re: Best blink-182 song?

I think blink got away with not being that tight as a group and held to a lower standard than most other bands. They were always being outlandish and crazy. Kinda like I wouldn't be surprised to see someone from Jackass doing something loud and shocking in public just because of how they've made themselves famous. So when the rhythm was off or the guitar was off no one cared because they were playing loud, fast and cursing while running around on stage. Furthermore people know what those songs were supposed to sound like because of the studio work. Is this fair? Probably not to actual artists in the pop scene that honed their craft like a Chris Thile or Ben Folds or someone like that, but there was money to be made off this sound and product.

Also I think they weren't that ridiculed due simply to what you said, they knew they weren't prodigies in music and never pretended like they were, just a fun time at a rock show with silly catchy songs. I think this is why people have so much distain for GA/FL Line because while they're doing the G,D, Em, C structure in every song and terribly simple redundant lyrics, they seem to think they're actually musicians. It's embarrassing and disrespectful to the studio players who actually make their albums have any sense of musicianship.