Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High

[Mik 0]

I know this is not a favorite band of the board, but wow... this cd is so meh. Nothing sucks, nothing stands out. It's just pretty much 45 minutes of noise. Maybe some tracks will jump out after repeated listenings but so far the only one that's memorable is the opener "Thriller" due to the intro and outro that rib on Jay-Z.

 

But nothing sucks so if you're a fan I'd suggest getting the torrent.

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

Are you a 15-year-old girl, or are you just trying to sleep with one?

[Exslade ZX 0]

Are you a 15-year-old girl, or are you just trying to sleep with one?

They're great. You all just have bad taste in music.

 

 

 

 

>_>.

 

 

 

 

But no really, I'm serious.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Very hard to believe.

[Wyld Cannon 0]

First album was good in a "introduce a girl to emo to get her started oh no now its her favorite band i have to dump this bitch" kind of way.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Kanye West wants to remix "This ain't a scene, it's an arms race". Brace yourselves, folks. Fallout Boy is about to get cooler.

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

No, it's really not.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

Kanye West just got a whole lot lamer, though.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I know they're fun to hate, but the last album was pretty solid. Despite stupid song titles and overplayed singles

[2GOLD 0]

After seeing them live three times and hearing the exact same playlist each time, I got burned out on them. I like they don't take themselves too seriously and the last album had a few so so catchy songs. This one so far is just there. I decided to check it since I know my fiancee is going to buy it and I know I'm going to hear it non-stop on repeat. It's not horrible, it just sounds like something you'd hear at a lousy college party and you wouldn't pay attention to it enough to even bothering to ask what was on the CD player.

[luke-o 0]

Just posting it this thread because I didnt realise this thread existed. Must be something about Fall Out Boy that make me not realise they exist.

 

The song sucks. Lets clarify that now. But i heard the song on the radio today and i could have sworn that the lyric:

 

This ain't a scene, its a goddamn Arms race"

 

Sounded like:

 

This ain't a scene, its a goddamn Arse Face

 

...Well it made me laugh

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

Beginning with the end of the "Dance, Dance" video, it leads smoothly into the band members leaving the video shoot among the supposed "fans," all but a few of which turn out to be cardboard figures. The bassist for the band, Pete Wentz is shown getting into an expensive car amongst the paparazzi and the fans.

 

As the singing starts, the video moves to the next scene in a underground hip-hop recording studio (a possible nod to the band recording with Babyface and Jay-Z). As they begin recording the song, the singer/guitarist Patrick Stump is seen flailing his arms continuously as if trying to play a guitar, although it is an R&B moment in the song. The rappers around the room start laughing and making fun of him. As the chorus comes in and the singer actually plays his guitar, Joseph Trohman, the other guitarist, and Pete Wentz start spinning and the other people in the room start to actually enjoy the music. While spinning, Joe Trohman accidentally hits and breaks a "forty" that belonged to one of the hip hop moguls. A magazine ad on the screen flashes news of a beaten up Fall Out Boy.

 

The next scene begins with Pete Wentz being photographed by a "famous" photographer in front of a wallpapered set, while unzipping his shirt and starting to remove his belt. This is followed by a shot of three girls looking at the photo on the internet (this scene is making fun of Pete Wentz's nude photos, also taken in front of the same wallpaper in his parent's bathroom). The following scenes are taken at parties: both at a "honey mansion" and at a trashed hotel room. The one is the hotel also features cameos, both by "Dirty," who works for Clandestine Industries, Pete Wentz's clothing line, and by Butch Walker and the back up singers for the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites. In the hotel room, Pete Wentz dies after he gets launched out of window a by a big heavy man in a fire fighter outfit while he & Joe are jumping from bed to bed playing their guitars. (Pete actually hurt his back while shooting this stunt but said that it would not affect the Friends or Enemies tour)

 

The next scene is Pete's funeral, where Patrick Stump is leading a church choir. This scene contains Andrew Hurley, the band's drummer, and a few characters from the band's other videos, such as: the priest, played by Sean O'Keefe from 'A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me, the vampire played by William Beckett from 'A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me, Antler boy (from Sugar, We're Going Down), who is making out with Pete's date from Dance, Dance , the "girl next door" from the 'Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy' video, and the cameo dancer by Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes) from 'Dance Dance'. Michelle Trachtenberg makes a cameo because Pete was rumored to be dating her, and Seth Green also appears in this scene. Another character that appears in this scene is the MTV Video Music Awards Moonman.

 

Joe Trohman rises onto Pete's casket in the song's guitar solo in an ode to Slash from Guns N'Roses. The casket then opens and the shot switches to black and white very quickly. The song stops playing and shows Pete sits up in a bed, sweating after waking up from the nightmare [that was the video]. Andy Hurley says: 'Dreams again?'. The camera shoots a wider shot and the video revealed where the story is in a subtitle which says "Des Moines, Iowa, 2003" (a reference to the shows played after "Take This to Your Grave" was released). showing a tiny room with two beds, one that Andy and Pete were sharing and another where Joe is clinging onto Patrick.

 

Pete says, "We're late," and they rush to their van. The scene changes to the band playing another small venue, where all of the fans know the lyrics. At this point, the song continues from where it left off back at the funeral. The video ends with Pete jumping into the crowd.

I have a theory that if "90% of everything is crap," as Sturgeon's Revelation states, that figure needs to be raised to 99% when dealing with music videos. This supports that.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

While spinning, Joe Trohman accidentally hits and breaks a "forty" that belonged to one of the hip hop moguls. A magazine ad on the screen flashes news of a beaten up Fall Out Boy.

 

Casual racism is hilarious.

[Ginger Snaps 0]

Kanye West wants to remix "This ain't a scene, it's an arms race". Brace yourselves, folks. Fallout Boy is about to get cooler.

 

First they would have to get cool.