Compare Stump’s vocals on almost any song on this record to “Sugar We’re Goin Down” and you will see what I am aiming at here. I don’t even mean that in a condescending way! It’s a good one. – “I Don’t Care” is likely the greatest song this group of men could possibly hope to write.
Do I even have to mention that “Sugar We’re Goin Down” became an inescapable hit right when I started college and “What A Catch, Donnie” whimpered onto the radio right when I graduated? Fall Out Boy - America's Suitehearts, She's My Winona, The (Shipped) Gold Standard, Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes, Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet, w.a.m.s., What A Catch, Donnie. Now that Fall Out Boy have become an artifact, “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down” warms the cockles of my heart in a way it never could have when I was 18. – My perverse fascination with this record stems from nothing but my perverse fascination with trends in pop music the instant they become outdated. – They must have known they were breaking up, right? As if they were anthems of a dying generation. Produced by Neal Avron, the album was recorded from July to September 2008 at The. It features a Hey Jude-styled fadeout with guest singers from fellow Fueled By Ramen bands wistfully singing the choruses to older Fall Out Boy hits, including “Sugar We’re Goin Down” and “Grand Theft Autumn”. Folie Deux (French for 'A Madness Shared by Two') is the fourth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. – “What A Catch, Donnie” is an Elton John-styled piano ballad with Elvis Costello chiming in to sing the chorus of “Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet” for reasons impossible to understand. It is a strange thing to hear, considering I spent most of 2005 hiding in my dorm room devouring XTC records just to get away from bands like Fall Out Boy.
And after that he says 'my body is an orphanage we take everyone in' I think this means that. What else could it be? That “sniffing bottle glue” line, listen to it again. I think 27 is talking about Pete himself because the lyrics say,'my mind is a safe and if I keep it then we all get rich' and if he keeps his head together then they can make money off their songs since he writes all the songs. – I swear to fucking god “Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet” is an Andy Partridge impersonation. – My respect for Patrick Stump somehow grew in leaps and bounds after he got famous, gained a lot of weight and started trying to sing like the Maroon 5 guy. You’re going to find out!! And you’re excited. What do I think about the last Fall Out Boy album ever released!!