The Music Elitist

So this whole thing actually started about a week ago, and I wouldn’t have given it any attention had there not been any new developments. But this week, there was a new (and rather amusing I might add) development in this story.

The basic gist is that after Fall Out Boy finishes the tour they are currently on with blink-182, they are going on an extended hiatus as they have been recording and touring pretty much non-stop for the last 5 or 6 years. The only way the band will play a show in 2010 is if they are able to play the first concert ever in the Principality of Sealand, a micronation about 6 miles off the southeast coast of the UK. The nation was founded on an abandoned British sea fort in 1967 by radio broadcaster and British Army Major Paddy Roy Bates (who calls himself “Prince Roy of Sealand”).

In any case, Prince Regent Michael (the heir to the throne of Sealand) got wind of this whole thing and contacted James Montgomery at MTV with this letter:

“Hey James -
Thank you for the story. It makes me sound old to say I haven’t heard of Fall Out Boy, but my sons say they are AWESOME. So if you would like to put us in touch with them, ‘Lets rock’ (or whatever we say these days). I am on a sunny beach in Greece sipping a cold beer looking forward to hearing from them.

Best wishes
Michael of Sealand

Sent from Michael’s iPhone
‘Nill illigitimi carborundum’”

Montgomery passed on the email to Pete Wentz who instructed him to give Prince Michael’s contact info to Fall Out Boy’s managers. So this whole thing may actually be going down and I find it incredibly amusing.

A friend of mine made this statement today and I have to admit I kind of agree with him. His prediction being that 2 albums from now, they will have a huge hit (bigger than “Somebody Told Me”, “Mr. Brightside” and “Human”) and people will look back on songs like “A Dustland Fairytale” and pretend they were more popular at the time than they actually were, just like U2.

This is basically only being posted because I am a Miami Dolphins fan and I found this hilarious. Not really sure where the video portion of this came from, but enjoy!

This is old news at this point, but I have a 9-5 job that I get paid for, so this is the only time I had to post it today.

In any case, being the good Christian girl that Miley Cyrus is, she decided to include a pole dance in her performance on the TEEN Choice Awards last night. Notice how I emphasized TEEN.

She also decided to make her entrance onto the stage from what looks like a mobile home or trailer. Good to see she’s not even bothering to hide the white trash now. That way we won’t be surprised when she’s knocked up at age 22, has the baby, gets divorced a year later, parties her ass off, shaves her head, has a mental breakdown and has to have her father make every decision for her til she gets her act together. Why does that sound so damn familiar?

Now, TECHNICALLY this is not a complete rip-off because the melody is the same for less than 8 bars. But holy hell are the choruses of these songs similar.

Here’s a video of Fall Out Boy covering “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey. Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie helps out on vocals. Not a bad cover once the girl videotaping it stops singing. Don’t quit your day job, darlin’.