Oh my God, I had a whole post typed out and Blogger crashed and deleted it without saving a draft.
I forgot most of what I wrote so I have to start over.
I notice some of you talking about Laura Slessinger and her use of the N- Bomb recently. I saw some of the fall-out from that in the news too. And it made me think about what gets said to a lot of you sometimes.
We see a lot of MSICR fans saying that MSICR have the first amendment right to use whatever language they want and we have no right to stop them. I think once even Lyn-Z made a comment about "Thank God for the first amendment" when talking about her band's lyrics.
But I have always thought, no one is TRYING to take away their right to use hate speech. We have the right to our opinion too when it comes to lyrics that are racist, homophobic and misogynist.
This article about Laura Slessinger and the first amendment said a lot of what needs to be said here too.
These are the parts I wanted to quote.
• The First Amendment protects us from the government, and not from other Americans who disagree with what we have to say. “Congress shall make no law” — the first five words of the First Amendment — say it all: No government body can limit our rights to speak out. In this case, there’s no government action, just public outrage and pressure.
• Boycotts are also protected by the First Amendment. Dr. Laura complains about being “bullied” by those who might pressure her radio affiliates or advertisers, but boycotts are a time-honored use of the First Amendment to address perceived wrongs and have played a role in virtually every social movement in American history.
But the whole article is really good.
MSICR are allowed to use hate speech in their lyrics. MSICR fans are allowed to listen to those lyrics and interpret them any way they want. They can think they are about something else, if they want to. You interpret things however it makes sense to you.
YOU are also allowed to hate those lyrics, take them at face value (which the bands themselves always say), and to boycott them if you want..... forever if that's what you want.
There will always be arguments as long as there are lyrics, tweets, concerts and interviews with that kind of speech. There will be disagreements no matter what. But disagreeing is NOT the same thing as squashing someone else's rights.
I really thought that article said it better than I could have.
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Wow. Those MSI guys sure are nonconformists! What's more individual than being mistaken for other people all the time?
They should really consider getting their own image instead of just stealing one.
Then again... they might end up looking like Rainbow Brights Reject Club too...
he doesn't seem to be sleeping well, does he?
he looks so skinny too, like cobain did when he was falling apart.
I think Gerard looks good. So do Ray and Mikey.
Mikey's looking healthier than he looked in those pics from comic con.
http://www.twitvid.com/BK8B4
MSI have become MCR's fanclub?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-CkZMI2mBs
Wow, he's really taken lessons from the little woman hasn't he?
LOL! That is the only think i can say right now.
^thing
Why, what's he doing? Back bending?
I'm just here to vent. I'm glad you have this place. Rose told me about it, but now Rose shut her Twitter down because dstarpro and her gang of hateful mcr fans pretty much took to name calling and making up lies about her. Rose was even trying to be supportive of MCR for the people that read her blog if not just because she supports anything that might inspire people. Rose has respect. I know she said some of you here don't like her, but I really liked reading her blogs and posts. I hope she comes back. She is a person who does care about issues, unlike MCR who makes up issues to care about just to make money. None of them are very smart. Gerard made up a drug addiction. Frank can hardly spell and thinks that punching women is fun. Mikey is just a headcase and Ray just plays video games. One good thing, to me, came out of this debaucle of MCR and that was Rose starting the Famous Living Dead Brigade and her blog Twisted Peppermint so that she could help people who were dealing with real issues feel safe to express themselves. Maybe it looks like she is a coward at this point, but being human I guess she needs a break from their bullshit. As for MCR, they lost me at The Black Parade. That was a joke. A bunch of stupid guys from New Jersey who got lucky (or sucked some serious dick) and signed to a major label and now they are just like all of the rest of the plastic pop stars. As for this whole Grant Morrisson connection...It's all a rip off of his work and as we all know, Gerard is good at NOT disguising who his influences are, he just rips them right off and lucky for him, this time the guy is going along with it. Why, I have no idea. Maybe Grant and Gerard have a Daddy/little boy relationship.
That felt good. I'm glad Rose told me there was a place where you can vent about this band and their fanbase. And to those people who keep asking you why you hate what you hate or what these people have done to you...they should fuck off because this blog is here for this reason, they don't need to read it.
You guys had the right idea making your own place. Good thinking VV!
Why, what's he doing? Back bending?
*rolls eyes*
Rose shut her Twitter down because dstarpro and her gang of hateful mcr fans pretty much took to name calling and making up lies about her.
Dstarpro came here and said she was against people hating on each others but she really meant people hating on MCR. She should really practice what she preaches.She is one of those "fans" that give some of the other ones a bad name. I have no doubt the fight between Rose and her had something to do with the band and that tells me alot.
Why, what's he doing? Back bending?
You gotta go look! If anything it will make you laugh or be very embarressed for him!
^ Damn! Embarrassed!
Thanks, but no thanks Lynn. Not really interested in seeing lifestyles of the sad and silly.
Gerard + Crowd Surfing = Epic fail!
Just heard the full version of the new song, and as a fan, I am disappointed. =(
Wow. It's just a lot of noise and Gerard talk-singing. The Na na na na na na na na na na na na might be a bit catchy, but it's going to get old fast.
I don't like it at all and I wanted to. :/
I listened to it a few times and honestly cannot like it. I tried, especially since I'm a fan but the song has no substance. It's weak. What a shame. And now that they seem to be cross pollinating with MSI, I can't see it getting any better. Another fan bites the dust. I will not be paying money for this forced out fake sound.
What I don't get, is this. How come Gerard was very dark in his artistic expression, and then all of a sudden, things seem lighter? It sort of imples that, he's 'found the light' because of ol' flashy pants. Or, is it another marketing ploy? Or was the first image a marketing ploy?
I think it's another marketing ploy. During bad economic times, people want lighter music.
Can anybody get any of the lyrics? I can't understand a word he's saying.
Can anybody get any of the lyrics? I can't understand a word he's saying.
Here you go
Let me tell you about the Snagman,
Shut up and let me see your jazz hands,
Or remember when you were a madman,
Thought you were Batman
Seriously???
Yeah like I said, no substance. That is like he just spewed out a bunch of words that mean nothing. But I'm sure the diehards will just tell us all how deep and meaningful it is. I remember in the beginning Gerard said he had to quit this "art thing" because art wasn't going to change anything and suddenly it's the weapon. We all change but not always for the good right? (Or shall I say Righ?)
MCR aint getting any of my money for this shit.
Shut up and let me see your jazz hands,
Gerard and those jazz hands again. His inner liza coming out.
I'm glad this new record is coming out and I'm glad it's going to suck so hard. I think maybe that will help me to let this band go finally.
I've been thinking maybe they would do something to prove to me that they weren't full of bullsh*t all along but this stupid song all by itself proves the opposite. They've turned into the cleaned up version of MSI. It's all about the party now. Well I've never been a party person which is one of the reasons I got into MCR in the first place.
These are grown men with families acting like pre-teen boys who hang out at the comic store all day. Screw that.
I listened to it song without the video and i will admit i liked the very first of it. The rest of it sounded like a mix the theme of Batman and it also sounded like Queen. Does that even make sense?
A few things after watching that video with Weezer.
1. They look like the opened box top to a pack of Scented Crayola Crayons.
2. Sometimes you have to throw yourself out there. Sometimes you're thrown right back.
3. Did you see the way Gerard holds his left hand while walking offstage and down the stairs?
4. Did you catch Mikey going over to hug his brother and see if he's okay? Not sure if he was checking on his fragile new body or his bruised ego.
I like the new song.
Love
gimme love
gimme love
i don't need need it
but i'll take what i want
from your heart and i'll keep it
The music is supafly.
MCR hit it out of the ballpark with this one.
I think Gerard may have hurt himself when he did that "stage dive". He looked like he'd hurt his shoulder or arm maybe. Another fan said he was holding his wrist funny.
Dumbass. He needs to leave the stage diving to the coordinated and the physically fit.
Hey, scented crayons are pretty awesome.
mcr is so fucking annoying in that weezer video.
http://kroq.radio.com/2010/09/22/video-my-chemical-romance-in-studio-with-kat-corbett/
its steve. jimmy was almost ladyboy but apparently little urine cant rollerskate.
JessickaAddams: I have a secret. I am looking forward to tell
My Chemical Romance's Danger Days: The Perfect Rock Album?
Sure, it doesn't even have a release date yet, but Bigger Than the Sound is already enamored with MCR's latest.
By James Montgomery (@positivnegativ)
It is probably too early to say this, but based on little more than a really awesome trailer and a really long title, I'm going to declare that My Chemical Romance's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is the perfect rock-and-roll album.
Am I being premature in saying this? Most definitely. Danger Days doesn't even have an official release date yet. Am I being hyperbolic? Absolutely. Aside from the few verses of (what I'm assuming) is a song called "Na Na Na" featured in the trailer, I haven't heard a note of what will be on the album. But none of that really matters. Because based on everything that has nothing to do with the actual music, this is already the most perfect rock record of 2010, and perhaps the most perfect in recent history.
And here's why.
It's no secret that I am a fan of ambition and insanity (both of which are why I liked the new Linkin Park album so much), and judging from what I've seen so far, Danger Days is both ambitious and insane, often at the same time. For proof of this, watch the trailer, which features an elaborately leotarded dude roller-skating down an abandoned stretch of California highway, voice-over work from someone named "Dr. Death Defying," a beat-up Trans Am, explosions, gratuitous use of DayGlo leather jackets (and bandanas) and the guys in My Chem choking out dudes in Dracula masks with Nintendo Power Gloves. And that's just in the 70 seconds. There's also the matter of Gerard Way's brand-new flame-red dye job, which sort of makes him look like one of Batman's arch-villains, or perhaps a 23rd-century version of Hayley Williams. Only more awesome.
Simply put, it is insane, a complete reimagining of MCR's entire aesthetic, which, up until this point, had involved mainly black clothing and face paint and was overwhelmingly morose. On Danger Days, they've tossed all that melodrama out the window (of a speeding Trans Am), embracing instead a delightfully brash, downright silly new spirit, one that recalls stuff like "Mad Max," the films of John Carpenter, pulpy, post-apocalyptic zombie flicks, the sartorial splendor of Evel Knievel and even, if one were to get heady about it, Michelangelo Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648389/20100921/my_chemical_romance.jhtml
Even if they made the best album on earth it doesn't alter the fact we still see them as shallow dickheads.
Jimmy was going to be skater boy but he couldn't skate. He was the tall guy in the mask choking Mikey.
They don't even have a complete video of Na Na Na. They are going back to finish it. I wonder who will also show up and be in it?
I find it really interesting that this guy can deduce this from just hearing 70 seconds of something. Hm..this doesn't wreak of WB promotion with MTV. The new payola kids!
And I've heard the whole song, as most of us here have and it sounds like a train wrecking into a field of chickens. No cohesion, no depth, no substance. Just screeching, non-linear music and stupidity.
But it is art. And that is the weapon.
Hey, JGL anons and other fans of his work!
I just wanted to tell you guys WOOOOT! I am going to his Hit RECord / movie premier / party / film festival / masquerade ball / movie shoot / Sadie Hawkins dance / anything else he wants to make it thingie thing, next month!
How psyched am I!
:D
Regarding that idiot from MTV:
How ridiculous is it to say that an album is "perfect" when you haven't even heard the music -- you've just seen a two minute promotional clip with the chorus playing in the background?
It's just like somebody said earlier -- the fans aren't even listening to the song, they're just watching the video and going, "Ooooh, pretty colors!"
The tracklisting is up at the website. If you want to see something really frightening. Go read it. Just in time for Halloween, as usual MCR tries to deliver and I think this time there was a lot of grunting and straining to get these titles out.
Whoever this James Montgomery is, I can't believe he would print something so irresponsible. To judge a record by a 2:00 promo is like judging a movie by its poster or the old cliche a book by its cover.
Is this really what the music business has come to? I wonder how much money Warner paid him to say all that bullshit?
Hey, JGL anons and other fans of his work!
I just wanted to tell you guys WOOOOT! I am going to his Hit RECord / movie premier / party / film festival / masquerade ball / movie shoot / Sadie Hawkins dance / anything else he wants to make it thingie thing, next month!
How psyched am I!
:D
Nobody gives a shit. This is a MCR place, to discuss disappointment and their stupidity.
Take your fannishness to a JGL community.
Or join in the conversation here.
No need to be rude 12.45. It doesn't bother us at all. I think I do speak for the majority here. Obviously not the Kapunua haters that lurk here waiting for her to post a comment, and then pounce.
In defense of James M. he did say he was being premature and hyperbolic.
Am I being premature in saying this? Most definitely. Danger Days doesn't even have an official release date yet. Am I being hyperbolic? Absolutely.
He is judging the entire album the same way many of you are.
By a tiny snippet.
The differences are that he is an industry professional and he likes what he's heard and seen so far. Really likes it.
You VV commenters are *not industry pros and you hate what you've heard and seen so far.
*that i am aware
1:25
not 1:23 or 12:45
Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
full track listing
1. Look Alive, Sunshine
2. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
3. Bulletproof Heart
4. SING
5. Planetary (GO!)
6. The Only Hope For Me is You
7. Jet-Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report
8. Party Poison
9. Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back
10. S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W
11. Summertime
12. DESTROYA
13. The Kids From Yesterday
14. Goodnite, Dr. Death
15. Vampire Money
He is judging the entire album the same way many of you are.
By a tiny snippet.
The differences are that he is an industry professional and he likes what he's heard and seen so far. Really likes it.
You VV commenters are *not industry pros and you hate what you've heard and seen so far.
I don't see where all of us "VV commenters" have made any judgments on the quality of the album yet.
I don't like the single but I've actually heard it. And I don't think I have to be an "industry professional" to say that.
The differences are that he is an industry professional and he likes what he's heard and seen so far. Really likes it.
Lol. Industry professional my ass. He's a hack writer for MTV's internet site. MTV, who has more to do with cap reality shows than they do music. I imagine this guy probably has written some glowing reviews about Justin Bieber too.
*crap reality shows
Hey, Kapunua!
I've missed talking to you. I'm so excited for you that you get to go to that hitRECord party thing. What I wouldn't give to live in New York instead of being stuck here in crappy Tennessee. My mom and I go to NYC every few years to see shows, but I haven't been since 08. :(
I meant to come back to your lj again, but I have been so busy. I'm an accounting major at the University of Tennessee (I'm a junior this year) and my course load is killing me this semester. I have no life other than books -- boring accounting and finance textbooks, not the fun kind.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I think a lot of the people here are interested in the JGL, movies, and pretty much anything else you have to say. MCR is getting damn boring to me and have been for a while now. I mostly come here to see what other topics come up.
I, for one, am always really happy to see you here. :D
Do you think "industry professionals" are totally independent and objective with their reviews?
Thank you! I was wondering where you'd got to. Accounting, jeez, that's with, like, numbers and such.
I'm finishing up my last semester and schoolwork broadsided me a bit, too.
I will be sure to post pics and reviews and recaps at Ye Olde LJ. :D I can't wait!
Re: Talking about MCR, I don't really have anything to add. I saw an icon that a friend of mine put up and Gerard really seems to be living up to the "clown" label.
I've noting to say about them; they are just boring and who really cares?
If an "industry professional" gives a review of an album I usually ignore it. They are most likely part of the publicity machine juggernaut
Absolute Punk Q: How did you personally get your start?
James Montgomery A:
I went to the University of Florida and majored in journalism, but, to be quite honest, their program was kind of, uh, lacking. But luckily, Gainesville was blessed to have a truly independent newspaper run by students, The Independent Florida Alligator, so I started writing there, for a sort of "alternative" section called Detours. We basically wrote about bands like Hot Water Music and stuff like beer bongs and weed, but it was a good place to learn how to do interviews, and I was writing and editing every single day, so I couldn't help but get better.
While I was still at UF, I did internships with Comedy Central in Los Angeles, and at Baltimore Magazine in, um, Baltimore, where I got to write about stuff like farmer's markets. And finally, after I graduated, I was lucky enough to intern at SPIN right here in New York City, were I basically decided that since I didn't have anything else going on, I was just going to show up every day. I did transcriptions and made copies and got to work with a lot of really talented people like Chuck Klosterman and Alex Pappademas and Caryn Ganz, and Jon Dolan and eventually just got hired on in the research department. Because everyone knew my face (and because I could talk about basketball), they just decided to let me start writing smaller pieces for the magazine. Pretty soon I was freelancing for a couple of nice publications, and after about a year and a half of that, I got the word that MTV was looking to fill a staff writer position, and that I should apply. So I sent my stuff in and basically that was that.
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=3856846
I've noting to say about them; they are just boring and who really cares?
Their fans. I don't have a problem if people enjoy their music. I just don't like it when people come here and tell us we should if we don't.
Re: Talking about MCR, I don't really have anything to add. I saw an icon that a friend of mine put up and Gerard really seems to be living up to the "clown" label.
I've noting to say about them; they are just boring and who really cares?
Yeah, I feel the same. I really just can't be assed to even listen to their new record or watch the video everyone is talking about. I don't care what happens with it. I just know I won't be buying it and that's all that matters to me.
Oh and please do put up pictures from the hitRECord thing because I will so be living vicariously through you that night!
So this James Montgomery guy is just a person who listens to music and writes. He's not even a musician yet he's qualified to tell us what's good music?
I don't think so.
James Mongomery's prediction for NIN's Year Zero.
Even fans who copped it online "are die-hard enough to buy it," says MTV News staff writer James Montgomery, who predicts opening sales of 300,000-plus copies. Comparing it to Green Day's career-revitalizing American Idiot, he says Zero's dystopian themes are accessible "even for the casual fan who has a real job and doesn't spend all night decoding T-shirts. It's a killer Nine Inch Nails record."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-04-18-nine-inch-nails_N.htm
He was right then too.
So this James Montgomery guy is just a person who listens to music and writes.
Yes. Like most other music journalists out there. He even has a journalism degree. From a real university.
He was right then too.
No, actually Year Zero only moved about half that many units the first week.
Yes. Like most other music journalists out there. He even has a journalism degree. From a real university.
And a journalism degree makes him an expert on music... and clairvoyant as well?
LMFAO.
It was a killer NIN record.
James Montgomery gets quoted by other music and entertainment journalists a lot.
James Montgomery gets quoted by other music and entertainment journalists a lot.
Good for him? And this proves...?
3:01
Are you fo seriouz?
I guess you have to be a terrorist to write stories about terrorism.
Or dead to write obituaries.
lulz
3:01
Are you fo seriouz?
Of course I'm not serious. Music journalists can't predict sales and I don't think anyone believes that a degree in journalism qualifies someone as an expert about music.
Good for him? And this proves...?
Nothing. Even if this new record is a hit it doesn't change the fact we consider them superficial douches.
I guess you have to be a terrorist to write stories about terrorism.
I think you would have to be a terrorism expert to write a critique about terrorism.
Even if this new record is a hit it doesn't change the fact we consider them superficial douches.
He'll have more money to fund his LA rawksta life, perhaps another designer purse or holiday home for his old lady. His MSI friends can have some extra treats too.
A degree in journalism is a degree in nothing. I knew so many people who went to school for journalism and are still not doing anything worthwhile. And if he is working at all with MTV then chances are he's underpaid and told how to write. Then again most of these people are told how to write when it comes to the big corporate music. Don't mention this...or that...keep this out and put this in...blahblahblahnanana whatever.
No matter what, this album will make some money because there are so many "crying and shaking" fans out there that will fork over tons of money to go see them and pay for their really badly written shite.
The lyrics to this new song are a joke. They make The Black Parade look like it was actually somewhat good.
once the mindless chemical tour takes off well all see what the fanbase is really made of.
all those poor thirteen year old girls are about to be exploited to hell and asked to fuck themselves twice a night by him and uncle jimmy.
then gerard will probably have a mental break down. there will be several injuries. and theyll finally fucking retire so we dont have to deal with their shit anymore.
He is judging the entire album the same way many of you are. By a tiny snippet.
It is hard judging an entire record by a tiny snippet. Some people hated it some people didn't. I already said i liked what i heard, minus the talking in the middle, but that doesn't mean i will like the rest of it. I don't know why it would bother you so much if people like it or not.
OMG,these guys could write the fucking Bible, and still they wouldn't win. You have an agenda, the agenda is hating because they said a couple asshole things. Seriously, what do you you want? What would make you happy?
Why would they write a Bible? It's already been written, in several hundreds of translations, might I add. Unless of course it was the MCR Bible (like the Satanic Bible), then I'd definitely read it. It would be in comic book style though, so it would be more pictures than anything w/ great drawings of Gerard healing the cutters with his one hand and Frank betraying him w/ a kiss at the Last Supper. Oh the tragedy.
I'm not judging the album by one song, I'm just saying that based on that song, my expectations are not too high. And after seeing the tracklisting, I really have even lower expectations, I think they may have been trying too hard.
I'm curious. (But with a smartassed attitude)
OMG,these guys could write the fucking Bible, and still they wouldn't win. You have an agenda, the agenda is hating because they said a couple asshole things. Seriously, what do you you want? What would make you happy?
You see, that's the issue with you MCR fans. You really do think that Gerard has written the Bible when it comes to music. And you are totally willing to accept that it is the Greatest Story Ever Told, without even hearing it yet. Sight unseen, you think it's going to be amazing, just like the flock of sheep that you are. And you accuse us of having an agenda? Please.
Most of us have not made any judgments on this record (except for the single) because we haven't heard it yet. MCR fans have already branded this the BEST RECORD EVAR!1!! based on absolutely nothing but the fact that it comes from your gods Gerard, Frank, Mikey and Ray.
It seems Gerard did an interview yesterday where he said that not only did Steve Righ? play Dr. Death Defying in the NaNa(x100) video, but JU was one of the Draculoids (the things in the masks).
I think it's hilarious how we all called this so long ago. MCRMSI is just one big band now.
Supposedly, Gerard wore his hair bright red from middle school through Art skewl too. Although I wonder how it is that all of the pictures that have surfaced of him during that time have him with dark brown hair? Could it be that he's making up lies about his past? *gasp* Not Gerard! *rolls eyes*
Supposedly, Gerard wore his hair bright red from middle school through Art skewl too.
Yes, that ties in nicely with the Graduation pic where he looks like a regular kid with sensible short dark hair. Wait...
It also works out well with the idea in the beginning where Gerard and Co. were saying how they are getting back at all of the bullies and those who treated them like outcasts in school. And then a few years back Gerard says in an interview that he was never picked on in school and that he kept to himself and just was a metal head who drew pictures sitting alone (awww) in the back of the cafeteria.
Why can't they do what other bands do and just keep their personal lies, I mean, lives out of everything and just play effin' music?
And it is so true. MCR superfans definitely remind me a lot of teabaggers and christian extremists! Yes!
Supposedly, Gerard wore his hair bright red from middle school through Art skewl too.
I suppose he partied/danced his way through middle school too.
I suppose he partied/danced his way through middle school too.
Yeah, next thing you know he's going to be saying how he was always this happy kid who wore bright primary colors and the whole black thing was just a brief phase he went through.
Next he will tell us he was the quarter back at his high school.
Supposedly, Gerard wore his hair bright red from middle school through Art skewl too.
He must of burned all those pics along with his lifetime girlfriend Kat.
It also works out well with the idea in the beginning where Gerard and Co. were saying how they are getting back at all of the bullies and those who treated them like outcasts in school. And then a few years back Gerard says in an interview that he was never picked on in school and that he kept to himself and just was a metal head who drew pictures sitting alone (awww) in the back of the cafeteria.
And then after that he said that after he got into metal music he was considered kind of cool in high school.
So we have what? Three different stories now? Bullied outcast, artsy loner, cool metal kid...
Oh wait, now there's the Ronald McDonald wannabe. So I guess that makes four.
Next he will tell us he was the quarter back at his high school.
I'm sure he was an all-star athlete. He was probably on the track and swim teams too. That's why he's such an excellent stage diver. Lol.
Oh God.
Now Gerard is saying that Na Na Na saved the band.
Why does everything always gotta be about fucking saving something with this guy? Can't they just go into the studio and make a record without it being some huge crisis of some sort?
Such a drama queen.
There's an energy to it, a spirit. It's the song that saved the band, and he hopes the MCRmy will feel that power too.
Saved the band, saved lives and saves water and shampoo. This band saves EVERYTHING!
So are The Fabulous Killjoys supposed to be MCR's alter ego again kind of like The Black Parade was?
Saved the band, saved lives and saves water and shampoo. This band saves EVERYTHING!
Too bad he can't save himself and his wife from extreme stupidity.
That's why he's such an excellent stage diver. Lol.
Lol indeed!
The Killjoys are MCR, their friends, their families, their fans, everyone they care about.
This is not a concept record. There are no alter egos this time around.
Uhg, they are such jokes.
This record, you can just turn up really loud, and enjoy it in a different way. There's obviously meaning in every song and I'm speaking very directly to the listener, but there's no story to follow. The real story this time was the journey we took to create the album. Gerard Way
from an interview with Kerrang Radio
So Gerard owns a Trans Am and a Porsche 911
http://www.mediafire.com/?sihpysb8hba2c04
Frank Iero in a call in interview with 98.7 Los Angeles on the new album and the 1st attempt.
If you're not 100% happy with a record, then you shouldn't put it out. And that's exactly what happened. I mean, we wrote a record, we finished it and we like, 'This is pretty good,' and everybody told us that it was really great, and then we listened to it and we were like, You know what? We can do better".
Good enough isn't good enough for us, is the thing. We went back into the studio, and we wrote a bunch more songs, and I truly feel like this is the best record we could have created right now.
98.7 Los Angeles
Just the 2 cars. You're not a real rockstah until you own 15 cars.
...and the studio was like, okay, fine. Never mind that you guys wasted all that money recording shit we aren't going to use and never mind the fucking fortune we had to pay Brendan O'Brien for producing it. It's no big deal at all to bring Rob Cavallo back in. Money is no object. After all, records are selling like hotcakes these days...
Oh wait.
So Gerard owns a Trans Am and a Porsche 911
Chicken tatted wives and Porches go hand in hand.
At least 1 has to be a Mercedes convertible and another has to be a Ferrari.
If you're really at the top of the food chain you'll have a SSC Ultimate Aero and a Lamborghini.
Soon the sock puppets will be saying, "Hey guys! Check out the new Limited Edition Leatherette Jackets with matching MCR Toy Rayguns that you can buy at the MCR website! Now you too can be a Fabulous Killjoy!"
They're low class, and class has nothing to do with money.
It's no big deal at all to bring Rob Cavallo back in.
I wouldn't think it would be a big deal since he's the chairman of Warner Music now. Since Sept. 14th.
Ya know. He kinda has to be there anyway.
Renowned Creative Executive Rob Cavallo Named Warner Music Group Chairman
I wouldn't think it would be a big deal since he's the chairman of Warner Music now. Since Sept. 14th.
Ya know. He kinda has to be there anyway.
Um, he wasn't producing the record on September 14th. It was already recorded at that point.
Besides, do you think he did it for free?
Of course Rob Cavallo stepped in. Somebody had to try and save their stupid asses.
From MTV.com
But as soon as they had the breakneck chord progressions in place for "Na Na Na," they knew everything had changed.
"That's the moment where we said, 'This song changes everything. We're starting over right now. We're starting it over with [producer Rob] Cavallo, and we're doing it now,' " Way said. "Everything up to that point had felt like we had been in this kind of stasis, and as artists, stasis really equals death. So, it was so bad, the vibe wasn't good, and then 'Na Na' happened. And then, all of a sudden, there was this real, big intensity underneath us, and it was the momentum we needed to dig deep and record another album."
You're going to believe the sales pitch that comes out of his mouth?
Chicken tatted wives and Porches go hand in hand.
Maybe the Porsche and the holiday home were part of the same birthday present for the wife he loves
with all his fucking heart
Who cares how he or anybody else spends his money?
You sound like a jealous fangirl. Upset he isn't spending it on you?
You sound like a jealous fangirl. Upset he isn't spending it on you?
I think he should spend more on her. He's being cheap.
The dude loves his wife WITH ALL HIS FUCKING HEART
Is that how you treat someone you love with all your fucking heart by being so tight with your money?
He should get on his knees and tell everyone he worships the ground that Lindsey walks on.
Who cares how he or anybody else spends his money?
I don't believe the majority of people here care how he spends his money at all. I don't think they car what kind of care he drives either. He can go buy a Bugatti Veyron if he wants, just so long as the money he's using didn't come from me.
*care, car
Lol. Stupid touch screen.
I had to google Bugatti Veyron.
WOW! What a gorgeous car. Now that's something to be jealous of!
Lindsey is his Bugatti
Lindsey is his Bugatti
Lol, and he's her AMC Pacer.
Lol, and he's her AMC Pacer.
With a really shitty red paint job.
Bugatti's would never have a cheap chicken or skull tattooed on it's exterior.
Bugatti's are quick off the mark, you'll never be able to keep up with them.
Bugatti's aren't fake. What you see is what you get.
Lindsey is his Bugatti
More like his tattooed twit.
Lindsey is his Bugatti
Bite your tongue!
A Bugatti is refined and elegant. Lindsey is more like a Trans Am with a bad detail job.
They are equal level disgusting. They deserve each other.
They are equal level disgusting. They deserve each other.
Honestly? I dislike Gerard more. I don't think Lindsey is terribly bright and although I hated her faux feminism/role model shtick, I think it was originally Gerard's idea.
I kind of feel sorry for her. I can't imagine being married to someone who lies so much he doesn't even seem to know what the truth is anymore and she doesn't seem to be smart enough to figure him out.
lulz
jaredleto
From our good friend + philosopher James Montgomery http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648693/20100924/west_kanye.jhtml about 3 hours ago via ÜberTwitter
Haterz gonna hate Jared.
I think Gerard is lying yet again.
When questioned about it, he told somebody on his twitter that the "Ladyboy" character was never intended to be called that (link one and link two), yet if you look at Dr. Death Defying's tweets, he refers to the character like that at least once. Definitely here and very possibly here with the mention of "the lady".
Either he's lying or he's out of the loop with what his promotional people are doing.
Why couldn't he just say, "You know, you're right and I see how that term could be offensive to some people and we'll look into changing it," instead of saying it was a mistake? I mean, if it was a mistake, they why was Dr. Death Defying using it on his twitter?
*then
30 Seconds To Mars Call Kanye West Collabo An 'Unexpected Surprise'
'It's one of the strongest things that he's done,' Jared Leto tells MTV News of 'Hurricane.'
By James Montgomery
And, as it turns out, they kept their promise. On November 2, 30STM will release a deluxe edition of This Is War, featuring a DVD, a pair of live tracks recorded for the BBC (including a version of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance") and, at long last, the full, Kanye West-ified version of "Hurricane." It's been a long time in the making, but, as Leto told MTV News on Friday (September 24), the song is worth the wait.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1648693/20100924/west_kanye.jhtml
Either he's lying or he's out of the loop with what his promotional people are doing.
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say he was lying. So what else is new?
Seems to be his Modus operandi
I kind of feel sorry for her
I don't.
Lol!
http://limegreenpanda.buzznet.com/user/photos/?id=63220081
So are The Fabulous Killjoys supposed to be MCR's alter ego again kind of like The Black Parade was?
Hmmm...could be. Maybe reverting back to his middle to art school red *rolls eyes* signifies he is:
i)making a political statement against the ongoing demise and ridicule of red-headed pagliaccio's the world over
ii)using diversion tactics to prevent people from having the impression he can't sing for peanuts
iii)thinks all his fans are as dense as his wife and would swallow anything.
Great tunes from G & Zoid Way's bosoms buddies Urine and Righ
Artist: Left Rights, The
Song: Take a shit
Shit!
I wanna take a shit
Everybody wanna take a shit.
(come on, come on!)
Shit!
I wanna take a shit
Everybody wanna take a shit.
(come on, come on!)
Shit!
I wanna take a shit
Artist: Left Rights, The
Song: Poo out my ass
I fart through my ass,
I fart through my ass,
I f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fart through my ass,
I poo through my ass, (you what?)
I poo through my ass, (get lost)
I p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-poo through my ass,
Haven't we all passed a little bit of gas through our ass, (doo da doo)
Haven't we all passed a little bit of gas through our ass, (doo da doo)
I fart through my ass, (me too)
I fart through my ass, (can do)
I f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-fart through my ass,
I poo through my ass, (you what?)
Wonderful gas, (bugger)
I fart and poo fart and poo fart and poo fart and poo fart in my ass,
Haven't we all passed a little bit of gas through our ass, (doo da doo)
Haven't we all passed a little gas through our ass, (da da doo, da doo)
I pass through my gas, (you what?)
I mean gas through my ass, (you nut)
Everybody wanna take a shit.
I will now tell you about the poo.
You dont dump the poo,
The poo dumps you.
If you don't dump the poo,
The poo dumps you.
You'll go to school and learn about the poo!
Shit!
(ah oh ah oh ah oh ah)
Come on, come on!
Shit!
(ah oh ah oh ah oh ah)
Cats!
I wanna check the cats
Everybody wanna check the cats.
(come on, come on!)
Shit!
I wanna take a shit
Everybody wanna take a shit.
(come on, come on!)
Shit!
Shit!
I will now tell you about the poo.
You dont dump the poo,
The poo dumps you.
If you don't dump the poo,
The poo dumps you.
You'll go to school and learn about the poo!
Obviously very deep thinkers. Like their one time bassist.
I'm going to see MCR in London next month, I've got an awful feeling them fuckers from Moronic Sexist Imbeciles are going to support them, as the Left/rights. Oh joy!
Those aren't really lyrics, are they? People really wouldn't pay for that, would they?
Looks like they do
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Left+Rights/_/Take+a+Shit
My guess is they're not calling it a "contamination" tour for nothing. Could G and Jimmy be planning one of these special songs for their Euro audience. Possibly.
Well. We can only hope the end of the world does come. Hopefully before they have a gig. Vomit.
My 11-year old brother is more mature than those idiots from MSI. Surely Gerard has more sense than to take them on tour with him again?
I still like MCR but if MSI's going to be on the same bill as them I'm not going to see them this time around.
^or the Left Rights or whatever they call their idiotic selves.
Gerard used the term Ladyboy on the radio. I think he was just shitting that person who tweeted him about it. Do you honestly think 'Show Pony' is any less offensive than 'Ladyboy'?
I think he was trying to be sarcastic and failed miserably.
I realize that most of you guys don't give a shit, but many of MCR's transgender fans are upset over this. Ladyboy is just not cool.
I care. I'm sorry this happened. No one deserves that. But I don't think they are getting their hero back. They have to look to themselves for inspiration and courage now.
Ladyboy is just not cool.
I agree and so did many of the fans who commented on an lj post when that call list came out.
But funny thing is, once the trailer came out and Dr. Whatever was calling the character Ladyboy, nobody said a word about it afterwards.
I guess they were afraid to criticize the band for fear of being ostracized by the wonderful people of the fandom. Same song, second verse.
I realize that most of you guys don't give a shit, but many of MCR's transgender fans are upset over this. Ladyboy is just not cool.
Well I give a shit. I thought it was offensive right from the start. I would like to say I am surprised at GW for allowing that to happen, but I'm not. These two vile MSI/Left Right assholes seem to appeal to him for whatever reason. Beats me.
Those aren't really lyrics, are they? People really wouldn't pay for that, would they?
I can't believe those lyrics are real either. What a pair of imbeciles. I fully expect MCR to take them on tour with them. They had no problem with Panty Shot, so songs about poo should be fine. Will MCR (well let's face it, it's GW) ever wake up and see that these guys are taking them for such a ride, and having a real laugh at their expense.
Right now I think a lot of fans are in that 'still wanting to believe' stage that I was in during the period after Pro Rev when they were doing their small club tour. I still went to the shows, and I still jumped up and down, and I still acted like they meant the same thing to me as they used to, but deep down I didn't feel the same about them.
I see a lot of the beginnings of disillusionment creeping into a lot of the comments on the fan sites. I expect a lot of defectors from the MCRmy when the new album finally hits the stores.
I can't believe someone was quoting JMont here!
Don't you guys know that he's all about asskissing bands like Fall Out Boy, MCR and 30stm? The guy is like a male groupie or something and the long time fans all think of him as a joke. He totally wants to suck Gerard's dick. I'm pretty sure he already did Pete Wentz.
Shock! Could My Chemical Romance Be Good Now?
Is the operatic emo band turning over a new leaf for fun experimentation?
by Erik Norris
Sep 23, 2010
For years I’ve been preaching a strong “F*ck My Chemical Romance” philosophy. I’ve never been a fan the emo-influenced, operatic melodrama that band lays down like smog. It’s never been my style, and hearing them on the radio, or talked about amongst friends made me instantly turn a deaf ear.
Then I saw the teaser trailer for the band’s upcoming album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and my curiosity spiked. Seemingly gone is the pompous, arrogant demeanor of a band riding high on fame and fortune, replaced by the sound of uptempo, “high on PCP,” let’s-make-entertaining-music shenanigans.
http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/music/article/shock-could-my-chemical-romance-be-good-now-112521#
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys seems to be Way’s comic through music.
Having taken all he’s learned from writing comics, Way has returned to his bandmates and set out to deliver a record that is more about fun experimentation than it is about catering to the 16-year-old bleeding heart teenager.
And god damn, we hope that’s true.
Now Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys could wind-up being the same old My Chemical Romance we’ve been conditioned to know and hate.
Hearing, and seeing, a two-minute promo does not compare to hearing a nearly 60-minute (assuming) record. But when push comes to shove, this primer has me intrigued to check out the full effort, and that’s more than I can say for any of My Chemical Romance’s previous efforts.
Having taken all he’s learned from writing comics, Way has returned to his bandmates and set out to deliver a record that is more about fun experimentation than it is about catering to the 16-year-old bleeding heart teenager.
Is that what the music critics were saying when TBP was released? That it was catering to the "16 year old bleeding heart teenager"?
I would say their label (perhaps Rob C) took the steering wheel and helped them originally make a record (TBP) which expanded their existing image, capitalized on it and catered to the mood and the landscape at the time of it's release. IMO (RC) may have steered it yet again, read the mood of the moment and influenced them to produce a light pop punk record full of colorful pop imagery which aims to make you dance instead hashing out deep emotions. It's the direction of the music industry and what sells at the moment imo.
So much for Gerard's insistence that he and the band retain "artistic control".
All this nonsense about it being a "cruise missile aimed at rock and roll" or being a "perfect rock record" are just marketing hype, to my way of thinking. I also think they produced a record which made their label happy and also hopes to maximize sales, just like any other entertainers contracted in the industry. In my opinion.
Rock, my ass.
MCR is not even pop punk now. They're pure pop. They need to stop pretending to be anything else.
MCR and Warner both know that the emo scene is dead. That's why Gerard trashed TBP. That's why they're making such a big deal about this record being such a departure for them. They know they were the Emo Poster Boys and for this record to do anything at all sales-wise, they have to go in another direction.
It's all about money and marketing. It has nothing to do with artistic vision, artistic control; it's just about the "art" of making money.
It's all about money and marketing. It has nothing to do with artistic vision, artistic control; it's just about the "art" of making money.
Precisely.
I think Gerard and the rest of band are no different to anyone else who works. After a while you release that your idealistic visions of something collide with reality perhaps with the addition of some negative experiences with some of the worst of parts of human behavior. In my opinion.
^realize
I think Gerard and the rest of band are no different to anyone else who works. After a while you release that your idealistic visions of something collide with reality perhaps with the addition of some negative experiences with some of the worst of parts of human behavior.
QFT!
Yes, but that doesn't let them off scott free!
They have opportunities that lots of other people don't.
I think Gerard and the rest of band are no different to anyone else who works. After a while you release that your idealistic visions of something collide with reality perhaps with the addition of some negative experiences with some of the worst of parts of human behavior.
This might explain the changes in the direction of their music, but not why they hang out with those ass-headed rodeo clowns from MSI. It also does not explain Frank's misogynist tweets nor Gerard's "fuck yourselves" antics.
Not everyone who works and becomes disillusioned has to turn into a douchebag.
It also does not explain Frank's misogynist tweets nor Gerard's "fuck yourselves" antics.
Not everyone who works and becomes disillusioned has to turn into a douchebag.
I understand, that's very true. I guess people react in their own ways. Not that I agree with it. Some people rebel against others expectations of them. Much like some teenagers do.
http://www.mychemicalromance.com/shop/product/gang-bandanas
now everyone can look like a sadfaced clown! a whole crowd full of roids how will little g urine ever control himself?
It's all about the money. As his good friend James would say. Too bad he didn't make much of it himself.
This is what I think of MSI. They (JU & SM) probably think along these lines: "if you're gonna tell us what not to write about we're gonna do write about it. We don't care what we say and how we say it. The industry is bullshit and we don't follow it's rules".
Only the jokes on them because they do have to play along the lines of some of their rules and most likely realized after so many years on the road they didn't have that much to show for it.
now everyone can look like a sadfaced clown! a whole crowd full of roids how will little g urine ever control himself?
vesti la giubba, e la faccia infarina, la gente paga
Pink Aqua Dress
Hello big fat little lady...boom boom, ba doom doom doom.
Hey I'm skipping to the loo with my pink aqua dress
I gotta get the red tomato
Hey! I got to go no there I'm a whoops whoops fuck it
Hey Mr. Afro Negro, what are you doing there?
Ah.. mommy, where you been?
Hi, I tried to...No No! It's not like that my hand in the ponytail there it is
I can't...Hello!
Hey mom, I got a fat ass I'm going go down this way
Hey dad, you got a plaid shirt you gotta come up this way
we'll Feel my boobies, there they are, I look like a big fat doo-da star!
mama pick my hair!
Another pedophile song from them????
So, what happens to the 16 year old bleeding heart teenagers? They get dumped because there isn't enough of them (according to management) to support a new album? I think that's worse than not having someone to look up to in the first place.
I'm certain the teenagers of this world will survive. Gerard5 just needs to find a new group of them.
Of course they'll survive. They just didn't deserve to be treated that way by people they looked up too. (Or, people who pretended they wanted those kids to look up to them.)
No, they didn't but they're better off seeing reality than being lead on.
MSI@lynzway I THINK YOU HAVE LAWSUIT HERE LADY
Well it looks like some fans at least still have an issue with 'Ladyboy'.
I don't think they realize how much Gerard and the boys have changed their tune since the old days. An official apology or statement from a band whose best buddies write lyrics about bitches, ho's, faggots, N*ggers, and poo? It ain't gonna happen.
How is ladyboy an offensive name? I don't see it that way and neither do most of the fans. It's probably not too far off the mark to say that none of you found it offensive either until some other person mentioned it and then you all jumped on it.
Sean Francis said that he didn't find it offensive in a tweet to that person who tweeted Gerard. He said it was an OPINION, and he was right. That person is entitled to his opinion, but if MCR does not think it's offensive they are entitled to that opinion as well.
The people at this blog need to STFU and stop jumping on every opportunity you can to slam this band. We, the fans, are happy to see you leave the fandom. We don't want to see your spoiled, entitled asses at the shows anyway. More MCR for us and fewer whiny little bitches that I have to knock away to get to my rightful place as a true fan at the barrier.
FUCK YOU ALL.
Ladyboy is the same as Trannie. Would you use Trannie to describe a trans person? No. If you would, you're an asshole, just like MCR. Congratulations.
"More MCR for us and fewer whiny little bitches that I have to knock away to get to my rightful place as a true fan at the barrier."
Yes, we know you're so eager to get close to those sexist, offensive racists, the ones you idolize. Have fun!
We, the fans, are happy to see you leave the fandom. We don't want to see your spoiled, entitled asses at the shows anyway.
You just described yourself.The only one who comes off whiny is you .We can have our OPINIONS here and if you don't like it,you can take your rightful place up Gerard's ass. Wasn't she a sweetie? LOL!
The people at this blog need to STFU and stop jumping on every opportunity you can to slam this band. We, the fans, are happy to see you leave the fandom.
Aren't you taking things a bit too seriously?
We don't want to see your spoiled, entitled asses at the shows anyway. More MCR for us and fewer whiny little bitches that I have to knock away to get to my rightful place as a true fan at the barrier.
FUCK YOU ALL.
That's why cults exist, because there are people who think exactly like you.
And also reinforce the image of an MCR fan being an obsessive unreasonable crazy.
-Much like ex-MCR fans.
Much like ex-MCR fans
Now you are taking this blog too seriously.
And also reinforce the image of an MCR fan being an obsessive unreasonable crazy.
The one's MCR are trying to get away from.
The term "ladyboy" IS offensive to many trans people and MCR have trans fans whether some people want to admit it or not. It may not be offensive to everyone, just like a lot of words aren't offensive to everyone, but that doesn't make it okay (especially if you are not a trans person who can't possibly know what it is like to live as a trans person in this world).
Some fans even brought up the "ladyboys" of Thailand in an attempt to justify the use of the word. That type of ignorance is dangerous. Those men who dress as women are not (many times) doing this by choice. It is a name that is used to describe them in a derogatory way because they are not as important as "real" men in that society.
When the person brought it up to Gerard, as much as I think he can be a numbskull, I think he handled the answer to it quite eloquently and even agreed that he thought it was bad for the very same reason. I believe him. I for one would rather refer to the character as Show Pony, because it is not as offensive and is probably highly influenced by Grant Morrison's character Lord Fanny in The Invisibles, which Gerard has mentioned to be an influence on The Killjoys.
I'm sick of the ignorance that MCR fans lend themselves to just because they think they cannot disagree with a band they think can make no mistakes. It makes them look foolish and ignorant and like sheep.
A critic of art, is a real and true lover of art. So if you really care about a band, you'll be critical of the work they put out. I hope there is more pressure on them to no longer refer to that character as "ladyboy". Some fans really need some sensitivity training on how to deal with queer issues since their loverboy's comic is going to deal with a lot of it.
Maybe they can start reading some books on transsexuals and learn a few things. Like how they are humans and don't like to be mocked.
signed,
The very good friend of many trans people, some of whom are MCR fans
Well spoken, 8:13. Here's to the enlightenment of every person that so needs it. May the world be a better, embracing, more equal and aware place someday, for all of us.
A critic of art, is a real and true lover of art
Absolutely!
May the world be a better, embracing, more equal and aware place someday, for all of us.
One hopes.
It seems that all it takes to placate fans is a half-assed tweet from Gerard on twitter. No retraction from Dr. Death Defying and no asking fans to stop with "Ladyboy". Lots of fans saying that people who are criticizing it are just "looking for things to be upset about" or "have a bee in their bonnet", etc and should just leave the band alone because they "obviously meant no harm; after all, Gerard said so."
Same song. Second verse.
-Same as the first! Henry, the 8th! We missed you! ♥
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