![]() The song was rated 5 stars in both NME and and 4/5 from IMDb. The message is simple, the chorus is catchy and Ray Toro's solo joins the chorus and bridge together so smoothly." My Chemical Romance tried a substantially different sound for this song, and it paid off. "Some bands go out of their way to do a song with a sound they're never bound to do, then release it as a single. The only thing I learned in high school is that people are very violent and territorial. It's about a really big problem in America where kids are killing kids. That song almost didn't fit on the record but it's a topic that's so important to our culture. I felt like I had become a parent figure or part of the problem." Ībout the relationship between the song and concerns about gun violence, Way said: As he told The New York Times, "That was the first time I felt old.I was nervous and I was a target. Gerard Way wrote the song after finding himself in a New York City Subway car full of high schoolers who were "running around, being all violent breaking shit", which Way felt was very different from when he was teenager himself. It also made number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. ![]() ĭespite charting at #67 on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Teenagers" is their highest single on the Pop 100 at #23. The song was released to radio on May 15, 2007. It was the third United States single from the album, but the fourth released in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Australia and Canada. Whatever, I’m done now." Teenagers" is the fourth and final single and the eleventh track from My Chemical Romance's third studio album, The Black Parade (2006). Fine, I guess “Disenchanted” doesn’t kick that much ass. Play on repeat: “Welcome To the Black Parade” Skip it: Do I really have to pick something to skip? I do? Fuck. You know what, I don’t actually hate that analogy. “The Black Parade” is “Freewheelin’” for a smattering of baggy Hot Topic pants clad millennials. I don’t know what to compare it to, so let me take another big swing and say, uh, “Freewheelin’.” There you go. For the life of me I have no idea what that record would be for 2000s emo kids, but “The Black Parade” kicks a whole lot of ass so screw it, let’s say this is it. Once in a generation an album comes around that completely redefines our cultural appreciation of music. Play on repeat: “Thank You For the Venom” Skip it: “Interlude” This album is the equivalent of finally being cool enough to sit all the way in the back row where the bus driver can’t see you and getting to do some over-the-clothes hand stuff with the grade-up girl who is way too hot for you. “Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge” sounds the way riding the bus in middle school feels, but in a good way. Play on repeat: “Bulletproof Heart” Skip it: “DESTROYA” 2. Anyways, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, “Killjoys” is pretty good. Like we have some sort of cultural amnesia that just takes us over and we stand, dumbfounded with mouth agape just ready to be fed whatever the next compliance-induced morsel the producers decided to drop down on us. ![]() I get that growth is hard but c’mon! Wasn’t this exactly what you were just trying to avoid? Probably the dumbest part is that we all buy into it all the same. What is it with really successful punk bands that feel they need to change up their image or style and so they do and it works really well and then for the next thing they do after that they pretty much do the same fucking shtick over again. Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) Play on repeat: “Skylines and Turnstiles” Skip it: “Our Lady of Sorrows” 3. Christ, that CD really did smell like Jersey. I don’t know what the hell that was about and MCR, if you’re reading this (yeah, you’re reading this), I’m glad you were able to avoid that literal disc stench for future releases. Like the actual CD that I had as a kid, it was stinky. For a first record it is quite strong and all the other things you’re supposed to say about a good band that’s still developing. “I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love” is a fine album. ![]() Let’s just get this one out of the way awhile. I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2002) Here’s our definitive ranking of every My Chemical Romance album. MCR did what we all should have been focusing on while instead, we curated our Top 8. Sex it up right and you’ll play shows sold out stadiums, look cool in a marching band uniform and have access to all of the eyeliner you could ever possibly eat. My Chemical Romance proved to the world just how far an oversexed MySpace profile could take you in this world.
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