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"The Rock Show" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182 for their fourth studio album, ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'' (2001). It was released as the lead single from the album on June 25, 2001. The track was composed primarily by bassist Mark Hoppus based on the band's early days touring punk rock clubs. The song's creation stems from Blink-182 manager Rick DeVoe's opinion that the album lacked a catchy, "feel-good" song. Hoppus composed "The Rock Show" in response, while guitarist Tom DeLonge composed the album's second single, "First Date". The song peaked at number two on ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it the most successful single from the album. It also reached number 14 in the United Kingdom. The song's music video finds the band giving an unusually large budget for the video, and spending needlessly on random things. In promotion of the single, Blink-182 performed the song live on late-night talk show ''Late Show with David Letterman''. ==Background== Prior to recording their fourth studio album, ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', Blink-182 recorded demos at DML Studios, a small practice studio in Escondido, California, where the band had written ''Dude Ranch'' and ''Enema of the State''.〔 The group had written a dozen songs after three weeks and invited their manager, Rick DeVoe, to be the first person outside Blink-182 to hear the new material, which the band found "catchy (with ) a definitive edge".〔〔 DeVoe sat in the control room and quietly listened to the recordings, and pressed the band at the end on why there was no "Blink-182 good-time summer anthem ()". DeLonge and Hoppus were furious, remarking, "You want a fucking single? I'll write you the cheesiest, catchiest, throwaway fucking summertime single you've ever heard!" Hoppus went home and wrote "The Rock Show" in ten minutes, and DeLonge similarly wrote "First Date", which became the most successful singles from the record and future live staples. "The Rock Show" was written about the band's early days at a club in San Diego named SOMA. The song's arrangement was worked in the Famous Stars and Straps warehouse in San Diego. The band felt the song captured "the spirit of the Ramones and Screeching Weasel about it, but (was ) definitely influenced by bands like the Descendents." They expanded upon this in a 2001 interview with BBC Music: Although it only peaked at number 71 on the Hot 100 and number 33 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, it reached number two on ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart.〔Shooman, 2010. p. 87〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rock Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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