Fall Out Boy Ready Or Not For Live Earth

Fall Out Boy is set for the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey this Saturday, July 7, and a pared down version of the show featuring highlights will run from 8:00 to 11:00 on NBC-TV. The concert for the environment, organized by Al Gore, seeks to entertain, inform, and provide ways in which people can help change the world we live in with their own actions. Shows are planned in the U.K., Germany, and Brazil, and span across the globe to Australia, China and Japan. Information on global Warming, deforestation and other issues will be presented at the event.

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Fall Out Boy doesn't expect that their performance or sets by their fellow musicians to galvanize everyone to change the world, but they do expect to reach a few people who could be instrumental in saving our world.

Fall Out Boy Not Expecting Eveyone To Buy Message

[Bassist Pete Wentz] "Whatever your ideal or your message is, you wish you could just say that and that would be enough, but unfortunately especially in the culture of today everybody wants it to be an away message or a T-shirt slogan, whatever it is. It really helps if there are these bands that people are like, 'I really think these guys are cool. I really like their songs.' And then you see then that maybe it'll put that seed in your head where you're like, 'Maybe I'll do one little thing or whatever." [Vocalist Patrick Stump] "My other thing too is that I honestly don't feel it's the type of thing that... It's really hard to mobilize a lot of people. I don't think all of us playing to a bunch of people is going to get... It's silly to pretend that all this playing is going to inspire every single person that's there. The thing is that it only takes a few people with really big ideas. If we spread out the influence as much as we can and if we hit some people with some really big ideas. There might be a kid there that will totally eradicate fossil fuel."

Fall Out Boy talked about why they're doing the show.

Fall Out Boy On Reason For Live Earth Show

"This is something that we've always kind of wanted to be involved in. If you haven't noticed lately the weather has been a little erratic, and it's starting to hit everyone in the side of the head. Have you seen the show Ice Trucking? I just want them to have a season two of that and Global Warming definitely impedes that. So, I like the show a lot. The way that this concert is happening worldwide is a huge media event, and there will be way more media attention on this issue and it forces people to see it in Rolling Stone Magazine and all these places, all these outlets, and if you're bombarded with it you'll react to it one way or the other no matter what."

Fall Out Boy said that they're part of a new crop of bands like John Mayer, AFI, KT Tunstall, Taking Back Sunday and Kelly Clarkson, that could get through to the younger generation.

Fall Out Boy On What They Bring To Live Earth

"I mean there's a lot of amazing bands who really influence people out there, especially the younger kids and younger generation. I think when you get to someone when they're young enough, it's really easy to influence them to do the right thing and to help with a cause such as Global Warming."

Comments

[Dr. No]

^Yeah and John Mayer is way ahead of all those bands he mentioned.

[Truism]

At least FOB seem genuinely interested in the fact that climate change is happening, and not using Live Earth for more publicity.

[GodLess666]

there just bandwaggoning on the liberal hippy crap to get more fans!

[ShazbotBen]

GodLess666 wrote:

there just bandwaggoning on the liberal hippy crap to get more fans!

i wouldn't have said it that way, but i think a lot of bands do that

[axeslinger0u812]

afi! score.

seems like the singer is more interested in his ice truck show. and apparently, without global warming, he wouldn't have such a rad show. so stop complaining.

[pogostick]

there just bandwaggoning on the liberal hippy crap to get more fans!

stop making up stuff just because u don't like them

[a7xsoad]

'My other thing too is that I honestly don't feel it's the type of thing that... It's really hard to mobilize a lot of people. I don't think all of us playing to a bunch of people is going to get... It's silly to pretend that all this playing is going to inspire every single person that's there.'

Lmao took him 3 fresh sentences to get his point over lol !!!

[saint tommy]

Fall Out Boy care so much about the environment that the large major tour that they went one was sponsored by Honda Civic, who of course are a major polluter. Then again, hey, Fall Out Boy probably handed decided whether or not the environment was as important as getting paid and giving car companies free advertising yet.

[ext_22]

fall out who??

[saint tommy]

Oh yeah, the implied nuclear nature of their name gives me confidence too. Maybe they should have had Municiplan Waste on instead, at least those guys can rock.

[Caustic]

saint tommy wrote:

Fall Out Boy care so much about the environment that the large major tour that they went one was sponsored by Honda Civic, who of course are a major polluter.

Quoted for truth. Another thing that amused me was how he namechecks the ice trucking show... because driving bloody great trucks around on the permafrost doesn't damage the environment at all.

They're here for the press, not the issue.

[Cied Shredder]

pogostick wrote:

there just bandwaggoning on the liberal hippy crap to get more fans!

stop making up stuff just because u don't like them

Oh wow, that's rich. Do you even know what a liberal is? And whoever posted that Honda Tour comment, I bow down to you.

[King ofKumbucha]

GodLess666 wrote:

Their just bandwaggoning on the liberal hippy crap to get more fans!

Well I think that all of those people are already fallout boy fans so I don't know how many they will be gaining but cheers.

[CanCan]

[quote=Truism]At least FOB seem genuinely interested in the fact that climate change is happening, and not using Live Earth for more publicity.[/quote]Lol.

That is all.

[stradivari310]

global warming is a load of crap

[pratt121]

this isn't about whether global warming exists or not (hint: it does) or whether it's caused by humans (hint: it is) but about the concert Live Earth. some bands you get the impression genuinely care (U2, for instance, they seem to do a lot on their own perogative) and some are just doing it for the press.

FOB, I'm not totally sure. They seem like okay people, but then again the one dude is dating Ashlee Simpson, so you really never know.

[adamk991100]

I think even though FOB may be hated by many on this forum, I find it so friggin ignorant of those who still continue to bash these guys. Wether or not if they are in it for the publicity or for the actual cause, there still on stage and they'll probably mention a thing or two about global warming and well it is the Live Earth concert so people know this is for a global issue. The message will still get across to everyone, Global Warming is a growing crisis and we need to all step in.

Get what i'm saying? well if not, oh well. I don't really like FOB but I give them credit for participating in this type of event.

[tomwm1]

they could at least get decent bands to help save the world

[fret13]

ok its all cool how bands are tryin to save the world but why fall out boy? i mean they are one of the most hated bands of our age, sure they have a lot of people who like them but mainly their all posers... i think that RHCP should like murder them in their sleep if they wanted to save the world (and becuz their 1000 times better) haha but thats just me. ok maybe that was a little mean....

[Michdm]

Wait guys, Wait... All we gotta do is wait for one kid to eradicate fossil fuels, then everything will be okay! Thank you FOB!!!

[Reecoom]

Well, I don't agree. FOB is actually a rather good band, with lyrics that sometimes match masters like Dylan or even Shel Silverstein. Their music might be simple, but it's loaded with energy. And seriously Michdm, he's not actually saying that some kid’ll just walk up on stage and go "Hey, I've got a solution".

[tai1221]

That-Funny-Guy wrote:

GLOBAL WARMING DOES NOT EXIST IT IS A SCARE TACTIC CREATED BY THOSE FUCKING LIBERALS LIKE AL GORE. BYAAH!

That is totally true,I took astronomy for a year in my last year of high school,and it serves me well. The suns output has gone up,and its output is the highest in recorded history,the flares when the suns solar cycle was at its peak have a kind of chart to show how strong it was,like with hurricanes, like an F1 or an F2,well its called the X scale, and up until a few years ago,the highest was X5, well a few years ago,we had a flare that measured at X55. Thats pretty high. And,the planet mars has the same amount of global warming as earth does,and i dont think there is any jets or s.u.v.s. driving around over there,and Al gore uses more energy than the average family does,he has 2 swimming pools,and a huge 16000 square foot house. Come on people,im glad that people are thinking,but look at the facts,just look up stuff about al gore, and look up stuff about the sun,the earth,and mars. Its all there. It is all just a fear tactic,and notice that it comes up alot, right before elections,which is next year in 2008 in america. As far as i know,everything ive said is correct,i took astronomy,and had a very brilliant teacher. Thank you for those who read this.

[mister bass guy]

only retards say global warming doesn't exist.

[MetalUpUrAss]

Are you retarded? I'm pretty sure the high, abnormal amounts of CO2 caused by human activity is going to effect the Earth one way or another, and it shouldn't take someone with more then a high school education to realise what type of effect it would create. The denser the atmosphere, the larger amount of energy our planet retains. Use your head, global warming is a fact. It can't be debated.

[TheZookeeper]

ext_22 wrote:

fall out who??

They're Radioactive Man's sidekick.

[Off-The-Heazay]

he is soo obviously reading off a teleprompter, patrick is reading it at the side.

on a more important note, patricks outfit is sweeet

[-LN237-]

u dont see any hip hop groups being pussys like they r, lets save rock music before the plant (im just putting out a point dont get pissed off)

[-LN237-]

sorry i meant planet not plant

[PunkPenguin333]

honda civic a major polluter? yes 50 miles to the gallon and being available as a hybrid is so harmful to the environment. seriously quit being so eager to attack that you dont even really know what you are saying. if they had done a tour promoting the hummer then yes i would agree with you but thats not the case

[recliner33]

I beleive global warming is a fact but people are over reacting from it. I don't think it is as bad as what people are saying. That is like when people say that the earth is going to run out of oil in 100 years but that is not true. There is plenty of oil, but it is just getting harder to find and harder to get, which means the prices go up. If we do run out of oil, it will be millions of years from now probably, not 100. Anyways, I like how we all talk about global warming and stuff on a guitar website lol. Back to topic, I think this live earth concert thing is just another excuse to get big mainstream bands together to put on a crappy show that is pointless. Teenage girls aren't going to it to show their support for fighting global warming, they are going to see fall out boy. And when the show is over, the whole global warming thing won't be in their heads, it will be how awesome fall out boy was live (coughs).

[jetfuel495]

saint tommy wrote:

Fall Out Boy care so much about the environment that the large major tour that they went one was sponsored by Honda Civic, who of course are a major polluter. Then again, hey, Fall Out Boy probably handed decided whether or not the environment was as important as getting paid and giving car companies free advertising yet.

i suppose that it never crossed your mind that the civic tour was about promoting more fuel efficient cars, ie the honda civic.

duh

[nicodimus]

i like how the majority of people will not like a band solely because they've 'sold out'. when really all they've done is changed. You can't expect bands to stay small forever, sooner or later they will become huge (aka selling out apparently)

[Sixpack5001]

man, i hate how everyone says "amazing" now

[recliner33]

nicodimus wrote:

i like how the majority of people will not like a band solely because they've 'sold out'. when really all they've done is changed. You can't expect bands to stay small forever, sooner or later they will become huge (aka selling out apparently)

I heard of fall out boy before they apparently "sold out" and I still hated them then. I don't mind bands changing their sound or type of music, but usually when people say that a band sold out becasue they sound different, it usually means their music turned to crap because they make catchy flavour of the week music that is only appealing to clueless teeny boppers, etc, etc.

[recliner33]

^^^But some people say that a band sold out from signing to a huge record label or advertising in commercials and stuff, but that won't stop me from listening to a band as long as those things don't change their music for the worse.

[Incubus=Science]

Buncha Communists Lol

[el_nugos]

KileManA7X wrote:

First Post! Kelly Clarkson is way better than Fallout Boy will ever be.

why would you say that?

first post and it couldnt have been something useful?

it didnt even have a point!!!

Fall Out Boy and Kelly Clarkson are being commended for having the same effect on youth culture

i may not like either as a musical act, but they do have the same effect on youth culture and i do respect that

next time, come out with something more productive!

[food1010]

recliner33 wrote:

I beleive global warming is a fact but people are over reacting from it. I don't think it is as bad as what people are saying. That is like when people say that the earth is going to run out of oil in 100 years but that is not true. There is plenty of oil, but it is just getting harder to find and harder to get, which means the prices go up. If we do run out of oil, it will be millions of years from now probably, not 100. Anyways, I like how we all talk about global warming and stuff on a guitar website lol. Back to topic, I think this live earth concert thing is just another excuse to get big mainstream bands together to put on a crappy show that is pointless. Teenage girls aren't going to it to show their support for fighting global warming, they are going to see fall out boy. And when the show is over, the whole global warming thing won't be in their heads, it will be how awesome fall out boy was live (coughs).

I read the first sentence of that and I agreed already. Even if we did run out of oil, we would survive. It would be harder, but we can still breathe, and our food is still here. Sure global warming exists. And we have to recognize that but everyone is overreacting. Sorry, not everyone, but a lot of people. Anyways, I really don't know what the hype is about bands like this. There is a ton of better music out there that not many people know about. State Radio, Dispatch, John Butler Trio, probably my 3 favorite bands and they aren't sellouts like FOB or RHCP. The chili peppers are my favorite band though, they have a lot more than the 3 songs that everyone knows...

[lespaul56]

i think first i should talk about the whole global warming thing. as of now, it is part of our reality and i'm pretty sure the experts know what they're saying when they tell people that the effects are happening NOW and even more devestating ones are coming in the near future. it's not up to us (people who aren't studying it and don't have a lot of knowledge on the topic) to decide when or when it isn't going to happen/how bad it's going to be. Secondly, i have to talk about FOB. quite obviously, they aren't everybody's favorite anymore. and the only reason that happened is because all of their former fans are pissed off that all the popular kids in their school like them too. it's like, "OH no, now FOB is popular so i can't like them anymore. i think i'm gonna call them sell-outs because everybody knows them now." bullshit. the only sell-outs are the people who think FOB are sell-outs. if you were really a fan, you would be happy that more people were hearing their stuff and more people liked it. but you hate that people like it, because you feel like FOB was stolen from you. share the wealth people. if any of you actually listened to "Infinity on High" you'd all see that although their music has had some stylistic changes, it's still really good. i don't think it's fair that people are calling them sell-outs because they appeal to the TRL and MTV crowd. FOB didn't change. The fans did. As they say in the song "Thriller", "Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the dihards." I'm proud to say that I'm diehard. Screw all those opposed.

[RHCP94]

Reecoom wrote:

Well, I don't agree. FOB is actually a rather good band, with lyrics that sometimes match masters like Dylan or even Shel Silverstein. Their music might be simple, but it's loaded with energy. And seriously Michdm, he's not actually saying that some kid’ll just walk up on stage and go "Hey, I've got a solution".

Did you just compare the lyrics qualities of Fall Out Boy to those of Bob Dylan? No. Not even close.

[The182ndDay]

lol. FOB = Fad. They'll fade soon.

[nodice182]

That-Funny-Guy wrote:

GLOBAL WARMING DOES NOT EXIST IT IS A SCARE TACTIC CREATED BY THOSE FUCKING LIBERALS LIKE AL GORE. BYAAH!

see you in arizona bay.

while i give a small amount of credit to fall out boy for supporting this kind of thing, i'm not sure how much they know about the subject. i don't doubt their sincerity, but they seem a little naive.

come to think of it, wouldn't it be better for the environment if, say, everyone stayed at home, instead of shipping thousands of tons of equipment around the world on jet aircraft, the waste produced by such events, the noise pollution, etc?

it's kind of a token effort that doesnt do anything to directly combat the problem.

[myself101]

fret13 wrote:

ok its all cool how bands are tryin to save the world but why fall out boy? i mean they are one of the most hated bands of our age, sure they have a lot of people who like them but mainly their all posers... i think that RHCP should like murder them in their sleep if they wanted to save the world (and becuz their 1000 times better) haha but thats just me. ok maybe that was a little mean....

They're actually quite popular. Just not with guitarists. And i hope you know RHCP aren't much better, all their songs sound the same as well.

Fall Out Boy are probably right in saying it probably wont do much but I'm sure there will be lots of info at the concerts on how to save the earth. Hopefully people will listen and do something but the majority will probably only be there for the music.

[lepermessiah22]

Reecoom wrote:

Well, I don't agree. FOB is actually a rather good band, with lyrics that sometimes match masters like Dylan or even Shel Silverstein. Their music might be simple, but it's loaded with energy. And seriously Michdm, he's not actually saying that some kid’ll just walk up on stage and go "Hey, I've got a solution".

Fall Out Boy? good? you're funny dude.

[Musicislife539]

see, fall out boy actually has a good point and good intention here. i just hate those screaming fan girls who dont give a shit about anything there for, they just 0MG

[Musicislife539]

wtf it didnt put the whole post
lemme redo that
see, fall out boy actually has a good point and good intention here. i just hate those screaming fan girls who dont give a shit about anything there for, they just 0MG TOTALLY

[Musicislife539]

it didnt do the whole thing again. add LOVE PETE after that last post

[Musicislife539]

recliner33 wrote:

I beleive global warming is a fact but people are over reacting from it. I don't think it is as bad as what people are saying. That is like when people say that the earth is going to run out of oil in 100 years but that is not true. There is plenty of oil, but it is just getting harder to find and harder to get, which means the prices go up. If we do run out of oil, it will be millions of years from now probably, not 100. Anyways, I like how we all talk about global warming and stuff on a guitar website lol. Back to topic, I think this live earth concert thing is just another excuse to get big mainstream bands together to put on a crappy show that is pointless. Teenage girls aren't going to it to show their support for fighting global warming, they are going to see fall out boy. And when the show is over, the whole global warming thing won't be in their heads, it will be how awesome fall out boy was live (coughs).

if the earths ozone layer is melting, people arent overreacting. and even it doesnt happen now, it will happen if we dont do anything, so just try to think about that. but anyways, your totally right. no girl is going to go for global warming, its going to be those preppys who see those mainstream bands, and come back and be like YEAH i saw fall out boy kelly clarkson and the chillie peppers at live earth. whats live earth? oh idk the earth live.

[SlashNX]

saint tommy wrote:

Oh yeah, the implied nuclear nature of their name gives me confidence too. .

As funny as that sentence is, Nuclear power IS the way to go!! Its a lot better for the environment than coal and oil, and produces enough energy to manage our countries... all forms of solar power are at the moment insufficient in producing enough energy quickly enough!
Nuclear is probably the best option we have now! thats not to say in the future there will be better options!