365 project "where is your boy tonight? i hope he is a gentleman."

119.

artist:fall out boy
album:take this to your grave

word on the street is that this album just turned 8 a few days ago. that seems crazy to me, but I'm not sure why, exactly. it makes perfect sense that its been out that long, as new music stopped existing for me like five years ago, and i know this has a little bit of age to it, but 8 just seems nuts.

i don't remember why i first heard fall out boy. i feel like it happened on warped tour, but it could have just been me falling in love with a song on the radio. i do know that i didn't buy this album until way after the fact, and even then i only picked it up at a festival because FBR was there and had most of their stuff on the table for 5 dollars, and i figured for 5 dollars, why not.

its really not a bad album. i have a soft spot in my heart for pop-punk, as we all know, and i really love the tonal qualities of Patrick stump's voice.

and who can deny the awesomeness that is "tell that mick that he just made my list of things to do today." i haven't spent a whole lot of time with this album, but I'm sitting here now listening to this song again and just laughing at the lyrics. i mean seriously, with lyrics like "As when you wrap your car around a tree
Your makeup looks so great next to his teeth" how can you not smile? well, if you have never had your heart broken or ever been betrayed, i guess this song wouldn't apply to you.

the only real story i have about this album is that i once lent it to my niece, and she had it for about a year. the only way i got it back from her was by buying her a copy for her birthday the following march. i loved that she had a good taste in music, but id just picked up that CD and i never had a chance to listen to it! oh well, all's well that ends well, i suppose.