ok, first off, panic at the disco is a great band, they can act, the music videos are extremely creative, and there album, Pretty Odd was amazing. Each song was different and dare i say “special in its own way” lol. I payed a large sum of cash, abou5 49$ for the bonus edition of Pretty Odd, it was worth it, getting Live In Chicago was well worth it too. I do love there whole theme though i really didnt agree with there old them “emo” but they seemed to really have grown out of it and are into a much better scene now. Now i would say all there music is different, they have country,folk,circus,rock,and even a nice smooth light rock mixture, in there album Pretty Odd. They get 5 stars from me!!!

I think that Panic! At the Disco is one of the best bands sence the Beatles, and Bob Dylan

I think Panic[!] are awsome
i have been to quite a few of their shows and they are amazing, the whole burlesque/cabaret/circus theme is really interesting and original and its adds to the excitement of going to their shows.
And to who ever asked but Panic does write their own lyrics-well Ryan Ross does but their music is great and the lyrics are also so amazing..Panic aren’t just about looks they do care about their music,they only put on these kind of shows to entertain the audience which i think is great
wow a long comment..oh well

Good music is just music that makes you feel something. None of us can decide what is “good” and “bad” music.
To me Panic! At The Disco makes very good music. I can relate to many or all of the lyrics. It makes me feel good. I consider it good music.

Good music is just music that makes you feel something. None of us can decide what is “good” and “bad” music.
To me Panic! At The Disco makes very good music. I can relate to many or all of the lyrics. It makes me feel good. I consider it good music.

i looooooooooooooooooo ooooo ooooo ove panic at the disco there are the best band eva….!!!!!!!!!
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i loooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo ove panic at the disco there are the best band eva….!!!!!!!!!
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i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ove panic at the disco there are the best band eva….!!!!!!!!!
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look, success will not kill art! for those people saying that they were better before, just because they have gotten more popular doesn’t mean that they are bad!

i absolutely loved PATD live show…it was fantastic and very entertaining…i really appreciate the effort they put into there shows…unlike other bands who just stand there and sing…if i wanted that i could just listen to there CD becuase there stage performance is nothing new and different…. where as PATD is different.

I love Panic! at the Disco… they are my favourite band ever… thats my oppinion so if you dont agree…who cares…keep it to yourself

One more thing….if i get called a laguna beacher or a prep or a teenybopper cause i love them…then i’m going to smashe my computer screen… grab the sharpest bit i can find and shove it up someones ass…. cause i am none of those things

Eh, do they even write their own music? and anyway, the review was perfectly right. They just are not that good. Hugely overrated band.

I went to this concert in Denver, mainly for Jack’s Mannequin (favorite band along with Steve Miller Band) and Cobra Starship. I admit, I like some of the songs on A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (although I Write Sins Not Tragedies makes me want to cut off my ear Van Gogh style) but I was rather disappointed that they chose to focus more on the looks and theatrics of the show. I know that they’re from Vegas and all, but they’re always talking about how they want people to “focus on the music.” This show completely contradicts that statement. I often found myself getting distracted by a dancer or something going on on the stage and zoning out. I also saw a couple videos on YouTube of their regular and natural shows from this summer and I definitely would have rather attended one of those. The music was good, but following Cobra Starship (lots of fan interaction) and Jack’s Mannequin (simple stage and beautiful music), I couldn’t help but think it was overdone. Plus, my friend and I were about the only 2 people in our entire section who actually knew the song “Eleanor Rigby,” judging by the fact that no one else was singing along, dancing, or even looking remotely interested. And while Brendon was singing it, I couldn’t help but think “I’d love to see my brother’s face if he ever saw a alternative band singing the beatles,” because to him and somewhat me, that seems disrespectful of the original artist, who has a completely different sound. And one last thing, to all the people complaining about the bad review and why there’s no point in it, there are good reviews and bad reviews. The purpose of a review is to give an honest opinion on the show. It’s not to praise the artist. It’s about telling what you really think about it so that other people can get an idea of what it’s really like. Wow I think this comment is a little long, but oh well.

I hate Exclamations !

P!ATD: drop the godawfully-outdated emo “thing” and take a leaf out of The Dresden Dolls book … at least they have talent and a nicely balanced punk/cabaret schtick … proving that music and spectacle can co-exist.

Hopefully, one of P!ATD’s stilt-walkers will accidentally set fire to the stage with a mis-timed flaming baton, thus creating a real panic at the disco …

w00t w00t i love brendon and ryan…they r soooooo HAWT!!! i love ryans button nose…..its HAWT!!!

fucking stupid scene kids, grow up.

PANIC AT THE DISCO ROX!!! Even THE ONLY DIFFERENCE and BUT ITS BETTER IF YOU DO rox!Im your biggest fan. My brother Andrew always farts in my face and shows his crack! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

brendon urie is so0o0 totally **EMO** AND I LUF HIM! from hannah aimer

i luf sam**

….and i luf ur mom**

**brendon urie is really hott**

** sexylicious**

well…everyone has an opinion…
i just don’t think you have to be so harsh or extreme in what you say.
this is not only for p!atd,but for all bands…
i mean i like P!ATD. and im a big fan of their lyrics…i only imagine writing lyrics that r that catchy.
and i really like the beatles 2..but i dunno why many of youll are so agitated about the whole thing…i mean,its not like they insulted them or anything…

and about liking the music cause you like 1 of the members…thats just seriously sad mannn…

anyways cant stop people commenting very extremely..just thought i’d say what i felt.
(PS i wont go yelling i HATE *** band,no matter how much i dislike them)

Just wanted to say that I’m a full out music snob who loves the sound of indie rock and loves to hate anything in the Top 40 or on MTV. You know they type. All that said, I found myself at the Panic! At the Disco concert which I attended even after Bloc Party cancelled. Well count me wrong as Panic put on of the greatest spectacles I’ve seen at a show in my young life. What a performance. Caberet, burlesque, broadway-dance-emo with stilts and contortionists. All that and he can sing too.

i don’t get why u would make a whole review if u don’t like them in the first place. u totally wasted a seat of someone who would appreciate the concert. I was at msg and it was the best concert i ever saw. And musically, they are one of the most talented bands out now.

panic! at the disco pwns u all! i’m a gurl and i found panic! on myspace b4 they went big and i must tell u they looked horrible but so wat? their music ROKS anyways huever made this article knows nothing about music and if u don’t lyk them GO DIE they rock they came a really long way AND i don’t think u’d b able 2 do hallf of wat they came thru

If they were bad, I wouldn’t have a netpage about them.. Cuz I like only GOOD music. So, learn to walk, before you run.

You can’t put them just in box with words: Another good looking guys trying to catch eyes of girls by hopping on the stage..

You should listen to their lyrics at least, befote you write here something abou them.. Maybe than you can guess, what the tittles mean.. Bye

okay, so they get someone who probably knows NOTHING about the band to write a review?

like whoever wrote it could do a better job.

panic! are the best.

Panic! At The Disco are awesome, and amazing live. and i dont care what anyone else says, they are. theyre musics awesome. ive personally seen them live 2 times and i love them. there concerts are so entertaining and brendon urie has an amazing voice. you shouldnt be talking about them badly if you dont even like them. plus theyre lyrics are cool and the song titles do make sense if you know a lot about the band.

i went to the concert in St. louis and personally i loved them, they sounded amazing and the theme was very fitting i think your just jealous!!

god bless you sir, anonymous lman who made the last post, god bless you

I suppose this won’t register, but I will attempt anyways. Lets forget all this teenage-angst crap, and start listening to MUSIC. Try some sonny rollins, thelonious monk, miles davis or bill evans. Then you might understand that music is an art form, not a mindless conflagration of sounds.

what does panic at the dsico like to do for fun?

I love panic at the disco. I wish that I can meet them in person someday.and that I could see them in concert on December 05 2006 in san jose. the way the band is now geat.

Panic! at the disco are like the lousy american version for Maxïmo Park. Really lousy and too theatrically fake. All those looks pretending to be Malcolm McDowell in A Clokwork Orange… blargh.

BTW: Angela, go suck a cock.

How the hell can you call ;Panic! At the Disco’ music? Maybe if they didn’t cram so many lyrics in, we’d be able to understand what the fucking song’s about. Don’t you EVER even put Panic! and the Beatles in the same sentece. Panic! will never be in the same league as them.

Panic! Pwns you all, and the Beatles suck 0_o

Wow! Did Rolling Stone become a bunch of shrivaled old people? Or maybe the person writing the review is too much of a classical performance person? All I know is this: The show at the Wachovia Center in Philly was phenominal. That was the first time I’d ever been to a concert where I could actually understand the lead singer. But I always walked away from those other concerts blaming the sound guy for a poor job. But hey, maybe this writer prefers to not understand the songs.

The show was a spectacle and I expected nothing less with great anticipation. The lyrics are theatrical and artistic while offering something for the listen to feel a connection.

It’s the struggle of teenage angst, the need to stand out yet fit in all at the same time. They comment on suicide through lyrics reading, “well she’s not bleeding on the ballroom floor just for the attention. ‘Cause that’s just ridiculous… here’s the setting fashion magazines on the walls and the walls are the bullet holes.” It’s a comment on how society effects us.

But I digress. The cover of “The Beatles” classic “All the Lonely People” was done with great respect to the original artist with a strong sense of understanding and connection to the words. For me, the version Panic! did had more feeling and more passion then that of “The Beatles”. Not to mock the legends, they were of course great artists. A true artist cares not where the meaning is found, but that it is found.

My suggestion to Rolling Stone… find a writer who knows a little more about what they are to write about. This article is ignorant at best.

I just Read Joey Hood’s comments (11/15, Rock and Roll Daily) and I am sad for him that he must adress his inmaturity throuh attacks on a very entertaining concert. I am one of the narcs (how dare you) that tok my kids to see P@D in Detroit last night. It was one of the better shows I have seen. Get over yourself Joey. What a dweeb.

why don’t you all just calm down? so what if people like panic??? i love panic and im pretty excited to see them in concert. i personally am all for stage presence. many of the bands i like i like because i saw them in concert and i got hooked because of the presence they had on stage.

so..
i think if you guys don’t like it, don’t worry about it
you can find something else to do right?
people listen to music because they like it, not because they WANT you to like it.
last time i checked it didn’t concern you.
if you don’t LIKE panic!.. dont TALK about them.
find something else to do.
like.. make friends or something.

fuck you guys
they’re amazing
they have more talent than a lot of the bands that have been playing for years, and have been signed for year, that have played TONS of shows..
personally, the stage performances make the show exciting
brendon urie has GREAT vocals, and i would like to know how many of you can play instruments as well as these guys.
if you don’t do your research first, don’t talk shit on the bands.
i personally have been to 2 of their shows, both of which they did GREAT, one where they weren’t even signed yet, so obviously, they have gotten some practice, and this guy should shut his mouth.
he doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and someday it’s gonna bite him in the ass.
to the rest of you, if you don’t agree with me than go ahead. i don’t listen to music to IMPRESS you. if you don’t like them, don’t read articles about them.. find something better to do with your life, cause apparently you just like to downtalk to people because YOU don’t agree with them.. no one is asking you to agree with them. we’re asking you to find some music to listen to of your own instead of telling us how much ours sucks..
if they sucked, they wouldn’t be signed.
i’m a little bit intense on the whole band/concert thing. it’s my life pretty much. shows are the best thing ever, and everyone has something like that for them. it’s just different for everyone
now i’m done with my speech.
i hope you liked it
yay

panic at the discos concert was great and im a big fan.

I agree with Valery, it’s all about the music, not the looks.. so that girls that say “Oh, I love Panic at the Disco” and then two seconds later they’re saying how hot brendon or ryan are.. and then you ask them about one song of the band that is not “I write sins not tragedies” and they don’t know how to answer.. because they don’t know other song.. It’s just ridiculous. If you like them, it’s because you like their music on the first place.

they are becoming to manufatured. its like the 80’s again with the hair bands. people its about MUSIC, real fans wont give a F**k how they look. And they shouldnt try to lose their first fans becasue the were the first ones that supported them before everyone else liked them. and girls u r not a real fan if u got into the band because u thought brendon or ryan was hot, o dont even call urself a fan cuz a lot of people at my school like them only cuz they think the guys are hot

seriously people dont compare paic at the disco to the beatles i’m not a huge beatles fan, but the beatles are legends and panic should of played crappy gigs before playing big ones. they shouldnt have become famous over night. i liked them before EVERYONE liked them. but now i think they should write better songs that people can relate to, and not songs that make no sense and have very long titles

i liked them before all the preps liked them. but its about te music and not looks, panic i love u guys but work more on ur songs and less on ur make up

uhh. please.
Haters, shut the fuck up.
if you don’t like them, why are you reading an article about them?
I think their shows are great. and not all of their fans are laguna beachers. I’m definetely not.

they were better when their CD only sold 9000.

The concerts were so much better before they were popular and donned the makeup.

The music was better before the album dropped (referring to their demos).

They are nothing more than a present-day KISS, except they didn’t spend years working to get their fame, it was handed to them undeservingly by Pete Wentz. It’s terrible to know that people can make large sums of money now-a-days without having any talent. Throughout the entire album there are no dynamic changes in his voice, and every song sounds the same. The instrumentals aren’t very detailed and the drummer does nothing but keep the beat (as opposed to bands that actually allow their drummer to have some kind of creative freedom). But I guess if you can market makeup and terrible music then more power to ya, just don’t do covers of bands that you don’t deserve to even be playing in your garage.

obiously people have diffrent opinions but seriously people act like other artists lyrics arent so prevertic and junk but the band is really good and we shouldnt bad mouth them because there people.you dont like them?thats fine just dont try to “inform” others about it.i love them and yeah their lyrics are a little …. yeah but just dont go buy there junk i know i will.thats why they make diffrent music because people have diffrent likes! well ryan ross rocks!

and by the way. panic is so popular they need a whole arena. the concert sold out in, what, early october? i dont think creed could pull that off.

and tiffany and zac, i totally agree with you

i absolutely LOVED this concert. it was the most extravagant concert by far that i’ve been too, but for God’s sake, they always wanted to have big shows when they made it big. the show was more than just them singing, it was entertainment for a whole hour. i loved them from the beginning, before “Laguna beachers” “loved” them. they dont know them the way my best friend and i do. some people actually respect their music. so what if their lyrics are a little provacative? they’re a unique band for sure. the concert is a definite must-see.

and by the way, My chemical romance is fantastic live. ABSOLULTELY FANTASTIC

How old are most of the people posting their opinions?

You all sound like my father for christsakes.

Just because you arent a fan doesnt mean they suck. Im not a big fan of half the music out their but it doesnt mean it sucks. Your opinion is your own but do you really think that badmouthing a band is going to make people like them any less? By the way, have any of you ever actually spoken with the band members personally or know them well enough [personally] to call them cocky or anything else? If not please keep your meaningless insults to yourselfs.

you guys are a bunch of bullshit. get over your age limit standards for christ’s sake and listen to music.

This is what happens when you become too big, too fast. You don’t have the material or the practice to pull off an arena show. I love them, but I’m not interested seeing them in concert with a massive amount of preteens(And I don’t have a problem with that fanbase, hell, they keep Panic! in business) I just don’t understand why they think they need to create a spectacle when they would be keeping all of their fans entertained with simply an acoustic set at this stage.

Come back to the bars and backrooms Panic, your older fans miss you. At least have smaller 18+ venues between Arena stops.

This is why we have things called opinions, my friends.

these kids need to get over themselves. arena tours? who do they think they are? CREED?

most terrible i have ever seen live. cocky little guys too.

“panic at the disco are better than the beetles!”

^^^^^^^^^ Please refrian from every speaking another word

mkay….y does rolling stone even bother to talk about patd if all they have to say is nasti shit about them? theyr jst wasting their time….i mean comon if yr gonna constantly talk….[write watever] about a band ya think theyd have good stuff ta say….not junk like this….i love patd and anyone who doesnt has never listened to their incredible music or been to one of their shows..the shows are unbelievalble!!!!! i

panic!

tiffany | 11/16/2006, 4:31 pm EST

panic at the disco are better than the beetles!

^^wow. are you snorting? get a life, then get some friends, go listen to the 60’s, then 70’s, skip the 80’s cuz they blow except for punk, then 90’s. panic can go back to vegas. because of the beatles we have modern music. thank you john lennon.

panic at the disco are better than the beetles!

thanks Web250

Poop, the name comes from a line in the Name Taken song “Panic”.

The line goes: “Panic at the disco, sat back and took it so slow”

Only difference is Name Taken are (were) great, and P!ATD suck horribly.

Tiffany, you should definately print this page out, and save it . Save it for that rainy day occasion when you need to be brought back down to earth. Greatest band ever? Did you just start appreciating music today?

what does panic at the disco mean anyways?

any meaning behind the name?

just curious.

and why do people seem to enjoy these bands that they could’ve made themselves?

just curious.

and put any long song name to a song and it will seem like the song has meaning.

i’ve listened to “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” after hearing all the hype dragging behind it.
to say the least, i wasn’t impressed.

why do people settle for the popular music and only the songs being repeatedly played on mtv?

wouldn’t you rather listen to something else such as, m.ward or the raconteurs?

there are plenty of bands/musicians out there that deserve much more respect and attention than the popular “musicians” on mtv.

if anyone disagrees with me, please argue. i’d be glad to argue with you.

tiffany don’t worry, you’re just as uncool as them (as I).

I just want to know what the band plans to do next-the vaudeville act works for this album’s tour because of the theme of the album, but now they are in a tangled web-how do they just drop back to playing shows like a normal group?

As for the covers-def. not the best-normally when bands headline with just one cd, they at least have some b-sides or new songs that they wrote to help them fill the time. Fame hit patd too fast for them to have enough material to headline. So, they are left with covers, which of course, are going to be sub par to the originals. I think the bands are cliche groups to cover, but as for the songs they pick-I think you would expect eleanor rigby for the Beatles just as you would expect Tonight, Tonight for the Smashing Pumpkins. At least for Radiohead they covered Karma Police instead of Creep (which everyone and their mother covers) and they are covering Killer Queen instead of Bohemian Rhapsody.

They aren’t a bad group-they have really good, thought out lyrics (I love that Time to Dance is based off of my favorite book-Invisible Monsters). I just hope that for the next record’s tour they figure out that they don’t need to impress us with a stage show and covers-we just want to hear their songs.

wow anyone who says panic!at the disco is bad or whatever is obviously mentally ill!!they are the best group ever and the best group that will ever be made.they are extremely brilliant and if u took the time to listen to the words you’d know…i went to the concert at msg and it was the best thing i have ever seen so whoever doesnt like them you need help..they are perfect adn amazing they dont try to be like everyone else they are just making damn good music so leave them alone because they awesome and my favorite band ever…….if u hate them ur a loserrrrrrrrr

Everyone on this forum is a bunch of idiots and probably don’t have any idea of what music is and how it works. Being a good friend of a person who has extemely close ties with PANIC. I will speak from my heart. This is band is a joke, if you think this is real music and the best band you have seen or heard in your whole life, guess what!!! You’re sadly mistaken. Save your $15 bucks and go pick up a BEATLES record you little tiny boppers.

panic is horrible and this barely sums up the constant discust that they bring to this music scene… EWWWWW

I think the reviewer and some of the commenters are obsessed with hating popular bands and teenagers more than they actually dislike Panic’s live act.

Pathetic.

i’ve been unfortunate enough to see them twice…they are the worst headlining band i’ve ever seen.

by far.

but the worst band i’ve ever been unfortunate to see was UNDEROATH. bar none. i’ve seen some bands that have been together for about 2 weeks. and underoath was much, much worse.

How dare they cover my Beatles!!!

Joey, I think I love you.

haha i agree with oddjob 100%

ROLLING STONE
PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT PANIC AT THE SHITSCO THERE TRASH AND THEY HAVE NO TALENT, they popular b/c they lathced on to the pathetic popularity fall out boy counjured up last year, there all pathetic pecies of shit, and make me sick

Honestly, I think A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out is one of the best records i’ve heard. And i’ve heard alot.

the only difference between my group and their group is press coverage…

Too big for their britches? And Fergie isn’t? Green Day isn’t? Eminem and so many other lame pop stars you adore aren’t arrogant and self-serving? Give me a break Rolling Stone. Surely you’re smarter than that.
The earlier poster is right. You put Fergie on your magazine cover, but not The Who, who released their first new album in 24 years. Why? If Green Day waited 24 years to put out a new record, you’d be foaming at the mouth. Heck, you’d want to put out a special tab just on that.
Come on. Give us a break …

Hey every one , including you Rollingstone, quit putting an exclamation mark after panic… it will be soooo worth it!

personally, i think that PATD is trying way too hard to not be one of those bands that we say “wow, they’re lame” and they’re trying to avoid that by being as “different” and “orginal” as possible and they FAILED!
they should just quit trying so hard and see what they can come up with and maybe i’ll stop hating them…maybe…

FINALLY ROLLING STONE HAS QUIT OVERLOOKING THE MAJOR FLAWS OF THESE DUDES!!!

“Well, in a way it was. No, it didn’t worry about being Strokes cool (and I can’t think of a band that’s mattered less in the last decade and got more unnecessary hype”

You bitch

you’re right, it is a different kind- a much more awesome kind

but, i mean, let’s be honest: smashing guitars and toppling over drums — like it or not, that’s theater, too. it’s just a different kind of theater.

why do you guys even report about this stuff???? nobody cares!!! (although its particularly fun to make fun of them) And i agree with “9″, I wanna see everything destroyed by the end of the show, or it sucks…but nobody does that. =(.

Trying to fake Rock ‘N Roll is like faking a war.

right, except that in one people die. but otherwise, exactly the same.

I wish Eddie Van Halen would take his medication and do a proper reunion album and tour with DLR. They’re old but it can’t be worse than the shite we are being fed today.

And the Record Companies wonder why they can’t sell cds. Trying to fake Rock ‘N Roll is like faking a war. Oh yea, GW did do that.

Did anyone see that RS interview with that loser from All-American Rejects, where he says his favorite album is “Pet Sounds”, then that his favorite song off that album is “Good Vibrations” (which is not on Pet Sounds, indicating he has probably never listened to it). I equate that with Panic at the Shitsco playing Beatles and Queen covers.

You’re not going to agree with me, nor I with you, but at least we haven’t called each other douchebasgs. Yet.

absolutely agree - am totally down with civil back & forth and respect how you’re laying out your points. I def. see where you’re coming from; the grand irony is that i don’t even like the band’s music that much; i was just so taken by the showmanship and by their willingness to commit to something so incredibly grandiose and ridiculous. this could just be me knee-jerking, too - i have definitely been wearying of the preponderance of NPRock, and so perhaps something so willfully indulgent and absurd was like a cool drink of water.

i just dont understand how rolling stone can have fergie on the cover and think that panic! at the disco are so lame….it makes absoluteley no sense to me

But the 15-year-olds went home thinking their idols were cultured and artistically in tune with generations past.

is this such an awful thing?

Actually, no. I really meant to write this and lost my train of thought, but if it leads a kid to a whole Queen or Beatles album, then that’s a good thing. I just find their choice of songs kind of cliched. I don’t really believe they know anything about the bands they’re covering because they’re more likely to have overheard these songs in their parents’ car rather than from their own collections. And I totally admit that’s me being cynical.

would it have been better if they’d done “You’re Gonna Miss Me”?

They weren’t wrong. I guess my gut reaction is, how very cliched of them. Kind of like that collection they sell of kids doing pop hits, it just reminded me of that. They weren’t wrong to do these songs, just obvious.

why does everything need to be so arch and serious and studied and plugged-in? half the reason i loved the show so much was because it was so fantastically unconcerned with being ‘cool.’

Well, in a way it was. No, it didn’t worry about being Strokes cool (and I can’t think of a band that’s mattered less in the last decade and got more unnecessary hype) but it was aiming for emo crowd cool. Totally nothing wrong with that other than it irritates me. I think what they’re doing is a clown show and that they’ll be forgotten in a few years, but that’s just one dude’s opinion.

If there is a good thing from this is we can intelligently debate this, whether it’s based on the band’s musical merit or our own opinions as listeners. You’re not going to agree with me, nor I with you, but at least we haven’t called each other douchebasgs. Yet.

exactly why bands today suck. Its about the show, not the music. Well, Panic, your wrong! Lets get back to the Nirvana days where some guys just beat the crap out of guitars and drums.

Song titles sound to me like The Smiths, but not near as good

I like the theatrics, just make sure the band sounds good too (give ‘em time)

Queen and The Beatles - tough acts to copy… I would have expected Bowie in there somewhere

everclear and gin blossoms? Two of my FAVORITE 90’s bands. BOTH will age well…can’t see why either would be the butt of a joke about lame 90’s bands (there were PLENTY…just not these two)

Does this mean Panic! will go away now?

I’m still waiting for the “next Candlebox”

i hope chinese democracy comes out and gnr puts these dicks in there place

I can’t WAIT for the “next Nirvana” to come along and blow all this mediocrity out of the water!!

this can’t and won’t happen, largely because of the way culture functions - it’s far too specialized these days. you’re more likely to have 15 “next nirvanas” operating within tiny spheres than one big one that upends an entire industry.

and look, let’s be honest - nearly everything that followed Nirvana in pop music was just as soul-crushingly mediocre as many of the bands your so aggravated about now. for every nirvana, there were several hundred candleboxes, sponges, everclears and gin blossoms. don’t look too fondly on the past - it wasn’t the creative explosion you remember.

GOD I’m glad I’m not grow up during this era of third-rate pop music. I can’t WAIT for the “next Nirvana” to come along and blow all this mediocrity out of the water!!

i was there last night and i thought it was awesome. i wasnt a huge fan of them before, but i definitely think they know how to entertain and surprise an audience and i really enjoy their music too. even the best bands today do beatles covers. who wouldn’t want to cover the beatles… i give them 2 thumbs up.

But the 15-year-olds went home thinking their idols were cultured and artistically in tune with generations past.

is this such an awful thing? would it have been better if they’d done “You’re Gonna Miss Me”? why does everything need to be so arch and serious and studied and plugged-in? half the reason i loved the show so much was because it was so fantastically unconcerned with being ‘cool.’

Doing covers of ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘Killer Queen’ proves nothing more than you know where to find your hometown’s 45 classic rock stations. What, no ‘Detroit Rock City’? Oh right, they were in NYC. Sorry. But the 15-year-olds went home thinking their idols were cultured and artistically in tune with generations past. It’s sort of like having some not-real rock band show up on, of I don’t know, ‘Everwood’ and doing bad covers. Whatever.

this makes me glad that im not in jr high….

html bungled my final sentence - should read:

“the spectacle is the whole point of the panic! show and on that count they absolutely succeeded.”

yeah, i have to agree with lixi; i was there to review the show as well, and was completely caught up in the spectacle - in a good way. the songs are mediocre for sure, but the show was 60 solid minutes of entertainment from the second the curtain lifted to the second it closed again at the end. there’s a kind of joyless condescension to this review that irks me; the whole point of the panic! show count they absolutely succeeded.

Panic at the Disco are a waste of a pretty cool band name (minus that lame explamation point). They are a sad indicator of the unfortunate direction rock music is taking- these kids have no idea what they are doing. This show sounds every bit as gay and retarded as that horrible movie, “Moulin Rouge”.

Personaly, I love Panic! At The Disco being the way I am, I have been to their concert, and yeh, it wasn’t the best but hey? They rule
My fave song is I Write Sins, Not Tragedies.

I was the only 23 year old dude at the show in the middle of which I yelled, “what the fuck is this…” referring to the ridiculous theatrical bullshit that was being put on. The entire show stopped as one of the actresses asked me, “Is something wrong”, “you guys are doing a great job” I replied as I walked out of the building. I like that rock/pop teenager crap and am not ashamed to admit it, but this was even too much for me…were as most bands gain fans at shows this band definatly

I really don’t get what people see in that band. even if i was a 12 year old girl, i’d think it was lame. MC Hammer lame.

who panicked at the disco? i didn’t think discos were around anymore…

This doesn’t bode well for a parental guardian such as myself with tickets for for my 3 youngun’s to see Panic here in Denver.

I am all for spectacle and a good show, but I like bands with chops (that can play) along with the spectacle… Thank God I won’t be tortured with MCR!!!

sure

yeah, god forbid a band would want people to actually have *fun* at their concert. i’m not a panic fan by any stretch of the imagination, but i was pretty charmed by the show–and if the girls screaming along with every word were an indication, their songs were able to talk through the spectacle.

also, they did one beatles cover. or did you get ‘killer queen’ confused with a lennon-mccartney jam?