Fall Out Boy are back to bother the charts again, and we’re hearing loads of America’s Suitehearts – their latest single – at the moment.
From their new album, Folie à Deux, the video’s very…er… like a horror version of a Beatles movie. Allie questions the fixation with carnival and circusfolk – which goes for them and Panic At The Disco if memory serves me right.
Of all the stupid things a potential parent might say, comparing having a child to making a record is about as idiotic as it gets. According to NME, the Fall Out Boy bass-spanker (rhymes with something else appropriate, huh?) has said it’s “like making a record, but knowing you’re going to mix it for the next 18 years of your life.”
Yeah, Pete, come back and speak to us when you’ve spent a few years changing nappies. Having a child is nothing like making a record, you naive fool. We wish the guy all the best with his new baby, but it’s obvious Wentz has absolutely no frame of reference for something this big and is struggling to relate it to something he understands.
It’s a known fact that rock bands love to cover Michael Jackson songs, which is why we’re not surprised to learn the mascara-loving members of Fall Out Boy are covering Jackson’s classic, Beat It.
On this track, they’ve teamed up with celebrity boyfriend-for-hire/guitarist John Mayer (come on, you’ve never heard his music either, have you?) for quite a stormin’ rendition of an awesome song.
I love Fall Out Boy. For me, they’re in the vein of earlier pop-punk bands like Sum 41 and Blink 182 – where the music is pure energy and you don’t worry too much about the lyrical content.
Having said that, I won’t go any further until I mention the txt-inspired title – thnks fr th mmrs, or Thanks For The Memories if you were born before 1992. I’m not sure how I feel about the name, but it’ll sure as hell confuse Fall Out Boy’s over-40 fans!
