Tom DeLonge LOVES "the voice inside MY YEAD" - Does Not love "All the Small Things" - Repping So Cal

[@jayryan117]

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]

Fire af

[@danieljimenez1989]

Nice, Tom is a real dude.

[@TheRealMcFIy]

That’s bad ass!

[@db165]

So wholesome

[@jayryan117]

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.

[@jarsenberg]

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]

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]

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]

@@joneslive586 Exactly

[@jarsenberg]

@@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]

@@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.

[@quikxfl]

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

[@kobweb2994]

Cool story

[@richh4430]

@@kobweb2994 so cool

[@michaelpaul2264]

Thanks for that! Soooo sick!

[@brandon.lewis.]

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

[@rafaellago172]

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]

Yas

[@jsh6322]

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

[@CarlHalligan]

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]

🤙

[@RichardChalmers]

Me too bro! 🤘

[@DaveLag84]

✌🏼😆 same here

[@MrCybershade]

Me to! Also in the north of England!

[@whippany]

So ur a dilf then 😉

[@leonardoneves7450]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@matthewstubblefield7337]

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

[@leanbeeffatty1]

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

[@Rickardio_]

"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.

[@thebroomcupboard]

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]

surprises let me know she cares.

[@ianjohnson171]

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

[@holdenjacobs6032]

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

[@thebroomcupboard]

@@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]

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

[@KeyDyer]

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]

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

[@jimmyodonoghue6854]

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

[@Marknumskull]

I was there too!

[@speedyretreat]

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

[@creekboi7]

one is my favorite metallica song.

[@austinwallace2692]

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

[@Iesous27]

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

[@salexa171]

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

[@Vinnay94]

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

[@scatterthewinds3126]

hard to say, they have so many classics.

[@jackmarlow4355]

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

[@viniciuscfreitas_]

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

[@xbrandon2252]

Wonderwall is phenomenal

[@Bucboy1001]

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

[@AaronAlert77]

All The Small Things will always be one of my favorites

[@lefreakful]

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]

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

[@mikevandemark1993]

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]

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

[@j_r0dusmc168]

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

[@Ikaikiastar]

This has 182 likes 🥰

[@elftower907]

Guy said what were all thinking.

[@bon2yan88]

1:01

[@culturetrash3191]

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

[@thetrophysystem3697]

Mess*

[@thelokiproject4085]

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

[@Vetionarian]

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

[@brandonranger619]

San Diego here!! Poway home boy!

[@ShathaHunter]

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

[@cathylynch1802]

Ditto!

[@joneslive586]

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]

Wok temena kon iku

[@mattmo317]

The guitar riff in Rock Show is sick tho

[@rachelleyeung]

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

[@deathbystereo-]

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

[@Deschain-um7jz]

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]

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

[@videosofdeath99]

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]

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

[@ethy9186]

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

[@BUCKYWHEATS]

Carousel from MTTS is absolutely one of the best.

[@destinypazdernik4293]

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

[@DeadSezSo]

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

[@frenandin]

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]

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]

Nailed it

[@jewelsfee23]

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

[@jaywilldoit]

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.

[@nichetone6547]

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

[@tbountybay3080]

"Pigpen" 😂

[@diluted8]

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!

[@grauerprophet4921]

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

[@paulholloway8885]

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.

[@jthamilton9083]

Master of puppets and all the small things are just as impactful to me yet different in their own unique ways. Both are so amazingly great!!!

[@boombox_up_to_11]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Yeah that’s the best

[@leewhitworth9142]

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

[@simonjunior3688]

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

[@DanielPvb4]

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.

[@sololegit]

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]

And Dysentery Gary xDD

[@stolensentience]

That album perfect start to finish

[@Xhoven]

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

[@markstaud]

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

[@SupermanNew52]

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

[@duconlaoij]

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

[@lauraintheskywithdiamonds9185]

loved that he mentioned Ireland

[@kevinschindele4829]

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

[@tyler4723]

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

[@jakehart60]

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

[@blinkgirl2]

Omg “neighborhood’s” is the best stuff!!!!

[@HiMyNameIsJonathan]

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.

[@vincemelson9655]

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

[@dbone3356]

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.

[@devlingreener2182]

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.

[@alexdetodt4971]

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

[@jonvia]

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

[@OkieAllDay]

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!

[@chrismcconkey8579]

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.

[@pariah87]

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

[@syntrexfpv1347]

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

[@millennial_falcon2240]

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

[@ThePOSM]

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

[@nickschaffer3766]

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

[@ThePalskinator]

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

[@keegan7786]

*goes back*

[@zaccsonofjohn1132]

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

[@SimpleKowalski]

I grew up on Blink 182. Great memories!

[@Fredman5551]

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

[@ConciseTechTV]

Tom seems really chill

[@amritthesolution9188]

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

[@DanaWhiteOfficial]

0:54 mans glitched out

[@Nick-Nasty]

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.

[@KogeyFox]

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

[@tonyperez330]

My favorite blink song is probably anything off of “ take off “

[@OkieAllDay]

My all time favorite bands: Led Zeppelin Van Halen Blink 182

[@punkgrl325]

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

[@pratosaurusrex1128]

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]

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

[@pratosaurusrex1128]

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

[@emmanuelbongar7370]

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

[@emmanuelbongar7370]

@@pratosaurusrex1128 If I Miss You wasn’t popular, how popular was All of This in UK? It had Robert Smith in it so I assume that would boost it there

[@jasonmenzies8870]

As a Blink 182 die hard fan I can honestly say the songs that I listen to the LEAST are the big hits (All The Small Things, What’s My Age Again, etc etc.) the deep cuts have so much more to offer.

[@sarrystylesofficial]

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

[@oceman5446]

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

[@sherrythomas3028]

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

[@LTambini96]

i haven't heard tom speak in a while but his speaking voice sounds different to how i remember

[@AlphaWolfHowl]

Dude his voice is so much deeper now. If if wasn't looking at the video I couldn't even tell that's him.

[@johnstoner8515]

he sounds like adam devine lol

[@thetonezone8164]

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

[@Trinity210]

All The Small Things is more like Enter Sandman than Master of Puppets 🤣🤣

[@ScoreFromAugusta]

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.

[@jakesimpson7272]

I'm Irish and what Tom said is facttttts

[@Blinkfan90]

The Voice inside my Yed

[@PROcrastiDRIVESVofficial]

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]

thank you!!

[@Smellyday]

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

[@MorganBF1]

Adam’s Song is my favorite Blink song. ❤️

[@joepermenter7228]

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."

[@EhFookinShark]

Dumpweed! One of the greatest openers ever!

[@Kennedys_Korner]

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

[@Curt15x]

Putting on a blink album feels like home

[@keithwaynejones]

“we brought sunshine with a little bit of dick jokes sprinkled” perfect definition of blink

[@timgillam4199]

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

[@mrengulfeddirector]

Came to hear delonge's real life LA accent. Did not disappoint.

[@samturner6061]

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

[@dylc5604]

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

[@user-agreement-disengaged]

"Don't waste your time on me, you're already the voice inside my yead!(I miss you!)"

[@Yushikime]

All the small thing is basically a " Time pod " of a days where we had so many boys band.

[@exiledinthepathofexile]

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

[@DrelvanianGuardOffic]

I love singing the line while at work. Then when a customer gives me a weird look, I say "Don't ask me what a yead is, I have no idea."

[@andremaines]

You should put the link to the full podcast in the description. It should be the first line

[@TunaonToastwithStryker]

thanks for the tip!

[@domeniccolavito9738]

is this the guy who drinks the bong water in Out Cold

[@TunaonToastwithStryker]

yes it is!

[@pablol2644]

Everyone remembers Blink-182, but who actually remembers all those boy bands they mocked in "All The Small Things"? I remember on TRL when it would like bump out Backstreet Boys or NSync for the #1 spot and the irony was always just so hilarious.