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I'm going to keep this short and to the (lack of) point. It's been a long weekend for everyone, I'm sure, with we here at Resonator Mag being our typically unproductive selves, and when I was batting this song around with Hacks on AIM yesterday he kinda sorta said all that needs to be said.
Both Hacks and myself have always been fans of My Chemical Romance since before they blew up. While he less than threes the songs about vampires (who, btw, will never hurt you) and the more cracked-out Gerard Way from the first album, I fucking adore the Gothic Rock-Opera that is Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
They have a new album due out. The Black Parade.
First single?
My Chemical Romance: Welcome To The Black Parage
(DO NOT LEECH THIS FUCKING MP3. WE LIKE YOU KIDS, WE DO, BUT DO NOT HOTLINK TO THIS TO BE YOUR STUPID XANGA PAGE BACKGROUND MUSIC. GET A FUCKING SERVER, PLSKTHX! :) :) <3)
It's the first track from what is their self-described "dark, emotional musical" (see, TOLD YOU!) about death. Gerard's said the album's recording process was "so dark" that they had to "reform as another band", hence the black parade.
(Or...something like that. If you want the full-on facts and actual quotes and probably less misinformation and to drool over your gothster pinup boys, you can see all that stuff at the black parade website.)
Hacks called "Welcome to The Black Parade" for what it is- a gothic-emotive Queen. That's pretty much spot on, but it certainly isn't NEW to them. It has ALWAYS been their sound and modus operandi. It's like saying Sufjan or Rufus suddenly got a -little- flamboyant. I mean, in TWO minutes "Helena" was one of the crawl-around-on-the-floor-til-your-makeu
SO WHY DO KIDS TAKE THEM SO SERIOUSLY?
See, what I've never understood about anyone who listens to My Chem, is how they end up missing the jumps in what the band is, at its' core. Sure, they say they are "music to save your life", but so do Angels and Airwaves, and, well, you know how highly we think of them... .
My Chem doesn't suck, at all. In fact, they're a fucking awesome, theatric, in-your-face bunch of kids. Bringing Frank-n-Furter back, if you will. At their core is....well,here's a Resonator Mag photo equation to help you out:
( what my chemical romance is REALLY made of )
So, what do you think? I mean, you can't deny you liked "Helena", even if it was your FIRST exposure to My Chem. This new stuff-like it, love it, want more of it, too Rufus Wainwright, what? I fucking adore it, but then I also keep the Rent soundtrack in my car for morning commutes.
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Pre-order Black Parade
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chemicalromance the BEST lj my chem comm. That is, once you get past the bat-costumed fankids who think that every time mikey way sneezes it has great importance....i mean, they make injured band members crayola-colored get well cards, for god's sake....ok, fine, they're really akin to tori amos fans, but w/ darker clothing. it's still a good community.
Resonator Mag: OH MY GOTH
be our friend and we'll cry together
Both Hacks and myself have always been fans of My Chemical Romance since before they blew up. While he less than threes the songs about vampires (who, btw, will never hurt you) and the more cracked-out Gerard Way from the first album, I fucking adore the Gothic Rock-Opera that is Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
They have a new album due out. The Black Parade.
First single?
My Chemical Romance: Welcome To The Black Parage
(DO NOT LEECH THIS FUCKING MP3. WE LIKE YOU KIDS, WE DO, BUT DO NOT HOTLINK TO THIS TO BE YOUR STUPID XANGA PAGE BACKGROUND MUSIC. GET A FUCKING SERVER, PLSKTHX! :) :) <3)
It's the first track from what is their self-described "dark, emotional musical" (see, TOLD YOU!) about death. Gerard's said the album's recording process was "so dark" that they had to "reform as another band", hence the black parade.
(Or...something like that. If you want the full-on facts and actual quotes and probably less misinformation and to drool over your gothster pinup boys, you can see all that stuff at the black parade website.)
Hacks called "Welcome to The Black Parade" for what it is- a gothic-emotive Queen. That's pretty much spot on, but it certainly isn't NEW to them. It has ALWAYS been their sound and modus operandi. It's like saying Sufjan or Rufus suddenly got a -little- flamboyant. I mean, in TWO minutes "Helena" was one of the crawl-around-on-the-floor-til-your-makeu
SO WHY DO KIDS TAKE THEM SO SERIOUSLY?
See, what I've never understood about anyone who listens to My Chem, is how they end up missing the jumps in what the band is, at its' core. Sure, they say they are "music to save your life", but so do Angels and Airwaves, and, well, you know how highly we think of them... .
My Chem doesn't suck, at all. In fact, they're a fucking awesome, theatric, in-your-face bunch of kids. Bringing Frank-n-Furter back, if you will. At their core is....well,here's a Resonator Mag photo equation to help you out:
( what my chemical romance is REALLY made of )
So, what do you think? I mean, you can't deny you liked "Helena", even if it was your FIRST exposure to My Chem. This new stuff-like it, love it, want more of it, too Rufus Wainwright, what? I fucking adore it, but then I also keep the Rent soundtrack in my car for morning commutes.
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Pre-order Black Parade
chemicalromance the BEST lj my chem comm. That is, once you get past the bat-costumed fankids who think that every time mikey way sneezes it has great importance....i mean, they make injured band members crayola-colored get well cards, for god's sake....ok, fine, they're really akin to tori amos fans, but w/ darker clothing. it's still a good community. Resonator Mag: OH MY GOTH
be our friend and we'll cry together