Review by 
marwi
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5 days ago
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FOLIE AH DUDE by Joseph Trohman
For me, and maybe for the rest of us, this was a return to what FALL OUT BOY meant to me in the first place. It meant, way back when, 4 piece of sh*t guys getting together to create music that was exciting to them. And in that, this was the epitomy of playing music. I feel like if that was ever lost, between the incarnation of this band and what we became, this was us finding "that" again. It made me remember that I actually want to do this for a long, long time, and that it was possible to return to the beginning. It may not sound that way, but it sure feel that way."
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Review by
marwi
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5 days ago
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[i]"I was at the Grammies sitting behind Chuck and across Elvis Costello when I began writing Infinity On High. As I sat there in my Sunday best (I splurged on an Italian maroon ascot) watching Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys duet a capella, I decided in a room full of innovators that on our two previous albums, I had contribited nothing to pop music.
My saying so is in no way meant as a slight to our indie debut Take This To Your Grave, a strong if derivative pop-punk album from a young band yet uninterested in finding itself. I have slightly less positive things to say of its succesor, the exponentially more succesful but creatively inconsistent From Under The Cork Tree for which we were nominated that night.
It downed on me that, were we to win, we wouldn't have deserved it. We rightfully lost, I rode back to my hotel, ripped the ascot out of my collar, walked across the street, ate dinner alone, and wondered to myself what would have to change in order for me to feel more confortable with accolades.
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Review by
marwi
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5 days ago
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[i]"When we recorded From Under The Cork Tree it was out first time staying in California for an extended amount of time.We lived at the Oakwoods (Corporate housing)and ate at the "101" acot. I don't think anyone had an idea that this record was going to be as well received in the mainstream as it was. We were standing on a huge ledge and had no idea. We recorded on the cheap in Burbank. We didn't have a clue where we were headed. I remember that the chorus of "Sugar" was originally a throw away part that we salvage. I also remember people hearing it in the studio for the first time & saying that it wouldn't work as a single because noone would understand the chorus. We didn't care, we wanted heavy guitars. We just wanted to do whatever we wanted to do. We had a couple of fist fights. We also became closer as friends that we ever had been. I had a mental breakdown or close to it & refused to get on airplanes. -My band stood by me & waited. I will always love them for that. This was the last time we would be under dogs. Won our first VMA, lost our first Grammy.
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