The 333 Best Pop Songs of the 2000s: #146

#146: "All of This" (2003) - Blink-182

That last entry
was an
April Fool's Day joke
on you
but the people who told me they read it
thought that I was serious
so I guess the joke
was on me
so to erase the musical memory
of Fergie Hung
I'll give you the Cure's Robert Smith
fronting Blink-182
in a song written by Blink-182
that sounds just like a Cure song
in sound and structure
not just the vocals
which is a phenomenal accomplishment
for two reasons
for a band that's never
had any song
sound anything like this
and
for a band that's never
had any song
sound anything like this
to write and record the best Cure song
in a decade
to write and record the best Blink-182 song
in a decade
...
which would be the length of the band's career
...
and
...
Robert Smith wasn't even in the same country
as Blink-182
when he recorded his vocal to the track
...
just thought of a third reason this song is great
:
Blink-182's fantastic drummer Travis Barker
punk style played with the velocity of speed metal
and still not sound too busy
completely dials back
playing Meg White
to Robert Smith's Jack
...
oh snap!
--a fourth reason!
(and the last one
--I think)

Robert Smith has the ability
to take out Mecha Streisand
with one punch
...
so how quickly
do you think
he'll be able
to knock out
Fergie Hung?

PDQ