In one sense that riff is the engine driving “Dammit” along, popping up now and again to lift Blink’s basic bash-and-pop to levels of transcendence they’d never previously attained. Anyone can string together some notes in C major it’s a testament to the writing prowess of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and not-Travis-Barker that they flipped that rudimentary guitar figure into one of the greatest pop-punk songs of all time.
Chances are it wouldn’t be quite so stupidly infectious, nor would it probably arrive attached to a song so bracingly alive. Many of them could write something similar.
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(Feel free to play the last couple notes on the A string instead if the spirit moves you - adjusting each note up five frets, of course.)Īlthough it isn’t as easy to play as, say, Blur’s “ Song 2,” most middle-school hacks can easily bang it out after a few minutes of practice. Let me put it in a language six-string strivers of all ages will understand: If you’re reading an appreciation of a Blink-182 song, you probably don’t care about whether the version of pop-punk presented on “Dammit” is Truly Authentically Punk - and clearly neither do I, and thank God - but its central guitar riff definitely taps into punk’s anyone-can-do-it ethos. Today we are celebrating a song that gave us yet another iconic amateur guitar staple: Blink-182’s “Dammit,” which was released as a single 20 years ago this Saturday. The descending power chords of Green Day’s “Brain Stew” were another fave amongst those who played Squier Strats through cruddy practice amps. Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” is the gold standard in this category, or at least it was in the ’90s when I was encountering pubescent guitar-slingers on the reg (and was living that life myself). Some one who understands.Certain rock songs develop their classic status in part because they are built upon riffs so genius in their dumbfounding simplicity that every teenage guitarist in America is inspired to hack away at them. when hes gone i wont come backĪnd it'll happen once again you'll turn to a friend You'll show up, and walk by on the arm of that guyĪnd i'll smile and you'll wave. when i move I'm flailling now.Īnd maybe i'll see you at a movie.
did you hear? He f#cked herĪ day late a buck short i'm writting the report on loseing and failing. The steps that i retrace the sad look on your face
General CommentIt's alright to tell me what you think about me Well thats how it seems to me, anyone agree? He is learning about relationships and heartbreak, as is she. The "I guess this is growing up" means what it says. So basically he is saying to the girl that when she realises she doesnt really want her new bf she will be in the same position as he was when she broke up with him at the start, with no friends to turn to. All the I's are now you's and the my's are your's. "But everybody's goneĪnd you've been here for too long". If you listen he is actually saying "And it's happened once again The end of this verse is him saying that she is only with her new bf to distract herself from feeling hurt and that in the end she will want to come back to the first bf but he wont want her back by then, "The charade, it won't last "And maybe I'll see youĪt a movie, sneak preview ", i think the sneak preview is reffering to him seeing her in her new relationship. The next verse is him running into her at the moives. "But everybody's goneĪnd I've been here for too long". The chorus is him wanting to turn to his friends to help get over the girl, but whilst he was with her he pushed his friends away. He is looking back and wishing he could have done better "I'm writing the report on losing, and failing". The second verse is him hearing about her new bf "I heard he fucked her". He just wants to know why she is leaving, "It's alright to tell me what you think about me". The first verse is her breaking up with the boy, "I know that your leavin, You must have your reasons". The girl leaves him and finds somone else. General CommentThis song is about a break-up. The charade, it won't last, when he's gone I won't come back You'll show up and walk by on the arm of that guyĪnd I'll smile and you'll wave, we'll pretend it's okay
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On losing and failing, when I move, I'm flailing nowĪnd maybe I'll see you at a movie sneak preview The timing and structure, did you hear he fucked her?Ī day late, a buck short, I'm writing the report The steps that I retrace, the sad look on your face The season is calling, your pictures are falling down I know that you're leaving, you must have your reasons I won't try to argue or hold it against you It's alright to tell me what you think about me