bouquet of clumsy words, a simple melody.

i haven't been this scared in a long time,
and i'm so unprepared, so here's your valentine.

okay i know this is a couple of days late, but BLINK-182 IS BACK, BITCH!
and while i am aware that some of you do not care, i'd have you know that blink is one of my ultimate favourite bands of all time, aside from gorillaz, jimmy eat world, city and colour and my chemical romance. the only difference that sets blink apart from the bands i just previously mentioned is that blink is the first rock-orientated band i have ever listened to, and they were the inspiration behind me picking up a guitar. before i found out about blink i listened to extensively hip-hop, rap and r&b - not saying that it's bad music; i still love hip hop, though the mainstream stuff's a little overrated now - it's just that when i found blink, i found the genre of music i would be associating myself with for probably the rest of my life. by the time i started listening to blink i had already quit the piano, and when i first heard the chunky distortion of tom's signature strat i knew i found my instrument. actually, i installed the same bridge humbucker pickup that tom used in his fender strat into my current guitar, the seymour duncan invader. sounds almost exactly like his =P
anyway, blink broke up nearly four years ago - i was just starting high school at that time, and when my best friend and i found out we were crushed, totally devastated. blink was such an integral part in our lives; they showed ue that singing toilet humour-orientated songs can bring a big difference to the world, and that it's okay to laugh at yourself. they did all the things we wish we could do deep down on the inside, whether it's running around in public naked or expressing your desire for oral sex through song. they weren't always joking around, though; they also wrote songs about usual teen angst, songs about being the typical loser in high school and songs about heartache. a lot of teens can relate to their songs if they only took the time to listen to them. the breakup was taken hard by millions of fans around the world - jay and i even signed a petition to bring them back.
our prayers weren't answered until just a couple days ago, on february 8th 2009 - together again, mark, tom and travis presented the grammy for best rock band at the grammys, and announced that they were indeed back together. i'm not shitting you right now; when i first saw that i almost yelped in joy. jay and i spammed each other on msn, exclaiming our excitement - the 13-year-old outcasts in us were whole again. just yesterday we went on the official blink website and found out that they were in the process of recording a new record and they were planning a world tour. obviously, jay and i are going to grab tickets at the first opportunity. it's been a dream of mine to see blink live - and jimmy eat world too - and hopefully it will come true this summer, when they kick off their tour.
so there you have it: my self-professed love for the band that changed my life forever. haha. to be honest with you i've got the hots for tom (if you look at him it's easy to see why) and i'm in love with mark's lyrics. travis is a god on the drums, and when you blend the three of them together they create musical history - a very humourous musical history. here's to blink-182 and their reunion - you better not break up anymore!