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Folie A Deux "Another Catchy Afternoon with Fall Out Boy" PDF Print E-mail
Written by Calibur   
Saturday, 17 April 2010 06:32

Like a lot of you out there I have probably danced to "Dance Dance" my fair share of times. I have also sung the lyrics to "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" driving down the highway at 80 MPH and replayed my high school years while taking in "Sugar Were Going Down." It is without anyone's doubt that Fall Out Boy has a certain predilection for creating some of the most down right catchy music (and song titles) out there in music today. With Folie A Deux comes the fifth full-length album from the Chicago natives and it contains the same type of "god damn this is catchy" gold we have come to expect from this foursome.

Once again this album finds lyrical writing from bassist Pete Wentz and the composing from singer/guitarist Patrick Stump. This duo has wreaked havoc upon the emo, pop, and rock worlds for the past 5 years. So it goes without saying nothing is different on this album except one very noticeable change in the variation of genres and musical themes explored on the album. Unlike their previous releases this album criss-crosses all over the place. Fortunately that plan works well for the medicated and disorderly youth of this generation.

The album starts off with Stump throwing out his unique and unmistakable voice over organs in "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes." It quickly becomes a pop rock tune of classic proportion not classic in the long lasting form but rather classic in the realms of cliche. However cliche it is still bewildering and fresh (insert damn you Fall Out Boy quote here). With lyrics like "Detox just to retox/I promise you anything for another shot at life," followed later by "Nobody want's to here you sing about tragedy," they hook you in immediately.

After the bold opening statement comes I Don't Care which seems to be a statement in itself, and a seemingly egocentric one at that. "I don't care what you think/As long as it's about me." The music again finds itself swaying between melodic verses and hard rock choruses that build up into one hell of a fun song (something that seems to be missing in music these days).

On the fourth track we come to a song that I find funny and amusing. It pokes fun at the dark shadow left by the (still then) Bush Administration. "America's Suitehearts" is an operatic pop song that keeps you tapping your feet and singing along.

With "What A Catch Donnie" the group seems to be searching for its soft side. The lyrics are confusing and can be treated in a variety of different ways. None the less it seems to be delving deeper in to the albums theme, will Fall out Boy be just another "footnote" in history (see "Headfirst Slide into Coopers Town On A Bad Bet").

"Tiffany Blews" starts off with a hip-hop like theme. A good back beat and Stump singing "Oh-oah-oh" begins the song and then breaks into one of the catchiest songs I have ever heard. The verse is harmless enough but then the chorus bleeds in such poppy juiciness it almost makes you scream. The lyrics "Oh baby, your a classic/like a little black dress/your a faded moon/stuck on a little hot mess." Just reading the lyrics makes you cringe at the downright fanciful manipulation of catchy poetry that Wentz is so dang good at.

Many other songs on this album explore the bands longing for their place in history and the lyrical gold that high school teens crave. "The (Shipped) Gold Standard" bellows out "I want to scream I love you from the top of my lungs/but I am afraid that someone else will hear me." "W.A.M.S" seems to be right out of the 80's pop world, and "[Coffees for Closers]" is heart racing pop punk that screams out "Fly your cameras in the air/and wave them like you just don't care."

In the end this album isn't anything special. It is nothing that is going to get them a place in history nor is it going to be their masterpiece. It is simply another pop record that establishes the heart of making fun and catchy music. If the fun in the record wasn't noticeable I would likely not have even reviewed it. But it is noticeable that they are having fun and so are we. So it goes without saying that this album will be in almost every teenager's and young adult's iPod, and the rest of us across the country will once again be dancing and driving down the highway to the songs of Fall Out Boy.

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 April 2010 07:09