The Thnks Fr Th Mmrs Contest

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Comment by Cristiana Claire Caruso 27 minutes ago

My favorite memory of Fall Out Boy still makes me cry to this day. I became a fan of their just after "Take This to Your Grave" came out. I idolized them, and taught myself bass so I could be like just like Pete; and I was only in 3rd grade. As the years passed my idolization for them thrived, but my health did not. In 2005 I became horribly depressed. In February of that year I tried to kill myself. Obviously I failed, but I wasn't going to give up. I had planned out my date, how I was going to do it in everything. I felt more pain than any ten year old should have had to even think of. Two week before my planned date, "From Under the Cork Tree" came out. I bought it, and skipped all the way to "7 Minutes in Heaven/Atavan Halen", that people had wrote about his own suicide attempt. When the lines "I keep tellin' myself, I keep tellin' myself, I'm not the desperate type. . ." I broke down and started to cry. I knew I was stronger than how I was acting; I knew I wasn't the desperate type. That Fall Out Boy song saved my life, because without it I wouldn't be able to write this today. They will always be my heroes, and they will always be my saviors.

Comment by Brianna 36 minutes ago

though i have never been to a fob concert, that doesn't change my best memory. earlier this week i bought their new cd "believers never die" and it was honestly the best cd i have ever bought. i have all of their cds now. but this one will always be the one i will remember. mainly because not only does it have all my favorite songs from my favorite band but they are songs that i can truly relate to. when i got home that first night, i felt different, like something had changed. it was the way i saw and herd and understood their music. idk how but somehow it did, and it is something that i will truly never forget. i feel happier somehow. their music takes away all the sadness and pain in my life. and i thank them, so much for that. they helped me through my sadness. and they are still helping, every day.
some people have beethoven or bach to sing them to sleep at night, but not me, my lullaby is fall out boy. now and forever
thank u for the being my goodnight song. thanks for the memories guys. i will love u all no matter what happens.

Comment by samantha stump <3 1 hour ago

my favourite memory would have to be my 2nd fob concert this year (2009) i was so excited it wasnt funny. once my mum had told me she had bought the tickets i was thrilled =) once we got there i started crying and getting all excited! once we got in there we sat down coz we had payed for seating near the stage. Once the all american rejects had started these girls were sitting in front of us so they stood up and my mum got really pissed lol so she started throwing food at them telling them to sit down coz she didnt pay to see the back of some girls head when she payed for seating. once the all american rejects had finished i was so excited because it was only 5 more minutes till my heros (falloutboy) would appear on stage. the girl spun around to my mum and said dont you dare throw stuff at me again and my mum screamed at her so everyone was looking then the girl went and told secruity. about 2mins later secruity come and asked my mum to step outside for a second then i paniked when they took her. once she lefted evryone was looking at me how embarrasing. 1min later my mum returned with a HUGE smile on her face i said what? then she whispered to me saying i lied to them and said i didnt scream at her so they are moving us to the best seats in the whole of brisbane entertainment centre! i was so thrilled i couldnt beleive it!!!!!

they then took me and my mum up to a grand stand right in front of the stage so there was nobody in front of us or behind us. then fall out boy came out and it was the best night of my whole life, i will never forget it but maybe it was a good thing my mum came after all lol <3333333

Comment by Lukas Curtis 2 hours ago

My favorite Fall Out Boy memory?? Hard to choose. So I’m gonna pick the whole damn experience. Cause I remember every moment.
The first Fall Out Boy song I ever heard was back in 2007, on my own couch. “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” back than though, I didn’t know the band. It was a blank song on my MP3 that my friend gave me. Now around here, you’re either a rock fan, rap fan, or something like that. So I was the only one in the group that liked this “Unnamed Band”, but I loved it. It was new, it was awesome. Also, I thought it was about masturbation. Only cause I remembered hearing “arms race” a lot in the song, so I figured, well yeah. Either you’ll get a laugh off of that. If not, I’m sorry.
The second would probably have been “Dance, Dance” and where else, but a dance. When I heard this I went “Oh my!! It’s that band again!!” my friend replied with “Fall Out Boy?” and I finally knew the name. I was a lazy ass though, so I never looked them up. Whenever I heard them though, I was like “Oh cool!! Fall Out Boy!”
I think I seriously got into Fall Out Boy in December, 2008. Yeah, late I know. It was after a breakup with a girlfriend, my first. We kept in touch though, and she’d bring up Fall Out Boy every now and again. So I decided to finally look them up. Note, this was the first time I ever actually saw what they looked like. So again, I was all “Oh, cool.” Now, I started off with their last album. Folie à Deux.
It was so, different. So unique. It still had all the things I loved about them though. The first song was “I Don’t Care” and the music video had me laughing my ass off. It was around this time I got more into music overall, and took a look into the lyrics. The music itself from the guitars, drums, bass, and vocals. Anything else as well. To me, this was the start of my love for music. My favorite songs from here were Tiffany Blews, What A Catch, Donnie, and I Don’t Care. I love them all though.
Shortly after, I wanted to start my own band. Sadly, we are lazy. I loved it though. I was writing lyrics, I was singing them. I was learning guitar. My life was officially starting. Hell, I barely had friends before this. I was afraid to talk to people. Just shy. They way FOB presented themselves though, I decided to follow the song, “I don’t care what you think, as long as it’s about me” and that’s exactly what I did.
My life only got better. I’m starting to drift off though. Back to the band I love more than any other, Fall Out Boy.
My friend, pretty hardcore Green Day fan for the record, told me her favorite song from the band. “Sugar, We’re Goin Down”, so I looked up the music video. My face was in confusion within the first 10 seconds. I love it though, it was so damn creative, so I started to explore From Under The Cork Tree. I gotta say, I enjoyed every track. I’ve enjoyed every song, cover, and all that of FOB’s by the way. My favorites would have to be Sugar, We’re Goin Down, A Little Less 16 Candles, A Little More “Touch Me”, and last but not least (The ridiculously long) I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me. I think that one had me at the title.
I ventured into Infinity On High next. Even though the first song I ever heard was from this album, I never knew until I bought it. Overall, this album was experimenting a bit. No two songs were the same. I like that. Also, the Invisible Children had me. I’m a sucker for charities, and the music video I’m Like A Lawyer With The I’m Always Trying To Get You Off (Me + You). Again, ANOTHER long title. I loved it. The music video almost brought me to tears though, and it was at this point FOB was becoming a part of my life. A major point in it. I can’t pick my favorite track from this album, but the ones I listen to the most are Thnks fr th Mmrs, The (After) Life of the Party, and The Carpal Tunnel Of Love.
Next was Take This To Your Grave. This was more raw, this became my favorite album of not just FOB, but of all time. That sense of being young went through the whole album. I could listen to the whole album from start to finish, it’s just that good. Also, at this point I noticed Patrick Stump always wears a hat. Hah. I can’t pick my Top 3 favorite songs, but I can pick my favorite song of all time. I won’t say the name, but these lyrics should say it. “I’m good to go, And I’m going nowhere fast, It could be worse I could be taking you there with me, I’m good to go, But it looks like I’m still on my own”. This song explained my life at the time, and still does. It was the essence of youth. It always makes me active, and ready for the day. Before I get off the bus for school, I always listen to this song last. The energy it brings me carries through the whole day. It could never wait for Saturday afterwards. Oops, there’s the song title.
I went even FURTHER back. Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out With Your Girlfriend. This album was even more raw, but I liked it. Seemed younger, and it also showed how much the band grew up since than. Their music grew, they grew, and Fall Out Boy had my heart. To me, this was the life I wanted to live. Touring in a broken down van, playing shows till your asses fell off, and making fans and some friends. It was the life I wanted to live. I’m still Growing Up though, I got a long way to go.
Now, when I found out they were taking a break, I was bummed. Cause here’s the bitter truth to my favorite band. This is also my only regret.

I never went to a show.

Now, it wasn’t that I didn’t want to go. I just never had the money, or the time. There was two shows me and my best friend were gonna go to. The one in Milwaukee with Blink-182 and Panic! At The Disco. The other was the “Believers Never Die Part Deux” in St. Paul. I think. As you can guess, I am a Wisconsinite. However, we never had the cash. I wanted to meet my heroes. I wanted to be as close as I could, I wouldn’t settle for less. I became an Overcast Kid awhile back. February, under the name “LasAnyCurt”. I wanted to go so bad, but the timing wasn’t good for me. I always said I’d go to one, but I waited to long and the chance slipped through my hands.

I basically wanted to scream, but I looked back at all they’ve done. How hard they worked their asses off, how much they’ve done. I took a breath and said “They earned this, they deserve a break.” I went to OvercastKids.com and pre-ordered my copy of “Believers Never Die.” To me, this was it. This was the break. So I was gonna do all I could since I never met them in person. The people that changed my life so much.

It came a day early.

I jumped up in joy, I couldn’t believe it. To me this was one of the best things. I went to Twitter and sent a rather long chain of tweets to Pete, Andy, and Joe. I couldn’t believe it, Andy Hurley sent me a reply.

FUCKCITY: @LukasNotLuke im glad you got it lukas-a

Don’t believe me? Go to www.twitter.com/FUCKCITY and see for yourself. This was amazing, it was kinda like talking to one of the members. I kept my calm, as best as I could. Didn’t work, I had a smile for the rest of the day. I popped the album in. All the memories were coming back, and by the end of it I was in tears. Tears of joy for all this band has done for me.

Without this band, I would’ve never really attempted a lot of things.
I never would’ve tried to be myself really.
I would’ve never listened to Michael Jackson, Panic! At The Disco, Green Day, and tons of other musicians. To me, they were just something on the radio. I could’ve missed out on something.
I would have never picked up guitar, and tried singing. I wouldn’t have done lyrics. I would be someone else.
To me, Fall Out Boy was more than a band.
They are so much more, something I can’t put into words.
With tears running down my face, leading into a smile, I’ll end this.
This was not every memory, I didn’t mention the cover of Beat It introducing legend Michael Jackson. I didn’t mention the memory of getting every album of theirs.
Instead, I included one of the greatest memories I will ever have.
I feel like this isn't enough. That I'll never be able to show I really feel. Cause I know there's not enough words.
Fall Out Boy, Thanks For The Memories.
I will forever cherish them, and hold them close to my car crash heart.

Comment by Brianna Howard 2 hours ago

May 9, 2009 couldn't have been better.
i had heard over the radio that Fall OutBoy's tickets had JUST went on sale, and lucky for me, income tax had just came in for my mom the same day. So, it really didn't take me much to get my mom to buy me the tickets. and that was a month before the actually concert. and as the days got actually closer the concert i would have these random freak outs because i was soooo excited to see my all time favorite band ever play. so it was the night before the concert and i just couldn't sleep. i didn't. i was sooooo pumped. As my mom was driving me to the arena (all state arena) i kept bouncing in my seat. i couldn't calm down. we were standing in line to get in and some girl killed the mood cuz she was alll 'i've had this experience 3 times already' i was like whatever, and continued my journey on inside. it was about 2 hours before the concert started but, i didn't want to miss anything. so i sat down. Seat A13 right in front of all the fall out boy equiptment. it was pretty rad, actually. to be honest, the memory of Hey Monday, metro Station, and All Time Low performing are pretty vague, but i remember CS, and Fall Out Boy performing, perfectly. i will always remember when Fall Out Boy came on stage. it was all dark. ,then when Andy beat on the drums for the opening of Disloyal Order Of The Water Buffaloes, fire came up out of no where. and just cuz i was seated so close to the stage, i could feel the heat against my face. the adrenaline was pumping hard, and i bawled. it was so surreal to me that Fall Out Boy was less that ten feet away from me. i cried through most of Disloyal Order, and sang at the top of my lungs through the tears. I can remember knowing every single song you guys played and sang at the top of my lungs. When the concert ended you guys played Saturday, for the obvious reason: it was Saturday. There were fireworks everywhere. (tbh, it was saturday going into Sunday.) i didn't get to meet anyone from FOB, but i met some one from Cobra Starship: Gabe Saporta. I remember the exact words spoken "I'm Gabe." "i'm Brianna" He signed some stuff then my mom asked him "So what band are from exactly?" "I'm from Cobra Starship, that's why you're wearing that cobra around your neck." "no it's the open hearts collection" "no, it's a cobra" but i see Gabe's point of view, cuz Gabe was piss drunk. Very embarrassing that my mom was fighting with the lead singer of Cobra Starship. I left out of that building with two FOB shirts, an FOB sweater, No Voice What So Ever, and the GREATEST NIGHT EVER!

You guys do wonders for me :D
Thnks fr Th Mmrs, Patrick, Pete, Joe, And Andy :D
~Brianna Climons.

Comment by Nicole.(: 4 hours ago

June 13, 2006. My very first concert. Fall Out Boy was my absolute favorite band. I was so excited to see them, i had no idea what to expect. I started crying because I couldn't believe it was real. It was the most amazing feeling ever. I rocked out, and screamed until my throat was hoarse. And I fell in love with concerts after that night and havent missed a show from Fall Out Boy since then. I even gave up a class trip that my mom paid $600 for and, we couldn't get a refund, to go to the Believers Never Die concert. I will always be with Fall Out Boy because they inspire me and everyone needs a little inspiration.

Comment by Yaiza Velilla 5 hours ago

My fave FOB memory :D it was my first fob concert (and last until now) so i was really excited. i went there with two friends the day before so we had to sleep in the queue. we met some nice people who were next to us and spent a whole day there :D during the concert we had a fucking great time together, and afterwards we've kept the contact by facebook and twitter :) strangely, seeing them guys in concert was amazing, but not the best that happened to me that weekend. therefore they sang, jumped and gave it all on stage, met that lovely girls and were with my friends there were incredible. Now we've founded a fan group of different bands and go together to every concert in spain, and sometimes abroad! and we always sleep in the street to remember the first night all together =D


#SleepingBagsLadiesrulethestreets

Comment by Katelyn Jacobs 23 hours ago

The Believers Never Die (part deux) was the first concert I have ever been to. I went to the Chicago date and I had no idea what to expect. After watching the four supporting bands perform there was about a 20 minutes break before Fall Out Boy went on. During the break the 10,000 or so amount of people in the audience decided to do a giant wave to keep ourselves entertained, we did it for a good five minutes straight before it was time for Fall Out Boy to start their set. Before they performed Beat It, Pete Wentz asked us to start the song off with the wave. I don't have any cool moments where I've met the band or gotten an autograph because unfortunately I haven't but the performance they gave and their interaction with the crowd has turned me into such a fan of live performances. Since that day six months ago I have been to 5 concerts, the experience I had at the Fall Out Boy concert has made me enjoy music on such a higher level and I quite honestly can't wait for them to play another Chicago show because I can almost guarantee I will be there.

Comment by Devon Raine Meyer 1 day ago

My memory was truly one of the best of my life. Last December, I saw that Fall Out Boy was not only coming to my city but was playing at a venue thats only a few miles away. I told my two best friends, and so the day that they played, all three of us went down their and got in line. We waited there for 8 hours. In those eight hours I met some pretty awesome possum people, and made some great inside jokes. When the line finally lurched forward, and we got really close to the entrance, the guy regulating people buying tickets said: "This should be where we cut off." My friends and I were heart-broken, but a minute later he let us in saying: "My bad." We got in and the lights went out. I thought my heart was going to explode. Then I heard the opening notes for "Thnks fr th Mmrs" I remember the screams of a bunch teenage girls rupturing my ear drums, but it was somehow the best sound i had ever heard. I shoved my way through the throngs of people, got jumped on by someone falling from the rafters, and got spun around in the developing mosh pit. I made it right in front of Patrick (my hero) and I could feel hands pulling me back, but i reached up, and touched his guitar. That was the most epic victory of my life. Of course, two seconds later i was shoved back to where i started. Later we stumbled out and around the back of the venue, (which was insanely small by the way) and we were yelling at eachother because we couldn't hear anything. We didn't notice the band was there until i looked up and saw Patrick and Pete staring at us from behind the fence like we were drunk. We giggled and ran away into the night.
i love that memory so much. My friends and i still talk about it all the time, and it even got me an 'A' on my freshmen speech. Thanks guys, for my favorite memory.

Comment by Shannon Elisa Hooper 1 day ago

My memory is kinda blurry since i was only 7 My brother had became a fan of fall out boy and got tickets for his brithday since we were close he told me i had to go so i went and i remember getting up front and seeing patrick who looks kinda like my brother i laughed and pointing screaming "Look its a baba look alike" and as i said it pete and patrick looked my way my brother laughed and made me wave and it might be just me but i thought patrick smiled and nodded at us after the concert i laughed and told my mom i wanted to marry patrick plus my brother and i also got t-shirts which i still have after 7 years after that day i've been a major FOB fan and never stopped its the day i found my love for music (its not the most intesting but trust me it's my favorite memory)

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