Are you on the bandwagon or not?

Fall Out Boy-- America's Suitehearts video



Do I seem a bit hung up on Fall Out Boy lately? Well perhaps that's because I am. But only because the entire world seems to revolve around them lately. I know Pete Wentz just married and had a baby with Ashlee Simpson, but does no one remember how many complaints there were about FOB following Infinity On High?

The fans couldn't handle the change, yet now everyone is back to throwing their money and their attention at a band who they ripped apart just twenty-three months ago. Fall Out Boy's newest album, Folie A Deux, which dropped on December 16, is not that different from Infinity On High. Lyrically it is a drastic change, given that the songs are for once not written from Pete Wentz's point of view, but musically, there have been very few alterations.

I've like everything of Fall Out Boy's-- from their unsigned garage-band punk days of Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, to the obnoxious popularity of From Under the Cork Tree, and even recently the new sounds of Infinity On High and Folie A Deux. I understand the attraction of Folie, but I'm just surprised that so many have jumped back on the bandwagon. Maybe fans have finally learned to look at present-day Fall Out Boy as a separate entity from past-FOB. But regardless of whether or not they are widely worshiped, I plan to continue listening.