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Okay, so Andrew Dost came out and said that 'C'Mon' was meant for Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland soundtrack, which makes sense as you can see in the post with all the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland references.

I did have a theory about this for a while, because the soundtrack had come out in March 2010 and they had just finished writing and recording it around early January 2010. There was also the Almost Alice album, that includes artists like Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz, Avril Lavigne, Plain White T's, Owl City, Shinedown, and Wolfmother. And I can bet 'C'Mon' was supposed to appear on that album.

Yeah, I would love to know why it wasn't allowed onto the soundtrack in the end. If it's because of FBR wanting it to be a lead single, that really doesn't make sense for FBR at the time with 'New Perspective' and 'Mercenary' not being lead singles.

Needless to say, I was not expecting PATD lore from an interview about Moutain Dew but here we are.

'C'Mon' ft. fun.

Okay this is going to be really fun to talk about.

The story of fun. and PATD goes way back to September 2009, and I've done a painful amount of research into this that I didn't think would exist.

The band fun. had just finished touring with Paramore in May 2009, and were about to release their new album, Aim & Ignite, in August. Funnily enough, Washington Post compared the album to A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.

Think of some of the arrangements as theatrical, much like those on Panic at the Disco's 2005 debut, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out," and you'll get the idea. - link to the article

Their first album was warmly recieved by critics, but it wasn't a smash international hit. That was yet to come for them.

In September 2009, Brendon would tweet out the following lyrics from the song 'Be Calm':

Brendon, you literally could not have related harder to the song where Nate wrote about anxiety and the lyric "After all, you lost your band, you left your mom." (the band Nate is referring to here is The Format, by the way).

Anyway...

Nate described the signing onto Fueled By Ramen as the worst kept secret, when the band annouced they had signed onto Fueled By Ramen and that they had been signed on for 9 months at that point (the post they annouced it in was in early August). This was at no suprise since they had been hanging around PATD a lot. I have a small theory that FBR read the Washington Post review of Aim & Ignite, and thought that fun. and PATD would be a good fit for a collab. Especially given that PATD was going back to more of their Fever roots for Vices & Virtues, and Brendon seemed to like the fun. album.

'C'Mon' was likely the first song fun. wrote under FBR, and the first time the band was properly getting to know PATD. They likely knew them due to the band being friendly with Paramore, but not properly.

"We went into the session not really knowing much about the Panic! guys," Ruess tells SPIN. "But we came out, not only with what I think is a really good song, but with a couple of really great friends that we have a huge amount of respect and admiration for." - SPIN

This is what Brendon had to say:

"We were actually just huge fans [of Fun.], and we had talked to some people in our management, and they mentioned the guys in Fun were fans of us as well, so we spent an afternoon with [guitarist] Jack [Antonoff] and [singer] Nate [Ruess], and it was awesome. It just clicked, and we all got along. It was kind of a perfect fit, and they were just so talented. We just kind of came in and arranged it with them. We have done a few shows now with it. I was a fan of The Format in high school. I’d be blasting "The First Single” on the way to school. Nate is such a talented dude. He’s got a voice, and the new stuff is phenomenal." - phoenixnewtimes (not a link to the blog, but a link to a copy and paste a fan did of the blog)

I swear to God, between Nate Ruess and Mike Viola, Brendon Urie is the King of Manifesting his own destiny.

So, 'C'Mon' was likely written and recorded around early to mid December 2009 when fun. was either in the process of getting signed or had just been signed, which makes sense with the timeline.

As a result, a beautiful friendship was born.

The song seemed to have been written by 13th December 2009 at least, and they must've been recording it around this time, because the band does imply they are in the same room.

This is giving "Mum, can I go hang out with my friends now please?" PATD visit NYC.

Cut to new year:

And then 'C'Mon' is released unto the world in 2011. It was a special exclusive release onto single vinyl, and I think the plan was to have a duet version, a solo version for PATD, and a solo version for fun. but it didn't end up happening. Those solo versions must exist somewhere though.

fun. would then also go onto open for PATD in the lead up for their second album, Some Nights, along with the band Funeral Party. I guess you can tell by the production and instrumental on 'C'Mon' that they were heading in that direction. Brendon and Nate are obviously big Freddie Mercury/Queen fans.

And then after the tour was over they still kept in contact and Brendon was still hyping them up for their second album:

There are actually two album covers as well, the two bands designed separate ones.

This was fun.'s design, probably the one you're all very familiar with.

And this is the PATD one:

The PATD one seems to be the most rare one you can get, so if you have it, keep a hold onto it or sell it for a couple hundred.

What is the song about?

A lot of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland imagery.

Feels like I am falling down a rabbit hole Falling for forever, wonderfully wandering alone

"Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! 'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. 'I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--'" - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

What would my head be like If not for my shoulders Or without your smile

I'd like to believe in all the possibilities

"Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible." - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

I am a man of many hats although I Never mastered anything

When I am ten feet tall I've never felt this tall since the fall

Nobody seems to know my name

Shall we sing, shall we sing, until the morning

May we stay lost on our way home

"I've had enough nonsense. I'm going home!" - Disney's Alice In Wonderland

"Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are... until someone finds you. " - Disney's Alice In Wonderland

So, yeah, very Alice's Adventures in Wonderland inspired. And points for not using the typical quotes, like one typical quote out of the many references I could find linking to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland shows that the boys are actually fans of the book and movie in my opinion, rather than just the pop culture aesthetic of Wonderland.

Live Performances

So, I believe that 'C'Mon' is technically the only b-side that PATD has ever played live. Funeral Party and fun. were two of the bands that were opening for PATD on the Vices & Virtues tour at the time, and Nate would come out to sing his part with Andrew playing on the piano in the back.

(yes, I specifically chose this video for those who love to watch Brendon murder this poor keyboard, but there are many other performances of 'C'Mon' live between Brendon and Nate)

And yes, Nate and Brendon were very touchy with each other, once again, did you all think Dallon was the only one getting any action on this tour?

EDIT: Also, little fact about the band's relationship with fun., Nate and Jack were both thanked in the Vices & Virtues linear notes, along with Jack's sister, Rachel.

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Me: Hey, LA Exes are in New York. I wonder if we'll get a reunion pic?

Jake and Kate:

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Damn, he makes those high heels work!

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Dan Pawlovich confirming he will be at When We Are Young Festival in Vegas

And those drums do look very cool and sound fantastic! They will glitter onstage!

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Not going to lie, but the whole "'Local God' is a diss track" thing is reminding me a lot of when people thought that 'Let's Kill Tonight' was Brendon's diss track against Ryan and Jon.

And both Brendon and Spencer were like "No, it's about partying and having a fun time."

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Red Flag: Thinking Matt Squire doesn't know what he's talking about.

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re: Matt Squire

I haven't had a chance yet to watch or listen to any of Matt Squire's podcasts/interviews that some people have messaged me about because my job has temporarily taken over my life, but I just wanted to leave a quick note here in the meantime about my understanding from 2005-2006.

We quite literally would not have AFYCSO without Matt Squire. Back then, the whole band talked in several interviews about how they had brought him scraps & "pieces" of songs (the number varied but basically they said that they brought anywhere from 3-7 drafts to the studio and the rest was written there. Ryan said a couple times that he only had a few songs before working with Matt Squire). Matt pieced their stuff together, helped with ideas when they were stuck (although Pete Wentz contributed some lyrics too), edited every single song, and helped them find the direction & concept of the album when they wanted to trash most of their first half. He also had a psychology degree and NEEDED it lol (I have joked about that so many times but it's so true). He was like their therapist & mentor in addition to being their producer. In my opinion, he is the most trustworthy and credible source on the writing/recording process of AFYCSO because he wasn't seeing it from one single band member's perspective... he saw the whole picture and understood each guy really well.

Matt Squire's lived experience is not an "opinion." He is telling you facts. If a piece of information conflicts with your concept of a situation, then maybe take a moment to think critically about your own perception instead of just writing that person off as dumb or a liar.

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I need to gush for a moment, if I may.

Since Alex and I had gone to the Meet and Greet and had each gotten a picture with Panic!, I felt a little awkward asking Brendon for a picture of me and Alex together with him.  I was getting my nerve up to ask, but when he saw us he grinned and made a noise and went flying through the air Tigger style to throw his arms around me and huggy-sway me side to side. We babbled over one another.  He said he’d seen us right up front as I said it was such a good show, and we were laughing with happiness.

Then he hugged Alex. I wanted to cry, because Alex is the reason I love Panic! As Brendon was letting go of Alex, I said, “Brendon, I just want to tell you that Alex is one of my best friends now, but we met because of your band, and I flew out from New York to see you with him.” Brendon was very excited about that, and then he thanked Alex again for the NO HOMO(PHOBIA) shirt and congratulated me about Marriage Equality in NY. I told him I was so happy, and really excited he was happy, and he went off a mile a minute talking about being so happy we finally have “some good, thinking people” and about being hopeful for the future of LGBTQ rights.  I could have cried. Oh my God, Brendon Urie. Being passionate about LGBTQ rights is the way to our hearts.

When we cuddled up for the picture I didn’t even mind that Brendon squished me down to be shorter than he is.

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Why are there so many PATD fans who have never listened to Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!? I am genuinely concerned.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

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Did you know that Panic did an interview for ShockHound in December of 2010? The interview features a bunch of different bands and artists. Here I have compiled the two questions that Panic had answered, if you want to watch the rest of the interview, I will link it here

Thank you to the other members of the archive team for helping me find this video.

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part of me has been hoping that he'll go on some small lounge jazz tour in like 2027 as just Brendon Urie, so last night's performance was everything 🥹

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I just woke up.

[Whilst from Alyssa yung on TikTok, this particular video was nabbed from crickets_in_my_clothing on IG]

So, this was at the "I Love LA" Eaton Fire Relief benefit, with all proceeds going towards the Sweet Relief Musicians fund. The whole thing was co-produced by Mike Viola, they kept Brendon's name off their social media post, so there answers any question about why no one knew about it.

You can tell that this was a Mike Viola line-up, look at John C Reilly being up there (those who know, you know why).

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2025 really is that year for this fandom. At this point, Vine's also coming back.

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Panic! At The Disco's 2011 halloween show in Washington DC

Source + more photos

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pete wentz playing with panic! at the disco on 1 september 2011 in central park nyc

+ tons of other awesome pictures from this event here !!

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Knowing Brendon is a big Kendrick Lamar fan and a big Beyonce fan, he was probably having a blast watching the Grammys last night.