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Fall Out Boy Destroyed The 'Ghostbusters' Theme Song In 3 Minutes
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 23, 2016
Modified Jun 23, 2016
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The new Ghosbusters theme song has been dumped onto the world like a tub of slime, featuring the screeching vocals of whoever the lead singer of Fall Out Boy is. (Adam Levine's little emo brother? Fake Trent Reznor?). The 3-minute insult to Ray Parker Jr.'s classic was released today, and even Missy Elliott—who was sadly dragged into this mess—could not save it. We have now typed more words than it even deserves...
Can Huey Lewis sue Fall Out Boy for this theme song, too? We'll get in on that class action.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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