I’d liked Grand Theft Autumn from seeing the video on Fuse but never got my hands on TTTYG. I remember finding the half album leak/promo/whatever it was and thinking it was cool to hear something before it came out. i distinctly remember: I sat on my bedroom floor listening to it while making signs the night before going to WWE Backlash 2005. Core memory.
I was in 6th grade in 2003, so I didn’t really have the interest or wherewithal to seek out the band, but when I heard Sugar for the first time on Fuse when it debuted, it was the first time I KNEW and recognized I heard a hit. Immediately went back to TTTYG and became enamored in the lead up to From Under the Cork Tree, soundtracking that summer of my trying and failing to be a good skateboarder, and middle school quarterback lol
off topic but did you guys know that other than a lot of lyrics from FUCT, wes eisold wrote golden and carpal tunnel of love word for word and they're even published in his book of poetry? pretty fuct up.
Never found out what lyrics Pete lifted for FUTCT aside from "tear catcher" but the others, yes. I'm sure Wes's payout was pretty nice.
if you read through american nightmare lyrics you'll find a lot of lyrics that inspire pete and although it's not plagiarism, it's very obvious. also:
There is so much more to that story that people don't know. Patrick told me some of it once, long ago, over AIM.
I definitely did not xd can you point to the specific book or something? (pretty weird, though I knew about some other lifted/inspired verses, don't know where's the line for that)