Recreating My Favorite Moments From Blink 182’s TOYPAJ

Let's sit down and talk about one of my favorite albums of all time!
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[@DannyTwoCoats]

Can this be like... a series? I would love to hear breakdowns and key moments of favorite albums just like this. It's so nice to just be enthusiastic and positive about these great albums and discuss where it hits hardest and why purely on a musical level without involving lyrics. It's a celebration of the riffs and ear-worms we all love.

[@ZacharyMathematica]

I definitely second this suggestion.

[@tjj794]

Third!

[@mrsir3658]

Fourth!

[@nickbkr]

I wouldn’t hate a pop punk focused Rick beato style breakdown

[@MrConrad22cook]

Fifth!!!

[@coolhand1983]

Every Time I Look For You was criminally underrated. And of course... Featured on American Pie 2 soundtrack

[@coolhand1983]

Actually inspired me to listen to it right now on my walk. Sun is shining but its going down I have goosebumps and I love it when music makes me feel that way

[@nicolasvannier]

Literally my favorite song ever

[@JManners10]

That intro gives me goosebumps!

[@mattpatt199]

Iconic song in a Iconic movie

[@immattbailey]

The movies that got me into pop punk 💜😍

[@ChrisVanVliet]

That album was the soundtrack of my youth. Thanks for the rush of nostalgia, Alex!

[@RhystleMania]

I had no idea CVV was a Blink fan!

[@e.t.9202]

same

[@lucianoaguero6795]

CVV is emo AF, good man

[@SamuelDuplessis12]

@@RhystleMania me neither, love to see it!

[@chrismartinez5186]

Chris Van Vliet? Worlds collide!!!

[@Eiji475]

One of the best albums ever made.

[@nicolasvannier]

THE best album ever made. Tied with AVA's We Don't Need to Whisper.

[@ItsCrawdaddy]

Definitely my favorite blink album

[@sushane]

I will die on this hill

[@MrConrad22cook]

I still love the Untitled album most. I will never forget the first time I heard "Feeling This".. I was on a flight from Denver to New York and played that song the whole time!

[@kevinconnor6035]

It's not. It's not even a good Blink album. They were riding high on the success of Enema of the State and hadn't figured out what else to do, so they basically just rewrote that album (even starting with "Anthem Pt. 2"....subtle). It had all been done before. A lot of what makes the self-titled so great is that it's the opposite of this album. Blink completely exhausted their sound with this album, so they regrouped for the self-titled and put out their most interesting album. *That* is a great album. Pants and Jacket is filler.

[@NitoriKun]

This video made me feel surprisingly emotional. Hard to believe that this album still feels so integral to my life despite it having been twenty years ago that it came out.

[@YBFocus]

Crazy isn't it, just feel the very same.

[@wildchild0003]

Exactly this.

[@JBPXC]

Feels like this it was at most 10 years ago...

[@dflpfan123]

I'm lying on the couch after dinner, wife and kids here, and literally fighting back tears. I'm not even sure why..... But just a flood of emotions. Missing how life felt then. Missing how I felt then. Missing how powerful music was in my life and how strongly it motivated me. Nostalgia is such a tough thing to deal with for me. I love my life now and wouldn't change it for the world, but god damn if nostalgia doesn't bring up bitter sweet feelings too.

[@beautifulryann]

Video games are the way a lot of people got into pop-punk back in the day. When you had soundtracks from games like Burnout 3 giving you bands like MCR, Yellowcard, Motion City Soundtrack etc it was kind of hard not to get into it

[@lashedsuns4529]

Need For Speed got me into Unwritten Law, so I felt this comment.

[@alexbumpers]

So real hah, my conduit was Tony Hawk’s pro skater 4

[@davmandave]

Burnout 3 literally defined my music tastes. This video makes me want to just throw on a bunch of these albums and just play some games.

[@Falconetti182]

The NHL games had some great pop-punk - I remember '03 had Gob's Give Up The Grudge which ripped.

[@lilxbit]

ssx3 and tony hawks underground dev paved a way for me

[@thesnapz54]

This was great, immediately felt like we had an adolescence together. The rest of my work day will have a blink backing track now thanks to this nostalgia infection. Appreciate your work, Alex. Please keep it going for as long as you can :)

[@KingOfMischiefs]

Personal favourites: - the middle 8 of First Date - the opening to Anthem Part 2 - Story of a Lonely Guy - the harmonies on that are epic

[@ItsCrawdaddy]

Story of a Lonely Guy is SUUUUPER underrated. I think it's my favorite blink song lol

[@gabrielvpy]

dude, Story of a Lonely guy is hands down one of my favorites songs of all time. that song is obscenely underrated. it's a tragedy

[@TheBlackMambaa248]

I agree with all 3 of you. Story of a Lonely Guy is a phenomenal blink song.

[@bdhere1]

This. Story of a lonely guy would be a great country cover

[@NicCounty]

First date was the first Blink song I ever heard is my #1 but I love every album with Travis and only travis, not a fan at all with Scott

[@R2D2pac]

you HAVE to make this a series, this was incredibly edited, performed, and just made altogether. This is my favorite Blink album too so it hit even harder for me. One of my favorite parts of the record is in Reckless Abandon. Great song with a catchy everything but specifically after the 2nd chorus, around the 2 minute mark, Travis' little breakdown beat he does is SO. FUC*ING. GOOD. It just takes the song to a whole other level for me. God, I love this band. Props to you on the video once again. Hope to see more.

[@FreeSalonEducation]

Dude this was so good! 🙌

[@schoie01]

I could watch you recreate blink 182 songs everyday, you’re so talented bro.

[@Matt-qy5ly]

Has anybody from Blink 182 responded to Alex yet? It feels like they'd appreciate how much this guy loves their music and how well he explains why!

[@arkoverload]

Favorite part of any Blink song.... "And I had that dream, about you again. Where you drove my car, right off the FUCKING cliff..." -- I smile every time I hear that line. It's just EPIC and so unexpected because you think he's going to say the same thing from the 1st pre-chorus. I love this album.

[@kingpin08918]

my favorite line from that song as well!

[@dons1932]

Tom always wrote the best riffs, melodies and catchiest music. But god damn. It's universally accepted that Mark wrote the best lyrics. All the classics. All the memorables. All the killer lines. All Mark.

[@Marshy94]

God that album truly was so fucking good. Pop Punk just needs to make a comeback.

[@jeffschier]

I discovered the bonus track Don’t Tell Me It’s Over two years ago and it made me feel like I was listening to the album for the first time again. Magical.

[@dons1932]

Criminal they're not on Spotify. Time to Break Up as well.

[@natejanchus2241]

Check out “What Went Wrong” too.

[@GrayWoIf]

I didn't discover that song until Neck Deep did a cover I was like wait this is a blink song from where?

[@gvrbvge420]

the serious bonus tracks are like the best songs on the album imo strangely enough. dont tell me that its over, what went wrong, online songs, every time i look for you and once shut up picks up in the second verse are my top 5 on the album. reckless abandon gets an honorable mention

[@nametakenfan]

Omfg thank you! Back in the day I didn't have a ton of money so a lot of my music was from limewire/Kazaa and I remember getting this super awesome pop punk song called Hold On. My hard drive crashed and I never could find it again. I never found it again bc that actual freaking name was Dont Tell Me Its Over! Thanks for not only helping me relive some good memories but finally putting a close to one hell of a search

[@Washu1337]

“Young and stupid LEFT wide open” It was those doubles with Toms throaty accents on certain words that always gave me goosebumps. The way this album was produced is insane.

[@KingOfMischiefs]

It is still hands down my favourite Blink album.

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

Same. It’s crazy to think they could follow up Enema so well.

[@KingOfMischiefs]

@@BeauTylerMakesMusic then they followed this up with their Untitled album... which was just a whole other level. But this will always be my favourite. This is where I heard them first and fell in love with them. I've never been the same since.

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

@@KingOfMischiefs I agree it was probably their best musical album, but for personal taste it had some pandering I didn’t dig (like feeling this). I loved emo, but I didn’t much like their version or emo. TOYPAJ is the one album, for me, that I love EVERY song. That’s all totally personal taste though. It’s a tough call for me really, because my all-time favs are on untitled. Just didn’t want it to sound like I don’t love that album too.

[@MHomer5401]

Love it. I'm torn, because I pretty much love all of the blink catalogue. I do think California is phenomenal in its own right...and a return to what made Blink, Blink...and it's incredibly overlooked and underrated. Sucks not having Tom, but still...

[@MikeFGD]

@@MHomer5401 I agree, and especially if you add the deluxe version of California, I think it's some amazing work. The Deluxe edition has some of my favorite blink songs on it

[@WyattBrownn]

Its always so weird the memories that songs latch onto, there is usually is no rhyme or reason. I spent a lot of time with Blink in middle school and when I listen to certain songs they can trigger a wave of emotions. For some reason when I listen to every time I look for you, I get taken back to this humid day in late august at the park. I was with my little sister, and we were searching for an ice-cream truck. I can remember all of the sounds of the birds in the trees and the kids playing soccer. The way the breeze would come as quick as it left, with me and my sister left chasing after it on out hunt for the dessert. But more than just the environment, I can remember all the feelings that were living in my body at the time; who I had a crush on and trying to figure out how to communicate that back. Its weird that this song is the one to land this memory but its the way it is. Music is beautiful like that, a normal day can turn into a nostalgic time machine all from one song written by 3 goof balls from so-cal. Thank you for the videos and plz do keep making them :)

[@applepieclub5012]

What a beautiful memory. Thanks for sharing with us

[@norbertcsorba4639]

Cant believe its that old. After all these years that whole album is pure gold from beginning to end

[@kristhayes8465]

I love that I haven't heard most of these in years, but every lyric is still in my head.

[@applepieclub5012]

Don’t you mean in your YEAD?

[@noumanintown]

I remember the first time I heard the lines, “Josie, you’re my, source of most frustration” and thinking that was an odd line yet so instantly memorable. It’s not like it’s deep or layered, it’s just a solid opener and made me appreciate the genre.

[@benboughton1]

And it's a nice little nod to Dude Ranch, where Josie is the perfect girlfriend. I agree, great opener to a song

[@MarcAdamsDev]

@@benboughton1 We named our daughter Josie after Dude Ranch. I love this nod in TOYPAJ

[@nicholasmcmahon8966]

Dude everytime i look for you is my favorite blink song. I'm so glad you put some emphasis on it in the exact reason why I love it.

[@mattball8622]

Man, I still remember the first time I nailed the fill in First Date. It's a rite of passage for kids who learned drums in the early naughties. It's absolutely iconic.

[@jns1163]

Just wanted to drop in and say I love your stuff. It’s nice to come across people who have the same level of appreciation for Blink. Nothing else triggers the same level of nostalgia as Enema of the State and TOYPAJI. Unmatched!

[@mikethered4864]

I LOVE that you highlighted Everytime I Look For You. Literally clicked on the video hoping to hear that. That and Aliens Exist are my favorite Blink songs no question. The breakdown hits me the same!

[@alexmoore9758]

My favourite Blink album! It’s similar to dookie in that there are no “average” tracks

[@Laurendezvous]

Blink was so incredible because all 3 members were so insanely talented… it’s not the same without Tom.

[@HEREONOUTBAILEY]

I’d love to see a Pennybridge Pioneers and a Let’s Talk About Feelings edition of this 🙌🏼

[@kazeed]

This was the first album I ever bought with my very own hard earned money. I'd play it every day multiple times. I learnt every song bass line to play along. Loving this!

[@ElBoyoElectronico]

Man, I love your videos! This was such a cool idea to take us into your world of enjoying Blink 182. As a drummer, Blink 182 played a big role in my drumming developement and even now at 36 years of age, listening to their songs brings back so much memories.

[@payduhman]

Tony Hawk pro skate + Blink 182 songs = my summer vacations during junior high years

[@ableframes09]

Anthem, Part 2 may be my favorite blink song of all time. My wife and I actually walked into our wedding to the intro. Still hypes me up the same exact way today as it did when I was 11 years old.

[@asherreardon]

wedding goals- wowza that is so freaking sick.

[@danagranholm4971]

This was the first (and only) album that my parents ever confiscated from me. As a 10 year old when it dropped, even the album name went right over my head, so boy was I cheesed and confused when they said I couldn't listen to it anymore. Managed to make it one of my most listened to albums anyway. One of the greatest of all time.

[@BrooklynRaaage]

Haha same here!!

[@Jasonheartss]

When I started secondary school in 2001 everyone was getting the Marshall Mathers LP and my mum had heard that he sings about hating his mum so she refused. I'd heard a bit of enema from an older friend who lent me the album so asked if I could have toypaj. When fuck a dog came on she was not impressed 🤣

[@jdprettynails]

@@Jasonheartss One time I was in the shower blasting TOYPAJ and I could hear my mum coming up the stairs JUST as Fuck a Dog was about to come on, so I dashed out of the shower into my bedroom, naked and covered in soap, to frantically skip the song before she heard it...she then yelled at me for making a mess of the hallway just cause I wanted to change songs....

[@Jydmd]

Very emotional video for me, this album was a huge part of my life too. It defined a lot of my guitar playing style.

[@NotJo4Ever13]

I watched this 3 times, then Showed my kids. Love it so much. I feel that shit in my soul man.

[@christopherboyd6456]

Travis's drum track on the verses of Anthem Pt. II is so freaking iconic. My favorite chorus drum part of all time.

[@slatBANG]

Great video mate. Love the format of this; Casually talking while casually nailing the music, discussing great albums. Would love to see another video like this on another iconic album

[@WesDaviestravel]

Do you like the Startling Line? Absolutely one of our favorite bands from back in the day.

[@UndreamtJoker7]

"We got older, but we're still young!" 🪨🤙🏼🎶🎵

[@andyknox2477]

Top band

[@ThePivotCreaters]

Anthem Pt 2 will always be one of my favourite Blink songs, just for the fucking intro and drums alone. Always is also possibly my favourite Travis drumming ever, it's just what made me WANT to play drums. Like as a guitarist it made me steal my dad's sticks and kit for awhile to just learn that drum track.

[@mferretti24]

This line always got me. "So read my book with a boring ending, a short story of a lonely guy" Great song.

[@alex7ktrc]

I absolutely love this format of album+commentary, good stuff!

[@CammyArrSxS]

I thought i was a huge fan but you take it to a new level. Appreciate it 🤘

[@NeonLeonNoel]

MOAR This was so much fun, please do more of these!

[@dkwgchan]

Need more of this!

[@fiamond]

agreed with all your selections. makes me want to listen to this album!

[@therealvoltage]

This video is so simple yet so perfectly put together. I relate with this to a whole new level. Happy birthday TOYPAJ

[@MrPoorCat]

This was so awesome. Thanks for putting this out.

[@nickd3895]

I love this. Great video man

[@kai_ell]

I was in a shit mood cuz of work today and this is bringing me back to peace and now I'm going to blast this album. Thanks dude 🔥

[@invisibl3enemy]

as a grown man, I hold blink, so so close to my heart, and this particular album aswell hearing your story about putting the album on your xbox and letting it play while playing Tony Hawk is a literal carbon copy of me as a teenager. This album has helped me get through some shit, and I made sure Tom knew that when I met him on a AVA tour back in the day. was the greatest moment of my life. Also, so stocked you had Anthem Pt 2 as your number 1 aswell... To this day, that song remains my favorite of all time. Love you & your content bro. Keep up the great work

[@pacorka9943]

Absolutely amazing album! Love this!!

[@agradymusic]

Loved this so much, man 💙 Thanks for sharing!

[@wr1039]

Outstanding. Just talkin about these tracks makes me wanna take this album for a spin again. Your take on anthem 2 about Tom finding his AVA groove is so right. Damn I miss blink but I guess this is growing up……

[@GlenGustard]

At the time TOYPAJ was the perfect blend of everything I loved about music, in every second. How does that even happen?

[@JakeMehani]

Thank you Alex!!!

[@applepieclub5012]

Even as Alex is playing the songs, you get hit with that wave of familiar nostalgia, making you realize why you fell in love with this band in the first, and why you continue to love them

[@chrisbryant4724]

Special moments to share: When the bass drops in Feeling it. Different album, great tune!

[@joaovitorborges]

Fucking dope, as always! Loved this format

[@RickGastly]

fantastic concept for a video. Love it as always

[@Ivypaint]

love this documentary style alex!

[@natejanchus2241]

I’m a huge blink fan but I’m just here to say you’re an absolutely amazing musician. I’m infinitely impressed.

[@ziaemad]

Every Time I look for You is one of their most underrated and untalked about songs. But musically it's absolutely genius and it's one of my favorites by them ever. It was really cool to hear your perspective on this album and although I'm not a big fan of First Date, I agreed with what you mentioned about it. Also your drumming is definitely on point

[@huntclubmusic9202]

I love these, man. Thanks for all of your wonderful efforts here.

[@machoca]

Love to see this a series!

[@kev13in]

Love the vid man! Stay Together for the Kids was the first song I ever learned on guitar. That opening riff just inspired me so much. Forever this album will be one of the greatest of all time

[@JManners10]

Holy shit it was mine too, that song will always be special to me!

[@Cubey_Sucks]

the days when you could import music for ya WWF intro...

[@1nsayne]

Love this format/series for you!

[@caseygreen]

Thank you man! Amazing album

[@WhatKatieSaid]

TOYPAJ is my favorite album of all time! This album always gets overshadowed by it's follow up, but I absolutely love TOYPAJ. As an young teen, this album meant everything to me. The anger, the angst, and the idiocy perfectly encapsulated what it meant to be a teen. You can always determine how into blink-182 someone is by having them rank their albums...if TOYPAJ isn't top 2, they are just a casual fan.

[@GrayWoIf]

It's my fav but yeah untitled and enema always steal its thunder and I won't stand for it!

[@colbymcintyre6653]

So being into their first album after they made it big makes you a true fan? That’s a very weird take. I was a fan starting at Enema, and then went backwards and got every album including Buddha and Cat. Those recordings were ROUGH up until Dude Ranch, but I still loved it. Anyway, TOYPAJ is likely my least favorite of the “good recording quality with Tom era.” To me, TOYPAJ had nowhere near the song quality of Dude Ranch or Enema, but was still in that same vein musically. Then the Untitled album blew my mind is by far the best thing they’ve ever done. Even Neighborhoods has higher highs than Jacket (though it has lower lows). So anyway, I would consider myself a true fan and TOYPAJ is maybe their weakest, most derivative, work…..and unless that was the first time you’d heard of Blink, I have no idea how you’d think ranking that album highly makes you a true Blink fan at all. I’d go: Untitled, Enema, the Mark Tom and Travis Show, Dude Ranch, and then probably Neighborhoods and Jacket tied after that. The REALLY old stuff is fun, but hard to rank…..and anything without Tom doesn’t count to me.

[@WhatKatieSaid]

@@colbymcintyre6653 it's not because it was their first album after they made it, but because it is the "forgotten" one of the pre-split era. I strongly disagree about song quality...they grew in musicality, and the lyrical content on TOYPAJ about love, break-ups, and divorce were better than anything they had done in the past. Neighborhoods was okay, but doesn't have any songs that get me as hyped as Anthem Pt. 2, make me nostalgic for first love like Roller Coaster or Online Songs, or make me angry at my fighting parents like Stay Together for the Kids. To me, TOYPAJ is the perfect blend of Dude Ranch era pop-punk, Enema era comedy, and Self-titled era emotions. Neighborhoods was less emotional and less funny, which is part of what makes blink so great.

[@avenshmit66]

Imagine gatekeeping Blink in 2021. Get over yourself lady.

[@JRLink13]

I’ve been saying this forever, it’s the best blink album.

[@stealth9842]

Great vid man, hope to see more

[@luciolamartins1030]

Your work is amazing!

[@fallenstarz742]

man, I just loved this so much.

[@mattlombardimusic5927]

So great man! Nostalgic!

[@ImTheOwens]

This is such a cool idea for a video! Awesome stuff as usual dude.

[@greythegh0st]

This was fantastic! Thanks putting this together. Awesome job, dude!

[@MrJesseFelix]

This is so sick! Thank you so much

[@noahalderfer5123]

You hit every single one of mine! Love this video, Alex.

[@LDdrums20]

Thanks for this! I love that album too!

[@jesserojas4427]

got chills!!! this was awesome.... thank you

[@JamieRX]

Dude I would love a series like this. Loved this.

[@ErikaGarcia-fp7dk]

This was awesome. Do more of this! You pointed out all parts of the album that have always stood out to me!

[@calebjoost899]

I loved this video man. You made my night. This might be my favorite thing you have done

[@lukasz_mroz]

Thank you for sharing your moments!

[@jordanhanson4085]

This threw me right down memory lane! Thank you sir i needed this in my life today!

[@butterscotch1484]

really enjoying this kind of video. keep it up my man, you rock

[@jordanbeck202]

Thanks Alex. This was a lovely video to end a hard day. Appreciate the stuff you make.

[@tommesser1222]

Mate this video is 🔥!!! Love it!

[@cammietime8421]

Love your Blink videos

[@bigtimetimmyt]

This was such a fun video format. Hope you do another!

[@Rev182U]

I appreciate your content so much. Immediate nostalgia overload

[@abigbat]

Absolutely man. Amazing video, huge kudos for nailing those drum parts too ✌

[@jimjam6377]

This was nostalgic and emotional, I really connected with this video, and it was so good to see you playing all of it yourself!

[@SandbagBouldering]

This is such a well produced little show. Loving all the music layered over the talking bits. So good

[@briandooley7497]

You hit the nail on the head with this one!! Well done!

[@jamesnakamoto9278]

Awesome breakdown of those songs!!!

[@bigN182]

I loved this video man, thanks for sharing your fav TOYPAJ moments.

[@imannaufal95]

This album is soooo memorable to me bro, thanks for making this video

[@olibrown2029]

Loved this Alex....such a fav album of mine growing up in England!

[@BertysLolland]

This video is Gold ♥️