At least that's the admonishment from Panic! at the Disco's song "We're Starving" that they're using as a teaser for their next album.
I have a very difficult relationship with this band. On the pro side, there are moments when lyricist/guitarist Ryan Ross's lyrics are so astoundingly, shockingly poetic that I wonder how the hell he managed to come up with such a thing. And lead singer Brendon Urie's voice can be quite beautiful. Then, of course, there's that hometown love they automatically get a dose of.
On the con side, there are moments when their lyrics are so astoundingly, shockingly retarded I have to wonder what Ryan was thinking. And some of their songs just flat out sound like an attempt to suck up to Fall Out Boy. And, finally, they're from Summerlin, not one of the cool areas around Vegas, which automatically cuts off some of the hometown love.
So, I kind of want to like them. I think there's a lot of potential there and if they worked a little harder they could be one of the greatest bands out there, honestly. It seems like Ryan always exhausts what he wants to say in the first thirty seconds of every song and then pretty much does nothing but repeated chorus and nonsense bridge to fill in the gaps. Which, if those first thirty seconds are good enough, can work. When those first thirty seconds leave you saying WTH, not so much.
As near as I can tell, these are the lyrics to "We're Starving":
I have a very difficult relationship with this band. On the pro side, there are moments when lyricist/guitarist Ryan Ross's lyrics are so astoundingly, shockingly poetic that I wonder how the hell he managed to come up with such a thing. And lead singer Brendon Urie's voice can be quite beautiful. Then, of course, there's that hometown love they automatically get a dose of.
On the con side, there are moments when their lyrics are so astoundingly, shockingly retarded I have to wonder what Ryan was thinking. And some of their songs just flat out sound like an attempt to suck up to Fall Out Boy. And, finally, they're from Summerlin, not one of the cool areas around Vegas, which automatically cuts off some of the hometown love.
So, I kind of want to like them. I think there's a lot of potential there and if they worked a little harder they could be one of the greatest bands out there, honestly. It seems like Ryan always exhausts what he wants to say in the first thirty seconds of every song and then pretty much does nothing but repeated chorus and nonsense bridge to fill in the gaps. Which, if those first thirty seconds are good enough, can work. When those first thirty seconds leave you saying WTH, not so much.
As near as I can tell, these are the lyrics to "We're Starving":
Ohhh, how it's been so long
We're so sorry we've been gone
We were busy writing songs for you
Ohhh, how it's been so long
We're so sorry we've been gone
We were busy writing songs for
You don't have to worry
'Cause we're still the same band
You don't have to worry
You don't have to worry
You don't
You don't have to worry
You don't have to worry
You don't
Ohhh, how it's been so long
We're so sorry we've been gone
We were busy writing songs for you
...which can be heard at their MySpace page. It's the last song on the player.
It's possible that after mixing it'll sound good enough to make up for serious and sad lyrical shortcomings, but I can't imagine that happening. At present, it sounds more like some sort of weird parody of a commercial jingle. Are they seriously going to put this on an album and try to sell it? We'll see how it sounds after it's been through the studio and if the rest of the album makes up for those wince inducing lyrics, I suppose. It's always possible it's meant ironically.
And just because I haven't had an excuse to link to it before, here is a random picture of Brendon Urie and their bass player Jon Walker. In the shower. Because even if the next album sucks so hard it's mistaken for a spacetime singularity, they do tend to be a bit easy on the eyes.
It's possible that after mixing it'll sound good enough to make up for serious and sad lyrical shortcomings, but I can't imagine that happening. At present, it sounds more like some sort of weird parody of a commercial jingle. Are they seriously going to put this on an album and try to sell it? We'll see how it sounds after it's been through the studio and if the rest of the album makes up for those wince inducing lyrics, I suppose. It's always possible it's meant ironically.
And just because I haven't had an excuse to link to it before, here is a random picture of Brendon Urie and their bass player Jon Walker. In the shower. Because even if the next album sucks so hard it's mistaken for a spacetime singularity, they do tend to be a bit easy on the eyes.
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