#we didnt start the fire

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Thursday, June 29.

MCR vs FOB.

It is going off today, let us tell you. It seems 2023 is the new 2008 (or indeed the new 1989), because it seems we are amid The Great Emo Beatdown of 2023, featuring two true titans of the genre: #mcr and #fall out boy, no less. The news in brief: Frank Iero, of My Chemical Romance fame, has launched his brand spankin' rootin'-tootin' official online megastore. This megastore has, in reality, proven to be a digital garage sale featuring a, uh, copious number of gloves amongst its plunder. At the same time, fellow emo behemoths Fall Out Boy have released a cover of Billy Joel's No.1 hit single from 1989, "We Didn't Start the Fire" that runs through a list of proper nouns ripped from the historic headlines. FOB, have, kindly, updated the list for the years 1989-2023. For those of us still sporting our hair jet black, our Vans jet black, our torn jeans jet black, and our makeup the very jettest of blacks, these last days of June, 2023 will live long in the memory.

Needless to say, the dear folk of the dashboard are simply lapping up every moment of this delightfully bonkers emo drama in which Fall Out Boy actually lovingly reference My Chemical Romance's Black Parade as one of the hallowed 33 defined moments of modern times. We love it. And while we're at it, we'll take a pair of those sweaty, torn gloves if you don't mind, Mr Iero. 

[sherlockig]

fall out boy are lucky "Trump gets impeached thrice, Polar bears got no ice" still rhymes

[batcavescolony]

I didn't think if have to explain this, Human mediocrity is hundreds of times better then ANYTHING an AI could come up with.

[chucktaylorupset]

Captain america but his post ice debriefing on the modern day is playing the two "we didn't start the fires" back to back and then allowing unlimited follow up questions

[animentality]

[thecringefailintherye]

fob acknowleged mcr by putting 'Black Parade' in their wdstf cover on petekey day god is good

[beguilingcorpse]

why does this look like a make some noise prompt

[thanks-for-the-crabapples]

We already have this generation's "We Didn't Start the Fire" dammit

It's Bo Burnham's "That Funny Feeling" and it's perfect

[midnightblue66]

[thetabase]

We need a We didn't start the fire with hermitcraft homestuck style

[silkcorpsedoll]

for 2024 i would like to live through one week that’s not a whole new verse of “we didn’t start the fire.” is that too fucking much to ask for??

[batcavescolony]

At this point we should rewrite 'We Didn't Start the Fire' but instead of what 118 historical events over 40 years it's just the last the last 5 years.

[thmscrthmsry]

ATTENTION FALL OUT BOY TUMBLR!

We are working on creating a fan cover of WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE that covers the history of Fall Out Boy and our fandom!! We want to have as much involvement from other fans as possible so I have created an anonymous form where you can submit your suggestions! Check it out here: [LINK TO FORM]

I have also gotten support from the moderators on Fall Out Boy's official Discord server (wow!!!) so the form will be cross-posted there as well as on my Twitter.

Responses will be completely anonymous, but you will have the OPTIONAL choice of providing a SOCIAL MEDIA USERNAME for credit or if you would like us to contact you when the project is complete. Please DO NOT submit your email, phone number, or any other personally identifiable information.

If you have any questions, there is an option in the form to do so.

Thank you so much for helping us with this!

-- Richie (richie8035 on Discord, @thmscrthmsry on Twitter) and Ky (@stumpclubprez on Twitter)

[ineffectualdemon]

Best cover ever of We Didn't Start the Fire