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Several songs by the band Panic! at the Disco were influenced by novels by Palahniuk:
* The title of "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage" is taken from a line in Survivor.[21]
* The title of "Build God, Then We'll Talk" is taken from a line in Choke.[22]
* The song "Time to Dance" seems to be based on Invisible Monsters. Several lyrics in the song, including "When I say shotgun, you say wedding," and "Give me envy, give me malice, give me your attention," and "Boys will be boys / Hiding in estrogen and wearing Aubergine dreams" are direct or indirect references to events in the novel.[23]
* The song "London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines" refers to one of Palahniuk's commonly used terms in his novel Diary, in which he says "Just for the record, the weather today is..." to describe a mood or emotion. The Panic! at the Disco song uses similar phrasing, i.e. "Just for the record / the weather today / is slightly sarcastic / with a good chance of / a) indifference and / b) disinterest / in what the critics say."
* The title of "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage" is taken from a line in Survivor.[21]
* The title of "Build God, Then We'll Talk" is taken from a line in Choke.[22]
* The song "Time to Dance" seems to be based on Invisible Monsters. Several lyrics in the song, including "When I say shotgun, you say wedding," and "Give me envy, give me malice, give me your attention," and "Boys will be boys / Hiding in estrogen and wearing Aubergine dreams" are direct or indirect references to events in the novel.[23]
* The song "London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines" refers to one of Palahniuk's commonly used terms in his novel Diary, in which he says "Just for the record, the weather today is..." to describe a mood or emotion. The Panic! at the Disco song uses similar phrasing, i.e. "Just for the record / the weather today / is slightly sarcastic / with a good chance of / a) indifference and / b) disinterest / in what the critics say."
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