2008 wasn't BAD persay. Just sucky. Like, I alienated people that were my friends, ignored friends, made enemies, and pissed some people off. Two people close to my heart moved to far off places (California, Afghanistan) and some just disappeared.
But oh freakin well. I had a fun time.
I went to 6 shows and Lollapalooza, I got to see Wicked, I got to meet my idols, and most of all I just had fun with life.
:] So to all you guys out there who says 2008 was the worst years of your lives, you've got lots more ahead of you. We grow from these experiences. I'm off! Happy New Year's to all!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
BAHAHAHAHA.
So, I got this panda finger puppet. He's so cute.
I was showing it to my mom and sister and my sister said, "Why is your finger up his butt?"
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I was showing it to my mom and sister and my sister said, "Why is your finger up his butt?"
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My Lists of 2008
Bwahahaha.
Best Albums of 2008:
1. Folie a Deux (Fall Out Boy)
2. Goodbye Blues (The Hush Sound)
3. Pretty. Odd. (Panic at the Disco)
4. Whisper War (The Cab)
5. Fast Times at Barrington High (The Academy Is...)
6. Perfect Day (CASCADA)
7. CFOB Mixtape (Whoever is on DecayDance Records)
8. Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded (Rihanna)
9. We Started Nothing (The Ting Tings)
Best New Artists I Found of 2008 (DON'T SHOOT ME IF YOU ALREADY KNEW THESE.):
1. Panic (!) at the Disco
2. The Cab
3. The Academy Is...
4. Cobra Starship
5. The Ting Tings
6. Paramore
7. O-Zone
8. Motion City Soundtrack
9. Metro Station
10. KT Tunstall
11. Katy Perry
12. Gnarls Barkley
13. Feist
14. Dana Lyons
15. Chromeo
16. Boys Like Girls
Top Five Best Things That Happened to Me In 2008:
1. Obama was Elected
2. I am going to Morocco!
3. New era of music (for me, at least.)
4. I found Rock Band.
5. I got to go to so many concerts and got to meet The Hush Sound! And I waved at William Beckett. :]
Top Five Reasons Illinois is Great:
1. Obama, Please.
2. All the cool bands are from here. (FOB, TAI..., THS)
3. We have Lollapalooza.
4. Bands like Chicago
5. We are nice people. :]
Top Five Reasons You Should Run and Hide From Illinois:
1. We've got a stupid governor.
2. Our weather is wacky.
3. We have corrupt politicians.
4. Our mayor doesn't like to plow streets.
5. It gets below zero and above 100. x(
I still think we're great.
Have a good day, you non-posers you. :]
Best Albums of 2008:
1. Folie a Deux (Fall Out Boy)
2. Goodbye Blues (The Hush Sound)
3. Pretty. Odd. (Panic at the Disco)
4. Whisper War (The Cab)
5. Fast Times at Barrington High (The Academy Is...)
6. Perfect Day (CASCADA)
7. CFOB Mixtape (Whoever is on DecayDance Records)
8. Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded (Rihanna)
9. We Started Nothing (The Ting Tings)
Best New Artists I Found of 2008 (DON'T SHOOT ME IF YOU ALREADY KNEW THESE.):
1. Panic (!) at the Disco
2. The Cab
3. The Academy Is...
4. Cobra Starship
5. The Ting Tings
6. Paramore
7. O-Zone
8. Motion City Soundtrack
9. Metro Station
10. KT Tunstall
11. Katy Perry
12. Gnarls Barkley
13. Feist
14. Dana Lyons
15. Chromeo
16. Boys Like Girls
Top Five Best Things That Happened to Me In 2008:
1. Obama was Elected
2. I am going to Morocco!
3. New era of music (for me, at least.)
4. I found Rock Band.
5. I got to go to so many concerts and got to meet The Hush Sound! And I waved at William Beckett. :]
Top Five Reasons Illinois is Great:
1. Obama, Please.
2. All the cool bands are from here. (FOB, TAI..., THS)
3. We have Lollapalooza.
4. Bands like Chicago
5. We are nice people. :]
Top Five Reasons You Should Run and Hide From Illinois:
1. We've got a stupid governor.
2. Our weather is wacky.
3. We have corrupt politicians.
4. Our mayor doesn't like to plow streets.
5. It gets below zero and above 100. x(
I still think we're great.
Have a good day, you non-posers you. :]
Friday, December 26, 2008
My Hatred of Makeup
First and foremost, let me remind you I am A TEENAGE GIRL.
My hatred of makeup has been longlasting. I haven't really liked the whole idea. Making yourself look prettier so people don't see who you really are? That's just like putting on a mask, and not many people like those because you die if you don't use them right. Like a facade.
I feel it just hides who you really are.
Even though it just hides what you look like.
If you wear makeup in a rad or fashionable way, that's one thing.
If you wear it like a face? No. Not cool. So predictable.
It's like you put on a face (haha, like the pun? Nevermind.) every day that hides you from the world. It's girls wearing makeup that bothers me the most though. It just seems like they "pretty" themselves up just to make (a) boys like them and (b) other girls hate them.
I don't give a crap if guys wear makeup, I think it's totally rad. People that say that guys wearing makeup is either gay or emo. I think power to you guys! Who cares if they're gay or if they're "emo" (I don't consider emo a label, its a type of music.)? It's their own choice. You can blather on about it all you want, most of the time it's not going to change their minds.
I guess that's all I have to say. Comment! Say what you think. It's all about constructive criticism. :] It makes me happy.
My hatred of makeup has been longlasting. I haven't really liked the whole idea. Making yourself look prettier so people don't see who you really are? That's just like putting on a mask, and not many people like those because you die if you don't use them right. Like a facade.
I feel it just hides who you really are.
Even though it just hides what you look like.
If you wear makeup in a rad or fashionable way, that's one thing.
If you wear it like a face? No. Not cool. So predictable.
It's like you put on a face (haha, like the pun? Nevermind.) every day that hides you from the world. It's girls wearing makeup that bothers me the most though. It just seems like they "pretty" themselves up just to make (a) boys like them and (b) other girls hate them.
I don't give a crap if guys wear makeup, I think it's totally rad. People that say that guys wearing makeup is either gay or emo. I think power to you guys! Who cares if they're gay or if they're "emo" (I don't consider emo a label, its a type of music.)? It's their own choice. You can blather on about it all you want, most of the time it's not going to change their minds.
I guess that's all I have to say. Comment! Say what you think. It's all about constructive criticism. :] It makes me happy.
I guess I never realized
but you really can tell what kind of person one is by looking at their musical choices or iTunes most played. xD
Like, all of my Top 25 Played on iTunes are :The Hush Sound, Fall Out Boy, CASCADA, Metro Station, and Paramore.
Seriously.
Most of the complete albums on my iTunes are Fall Out Boy.
Most of my (according to iTunes) genres are Alternative, Alternative & Punk, Dance, Electronica/ Dance, Pop, and Rock.
I consider most of them Pop Punk, Pop, and Rock.
For example, you can tell a lot about a person.
I like singing because I like musicals.
I like heavy bass lines because it gives the music a beat I can catch onto.
I like some bands because the guys in said bands are *really cute*(like The Academy Is..., The Cab, Cobra Starship, and Panic at the Disco). But I like the band because of their rad music too! xDD
I must sound so shallow.
I like creative lyrics because it shows a sign of being a good writer.
I think long guitar solos are unnecessary, but cool.
I think bands that can do really good remakes of songs are talented.
I like it when bands change their sound. It doesn't make them seem like robots, and nobody likes robots because one day, they will rule. And that is scary.
I don't like normality or sameness. I mean, most of the bands I listen to have changed. List away!
1. Panic (!) at the Disco (seriously?! From pop-punk to beatles-esque?)
2. The Hush Sound (from another indie band to a '20s themed 2000's pop)
3. Fall Out Boy (really hard to explain, but if you're a fan, you know what I mean.)
4. Cobra Starship (like to make The Best Album yet, and have yet to say which album they like more.;])
5. Franz Ferdinand (you don't get if you aren't a fan.)
Those are just a few. Why do you think I generally don't listen to mainstream music? BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE SAME. (and it's demeaning towards women, but that is an argument for another day.)
*sighs* Mainstream just needs some shaking up and we'll be fine. Robots won't take over the world.
Like, all of my Top 25 Played on iTunes are :The Hush Sound, Fall Out Boy, CASCADA, Metro Station, and Paramore.
Seriously.
Most of the complete albums on my iTunes are Fall Out Boy.
Most of my (according to iTunes) genres are Alternative, Alternative & Punk, Dance, Electronica/ Dance, Pop, and Rock.
I consider most of them Pop Punk, Pop, and Rock.
For example, you can tell a lot about a person.
I like singing because I like musicals.
I like heavy bass lines because it gives the music a beat I can catch onto.
I like some bands because the guys in said bands are *really cute*(like The Academy Is..., The Cab, Cobra Starship, and Panic at the Disco). But I like the band because of their rad music too! xDD
I must sound so shallow.
I like creative lyrics because it shows a sign of being a good writer.
I think long guitar solos are unnecessary, but cool.
I think bands that can do really good remakes of songs are talented.
I like it when bands change their sound. It doesn't make them seem like robots, and nobody likes robots because one day, they will rule. And that is scary.
I don't like normality or sameness. I mean, most of the bands I listen to have changed. List away!
1. Panic (!) at the Disco (seriously?! From pop-punk to beatles-esque?)
2. The Hush Sound (from another indie band to a '20s themed 2000's pop)
3. Fall Out Boy (really hard to explain, but if you're a fan, you know what I mean.)
4. Cobra Starship (like to make The Best Album yet, and have yet to say which album they like more.;])
5. Franz Ferdinand (you don't get if you aren't a fan.)
Those are just a few. Why do you think I generally don't listen to mainstream music? BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE SAME. (and it's demeaning towards women, but that is an argument for another day.)
*sighs* Mainstream just needs some shaking up and we'll be fine. Robots won't take over the world.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Why does it seem
that whenever I try to help someone, I don't. I end up hurting them.
Like today: My sister is having a crisis about how she looks and I try to offer some suggestions and she's being all bitchy. It's like "do you seriously have to? Do you have to ruin everyone else's day and bring attention to yourself when it's supposed to be a day about giving? Do you? Do you honestly have to wreck everyone else's day just so you can bring attention to yourself?"
It's really getting to a point. A point where it's just SHUT UP AND MOVE ON. NOBODY BUT YOU CARES ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK. MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE. MAKE IT ABOUT OTHERS AND NOT YOU.
Like today: My sister is having a crisis about how she looks and I try to offer some suggestions and she's being all bitchy. It's like "do you seriously have to? Do you have to ruin everyone else's day and bring attention to yourself when it's supposed to be a day about giving? Do you? Do you honestly have to wreck everyone else's day just so you can bring attention to yourself?"
It's really getting to a point. A point where it's just SHUT UP AND MOVE ON. NOBODY BUT YOU CARES ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK. MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE. MAKE IT ABOUT OTHERS AND NOT YOU.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
You.
You never actually get it, do you? You never get that when I say something like "I wish I was getting an iPod" you don't take it literally. You don't say "Well, we're paying $1500 for you to go to Morocco and we got you concert tickets." You don't DO things like that. You don't get it, do you? You don't make your own daughter feel like complete and total shit, you laugh it off and say "you can wish". You don't guilt her into not wanting an iPod or you don't guilt her into crawling back into her hole to die. You brush it off like nothing ever happened and move on. You don't keep the subject going.
So here's a note to all you moms out there: Do not. I repeat, DO NOT. Make your teenage daughters feel like this, even if she did do something like the situation explained above. DON'T make her feel like she's worthless, mainly because you won't know how she'll take it.
Mom, just dont.
I've been drowning my pain in the Ramen noodles of our lives.
So here's a note to all you moms out there: Do not. I repeat, DO NOT. Make your teenage daughters feel like this, even if she did do something like the situation explained above. DON'T make her feel like she's worthless, mainly because you won't know how she'll take it.
Mom, just dont.
I've been drowning my pain in the Ramen noodles of our lives.
They've done it again.
Oh my god. My faimly continue to make me feel like total crap. My sister and her "Borrow someone else's luggage" when it's like "What if I want my own luggage?" And then my mom makes me fell like I'm stupid when I made one mistake yesterday when we were shopping.You guys always make me feel like I'm not good enough for you. You make me feel inadequate. Like I'm worthless. Like I'm not important or that my ideas and thoughts don't matter. Like I'm nonexistant.
Sometimes, I wish they would leave me alone.
Then those times when I actually am alone, I wish someone was there for me.
My family has a really bad tendency to be very judgmental. It really sucks.
Sometimes, I wish they would leave me alone.
Then those times when I actually am alone, I wish someone was there for me.
My family has a really bad tendency to be very judgmental. It really sucks.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Adorable as they are,
the holidays are never as great as I'd like them to be.
First of all, buying whoever your Kris Kringle presents for? Not fun, especially when you are in no way close to them. Even though they are relatives.
That brings me to another point. Relatives. Especially the obnoxious ones. When they get drunk. Arg.
And then there's the whole cousins thing. Just so you know, I HATE most of my cousins. There are a few I can handle. The rest can do whatever they want, just don't bother me.
The last thing? Having to deal with getting stuff you don't want. I mean, if you really want to get me anything as a gift, make it music, books, or gift cards. Only clothes I go with you to buy are acceptable. And no make up. I am fiercely against make up because it just hides who you actually are. If you really want to look prettier, go get yourself some self-esteem and confidence and have a good day. It also just costs NOTHING.
The insanity. Ugh, plus, corporations are just making money, even in our failing economy. *sigh*
At least there's always my blog and my friends to make up for it.
First of all, buying whoever your Kris Kringle presents for? Not fun, especially when you are in no way close to them. Even though they are relatives.
That brings me to another point. Relatives. Especially the obnoxious ones. When they get drunk. Arg.
And then there's the whole cousins thing. Just so you know, I HATE most of my cousins. There are a few I can handle. The rest can do whatever they want, just don't bother me.
The last thing? Having to deal with getting stuff you don't want. I mean, if you really want to get me anything as a gift, make it music, books, or gift cards. Only clothes I go with you to buy are acceptable. And no make up. I am fiercely against make up because it just hides who you actually are. If you really want to look prettier, go get yourself some self-esteem and confidence and have a good day. It also just costs NOTHING.
The insanity. Ugh, plus, corporations are just making money, even in our failing economy. *sigh*
At least there's always my blog and my friends to make up for it.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Hello again. Sorry for my constant copy/paste from my Facebook.
I just wanted to say happy Ramadan, happy Hanukkah, merry Christmas, happy Kwanzaa and have good holiday no matter what you celebrate. :D
I personally celebrate Christmahanukwanzaa. xDDDD
:D Good day.
I personally celebrate Christmahanukwanzaa. xDDDD
:D Good day.
December 19, 2008 might have been the best night
of our teenage lives.
It started out well at the show. Debello did well. Except the lead singer looked like he was having a seizure on stage. Me and Rose called him the Seizure Dance Guy. 8DD
Then it was This is Me Smiling. The name is very emo, but whatever. They're awesome. The lead guy's hair was funky though. Uneven. But at least he wasn't doing a seizure dance. XDD
Then we got the text. Naomi's dad texted Naomi halfway through This Is Me Smiling and told us to get our Hush Sound stuff to get signed. And we knew it, he had gotten us into meet them.
like, 30 mins later we were backstage, highfiving Greta and introducing ourselves to Bob. Then Darren and Chris came in and we had them sign out shirts. Me and Darren had a whole conversation about messing up signatures, and then me and Bob had a whole conversation about sharpies. Then they sang a song to Rachel (Lazar) for her birthday.And Bob is taller than I thought. And I'm as tall as Greta. :D And then we took some pics with our camera fones because we were stupid and didn't bring our cameras. And we hugged Greta and Chris and Chris was like "hug train!" and that made my day because he is *amazing* to say the least. and then we saw them perform from the balcony.
Everyone wanted them to do an encore, so they came out and played Echo. Me and N were like THEY PLAYED THIS FOR US because no one was singing except for us. Me and N danced and sang along, and we watched them perform with Chris for the last time...
It was an epic win for The Hush Sound and team THS.
It started out well at the show. Debello did well. Except the lead singer looked like he was having a seizure on stage. Me and Rose called him the Seizure Dance Guy. 8DD
Then it was This is Me Smiling. The name is very emo, but whatever. They're awesome. The lead guy's hair was funky though. Uneven. But at least he wasn't doing a seizure dance. XDD
Then we got the text. Naomi's dad texted Naomi halfway through This Is Me Smiling and told us to get our Hush Sound stuff to get signed. And we knew it, he had gotten us into meet them.
like, 30 mins later we were backstage, highfiving Greta and introducing ourselves to Bob. Then Darren and Chris came in and we had them sign out shirts. Me and Darren had a whole conversation about messing up signatures, and then me and Bob had a whole conversation about sharpies. Then they sang a song to Rachel (Lazar) for her birthday.And Bob is taller than I thought. And I'm as tall as Greta. :D And then we took some pics with our camera fones because we were stupid and didn't bring our cameras. And we hugged Greta and Chris and Chris was like "hug train!" and that made my day because he is *amazing* to say the least. and then we saw them perform from the balcony.
Everyone wanted them to do an encore, so they came out and played Echo. Me and N were like THEY PLAYED THIS FOR US because no one was singing except for us. Me and N danced and sang along, and we watched them perform with Chris for the last time...
It was an epic win for The Hush Sound and team THS.
I hate critics.
In response to this:
"Always reaching, occasionally succeeding, never taking no for an answer.
[3.5/5]
For all the negatives said, written or blogged about Fall Out Boy (and trust us, there are a lot), it's damn near impossible to fault the Chicago-born band for their creativity, ingenuity and willingness to try just about anything. (How many other previous Warped Tour headliners do you know who've attempted to play Antarctica recently?) Sure, you can hate Pete Wentz for his media-whoring abilities (dude would attend the opening of a Doritos bag if you invited him), but when it comes to the music, the band--bassist/lyricist Wentz, vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley--take what they do surprisingly seriously, and Folie À Deux represents that well.
As many have already explained, Folie À Deux translates from French to mean "a madness shared by two." What's interesting, then, is how the album itself actually fights against this joint-mind feeling with two very distinct halves. The first seven tracks are a great mixture of what many would refer to as "quintessential Fall Out Boy" (meaning huge hooks, open-diary lyrics and plenty of ear candy from Stump) as well as some of the band's more recent R&B affectations seen on 2007's Infinity On High. "America's Suitehearts"-while having way too many vocal overdubs for this writer's comfort level-is probably the most visceral gut-shot the band have penned since "Sugar, We're Goin' Down." Its half-time chorus is as musically enormous as FOB get, and Wentz's lyrics ("Let's hear it for America's suitehearts/I must confess I'm in love with my own sins") are as honest as he's been in some time. "She's My Winona" suffers from an awkward key change toward its end, but otherwise is a solid, uptempo rocker with some neat production flourishes in the drums. The disc's first single, "I Don't Care," while directly aping Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus," is still a hell of a good time. The first half of the disc closes out with "(Coffee's For Closers)," a gorgeous, string-enhanced number that leaves you emotionally drained after a repeated chant of "We will never believe again/Kick drum beating in my chest again." It's wordplay like this that once again make Wentz king of emo troubadours, as much as he'd probably like to shed the title.
For as many risks as the album's first half doesn't take, the remaining six songs go all out in terms of grandiosity (and potential absurdity). The overblown R&B piano ballad "What A Catch, Donnie" kicks off with guest vocals from most of the Decaydance roster (including Panic At The Disco's Brendon Urie and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy) before turning the reins over to pop's elder statesman, Elvis Costello, for a 15-second cameo in which he sings a hook from one of the album's previous songs, "Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet," before disappearing (presumably back to your cool uncle's record collection). But that's peanuts compared to what happens in the next 18 minutes or so-"Tiffany Blews" is a pseudo club-stomper featuring a phoned-in appearance from rap blünderkind Lil' Wayne (seriously, it sounds like it was recorded off an answering machine) that doesn't have much going for it. "w.a.m.s." is next, which is a synth-heavy '80s dance number that just sounds misguided and awkward-and that's before the double-bass outro which fades into a strange, minute-long retro-blues piece presumably from Pharrell, who is supposed to appear somewhere in the song.
Urie pops up again in "20 Dollar Nose Bleed," which at first listen will recall Billy Preston's funk-pop classic "Nothing From Nothing" (seriously) as well as Panic's Pretty. Odd., with its enjoyable horn accents and bouncy beat. It's the highlight of the album's second half, which woefully lacks standouts; if you buy Folie À Deux on vinyl, odds are you'll never get around to flipping the platter over to side B. But it's hard to hold the mistakes against the band, because as usual, they went for it. There aren't any other groups who have achieved such widespread mainstream success but still tinker with their sound this much. While Folie À Deux at times feels like the band are showing off the contents of their Rolodex, the album's standouts are so good that they will undoubtedly become standards for the band's live shows for years to come. And really, does it matter if people like it or not? As Stump sings (and Wentz writes), "I don't care what you think/As long as it's about me." (ISLAND) Scott Heisel"
I wrote this.:
"First of all, I have to say I haven't been an FOB fan as long as the rest of you, only since FUTCT came out (And NO, I didn't buy it because of Dance, Dance.) Anyway, I think change is good for bands because it means they can mature. I think Folie a Deux is amazing. The catchiness of the songs, the heartfelt lyrics, the musical lines are all fantastic. So if any of you think they are sell outs? Consider yourself a sell out and have a good day. You clearly haven't grown any as a music listener. Do you expect them to stay the same just because you say "make another album like TTTYG"? You just can't do that because an album isn't an album if it's a carbon copy."
Whole article with the others responses here: http://altpress.com/reviews/1328.htm#view1328
"Always reaching, occasionally succeeding, never taking no for an answer.
[3.5/5]
For all the negatives said, written or blogged about Fall Out Boy (and trust us, there are a lot), it's damn near impossible to fault the Chicago-born band for their creativity, ingenuity and willingness to try just about anything. (How many other previous Warped Tour headliners do you know who've attempted to play Antarctica recently?) Sure, you can hate Pete Wentz for his media-whoring abilities (dude would attend the opening of a Doritos bag if you invited him), but when it comes to the music, the band--bassist/lyricist Wentz, vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley--take what they do surprisingly seriously, and Folie À Deux represents that well.
As many have already explained, Folie À Deux translates from French to mean "a madness shared by two." What's interesting, then, is how the album itself actually fights against this joint-mind feeling with two very distinct halves. The first seven tracks are a great mixture of what many would refer to as "quintessential Fall Out Boy" (meaning huge hooks, open-diary lyrics and plenty of ear candy from Stump) as well as some of the band's more recent R&B affectations seen on 2007's Infinity On High. "America's Suitehearts"-while having way too many vocal overdubs for this writer's comfort level-is probably the most visceral gut-shot the band have penned since "Sugar, We're Goin' Down." Its half-time chorus is as musically enormous as FOB get, and Wentz's lyrics ("Let's hear it for America's suitehearts/I must confess I'm in love with my own sins") are as honest as he's been in some time. "She's My Winona" suffers from an awkward key change toward its end, but otherwise is a solid, uptempo rocker with some neat production flourishes in the drums. The disc's first single, "I Don't Care," while directly aping Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus," is still a hell of a good time. The first half of the disc closes out with "(Coffee's For Closers)," a gorgeous, string-enhanced number that leaves you emotionally drained after a repeated chant of "We will never believe again/Kick drum beating in my chest again." It's wordplay like this that once again make Wentz king of emo troubadours, as much as he'd probably like to shed the title.
For as many risks as the album's first half doesn't take, the remaining six songs go all out in terms of grandiosity (and potential absurdity). The overblown R&B piano ballad "What A Catch, Donnie" kicks off with guest vocals from most of the Decaydance roster (including Panic At The Disco's Brendon Urie and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy) before turning the reins over to pop's elder statesman, Elvis Costello, for a 15-second cameo in which he sings a hook from one of the album's previous songs, "Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet," before disappearing (presumably back to your cool uncle's record collection). But that's peanuts compared to what happens in the next 18 minutes or so-"Tiffany Blews" is a pseudo club-stomper featuring a phoned-in appearance from rap blünderkind Lil' Wayne (seriously, it sounds like it was recorded off an answering machine) that doesn't have much going for it. "w.a.m.s." is next, which is a synth-heavy '80s dance number that just sounds misguided and awkward-and that's before the double-bass outro which fades into a strange, minute-long retro-blues piece presumably from Pharrell, who is supposed to appear somewhere in the song.
Urie pops up again in "20 Dollar Nose Bleed," which at first listen will recall Billy Preston's funk-pop classic "Nothing From Nothing" (seriously) as well as Panic's Pretty. Odd., with its enjoyable horn accents and bouncy beat. It's the highlight of the album's second half, which woefully lacks standouts; if you buy Folie À Deux on vinyl, odds are you'll never get around to flipping the platter over to side B. But it's hard to hold the mistakes against the band, because as usual, they went for it. There aren't any other groups who have achieved such widespread mainstream success but still tinker with their sound this much. While Folie À Deux at times feels like the band are showing off the contents of their Rolodex, the album's standouts are so good that they will undoubtedly become standards for the band's live shows for years to come. And really, does it matter if people like it or not? As Stump sings (and Wentz writes), "I don't care what you think/As long as it's about me." (ISLAND) Scott Heisel"
I wrote this.:
"First of all, I have to say I haven't been an FOB fan as long as the rest of you, only since FUTCT came out (And NO, I didn't buy it because of Dance, Dance.) Anyway, I think change is good for bands because it means they can mature. I think Folie a Deux is amazing. The catchiness of the songs, the heartfelt lyrics, the musical lines are all fantastic. So if any of you think they are sell outs? Consider yourself a sell out and have a good day. You clearly haven't grown any as a music listener. Do you expect them to stay the same just because you say "make another album like TTTYG"? You just can't do that because an album isn't an album if it's a carbon copy."
Whole article with the others responses here: http://altpress.com/review
I've come to a conclusion.
It is totally impossible for me to pick my favorite song off Folie a Deux.
Disloyal Order of Water Buffalo starts out like church music (which they call Intro.After that, it gets intense. Or, intense for the pop music listeners. "Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy" is my new favorite line.
I Don't Care is exactly like the title. I love the message it conveys: the fact that nobody *cough cough the paparazzi* care about nothing but the stars. "I don't care what you think, As long as it's about me". Duh.
She's My Winona is all about life and death and how life is less diligent that death. "Life's just a pay stub on death Only less diligent" and "Then came a baby boy with long eyelashes Daddy said, "You gotta show the world the thunder!" The thunder, the thunder, the thunder" are the two best lines.
America's Suitehearts is stating how everyone is just in it for the glory, and not actually in it so they can do their best, but so they can just say how cool they are. (or at least I think.) "Down, set, one, hut, hut, hike Media blitz"
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet is saying 'does your husband actually know you or what he thinks is you? And did he fall in love with you for the illusion of you or you actually?' It also says that he's not going to be that guy. "Does your husband know the way that
the sunshine gleams from your wedding band?"
The (Shipped) Gold Standard is loverly. He's just saying how much he LOVESLOVESLOVES Ashlee. Even though we don't. But he's happy, so whatever. Other than that, it says "You can only blame your problems on the world for so long Before it all becomes the same song."
(Coffee's for Closers) is one of the best. It just basically says that change happens and not believing what the media tells you. "Oh change will come I will never believe in anything again" It's also got some awesome strings at the end. :)
What A Catch, Donnie is one of the most poetic songs on the entire album. It almost sounds like they're saying goodbye, but they aren't. He's saying how he can hurt someone's feelings by just giving up on them, like they can't be fixed. "I've got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match" is an amazing line.
27 is hard to decipher, but is generally saying how love is unending. It's got amazing metaphors in it too. "You're a bottled star The planets align Just like Mars you shine in the sky you shine in the sky" is just one stanza. Go look up the lyrics or something to hear all the real metaphors.
Tiffany Blews is saying how boring normality is. "Oh, baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
you're a faded moon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
and oh, baby your'e a classic
like a little black dress
but you'll be faded soon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)" is the chorus. One of the better songs.
w.a.m.s. wonders why you are so special and are more important than that other person.
"Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone" is just the chorus.
Then it's got the Interlude attached. Weird.
20 Dollar Nose Bleed is awesome firstly because it's got Brendon Urie in it playing piano and singing and we all know what a fantastic singer Brendon is. Right? Anyway, its another song about drugs.
"Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and "
Then Pete speaks. : "It's not me, it's you
Actually, it's the taxidermy of you and me
Untie the balloons from around my neck and ground me
I'm just a racehorse on the track
Send me back to the glue factory
Always thought I'd float away
And never come back
But I've got enough miles on my card
to fly the boys home on my own
But you know me: I like being all alone
And keeping you all alone
And the charts are boring
And the kids are snoring
And the eagles in a sling
You say you're not listening
And I said I'm wishing
And I said...I said"
West Coast Smoker is another song about drugs.
"I'm a nervous wreck
(Oh hell yes)
The drugs just make me reset "
My favorite line is "Knock once for the Father Twice for the Son Three times for the Holy Ghost"
And that's the album. A poetic masterpiece (with some songs about drugs, but every album has a song about drugs on it. It's a fact of life.) Anyway, I wish I could actually get into his head.
But they don't like it when people try to interpret their songs. So I didn't. :D I guessed. I didn't make any real answers, just questions.
Disloyal Order of Water Buffalo starts out like church music (which they call Intro.After that, it gets intense. Or, intense for the pop music listeners. "Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy" is my new favorite line.
I Don't Care is exactly like the title. I love the message it conveys: the fact that nobody *cough cough the paparazzi* care about nothing but the stars. "I don't care what you think, As long as it's about me". Duh.
She's My Winona is all about life and death and how life is less diligent that death. "Life's just a pay stub on death Only less diligent" and "Then came a baby boy with long eyelashes Daddy said, "You gotta show the world the thunder!" The thunder, the thunder, the thunder" are the two best lines.
America's Suitehearts is stating how everyone is just in it for the glory, and not actually in it so they can do their best, but so they can just say how cool they are. (or at least I think.) "Down, set, one, hut, hut, hike Media blitz"
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet is saying 'does your husband actually know you or what he thinks is you? And did he fall in love with you for the illusion of you or you actually?' It also says that he's not going to be that guy. "Does your husband know the way that
the sunshine gleams from your wedding band?"
The (Shipped) Gold Standard is loverly. He's just saying how much he LOVESLOVESLOVES Ashlee. Even though we don't. But he's happy, so whatever. Other than that, it says "You can only blame your problems on the world for so long Before it all becomes the same song."
(Coffee's for Closers) is one of the best. It just basically says that change happens and not believing what the media tells you. "Oh change will come I will never believe in anything again" It's also got some awesome strings at the end. :)
What A Catch, Donnie is one of the most poetic songs on the entire album. It almost sounds like they're saying goodbye, but they aren't. He's saying how he can hurt someone's feelings by just giving up on them, like they can't be fixed. "I've got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match" is an amazing line.
27 is hard to decipher, but is generally saying how love is unending. It's got amazing metaphors in it too. "You're a bottled star The planets align Just like Mars you shine in the sky you shine in the sky" is just one stanza. Go look up the lyrics or something to hear all the real metaphors.
Tiffany Blews is saying how boring normality is. "Oh, baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
you're a faded moon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
and oh, baby your'e a classic
like a little black dress
but you'll be faded soon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)" is the chorus. One of the better songs.
w.a.m.s. wonders why you are so special and are more important than that other person.
"Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone" is just the chorus.
Then it's got the Interlude attached. Weird.
20 Dollar Nose Bleed is awesome firstly because it's got Brendon Urie in it playing piano and singing and we all know what a fantastic singer Brendon is. Right? Anyway, its another song about drugs.
"Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in
I wanna blow off steam and "
Then Pete speaks. : "It's not me, it's you
Actually, it's the taxidermy of you and me
Untie the balloons from around my neck and ground me
I'm just a racehorse on the track
Send me back to the glue factory
Always thought I'd float away
And never come back
But I've got enough miles on my card
to fly the boys home on my own
But you know me: I like being all alone
And keeping you all alone
And the charts are boring
And the kids are snoring
And the eagles in a sling
You say you're not listening
And I said I'm wishing
And I said...I said"
West Coast Smoker is another song about drugs.
"I'm a nervous wreck
(Oh hell yes)
The drugs just make me reset "
My favorite line is "Knock once for the Father Twice for the Son Three times for the Holy Ghost"
And that's the album. A poetic masterpiece (with some songs about drugs, but every album has a song about drugs on it. It's a fact of life.) Anyway, I wish I could actually get into his head.
But they don't like it when people try to interpret their songs. So I didn't. :D I guessed. I didn't make any real answers, just questions.
The cover.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
And to think
today was supposed to be a GOOD day.
Karma's just come back around to bite me.
Only a total of 3 good things happened today.
1. Folie a Deux
2. Mrs. Williams and her crazy self
3. It snowed.
The rest of the day was complete CRAP.
1. I got hit in the face TWICE with basketballs.
2. the Daniels in my class were born.
3. It snowed.
I know, I put "it snowed" twice. It's good because now my city looks pretty.
It's bad because it took me an hour and half to get to a place it should've taken 40 minutes.
God. Karma just totally hates me today.
At least Folie a Deux is AMAZING. This makes up for my day.
God. Wentz's lyrics are amazing. I just want to get up and dance, but I seem too depressed to do anything about it.
The saddest part of the whole thing is the fact that yesterday was supposed to be my suck-day for the week (being Monday and all). It's probably going to be my second favorite day this week.
Friday being my favorite. :D My Hush Sound concert is on Friday. :)
Life is life.
Karma's just come back around to bite me.
Only a total of 3 good things happened today.
1. Folie a Deux
2. Mrs. Williams and her crazy self
3. It snowed.
The rest of the day was complete CRAP.
1. I got hit in the face TWICE with basketballs.
2. the Daniels in my class were born.
3. It snowed.
I know, I put "it snowed" twice. It's good because now my city looks pretty.
It's bad because it took me an hour and half to get to a place it should've taken 40 minutes.
God. Karma just totally hates me today.
At least Folie a Deux is AMAZING. This makes up for my day.
God. Wentz's lyrics are amazing. I just want to get up and dance, but I seem too depressed to do anything about it.
The saddest part of the whole thing is the fact that yesterday was supposed to be my suck-day for the week (being Monday and all). It's probably going to be my second favorite day this week.
Friday being my favorite. :D My Hush Sound concert is on Friday. :)
Life is life.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Acceptable
These are acceptable, even preferred.
1. Fall Out Boy
2. Andy's skills
3. The Hush Sound
4. Greta's voice
5. Panic(!) at the Disco
6. Brendan Urie
7. Cobra Starship
8. Victoria's keytar
9. The Cab
10. Alex Marshall's hair
11. The Academy Is...
12. Will's blog
13. YouTube
14. Facebook
15. Lollapalooza
16. The Congress Theatre
17. The Allstate Arena
18. Care Bear bandaids
19. Chicago
20. Chris's bass lines
21. California
22. iamrevolution.com
23. This blog
24. Clandestine Industries
25. Best friends
26. The real friends
27. The insides of Wentz's, Beckett's, Salpeter's, Morris's, Ross's, and Saporta's heads.
The great songwriters of our time and they just leak this stuff.
It's totally shocking to me that any one of these people could be any less proud of what they've done.
28. The Chicago Redeye
29. Animal Farm
30. Twilight series
31. John Green's books
32. Meg Cabot's books
33. Lauren Myracle's books
34. Terry Pratchett
35. Mrs. Williams
36. Ms. Boline
37. Mrs. Santiago
38. Diesel jeans
39. Pirates of the Carribbean
40. Musicals (Grease, Hairspray, and Chicago specifically)
41. Shakespeare
42. Poe
43. Caramelldansen
44. Pixars and OLD Disney's
45. The LG Rumor
46. iPod Touch
47. Apple computers
48. Anime
49. Manga
50. Comments
1. Fall Out Boy
2. Andy's skills
3. The Hush Sound
4. Greta's voice
5. Panic(!) at the Disco
6. Brendan Urie
7. Cobra Starship
8. Victoria's keytar
9. The Cab
10. Alex Marshall's hair
11. The Academy Is...
12. Will's blog
13. YouTube
14. Facebook
15. Lollapalooza
16. The Congress Theatre
17. The Allstate Arena
18. Care Bear bandaids
19. Chicago
20. Chris's bass lines
21. California
22. iamrevolution.com
23. This blog
24. Clandestine Industries
25. Best friends
26. The real friends
27. The insides of Wentz's, Beckett's, Salpeter's, Morris's, Ross's, and Saporta's heads.
The great songwriters of our time and they just leak this stuff.
It's totally shocking to me that any one of these people could be any less proud of what they've done.
28. The Chicago Redeye
29. Animal Farm
30. Twilight series
31. John Green's books
32. Meg Cabot's books
33. Lauren Myracle's books
34. Terry Pratchett
35. Mrs. Williams
36. Ms. Boline
37. Mrs. Santiago
38. Diesel jeans
39. Pirates of the Carribbean
40. Musicals (Grease, Hairspray, and Chicago specifically)
41. Shakespeare
42. Poe
43. Caramelldansen
44. Pixars and OLD Disney's
45. The LG Rumor
46. iPod Touch
47. Apple computers
48. Anime
49. Manga
50. Comments
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