The Perils of Pulling a Panic at the Disco [edited]

[Polyphonic Twilight]

EDIT: on Gabe's twitter he posted a link to this article and said "I'm not this big of an a*****e, but close..."



Gabe Saporta On Cobra Starship's Ever-Growing Spot in the Decaydance Universe, and About Avoiding the Perils of Pulling a Panic at the Disco: "I try not to look at things like that. All companies are like that — there's a hierarchy based on success and, well, some bands are more successful than others. And I want to think that the situation with Decaydance isn't like that. I like to use the example of a band like Gym Class Heroes — they were first or second band on the label, and they watched the Academy Is... and Panic at the Disco pass them by, and [frontman] Travis [McCoy] just was never pissed about it, never complained, and finally they got their shot. I know that we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the people who helped us, bands like the Academy and people like [FOB frontman] Patrick [Stump] producing our record. I don't know, man, we're proud to be a part of it.

"At the same time, you know, I think everyone realizes where [the label] is at. But there's only so much you can do about all that. There was all this talk about 'the little economy that Fall Out Boy built.' They got big and helped other bands get their start. But once you get your start, it's up to you. You can get your foot in the door, but if you don't have the goods to back it up, you're kind of f---ed. Bands like Panic, they made their first record, and it got huge, and then they made a record they wanted to make, and the second time around, people didn't want to hear it anymore. And the same can be said about Gym Class, too. But, you know, there's no way to predict that. Whether or not something catches on and goes to the next level isn't a science at all, it's completely random. So, really, with our record, we have no idea. We just want our fans to like it, and we're going to let all that other sh-- just play itself out."  

[Peachy_Limes]

ouch.  

[Panda Cheval]

Hmm, but not ALL fans say they don't want to hear it anymore

D:

 

[Leowna]

Panda.Gal

Hmm, but not ALL fans say they don't want to hear it anymore

D:

He didn't say 'fans'. He said 'people'.
Which is entirely different.  

[PrimeOdd]

I can't believe he said that.
How can he say that?!
What the ******** speechless.

 

[colaXbear]

Woah. neutral  

[Leowna]

PrimeOdd

I can't believe he said that.
How can he say that?!
What the ******** speechless.

D:
DX  

[PrimeOdd]

~[girlygirl]~

PrimeOdd

I can't believe he said that.
How can he say that?!
What the ******** speechless.

D:
DX

crying

 

[Leowna]

PrimeOdd

~[girlygirl]~

PrimeOdd

I can't believe he said that.
How can he say that?!
What the ******** speechless.

D:
DX

crying

What exactly did he say to upset you?
/slow  

[PrimeOdd]

~[girlygirl]~

PrimeOdd

~[girlygirl]~

PrimeOdd

I can't believe he said that.
How can he say that?!
What the ******** speechless.

D:
DX

crying

What exactly did he say to upset you?
/slow

Basically everything he said about Panic At The Disco.

 

[Leowna]

PrimeOdd

~[girlygirl]~

PrimeOdd

~[girlygirl]~

PrimeOdd

I can't believe he said that.
How can he say that?!
What the ******** speechless.

D:
DX

crying

What exactly did he say to upset you?
/slow

Basically everything he said about Panic At The Disco.

Oh.
DX  

[sandflea]

_________Cause nobody wants to be the lst one there
_________And everyone wants to feel like someone cares
_________Someone to love with my life in their hands
_________There's gotta be somebody for me like that

wtf Gabe.
Just cause Panic is the only band on the label who he hasn't seen naked doesn't mean he has to bash on their album/people who listen to it.

Cause nobody wants to do it on their own _________
And everyone wants to know they're not alone _________
Somebody else that feels the same somewhere _________
There's gotta be somebody for me out there _________

 

[Leowna]

sandflea

_________Cause nobody wants to be the lst one there
_________And everyone wants to feel like someone cares
_________Someone to love with my life in their hands
_________There's gotta be somebody for me like that

wtf Gabe.
Just cause Panic is the only band on the label who he hasn't seen naked doesn't mean he has to bash on their album/people who listen to it.

Cause nobody wants to do it on their own _________
And everyone wants to know they're not alone _________
Somebody else that feels the same somewhere _________
There's gotta be somebody for me out there _________

I don't think that's the reason.
He said that the same could be said of GCH too.  

[Polyphonic Twilight]

I don't think he meant to dis them... he's just saying that being part of Decaydance doesn't automatically guarantee you success, it's random and depends on what people want to hear.

And it's true that A Fever was more popular than Pretty. Odd. is... so I think he's using that as an example, like it's not because you make it big that you're gonna stay that way forever.

If he was trying to dis them he wouldn't say it about Gym Class too, since he and Travis are BFFs.  

[miss-mechanical]

Well. Gabe is sorta true about AFYCSO and Pretty.Odd, my friend was a huge fan of the 1st album, but when the 2nd album came out. she hated it. confused

how can gabe say that? Panic is his friend! ><"