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Released: August 14, 2007
So, um, yeah. My choices in music so very rarely ever (ever) embarrass me, but this one does. I can’t help it.
Fall Out Boy. You read that correctly. Fall Out Boy. Hey, no one is more surprised than I am. It’s funny how these things happen because you say to yourself, yeah, there’s no way I could ever be a fan of … and then it happens one morning at 5:45 a.m. when you’re watching videos the one time of day MTV actually shows them. The song is kind of catchy and the video is cute. Hey, it’s chimps after all, directing a video within a video. Pete Wentz is really skinny for a man in scary way and that normal looking blonde guy is the lead singer? Really? When does he ever get talked about, you wonder when you watch said video for the 900th time in a week and find yourself liking it. So you add the song to your iPod and you’re in someone’s car and they’re playing the cd and you say out loud “Hey, this isn’t so bad.” (Which nets you a slam of brakes and a “REALLY?”) (Because it’s that surprising I would like Fall Out Boy.)
That’s how it happened.
I wouldn’t label Fall Out Boy Punk Rock or even Rock. Alternative maybe. They’re kind of easily interchangeable between Rock and Alternative, but Punk is taking it WAY too far. I’m attracted to their very long, goofy song titles and the fact that they are smart alacks who really love themselves and are happy to tell you about it. There’s appeal to that kind of bravado (sometimes) (this time) even if there’s really nothing that sets Fall Out Boy apart from other…generic…bands.
Let’s call it a guilty pleasure and leave it at that.
My favorite: “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” (which maybe could be amusing to me because I had a relationship end via text message once.)
Songs you should at least give a listen to should you find yourself subjected to this particular Fall Out Boy album:
–“Golden “
–“Thnks Fr Th Mmrs “
–“You’re Crashing But Your No Wave “
–“Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am? “
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