), but he's pretty "Disenchanted" with whoever it is. A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. Shortly after forming, the band signed to Eyeball Records and released their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002. Today, we revisit My Chemical Romance’s second album, an operatic pop-rock behemoth that became an icon for outcasts. From my understanding Danger Days is about some sort of post-apocalypse era and Battery City is a utopia. I don't think it all follows one person's story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXC8bCihevU, Danger Days doesn't really need to be done, it's outlined pretty well in the Killjoy Comics. But I want to know the details. Headfirst for Halos’ – (‘I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love’) Originally produced … [4] It was certified platinum less than a year after its release,[3] and has sold over three million copies in the United States. The Black Parade is an adrenaline fueling, exciting, cartoony, beautiful roller coaster of emotions, and is by far my favourite album ever made. She was asking him to not stop living when she killed herself, and to hide in the shadows, or to fade to black. Gerard Way's outfit during the legendary My Chemical Romance reunion show last Friday is sparking some new rumors regarding a new era of the band. The shots to the head did not kill him, though, and he escaped and was healed, and had plastic surgery. 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He lashes out at his friends and family, and observes that they won't cry for him. My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has alternately described his band's third album as "completely over the top" and "borderline psychotic." [38] The album was ranked at number 260 on Spin's "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)" list. So much emotion. The Killjoys are a group of anarchists that take the girl in and protect her. But even those words can't adequately prepare fans of the group's 2004 platinum major-label debut, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge , for the onslaught of twisted song suites, glam-rock cannon fire and drama-club theatrics that make up The Black Parade . The Black Parade follows the death of "The Patient", a character suffering from a terminal illness. Dark Horse's The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #1 by Gerard Way, Shaun Smith, Leonardo Romero, and Jordan Bellaire brings the infamous Killjoys back, and with the release of the new series comes the perfect time to get reacquainted with the teenage group. I'm not sure who exactly he's singing it too (maybe the ex-wife? [25] Ian Mathers of Stylus Magazine felt that the album contained "twelve near-flawless songs and an interlude in thirty-nine minutes" and that "even when it lets up, [it] doesn’t let up",[32] while Kirk Miller of Rolling Stone described it as "a hell of a good time. 11) Its Not A Fashion Statement, Its A Fucking Deathwish: This is when the law officers allowed him to visit Helena's grave before he was to be shot. Feel free to leave an answer for bullets, anyone. Famous Last Words: I honestly don't know what this one means to the story. The story is inspired by Gerard's belief that you are met, upon death, by a prominent memory from your life; in the album, The Patient is met by the memory of a parade he was taken to as a child. The different songs in the album are about him killing and the feelings he's getting throughout the story if I recall correctly. These are not the only allusions to classic concept albums, either -- as promised, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero conjure Brian May 's spirit, "Cancer" recalls Sgt. Its songs are associated with the band's well known sound of alternative rock, pop punk, and punk rock as well as introducing new elements, including power pop, pop rock, and electronic rock. This may be achieved through a single central narrative or theme, or through a sense of artistic cohesiveness.] award for best single[21] and reached number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100. So I know that every MCR album is a concept album. Their location was tracked down and the police were going to arrest them. This is about when they did their crimes together, and when they were in the restaurant. from The Walland David Bowie's "Five Years" from Ziggy Stardust. And I have a very rough idea of what the concept/story for each album is. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge has sold over three million copies to date in the United States and has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA as desember 2017. Cancer: this one is pretty self explanatory. House of Wolves: this is one of the two songs that I feel like doesn't fit into the plot at all and is just there because it fucking rocks. Okay, I'll explain the Bullets in summary, and Three Cheers in each song. The Ghost of You: This is about the time in the war he had, where he states the last thing she sees is him never coming home, and that she tried to wait for him. It involves two Bonnie and Clyde -esque characters who are eventually gunned down in the desert. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (often shortened to Three Cheers or Revenge) is the second studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 8, 2004 by Reprise Records. Due to "In the middle of a gunfight, in the center of a restaurant, they say, come with your arms raised high". [4] It was the band's final release to feature drummer Matt Pelissier, who would later be replaced by Bob Bryar. Mama: this one and the following one make me think the Patient was in the military and saw some stuff he really wants to forget. Great song though. Dead! Is this song about Gerard Way's paranoia that people hate MCR? According to Way, the album can be understood as a "pseudo-conceptual horror story",[4] that details: ...the story of a man and a woman who are separated by death in a gunfight and he goes to hell only to realize by the devil telling him that she's still alive. Gerard has claimed that the song "shaped what the album is about" and "revealed their darkside" in comparison to the first single. It's a condemnation of the war and how it kills everyone. [1] Concept albums are more than just albums with general themes, but rather, have specific and purposefully-made connections across the span of the songs of the entire album. The Sharpest Lives: This one I think I've got. Basically the summary of the whole album. I'd say this is about the same girl as This Is How I Disappear, and this song makes it fairly clear that it's an ex-wife or an ex-girlfriend that was very long term. Welcome to the Black Parade: the Patient finally dies of his cancer, and death comes to him in the form of his fondest memory, which in his case is a marching band his father took him to when he was a kid. The Kinks: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968) Not as strictly thematic … The Black Parade has received generally favorable reviews. I guess it's about his time in high school or college if I have to shoehorn it into the plot somehow. This one is a little hazy, but I think this is about him loving her when she was a criminal. In May 2020, The Forty-Five declared "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" the greatest emo track of all time. [26] In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave it a "dud" rating. It's kind of hazy though. What would become “Welcome To The Black Parade” was also first demoed under “The Five Of Us Are Dying,” with a rough mix later released via 10th anniversary reissue The Black Parade/Living With Ghosts . It was the band's final release to feature drummer Matt Pelissier, … The concept album follows the fictional character “The Patient” through the end of his life and his death. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXC8bCihevU. Give Em Hell, Kid: He sings about when he had a crush on her in his teenage years, explaining "Teenagers". New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the MyChemicalRomance community, The Official Subreddit, Press J to jump to the feed. The couple, like many other criminals, shot their selves in the heads. And I have a very rough idea of what the concept/story for each album is. My Chemical Romance had a comeback scheduled for 2020, but bassist Mikey says fans shouldn't panic. This is the albums opening track and has been compared to the opening track on other concept albums such as Pink Floyd's "In The Flesh?" Teenagers: the second all out rocker that doesn't fit on the album lyrically. He said the album was born out of darkness and "presents a vision of the future being a dark and desolate place." With this album, the band produced a cleaner sound than that of their 2002 debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. [18] Its lyrics mourn the loss of Gerard and Mikey's grandmother,[18] Elena Lee Rush, and was their first entry into the top 40.[22]. You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison: This is about the moments before he went to prison, in which he shot and murdered people in a restaurant, and the police finding their location, then having a shootout. After Bullets came Three Cheers, a loose concept album with a narrative about a couple that gets into a … Sadly, it doesn't quite work out for him and he's kind of in a pathetic state. I Don't Love You: this begins the second part of the album, withe the Patient reminiscing on his life from the dead. So that's my very weak attempt at summarizing The Black Parade. In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Read more: Billie Eilish merch drop includes death metal font … Pepper as filtered through Oasis -- but The Black Parade doesn't feel like a revival of '70s prog as much as it hearkens back to the twin towers of mid-'90s concept alt-rock: the Smashing Pumpkins ' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and … Dead! Death is at the heart of My Chemical Romance’s music. [33], NME listed the album as one of "20 Emo Albums That Have Resolutely Stood the Test of Time". On My Chemical Romance's next album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004), the unnamed man supposedly then finds himself in purgatory, where he makes a deal with Satan: his hellbound … The rough explanation is that a character known as ‘The Patient’ dies at the beginning of the LP and reflects upon his life through the included songs. The lyrics in “Dead!” are kept strictly to the concept of the album, but it’s possible the song could have multiple meanings. "The Black Parade" Is Also A Cancer Journey Of The Main Character. They did lots of arson and other illegal acts. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way. As with their first 2 efforts, MCR have decided to make this a concept album. The girl has some sort of information that the Battery City people don't want to get out. I don't know exactly how each song fits the story, but I just know that from the album intro. [6], Musically, "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" has been described as alternative rock,[7] emo,[4][8][9] pop punk,[10][4][8] post-hardcore,[11] and punk rock. 13) I Never Told You What I Do For a Living: This is when he was shot and believed to be killed, hence "They gave us two shots to the back of the head", also referencing the other men on death row. This is the album that got me into rock music (yes, it's a rock album, not an emo album, fight me). I don't have the time for a song by song rundown of Three Cheers and I'll forget if I try and do it later but basically it's about a man who dies and makes a deal with the devil to kill a certain amount of souls so that he can be reunited with his girlfriend. If anyone has any more information from the band or its members about the plot please feel free to mention it. Disenchanted: The Patient is basically just looking back at his whole life, "watch(ing) our lives on the screen". I'm Not Okay: Another one of his teenage years. "[40], In 2016, Rolling Stone declared Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge the tenth greatest emo album out of 40, saying that "Three Cheers wasn't just a concept record, it was a concept sequel, expanding the small-screen story of 2002's I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love into a big-budget production, complete with ruminations on life and death ("Helena") biting kiss-offs ("I'm Not Okay") and a series of dramatic music videos that made them MTV darlings."[9]. He also sung about when she was a good person: "When every starfall brought you to tears again". Eitherway, MCR purposefully made Welcome To The Black Parade in the middle of the album to make it sadder. All tracks are written by My Chemical Romance. ConceptAlbums.com began as a personal compilation of hip hop concept albums as I listened to them, but has since ballooned to incorporate concept albums of all genres. [22], The album opener "Helena" has been referred to as an "album highlight and smash hit". The only one I think I've got a really good grasp on is The Black Parade. I just know that it's one of the greatest lyrical songs I've ever heard, and it's completely kickass musically. [23], Johnny Loftus of AllMusic wrote that "with the aid of production major-leaguer Howard Benson, they've edited the slight rookie excesses of I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love, resulting in a rewarding, pretty damn relentless product. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (often shortened to Three Cheers or Revenge)[1] is the second studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 8, 2004 by Reprise Records. Bullets is about that couple you were talking about. This leads us to three cheers, in which the man goes to jail. 23 Of The Maddest And Most Memorable Concept Albums From pinball wizards and political activism to personal tales of love and loss, these concept albums have … Dan Martin from NME compared the album to Green Day's American Idiot, positing that "it's a piece of work that will challenge every preconception you ever had about the people who made it." [42] It has also been certified Double Platinum in Canada, Platinum in the UK and Gold in Ireland, Chile[43] and Argentina. That was the idea behind the concept, the record ended up being much more about loss and real life than anything, so I would say it's a good split. ... On its face, Three Cheers was a lofty concept … I'm not too sure about this one, though. "[30] IGN critic JR was more reserved in his praise, calling Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge "a good album" that nonetheless "isn't nearly as varied or daring as it could have been". More from experience than a concept, so it became a platform for telling his story. This Is How I Disappear: this one's not as straightforward as the first two. My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. Concept Album: Each of their albums has an intricate backstory and concept behind it. They were a Bonnie and Clyde kind of thing. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. "The Black Parade" concept … This album was created by Brandon Smith as he had a 3 year battle with insomnia and somnambulism (sleepwalking). The Black Parade is the third album by American pop punk band My Chemical Romance. "[24] Andy Greenwald of Blender noted Way's integration of elements of his life into the songs on the album and remarked that his "gulping, gasping whine turns stompers like 'I’m Not Okay (I Promise)' into after-school poetry". 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