Song: "Slowdance On The Inside"
Artist: Taking Back Sunday
Album: "Where You Want To Be"
Year: 2004
Place Of Origin: Long Island, New York
Years Active: 1999 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
There are two possibilities of what I think that "Slowdance On The Inside" could be about. And both involve drama between band members involving a girl. One possibility is the song is aimed at guitarist John Nolan, who left Taking Back Sunday after a rocky relationship between his sister and TBS frontman Adam Lazzara. The other possibility is a shot against Taking Back Sunday founder and current frontman of Brand New, Jesse Lacey. Insults hurled between these two bands is nothing new. The backstory is that Nolan was caught making out with Lacey's then girlfriend. This prompted Lacey to leave the band, form Brand New and write a song called "Seventy Times 7", directed at Nolan. Taking Back Sunday fired back with "There's No 'I' In Team" directed at Lacey. Perhaps Lazzara joined in on the emo feud with "Slowdance On The Inside", which, right off the bat, references key lyrics from Brand New's "Soco Amaretto Lime". Ahh these silly emo kids!!
TAKING BACK SUNDAY DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2002 - Tell All Your Friends (Victory Records)
2004 - Where You Want To Be (Victory Records)
2006 - Louder Now (Warner Bros. Records)
2007 - The Louder Now: Part Two (Warner Bros. Records)
2009 - New Again (Warner Bros. Records)
2010 - Live From Orensanz (Warner Bros. Records)
2011 - Taking Back Sunday (Warner Bros. Records)
2013 - TAYF10 Acoustic (Sorry Records)
2014 - Happiness Is (Hopeless Records)
2016 - Tidal Wave (Hopeless Records)
CURRENT STATUS OF TAKING BACK SUNDAY:
Taking Back Sunday formed as a band back in 1999, founded by guitarists Eddie Reyes and Jesse Lacey. John Nolan soon joined the band on guitar shifting Lacey to bass. Lacey would leave the band soon after due to incident with Nolan that I referred to previously. Adam Lazzara was originally brought in to take over bass duties but eventually would become the lead singer. The band dropped an EP which caught the ear of Victory Records who signed the band and would release their first two albums. "Tell All You Friends" dropped in 2002 as Taking Back Sunday got their musical feet wet. Eventually this album would sell over a million units worldwide. Making the album and constant touring proved to be too much for guitarist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper as they left the band and would go on to form Straylight Run. Enter guitarist Fred Mascherino and bassist Matt Rubano. With a new line-up, Taking Back Sunday dropped their next album, "Where You Want To Be". This album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 charts and the singles "A Decade Under The Influence" and "This Photograph Is Proof" made Taking Back Sunday a band on the rise. 2006's "Louder Now" debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 charts and is still the bands most successful record. "MakeDamnSure" would pretty much become the band's signature song and the band's first three albums would all be certified gold. Fred Mascherino would leave the band after this release. 2009 saw the band release "New Again" and for the band's 2011 self-titled release, the "Tell All Your Friends" line-up would be reunited as John Nolan and Shaun Cooper rejoined the band. "Taking Back Sunday" would be the last album released through major label Warner Bros., who signed the band back in 2006. The band decided to go on a 10 year anniversary tour in support of "Tell All Your Friends" and released a live acoustic album called "TAYF10 Acoustic" as well to pay homage to their debut album. By 2014, the band would sign with famed punk/emo label Hopeless Records and drop "Happiness Is". The band's most recent release was 2016's "Tidal Wave", also through Hopeless Records. In 2018, original member and founder Eddie Reyes would leave the band in order to deal with his alcohol struggles. Taking Back Sunday could be considered pop punk, definitely emo or melodic pop rock. From 2002 to 2007, they were a band that seemed to be on the rise but by 2009, record sales began to decline big time. Again, a lot of this could be due to the way people consume music now. Album sales and cd sales aren't what they used to be. And there are so many ways to get songs on the internet, whether digitally or through streaming, that it's easy not to pay anything for music today. I look at Taking Back Sunday as a definite leader of it's genre. For a really good treat, check out their live acoustic album "Live From Orensanz" which is a stripped down masterpiece of an album in my mind. If you are into bands like The Starting Line, Armor For Sleep, The Early November, The Used or Bayside, then you would most likely enjoy the music of Taking Back Sunday so check em out if you haven't already!
TEN TAKING BACK SUNDAY SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team)
2. A Decade Under The Influence
3. MakeDamnSure
4. This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)
5. Liar (It Takes One To Know One)
6. Flicker, Fade
7. You're So Last Summer
8. Faith (When I Let You Down)
9. Tidal Wave
10. Sink Into Me
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