Fall Out Boy - MANIA (Jan 19, 2018) Album • Page 128

oh definitely I guess I more thought like those three examples specifically were like DEAD ringers to those songs

I get like going for the current pop sounds with their FOB spin just like the v eerie similarity always stood out to me (not in a bad way though tbf)

 

When The Phoenix dropped and FOB announced they were coming back and the whole shebang that was the first time I'd ever really dived into their discography outside of the various, inescapable singles they've had, had over the years.

...and when I dove in, I dove in hard. I was listening to their discography straight through more or less every day, for much of that year. If last.fm tracked my CD plays it'd be a nasty, nasty number.

 

i still cant believe illangelo co produced the last of the real ones. that so cool. and that song sounds great and its one of the biggest sounding on the record

 

i could see it being on purpose or subconsciously, either would make complete sense

 

someone said it earlier (maybe you? or @unbornwhiskey I can't remember) that it was the song that finally perfected the like huge radio rock/inspiring sports rock (lol) sound they were trying to do on stuff like "Champion" or "Centuries" but actually being really fucking good and it's just so dead on

 

how does anyone listen to last of the real ones and think andy is bored in this band

 

yep thats what i said haha

 

sorry im going through the album for the first time in a few weeks and remembering how great it all is

 

oh god Machine Gun Kelly is touring with them?

 

I'M DONE WITH HAVING DREAMS
THE THING THAT I BELIEVE
OH, YOU DRAIN ALL THE FEAR FROM ME

 

your posts here inspired me to do the same so bless u

 

Well now I'm gonna go and have to listen to this track again, because that has been one of my chief complaints... it's a minor thing admittedly, but I really enjoyed a lot of his drumming before the hiatus.

 

his drumming is amazing on hold me tight as well, he's all over this record

 

WHERE ARE THE GUITARS

 

okay yeah hold me tight has been my favorite but its time to admit wilson is probably the best song this band has ever made

 

ITS THE MAIN INSTRUMENT IN 80% OF THESE SONGS UGHHHH

 

the guitar is literally what drives all of wilson once it comes in

 

that bridge thooooooooooooo

 

I remember the first time I heard the bridge of "Hold Me Tight or Don't" I just started laughing like "how is this dude this fucking good" re: Patrick's vocals

 

Because they have this inane idea that “programmed” drums aren’t real drums

 

I love Pete’s bass on a lot of MANIA tracks too

The mix is perfect

 

It’s the ending “secondary” vocals that he does on this that sell it for me, the one he does on the acoustic performances

 

the only part of MANIA I don't really like is the "are you smelling that shit, eau du resistance" line, so cringe

 

Love that line, especially with Patrick’s delivery. It’s lyrics like that, delivered with such conviction, that made Fall Out Boy.

 

Even Pete agrees that AB/AP is the worst album