Hoppus' vocal range spans from G 3 to G 4. The song begins with the narrator contemplating suicide with the lyrics "I never thought I'd die alone. Barker's drum track was labeled by Drummerworld as "one of the most creative beats of his career," and mainly consists of the same basic beat repeated in sections throughout the verses.
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Writers for The A. Club listed it among other suicide-related songs in , describing it as "surprisingly affecting, especially when the band reaches the bombastic chorus, and when the song describes suicide's crushing aftermath. The resulting chorus achieves an arena-worthy feel not achieved anywhere else on Enema of the State.
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The song caused a controversy in when it was set to replay indefinitely on a nearby stereo as year-old Greg Barnes, a teenager who attended Columbine High School and had lost one of his best friends in the massacre the previous year, hanged himself in the garage of his family's home. I mean, the things that the kid had had to go through in his life were very saddening, and then to end it that way was really depressing.
But 'Adam's Song', the heart of the song is about having hard times in your life, being depressed, and going through a difficult period, but then finding the strength to go on and finding a better place at the other side of that. When we were writing it, we knew specifically that we did not want kids to think it was something that we thought was cool or rad.
We didn't endorse it in any way.
Hoppus also told interviewers that he received fan mail following the song's release from fans that had contemplated suicide, but decided not to go through with it after hearing the song. In between verses, the photos' origins are explored through the different perspectives of individuals near the band. As the band prepares to play a show, a man has a conversation with a girl and is subsequently left alone. In another, while DeLonge and Hoppus read magazines inside a late-night convenience store, a melancholy woman attempts to make a call via a pay phone.
Other montages show the trio in the company of friends and practicing, a man looking out upon the sea, and a solitary man deserted by others at an outdoor restaurant. The final montage consists of personal photos from the band's past. Called "Hotline Blink", the mashup received a positive review from Loren DiBlasi of MTV , who called it " hip-hop -meets-pop-punk-nostalgia" and wrote "Trust us, you'll want to watch again and again and again.
The band retired the song in after the death of Adam Goldstein, best known as DJ AM, a close personal friend of Barker and of the band. Hoppus noted that he could not bring himself to perform the tune, believing it to be "too hard". When asked about its revival, Hoppus said he found new meaning in the song: In describing his selection, he wrote:.
German CD single [63]. Australian CD single [61]. Credits adapted from the liner notes for Enema of the State.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pop punk alternative rock emo. Mark Hoppus Tom DeLonge. Tom and Travis always had girlfriends waiting back home, so they had something to look forward to at the end of the tour. But I didn't, so it was always like, I was lonely on tour, but then I got home and it didn't matter because there was nothing there for me anyway.
A sampling of the song's second verse, illustrating the song's suicidal lyrics and Barker's drum pattern. Adam's Song is found on the album Enema of the State [Clean]. Blink — Adam's Song. I never thought I'd die alone I laughed the loudest who'd have known? Lyrics powered by LyricFind. Adam's Song song meanings.
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Actually, the song is about one of their fan's suicide. The fan, Adam, sent them a copy of his suicide note. Flag jillo on July 02, General Comment "Adam's Song" is commonly referred to as the song when Blink got "serious", being their first well-known slow-paced song. The song is placed in between the catchy and fast-paced songs "Dysentery Gary" and "All the Small Things".
The song's lyrics deal with depression and suicide, a noticeable departure from the toilet humor present in most of the other songs on Enema of the State. The arrangement of the song departs from their previous work as well, particularly the shifting instrumental parts. In the verses, the guitar plays muted chords accompanied by a relatively ordinary bass line; in the chorus the guitar plays octave lines while the bass shifts to playing chords.
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It is comparable to their later song "Stay Together for the Kids" dealing with 'broken home' and family issues , from Blink's fifth studio album, "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket". The song makes a reference to "Come as You Are" by Nirvana, which includes the lyric "Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late. It was later self-parodied in Man Overboard. It was once thought[citation needed] that the website AdamsLetter. Show with Bob and David sketch, featuring a boy who attempts suicide after listening to his favorite band.
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I see it now. General Comment There seems to be a lot of confusion, spam, arguing over what this song is about. It's very straight forward. The song is about a teenager who is going through depression and is contemplating suicide. It's not about suicide or overcoming it, but it touches on the thoughts that enters someone's head while contemplating suicide. Liz Friedlander, the director of the "Adam's Song" music video — which became an MTV hit, with regular play on Total Request Live — says everyone relates to the song in their own way.
She'd come into the job aware of the band's gross-and-goofy reputation Dude Ranch , for example, had closed with a skit about a dog drinking urine from a toilet , and though she knew this song was different, she also knew she couldn't really expect this band to "act. The song got a different kind of attention in the year , when national news media covered the death of Greg Barnes — a Columbine High School student who, a year after the mass shooting at his Colorado school, took his own life. The stories at the time reported that when his parents found him, "Adam's Song" was playing on repeat.
But pinning suicide to one event or one cause clearly oversimplifies a very complex issue. And "Adam's Song" certainly isn't just one thing to its fans. When I posted on that Blink message board, asking how this community related to "Adam's Song," I got stories about bullying, breakups, all sorts of issues, all sorts of problems. But what nearly everyone mentioned was the turn the song takes after the bridge — what Hoppus calls its "redemption. I never conquered, rarely came Tomorrow holds such better days Days when I can still feel alive When I can't wait to get outside.
There was a period of time when Blink didn't play "Adam's Song" in concert. A musician friend of theirs, Adam Goldstein — better known as DJ AM — had died from an overdose in early , and Hoppus says he couldn't bring himself to sing it. Now, though, after nearly a decade, the band is playing it again. Not an anthem in the usual sense of the word, more of a reminder.
You don't need subtlety to write an anthem; even the ones that are subversively tongue-in-cheek are pretty obvious about it. Most of the songs covered in this NPR series are huge: But there is room for the anthemic in small moments, too — when you're alone in your room and a song is the only thing that's there for you. TJ Kennedy told me he never did get that tattoo of the opening notes of "Adam's Song": Now, though, he's says working with the artist to design an even better one. Tomorrow holds such better days. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, help is available online at suicidepreventionlifeline.