Patrick Stump actually is an adult

The AV Club continues its weekly series of cover songs this week with Patrick Stump (formally of FALL OUT BOY) covering The Wedding Present's "My Favorite Dress" and takes a good stab at it.

Patrick Stump covers The Wedding Present


Here is the thing, I had to do a double take on who this guy was sitting in the chair there. Where are the glasses? The stupidly cocked sideways hat? Where are the too big side-burns? This kind of confirms one thing to me, image was a big part of Fall Out Boy. Pete Wentz's image. I always kind of figured Patrick Stump wore a hat because he was balding or had thinning hair, and i still think he is getting a little thin up top. But really, based on how he looks in this video, that other Stump was not who he was. He looks much more comfortable and at ease than he ever looked on anything I have seen of him.

I am all for people re-inventing themselves. But, I don't think this was the case. This looks like someone who has been wearing a costume because that is what you are "supposed" to do to play whatever kind of music they want to play. And now, they have taken it off and we can see what is really under it all. This trend is far too prominent in music. There are styles and trends that people automatically think have to go together. Look at all of the nu-metal bullshit like creed and nickleback and and and i can't think of any others, but look at them. All of their logos kind of looks the same. There is that same kind of "tribal tattoo" feel to all of it and EVERY band in that genre did that at the same time. Anyone remember 80's hair-metal? Do you see what I am talking about?

This is even more prominent in today's music. Look at all of these stupid "dance-punk" bands. Hair in their face, weird colors, easily mistaken for girls, make-up, neon colors...holy fuck, it is the 80's all over again.

You do not need to look a certain way in order to sound a certain way. Music should be an expression of who and what you are. Not what will work to make you popular. If Johnny Cash was still around, I do not think he would be putting some skinny dude with makeup and colored hair in front of a synth tweedling along to his songs. It just does not work. Good music is good no matter what you look like.