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Rock School: Lessons From Fall Out Boy’s Today Show Performance

7/6/07, 1:37 pm EST

Fall Out BoyWhat began as a mediocre Fall Out Boy performance on this morning’s Today quickly turned into an unforgettable rock & roll lesson. The band entertained a crowd jam-packed with emo teens with “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race,” “Dance, Dance” and new single “Thnks fr th Mmrs,” but their actions spoke louder than their songs. So join us, will you, as we count down the top five things we learned from a rock band forced to wake up around the time they’d usually head to bed:

5. Not even an 80-degree-outdoors-performance can stop Pete Wentz from wearing a hoodie.

4. Frontman Patrick Stump considers a garbage bag to be an acceptable form of jacket.

3. It’s never too early in the morning to cake on the eyeliner.

2. It doesn’t matter if you’re hitting the notes, as long as you’re spinning around hitting everyone else.

1. The quickest way to make an NBC exec livid is to say “goddamn” on live television.


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Chuck | 7/6/2007, 1:48 pm EST

actually I think number one should be

1. Damn these guys are awful!

noel | 7/6/2007, 1:55 pm EST

agreed
not worthy of any coverage

webegenies | 7/6/2007, 2:04 pm EST

Ugh. These guys suck.

Pork Fried Rice | 7/6/2007, 2:11 pm EST

Thanks RS, I learned a lot about Fall About Boy from this article. I also learned that you can suck and still make it on national TV.

david | 7/6/2007, 2:14 pm EST

not true their pretty good

BurtBacharach | 7/6/2007, 2:14 pm EST

Hey, come-on now, the boys want to rock. Let them rock. Whenever I say rocking I mean spinning around and putting-out songs that have no vowels.Pls stp plyng msc.

matt | 7/6/2007, 2:16 pm EST

yuck

MEEE | 7/6/2007, 2:28 pm EST

Theyre pretty awseummm

taylor | 7/6/2007, 2:36 pm EST

they are ah-mazing.honest to themselves and their fans.

sy | 7/6/2007, 2:42 pm EST

Emo is not rock… rock died in ‘79 and once again in ‘96.

Chuck T | 7/6/2007, 3:13 pm EST

some one should tell wentz that hes playing a bass. he likes to strum like a real guitar lol. i guess real guitar was too hard for him. and obviously it is a scene, especially when you have more hoodies than a girl shoes.

Suzy Q | 7/6/2007, 3:15 pm EST

Oh Fall Out Boy are so cuuutte! I have all their albums. And my mommy even lets me see them play in concert too! I recorded their concert on the Today show so I can watch it 5,000,000 times!

eric | 7/6/2007, 3:29 pm EST

these jackasses are the new kings of the demographic that britney spears and nsync once ruled over. There “cool factor” and “edginess” is a carefully cultivated and market tested approach to get 13 year old girls to buy records. They are not emo, they are not even rock. And i must say: spinning around with on’es guitar is not cool after one has done it a million times; wear something that isn’t a fucking hoodie for once; the lead singer should shave the hair on his face; and referencing the film “closer” in your song isn’t cool, but it is confusing since your fan base isn’t old enough to have watched it.

Nick | 7/6/2007, 3:34 pm EST

Hey would rather have FOB or the Backstreet Boys? It may suck but atleast they’re playing instruments and writing songs.

Hendrix | 7/6/2007, 3:38 pm EST

Fallout Boy is one of the worst things about popular culture today. I cannot believe that kids listen to this manufactured talentless crap. I think this just reflects the immaturuty of our current generation (I am a member of this current generation by the way, and I think we have yet to contribute an art to society that will transcend time like the music of the 60s and 70s).

These guys sound like they are singing nursery rhymes. Seriously, its disgusting. This is not rock n roll, this is teenie bopper barf that sucks so bad it wouldn’t pass for a zit on Jimmy Page’s ass.

Rock n Roll revolution! Everybody in?

Scott | 7/6/2007, 3:43 pm EST

This passes for popular music today? Inexcusable.

Anonymous | 7/6/2007, 3:50 pm EST

it’s fairly amazing how many people get off on saying they think other things suck. I mean, way to go webegenies, ‘ugh. these guys suck.’ is so enlightening. they do what they do, you like them or you don’t, but don’t act like somehow these guys portend the death of rock or something.

Retard Boy | 7/6/2007, 3:57 pm EST

Good music I like Fall Out Boy. And is they play good heavy music I like it a lot. When they play I jump up and down because it make me groovy. I am Number 1 fan of Fall Out Boy and sing all music of them. Their music make me feel smart.

WTF | 7/6/2007, 4:21 pm EST

***scratches head trying to figure out if this post is sarcastic or serious***

man | 7/6/2007, 4:28 pm EST

rock evolved to prog rock….mars volta?

Barry | 7/6/2007, 4:32 pm EST

After seeing them front and center in concert in May, I have to say it was disappointing on TV. They are so guitar heavy that unless you’re there to experience it in person, their music just does not come across well on TV. The way to watch them on TV is with surround sound with the bass turned allll the way up. Don’t take a TV performance as a true Fall Out Boy experience.

Ray D. O'Shack | 7/6/2007, 4:55 pm EST

that guy is the saddest excuse for a bass player ever.

yes, he can spin like crazy (woo..), but he can’t create an original riff worth a damn

Sue | 7/6/2007, 4:56 pm EST

I like their music, but I agree that this was a pretty awful performance. They need to get some rest next time.

Ashland | 7/6/2007, 5:34 pm EST

Fall Out Boy is the best band ever, and all these people who say that FOB sucks are pretty much pathetic losers who are bored with their own lame lives because FOB is famouse and their not. I dont care what anyone says about Fall Out Boy, i will always love them, i am their #1 fan ever and Patrick Stump is the HOTTEST guy ever!!!!!!

Riley | 7/6/2007, 5:38 pm EST

Fall Out Boy’s performance today was the BOMB! Patrick sung his heart out and he did an amazing job. I am really proud of all of them, they did really really really really good!!!!

WHAT THE HELL?! | 7/7/2007, 12:21 am EST

shut up, god
these guys have accomplished more then you ever will in your life time. just because there not afraid to be diffrent then all the rest of losers that sit around and criticize them. PATRICK is anwsome singer, he could sing circles around you. ITS NEVER TOO EARLY FOR EYELINER! PATRICK has better stly them you will ever have, jsut b.c he dosent fallow all the trends dosent mean that you should make fun of him, ANND MAYBE PETE WAS COLD THAT IS WHY HE WORE HIS SWEARTER!

Freminoli | 7/7/2007, 5:26 am EST

Has anybody else noticed that almost every one of the posts praising these guys includes misspelled or misused words? Coincidence?

Jakobi | 7/7/2007, 9:30 am EST

To all the kids who are lashing out at RS, chill.
Rolling Stones likes these guys, this is a just a good natured ribbing at best.

Carla | 7/7/2007, 1:29 pm EST

Okay I’m confused. Weren’t FOB on the cover of rolling stone for the month of March? So it’s okay for you guys to promote them or what not, then when you don’t like the way they perform, you talk shit about them? I think not. I was there yesterday and they did amazing. The place was completely packed so they must be doing something right. For all of you haters out there, don’t judge hardworking bands like FOB until you’ve seen them live. And as for Patrick that dude is amazing and sings his heart out and not mention, he is the ONLY one who does vocals plus the little ad libs you hear so give him some credit. Damn you guys are harsh. I am not embarrassed to say I’m a fan of theirs. They are human and mess up just like the rest of us

Carla | 7/7/2007, 1:30 pm EST

In conclusion, it was a pretty awesome performance so back off.

Courtney | 7/7/2007, 1:45 pm EST

Shut up chuck!..

1. These Guys Rock!!!

Casey | 7/7/2007, 3:24 pm EST

I never had a favorite band b4 but i can safely say that Fall Out Boy is my fav band ever. Just because the performance sucked (which it didn’t) doesn’t mean that they do(which they don’t). They have good songs i just wished they playd the new songs from Infinity on High instead of the overplayed Thnks fr th Mmrs and Dance Dance. #1 fan right here!!

Ashland | 7/7/2007, 3:55 pm EST

That was so mean, i liked Patrick’s jacket,it made him look really sexy, it didn’t look like a garbage bag.

wtf | 7/7/2007, 6:46 pm EST

these guys are the shiznit and all the crowd members werent emo that is a bunch of shit
and as soon as any of u guys r as famous as them then u can say they suck (which they dont) but last time i checked UR NOT
get a life

Why should you Know? | 7/7/2007, 8:57 pm EST

Fall Out Boy IS AMAZING.Some of you ARE W-R-O-N-G!!!

Ashleigh | 7/7/2007, 11:54 pm EST

jesus
everyeon says they suck or that they are stupid or any other ridiculous thing that they can think of.
if your a fan whose getting pissed,
you have a right to be.
its not like this is making ME any happier either.
but all the retards who wanna talk crap let them talk it.
they obviously dont have anything better to do then piss us off.

Samantha | 7/8/2007, 4:49 am EST

I LOVE PETE AND HIS HOODIES. Siska has that hoodie too, I think. :D

Danielle | 7/8/2007, 1:43 pm EST

I Love Fall Out Boy!
Since They Started.
No One Compares To Them.
I Love Pete’s Hoodie.
Their Always So Great.

Fall Out Boy Is Love.

Danielle | 7/8/2007, 1:43 pm EST

I Love Fall Out Boy!
Since They Started.
No One Compares To Them.
I Love Pete’s Hoodie.
Their Always So Great.

Fall Out Boy Is Love.

Danielle | 7/8/2007, 1:43 pm EST

I Love Fall Out Boy!
Since They Started.
No One Compares To Them.
I Love Pete’s Hoodie.
Their Always So Great.

Fall Out Boy Is Love.

Morgan | 7/8/2007, 3:52 pm EST

Hey! everyone know that if someone is talking trash about fall out boy, then they are the biggest losers to ever walk the face of the earth. It’s only obvious that people are jealous of
1.Pete’s beautiful hoodies
2.Patrick’s sexi bod
3.The band lovely guyliner(which is amazingly hot)
4.When pete spins with his guitar in hand..so hot.
5.AND GOD DAMN is in their effin song.
Not only is FOB amazingly hot. But extremely talented and all people who think they suck need to get a life.

I LOVE PETE WENTZ

mike patton | 7/13/2007, 7:32 am EST

this articles is WEAK. heads gotta roll.

Allison | 7/16/2007, 2:43 am EST

i think u ppl r crazy…if u dont care about fall out boy then u dont have to trash them! well obviously u do care enough to waste ur time and rag on them! all ur doin is sturring things up and making ppl angry! i saw them in concert and it was the best GODAMMED day of my life! they were amazing!!!!!!!!! not one missed note, beautiful vioce coming from of coarse patrick! it was the greatest show i had ever been to.

sarah | 7/18/2007, 8:24 am EST

i love pete he is a great singer and he is fit :}

sarah | 7/18/2007, 8:24 am EST

i love pete he is a great singer and he is fit :}

DJ pink | 7/18/2007, 10:34 am EST

once again there r people here who think they are better than anybodyelse as a fall out boy fan. if you dont like fall out boy than y the hell r u on this website reading this. (dont get me wrong i am a nice person just that some of these peeps got 2 go and get *REAL*

DJ pink | 7/18/2007, 10:37 am EST

I LOVE FALL OUT BOY AND IM GOING 2 THERE CONCERT HAPPENING IN 2 DAYS I CANT WAIT ITS ON THE 20 july 2007 her in South Africa YES

fob fan | 7/21/2007, 10:43 am EST

anyone who want to trash fob has no right doing so if they dont own a c.d, never been to a concert, or sceen what they r all about. the whole reason they do their job is to help other people. weather it is just an easier relaxer fro some poeple or to help thoes who r less fortunate. so anyone who is trashing them get a live, a job, or some friends and leave the true fan alone becuase you must have nothing else better to do with your pathetic lives. with that all said who ever wrote this artical has no scence of music capability or just needed to write something down so he boss would not chew his/her ass out. if you cant tell i love fob and will stick up for them, no matter what their actions.

myhaloburns | 7/23/2007, 6:00 pm EST

good or bad, publicity makes the public more aware of FOB. You think your article will sway the opinion of a platinum selling artist? HA.

Garbage Bag? Tell that to DKNY…thats who made it..for FOB directly.

also tell KISS that their make-up didnt make them famous. Everyone has their thing….hoodies, eye liner, biting off bat heads, faygo.

NBC people told me that “this was the biggest crowd and veiwers that the TODAY show has had in a long time”

sounds like you are just jealous

Kelsey | 8/9/2007, 12:42 am EST

Fall out boy r the greatest band ever!!! I luv them.I cant believe u’s hate them,i mean hav’nt u lisen 2 them??I’m gessing not, not if u think they suck.I mean wat’s so bad about them? all they want 2 do is rock!!!! I hate FOB haterz!!!!

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