lunes, 31 de agosto de 2009
domingo, 23 de agosto de 2009
Reunion del 22-08-09
GRACIAS a todos los chicos que fueron a la reunion ayer.
Lamentablemente tuvimos que vivir un momento feo, pero despues lo recompenzamos con risas y comentarios felices (?) :)
GRACIAS "FOBBERS" por ser GRANDES FANS y por ayudarnos a seguir con el FC.
Les prometemos que la proxima será mucho mejor que esta reunion, y espero verlos a todos nuevamente.
pd: cuando tengamos el link para votar, se los haremos saber.
viernes, 21 de agosto de 2009
jueves, 13 de agosto de 2009
Fall Out Boy Release Wrong Version Of 'What A Catch, Donnie' Video
'We've always been the kind of band that rolls with the punches,' Pete Wentz says of the mix-up.
By James Montgomery
Last week, after months of anticipation and speculation about whether it would be Fall Out Boy's swan song, the rockers finally premiered their "What a Catch, Donnie" video on MTV.
The only problem? It wasn't the correct version of the video.
Seems the version that first premiered featured an extended — and rather awful-looking — computer-generated shot of FOB bassist Pete Wentz saluting from the deck of a sinking ship. It didn't quite fit with the rather somber feel of the rest of the "Donnie" clip, and according to Wentz, the entire band was pretty embarrassed that people actually saw it.
"I kind of came up with the 'Captain goes down with the ship' idea, only somehow that got CGI-ed into, like, 'Titanic' on a $2 budget," Wentz told MTV News. "It was not good, so that's the only reason why I took myself out of it. It takes away from a video that I think is a really good piece.
"We have this insane thing with our videos. When we're editing [them] until the last minute, we have very bad luck with people putting up the wrong edits of our videos," he continued. "I swear to God that if we do another video, we will put up the right edit the first time. We've had product-placement issues, we've had wrong edits put up, it's just hilarious, kind of."
Kind of, indeed. Wentz is right about Fall Out Boy's rather interesting history with videos. Last year, he publicly fumed when an unauthorized, Nokia-heavy cut of their "I Don't Care" video premiered without their knowledge. The band then re-released a version of the video that features an extended cameo by the Spaghetti Cat. Though Wentz is able to laugh off the "Donnie" snafu, he does admit that it has thrown off the band's plans for a series of viral videos they'll release to complete the video's story line.
Then again, abrupt changes in plans are nothing new for Fall Out Boy.
"We've always been the kind of band that rolls with the punches," Wentz said. "We're still going to do the viral videos, though, because they're important. This song was so serious, and this video was so serious, and we were really passionate about it. But at the same time, our band has a sense of humor, and the other part of the video that will kind of explain some of the video will add levity to it as well. It's goofy, and that's what we like about it."
Wentz added that FOB fans should keep their eyes peeled for the clips, which the band will begin releasing over the next few weeks.
"I've been saying all along that [the 'Donnie' video] isn't going to be our last one ever. What I meant was if it is out last video, it wouldn't be a bad thing," he explained. "But truly, it isn't our last video, because we have some viral stuff coming out in two weeks."miércoles, 12 de agosto de 2009
martes, 11 de agosto de 2009
lunes, 10 de agosto de 2009
Fall Out Boy Sail Off Into The Sunset In 'Donnie' Video
'What a Catch, Donnie' clip is full of metaphors hinting at the band's farewell.
By James Montgomery
Well, it's finally here. After much consternation and hand-wringing, Fall Out Boy premiered their video for "What a Catch, Donnie" on Thursday morning (August 6) on MTV. And by the time you've read this sentence, those whispers that it might just be the band's final video will have probably graduated to a full-blown roar.
Because, despite FOB's insistence that "Donnie" isn't a goodbye so much as it's "a cliffhanger," the clip plays as one long swan song. Much like the song itself, it's nostalgic — there are nods to at least half a dozen previous videos in it — and symbolic: Fall Out frontman Patrick Stump piloting a rickety ship out toward the horizon, stopping occasionally to salvage bits of the band's past. And that's not even counting the ending, which is like getting walloped over the head by one giant metaphor.
The video opens with Stump as the solitary sailor, plinking on a piano, scribbling in a journal and staring out at the vast seascape. We don't know how long he's been on this voyage, or even where he's going, but we know he's very much alone, and the days have taken to dragging into weeks (or even months). Eventually, the monotony is broken up when a wayward seagull lands on his ship, and Stump nurses it back to health — a nod, Wentz told MTV News, to the life of reclusive genius Nikola Tesla. And then things start getting interesting.
Off in the distance, Stump notices a sinking ship and an accompanying trail of wreckage. But this isn't your average flotsam and/or jetsam; it's literally pieces of Fall Out Boy's past. The antlers from their breakout "Sugar, We're Going Down" video. The striped coat Stump wore in the clip for "Dance, Dance." The giant "FOB" backdrop from "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs." The casket Joe Trohman emerges from (and solos upon) in "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race."
Stump fishes them out of the water, then spots a spate of life rafts on the horizon. Sitting on the water are Trohman, drummer Andy Hurley and a host of FOB's pals, including Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith (guess former Panic members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker didn't make it out alive). Stump pulls all of them aboard, and all of a sudden, his lonely boat has become a floating monument to his band's past achievements. Instant nostaligia.
But back on the sinking ship — which is now quickly disappearing below the waves — we see Pete Wentz. He's sitting in the crow's nest, smiling. He gives a salute as the water envelops him. He's literally going down with the ship, like any good captain should (I believe this is what we in the business call "a visual metaphor"). This is not noticed by Stump and the rest of his shipmates, who head out to sea — toward the future, and rather happily so.
What happens next? At the moment, we don't know much of anything. Maybe this is where that mysterious "other video" Wentz mentioned will come into play. Or maybe it won't, and this really is it for Fall Out Boy (though, knowing them, I sort of doubt it). But if this is their swan song and FOB really are ready to sail off into the sunset, well, "Donnie" is the most fitting farewell I can think of. It's unquestionably the best video they've ever made — visually striking, somber and pretty in tone, smart in subject matter. And if Wentz and company have learned anything over the past half-decade, it's that it's always best to go out on top. Even if you're at the bottom of the ocean.
By James Montgomery
Well, it's finally here. After much consternation and hand-wringing, Fall Out Boy premiered their video for "What a Catch, Donnie" on Thursday morning (August 6) on MTV. And by the time you've read this sentence, those whispers that it might just be the band's final video will have probably graduated to a full-blown roar.
Because, despite FOB's insistence that "Donnie" isn't a goodbye so much as it's "a cliffhanger," the clip plays as one long swan song. Much like the song itself, it's nostalgic — there are nods to at least half a dozen previous videos in it — and symbolic: Fall Out frontman Patrick Stump piloting a rickety ship out toward the horizon, stopping occasionally to salvage bits of the band's past. And that's not even counting the ending, which is like getting walloped over the head by one giant metaphor.
The video opens with Stump as the solitary sailor, plinking on a piano, scribbling in a journal and staring out at the vast seascape. We don't know how long he's been on this voyage, or even where he's going, but we know he's very much alone, and the days have taken to dragging into weeks (or even months). Eventually, the monotony is broken up when a wayward seagull lands on his ship, and Stump nurses it back to health — a nod, Wentz told MTV News, to the life of reclusive genius Nikola Tesla. And then things start getting interesting.
Off in the distance, Stump notices a sinking ship and an accompanying trail of wreckage. But this isn't your average flotsam and/or jetsam; it's literally pieces of Fall Out Boy's past. The antlers from their breakout "Sugar, We're Going Down" video. The striped coat Stump wore in the clip for "Dance, Dance." The giant "FOB" backdrop from "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs." The casket Joe Trohman emerges from (and solos upon) in "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race."
Stump fishes them out of the water, then spots a spate of life rafts on the horizon. Sitting on the water are Trohman, drummer Andy Hurley and a host of FOB's pals, including Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith (guess former Panic members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker didn't make it out alive). Stump pulls all of them aboard, and all of a sudden, his lonely boat has become a floating monument to his band's past achievements. Instant nostaligia.
But back on the sinking ship — which is now quickly disappearing below the waves — we see Pete Wentz. He's sitting in the crow's nest, smiling. He gives a salute as the water envelops him. He's literally going down with the ship, like any good captain should (I believe this is what we in the business call "a visual metaphor"). This is not noticed by Stump and the rest of his shipmates, who head out to sea — toward the future, and rather happily so.
What happens next? At the moment, we don't know much of anything. Maybe this is where that mysterious "other video" Wentz mentioned will come into play. Or maybe it won't, and this really is it for Fall Out Boy (though, knowing them, I sort of doubt it). But if this is their swan song and FOB really are ready to sail off into the sunset, well, "Donnie" is the most fitting farewell I can think of. It's unquestionably the best video they've ever made — visually striking, somber and pretty in tone, smart in subject matter. And if Wentz and company have learned anything over the past half-decade, it's that it's always best to go out on top. Even if you're at the bottom of the ocean.
martes, 4 de agosto de 2009
MTV Video Music Awanrds 2009
Empiezan las votaciones para los premios Mtv Video Music Awards 2009.
VOTAR!!
FOB solo participa en una sola nominacion.
BEST ROCK VIDEO
Coldplay: "Viva La Vida"
Kings Of Leon: "Use Somebody"
Green Day: "21 Guns"
Fall Out Boy: "I Don't Care"
Paramore: "Decode"
Empiecen a Votar!
pd: en el link de la categoria, esta para votarlos exclusivamente a ellos. En el primer link pueden ver todas las categorias.
Eso es todo. Saludos FOBicos y FOBicas.
VOTAR!!
FOB solo participa en una sola nominacion.
BEST ROCK VIDEO
Coldplay: "Viva La Vida"
Kings Of Leon: "Use Somebody"
Green Day: "21 Guns"
Fall Out Boy: "I Don't Care"
Paramore: "Decode"
Empiecen a Votar!
pd: en el link de la categoria, esta para votarlos exclusivamente a ellos. En el primer link pueden ver todas las categorias.
Eso es todo. Saludos FOBicos y FOBicas.
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