I agree! How visually presented this video is is just amazing!! The content it also good, technical and specific, so that's nice as well. Now, THIS is what you call a well-done video essay.
It's weird how there's been an influx in videos about My Chemical Romance recently. It's satisfying to see them finally getting serious recognition. Not that they didn't have it before, but I feel that time has proved them to be far more than just an "angsty emo band". Great video.
I'm really happy about it too. I think to some degree it might have something to do with Umbrella Academy coming out and Gerard's name getting out there again to a new audience
I listened to "Cancer" and "Famous Last Words" over and over again in the hospital when I was sick with leukemia. The album helped me overcome my fear of death, but you realize that the worst part about cancer is leaving your loved ones behind and what it does to them. "I am not afraid to keep on living" -- that line really resonated with me. I wasn't ready to give up just yet and I wanted to fight. Out of everything, music helped me a lot when I was sick. The Black Parade came out when I was in middle school, but it means more to me now than it ever did. The Black Parade was MCR's magnum opus.
My mother liked to listen to 'Cancer' as well, and I suspect for the same reasons. It was an odd juxtaposition of a 40 year old woman listening to an emo rock song. But that just proves the power the band has. When you can transcend stereotypes and get people listening to your music who wouldn't usually do so, you've made something special
I agree, I hate it when this album is just passed off as another 'emo record' and the artstry, concept and the conciseness of the bands work is overlooked
I always thought blood's "fun" vibe was a throwback to dead's lyrics "if life ain't just a joke then why are we laughing ?", which was pretty meta considering that the whole album was about death and the last song looks like just a joke
I listened to this album so many goddamn times that I probably still know every lyric, every note, every beat. But even beyond its initial hype, this is still a very, very good album that was extremely ambitious.
Me: finishes a song about gangs, drugs, and murder *Black parade comes on* Me: ah this emo stuff, I’m not in the mood for it Me Literally after the g note: WHEN I WAS
I am always amazed by how at the end of these videos about bands I don't really know much beforehand, I have learned a lot, yet I still have a lot of content to listen to and do my own "analysis" on it and get interested in. Great video as always!
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is my favorite MCR album and one of my favorite albums of all time really, but all of their albums are *SO* good! I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love and Danger Days are also such great albums, and it's very interesting to witness the progression of where the band was emotionally and stylistically from album to album with each album seeming actually more optimistic and triumphant than the last. Man, I could talk for days about MCR, and I've only been a fan for a few months.
Igor Ramon MCR was the start of the post Blink 182 post Green Day Rock Music. They’ve inspired people like Lil Peep and most of emo rap. And as they’re albums are turning 10+ a lot of people are revisiting and seeing they weren’t just whiny teenagers. Black Parade is the magnum opus of the band much like Queen and bohemian rhapsody
I dig the ideas here, but I wince any time someone says "emo" while talking about MCR. They may have inspired "emo" artists or kids that identified with that label, but the band always actively rejected that label when it came to their music & artistry. You can call it nitpicking and that's fine, but I think it's a miscategorization. To me, they were a theatrical horror/alternative rock band; heavily story-driven and conceptual.
Fort Yort MCR is my absolute favorite band. Their actual genre is mostly hard rock, but for most “emo” bands, the label “emo” is more about the culture. And MCR is definitely a cornerstone in that culture.
@@natemattern2260 I can respect that stance! I think the argument is generally just semantics when it comes to fans. However I also definitely believe that a lot of non-fans/people unfamiliar with MCR's work use "emo" as a reductive term, and I think that's where some of my rejection of that label comes from.
Fort Yort I absolutely agree that “emo” is often misused to be diminutive to emotionally-based bands, regardless of whether they fit the culture or not. It’s not meant to be a diminishing term and should not be used as such.
It's not their fault they appealed to that crowd, same with hitler appealing to Germans, the Germans saw something in him and they dug it, amd that may or may not be a good comparison, but they had to see something in it for the s*it to go that way.
I'd say that most emo bands reject the term, and even that it's pretty common for artists to reject the genres they're categorized in. Rites of Spring didn't consider themselves emo either despite essentially inventing the genre, and especially MCRs first albums aren't that dissimilar imo.
My Chemical Romance is so, so much more than what people think it is. Most people just look at it and see a typical emo band, with half-assed vocals and going to screams whenever they couldn’t think of any original ideas for their music. When in reality, My Chemical Romance made emotional masterpieces that not only meant something to the listener, but it meant something to them. MCR formed in late September, 2001, after lead vocalist Gerard Way witnessed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center first hand in New York City. Even though this occurrence stung the eyes of America, it in turn opened his-making him realize that he needed to do something with his life. He needed to make something of himself, rather than staying in a low paying job, stuck in a cubicle animating for Cartoon Network. It gave him an idea. He returned home to write his first ever song, now known as Skylines and Turnstiles. And with that, Way returned to the thing he loved ever so much in childhood; music. Later, Way called up an old friend. ‘What are you doing with your life? Are you happy? Do you maybe want to.. start a band?’ he asked Matthew Pelissier. Matt answered with a ‘yes’, and Way returned to his childhood town of Belleville, New Jersey. As Pelissier took on the role of drummer in his and Way’s unnamed band, Way decided that he was going to do vocals and guitar. Only a little while later, did Way realize that he wan’t a good enough guitarist to sing and play. So he made another call to his old friend Raymond Toro, someone who he has said is the best guitarist he knows. At the time, Toro was in his own band-playing the drums. Way questioned why, as Toro’s true talent was the guitar. Toro answered that he was just trying to make a living, but he said he’d give this new band a shot-even though he was skeptic that anyone would be interested in the unnamed band. The newborn band playing one original song and cover of their favorites, took the interest of another young man, who was only 21 at the time-Micheal Way. Gerard’s younger brother Mikey had played bass with him before in a very short lived band of their teenage hood, Ray Gun Jones, and Mikey was interested in joining this new one. Mikey joined, playing a white, sparkly bass. The band had wrote a few more songs, only to remember that they had no name for themselves. Mikey, who was working at a local Barnes and Noble at the time, walked around the store with some friends. His eye was drawn to an Irvine Welsh novel-Ecstasy. He picked up the novel and looked at the peculiar cover, and noticed something of interest. _Ecstasy, four tales of Chemical Romance_ Mikey thought it was perfect, and was quite shocked that no one had thought of naming a band Chemical Romance. When Mikey came home, he told Gerard about the name and Gerard loved it. Chemical Romance performed a show in a cramped basement of a few teens who liked the band’s hard rock feel. A homeless man sat in the corner of the ‘concert’, recording the whole show on a busted up recorder. Chemical Romance were interested in recording an album, though they didn’t have enough songs just yet. They recorded rough demo versions of ‘Skylines and Turnstiles’ and ‘Cubicles’ before revisiting their name. Mikey added the ‘my’ to My Chemical Romance, as the songs they wrote were in the first person, telling a story of a man’s horrible romance. My Chemical Romance played at a bar after a small band called Pencey Prep. Gerard was drawn to the lead singer of the band, who sang and played guitar. The young man was spastic and filled with death-defying energy. He tore up the stage and lit up the crowd in a way that Gerard had never seen before. After the show, the boy came to tell them how much he loved the band, saying that he knew they’d go far out of Jersey. The band found that the young man’s name was Frank Iero, and then after became the band’s first diehard fan. Gerard handed off the demo recording of their songs, and Iero would listen to them every time before a show to get himself hyped up. A little time later, with eleven songs and an instrumental, My Chemical Romance signed to the small record label-Eyeball Records-to record their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. After recording their first song, a familiar face broke up his own band and joined theirs-Frank Iero. Bullets was released on July 23rd, 2002, and gained the band a small but cult following. Two years later, on June 8th, 2004, My Chemical Romance went on to release their second album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. With the departure of Matt Pelissier in 2004, a new young drummer came to work with the band to start playing at shows with them, Robert Bryar. He was a shy kid from Chicago, who showed an incredible talent for the drums-a talents that was noticed by MCR. Him, being a fan of the band, joined nearly immediately, but he wasn’t prepared for what was going to happen next. Revenge went on to sell double the records in one summer than Bullets had in two years. Revenge became an incredible success, and gained the band a following that they had never dreamed of getting. Their faces graced major magazines and talk shows, discussing their hit singles such as ‘Helena’ and ‘I’m Not Okay (I Promise)’. MCR produced two professionally directed and choreographed music videos for said songs that year, contrasting their previous music videos, which starred friends and local ‘actors’, cheap cameras and editing, and home made props. The following year, MCR released a heartbreaking music video for their song ‘Ghost of You’, which greatly contrasted their first music videos-having a budget of one million dollars. And in 2006, My Chemical Romance went on to release the album that got them platinum success-on October 23rd, 2006, The Black Parade was unleashed unto the world. The band’s opus was talked about by old fans, new fans, critics, haters, and people who didn’t even listen to them. But most importantly, they had reached all the outcasts, the weirdos, the freaks-the people who thought that they weren’t good enough for society-the people just like the members in the band. My Chemical Romance had achieved what they set out for. They were done. Gerard wondered about the future. In the beginning of recording The Black Parade, he had been homeless. Now, he was rich. He was angry about it. He thought that this wasn’t what he wanted. He wanted to make a difference, but he didn’t want everyone to know his name. The fame he wanted wasn’t what he got. It was better. He didn’t understand. How could it be that only 5 years ago, he was no one? Just a kid in the shadows. But now-he could see his face everywhere. The face he hated. He didn’t want to go on-he didn’t need to. He dealt like it was destroying what he had done. And yet, he did it anyway. My Chemical Romance released their fourth album, Danger Days (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) on November 22nd, 2010. Now only four members, after Bob had left the band, it felt... empty. Gerard felt like he had done something wrong, and with that, he relapsed into alcohol-after being six straight years sober. But things were different now. People knew who he was. It didn’t water back in 2004, Gerard was just the crazy lead singer of My Chem. But now, he was Gerard Way, lead vocalist of My Chemical Romance, the band that saved the modern era. Now, he was a father. He couldn’t live with himself, doing the same thing over, and over, and over again. Thinking that things will be different even though it was the same damn thing. And as he looked into the eyes of his four-year-old daughter, he felt clarity. He went to rehab, he started taking his medication again, and he stopped starving himself. He didn’t have to to be someone for the world, he had to be himself. And he had to be a father. On March 22nd, 2013, Gerard let the world know that the physical force of My Chemical Romance was no more, but the light would never truly go out. For twelve years, the light burned within the hearts of five men, which lit a spark in the hearts of so many more. My Chemical Romance can never truly be put out, it burns bright in the world and in everyone, because it isn’t a band-it’s an idea. (edit, 3 years later) hi, i completely forgot i wrote it, and it’s pretty cringe 😭😭 but i like that some of you guys enjoyed it. i’ve been a fan of mcr for 8 years now, and this was written before i had attempted to take my own life. i have a completely different appreciation for them now, as i truly believe they saved me while i was recovering. i’m only 16 so i was 13 when i wrote this, and it kind of shows. but i wanted to add this here to those who’ve read all of this to say i’m still a huge mcr fan. some information may be a little incorrect, but i’ve decided to keep it like this. a perfect capsule frozen in time. i was going to see them at riot fest, but they fucked our tickets and said we had to get new ones-my mom was not going to pay for more of those expensive fucking tickets (especially because my entire family was originally going, and my mom wasn’t gonna get tickets for my dad again, because… divorce). kudos to you guys who actually read through the entire thing, i’m sure you guys have a big enough hyperfixation on the band to read through the thing that took me barely any effort to write. stay safe, love you guys, and sorry for only using he/him pronouns for gerard, this was before i knew that they preferred he/they).
Not to sound like a hipster but when this album came out I was the only one of my friends who realized how amazing and important it was. I know a lot of people who didnt really like it that much because it wasn't like Three Cheers.
Three Cheers is my favorite, but each MCR album is so different that it's hard to compare them, kind of like... well, pretty much any band that's worth while
I always imagined “Blood” being years later when the doctor that failed the patient has died. In this time the patient has climbed the ranks of hell and is taking a sort of amusement in the doctor and he trading the roles of power and education, against helpless and terrified. “I gave you blood.” Always sounded to me like a mockery of the doctors tone in “Dead” Even in the albums long silence in “Blood” sort of lends to the years passing, the victim has grown in his knowledge of hell and gained power, then the terrified doctor that failed to save him appears and the roles have reversed. The patient and the doctor in the same pit, regardless of how life was lived.
He might do early releases for patreons, I know a lot of other channels do that. So if you pay them a certain amount per month, that will be one of the perks you get- they release the video a day or two early to you. Or there might be additional videos (usually streams of them editing or something), for art channels they might release a few tutorials for patrons early, and whatnot. It’s a decent system, because it’s rare for TH-cam creators to get much advertising money. Patroon is usually the only way they manage to make enough money to make videos at all.
This whole album has several feels moments but good God Cancer is just heartbreaking and genuinely depressing but damn do I ever love it. Also Disenchanted always gives me chills
As someone who only knows a little bit of My Chemical Romance, I'm amazed at how much Mama is basically a more swing version of The Trial from Pink Floyd. Good stuff!
If anyone one here hasn't seen it, Wendigoon does a really good break down on the story hidden in the album. The songs are out of order chronologically
@@torysaccount5753isnt that the beauty of Art ? Intended or not, the fact that such a story/theory can be extracted from the Album speaks Volumes about MCR's craftsmanship. Wenigoons Interpretation is so good i also lean towards it
I genuinely think this album doesn't have a single song that disrupts the flow, doesn't fit the theme or just doesn't sound up to par with the others. Can't say that about any other album I know of, not even American Idiot which I'd consider to be one of my favorites. Not a single bad song, a true feat. MCR's masterpiece.
This video is god. But foreal tho, thank you. The connection to In the Flesh is really hitting me hard right now and I cant wait to relisten to this album while I work today!! So many memories, such great music. Truly phenomenal. Thanks for this, it helps to be able to share a video appealing to such widespread interests, and real life, and always looking for something to relate to, to feel to.. anyway, sorry for the ramble... Peace!!
I always felt a strong reference to the darker songs of the album. (Empty Spaces, Mother, Thin Ice, The Trial, and Outside the Wall). But the more fun songs remind me of the wierder songs. (Bring the Boys Back Home, The Show Must Go On, and One of My Turns)
THANK YOU! People see mcr as just an "emo angsty band" but they are so muc more. You say the perfect points about that in this video, talking about old lovers and death seems so "emo" but they way mcr makes puts it into context of the song and album is not emo. Yoh bring up the lost lover and talk about how heart breaking it is and never say one thing bad about them or called them edgy or angsty. So once again thank you for the amazing video
Please please do a video on my favourite album of all time Pretty. Odd. By Panic! At the Disco They band literally changed genres from emo-punk to psychedelic rock and it was so risky, other bands who do so are usually at the end of careers or have a few solid albums behind them but Panic! had only one album and many fans at the time were confused and angry about their genre change but now many see it as a masterpiece and yet it’s still ignored by many fans. Also it caused the breakup of the band. “Pretty. Odd. The album that risked it all and destroyed a band” I’d love for more people to gain an appreciation for its masterful use of genres and it’s poetic lyrics by the lead guitarist Ryan Ross and how the song writing kinda dwindled after he left the band.
I knew from the very start lmao. If my dad hadn’t wanted to watch the show with me, I’d have finished the whole first season in a day. (Happened to me with the first season of Riverdale)
And there are songs released from the Netflix adaptation, and I heard 1. I loved it tho, if want to have a listen, it's hazy shade of winter, by Gerard Way ft. Ray Toro.
Black Parade was a real treat, because of how much I love The Wall, and Night at the Opera. And every song truly rocks. But to me, My Chem’s greatest work was Three Cheers. Bullets was also amazing, but it’s real dark headspace music, and a bit anxiety inducing, a bit of taking the last of your medication vibes. But Three Cheers really masterfully synced up their morbid vampire sound with foot stomping excitement.
My chemical romance released The Black Parade in 2006. I was born in 2006. I am now 15 and I have just discovered this absolutely amazing band. This album resonates so deeply with my because for a while, I was horrified at the prospect of death. I still am. I am a Christian, so I believe there is somewhere everyone goes, but the idea that there might only be one place is something I ran into a lot when I was 13. I realized that I don't need to be scared of death, and just need to focus on living for myself. Partially because of this album. Its just all around a good album and whether or not you know what the songs are meant to mean, when you listen to famous last words or Dead!, you should feel something inside of you. I know I've felt it. I just hope you have too
I will never forget the first time I saw the video for Welcome to the Black Parade on MTV, and it was a moment where time just kinda froze. I was watching it with the bass player of my then band and we were still very influenced by skatepunk and early 2000s alt rock and we were both left dumbfounded. I really felt a paradigm shift there!
I'm a teenager, so I'm not quite on the same boat of listening to these songs days after they came out like a lot of other people. I started listening to MCR in elementary school. It really got me through a lot. From depression to the death of a good friend, music, especially the kind they made, was what got me past it. They tackled death in ways nobody had ever taught me before. MCR and Green Day really introduced me to my political views as well, especially American Idiot. It's not just the edgy scene kid music people thought it was (and even if it was, why make fun of someone's style?), it really helped people.
Any thoughts on In Rainbows? An album that you'd expect to be heavily copied, similar to early Radiohead, but so far there really haven't been any other albums like it
That would be amazing. It's my favourite Radiohead album and one of my favourites in general. It also would arguably be more interesting than yet another thinkpiece on Ok Computer.
Since it came out and I became an MCR fan, I knew this album would be timeless, despite the emo movement dying not long after that. It was because it dealt not only with love, but with death, something we all are going to face. As older we get, we'll lose loved ones, and as they fall, the album and its ideas will resonate in our heads, leading us to revisit that album and reading the lyrics in a different way. Most of the people who experienced the album, now we are in our late 20's-early 30's, so with a different vision in life, we might get the lyrics differently. God, how I love that album
I was born in 1967 and musician since 1981. My daughter made me discover MCR and I must admit it's undeniably one of the greatest bands of the last six decades. So underrated compared to their talent. There is energy, invention and many other good things in their work. All the songs I've heard so far are fantastic.
you really picked some choice lyrics. some that made me break into tears from just a half a second or so, like “you should’ve raised a baby girl, i could have been a better son.” such an emotional album
*finishes watching video* *starts crying* Ive also realized ive been listening to mcr since I was 4yrs old bc my dad used to listen to we had the CD and my brother would play it and we would jam to it I've grown up listening to mcr then started to also like fob TØP and my fav p!atd they all have helped me through some tuff times
I clicked "like" before watching, you always bring top quality. I was in high school when the parade came so i can relate, even though i wasn't an emo kid at all but the infuence was huge. "Sleep" is my fav BTW
I don’t care, MCR will always be highly under appreciated in my opinion. Their music is so good with many layers but people see emo and are immediately turned off. They will always be my favorite band, they helped me through so much from school problems to family problems. I’m glad I was raised by such an amazing group that made me who I am today.
This was actually emotional to watch, I have listen to the black parade album 1000 times. Never done any research, i just enjoyed the hell out of it. Now while watching this song by song, so many pieces falls in place and creates a clearer big picture. It´s art. Beautiful. Thank you for the video!
It all makes sense. I thought they were just simple songs for entertainment, but now they have major meaning behind them. I used to listen to these songs and it never clicked to me that they were all related. Great video thank you
Could also do a similar analysis to this video of Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino, and how it portrays the story of a fading Rockstar living out his twilight on the moon?
Where my mcrmy at?? MCR is my favorite band of all time,I can't believe it been almost 13 years since it was released, thank u some much for this video!!!
Wow!! I'm so glad that you brought up the Pink Floyd parallels. When my college roommate had me listen to this album back in 2013, the first thing I said was, "Wow! The intro really reminds me of 'In the Flesh?'!!!!" I feel super validated now. In any case, thank you for publishing this incredible deep dive for one of my favorite albums ever
Back in high school and to this day The Black Parade has been a prominent figure in my musical taste. There are many albums that get a visceral reaction out of me, but this is one of only a few to have sentiment this strong attached to it. Thank you for making this video, it was a trip. I get that not everyone can relate to the themes or musical stylings here, but it means a lot to some people, as you pointed out in the video. Glad MCR is carrying on so well even years after they've gone.
Oddly enough, when I was a teen, I enjoyed MCR but they weren't my favorite by any means, even though I'd been listening since 2003. But the older I get, the more I enjoy them. Also, the more I listen, the more I believe *Danger Days* is their best work. It's just as cohesive of a concept album as TBP, but it trades over-the-top production values for a more raw, focused portrayal of the band. _Destroya, Summertime, S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W, Kids from Yesterday, The Only Hope for Me Is You,_ and _Vampire Money_ are some of the highlights of their entire discography. TBP is still a perfect album. But I feel like MCR only got better with their next release.
I think it's hard to say that - as an album at least - that DD is stronger than TBP? In the latter, every song has a point to make that ties in to a central theme, while DD kinda falls a little off on that regard. That's not taking anything away from DD though, I think it has stellar tracks that saw them 'experimenting' a little like 'planetary (go)', or atmospheric and emotional numbers like 'summertime' and 'the only hope for me is you' haha. Also i can totally relate with appreciating them the older i get 😂
I can whole heartedly agree with a lot of this. But the albums are so different that its hard to say one trumps the other. I do think that DD is a phenomenal record and that its easily just as good as BP.
I'm sure they'd please a lot of people, and if they returned I'd be all for that. However, in my opinion, I don't really want them to return. They made their marks in all of the right places, and may or may not live up to that again. Not saying they can't though. Not to mention how happy they are with their personal lives now. I'd personally prefer some reunion touring if anything at all.
I remember back when this came out. My dad had recently introduced me to Rush's 2112 and I remember comparing the majesty of that album to all the Nickleback, Seether, and 3 Days Grace on the radio at the time. MCR was the only thing that came close to the kind of ambition present in 2112. Welcome to the Black Parade was a piece of pure inspiration and energy. Perhaps the last truly great rock anthem.
holy shit dude, i know im replying so late but my experience is so similar to yours! rush is my favorite band of all time, and my girlfriend is the one who introduced me to mcr and i love their music now. i 100% agree with the comparison to 2112. 2112 is my favorite album of all time, and my girlfriend just bought it for me recently on vinyl for my first record!
The scrawled notebook design for a video on MCR is a stroke of pure genius.
Good to see that you enjoy MCR. I really love your channel by the way ;)
I agree! How visually presented this video is is just amazing!! The content it also good, technical and specific, so that's nice as well. Now, THIS is what you call a well-done video essay.
I love the font so much
Wait you mean this wasn't an MCR thing first? Damn it fit so well i just assumed...
Why are y'all talking about my school notebooks
- The Black Parade: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band but emo.
- Danger Days: Mad Max but gay.
Yup
I mean Mad Max is pretty gay to begin with, to be fair
Jack Blakeslee not a gram
@@danzrt have you seen The Road Warrior?
Can’t argue
It's weird how there's been an influx in videos about My Chemical Romance recently. It's satisfying to see them finally getting serious recognition. Not that they didn't have it before, but I feel that time has proved them to be far more than just an "angsty emo band". Great video.
Hannah 777 yeah my thoughts exactly! we need more video essays about how good mcr actually were
It's the 2019 effect. (If you know what I mean ;) )
Humma Irshad *KILLJOYS MAKE SOME NOOOOOOOOIIIIISSSEEE*
Me: _just casually making some inhuman pterodactyl noises_
💀💀💀💀💀
I'm really happy about it too. I think to some degree it might have something to do with Umbrella Academy coming out and Gerard's name getting out there again to a new audience
Yeah. Their fanbase really ruined their reputation.
I listened to "Cancer" and "Famous Last Words" over and over again in the hospital when I was sick with leukemia. The album helped me overcome my fear of death, but you realize that the worst part about cancer is leaving your loved ones behind and what it does to them.
"I am not afraid to keep on living" -- that line really resonated with me. I wasn't ready to give up just yet and I wanted to fight.
Out of everything, music helped me a lot when I was sick.
The Black Parade came out when I was in middle school, but it means more to me now than it ever did. The Black Parade was MCR's magnum opus.
Must be really dusty here because something got into my eye
My mother liked to listen to 'Cancer' as well, and I suspect for the same reasons. It was an odd juxtaposition of a 40 year old woman listening to an emo rock song. But that just proves the power the band has. When you can transcend stereotypes and get people listening to your music who wouldn't usually do so, you've made something special
I'm happy you're here with us today!
WAHOO YAHOO wow.........
well you’re clearly not dead now so congrats on beating cancer
"If i could rearrange the alphabet I'd put MCR back together"
-anonymous MCR fan
Abe Perez I love this comment
This is beautiful
at least you gave credit and didn’t just steal it 🥵
Oof
:')
You've now officially done essays on my two favorite albums of all time.
Thank you for the amazing work and breakdowns!
I agree, I hate it when this album is just passed off as another 'emo record' and the artstry, concept and the conciseness of the bands work is overlooked
Whaddup Jon!?
Ayo ! It’s John!!!
OMG hi jon!!!
What’s the other one?
I always thought blood's "fun" vibe was a throwback to dead's lyrics "if life ain't just a joke then why are we laughing ?", which was pretty meta considering that the whole album was about death and the last song looks like just a joke
Anyone else get chills when black parade cane on. Immediately transported me back to highschool
I got chills when every single song came on. This video made me realize just how good not just the concept, but the music itself really is.
Took me back to 6th grade 😂 I heard it on the bus a few months after it came out
The amount of nostalgia man!
ElementalrxKX I’m actually listening to MCR now, as a teen, in 2020. Ironic, ey?
It made me sad
The art, the editing, the presentation, and content was absolutely astounding.
I am literally the least edgy person in existence and I love this album. glad to see more people feel this way.
Make an MCR Polyphonic poster and I’ll buy it.
Buy a poster board and draw it.
Get reked lmao
I mean I'd buy it too
Orbindo same
@@robertsmith5744 the cure!
I listened to this album so many goddamn times that I probably still know every lyric, every note, every beat. But even beyond its initial hype, this is still a very, very good album that was extremely ambitious.
Me: finishes a song about gangs, drugs, and murder
*Black parade comes on*
Me: ah this emo stuff, I’m not in the mood for it
Me Literally after the g note: WHEN I WAS
A YOUNG BOY
MY FATHER
are you sure mcr songs aren’t about gangs, drugs, and murder (glances at danger days)
TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
HE SAID SON WHEN
I am always amazed by how at the end of these videos about bands I don't really know much beforehand, I have learned a lot, yet I still have a lot of content to listen to and do my own "analysis" on it and get interested in.
Great video as always!
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is my favorite MCR album and one of my favorite albums of all time really, but all of their albums are *SO* good! I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love and Danger Days are also such great albums, and it's very interesting to witness the progression of where the band was emotionally and stylistically from album to album with each album seeming actually more optimistic and triumphant than the last. Man, I could talk for days about MCR, and I've only been a fan for a few months.
Igor Ramon MCR was the start of the post Blink 182 post Green Day Rock Music. They’ve inspired people like Lil Peep and most of emo rap. And as they’re albums are turning 10+ a lot of people are revisiting and seeing they weren’t just whiny teenagers. Black Parade is the magnum opus of the band much like Queen and bohemian rhapsody
I dig the ideas here, but I wince any time someone says "emo" while talking about MCR. They may have inspired "emo" artists or kids that identified with that label, but the band always actively rejected that label when it came to their music & artistry.
You can call it nitpicking and that's fine, but I think it's a miscategorization. To me, they were a theatrical horror/alternative rock band; heavily story-driven and conceptual.
Fort Yort MCR is my absolute favorite band. Their actual genre is mostly hard rock, but for most “emo” bands, the label “emo” is more about the culture. And MCR is definitely a cornerstone in that culture.
@@natemattern2260 I can respect that stance! I think the argument is generally just semantics when it comes to fans.
However I also definitely believe that a lot of non-fans/people unfamiliar with MCR's work use "emo" as a reductive term, and I think that's where some of my rejection of that label comes from.
Fort Yort I absolutely agree that “emo” is often misused to be diminutive to emotionally-based bands, regardless of whether they fit the culture or not. It’s not meant to be a diminishing term and should not be used as such.
It's not their fault they appealed to that crowd, same with hitler appealing to Germans, the Germans saw something in him and they dug it, amd that may or may not be a good comparison, but they had to see something in it for the s*it to go that way.
I'd say that most emo bands reject the term, and even that it's pretty common for artists to reject the genres they're categorized in. Rites of Spring didn't consider themselves emo either despite essentially inventing the genre, and especially MCRs first albums aren't that dissimilar imo.
I've been waiting for this since you did the Green Day one. Totally blown away. Keep doing it, bro. You're gem
I found the american idiot one 20 minutes ago i got lucky as fuck
Commented about this album in the Green Day one lol
I love green day and it’s sad how bands like them have just completely fallen off
@@ProMrLecoq01 Which is why MCR and SOAD should just stay broken up, they'll forever be remembered as great.
Lunar Scorpio soad?
My Chemical Romance is so, so much more than what people think it is. Most people just look at it and see a typical emo band, with half-assed vocals and going to screams whenever they couldn’t think of any original ideas for their music. When in reality, My Chemical Romance made emotional masterpieces that not only meant something to the listener, but it meant something to them. MCR formed in late September, 2001, after lead vocalist Gerard Way witnessed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center first hand in New York City. Even though this occurrence stung the eyes of America, it in turn opened his-making him realize that he needed to do something with his life. He needed to make something of himself, rather than staying in a low paying job, stuck in a cubicle animating for Cartoon Network.
It gave him an idea.
He returned home to write his first ever song, now known as Skylines and Turnstiles. And with that, Way returned to the thing he loved ever so much in childhood; music.
Later, Way called up an old friend. ‘What are you doing with your life? Are you happy? Do you maybe want to.. start a band?’ he asked Matthew Pelissier. Matt answered with a ‘yes’, and Way returned to his childhood town of Belleville, New Jersey. As Pelissier took on the role of drummer in his and Way’s unnamed band, Way decided that he was going to do vocals and guitar. Only a little while later, did Way realize that he wan’t a good enough guitarist to sing and play. So he made another call to his old friend Raymond Toro, someone who he has said is the best guitarist he knows. At the time, Toro was in his own band-playing the drums. Way questioned why, as Toro’s true talent was the guitar. Toro answered that he was just trying to make a living, but he said he’d give this new band a shot-even though he was skeptic that anyone would be interested in the unnamed band. The newborn band playing one original song and cover of their favorites, took the interest of another young man, who was only 21 at the time-Micheal Way. Gerard’s younger brother Mikey had played bass with him before in a very short lived band of their teenage hood, Ray Gun Jones, and Mikey was interested in joining this new one. Mikey joined, playing a white, sparkly bass.
The band had wrote a few more songs, only to remember that they had no name for themselves. Mikey, who was working at a local Barnes and Noble at the time, walked around the store with some friends. His eye was drawn to an Irvine Welsh novel-Ecstasy. He picked up the novel and looked at the peculiar cover, and noticed something of interest. _Ecstasy, four tales of Chemical Romance_ Mikey thought it was perfect, and was quite shocked that no one had thought of naming a band Chemical Romance. When Mikey came home, he told Gerard about the name and Gerard loved it. Chemical Romance performed a show in a cramped basement of a few teens who liked the band’s hard rock feel. A homeless man sat in the corner of the ‘concert’, recording the whole show on a busted up recorder. Chemical Romance were interested in recording an album, though they didn’t have enough songs just yet. They recorded rough demo versions of ‘Skylines and Turnstiles’ and ‘Cubicles’ before revisiting their name. Mikey added the ‘my’ to My Chemical Romance, as the songs they wrote were in the first person, telling a story of a man’s horrible romance.
My Chemical Romance played at a bar after a small band called Pencey Prep. Gerard was drawn to the lead singer of the band, who sang and played guitar. The young man was spastic and filled with death-defying energy. He tore up the stage and lit up the crowd in a way that Gerard had never seen before. After the show, the boy came to tell them how much he loved the band, saying that he knew they’d go far out of Jersey. The band found that the young man’s name was Frank Iero, and then after became the band’s first diehard fan. Gerard handed off the demo recording of their songs, and Iero would listen to them every time before a show to get himself hyped up. A little time later, with eleven songs and an instrumental, My Chemical Romance signed to the small record label-Eyeball Records-to record their debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.
After recording their first song, a familiar face broke up his own band and joined theirs-Frank Iero. Bullets was released on July 23rd, 2002, and gained the band a small but cult following. Two years later, on June 8th, 2004, My Chemical Romance went on to release their second album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. With the departure of Matt Pelissier in 2004, a new young drummer came to work with the band to start playing at shows with them, Robert Bryar. He was a shy kid from Chicago, who showed an incredible talent for the drums-a talents that was noticed by MCR. Him, being a fan of the band, joined nearly immediately, but he wasn’t prepared for what was going to happen next. Revenge went on to sell double the records in one summer than Bullets had in two years. Revenge became an incredible success, and gained the band a following that they had never dreamed of getting. Their faces graced major magazines and talk shows, discussing their hit singles such as ‘Helena’ and ‘I’m Not Okay (I Promise)’. MCR produced two professionally directed and choreographed music videos for said songs that year, contrasting their previous music videos, which starred friends and local ‘actors’, cheap cameras and editing, and home made props.
The following year, MCR released a heartbreaking music video for their song ‘Ghost of You’, which greatly contrasted their first music videos-having a budget of one million dollars. And in 2006, My Chemical Romance went on to release the album that got them platinum success-on October 23rd, 2006, The Black Parade was unleashed unto the world. The band’s opus was talked about by old fans, new fans, critics, haters, and people who didn’t even listen to them. But most importantly, they had reached all the outcasts, the weirdos, the freaks-the people who thought that they weren’t good enough for society-the people just like the members in the band. My Chemical Romance had achieved what they set out for. They were done.
Gerard wondered about the future. In the beginning of recording The Black Parade, he had been homeless. Now, he was rich. He was angry about it. He thought that this wasn’t what he wanted. He wanted to make a difference, but he didn’t want everyone to know his name. The fame he wanted wasn’t what he got. It was better. He didn’t understand. How could it be that only 5 years ago, he was no one? Just a kid in the shadows. But now-he could see his face everywhere. The face he hated. He didn’t want to go on-he didn’t need to. He dealt like it was destroying what he had done. And yet, he did it anyway.
My Chemical Romance released their fourth album, Danger Days (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) on November 22nd, 2010. Now only four members, after Bob had left the band, it felt... empty. Gerard felt like he had done something wrong, and with that, he relapsed into alcohol-after being six straight years sober. But things were different now. People knew who he was. It didn’t water back in 2004, Gerard was just the crazy lead singer of My Chem. But now, he was Gerard Way, lead vocalist of My Chemical Romance, the band that saved the modern era. Now, he was a father. He couldn’t live with himself, doing the same thing over, and over, and over again. Thinking that things will be different even though it was the same damn thing. And as he looked into the eyes of his four-year-old daughter, he felt clarity. He went to rehab, he started taking his medication again, and he stopped starving himself. He didn’t have to to be someone for the world, he had to be himself. And he had to be a father.
On March 22nd, 2013, Gerard let the world know that the physical force of My Chemical Romance was no more, but the light would never truly go out. For twelve years, the light burned within the hearts of five men, which lit a spark in the hearts of so many more. My Chemical Romance can never truly be put out, it burns bright in the world and in everyone, because it isn’t a band-it’s an idea.
(edit, 3 years later) hi, i completely forgot i wrote it, and it’s pretty cringe 😭😭 but i like that some of you guys enjoyed it. i’ve been a fan of mcr for 8 years now, and this was written before i had attempted to take my own life. i have a completely different appreciation for them now, as i truly believe they saved me while i was recovering. i’m only 16 so i was 13 when i wrote this, and it kind of shows. but i wanted to add this here to those who’ve read all of this to say i’m still a huge mcr fan. some information may be a little incorrect, but i’ve decided to keep it like this. a perfect capsule frozen in time. i was going to see them at riot fest, but they fucked our tickets and said we had to get new ones-my mom was not going to pay for more of those expensive fucking tickets (especially because my entire family was originally going, and my mom wasn’t gonna get tickets for my dad again, because… divorce).
kudos to you guys who actually read through the entire thing, i’m sure you guys have a big enough hyperfixation on the band to read through the thing that took me barely any effort to write. stay safe, love you guys, and sorry for only using he/him pronouns for gerard, this was before i knew that they preferred he/they).
Salvation Salvatoré and now they’re back
Mmm b+
wow I actually love this. Mind if i copy/paste it for a project? I'll give credit :) this is just the best history for MCR i've seen lol
@@lefromage2001 sure, be my guest 🧸
@@officialmaxrebo thx my dude! have a nice day/evening/afternoon
Not to sound like a hipster but when this album came out I was the only one of my friends who realized how amazing and important it was. I know a lot of people who didnt really like it that much because it wasn't like Three Cheers.
Three Cheers is my favorite, but each MCR album is so different that it's hard to compare them, kind of like... well, pretty much any band that's worth while
I always imagined “Blood” being years later when the doctor that failed the patient has died. In this time the patient has climbed the ranks of hell and is taking a sort of amusement in the doctor and he trading the roles of power and education, against helpless and terrified.
“I gave you blood.” Always sounded to me like a mockery of the doctors tone in “Dead”
Even in the albums long silence in “Blood” sort of lends to the years passing, the victim has grown in his knowledge of hell and gained power, then the terrified doctor that failed to save him appears and the roles have reversed. The patient and the doctor in the same pit, regardless of how life was lived.
This is interesting. I never thought of it like that
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Thank you! At least I hope it’s a good interesting? ☺️
@@cheshirecat9016 yes it is:)
That’s a really good take on the song. I never thought of that.
Implying that the patient can “climb the ranks of hell” just entirely misses the whole point of the album
I like it how this released 33 minutes ago, but someone still managed add a comment 'one day ago'
Probably cause of time difference in other countries
He might do early releases for patreons, I know a lot of other channels do that. So if you pay them a certain amount per month, that will be one of the perks you get- they release the video a day or two early to you. Or there might be additional videos (usually streams of them editing or something), for art channels they might release a few tutorials for patrons early, and whatnot.
It’s a decent system, because it’s rare for TH-cam creators to get much advertising money. Patroon is usually the only way they manage to make enough money to make videos at all.
You should've dooted it before him
TH-cam strikes again
This whole album has several feels moments but good God Cancer is just heartbreaking and genuinely depressing but damn do I ever love it.
Also Disenchanted always gives me chills
As someone who only knows a little bit of My Chemical Romance, I'm amazed at how much Mama is basically a more swing version of The Trial from Pink Floyd. Good stuff!
Yeah, they even borrow the melody from it at "I should have raised a baby girl..."
I *LOVE* The Trial and has been a Pink Floyd fan for much longer than I've been a My Chemical Romance fan, Mama tops The Trial by thousands of miles
this is because their lead guitarist ray toro usually writes the riffs and he wrote mama that way because he was apparently dared on writing a polka
I might be wrong, but does it not also refrence Mother?
It is closer to a lot of songs Queen did, such as Brighton Rock, Good Company, Seaside Rendezvous.
If anyone one here hasn't seen it, Wendigoon does a really good break down on the story hidden in the album. The songs are out of order chronologically
While I really like his theory, I doubt that it was MCRs intention. But still absolutely worth watching!
I love it alot but this one is nice too
@@torysaccount5753isnt that the beauty of Art ? Intended or not, the fact that such a story/theory can be extracted from the Album speaks Volumes about MCR's craftsmanship. Wenigoons Interpretation is so good i also lean towards it
Ye
It's not really the story hidden in the Album but more Wendigoons interpretation of the album as he stated at the beginning. Still a good video.
**g note plays**
Me:**tears begin to form in my eyes** **eventually cries**
Literally just happened
Yup
Samez
PanDanyull XD I'm going to play the g note.
@@halayna1332 same for u amazing username and pfp 😂
I genuinely think this album doesn't have a single song that disrupts the flow, doesn't fit the theme or just doesn't sound up to par with the others. Can't say that about any other album I know of, not even American Idiot which I'd consider to be one of my favorites. Not a single bad song, a true feat. MCR's masterpiece.
This video is god. But foreal tho, thank you. The connection to In the Flesh is really hitting me hard right now and I cant wait to relisten to this album while I work today!! So many memories, such great music. Truly phenomenal. Thanks for this, it helps to be able to share a video appealing to such widespread interests, and real life, and always looking for something to relate to, to feel to.. anyway, sorry for the ramble... Peace!!
Well said and damnit, what a great time to re-listen to this album!
The antagonistic mother figure also carries well with the The Wall refrence
Mama also sounds a lot like "The Trial" from the wall. Really great connection.
I always felt a strong reference to the darker songs of the album. (Empty Spaces, Mother, Thin Ice, The Trial, and Outside the Wall). But the more fun songs remind me of the wierder songs. (Bring the Boys Back Home, The Show Must Go On, and One of My Turns)
As if the song "welcome to the black parade" couldn't get any more queen, I once saw MCR play it live with Brian May on guest guitar!!!
I've never clicked on a video so fast. Happy Endgame everyone.
omg that game was so good
@@beatmeisterbob Just to be clear are u talking about Endgame in a rly cryptic way or The silent age game where I got my picture?
@@joethejanitor845 yes
@@beatmeisterbob Found the Redditor
got recommended this post-reunion, how are we doing?
Not post reunion, return
Sad because of Corona, I was supposed to attend there concert in the UK on the 21st of June. So here I am watching and listening to them 😢
@@queenrennala i was supposed to go to one on the 25th of June
I was too young when they were on top of the world. But somehow my friends still listened, and liked them despite being in elementary school.
I didn't think MCR could make me cry anymore. And then I watched this video
me: yeah i haven't really listened to MCR in a while :/ you know i'm just not into them that much anymore
Polyphonic:
You: 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Why did i do this to myself? Why? Why? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Gdi same.
THANK YOU! People see mcr as just an "emo angsty band" but they are so muc more. You say the perfect points about that in this video, talking about old lovers and death seems so "emo" but they way mcr makes puts it into context of the song and album is not emo. Yoh bring up the lost lover and talk about how heart breaking it is and never say one thing bad about them or called them edgy or angsty. So once again thank you for the amazing video
Jesus i had forgot how good is this album! Thank you a lot for this video
Yeah, its time to break out the eyeliner and headphones. Its cool to know I was here for a defining album like my dad was
How have I managed to live this long without anybody telling me this album is fucking fire?
Thomas Wilson 😂😂
THEY'RE BACK
This album is easily in my top ten all time favorites. Super stoked that you've done a fantastic video on it, giving the album some more visibility!
There's a good reason why I'm 26, they've been broken up for like six years, and this is still my favorite band to this day.
DrainedEyes Ironic, isn’t it?
@@mikaye0573 lol
Please please do a video on my favourite album of all time
Pretty. Odd. By Panic! At the Disco
They band literally changed genres from emo-punk to psychedelic rock and it was so risky, other bands who do so are usually at the end of careers or have a few solid albums behind them but Panic! had only one album and many fans at the time were confused and angry about their genre change but now many see it as a masterpiece and yet it’s still ignored by many fans.
Also it caused the breakup of the band.
“Pretty. Odd.
The album that risked it all and destroyed a band”
I’d love for more people to gain an appreciation for its masterful use of genres and it’s poetic lyrics by the lead guitarist Ryan Ross and how the song writing kinda dwindled after he left the band.
I learned not that long ago that Gerard Way also wrote The Umbrella Academy comics which were then turned in to the Netflix series. Kinda blew my mind
I knew from the very start lmao. If my dad hadn’t wanted to watch the show with me, I’d have finished the whole first season in a day. (Happened to me with the first season of Riverdale)
And there are songs released from the Netflix adaptation, and I heard 1. I loved it tho, if want to have a listen, it's hazy shade of winter, by Gerard Way ft. Ray Toro.
he’s the executive producer of the netflix show
@@orla1639 He wrote the comics that got adapted into the show thats why he has an exec title
gee also created the character Peni Parker which appeared in the Spiderverse movie lmao
I love these album dives you do. I can go back and listen to the whole album with a new ear and a familiar love.
Black Parade was a real treat, because of how much I love The Wall, and Night at the Opera. And every song truly rocks.
But to me, My Chem’s greatest work was Three Cheers. Bullets was also amazing, but it’s real dark headspace music, and a bit anxiety inducing, a bit of taking the last of your medication vibes. But Three Cheers really masterfully synced up their morbid vampire sound with foot stomping excitement.
My chemical romance released The Black Parade in 2006. I was born in 2006. I am now 15 and I have just discovered this absolutely amazing band. This album resonates so deeply with my because for a while, I was horrified at the prospect of death. I still am. I am a Christian, so I believe there is somewhere everyone goes, but the idea that there might only be one place is something I ran into a lot when I was 13. I realized that I don't need to be scared of death, and just need to focus on living for myself. Partially because of this album. Its just all around a good album and whether or not you know what the songs are meant to mean, when you listen to famous last words or Dead!, you should feel something inside of you. I know I've felt it. I just hope you have too
damn bro im 16 and only just found it. its so amazing
I will never forget the first time I saw the video for Welcome to the Black Parade on MTV, and it was a moment where time just kinda froze. I was watching it with the bass player of my then band and we were still very influenced by skatepunk and early 2000s alt rock and we were both left dumbfounded. I really felt a paradigm shift there!
I'm a teenager, so I'm not quite on the same boat of listening to these songs days after they came out like a lot of other people. I started listening to MCR in elementary school. It really got me through a lot. From depression to the death of a good friend, music, especially the kind they made, was what got me past it. They tackled death in ways nobody had ever taught me before. MCR and Green Day really introduced me to my political views as well, especially American Idiot. It's not just the edgy scene kid music people thought it was (and even if it was, why make fun of someone's style?), it really helped people.
I love this video! The Black Parade is one of my favorite albums of all time. It helped me so much. thank you for your insight
Miss My Chemical Romance, great video
I wish I knew how it feels to have written this masterpiece.
I bet you don't tbh, probably a very dark time for the band mentally
Any thoughts on In Rainbows? An album that you'd expect to be heavily copied, similar to early Radiohead, but so far there really haven't been any other albums like it
Jacob Borg one of my absolute favorite albums if not my favorite! Hope he makes a vid sometime on it
This comment needs to get to the top
I PLEASE!!!
Jacob Borg it is an incredibly unique album but I also feel like a lot of contemporary pop producers are heavily influenced by In Rainbows
That would be amazing. It's my favourite Radiohead album and one of my favourites in general. It also would arguably be more interesting than yet another thinkpiece on Ok Computer.
Since it came out and I became an MCR fan, I knew this album would be timeless, despite the emo movement dying not long after that. It was because it dealt not only with love, but with death, something we all are going to face. As older we get, we'll lose loved ones, and as they fall, the album and its ideas will resonate in our heads, leading us to revisit that album and reading the lyrics in a different way. Most of the people who experienced the album, now we are in our late 20's-early 30's, so with a different vision in life, we might get the lyrics differently.
God, how I love that album
I was born in 1967 and musician since 1981. My daughter made me discover MCR and I must admit it's undeniably one of the greatest bands of the last six decades. So underrated compared to their talent. There is energy, invention and many other good things in their work. All the songs I've heard so far are fantastic.
This guy could make a trip to the super market sound like a romantic masterpiece of poetry.
you really picked some choice lyrics. some that made me break into tears from just a half a second or so, like “you should’ve raised a baby girl, i could have been a better son.” such an emotional album
This one of my favourite albums and I'm so glad you analysed it
Mcr is such an overlooked band. Many people just say they’re that 2000s emo band. But they’re so so much more
*finishes watching video*
*starts crying*
Ive also realized ive been listening to mcr since I was 4yrs old bc my dad used to listen to we had the CD and my brother would play it and we would jam to it I've grown up listening to mcr then started to also like fob TØP and my fav p!atd they all have helped me through some tuff times
VERY WELL ORGANIZED VIDEO!! LOVE IT SO MUCH.THIS DESERVES SO MUCH MORE VIEWS I SWEAR. NEW ASPIRING KILLJOYS NEED THIS. COMMENDED MATE !
I've always felt that this album actually talks about depression by talking about death.
Almost every song on this album is an absolute banger. This is one of my favorite albums.
Yasss, thank you for making this video!!🔥
I would love to hear more about how their influence survives in music today
Finally! A video about MCR’s best album
The songs are so catchy that I had to pause and go back to listen the commentry and stop singing the music.
Thrice!
That Post Malone clip with the club singing WTTBP always give me goosebumps
Thank you so much for this, The Black Parade is truly an incredible album!
thats actually the best sponsor transition ive ever seen in my life
When you realize TBP is a continuation of Three Cheers
Wait.. what?!?
I clicked "like" before watching, you always bring top quality. I was in high school when the parade came so i can relate, even though i wasn't an emo kid at all but the infuence was huge. "Sleep" is my fav BTW
I don’t care, MCR will always be highly under appreciated in my opinion. Their music is so good with many layers but people see emo and are immediately turned off. They will always be my favorite band, they helped me through so much from school problems to family problems. I’m glad I was raised by such an amazing group that made me who I am today.
I'm so happy they are back
volume up volume down volume up volume down
This was actually emotional to watch, I have listen to the black parade album 1000 times. Never done any research, i just enjoyed the hell out of it. Now while watching this song by song, so many pieces falls in place and creates a clearer big picture. It´s art. Beautiful. Thank you for the video!
It all makes sense. I thought they were just simple songs for entertainment, but now they have major meaning behind them. I used to listen to these songs and it never clicked to me that they were all related. Great video thank you
Dude. This is the best breakdown I have ever seen. Thanks man.
Now I want to hear the history for their other albums. Three cheers feels jus as emotionally powerful but in an angry way, not a sad way
This video made me cry I never knew how deep the story went thanks for telling me it😭💙
Speaking of defining a generation, would you do a video on Arctic Monkeys and Whatever people say I am that’s what I’m not?
Hell yes, please!
Could also do a similar analysis to this video of Tranquillity Base Hotel and Casino, and how it portrays the story of a fading Rockstar living out his twilight on the moon?
Cameron Cade oh yeah Tranquility Base would be really interesting too
@@TheDude5679 yeah! I second that!
AM is a great topic.
The orchestra chant in the track The Black Parade will always be the best moment in the album for me.
If you get a chance could you do one of these for Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge? This is a great video, great job!
It's a hugely underrated album in the sense that's its kind of forgotten and I'm happy you brought it up
gerard way is brilliant
What an amazing video! The edition fits the album perfectly. Also very interesting analysis for an incredible album.
Where my mcrmy at?? MCR is my favorite band of all time,I can't believe it been almost 13 years since it was released, thank u some much for this video!!!
Kingston Hannibal right here
Wow!! I'm so glad that you brought up the Pink Floyd parallels. When my college roommate had me listen to this album back in 2013, the first thing I said was, "Wow! The intro really reminds me of 'In the Flesh?'!!!!" I feel super validated now. In any case, thank you for publishing this incredible deep dive for one of my favorite albums ever
The animation looks really dope and the way you analyzed it was so cool ❤ always looking forward to another upload
Back in high school and to this day The Black Parade has been a prominent figure in my musical taste. There are many albums that get a visceral reaction out of me, but this is one of only a few to have sentiment this strong attached to it.
Thank you for making this video, it was a trip. I get that not everyone can relate to the themes or musical stylings here, but it means a lot to some people, as you pointed out in the video. Glad MCR is carrying on so well even years after they've gone.
Oddly enough, when I was a teen, I enjoyed MCR but they weren't my favorite by any means, even though I'd been listening since 2003. But the older I get, the more I enjoy them.
Also, the more I listen, the more I believe *Danger Days* is their best work. It's just as cohesive of a concept album as TBP, but it trades over-the-top production values for a more raw, focused portrayal of the band. _Destroya, Summertime, S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W, Kids from Yesterday, The Only Hope for Me Is You,_ and _Vampire Money_ are some of the highlights of their entire discography.
TBP is still a perfect album. But I feel like MCR only got better with their next release.
*breathes in* WRONG
Danger Days?? Really?
How bout no
I think it's hard to say that - as an album at least - that DD is stronger than TBP? In the latter, every song has a point to make that ties in to a central theme, while DD kinda falls a little off on that regard. That's not taking anything away from DD though, I think it has stellar tracks that saw them 'experimenting' a little like 'planetary (go)', or atmospheric and emotional numbers like 'summertime' and 'the only hope for me is you' haha.
Also i can totally relate with appreciating them the older i get 😂
I can whole heartedly agree with a lot of this. But the albums are so different that its hard to say one trumps the other. I do think that DD is a phenomenal record and that its easily just as good as BP.
polyphonic and volksgeist both make videos about two of my favorite concept albums, christmas truly came early.
I should’ve known I’d get g-noted lmao
My favorite youtube channel doing a video on my favorite band. Got fucking emotional watching this not gonna lie
If they reunite, they will definitely change the world once more.
I'm sure they'd please a lot of people, and if they returned I'd be all for that. However, in my opinion, I don't really want them to return. They made their marks in all of the right places, and may or may not live up to that again. Not saying they can't though. Not to mention how happy they are with their personal lives now.
I'd personally prefer some reunion touring if anything at all.
frank iero is already changing the world with his new album Barriers imo
They did and they are going too
well do I have something to tell you
Gooood newwwwssss
Stellar video, Poly. Thanks so much for making this one!
I remember back when this came out. My dad had recently introduced me to Rush's 2112 and I remember comparing the majesty of that album to all the Nickleback, Seether, and 3 Days Grace on the radio at the time. MCR was the only thing that came close to the kind of ambition present in 2112. Welcome to the Black Parade was a piece of pure inspiration and energy. Perhaps the last truly great rock anthem.
holy shit dude, i know im replying so late but my experience is so similar to yours! rush is my favorite band of all time, and my girlfriend is the one who introduced me to mcr and i love their music now. i 100% agree with the comparison to 2112. 2112 is my favorite album of all time, and my girlfriend just bought it for me recently on vinyl for my first record!
I've never been into them that much but this breakdown really made me appreciate them in a totally different way than ever before.
Love that you did a breakdown on this album. I REALLY wish Gerard would turn this album into a Broadway show like American Idiot was done.
Legendary album so happy it was part of my teen generation
Boy this and dying is your latest fashion really made the emo phase
I’m Having Emo Flashbacks, My God...
Jesus Christ superstar then the black parade. literally my 2 favorite albums you have amazing music taste can't wait to see what you do next
As a 16 year old i still listen to this album all the time
If I was into rock as a kid, im sure my notebooks would’ve been full of these type of doodles