The Return of Fall Out Boy

stump's blog entry about fan backlash, titled "we liked you better fat," was so depressing

oh yeah i remember that one now, it was.

yeah

http://i.imgur.com/QgLCbcn.jpg

nice

I saw them a couple of times at Leeds Festival in the 2000s and to be fair they were a pretty fun live band. But on record? Nah, not for me.

They're at Leeds this year and they'll probably draw one of the biggest crowds of the weekend.

here we go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hDZbroaQDc

not totally feeling this one either... seems SUPER arena-rock for them

i mean, both songs

it seems like patrick is really straining his voice... he has a strong voice but the signing on these records doesn't sound organic or something

The Phoenix seems like a song that exists solely to make a video for.

i really dig this song, even more than "my songs," and patrick's more aggressive singing on both songs feels, strangely, extremely organic to me, especially when it's in deliberate contrast with the (from what i can tell) extremely sampled/phased backing.

it just sounds like he's straining to me... like thin and nasally as opposed to his normal powerful/soulful singing

huh, yeah you're right.

have to keep reminding myself that i've never liked their pre-album singles as much as the albums or later singles

http://i.imgur.com/7hEUV8O.png

i did a double take

otm

does anybody know who the producer on this album is? patrick's voice does sound different but it could be any number of things

have to keep reminding myself that i've never liked their pre-album singles as much as the albums or later singles

― some dude, Monday, March 25, 2013 2:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

you are the dude who shits on something on ilx when it comes out and then i read your blog 5 months later and the same thing you shitted on is like your #5 for the year

; )

does anybody know who the producer on this album is? patrick's voice does sound different but it could be any number of things

butch walker

Don't mind these songs but so far, they're a bit of a letdown after Folie a Deux.

have to keep reminding myself that i've never liked their pre-album singles as much as the albums or later singles

― some dude, Monday, March 25, 2013 2:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

you are the dude who shits on something on ilx when it comes out and then i read your blog 5 months later and the same thing you shitted on is like your #5 for the year

― 乒乓, Monday, March 25, 2013 4:19 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm often down on singles and then like the albums or vice versa if that's what you mean. i like to think i'm willing to change my mind or admit when i've been wrong but i dunno if something like what you're describing actually happens that often! unless jokes i make about artists i like just come off harsh, i guess. examples?

If Panic at the Disco would reform with the same 4 dudes from their first 2 albums I would probably care and listen.

haha well I think I said that in a fit of pique - I don't have somedude.xls open but since I started following your blog a few months ago I def felt p surprised at how highly ranked you had some songs which I had a vague memory of you shitting on here on ILM. I'll let you know if I catch you slippin xp

Yeah it's all good. I'm just curious now if those are apparent inconsistencies I can easily explain or that I'm totally unaware of! Singles tend to change a lot for me from first listen to fiftieth, which is prob how it should be imo.

i feel confident in saying that this will probably be the only album ever to feature both big sean and elton john

last album was probably the only album to ever feature both lil wayne and elvis costello (...nobody really famous to contrast w/ jay-z or babyface on the album before that though)

the producer credits!

http://i.imgur.com/Ldl2lQI.png

that's the wayne/elvis one thoug

pharrell only produced "w.a.m.s."

oh my god i never knew babyface produced "i'm like a lawyer"

i feel confident in saying that this will probably be the only album ever to feature both big sean and elton john

― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Friday, March 29, 2013 1:22 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

tho it was pointed out to me on twitter that MBDTF had elton john + 15 other guests, but curiously no big sean

lol ppl be adding fake song titles to the save rock and roll wiki

""Every Time I Dye My Hair, the Ladies Say, "Hot Damn!""

i was thinking of a fall out boy-ish poll thread title but couldn't think of anything besides puns involving pole dancing

haha it's a shame FOB didn't announce the tracklist for this well ahead of the release date, could've been a good ILX pre-covers project

tho it was pointed out to me on twitter that MBDTF had elton john + 15 other guests, but curiously no big sean

― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Friday, March 29, 2013 3:47 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there is the offish "all of the lights" remix w/ big sean, which i assume still has elton's piano in the mix although who knows

I kinda dug "My Songs..." so I'm disappointed "The Phoenix" sounds like what I expected (which makes it a comeback after all, I guess).

"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark" doesn't sound all that great on the radio. The goofiness in the chorus stopped being funny somewhere around the 3rd listen, and nothing else in this song has grown into anything especially rewarding.

it sounded good as a 6 second bumper wherever i heard it yesterday, espn maybe

Maybe it's too long.

most songs are

it's only 3 minutes! i think it's ok as a single, no better or worse than, like, "I Don't Care."

my joke was bad. suggesting the song should be edited down to 6 seconds.

ha oh that went over my head

Matt ‏@Cheesegod69 14 Mar
shamrock shakes for my real friends, real rock shakes for my sham friends

2 chaaaiiiiiiiinz http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2013/04/fall-out-boy-f-2-chainz-my-songs-know-what-you-did-in-the-dark-light-em-up-remix.html/

what they do with the instrumental there is pretty cool imo i like it a lot more than the OG track

save for the "trap" drums

hi-hats worked fine on the track, i thought