Thnks fr th Mmrs
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| "Thnks fr th Mmrs" | ||
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| Single by Fall Out Boy | ||
| from the album Infinity on High | ||
| Released | Q1 2007 | |
| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 3:23 | |
| Label | Fueled by Ramen Island Def Jam |
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| Producer(s) | Babyface | |
| Fall Out Boy singles chronology | ||
| "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" (2006) |
"Thnks fr th Mmrs" (2007) |
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"Thnks fr th Mmrs" is a single released by the Chicago band Fall Out Boy. It is featured on their 2007 release Infinity on High. The song, according to bassist Pete Wentz in an interview with Kerrang!, refers to a romantic relationship in which the initial sentiments have perished, but both lovers continue to "sleep with each other" to appease their physical desires. The title, "Thnks fr th Mmrs" is simply the words "Thanks for the Memories" with vowels removed, which was done to imply that it was written in text language. The line "He tastes like you, only sweeter" is borrowed from the 2004 film, Closer (in the movie, the line is "he tastes like you, but sweeter). It features Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds on mandolin and The Movement Orchestra Strings.
As of February 27, the band has finished shooting their new video for the single, as reported by the band on a blog. Pete Wentz has said, "I think this one is going to completely blow "Arms Race" out of the water. The concept is insane. I'll leave it at that." Although the promised release date for the video was originally March 20th, it was announced on the Fall Out Boy website that the video will premiere around the world on the band's website on Friday, March 23rd. The video (which premiered around 11 PM EST) is now up and can be seen on the main page of their official website.
[edit] Video Synopsis
The beginning part of the video sees Patrick whispering to Pete "Are you sure about this?", which prompts Pete to respond 'This guy's a f*%#ing visionary.'
The band begins playing the song on a stage, and before Patrick can get a word out, an unknown voice yells cut! It's the director who is, in fact, a monkey. He walks up to the band and says "You guys are a joke. I should've gotten Panic! at the Disco!" He sits back down and allows the band to keep playing. They play the opening parts of the song and then it shifts to backstage, showing the crew of monkey's outsmarting and getting the best of the band. In one scene a monkey is playing Andy's drums and he tries to take his drum sticks back but a security guard comes in and takes Andy away. Another one is Patrick playing a monkey in a game of chess and getting beaten by the monkey. It swaps back and forth between the stage performance (with the director showing them how to do cool moves, properly) and backstage. Pete ends up spraying some TAG body Spray on himself and a pair of monkey hands come up around him... he looks generally confused.
Eventually, Pete has a kissing scene with a woman. He leans in to kiss her and the director yells cut, and scolds him for not attempting to kiss her right. The monkey proceeds to show Pete the proper way, but he walks off.
Pete ends up packing bags to leave, but the woman walks in and kisses Pete. The director is spying on them with a devilish look on his face. (This was an obvious plot to get Pete to stay.)
The band, getting frustrated with the monkey's continues to play the song on stage. Pete whirls around on stage with his bass, which prompts the director to yell "Primadonna! Stick to the choreography!" and then "Pete! You idiot!" The director leans next to the woman and begins stroking her hair. Pete snaps and destroys the set, which prompts the monkeys to run around everywhere. The closing scene of the video is Pete smashing his bass into the giant B in F.O.B. and knocking it over.
[edit] Trivia
- Instead of "Presented by... TAG All-Nighter," this was the original opening logo featuring Hemingway, Pete's dog. Pete said the reason for the change was because of concerns over copyright.
 Hemingway's Cameo |
- In the scene when Pete is getting make-up on his face, the name in his cell phone is William Beckett, the lead singer for The Academy Is.... This is in reference to TAI's video "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands," therefore linking the two videos.
- The video prominently featured product placement, including the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic phone, the Chevy Tahoe, and TAG Body Spray's newest scent, "All-Nighter".
- The latter of those companies, TAG, helped assist Fall Out Boy in providing an iPod version and full screen Quicktime version of the video free to visitors to the site.
- Emily Scott plays the woman who Pete has to kiss.
- At the conclusion of the video, Pete smashes the large B of FOB, leaving behind the FO, which in internet terminology means Fuck Off. If this is the intention, then this is an obvious sign of his frustration and anger at the monkeys.
- In one scene, you can see on the video markers that the director's name is Alan Furryson, as a spoof of the director Alan Ferguson, who directed Fall Out Boy's This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race music video.
