10 Most Underrated Blink 182 Songs

10. Emo - Dude Ranch

For the OG Blink fans, Dude Ranch is probably up there with Enema of the State as one of the greatest albums in the pop punk pantheon. Even though Travis Barker isn't in the fold yet, the lead single Dammit and songs like Boring are the kind of snotty stuff that made us fans in the first place. It did not forget about the teenage angst though.

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Don't let the title deceive you though...this is not the same type of music that you were hearing from bands like Sunny Day Real Estate back in the day. While Blink's flirtation with emo music started with the "WHERE ARE YOU???" song in '03, Emo is just a send-up to the people who got everything started for Blink back in the day.

Keeping in the pop punk tradition, this entire track is an homage to Jimmy Eat World, which was one of Tom Delonge's favorite bands at the time. Taken as an emo track though, it's not too bad either, having just the kind of teenage melodrama that wouldn't sound all that out of place if it came on between the Rites of Springs of the world and such. For emo, it's passable...but for pop punk, this is a downright classic.

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