Topic: Fall Out Boy (Read 50417 times)

Professor Snuggles · « **on:** 08 Mar 2010, 18:29 »

Dude, why didn't anyone ever turn me on to this band? I mean I accept that if you'd tried to when they were big like 5 years ago I probably would have hit you, and I've made some pretty impassioned claims against them, but fuck, dude.

This is a good band! This is some awesome poppy ass rock music! I've only listened to cork tree so far, but I'm pretty psyched to scope out the rest of their stuff.

Sugar is a way better single than Dance, Dance though.

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #1 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 18:31 »

I'm not sure I'm ready to make the jump to Panic! At The Disco yet though. That still seems wrong.

Might check out some MCR some day soon!

JD · « **Reply #2 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 18:39 »

Scarychips · « **Reply #3 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 18:45 »

If you are not kidding and being sarcastic, yes, I genuinely think Fall Out Boy were a good band. From Under the Cork Tree is their last good album though. Infinity on High was shit and I didn't even want to listen to Folie a Deux.

HUR I MEAN FALL OUT BOY?? MORE LIKE FALL OUT EMOS HUR HUR HUR

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #4 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 18:59 »

a+++ thread, would revisit again.

some of their tunes were catchy-ish. pop punk is alright.

SilentJ · « **Reply #5 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 19:54 »

Quote from: Scarychips on 08 Mar 2010, 18:45

If you are not kidding and being sarcastic, yes, I genuinely think Fall Out Boy were a good band. From Under the Cork Tree is their last good album though. Infinity on High was shit and I didn't even want to listen to Folie a Deux.

I enjoyed all three of those albums. Folie a Deux tried to capitalize on a rather large amount of star power, there's a featured credit every other song or so. Despite that, it's a bit heavier than their other efforts, and I'd put it very close to Cork Tree for my favorite album of theirs.

SirJuggles · « **Reply #6 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 20:41 »

I do still have a special spot in my musical-cavity for Fall Out Boy, especially the older albums. I think their newer cd's have pushed out from the teenage angst and melodrama that launched them to deal with the issues in their lives now that they're successful rock stars and music executives. While normally I'm all for artistic growth and development, in this case... I've come to realize my attachment to their earlier stuff is mostly emotional, it brings to mind mindless high school melodrama. It reminds me of ex-girlfriends and how complicated I thought my life was. I like their earlier cd's because they're angsty and emotional just like I was as a teenager.

BrittanyMarie · « **Reply #7 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 21:01 »

ya know what's really sad is that last post there just reminded me that i still listen to basically the same music as i did in high school for the most part. namely: jagjaguwar and k records stuff. (i graduated about 6 years ago)

David_Dovey · « **Reply #8 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 21:39 »

Fall Out Boy make such excellent excellent pop music and honestly it's pretty obtuse to suggest otherwise. The fact that I've never seen a band more eager to sell out and cram their entire existence full of product placement makes hard for me personally to support them in any way but that's my hang-up and I can't begrudge anyone else for liking them. Besides, everybody in the band who isn't Pete Wentz seem like genuinely nice and humble people and total music-lovers besides.

I heard they broke up last last year/early this year, though. Is that true?

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #9 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 21:41 »

Like Blink-182 before them, yes, they are on "Indefinite Hiatus."

Professor Snuggles · « **Reply #10 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 21:41 »

My point being that blink came back and I hope they do too.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #11 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:39 »

I can't believe it's come to this.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #12 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:40 »

I can just about deal with like, Johnny C liking paramore because he's a total fucking fag, but seriously guys?

Kevin Barnes · « **Reply #13 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:41 »

I have this theory that the hated hair metal genre of the 1980s was actually an unfairly overlooked trove of incredible music.

I think this theory has legs.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #14 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:42 »

Why did this have to happen.

JD · « **Reply #15 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:46 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 08 Mar 2010, 22:40

I can just about deal with like, Johnny C liking paramore because he's a total fucking fag, but seriously guys?

The nerve of them.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #16 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:55 »

No seriously I am as aware of the works of Fallout Boy as anyone can reasonably be and this has got to be some sort of stupid joke.

Well this just ain't shit you joke about.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #17 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:59 »

Motley Crue are pretty fuckin' solid, Mr. Barnes.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #18 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:03 »

They're no Twisted Sister.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #19 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:27 »

I have a Jawbreaker tribute album where they cover Save Your Generation. It is actually pretty decent, better than the original perhaps. I have not listened to anything else by them and i have no desire to do so though.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #20 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:33 »

oh ha ha ha I thought you were talking about Twisted Sister for a second there oh ha ha :trex:

MrBlu · « **Reply #21 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 23:37 »

They have an album with 3 different versions of the same song. An accoustic version, a pop version, and a CRUNK version.

I dislike this band for a GOOD reason.

scarred · « **Reply #22 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 01:18 »

I'm with Khar on this one.

Wait, I agree with Khar? The world must be ending.

Melodic · « **Reply #23 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 01:26 »

i like indie music because it makes me look hip

so fall out boy has nothing to offer me

Thrillho · « **Reply #24 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 06:52 »

As far as this third-rate supposed 'emo' that ended up quite popular a few years ago, Fall Out Boy were not really among the worst of it. 'Sugar' is truly an amazing pop song that I love while hating myself (a recurring theme in my life in general), and they have a handful of witty lyrics. But it's that 'wittiness' that they get too hung up on too much of the time and it gets very grating.

And then they broke up, so yay!

imapiratearg · « **Reply #25 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 07:46 »

Their first albums is solid and being a fan of pretty much everything pop punk, I dig it.

Christophe · « **Reply #26 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:03 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 08 Mar 2010, 21:39

Fall Out Boy make such excellent excellent pop music and honestly it's pretty obtuse to suggest otherwise. The fact that I've never seen a band more eager to sell out and cram their entire existence full of product placement makes hard for me personally to support them in any way but that's my hang-up and I can't begrudge anyone else for liking them. Besides, everybody in the band who isn't Pete Wentz seem like genuinely nice and humble people and total music-lovers besides.

I heard they broke up last last year/early this year, though. Is that true?

Dovey, Dovey, lema sabachtani

sean · « **Reply #27 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:07 »

fall out boy is not punk and i'm telling everyone.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #28 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:10 »

Quote from: Christophe on 09 Mar 2010, 08:03

Dovey, Dovey, lema sabachtani

Nice aramaic up in this here thread.

scarred · « **Reply #29 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:11 »

Quote from: sean on 09 Mar 2010, 08:07

fall out boy is not good and i'm telling everyone.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #30 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:12 »

Um, I don't understand why such special ire is reserved for this band? Unless it is, as I mentioned, that the band's trajectory is pretty much an object lesson in selling out. Like I said, I get pretty uncomfortable with them for that reason to the point where I can't even bring myself to illegally download their records, but I'd be lying if I said I hadn't actively enjoyed listening to their songs when they come on the radio.

Also it occurs to me that the fact that I basically never find myself in a situation where I have to listen to commercial radio or watch music television or basically engage with mainstream culture whatsoever means that I'm basically immune to the negative effects of the kind of ubiquity that a band like Fallout Boy get, which is probably another reason why they seem to be a favourite for haters of all persuasions.

I imagine if I had to hear a song like "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" (ugh) twice or more a day for any sustained amount of time I'd probably be joining in the fun myself.

sean · « **Reply #31 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:15 »

racetraitors not punk and im telling everyone.

pinkpiche · « **Reply #32 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:18 »

Quote from: sean on 09 Mar 2010, 08:07

fall out boy is not punk and i'm telling everyone.

save your breath they never were
you don't know what they're all about
like flaunting dicks on the net and taking prozac

KharBevNor · « **Reply #33 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:19 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 09 Mar 2010, 08:12

Um, I don't understand why such special ire is reserved for this band?

It's not really special ire. It's just ire. They're a shitty, obnoxious band.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #34 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:36 »

You say that so much it has lost all meaning!

scarred · « **Reply #35 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:37 »

But this time there are people that agree with him!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #36 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:39 »

So what you're saying is if I said every day that the sky is blue you would start thinking it was green?

David_Dovey · « **Reply #37 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:39 »

Yes.

Yes I would.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #38 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:43 »

But no one would give a shit about your opinions, because you like Fall Out Boy.

sean · « **Reply #39 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:43 »

i find apathy is usually a better solution than ire.

sean · « **Reply #40 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:44 »

i mean when the problem is something as simple as a band i dont really care for.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #41 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:45 »

My brother forumites, comrades in struggle, the fight is not just for a band, but for the very soul of our forum!

Tehz · « **Reply #42 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 12:03 »

From Under the Cork Tree is a good album. It used to be a guilty pleasure, but I don't feel guilty about it any more.

it kicks ass

Joseph · « **Reply #43 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 15:42 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 09 Mar 2010, 08:45

My brother forumites, comrades in struggle, the fight is not just for a band, but for the very soul of our forum!

Sexist.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #44 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 15:52 »

It's a paraphrase of an Oswald Moseley speech to the blackshirts. Sexism is the least of its problems.

ALoveSupreme · « **Reply #45 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 17:34 »

Fall Out Boy was ok when Take This to Your Grave came out (pretty decently catchy stuff, for about half an album) and they played shows at the Arlington Heights Nights of Columbus and I could walk out because their performance was so horrible. Terrible live band, sort of embarrassing.

sean · « **Reply #46 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 17:35 »

oh dude this reminds me i never posted that ep you made on my blog. i haven't posted in a while i think im gonna do that tomorrow.

ALoveSupreme · « **Reply #47 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 17:38 »

haha, glad my reply on a fall out boy thread is what reminded you! thanks!

(Saturday off TTtYG is one of my top favorite pop songs... to keep this post relevant to the thread)

Inlander · « **Reply #48 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 18:31 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 09 Mar 2010, 15:52

It's a paraphrase of an Oswald Moseley speech to the blackshirts. Sexism is the least of its problems.

I've never knowingly heard this Fallout Boy band but suddenly I am tempted to like them if the alternative is following in the footsteps of Oswald Moseley.

Spluff · « **Reply #49 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 18:35 »

Quickly, lower the nets, and trap them all inside this thread!

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

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