Fall Out Boy (Pete Wentz & Andy Hurley)

Part 1

3:41Yeah, QFM. You just heard sugar were going down. Fallout boy, Patrick's on the line. How's it going? I'm pretty good. So you're a singer and a guitar player, but I heard you auditioned as a drummer. Did you always want to be a frontman or do you want to be a drummer? I just kind of, I think it kind of comes out that I was never really trying to be a front-man. The fans are nuts.

4:43They gave me a dissman. Was there a CD in it? Playing another tune, a little less 16 candles, a little more touch me. Awesome. Any stories behind that one? Your titles are kind of crazy. In the song, there's not really a line that stands out of it that he wants to be the front-man

9:02and he wants to be the main guy. He walks up and he sets the line. It was just one of those. He conjured up a lot for us just to play music and rock out. I mean, he wanted money, I'd be in account of him. And I wanted to. I mean, you're CD selling pretty well.

9:47I'd be doing cool, but like, cool parties and stuff. Parties, any like, P-diddy parties? Like big time ones like that? I don't even know because I've been to like, Warner, big party guys. No, fair enough. Let's play a tune our lawyer made a strange name of this song.

10:35Sue wouldn't get sued. It's a really cool tune. Thank you, thank you. And no problem, here it is. We do this thing every week actually.

13:49We had copies of the record because we didn't want to leak beforehand. And then we also purposely leaked a couple songs because we were like, okay, well people want something. You know what I mean? We're doing it.

14:48Certainly, love it. And you think it's helped you or harmed you more? Where we are now, who's helped us. Don't think so far it's hurt us, but I mean, there's always a potential. But at the end of the day, the only people who are getting already have, you know, millions upon millions of dollars and don't need anything. You know what I mean? Yeah, of course, Metallica is not selling us any records because you can just download it, but give me a break dude for like, you know, $40 million. Did you see the movie? That's exactly the question.

15:37One word answers. Cool, but. CD or iPod? CD. Song you've written that you're most proud of.

Part 2

0:06What's up, we're Fall Out Boy, and you're watching MSN exclusives The video for Alone Together Was an interesting one to make we shot it in like an abandoned LA Hospital Is this the scrubs? This famous LA Hospital the shows are shot in there? I think American Horror Story had some scenes It's pretty scary like you can't shoot any modern like Stuff where anyone was actually being attended to by a real physician

0:54Just like Ghost Doctors Yeah, what were you checking out? These guys just want to be in this shot Oh yeah, yeah Yeah, it was cooler You guys are playing a zoo tonight You've been moving up in the world This was an interesting one, I mean there was a lot of like business So in making the album we decided that we were going to shoot 11 videos that are like a consecutive, you know like a one long narrative And so we had to do a lot of like Big song appears here for a second He's going to be in like the next video, you know like there's a lot of like A lot of business had to happen But I think that the video itself Came out in a way that I think we're really proud of as a band You know like you never know I think with videos like you know when you finish them They can always be 50-50 where you're like man this is going to be a really great video or kind of not good at all

1:42Right, you said you got your... The swan just cough? Don't worry about the swan It's fine, everything's fine You talked about the video You had the idea for the videos while you were making the record So did that consciously go into the songwriting of trying to string the songs together? Not like a concept record, it's not, but it's unless you call it a concert No, no, I think that The idea with the videos was that it was like oh we can tell a story that's outside of the songs And we can tell it looks like I think in general that Save Rock and Roll is like a hopeful Has like a hopeful message you know as an album But the videos like I was like you know like as a band we were like oh they could be these could be darker We could show a different narrative You know I like I remember we talked about the Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones

2:30And just like you're like wow this is insane like I have to tune in for more of this But it's insane that you just killed so many people that I like Did you either read the books that you know it was coming or no? No, you're reading them I'm reading them now Are you a fan? Are you like them? Yeah Are they equally good as a show or better? Books are better always Books are better always I mean there's just I really wish I would have read to the Red Wedding first before seeing it Because I think from what a lot of my friends tell me I'm not that far yet But there's just a lot more lead up and it takes you by surprise a lot more Well I think in the episode I kind of was like I think something really bad is going to have to have to I didn't see it going that far but Yeah Those guys are writing an episode of It's Always Sunny this year

3:15Which I don't know if it was a show but that's why Very polar opposite kind of stuff Who's DBYs and like that? Everyone only knows DBYs because of the name DB but no one knows the answer Yeah totally But we're here to talk about you guys And the next day So you tweeted today live in the Canadian Dream? Yes What Canadian Dream were you living today? I feel like when living the Canadian Dream for me was when we went across the border last night We got in and I didn't get taken off the bus and spanked Was that the thing that used to happen? Yeah, no no no I mean usually like I mean there's pens I feel like it just it all depends on whether the guys are fans or anything You know like what kind of mood it is You know like it's like oh the guys in the bus and we're like no we're not like guys in the bus We're like you know just like kind of nerds or whatever

4:00But it was nice it was just like the best like we got in very easily And got like a semi peaceful night's sleep And then thought about how I was going to smash Tim Hortons This morning when I got up you know Yeah Live in the Canadian Dream What's it like to be with a little guy on the road now? It's so different Yeah it's It's supposed to be the first tour with him right? Well he's done a little bit on the On the this is the first tour where he's probably aware that he's you know like Fair enough Fair enough It's really cool for me it's great because Then I don't think so much about you know like oh you know like it's tough being away from home Like it's kind of like I guess after you have a kid like that's like the thing you get homesick for or whatever

4:45So like having him out and seeing sound check and hanging out and he hangs out with like guys in the band And pretty much you know like I read maybe the other day that Todd was asking about like 500 to 1000 questions a day And he definitely does that like in the dressing room alone like there's just a loan by himself just asking questions to self No, I'm wondering like 500 questions alone in the dressing Oh yeah yeah, yeah Has it changed your songwriting you must have I think so in the way that it kind of It's you know you see the world through a completely different lens in the way that like you think of another person before you do everything You know so it has to go into the songwriting no matter what I'm gonna segue this terribly into writing for Ellen Right in for Elton?

5:30Elton, oh yeah. The other Elton. Yeah, that's like what I said. So did he come in and just do what you guys told him to? Or was he in the creative process with everything? Well, I think that we played him the song and he was into it and Patrick Fluda and Lana had to work with him. From what Patrick said, he was like, did you like how this take was or should I do it like this? But at the end of the day, I think he sang the words rock and roll different than Patrick's inflections and stuff. It was almost like he thought of rock and roll and he experienced it like what rock and roll was in the 70s, you know, whatever. It was just like a different more awesome thing, you know, whatever. You had your fun though. You guys had your fun? Still having fun, sorry.

6:15Yeah, definitely. I think it was just different when you would take like... Well, social media, that's probably one of the big different. You can get away with more, right? I think that also like people are more vocal. Like, you know, like, I love this song. I hate this song. Not more vocal, but like the minority is more vocal. Oh, totally. So lovers and haters are like the loudest people on the internet, you know, and you can definitely get caught in the rabbit hole of being like... Either way, you know, either way. Like, I'm the biggest fan. Like, oh my God, that's the worst. It's funny. This comes up with a lot of bands interviews. Do you miss that mistake? Do you wish you would have had that mistake? I mean, I feel like as a band, we were pretty early on it. Like, you know, like we were originally on like, you know, mp3.com and some of the earlier,

7:00like obviously MySpace and stuff and some of the earlier social media networks. And we were actually like, I think a band that was kind of born in like college dorm rooms and people like using their parents computer to download music. And it was like a lot of peer to peer from the get-go. Yeah, that's why I got them the right over the first time. Totally. So for us to say that like, I mean, like there was obviously like more mystique. The thing that blows my mind now is like, anywhere we go, it's just like people want like content, you know? Kind of, you know, like it's like, I'll do this for our content, you know, whatever. And it's like, it's kind of cool. You know, like, I mean, it's cool that it's cool that all happens. It just seems like sometimes we should just like, like people are like, well, what do you do for your webmasters? And we're like, you know, it's just like us goofing around. It's like the same thing we used to do when we were like 14, we were like skateboarding. And we're like, let's film this thing.

7:45It's like so stupid. You know, and it's like, that's like what all the content still is. It's not like, oh, we need to come up with content. Let's think of something. It's like, yo, film this stupid thing. It's like so stupid. You know, it's just. And the fans need it all? I guess so. You know, like we're, or don't. I think it's. No. We used to get the view kit. The click still there. Speaking of that, the fans like and stuff, so Pat said you guys were waiting for these songs to be ready to be played live before you were comfortable doing it. Yeah. What songs have worked best? What are people really connecting with the new records? I think it depends on where we are, but it definitely, my song that you did in the dark is like kind of like a no-brainer. But songs that people have connected with on this tour like just one yesterday, Miss Missy new, Save Rock and Roll. It's really interesting to see, like when we play these shows, there's like such a big group of fans that have been around forever, but then there's like even big group of people who like maybe never even got a chance to see

8:33Fall Out Boy live. So it's like, it's really interesting and the new songs have gone over really well in most places it seems like. Almost better sometimes. Nice. Depending, yeah. Depends. How do you guys choose a set list? It's really more difficult now. I think the more your catalog gets bigger, obviously you have more to choose from, you know. So when we play festivals, it's obviously, it's like a little bit of a different, you know, we have a shorter set and it's more about like if we're playing with like Nine Inch Nails or looking park or whoever, it's about like earning some of their fans. City of Taylor said a little heavier. Definitely. You play for the fans not for yourselves at all. Yes, definitely. We do some called, I gotta let you go. So five quick questions, one more answers. Yes.

9:18Road or studio? Road. I'll say Road. Leonard McCartney. Everyone thinks I'm Leonard, but I think I'm McCartney. I think I'm McCartney. Cool. In lyrics, melody or rhythm, what hits you first when you hear songs? Uh, lyrics. Melody. If someone's never heard Fall Out Boy, what song do they start with? Uh, I think Dance Dance. Save Rock and Roll. Cool. And in one word, Fall Out Boy. Best band of the whole fucking universe. See. That's like the mic drop piece. Hold on. Here. Here. Still here. I want it to be still here. Well, I haven't. And then now. He said like ten times.

10:03I'll let you get away with two. That's fine. All right. Thanks guys. Cool. No worries.