What Makes This Song Great? 'What's My Age Again?' Blink-182

This month marks the 4th anniversary of the “What Makes This Song Great?” series! So today, we’re going to take a look at another song from the band that started it all: “What’s My Age Again?” By Blink-182.

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[jestersfolly]

As a drummer, I always appreciate when Rick turns into a little kid playing air drums during the isolated fills. Makes me smile.

[lenin]

The sadness in the music and lyrics take this song beyond “slacker anthems” and into genuine existential despair, that’s why it is still relevant and amazing to hear decades later.

[Mgbruh]

Tom Delonge’s guitar tones on the early blink albums are the gold standard for this type of music

[YetMoreCupsOfTea]

Ricks' really right on this one. It's a sad song. It's about realising that you're losing someone you love because you aren't growing up like everyone around you. Realising that it's costing you something, but not quite ready to accept that you need to change.

[landmarkcreations]

Anytime I hear Blink 182 it makes me feel like it’s summer time I’m young and everything is going to be ok

[Zerobloodify]

I've heard this song an insane amount of times in the last 10 years and I never heard Mark's little "Please stay with me" during the final chorus. Jesus Christ this record is so well done

[brendanfisher]

"Everything about the album is fantastic"

I am so excited and a bit emotional that Rick Beato appreciates Enema of the State and Blink-182 in general!

[mariotorres]

You have to do "Feeling This" by Blink as well. Whats going on in the bass, and harmonies at the end is just magical. The biggest sounding album they have. According to Mark it's the best song they've ever done.

[alexcesarz]

I went to High School with Mark. I'm never not shocked at how big blink got. such a great guy

[mattwhite]

Really got into this record and band when I was a 16. Then I got deep into “virtuoso” type guitar players and bands and fell into the whole “Tom DeLonge sucks” thing, and I relegated Blink to the category of “guilty pleasure.” Fast forward 20 years, and I haven’t listened to the virtuosos in almost as long because their music is so, so boring. But I’m sitting here humming these Blink 182 guitar parts before they even show up in the song. No one cares how “good” you are at your instrument. It’s all about what you make people feel. That’s what makes a song great, and what makes it stand the rest of time. Tom & Mark are absolutely fantastic!

[moopsin]

The “please stay with me” Mark sings in the last chorus is so perfect

[lathspell]

I love Rick's appreciation of pop-punk.

[mikekirby]

I cant count how many times ive heard this song. Had no idea that some of those harmonies were in there. It always just sounded perfect. Now i know why. Thank you Rick.

[TheCHRISCaPWN]

I have been a blink fan since the beginning, and I've never heard the "Please stay with me" lyric at the end.
There is at least 1 new thing I hear or learn during every single one of these videos. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing them!

[FattyMateo]

I love that a hardcore musician like Rick can appreciate a deceivingly simple band like Blink. You're a ray of sunshine Rick

[joell.]

The vocal harmonies Blink puts together are absolute top notch. The outro to Feeling This deserves a video all to itself.

[DavidDiMuzio]

You just made me fall in love with this song all over again. Thank you. 🙏🏼

[chopstx]

This album is quite literally why I became a drummer. I was 9 when it dropped and it changed my life

[bradleymartin]

"Why would you wish that on me?" is one of my favourite lines of all time. The song builds with it's lyrics, but then that line is a great human statement

[Allagi]

Blink 182 was always way more than most people gave them credit for. There was a lot of pop-punk/skater/slacker rock stuff happening in the late 90s but Blink 182 transcended the labels and the genres. Amazing music, lyrics, and vocals. One of the best American bands of all time. As important as The Doors. Not to mention they inspired generations (and generations to come) to pick up an instrument and jam.