard)
LETS GO!
Please take me home
Too late, it's gone
I bet you're sad
This is the best time we ever had
14 Don't Tell Me It's Over (02:34)
I hear the phone, it rings so violently
Can't leave my room, can't breathe since she left me
I will admit, I hate those things I said
Girls always cry, guys will never admit they did
Hold on, hold on
hold on, hold on
Don't tell me that it's over
I'm not used to this temptation
And when you come back running
There's no use for explanation
I think things aren't too hopeful
Even with my expert knowledge
Most girls do mean trouble
Because they are rarely honest
What's with the jokes, all the routines they play
Screw with my head, now I cave in 'til get their way
Guys like to run, chicks love to yell, you see
Guys hate to fight, girls think it's therapy
Hold on, hold on
hold on, hold on
Don't tell me that it's over
I'm not used to this temptation
And when you come back running
There's no use for explanation
I think things aren't to hopeful
Even with my expert knowledge
Most girls do mean trouble
Because they are rarely honest
Hold on, hold on
hold on, hold on
Don't tell me that it's over
I'm not used to this temptation
and when you come back running
there's no use for explanation
I think things aren't too hopeful
Even with my expert knowledge
Most girls do mean trouble
Because they are rarely honest
Don't tell me that it's over
I'm not used to this temptation
And when you come back running
There's no use for explanation
I think things aren't too hopeful
Even with my expert knowledge
Most girls do mean trouble
Because they are rarely honest
Don't tell me that it's over
I'm not used to this temptation
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