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[omegalomania]

happy heavy irish pepper day here are some fun fob facts that i found while looking for something else

while post-hiatus fob is definitely more collaborative than it was pre-hiatus, this doesn’t mean that they never worked on songs together. joe cited “the pros and cons of not breathing” and “seven minutes in heaven (atavan halen)” as two of the songs he wrote with patrick before the hiatus (x)

it’s a common misquote to say that the opening track to from under the cork tree, “our lawyers made us change the name of this song so we wouldn’t get sued,” was originally called “i liked you so much more before you became a myspace whore” but this is untrue. the track was initially called “my name is david ruffian and these are the temptations” (x)

the song initially titled “i liked you so much more before you became a myspace whore” was, according to an interview, “recorded, but not put on the record.” it’s not known what this song originally was, though it may have been an early version of “snitches and talkers get stitches and walkers,” as an unreleased version of “stitches” was played live once on tour, but sounds incredibly different from the recorded track that was later released (x) (x)

the opening breakdown on “thriller” was a riff on a similar-sounding breakdown from andy’s old band racetraitor, and a throwback to fob’s hardcore roots (x)

the original title for “this ain’t a scene” was “you can’t spell star without a&r,” as a reference to the “feud” between fall out boy and the killers in the early 2000s, as their a&r guy was stuck between them (x)

some of the original working titles for the songs on infinity on high were vastly different from their eventual tracklisting; “the take over” was initially titled “satisfaction,” “you’re crashing but you’re no wave” was initially called “law and order,” and “thnks fr th mmrs” had vowels in it (x)

“bang the doldrums” was originally written and recorded for shrek 2. it wasn’t used because the band essentially threw out the instructions they were given about how the song would sound, and dreamworks obviously didn’t care for that (x) (x)

while folie á deux was still being written, certain tracks had simpler working titles - “headfirst slide into cooperstown on a bad bet” was initially titled “does your husband know,” and “the (shipped) gold standard” was initially called “new passports” (x)

one of pete’s earliest memories involved seeing his dad pick up a horseshoe crab and throw it into the ocean, which may be what inspired certain lyrics on “the (shipped) gold standard” (x)

folie á deux only took about one and a half months to produce and complete, while infinity on high took closer to six to seven months (x)

joe’s favorite track off of soul punk is “explode” (patrick thought it would be “allie”) (x) 

patrick’s favorite track off of the damned things’ debut album ironiclast was the title track (x)

joe composed the song that would become “death valley” while hiding in a closet at his in-laws’ house (x)

patrick wrote the song that would become “miss missing you” while working on soul punk, but ultimately ended up setting it aside because it didn’t feel like it was “for [him]” - it “[felt] like fall out boy” (x)

one of joe’s favorite lyrics on save rock and roll is from alone together - “my heart is like a stallion, they love it more when it's broken” (x)

one of joe’s favorite tracks off of save rock and roll is “alone together” (x)

“young volcanoes” almost didn’t make the final cut of save rock and roll and was a “late addition” (x) (x)

patrick’s favorite track off of american beauty / american psycho is the title track (x)

“novocaine” was originally written for save rock and roll, but didn’t make the cut. it was retooled and reworked for abap (x)

both andy and patrick cite “heaven’s gate” as their favorite track off of mania, while pete says “bishops knife trick” is his (x)

feel free to add more, as long as you source em!