So guys, here is the Fall Out Boy appreciation blog post I was talking about. I know it may be two to three months late of Fall Out Boy tributes but this is something that I won't get over, ever.
It all started when I was in fifth grade. I was ten or eleven then and it was the first time I heard a Fall Out Boy song- Grand Theft Autumn. I actually didn't know it was FOB and soon I began to forget the tune of the song. But the lyrics-their words never faded. The next year, or after how many months, I saw Sugar We're Going Down on TV, this time of course, I got the name of the band. Again, I seem to have fallen in love with them. With their music, with their lyrics.
That officially started my Fall Out Boy obsession. I listened to their songs online and memorized every word to every lyrics there was. Later, I found out that they were in fact the band who sang Grand Theft Autumn. The concept of typing lyrics into google has not occurred to me at that time, so yeah.
When I entered my first year, I got my first mp3 player and more than half of the songs were Fall Out Boy. I listened to them all day long. Hell, at that time, Fall Out Boy was just about to go mainstream but my classmates did not know of them yet so I even converted one into an avid Fall Out Boy fan. Anyway, towards the end of my first year, everything just literally fell apart. In school, I was alone- I was outcasted and alienated. The only companion I had was my mp3 which was practically a compilation of FOB Cd's. The only escape I had was their songs. Fall Out Boy was the only one there.
In my second year I saw my classmates differently. I was afraid to trust anyone or to befriend anyone because of the trauma during the last year. So I intentionally isolated myself from everyone else. I didn't talk and I didn't eat lunch with anyone. I would just put on my earphones and bury my head on my desk and "sleep"
During this time, I already had my first real iPod and practically had Fall Out Boy's whole discography in there. Plus, I started to listen to their band families. And in my moments of isolation, they were there with me.
Infinity on High was just released that year and they became mainstream. All my classmates were shouting out Thnks Fr the Mmrs and were all in my face asking me if I knew them and when they found out I was probably the biggest fan in the school, they were all asking me this and that. I hated that moment, to be honest. I guess, I was a little possessive of Fall Out Boy, during that time. Anyway, I found out that Philippines was part of their Friends or Enemies World Tour. Of course I had to watch them. My mom bought be tickets early because we were afraid of it getting sold out. Two months before the concert, tickets were already SOLD OUT. FOB was forced to have a second date because of popular demand.
The concert was on September 21, 207. I was only in the upper box because everything else was sold out. But it didn't matter because I got to see FOB. I remember the chills I got when I saw them on stage. I think I even almost cried. And I lost my voice in singing (more like shouting) because I knew every word to their every song (except Basket Case w/c they covered XD). I wished that night never ended.
I bought "From Under The Cork Tree" and it's my favorite of all their albums. I remember I would lock myself in the room and listen to it over and over again while writing or while doing my assignments shit. I would even fall asleep listening to it. Soon enough, I claimed the CD player I borrowed to play their album mine.
My god, words cannot explain how in love I am with Fall Out Boy. I was awed by their words and their music Because of them, words and depth of a song were more important than the beat or the sound. Of course all that still mattered but the meaning was most important.
I love how they string together words that it would sound so poetic and beautiful. They'd even be able to stand alone without music because the words were beautiful and there was such depth to them. To every single song, there was meaning to every one of them- there were emotions locked up inside those words. Because of this, I tried my hand at writing. That's right. Fall Out Boy inspired me to write.
And you know what? That year, I got into the school paper. I remember the first sample article I ever wrote was about Fall Out Boy. The title was "Fall Out Boy Rocks the Big Dome". I still remember how the lead goes but yeah. My gosh, I discovered my so called talent in writing because of you.
When I was in second year, my whole life pretty much revolve around you guys and a little of the band family. Oh and I forgot to mention, during sophomore year, I got hospitalized. I remember getting to watch "The Take Over, the Breaks Over" over and over again because it was always on the hospital TV.
By third year, I was known as the girl who had the weirdest taste in music ever. My mp3 player was full of your sings and full of decaydance songs and full of other sings by such bands. And by this time, you released Folie A Deux.
I despised a lot of people during that period of time. People started to say that your songs became shitty and god, i just wanted to punch them in the face and tell them to shut the fuck up and listen. The truth was they didn't know how to listen-to just listen to what you were saying entirely.
I remember the time when I wanted to buy Folie A Deux so bad but I didn't have any money. I was telling my dad about the album and how it looked like. Next thing you know, he already bought it for me. You can just imagine the tears. Before actually listening to it, I took loads and loads of pictures. I mean in every single angle, I could.
Anyway, by the end of 2008, I found out that they were having a concert here again the next year. And I was so excited. My mom got me patron seats. It was actually my birthday gift already so I just had to make sure that I was nearer and indeed I was. We couldn't get VIP tickets because it cost like 10,000 and I ain't paying that kind of money for 2 hours.
February 13, 2009. I had no means of transportation so me and my mom took the train. That was the first time I watched a concert alone. I was there super early- around 6:30? But the concert started at 8:00. I was just excited ok? And you just wouldn't believe the line the last concert so I didn't want to wait an hour in line.
Fuck Valentines, I was with Fall Out Boy. People at school were actually inviting me out that day but for Pete Wentz's sake-it was Fall Out Boy, so, no.
I could not retell my feelings during those two concerts because my god, that will be as long as another blog entry. So...hell no. Go to my previous blog entries for a complete recount of the 2009 concert.
Fall Out Boy is the most important band in my life. I think whatever happens, they'll always be number one. They wouldn't know how much impact they've made in my life and I'm sure that somewhere out there, they have made a much larger impact in someone else's life than in mine.
I love Fall Out Boy and nothing's gonna change that. Disbandment or not- I'll stick with them through whatever. But right now, I just really really miss them. And I swear, I cross my fingers and pray to god that it's just a break-that they're just tired and a little burned out.
Up to now, I still think that my words do not justify the way I feel for them. But this will have to do, I suppose?
So Fall Out Boy, if the Alpha Dog video is really the last for you guys, I want to thank you for all the memories. I want to thank you for the words that helped me get through. Because in everything I've been through, one of the first things I turn to were your words. You have kept me sane, so far in my life (that is, if you still call this sane).
It all started when I was in fifth grade. I was ten or eleven then and it was the first time I heard a Fall Out Boy song- Grand Theft Autumn. I actually didn't know it was FOB and soon I began to forget the tune of the song. But the lyrics-their words never faded. The next year, or after how many months, I saw Sugar We're Going Down on TV, this time of course, I got the name of the band. Again, I seem to have fallen in love with them. With their music, with their lyrics.
That officially started my Fall Out Boy obsession. I listened to their songs online and memorized every word to every lyrics there was. Later, I found out that they were in fact the band who sang Grand Theft Autumn. The concept of typing lyrics into google has not occurred to me at that time, so yeah.
When I entered my first year, I got my first mp3 player and more than half of the songs were Fall Out Boy. I listened to them all day long. Hell, at that time, Fall Out Boy was just about to go mainstream but my classmates did not know of them yet so I even converted one into an avid Fall Out Boy fan. Anyway, towards the end of my first year, everything just literally fell apart. In school, I was alone- I was outcasted and alienated. The only companion I had was my mp3 which was practically a compilation of FOB Cd's. The only escape I had was their songs. Fall Out Boy was the only one there.
In my second year I saw my classmates differently. I was afraid to trust anyone or to befriend anyone because of the trauma during the last year. So I intentionally isolated myself from everyone else. I didn't talk and I didn't eat lunch with anyone. I would just put on my earphones and bury my head on my desk and "sleep"
During this time, I already had my first real iPod and practically had Fall Out Boy's whole discography in there. Plus, I started to listen to their band families. And in my moments of isolation, they were there with me.
Infinity on High was just released that year and they became mainstream. All my classmates were shouting out Thnks Fr the Mmrs and were all in my face asking me if I knew them and when they found out I was probably the biggest fan in the school, they were all asking me this and that. I hated that moment, to be honest. I guess, I was a little possessive of Fall Out Boy, during that time. Anyway, I found out that Philippines was part of their Friends or Enemies World Tour. Of course I had to watch them. My mom bought be tickets early because we were afraid of it getting sold out. Two months before the concert, tickets were already SOLD OUT. FOB was forced to have a second date because of popular demand.
The concert was on September 21, 207. I was only in the upper box because everything else was sold out. But it didn't matter because I got to see FOB. I remember the chills I got when I saw them on stage. I think I even almost cried. And I lost my voice in singing (more like shouting) because I knew every word to their every song (except Basket Case w/c they covered XD). I wished that night never ended.I bought "From Under The Cork Tree" and it's my favorite of all their albums. I remember I would lock myself in the room and listen to it over and over again while writing or while doing my assignments shit. I would even fall asleep listening to it. Soon enough, I claimed the CD player I borrowed to play their album mine.
My god, words cannot explain how in love I am with Fall Out Boy. I was awed by their words and their music Because of them, words and depth of a song were more important than the beat or the sound. Of course all that still mattered but the meaning was most important.
I love how they string together words that it would sound so poetic and beautiful. They'd even be able to stand alone without music because the words were beautiful and there was such depth to them. To every single song, there was meaning to every one of them- there were emotions locked up inside those words. Because of this, I tried my hand at writing. That's right. Fall Out Boy inspired me to write.
And you know what? That year, I got into the school paper. I remember the first sample article I ever wrote was about Fall Out Boy. The title was "Fall Out Boy Rocks the Big Dome". I still remember how the lead goes but yeah. My gosh, I discovered my so called talent in writing because of you.
When I was in second year, my whole life pretty much revolve around you guys and a little of the band family. Oh and I forgot to mention, during sophomore year, I got hospitalized. I remember getting to watch "The Take Over, the Breaks Over" over and over again because it was always on the hospital TV.
By third year, I was known as the girl who had the weirdest taste in music ever. My mp3 player was full of your sings and full of decaydance songs and full of other sings by such bands. And by this time, you released Folie A Deux.
I despised a lot of people during that period of time. People started to say that your songs became shitty and god, i just wanted to punch them in the face and tell them to shut the fuck up and listen. The truth was they didn't know how to listen-to just listen to what you were saying entirely.
I remember the time when I wanted to buy Folie A Deux so bad but I didn't have any money. I was telling my dad about the album and how it looked like. Next thing you know, he already bought it for me. You can just imagine the tears. Before actually listening to it, I took loads and loads of pictures. I mean in every single angle, I could.
Anyway, by the end of 2008, I found out that they were having a concert here again the next year. And I was so excited. My mom got me patron seats. It was actually my birthday gift already so I just had to make sure that I was nearer and indeed I was. We couldn't get VIP tickets because it cost like 10,000 and I ain't paying that kind of money for 2 hours.
February 13, 2009. I had no means of transportation so me and my mom took the train. That was the first time I watched a concert alone. I was there super early- around 6:30? But the concert started at 8:00. I was just excited ok? And you just wouldn't believe the line the last concert so I didn't want to wait an hour in line.Fuck Valentines, I was with Fall Out Boy. People at school were actually inviting me out that day but for Pete Wentz's sake-it was Fall Out Boy, so, no.
I could not retell my feelings during those two concerts because my god, that will be as long as another blog entry. So...hell no. Go to my previous blog entries for a complete recount of the 2009 concert.
Fall Out Boy is the most important band in my life. I think whatever happens, they'll always be number one. They wouldn't know how much impact they've made in my life and I'm sure that somewhere out there, they have made a much larger impact in someone else's life than in mine.
I love Fall Out Boy and nothing's gonna change that. Disbandment or not- I'll stick with them through whatever. But right now, I just really really miss them. And I swear, I cross my fingers and pray to god that it's just a break-that they're just tired and a little burned out.
Up to now, I still think that my words do not justify the way I feel for them. But this will have to do, I suppose?
So Fall Out Boy, if the Alpha Dog video is really the last for you guys, I want to thank you for all the memories. I want to thank you for the words that helped me get through. Because in everything I've been through, one of the first things I turn to were your words. You have kept me sane, so far in my life (that is, if you still call this sane).
Here's to Patrick's Voice, to Pete's words, to Joe's hair contagious energy and to Andy's unstoppable beat.
Thanks for the Memories. All of them were great. Continue inspiring.
Thanks for the Memories. All of them were great. Continue inspiring.
Note: This is an FOB appreciation post-not a biography. I only included FOB parts of my life (w/c was everything) but everything else that happened in my life besides FOB was not included bec. this is an FOB appreciation post not a biography. Besides Fall Out Boy, I had my mom. It was unfair saying that FOB was the ONLY one.
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