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October 15, 2008

Elvis Costello Sings On New Fall Out Boy Single

thubmnail icon: Elvis Costello Sings On New Fall Out Boy Single

But he's not the only one. "What A Catch, Donnie," the third single from the band's forthcoming fifth studio album Folie à Deux features a whole case of characters singing lines from various Fall Out Boy songs. In an especially meta move, Costello handles Folie's second single, "Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet." Other crooners include Hall & Oates fan Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes ("Sugar, We're Goin' Down"), Panic At The Disco's Brendon Urie ("Dance, Dance"), ex-Midtown dude Gabriel Saporta ("Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"), The Academy Is...'s William Beckett ("Growing Up"), etc. Right, Costello is sorta odd man out among a bunch of Decaydancers. Listen.

Between this, Momofuku, and his work with Lucinda Williams, Jenny Lewis, and Colbert, Feist, and Toby Keith, Elvis certainly hasn't left the building.

Folie à Deux is out 12/16 via Decaydance/Island/Fueled By Ramen.

Posted at 10:05 AM by brandon
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I hate that when I hear the words "Fall Out Boy," I now automatically think of a mediocre pop-punk band instead of Radioactive Man's sidekick.

"The goggles, they do nothing!"

Posted by: fido at 10/15/08 11:25 AM | Reply
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I love the site, and Costello is awesome lol, definitely going to bookmark this

Barrett
www.indyconcerts.com

Posted by: Barrett at 10/15/08 11:41 AM | Reply
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Sounds pretty awesome to me. I think FOB's new album will be great

Posted by: Jake at 10/15/08 11:54 AM | Reply
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that's unfortunate.

also hows this for a sentence: "the THIRD single from the band's FORTHcoming FIFTH studio album ." wow that mashed my mind grapes, i had to read that 3 times!

Posted by: LOGAN at 10/15/08 12:18 PM | Reply
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As a big Elvis fan, that sucks. Why'd he do that?

Posted by: Sean Jean at 10/15/08 1:20 PM | Reply
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I PEE GOLD

Fall Out Boy = Star Jones belly button of Alt Rock.
Fall Out Boy + Elvis Costello = Star Jones belly button (of Alt Rock) with Elvis Costello hanging out in it.

Posted by: I PEE GOLD profile link at 10/15/08 5:01 PM | Reply
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but why?

Posted by: corey at 10/15/08 6:15 PM | Reply
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$$$?

Posted by: omg in reply to corey's comment at 10/15/08 11:49 PM | Reply
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Fall out boy rocks! If you don't agree you dont have a brain, or a good taste in music.

Posted by: Kimmy at 12/12/08 9:51 PM | Reply
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