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I got tagged by my wife:
List 5 things you're obsessed with
1. Brendon Urie (self-explanatory)
2. Smoothies
3. Internet
4. Writing
5. The Sixties
What Made Me Happy Today:
I’m a young one stuck in the box
of an old ones head
when all the other ones were just stirring awake
I’m trying to trick myself to fall asleep again
so i finally got around to listening to folie a deux today from beginning to end. (i am slow)
listening to it for the second time now, and i like it a lot.
and because i'm weird and fan-y, i'm gonna go on a play-by-play track critique because i like doing that and i'm a HUGEFUCKINGDORK.
1. disloyal order of water buffaloes
a really good opener. i kind of want to laugh when patrick sings 'buzz, buzz, buzz', but then he sings 'there's a hole where something was,' and it's like 'awwwwwww.' i like the words a lot, and it's a much better opener than thriller. this feels like it's going to make up for infinity. awesome. i love the line 'detox just to retox,' and how it ends with a sing-along. c'mon, everyone knows i'm a sucker for sing-alongs.
2. i don't care
this song is so infectious. seriously. i love it. i don't care. this song would be amazing live. everyone freaking out. aaaaah.
3. she's my winona
DUDE WINONA RYDER HOW COULD I NOT LOVE THIS SONG.
this sounds like a coke-party-soundtrack song, though. not that i mind, but. it's quite obvious. it's the type of thing you'd have playing driving through la with the windows down or something. i can see it playing in a huge mansion in the hills with twelve foot windows, plasma tvs, lighted pools, antm/50cent party-esque. if you get that reference, i don't want to be friends with you anymore.
4. america's suitehearts
i really, really, really did not want to like this song when i saw the clip for the video on fuse, and when they played it live on the live in chicago thing, i was like 'fuckfuckfuck this record is gonna suck,' but no. they just suck at playing it live. it's actually really awesome, atmospheric, weird. i can see why they chose a carousel, weird type of video, because it totally matches the sound, but did they have to wear those ridiculous outfits?
5. headfirst slide into cooperstown on a bad bet
this song sounds so mechanical. the bass pedal or guitar pedal that whoever uses is really cool. it's just buzzzzzzzzzing. sweet. i love the line 'i don't just want to be a footnote in someone else's happiness,' and i find it slightly creepy how it's about cheating. um. okay, pete. this song makes patrick seem like a badass homewrecker. despite the fact that pete wrote the words. he sings it so perfectly. just. end of story.
6. the (shipped) gold standard
oh, pete. i didn't think this song was gonna be good, because 'the (after) life of the party' is one of my most hated songs on infinity, but. they pull out the same drum beat they used on suitehearts, and, though it sounds slightly repetitive, it's good. plus, 'but i'm no good at math, and besides the dollar is down' made me smile.
7. (coffee's for closers)
i almost feel like this song has traces of what they wanted infinity to have the feel of. layered guitar, cymbal, vocals on every level, but the words are good, and that saves it. at parts it seems like it's gonna go minor, dark, but it doesn't, it just goes back to macy's day parade float song performed with smiles. i'd be surprised if this became a single or anything. but it's decently nice, and the violin ending makes me happy
8. what a catch, donnie [ft. elvis costello, brendon urie, travis mccoy, alex deleon & william beckett][srsly]
favorite song. hands down. the drum machine throws you off at first. but oh my god. it's a perfect balance of pete's self-deprecating words and patrick's mastery at creating songs that build and build, break down, and build back. this record's hum hallelujah, but way better. plus, big lebowski reference? yes. just yes. AND YOU KNOW I'M A SUCKER FOR SING ALONGS. when elvis costello comes in, it's not even weird, and i love how what he sings connects back to cooperstown. i love when they do that. meaning: i'm in love with when they connect 'where is your boy', 'sugar', 'dance, dance', 'this ain't a scene', 'thnks fr th mmrs', and 'growing up(?)' sung by alex& william (i do not hear travis or brendon. at all. guess it's like the sophmore slump thing with brendon. everyone was like wtf?)
9. 27
patrick has this way of singing swear words where you don't even realize he's swearing, so you'll just sing along, 'we're all just fuuuuuuucked~~' and then you realize. he did the same thing on arms race. i sang goddamn for two straight months before sarah called me on it, and i was like 'oh. yeah. i guess that's a swear word. forgot.' joe has a sick guitar solo on this, as well. bet he was happy about that.
10. tiffany blews [ft. lil' wayne]
okay. so. um. you could tell this was the song lil wayne would guest on straight from the start. c'mon. this song is half 'okay, we're gonna be like lil wayne for a second,' half 'okay, new record, yeahhhh' i don't know how to explain it. i like the unexpected backing vocals from alex. but there are so many layered vocals you can't pick it out easily. i notice they've been doing that a lot so far. lil wayne doesn't even sound like his normal lil wayne self. he's singing 'dear gravity, you held me down'. it's odd. but i like it. of course i do.
11. w.a.m.s. [ft. pharrell]
this sounds like they're trying to be robots or something. if this becomes a single, i guarantee they'll be dancing all jerky and robot-esque or something weird like that. one-thousand percent. the chorus goes close back to their 27-ish vibe where you don't know what the fuck's going on, but it's all got this weird tone to it. it feels like dreamy 50's marketing + honolulu hawaiian vacation + infinity. what. i hate when songs fade away, too. by the way. but i love patrick's solo thing, despite the fact that he sounds like he's trying to seem blues-y and inaudible. but i love that you can hear the fuzz of the shoddy recording between claps, snaps, guttural sounds, and stamps.
OH BUT BY THE WAY PHARRELL WAS TOTALLY NOT ON THIS. WHAT THE FUCK.
12. 20 dollar nosebleed [ft. brendon urie]
amazing. amazing. amazing. it's got an initial showtunes/razia's shadow/forgive durden type feel to it, in the intro, which is sweet. the beat is great, the vocals are wonderful, i love the style of the song. brendon's vocals blend right into the feel and they just fit. it's got an awesome, myspace-song-y single quality to it. i like the horn section. weird because i usually hate it, and the gospel-choir patrick thing is awesome. andy's getting a lot of great drum parts on this record. i noticed. this song is really clean-cut in comparison to the other songs on the record, there's a lot of silence in the background instead of layers and layers and layers and layers. i like that. pete's rant at the end is, of course, reminiscent of fuct, and i like it. a lot. pete is still old pete to me no matter who he marries, what his hair looks like, or what magazine he ends up on the cover of. it'll probably be the new thnks fr th mmrs in popularity at least. i'll get sick of it, but for now, it's on repeat.
13. west coast smoker [ft. debbie harry]
debbie harry. what. kind of funny actually because i remember reading a fic where patrick has a mild obsession with blondie and i'd love to imagine the recording session, he'd probably be groveling at her presence or something. but, i don't like how they almost covered debbie's voice up with all the guitar and just, sound. this song's pretty intense, though. and i love pete's screaming at the end, of course. he sounds like a hellchild.
thank god there were no serious overtones of the wentz-ashface thing, because that would seriously effect how much i liked this record. not because 'omg, p33t has a gf thats not me!????!?', i just hate disgustingly happy married couples. ugh. ew. it could be anyone. plus, when they have kids, it's like ewwwwww, you're so happy, you spawned. D: it could be anyone, though. my cool uncle had a baby and i was like "NO.NO.NO.NO.NO."
i'd give folie 4/5 high fives. yo.
i really liked it, and i know i'm gonna get to like it a lot more.
HOLY FUCK I AM LAME.
List 5 things you're obsessed with
1. Brendon Urie (self-explanatory)
2. Smoothies
3. Internet
4. Writing
5. The Sixties
What Made Me Happy Today:
I’m a young one stuck in the box
of an old ones head
when all the other ones were just stirring awake
I’m trying to trick myself to fall asleep again
so i finally got around to listening to folie a deux today from beginning to end. (i am slow)
listening to it for the second time now, and i like it a lot.
and because i'm weird and fan-y, i'm gonna go on a play-by-play track critique because i like doing that and i'm a HUGEFUCKINGDORK.
1. disloyal order of water buffaloes
a really good opener. i kind of want to laugh when patrick sings 'buzz, buzz, buzz', but then he sings 'there's a hole where something was,' and it's like 'awwwwwww.' i like the words a lot, and it's a much better opener than thriller. this feels like it's going to make up for infinity. awesome. i love the line 'detox just to retox,' and how it ends with a sing-along. c'mon, everyone knows i'm a sucker for sing-alongs.
2. i don't care
this song is so infectious. seriously. i love it. i don't care. this song would be amazing live. everyone freaking out. aaaaah.
3. she's my winona
DUDE WINONA RYDER HOW COULD I NOT LOVE THIS SONG.
this sounds like a coke-party-soundtrack song, though. not that i mind, but. it's quite obvious. it's the type of thing you'd have playing driving through la with the windows down or something. i can see it playing in a huge mansion in the hills with twelve foot windows, plasma tvs, lighted pools, antm/50cent party-esque. if you get that reference, i don't want to be friends with you anymore.
4. america's suitehearts
i really, really, really did not want to like this song when i saw the clip for the video on fuse, and when they played it live on the live in chicago thing, i was like 'fuckfuckfuck this record is gonna suck,' but no. they just suck at playing it live. it's actually really awesome, atmospheric, weird. i can see why they chose a carousel, weird type of video, because it totally matches the sound, but did they have to wear those ridiculous outfits?
5. headfirst slide into cooperstown on a bad bet
this song sounds so mechanical. the bass pedal or guitar pedal that whoever uses is really cool. it's just buzzzzzzzzzing. sweet. i love the line 'i don't just want to be a footnote in someone else's happiness,' and i find it slightly creepy how it's about cheating. um. okay, pete. this song makes patrick seem like a badass homewrecker. despite the fact that pete wrote the words. he sings it so perfectly. just. end of story.
6. the (shipped) gold standard
oh, pete. i didn't think this song was gonna be good, because 'the (after) life of the party' is one of my most hated songs on infinity, but. they pull out the same drum beat they used on suitehearts, and, though it sounds slightly repetitive, it's good. plus, 'but i'm no good at math, and besides the dollar is down' made me smile.
7. (coffee's for closers)
i almost feel like this song has traces of what they wanted infinity to have the feel of. layered guitar, cymbal, vocals on every level, but the words are good, and that saves it. at parts it seems like it's gonna go minor, dark, but it doesn't, it just goes back to macy's day parade float song performed with smiles. i'd be surprised if this became a single or anything. but it's decently nice, and the violin ending makes me happy
8. what a catch, donnie [ft. elvis costello, brendon urie, travis mccoy, alex deleon & william beckett][srsly]
favorite song. hands down. the drum machine throws you off at first. but oh my god. it's a perfect balance of pete's self-deprecating words and patrick's mastery at creating songs that build and build, break down, and build back. this record's hum hallelujah, but way better. plus, big lebowski reference? yes. just yes. AND YOU KNOW I'M A SUCKER FOR SING ALONGS. when elvis costello comes in, it's not even weird, and i love how what he sings connects back to cooperstown. i love when they do that. meaning: i'm in love with when they connect 'where is your boy', 'sugar', 'dance, dance', 'this ain't a scene', 'thnks fr th mmrs', and 'growing up(?)' sung by alex& william (i do not hear travis or brendon. at all. guess it's like the sophmore slump thing with brendon. everyone was like wtf?)
9. 27
patrick has this way of singing swear words where you don't even realize he's swearing, so you'll just sing along, 'we're all just fuuuuuuucked~~' and then you realize. he did the same thing on arms race. i sang goddamn for two straight months before sarah called me on it, and i was like 'oh. yeah. i guess that's a swear word. forgot.' joe has a sick guitar solo on this, as well. bet he was happy about that.
10. tiffany blews [ft. lil' wayne]
okay. so. um. you could tell this was the song lil wayne would guest on straight from the start. c'mon. this song is half 'okay, we're gonna be like lil wayne for a second,' half 'okay, new record, yeahhhh' i don't know how to explain it. i like the unexpected backing vocals from alex. but there are so many layered vocals you can't pick it out easily. i notice they've been doing that a lot so far. lil wayne doesn't even sound like his normal lil wayne self. he's singing 'dear gravity, you held me down'. it's odd. but i like it. of course i do.
11. w.a.m.s. [ft. pharrell]
this sounds like they're trying to be robots or something. if this becomes a single, i guarantee they'll be dancing all jerky and robot-esque or something weird like that. one-thousand percent. the chorus goes close back to their 27-ish vibe where you don't know what the fuck's going on, but it's all got this weird tone to it. it feels like dreamy 50's marketing + honolulu hawaiian vacation + infinity. what. i hate when songs fade away, too. by the way. but i love patrick's solo thing, despite the fact that he sounds like he's trying to seem blues-y and inaudible. but i love that you can hear the fuzz of the shoddy recording between claps, snaps, guttural sounds, and stamps.
OH BUT BY THE WAY PHARRELL WAS TOTALLY NOT ON THIS. WHAT THE FUCK.
12. 20 dollar nosebleed [ft. brendon urie]
amazing. amazing. amazing. it's got an initial showtunes/razia's shadow/forgive durden type feel to it, in the intro, which is sweet. the beat is great, the vocals are wonderful, i love the style of the song. brendon's vocals blend right into the feel and they just fit. it's got an awesome, myspace-song-y single quality to it. i like the horn section. weird because i usually hate it, and the gospel-choir patrick thing is awesome. andy's getting a lot of great drum parts on this record. i noticed. this song is really clean-cut in comparison to the other songs on the record, there's a lot of silence in the background instead of layers and layers and layers and layers. i like that. pete's rant at the end is, of course, reminiscent of fuct, and i like it. a lot. pete is still old pete to me no matter who he marries, what his hair looks like, or what magazine he ends up on the cover of. it'll probably be the new thnks fr th mmrs in popularity at least. i'll get sick of it, but for now, it's on repeat.
13. west coast smoker [ft. debbie harry]
debbie harry. what. kind of funny actually because i remember reading a fic where patrick has a mild obsession with blondie and i'd love to imagine the recording session, he'd probably be groveling at her presence or something. but, i don't like how they almost covered debbie's voice up with all the guitar and just, sound. this song's pretty intense, though. and i love pete's screaming at the end, of course. he sounds like a hellchild.
thank god there were no serious overtones of the wentz-ashface thing, because that would seriously effect how much i liked this record. not because 'omg, p33t has a gf thats not me!????!?', i just hate disgustingly happy married couples. ugh. ew. it could be anyone. plus, when they have kids, it's like ewwwwww, you're so happy, you spawned. D: it could be anyone, though. my cool uncle had a baby and i was like "NO.NO.NO.NO.NO."
i'd give folie 4/5 high fives. yo.
i really liked it, and i know i'm gonna get to like it a lot more.
HOLY FUCK I AM LAME.