Compare revision #9 with #10 for "Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies"

 "At that time betrayal was huge. I had this friend, Eric — we were really good friends and he knew I was really into this girl and she and I had been talking for a while. I was smitten over this girl. And I was slow at making a move because I was just so nervous. Next thing I heard: they were f..king. And that just broke my heart." <ref name="genius1"/>
 
 When asked about the inspiration for the line "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?!", Urie said:
 
- "When we wrote that [lyric], Ryan [Ross] wrote most of the lyrics on the first album. And that was about that time when his Dad walked in on him and his girlfriend and he said that to Ryan, like verbatim. He said, 'Haven't you ever heard of closing the goddamn door?' Then he shut it, and yeah that was where that came from."
+ "When we wrote that [lyric], Ryan [Ross] wrote most of the lyrics on the first album. And that was about that time when his Dad walked in on him and his girlfriend and he said that to Ryan, like verbatim. He said, 'Haven't you ever heard of closing the goddamn door?' Then he shut it, and yeah that was where that came from." <ref name="genius1"/>
 
 Brendon often jokes that he hates this song now when playing it live. But he doesn't. In 2016, Urie told Billboard:
 
 "I actually don't hate 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies,' it was just one of those things where you act a character and you play this fool and then it becomes something crazier. Obviously, my humor doesn't hit. I love playing the new songs, at the same time, playing old stuff for me, when you play it live, it changes the meaning of the songs for me. So when I'm playing it back and I hear new fans and old fans singing old songs back to me, the songs just continue to grow." <ref name="genius1"/>
 ## Music videos
 
 ### Official music video
 
- "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" is the band's first song to have a music video. The music video was made by director Shane Drake, who also worked with Avril Lavigne, Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Angels & Airwaves, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and many others. The video was shot in December 2005.
+ "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" is the band's first song to have a music video. The music video was made by director Shane Drake, who also worked with [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Trivium]], [[Paramore]], [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Angels & Airwaves]], [[The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]], and many others. The video was shot in December 2005.
 
 According to Brendon Urie, he and Ryan Ross had the flu while filming.
 
- The video for the song takes place at an odd circus-themed wedding. It features artists of *Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque*.
+ The video for the song takes place at an odd circus-themed wedding. It features artists of *Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque* and actors Jessie Preston and Daniel Isaac McGuffey, playing the bride and the groom respectively.
 
- The video starts as the bride, played by Jessie Preston, and groom, Daniel Isaac McGuffey, are about to be married. Her family dress and behave formally, but are revealed later to have fallen asleep and have eyes painted on their eyelids. Members of his family are lower-class entertainers and carnival folk, who interrupt the wedding. The ringmaster, played by vocalist Brendon Urie, acts as narrator and disrupts the events. After an argument between the two families, the bride runs out and is followed by one of her guests. The ringmaster drags the groom outside by his tie, where his fiancée is kissing the guest who followed her out of the church. The groom straightens up, looking shocked, and Urie and the groom bow to the camera. The ringmaster is revealed to be the groom's alter ego.
+ This video won the award for Video of the Year during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, beating Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers. This was the first occasion since 1989, that the winner of Video of the Year didn't win anything else.
 
- This video won the award for Video of the Year during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, beating Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers. This was the first occasion since 1989, that the winner of Video of the Year did not win anything else.
- 
- In September 2011, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" won MTV's Best Music Video for the 2000s as well as Best Music Video Of All Time based on online voting.
+ In September 2011, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" won MTV's Best Music Video for the 2000s as well as Best Music Video Of All Time, based on online voting.
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6vs-l5dkc
 
 ### Live version
+ 
+ This song is one of the band's most popular songs, so it's a staple of their live shows and acoustic performances.
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHsn331EX7E
 
 *Live in Denver in 2006.*
 ![](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/storage/wiki/media/4/8/486ef7dc5553d9db1aaf5eb967a0e3e2.png)
 
 #### Brent Wilson
 
- Brent Wilson used Ampeg SVT-Classic amp head with Ampeg SVT cab.
+ Brent Wilson used **Ampeg SVT-Classic amp head** with **Ampeg SVT cab**.
 
 ![](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/storage/wiki/media/9/4/94f01407ff95942a1cfc18f4e3707c7b.png)
 
 ### Amp settings
 ## Techniques
 
 The main riff of the song is played on pizzicato cello by session musician Heather Stebbins.
 
- Basically, the only song parts, where guitar is actually involved, are [[chorus (song part)|choruses]], [[bridge (song part)|bridges]], and its short [[outro]]. There Ryan Ross plays [[power chord|power chords]]. Though, the main riff can be played on [[electric guitar|electric]] or [[acoustic guitar]] with the use of [[palm mute|palm-muted]] [[arpeggio|arpeggios]].
+ Electric guitar is played in [[chorus (song part)|choruses]], [[bridge (song part)|bridges]], and its short [[outro]]. There Ryan Ross plays [[power chord|power chords]]. Though, the main riff can be played on [[electric guitar|electric]] or [[acoustic guitar]] with the use of [[palm mute|palm-muted]] [[arpeggio|arpeggios]].
 
- During the short [[interlude]] between the second [[verse]] and the second [[chorus (song part)|chorus]], [[power chord|power chords]] can be played as the guitar part.
+ During the short [[interlude]] between the second [[verse]] and the second [[chorus (song part)|chorus]], [[power chord|power chords]] can be played as the substitution for the cello part.
 
 ### Song breakdown
 
 The song has the following [[Song structure|structure]]:

	"At that time betrayal was huge. I had this friend, Eric — we were really good friends and he knew I was really into this girl and she and I had been talking for a while. I was smitten over this girl. And I was slow at making a move because I was just so nervous. Next thing I heard: they were f..king. And that just broke my heart." <ref name="genius1"/>

	When asked about the inspiration for the line "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?!", Urie said:

-	"When we wrote that [lyric], Ryan [Ross] wrote most of the lyrics on the first album. And that was about that time when his Dad walked in on him and his girlfriend and he said that to Ryan, like verbatim. He said, 'Haven't you ever heard of closing the goddamn door?' Then he shut it, and yeah that was where that came from."
+	"When we wrote that [lyric], Ryan [Ross] wrote most of the lyrics on the first album. And that was about that time when his Dad walked in on him and his girlfriend and he said that to Ryan, like verbatim. He said, 'Haven't you ever heard of closing the goddamn door?' Then he shut it, and yeah that was where that came from." <ref name="genius1"/>

	Brendon often jokes that he hates this song now when playing it live. But he doesn't. In 2016, Urie told Billboard:

	"I actually don't hate 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies,' it was just one of those things where you act a character and you play this fool and then it becomes something crazier. Obviously, my humor doesn't hit. I love playing the new songs, at the same time, playing old stuff for me, when you play it live, it changes the meaning of the songs for me. So when I'm playing it back and I hear new fans and old fans singing old songs back to me, the songs just continue to grow." <ref name="genius1"/>

	## Music videos

	### Official music video

-	"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" is the band's first song to have a music video. The music video was made by director Shane Drake, who also worked with ~~Avril Lavigne, Trivium, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Angels & Airwaves, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus~~, and many others. The video was shot in December 2005.
+	"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" is the band's first song to have a music video. The music video was made by director Shane Drake, who also worked with [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Trivium]], [[Paramore]], [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Angels & Airwaves]], [[The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]], and many others. The video was shot in December 2005.

	According to Brendon Urie, he and Ryan Ross had the flu while filming.

-	The video for the song takes place at an odd circus-themed wedding. It features artists of Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque.
+	The video for the song takes place at an odd circus-themed wedding. It features artists of Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque and actors Jessie Preston and Daniel Isaac McGuffey, playing the bride and the groom respectively.

-	The video starts as the bride, played by Jessie Preston, and groom, Daniel Isaac McGuffey, are about to be married. Her family dress and behave formally, but are revealed later to have fallen asleep and have eyes painted on their eyelids. Members of his family are lower-class entertainers and carnival folk, who interrupt the wedding. The ringmaster, played by vocalist Brendon Urie, acts as narrator and disrupts the events. After an argument between the two families, the bride runs out and is followed by one of her guests. The ringmaster drags the groom outside by his tie, where his fiancée is kissing the guest who followed her out of the church. The groom straightens up, looking shocked, and Urie and the groom bow to the camera. The ringmaster is revealed to be the groom's alter ego.
+	This video won the award for Video of the Year during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, beating Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers. This was the first occasion since 1989, that the winner of Video of the Year didn't win anything else.

-	This video won the award for Video of the Year during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, beating Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers. This was the first occasion since 1989, that the winner of Video of the Year did not win anything else.
-
-	In September 2011, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" won MTV's Best Music Video for the 2000s as well as Best Music Video Of All Time based on online voting.
+	In September 2011, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" won MTV's Best Music Video for the 2000s as well as Best Music Video Of All Time, based on online voting.

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc6vs-l5dkc

	### Live version
+
+	This song is one of the band's most popular songs, so it's a staple of their live shows and acoustic performances.

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHsn331EX7E

	Live in Denver in 2006.

	![](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/storage/wiki/media/4/8/486ef7dc5553d9db1aaf5eb967a0e3e2.png)

	#### Brent Wilson

-	Brent Wilson used ~~Ampeg SVT-Classic amp head with Ampeg SVT cab~~.
+	Brent Wilson used Ampeg SVT-Classic amp head with Ampeg SVT cab.

	![](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/storage/wiki/media/9/4/94f01407ff95942a1cfc18f4e3707c7b.png)

	### Amp settings

	## Techniques

	The main riff of the song is played on pizzicato cello by session musician Heather Stebbins.

-	~~Basically, the only song parts, where guitar is actually involved, are~~ [[chorus (song part)\|choruses]], [[bridge (song part)\|bridges]], and its short [[outro]]. There Ryan Ross plays [[power chord\|power chords]]. Though, the main riff can be played on [[electric guitar\|electric]] or [[acoustic guitar]] with the use of [[palm mute\|palm-muted]] [[arpeggio\|arpeggios]].
+	Electric guitar is played in [[chorus (song part)\|choruses]], [[bridge (song part)\|bridges]], and its short [[outro]]. There Ryan Ross plays [[power chord\|power chords]]. Though, the main riff can be played on [[electric guitar\|electric]] or [[acoustic guitar]] with the use of [[palm mute\|palm-muted]] [[arpeggio\|arpeggios]].

-	During the short [[interlude]] between the second [[verse]] and the second [[chorus (song part)\|chorus]], [[power chord\|power chords]] can be played as the ~~guitar~~ part.
+	During the short [[interlude]] between the second [[verse]] and the second [[chorus (song part)\|chorus]], [[power chord\|power chords]] can be played as the substitution for the cello part.

	### Song breakdown

	The song has the following [[Song structure\|structure]]: