Feeling This

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“Feeling This”
“Feeling This” cover
Single by Blink-182
from the album Blink-182
Released December 2, 2003
Format CD single
Genre Punk rock
Length 2:52
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge
Producer Jerry Finn
Blink-182 singles chronology
"I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
(2002)		 "Feeling This"
(2003)		 "I Miss You"
(2004)

"Feeling This" is the first single from Blink-182's final, untitled album. It was the first song written for this album. True to the evolution of the band, the song is seen as a transition to a more mature style, lyrical and musical, than many of their previous releases. The single was released in November 2003. A slightly different version of the song had been released previously as part of the soundtrack for the video game Madden NFL 2004 under the erroneous title 'Action'. In an interview, Blink's drummer Travis Barker explains the confusion with the actual name of the song. "'Action' just sounded kind of dorky to us. Like we would always call it 'Feeling This' and then someone at our label, I think, like wrote it as 'Action' one time and sent out singles to people. And it was always supposed to be 'Feeling This'."[1]

It is also present on Blink-182's Greatest Hits album.

Contents

[edit] Lyrics

The song was written by having Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge go into separate rooms without talking to each other. When they came out they realized they had both written about sex. When they put it together, the song represents the lustful side of sex on the verses, the passionate side in the bridge and the romantic side in the chorus.[2] The end of the song is a melodic duet between the band's two vocalists, both singing conflicting but harmonizing parts. The intro phrase 'get ready for action' is taken from the Captain America film of the 1990s.

[edit] Music video

Mark Hoppus playing bass in the music video
Mark Hoppus playing bass in the music video

The video starts out when a policeman is shaving a boy's hair off, leaving him bald. Next, it shows the desolate lives of the students in juvenile hall as they get pushed around by policemen and teachers [For example, some students get locked in cells and even a policeman is pushing the boy down in the seat next to a glass window and ends up seeing a girl and they begin to make out while being on different sides of the window.] Suddenly, one student gets up and the other students oblige and they begin to create chaos and wreak havoc in the juvenile hall [such as partying to throwing paper around and crashing down shelves] and they break out to see Blink-182 play inside a cage, celebrating freedom. The video was directed by David LaChapelle.

This was the first video which shows Tom Delonge's new Gibson signature guitar. However, Hoppus is still using his signature pink Fender Precision Bass, as was first seen in the video for The Rock Show. During "Making of the Video", Tom Delonge admits that towards the end of the video he accidentally hit Mark Hoppus in the head with his guitar.

[edit] Track listing

CD

  1. "Feeling This"
  2. "Violence"
  3. "The Rock Show" (Live In Chicago)
  4. "Carousel" (Live In Chicago)

7"

  1. "Feeling This"
  2. "Violence"

[edit] Covers

[edit] References

  1. ^ Travis Barker Interview. thepunksite.com. Retrieved on 22 August 2006.
  2. ^ Blink-182 Song Meanings. PunkDisasters.com. Retrieved on 22 August, 2006.

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