"Top 10" Panic! At The Disco Songs...
This post, we are marking 10 of the best Panic (!) At The Disco songs. I am a huge P!ATD fan. I have been since I first heard "I Write Sins..." close to 11 years ago when my cousin showed me the video. The rest is history. For those of you that don't know, this band was discovered by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and since then has been on a steady rise to the top.
The last 10 years brought the band much success but not without hitting some bumps in the road along the way. They were some of the first victims of being "Kanye'd," back in 2006 at the MTV VMA's. They were bottled at Carling Weekend: Reading Festival. They went through numerous line-up changes including bassist Brent Wilson in 2006 (it was messy... no one really knows if he left on his own or not), guitarist and bassist Ryan Ross and Jon Walker in 2009 (they went on a musical excursion called The Young Veins), and drummer Spencer Smith left officially in April of 2015 (battling substance abuse and couldn't be there the way they needed him).
Now, with Brendon Urie being the only original member of Panic! At The Disco, the band has just achieved their first #1 Billboard Top 200 with the release of their album, Death Of A Bachelor. The album was released on January 15 and quickly got them national attention and television performances like the Ellen Degeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night With Seth Myers, Good Morning America, and more.
In celebration of that, I got my friends Conor and Molly to help me come up with 10 of our favorite Panic! At The Disco songs released over the last 10 years. This was incredibly difficult. Of the list I had created of 18 songs, we all agreed on 8. From the remaining songs, we created our list of honorable mentions. This is completely our own opinions and they are in no particular order. We didn't include songs written for movies or video games or any of Death of A Bachelor. Please don't hate us.
10. Build God Then We'll Talk
Album: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
There are no raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses / It's sleeping with roaches and taking best guesses.
9. Miss Jackson ft. Lolo
Album: Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! (2013)
A pretty picture but the scenery is so loud / A face like heaven catching lighting in your nightgown.
8. Lying is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Album: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, / will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close?
7. Nine in The Afternoon
Album: Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Back to the place / Where we used to say / Man it feels good to feel this way.
6. The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage
Album: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
It seems the artists these days are not who you think, So we'll pick back up on that on another page.
5. The Ballad Of Mona Lisa
Album: Vices & Virtues (2011)
He senses something, call it desperation Another dollar, another day
4. This Is Gospel
Album: Too Weird To Live, To Rare To Die! (2013)
The gnashing teeth and criminal tongues conspire against the odds / But they haven't seen the best of us yet...
3. Northern Downpour
Album: Pretty. Odd. (2008)
I missed your skin when you were east, You clicked your heels and wished for me.
2. But It's Better If You Do
Album: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Praying for love and paying in naivety....
1. I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Album: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things, with a sense of poise and rationality.
Molly's Honorable Mention: Camisado
Album: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Can't take the kid from the fight / take the fight from the kid. Sit back, relax / Sit back, relapse again.
Conor's Honorable Mention: Always
Album: Vices & Virtues (2011)
I'm the light blinking at the end of the road. Blink back to let me know
My Honorable Mention: Ready To Go (Get Me Out of My Mind)
Album: Vices & Virtues (2011)
You're such a pretty thing, To be running from anyone. A vision with nowhere to go.
What did we miss? Let us know! Special thanks to Conor and Molly for the help on this list! What other bands should we do a Top 10 for?
Thanks for reading ! ♥
