Comments on: Is “Beat It” The Best Rock Song Of 2008?

By: iamlovebot

iamlovebot — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:18:54 +0000

if nothing else, this beats Patrick Stump’s wretched cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” hands down, in the sense that it’s not a total abortion.

By: dplause

dplause — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:10:13 +0000

Easy answer: No. Or at least, "God, I hope not."

I'm kinda meh on this. Sure its fun and gimmicky and all the players do their thing. But, really they just recorded a Michael Jackson song from sheet music without Michael Jackson's voice. BFD.

By: Richaod

Richaod — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:22:39 +0000

I agree... I actually really liked their cover, though John Mayer's no Eddie Van Halen.

I'd even look forward to Panic at the Disco doing Helter Skelter. Would it have accordions?

By: westartedthis

westartedthis — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:30:27 +0000

what hath i wrought?

By: othertim

othertim — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:58:13 +0000

I totally peed a little when I saw the Guitar Hero clip, then it finally occurred to me that this wasn’t GH3, so it’s totally some sort of create your own song thingy that isn’t for the XBox 360.

By: scarletvirtue

scarletvirtue — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:56:54 +0000

@westartedthis: "Helter Skelter" by Panic At The Disco and Michael Bublé? It's totally sad that I'd actually want to hear that, isn't it?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:10:17 +0000

Thanks for noting that Stump can in fact sing, Anthony. I tolerate FOB more than the rest of their ilk, mostly because of Stump’s voice and the fact that he and Pete balance each other out pretty well. One is all skinny and girly and eyeliner and occasionally laughable lyrics while the other is husky and normal looking and does the music.

By: westartedthis

westartedthis — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:10:16 +0000

congrats, guys, you made one of the greatest pop/rock songs ever merely tolerable. POINTLESS.

best rock song of 2009 - Panic At the Disco and Michael Buble's cover of "Helter Skelter"!

actually, the idolators are probably really excited about that.

By: propaganda-artist

propaganda-artist — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:41:26 +0000

I heard this on the radio not too long ago. When I heard the DJ say, “This is Fall Out Boy with ‘Beat It’,” I was like, “Aw, shit. This is going to be some slowed down crap.” When I heard it blare out of the car speakers at a pretty fast tempo, I was astounded. And I’m right there with you on the instrumental solo. What? A guitar solo? They didn’t edit that out. Good on ‘em, I say.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:10:34 +0000

@Anthony Miccio: @Al Shipley: is this where my "'sugar, we're goin' down' reminds me of creed's 'my sacrifice'" argument comes in?

By: Anthony Miccio

Anthony Miccio — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:04:38 +0000

@Al Shipley: I could totally hear it on some 2000s power ballad comp, and that's my last comment on this pedantry.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:58:25 +0000

OK, it's more midtempo than uptempo, but a ballad?

By: Anthony Miccio

Anthony Miccio — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:52:20 +0000

@Al Shipley: "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" is faster than I remembered (still sucks), but I wouldn't call "Sugar, We're Going Down" uptempo.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:49:27 +0000

@Al Shipley: Do I smell an "Expanded Deluxe Edition"?

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:41:40 +0000

Fall Out Boy now has three hits that aren't ballads.

I'm kind of puzzling over this line. They've had 4 previous originals that have charted higher than "Beat It" has so far, and they were all pretty umtempo -- the only single they've had that I can kinda-sorta see as a ballad, "I'm Like A Lawyer," wasn't one of those big hits.

Biggest question this cover raises for me is how pissed Jacko/Epic must be that they didn't do it a few months ago to help push the Thriller reissue.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:33:46 +0000

@Audif Jackson Winters III: thanks for making me spit up seltzer all over my keyboard!

By: scarletvirtue

scarletvirtue — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:32:37 +0000

@Ned Raggett: Perez Hilton, John Mayer and Pete Wentz, of course!

By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:32:15 +0000

These guys really showed Alien Ant Farm how it’s done.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:31:09 +0000

I still can’t get my head about how terrible Mayer’s solo is on this cover. It gives me a renewed appreciation for EVH…

By: The Van Buren Boys

The Van Buren Boys — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:26:52 +0000

If you would have told me that I would enjoy a Michael Jackson cover involving both Fall Out Boy and John Mayer I would have said you're crazy. But, I am enjoying this...quite a bit actually. Now if Pete Wentz could only figure out how to a write decent verses to go along with their big choruses, they might be onto something.