Woo-hoo, My Chemical Romance love! I'm so glad you like them! The Black Parade is the shit. Honestly, it was my favourite album of last year, and "Welcome To The Black Parade" was probably THE SONG of the year for me -- I love it thiiiis much. There is nothing wrong with being all bouncy happy about a song like "Dead!", because MCR *meant* for it to be so. The whole album is defiant and celebratory and it gives me much joy.
(Also, "Cancer" makes me want to wave a lighter in the air like it was some power ballad -- well, I guss it is, or sorts, but you do feel a bit odd to think this at the lyrics like "I'm soggy from the chemo.")
I went through my own "OMG I know NOTHING about the rock history!! Must amend ASAP!!" period a few months ago and man, it was a lot of work. There are CDs I bought in a fit of enthusiasm back then, which I have yet to listen to. For people like Springsteen, Queen and Elvis Costello, I'd recommend getting the greatest hits compilation. Music snobs tend to thumb their noses at Hits albums, but well, screw'em. After ignoring '70's rock for the longest time, I recently bought Queen's Greatest Hits album and have been playing it non-stop. MCR cites them as one of their biggest influences, I think. (If you don't have any Queen, start with Don't Stop Me Now (http://www.box.net/shared/eaphyyxcg9): it's, like, the most happy-making song in the history of rock music. [/only mild hyperbole])
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Tue, Sep. 11th, 2007 02:26 am (UTC)(Also, "Cancer" makes me want to wave a lighter in the air like it was some power ballad -- well, I guss it is, or sorts, but you do feel a bit odd to think this at the lyrics like "I'm soggy from the chemo.")
I went through my own "OMG I know NOTHING about the rock history!! Must amend ASAP!!" period a few months ago and man, it was a lot of work. There are CDs I bought in a fit of enthusiasm back then, which I have yet to listen to. For people like Springsteen, Queen and Elvis Costello, I'd recommend getting the greatest hits compilation. Music snobs tend to thumb their noses at Hits albums, but well, screw'em. After ignoring '70's rock for the longest time, I recently bought Queen's Greatest Hits album and have been playing it non-stop. MCR cites them as one of their biggest influences, I think. (If you don't have any Queen, start with Don't Stop Me Now (http://www.box.net/shared/eaphyyxcg9): it's, like, the most happy-making song in the history of rock music. [/only mild hyperbole])
The Fratellis! MCR! Yaaaay!