When you’re a musician, you get caught up in the business. "Whether or not a couple should stay together for the kids really depends.
Children thrive in predictable, secure families with two parents who … [22], "Stay Together for the Kids" received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. The Risks of Staying Together A number of parenting experts see one of the major risks to children of staying in a family that is loaded with anger, frustration, and pain 1 is that they learn bad parenting skills that they will carry on to the next generation. From an interview Blender Magazine in 2002: The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don’t know what the hell they’re doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent. "Right then, I knew my dad had dragged out his furniture single-handedly," he recalled. I think sometimes we lose sight of that importance. Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away
1 for the first time with a masturbation pun", "Blink-182 Stay Together for the Kids – Digital Sheet Music", "Blink-182 Chart History – Alternative Songs", Offiziellecharts.de – Blink 182 – Stay Together for the Kids", "Blink-182 Return To '70s In 'First Date' Video", "For The Record: Quick News On Alicia Keys, The Calling, Funkmaster Flex, Blink-182, Mos Def, Violent Femmes & More", "Review: 'Armadillo' Is A Stark Portrait Of War That Asks Tough Questions", Swisscharts.com – Blink 182 – Stay Together for the Kids", "Blink-182 Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)", The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back! He and bassist Mark Hoppus were growing up when their respective parents divorced. Like anybody, it would affect you to see your parents break up like that.
The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who praised its tone. It's not right... You’ve just got to understand that people are human and they make mistakes. [Instrumental Intro] [20] By June 2002, the song had accumulated over 80,000 spins on radio in the United States, and it received a BDS Certified Spin Award. [17] The single spent 26 weeks on the chart as a whole,[18] before appearing for the last time in the issue dated March 16, 2002.
"[23] Eric Aiese of Billboard wrote that the song "remains compelling throughout," suggesting it could be a "MacArthur Park" or "Hey Jude" within the band’s catalogue.
This house is haunted, it's so pathetic
It was the 20th anniversary of my parents and all hell broke loose on that day. ‘Stay Together for the Kids,’ it was a simple thing. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone deemed the song "bleak," describing it as a "broken-family snapshot.
They never solve them, it makes no sense at all It's not right... The short-term answer is usually yes. When I got home [one] day, my dad's furniture was gone, my mom was inside crying and everything just erupted at that point. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost? I guess parents are people too. It’s just really, super important. '"[5] DeLonge later confirmed he had received emails from fans thanking him for the song's message. Open the front door and all the furniture’s gone.
Their anger hurts my ears The clip was re-shot following the 9/11 attacks, with both the band and label deeming its imagery too similar to the collapse of the World Trade Center. [Instrumental Bridge] It makes no sense at all It was a hit on rock radio in the United States, where it peaked at number seven on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2001. [Post-Chorus: Tom DeLonge] Been running strong for seven years
"[7], The first music video for "Stay Together for the Kids" was directed by Samuel Bayer, best known for his work with Metallica and Nirvana.
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away So I just took everything from that day and put it into a song.
You get caught up in the work.
The track was composed primarily by guitarist Tom DeLonge, who based its lyrics on his parents' divorce and its effect on him.
Yeah, I’d say so.
So here's your holiday My whole family life was deteriorating, so, I just moved out. They feel something.
"[24], William Shaw of Blender compared the song to then-popular songs by rock bands about divorce, such as Papa Roach ("Broken Home"), Staind ("For You") and Nickelback ("Too Bad"), commenting, "The ’90s had Generation X — have we ended up with Generation Whine?" [10] Slant Magazine's Aaron Scott called it "the best track on the album," writing, "The surprising content about a marriage that is resisting divorce will certainly appeal to a generation of youth subjected to a massive divorce epidemic. We get along, so why can't they?
"Stay Together for the Kids" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182 for their fourth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001). [29] The band ended up recording a second video for this song with the same production crew,[28]:90 with the setting changed to an empty mansion populated by shouting teens. The song’s unreleased original music video featured a wrecking ball, being a metaphor for divorce, crashing into and destroying a home. [5] For Hoppus, he was eight years old when he was sent to live with his father. [6][8], Due to its tone and subject matter, it is considered one of the band's darker songs,[8][9] alongside "Adam's Song", their 2000 single revolving around suicide. It was released as the third and final single from the album on February 19, 2002. [25] In the clip, Blink-182 perform in a suburban home that is destroyed with a wrecking ball in a metaphor for a "crumbling marriage." I was like, ‘What the hell are all these scratch marks?’ I followed them up from the driveway to the front door. [26], The song is played on acoustic guitar by a soldier in the War in Afghanistan near the end of the film Restrepo (2010). It’s not about the music as much as it’s about the emotion, and the emotion is what resonates with people. I wanted to tackle that in a song. [25], The two videos were first released on The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder, a 2002 home video on the band.
The video opens with a statistic, claiming that "50 percent of American households are destroyed by divorce.
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge] It was released as the third and final single from the album on February 19, 2002.
“Stay Together For the Kids” is written from the point of view of a child with divorced parents. I see them everyday
It's hard to wake up
Lyrics to 'Stay Together For The Kids' by Blink-182: it's hard to wake up, when the shades have been pulled shut This house is haunted, it's so pathetic, it makes no sense at all I'm ripe with things to say, the words rot and fall away What stupid poem could fix this home, I'd read it every day I'm ripe with things to say In the official program for the band’s 2001 TOYPAJ tour, Mark wrote: Divorce sucks. I was 18, sitting in my driveway when it all went down. [5] Primarily written by guitarist Tom DeLonge, the song is biographical in nature. It was mine, so when you're dead and gone In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the band and label decided to re-shoot it, removing any similarities to the attacks.
I was 18, sitting in my driveway when it all went down. [4] Its heavier sound was inspired by bands the group's members were listening to in the two weeks they wrote their fourth album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, such as Fugazi and Refused. Someone dragged the furniture out. The words rot and fall away
[7] He spoke on the song's inspiration in 2001: I lived, ate, and breathed skateboarding.
Duel vocalists Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus were growing up when both their parents divorced.
You grow up thinking that your parents are more powerful than they are. "The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don’t know what the hell they’re doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent. I'd read it every day
Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost. "[26], The band filmed the music video on September 9–10, 2001 in Los Angeles, in days preceding the 9/11 terrorist attacks. So here's your holiday It's not right... [Verse 2: Mark Hoppus] [...] On the new one, it's 'Stay Together for the Kids. And it's what she wants, then why is there so much pain?
[13][14] Hoppus and DeLonge split vocals on the song, with the former handling verses and the latter singing the choruses.
[27][28]:87 Following those events, the band and its label MCA felt the clip’s images were "too evocative" of the footage of the collapse of the World Trade Center. Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away All I did all day long was skateboard. "[citation needed], "Stay Together for the Kids" official music video; DVD and VEVO version, "Stay Together for the Kids" official music video; TV version, The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder, "22 emo songs that helped you through your high-school breakup", "15 pop-punk songs that will give you the feels", "Why Are America's Rock Bands So Goddamned Angry?
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge] So I just took everything from that day and put it into a song.
It’s so fucked. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost? If this is what he wants [12], "Stay Together for the Kids" is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 72 beats per minute. When I got home [one] day, my dad’s furniture was gone, my mom was inside crying and everything just erupted at that point.
A healthy home-life means one where open conflict and hostility are limited.
So I didn't notice too much [else going on]. What stupid poem could fix this home? "[10], "Stay Together for the Kids" was released as a single and EP with live tracks and video extras. The song's original music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, depicts the band performing in a home being destroyed by a wrecking ball in a metaphor for divorce.
"Stay Together for the Kids" is written about divorce from the point of view of a helpless child.
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
[31], Ambient artist B.E.N covered the song on his Blink 182 tribute album "Benema of the State. You get caught up in the fame or whatever, and then all of a sudden someone slaps you upside the head with reality, and you’re like, ‘Wow.’ Art is really important. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost?
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
I realized that my dad moved out right at that moment. So here's your holiday Just lock yourself in a room, mine was my personal sanctuary.
When you’re a musician, you get caught up in the business. "Whether or not a couple should stay together for the kids really depends.
Children thrive in predictable, secure families with two parents who … [22], "Stay Together for the Kids" received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. The Risks of Staying Together A number of parenting experts see one of the major risks to children of staying in a family that is loaded with anger, frustration, and pain 1 is that they learn bad parenting skills that they will carry on to the next generation. From an interview Blender Magazine in 2002: The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don’t know what the hell they’re doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent. "Right then, I knew my dad had dragged out his furniture single-handedly," he recalled. I think sometimes we lose sight of that importance. Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away
1 for the first time with a masturbation pun", "Blink-182 Stay Together for the Kids – Digital Sheet Music", "Blink-182 Chart History – Alternative Songs", Offiziellecharts.de – Blink 182 – Stay Together for the Kids", "Blink-182 Return To '70s In 'First Date' Video", "For The Record: Quick News On Alicia Keys, The Calling, Funkmaster Flex, Blink-182, Mos Def, Violent Femmes & More", "Review: 'Armadillo' Is A Stark Portrait Of War That Asks Tough Questions", Swisscharts.com – Blink 182 – Stay Together for the Kids", "Blink-182 Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)", The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back! He and bassist Mark Hoppus were growing up when their respective parents divorced. Like anybody, it would affect you to see your parents break up like that.
The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who praised its tone. It's not right... You’ve just got to understand that people are human and they make mistakes. [Instrumental Intro] [20] By June 2002, the song had accumulated over 80,000 spins on radio in the United States, and it received a BDS Certified Spin Award. [17] The single spent 26 weeks on the chart as a whole,[18] before appearing for the last time in the issue dated March 16, 2002.
"[23] Eric Aiese of Billboard wrote that the song "remains compelling throughout," suggesting it could be a "MacArthur Park" or "Hey Jude" within the band’s catalogue.
This house is haunted, it's so pathetic
It was the 20th anniversary of my parents and all hell broke loose on that day. ‘Stay Together for the Kids,’ it was a simple thing. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone deemed the song "bleak," describing it as a "broken-family snapshot.
They never solve them, it makes no sense at all It's not right... The short-term answer is usually yes. When I got home [one] day, my dad's furniture was gone, my mom was inside crying and everything just erupted at that point. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost? I guess parents are people too. It’s just really, super important. '"[5] DeLonge later confirmed he had received emails from fans thanking him for the song's message. Open the front door and all the furniture’s gone.
Their anger hurts my ears The clip was re-shot following the 9/11 attacks, with both the band and label deeming its imagery too similar to the collapse of the World Trade Center. [Instrumental Bridge] It makes no sense at all It was a hit on rock radio in the United States, where it peaked at number seven on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2001. [Post-Chorus: Tom DeLonge] Been running strong for seven years
"[7], The first music video for "Stay Together for the Kids" was directed by Samuel Bayer, best known for his work with Metallica and Nirvana.
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away So I just took everything from that day and put it into a song.
You get caught up in the work.
The track was composed primarily by guitarist Tom DeLonge, who based its lyrics on his parents' divorce and its effect on him.
Yeah, I’d say so.
So here's your holiday My whole family life was deteriorating, so, I just moved out. They feel something.
"[24], William Shaw of Blender compared the song to then-popular songs by rock bands about divorce, such as Papa Roach ("Broken Home"), Staind ("For You") and Nickelback ("Too Bad"), commenting, "The ’90s had Generation X — have we ended up with Generation Whine?" [10] Slant Magazine's Aaron Scott called it "the best track on the album," writing, "The surprising content about a marriage that is resisting divorce will certainly appeal to a generation of youth subjected to a massive divorce epidemic. We get along, so why can't they?
"Stay Together for the Kids" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182 for their fourth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001). [29] The band ended up recording a second video for this song with the same production crew,[28]:90 with the setting changed to an empty mansion populated by shouting teens. The song’s unreleased original music video featured a wrecking ball, being a metaphor for divorce, crashing into and destroying a home. [5] For Hoppus, he was eight years old when he was sent to live with his father. [6][8], Due to its tone and subject matter, it is considered one of the band's darker songs,[8][9] alongside "Adam's Song", their 2000 single revolving around suicide. It was released as the third and final single from the album on February 19, 2002. [25] In the clip, Blink-182 perform in a suburban home that is destroyed with a wrecking ball in a metaphor for a "crumbling marriage." I was like, ‘What the hell are all these scratch marks?’ I followed them up from the driveway to the front door. [26], The song is played on acoustic guitar by a soldier in the War in Afghanistan near the end of the film Restrepo (2010). It’s not about the music as much as it’s about the emotion, and the emotion is what resonates with people. I wanted to tackle that in a song. [25], The two videos were first released on The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder, a 2002 home video on the band.
The video opens with a statistic, claiming that "50 percent of American households are destroyed by divorce.
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge] It was released as the third and final single from the album on February 19, 2002.
“Stay Together For the Kids” is written from the point of view of a child with divorced parents. I see them everyday
It's hard to wake up
Lyrics to 'Stay Together For The Kids' by Blink-182: it's hard to wake up, when the shades have been pulled shut This house is haunted, it's so pathetic, it makes no sense at all I'm ripe with things to say, the words rot and fall away What stupid poem could fix this home, I'd read it every day I'm ripe with things to say In the official program for the band’s 2001 TOYPAJ tour, Mark wrote: Divorce sucks. I was 18, sitting in my driveway when it all went down. [5] Primarily written by guitarist Tom DeLonge, the song is biographical in nature. It was mine, so when you're dead and gone In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the band and label decided to re-shoot it, removing any similarities to the attacks.
I was 18, sitting in my driveway when it all went down. [4] Its heavier sound was inspired by bands the group's members were listening to in the two weeks they wrote their fourth album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, such as Fugazi and Refused. Someone dragged the furniture out. The words rot and fall away
[7] He spoke on the song's inspiration in 2001: I lived, ate, and breathed skateboarding.
Duel vocalists Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus were growing up when both their parents divorced.
You grow up thinking that your parents are more powerful than they are. "The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don’t know what the hell they’re doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent. I'd read it every day
Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost. "[26], The band filmed the music video on September 9–10, 2001 in Los Angeles, in days preceding the 9/11 terrorist attacks. So here's your holiday It's not right... [Verse 2: Mark Hoppus] [...] On the new one, it's 'Stay Together for the Kids. And it's what she wants, then why is there so much pain?
[13][14] Hoppus and DeLonge split vocals on the song, with the former handling verses and the latter singing the choruses.
[27][28]:87 Following those events, the band and its label MCA felt the clip’s images were "too evocative" of the footage of the collapse of the World Trade Center. Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away All I did all day long was skateboard. "[citation needed], "Stay Together for the Kids" official music video; DVD and VEVO version, "Stay Together for the Kids" official music video; TV version, The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder, "22 emo songs that helped you through your high-school breakup", "15 pop-punk songs that will give you the feels", "Why Are America's Rock Bands So Goddamned Angry?
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge] So I just took everything from that day and put it into a song.
It’s so fucked. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost? If this is what he wants [12], "Stay Together for the Kids" is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 72 beats per minute. When I got home [one] day, my dad’s furniture was gone, my mom was inside crying and everything just erupted at that point.
A healthy home-life means one where open conflict and hostility are limited.
So I didn't notice too much [else going on]. What stupid poem could fix this home? "[10], "Stay Together for the Kids" was released as a single and EP with live tracks and video extras. The song's original music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, depicts the band performing in a home being destroyed by a wrecking ball in a metaphor for divorce.
"Stay Together for the Kids" is written about divorce from the point of view of a helpless child.
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
[31], Ambient artist B.E.N covered the song on his Blink 182 tribute album "Benema of the State. You get caught up in the fame or whatever, and then all of a sudden someone slaps you upside the head with reality, and you’re like, ‘Wow.’ Art is really important. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost?
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
I realized that my dad moved out right at that moment. So here's your holiday Just lock yourself in a room, mine was my personal sanctuary.
Signature Sound, Larrabee Studios West, and Cello Studios in California.
"Stay Together for the Kids" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182 for their fourth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001). [10] In the verses, the lyrics detail a marriage gone awry: "Rather than fix the problems/They never solve them/It makes no sense at all."
When you’re a musician, you get caught up in the business. "Whether or not a couple should stay together for the kids really depends.
Children thrive in predictable, secure families with two parents who … [22], "Stay Together for the Kids" received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. The Risks of Staying Together A number of parenting experts see one of the major risks to children of staying in a family that is loaded with anger, frustration, and pain 1 is that they learn bad parenting skills that they will carry on to the next generation. From an interview Blender Magazine in 2002: The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don’t know what the hell they’re doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent. "Right then, I knew my dad had dragged out his furniture single-handedly," he recalled. I think sometimes we lose sight of that importance. Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away
1 for the first time with a masturbation pun", "Blink-182 Stay Together for the Kids – Digital Sheet Music", "Blink-182 Chart History – Alternative Songs", Offiziellecharts.de – Blink 182 – Stay Together for the Kids", "Blink-182 Return To '70s In 'First Date' Video", "For The Record: Quick News On Alicia Keys, The Calling, Funkmaster Flex, Blink-182, Mos Def, Violent Femmes & More", "Review: 'Armadillo' Is A Stark Portrait Of War That Asks Tough Questions", Swisscharts.com – Blink 182 – Stay Together for the Kids", "Blink-182 Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)", The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back! He and bassist Mark Hoppus were growing up when their respective parents divorced. Like anybody, it would affect you to see your parents break up like that.
The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who praised its tone. It's not right... You’ve just got to understand that people are human and they make mistakes. [Instrumental Intro] [20] By June 2002, the song had accumulated over 80,000 spins on radio in the United States, and it received a BDS Certified Spin Award. [17] The single spent 26 weeks on the chart as a whole,[18] before appearing for the last time in the issue dated March 16, 2002.
"[23] Eric Aiese of Billboard wrote that the song "remains compelling throughout," suggesting it could be a "MacArthur Park" or "Hey Jude" within the band’s catalogue.
This house is haunted, it's so pathetic
It was the 20th anniversary of my parents and all hell broke loose on that day. ‘Stay Together for the Kids,’ it was a simple thing. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone deemed the song "bleak," describing it as a "broken-family snapshot.
They never solve them, it makes no sense at all It's not right... The short-term answer is usually yes. When I got home [one] day, my dad's furniture was gone, my mom was inside crying and everything just erupted at that point. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost? I guess parents are people too. It’s just really, super important. '"[5] DeLonge later confirmed he had received emails from fans thanking him for the song's message. Open the front door and all the furniture’s gone.
Their anger hurts my ears The clip was re-shot following the 9/11 attacks, with both the band and label deeming its imagery too similar to the collapse of the World Trade Center. [Instrumental Bridge] It makes no sense at all It was a hit on rock radio in the United States, where it peaked at number seven on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2001. [Post-Chorus: Tom DeLonge] Been running strong for seven years
"[7], The first music video for "Stay Together for the Kids" was directed by Samuel Bayer, best known for his work with Metallica and Nirvana.
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away So I just took everything from that day and put it into a song.
You get caught up in the work.
The track was composed primarily by guitarist Tom DeLonge, who based its lyrics on his parents' divorce and its effect on him.
Yeah, I’d say so.
So here's your holiday My whole family life was deteriorating, so, I just moved out. They feel something.
"[24], William Shaw of Blender compared the song to then-popular songs by rock bands about divorce, such as Papa Roach ("Broken Home"), Staind ("For You") and Nickelback ("Too Bad"), commenting, "The ’90s had Generation X — have we ended up with Generation Whine?" [10] Slant Magazine's Aaron Scott called it "the best track on the album," writing, "The surprising content about a marriage that is resisting divorce will certainly appeal to a generation of youth subjected to a massive divorce epidemic. We get along, so why can't they?
"Stay Together for the Kids" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182 for their fourth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001). [29] The band ended up recording a second video for this song with the same production crew,[28]:90 with the setting changed to an empty mansion populated by shouting teens. The song’s unreleased original music video featured a wrecking ball, being a metaphor for divorce, crashing into and destroying a home. [5] For Hoppus, he was eight years old when he was sent to live with his father. [6][8], Due to its tone and subject matter, it is considered one of the band's darker songs,[8][9] alongside "Adam's Song", their 2000 single revolving around suicide. It was released as the third and final single from the album on February 19, 2002. [25] In the clip, Blink-182 perform in a suburban home that is destroyed with a wrecking ball in a metaphor for a "crumbling marriage." I was like, ‘What the hell are all these scratch marks?’ I followed them up from the driveway to the front door. [26], The song is played on acoustic guitar by a soldier in the War in Afghanistan near the end of the film Restrepo (2010). It’s not about the music as much as it’s about the emotion, and the emotion is what resonates with people. I wanted to tackle that in a song. [25], The two videos were first released on The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder, a 2002 home video on the band.
The video opens with a statistic, claiming that "50 percent of American households are destroyed by divorce.
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge] It was released as the third and final single from the album on February 19, 2002.
“Stay Together For the Kids” is written from the point of view of a child with divorced parents. I see them everyday
It's hard to wake up
Lyrics to 'Stay Together For The Kids' by Blink-182: it's hard to wake up, when the shades have been pulled shut This house is haunted, it's so pathetic, it makes no sense at all I'm ripe with things to say, the words rot and fall away What stupid poem could fix this home, I'd read it every day I'm ripe with things to say In the official program for the band’s 2001 TOYPAJ tour, Mark wrote: Divorce sucks. I was 18, sitting in my driveway when it all went down. [5] Primarily written by guitarist Tom DeLonge, the song is biographical in nature. It was mine, so when you're dead and gone In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the band and label decided to re-shoot it, removing any similarities to the attacks.
I was 18, sitting in my driveway when it all went down. [4] Its heavier sound was inspired by bands the group's members were listening to in the two weeks they wrote their fourth album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, such as Fugazi and Refused. Someone dragged the furniture out. The words rot and fall away
[7] He spoke on the song's inspiration in 2001: I lived, ate, and breathed skateboarding.
Duel vocalists Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus were growing up when both their parents divorced.
You grow up thinking that your parents are more powerful than they are. "The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don’t know what the hell they’re doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent. I'd read it every day
Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost. "[26], The band filmed the music video on September 9–10, 2001 in Los Angeles, in days preceding the 9/11 terrorist attacks. So here's your holiday It's not right... [Verse 2: Mark Hoppus] [...] On the new one, it's 'Stay Together for the Kids. And it's what she wants, then why is there so much pain?
[13][14] Hoppus and DeLonge split vocals on the song, with the former handling verses and the latter singing the choruses.
[27][28]:87 Following those events, the band and its label MCA felt the clip’s images were "too evocative" of the footage of the collapse of the World Trade Center. Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away All I did all day long was skateboard. "[citation needed], "Stay Together for the Kids" official music video; DVD and VEVO version, "Stay Together for the Kids" official music video; TV version, The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder, "22 emo songs that helped you through your high-school breakup", "15 pop-punk songs that will give you the feels", "Why Are America's Rock Bands So Goddamned Angry?
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge] So I just took everything from that day and put it into a song.
It’s so fucked. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost? If this is what he wants [12], "Stay Together for the Kids" is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 72 beats per minute. When I got home [one] day, my dad’s furniture was gone, my mom was inside crying and everything just erupted at that point.
A healthy home-life means one where open conflict and hostility are limited.
So I didn't notice too much [else going on]. What stupid poem could fix this home? "[10], "Stay Together for the Kids" was released as a single and EP with live tracks and video extras. The song's original music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, depicts the band performing in a home being destroyed by a wrecking ball in a metaphor for divorce.
"Stay Together for the Kids" is written about divorce from the point of view of a helpless child.
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
[31], Ambient artist B.E.N covered the song on his Blink 182 tribute album "Benema of the State. You get caught up in the fame or whatever, and then all of a sudden someone slaps you upside the head with reality, and you’re like, ‘Wow.’ Art is really important. Will you remember this night, twenty years now lost?
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
I realized that my dad moved out right at that moment. So here's your holiday Just lock yourself in a room, mine was my personal sanctuary.
