Sometimes before things get better....

It took me approximately four days, but I found a video of the first time FOB performed Save Rock And Roll

 

 

Things I love about this: Everything. I've been dying to hear this live and fuck, does it not disappoint. Fuck me, I can't wait for September.

GO BUY IT NOW.

ONE DAY, 1 HOUR AND TWELVE MINUTES UNTIL SAVE ROCK AND ROLL IS RELEASED.

...that is all.

Getting ready to dye my hair again and I've been making the bff listen to Save Rock And Roll all night; she's been surprisingly not bitchy about it. I'm guessing she agreed when I pointed out that she should have at least a passing familiarity with the music that she'll be seeing live in Sept.

But this record guys, holy fuck -I can hardly articulate all the things I love about it.

First -and one of the biggest for me, I freely admit- Patrick's fucken voice. I've always loved it, yes, and I'm inherently biased towards thinking he sings better than anyone in the known universe, again yes. But I can't be the only one thinking that his voi e and range and style and just everything is so much there this record -more in your face and confident and clear and gorgeous. Patrick has finally decided to own his fucken voice and, jesus fuck, does he own it.

And the music, man. With Joe adding his own talent to Patrick's genius, they've got this monster of guitar riffs and pianos and kick ass bass lines (not bad for a shitty ass bass player, hmmm?) and drums that feel like they can dictate your heartbeat at any given minute.

And woven through the beats and guitars, bass and drums and melodies and in Patrick's voice is Pete's words. He's grown up, just like all of us, but he still knows how it feels to get your heart broken and kicked around, how it feels to be alone. And he still knows how to relate it to you in a way most people would never think of, but the underlying viciousness that made Take This To Your Grave so memorable and releatable is gone. He still wants to get back at who hurt him, but that's human nature. At 32, Pete knows things don't always work out, he understands it in a way he didn't when he was 21. And he knows now that sometimes the best revenge is being happy, is proving that you can, in fact, live -and even thrive- without. Pete knows what we all do: as satisfying as it would be to see someone who broke your heart choke and crash, there are more important things in life.

They -Pete, Patrick, Joe and Andy- have grown up but, then again, we all have. Everyone grows up eventually, it's a fact of life. It's another fact that the bands that changed your life when you were 21 may come to be nothing more than a fond memory when your 31. If you're lucky, extremely lucky, your favorite band not only grows with you, but still speaks to you, still makes you feel more than you really are.

There are a lot of reasons why I love Fall Out Boy, but the music has always been on the top of the list; they've spoken to me, understood me since I was 21. I'm extremely lucky: my favorite band has grown with me, they're still speaking to me.

They've saved me more times than i can count and it's beyond anything I can explain to know that they'll still be there for me for the considerable future.

Save Rock and Roll. If anyone can do it, it's Fall Out Boy.

Here's the link for the lyrics for Save Rock And Roll.

Oh, and sarisynn turns out we were both wrong; it's "When Rome's in ruin,"

It just wouldn't be a FOB album without some misheard lyrics, amirite?

Because Fall Out Boy are awesome and want us all to be happy, they started live streaming Save Rock And Roll in it's entirety- so, get a snack, have a drink and listen to what, imo, is one of their best albums yet, Save Rock And Roll.

That Pete is a giant fanboy:

He posted it on his tumblr earlier. I kind of love the fact that he loves his band so much.

 

Also, more lyrics from SRAR (seriously, only eight more days, guys); I'm here to give you all of my love, so I can watch your face as I take it all away.

 

More post divorce lyrics, imo. Pete never actually released a statement or did any interviews about the divorce, so I can only imagine how much he's wanted to get this out of his systems. The fact that he waited until his band -his best friends- made another album to do it is very telling to me. And very Pete.

For The Phoenix:

 

 

His voice , guys. Jesus fuck. I would listen to anything if Patrick was singing it -I would listen to country music if he did it. I just...the way he hits that high note. I can't even begin to explain how much I love that voice. And can I just point out how proud Pete looks through most of this? All, "yeah, that's my bff, his voice is golden. I love it and I could listen to it forever." I feel kinda bad for the other guys, though; I mean, I love acoustic sets but there's not a lot for everyone else to do while Patrick's singing.

 

Bonus pic of Pete's DSLs:

Just me or is he just begging for someone to fuck his throat?

There's only thirteen more days until Save Rock and Roll is out; it's not an exaggeration to say that I haven't been this excited for a CD in fucken years. And since I love all of you, flist, I feel like I should warn all my non-Bandom friends that for that week or so after the CD comes out, I'm probably going to be pretty useless on here for any thing that's not FOB related. I'd apologize in advance, but we all know I wouldn't mean it, lol. I do promise to try to remember to put all SRAR gushing under a cut.

Saw this...somewhere and thought, 'eh, why the hell not?' Random meme time: Comment with the start of a sentence, I reply with the rest of it. These can be fannish or personal, or whatever, really. (ie: "If I had ten minutes alone with Patrick Stump I'd.." or "If I could eat one food forever it'd be..")