This song is pretty damn great. Makes me think I should actually go back and listen to more of their stuff. I've never really given them a fair shot.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:51 (thirteen years ago) link
listening to three cheers right now, so fucking good
― Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (dayo), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
wow, i really like it. i always liked them better when they just made everything seem fun as hell (like teenagers) instead of ridiculously melodramatic*. hopefully the album is in the same vein.
*not that their melodrama is bad, but in long doses (i.e. album form) i can't stomach too much of it.
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "Teenagers" was the one burst of fast mean fun on the last album that felt like the band I fell in love with on Three Cheers, "Na Na Na" is making me really excited about the prospect that they got their mojo back.
― algernod shiplies (some dude), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
"Teenagers" sounded too much like the Sex Pistols' "Friggin in the Rigging" for me.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
not instantly loving the 2nd single like "Na Na Na" but this is pretty good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xAzqKEYaCs
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
the proper video with laser guns, dayglo hair, fast cars and such, looks like something out of an old pre-gorillaz jamie hewlett would have dreamt up.this is a good thing.having never paid any attention to the band before, i have to admit the song is great for 5 plays. just concerned that by the time the album hits it will have become annoying.
― mark e, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link
'na na na' is super lame imo but i like the 2nd one
though i did think it was gonna be a cover of berri 'sunshine after the rain' when the first verse started :/
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
shit "na na na" is WONDERFUL. if they actually sounded like that, i'd buy their records and wear a patch on my jacket. hives + didjits = ! then i listen to "the only hope for me is you" and i'm reminded... brief fan reviews of a few of the songs up there are kinda encouraging though. "Classic bastard Stooges garage rock, by way of the Tazmanian Devil from Looney Toons." okay!
― miss danilelle steven and her clitoral stimulator (contenderizer), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
just found out : comic book look = grant morrison involvement.
no wonder i was hooked within seconds of seeing the visuals.
― mark e, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"na na na" is WONDERFUL. if they actually sounded like that, i'd buy their records
what does this mean exactly? I mean, "Na Na Na" is their song and it sounds like lots of their other songs, especially on Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, that's what they actually sound like.
― some dude, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
^ was kidding, half. only know them through the black parade which does not, for the most part, sound like that. TBP, iirc, sounds like mopey/romantic emo drool, like "the only hope for me is you" (a song that quickly stomped my "na na na" buzz).
― miss danilelle steven and her clitoral stimulator (contenderizer), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
should check out three cheers, though. i love the more upbeat punk-pop stuff, and you're not the first to talk it up on this thread.
― miss danilelle steven and her clitoral stimulator (contenderizer), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
The Black Parade was pretty much their "let's pretend we're a completely different band" move, "Na Na Na" is much closer to their 'core sound'
― some dude, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
sounding good so far imo
― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
cool! grant morrison is a fantastic writer. might have to actually buy this album now. :o
― marc iv, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
the proper video with laser guns, dayglo hair, fast cars and such, looks like something out of an old pre-gorillaz jamie hewlett would have dreamt up.this is a good thing.having never paid any attention to the band before, i have to admit the song is great for 5 plays.just concerned that by the time the album hits it will have become annoying.
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― mark e, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:59 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
can i just
http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/09/m4-570x320.jpghttp://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/09/m7-570x320.jpg
― thomp, Saturday, 23 October 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, that's some compression.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 23 October 2010 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
new one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpZvaSuYn70
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 13 November 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
& this one is a single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DZjkd1YG14
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 13 November 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
S.I.N.G. is generic but STILL GREAT power ballad
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 13 November 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm kinda holding out for the whole thing to leak, it's gotta be any day now
― deej otm? (some dude), Saturday, 13 November 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^
― swagl (dayo), Saturday, 13 November 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Interview at the Quietus. Love this bit:
While rumours of the band splitting can easily be put to rest, some other tags can't be shifted so easily. Danger Days is possibly one of the boldest and most exuberant sheer rock records of 2010, but that won't be enough, you fear, to stop them from being dismissed as emo by the close-minded. Is that frustrating for the band? Because you could argue that using 'emo' as a catch-all term to describe your previous output is a bit of a misnomer anyway, so is…"Thank you!" says Mikey excitedly, interjecting halfway through the question. "That's awesome…"Gerard, meanwhile, pauses at length, before revealing: "I guess what bothered me about it, and made me so mad, was that it was lazy. It was such an easy way to take this band that's really special and unique, and give it a tag. Especially to tag it with shit that I abhor. That would infuriate me. So you're saying that what we do - the work we put into this, the 3am nights, the things we sacrificed - is this the same as this fucking record? This fucking band? You're out of your mind if you think these things are remotely close to each other.""It made it easy to pick out which people are actually journalists and which people just go straight to your Wikipedia page," says Frank.Back to Mikey: "Some of them will almost have this weird glow in their eyes when they say the word," he says, before impersonating an eager hack. "'I just said it'… it's like they're laying a mine in front of you.""I don't think Eddie Vedder ever appreciated the word grunge," ponders Gerard, "but I don't think it bothers him anymore because he's still making music. Now granted they've been a band for 20 something years and we've almost been a band for 10, so I'm starting to understand - maybe - how he feels. Like, 'Oh, that crap is gone'. He's not dealing with people saying 'So, you sound like Candlebox, right?'"All the band break out into laughter, as Gerard adds in disbelief. "Imagine him thinking about that? Fucking Candlebox."
"Thank you!" says Mikey excitedly, interjecting halfway through the question. "That's awesome…"
Gerard, meanwhile, pauses at length, before revealing: "I guess what bothered me about it, and made me so mad, was that it was lazy. It was such an easy way to take this band that's really special and unique, and give it a tag. Especially to tag it with shit that I abhor. That would infuriate me. So you're saying that what we do - the work we put into this, the 3am nights, the things we sacrificed - is this the same as this fucking record? This fucking band? You're out of your mind if you think these things are remotely close to each other."
"It made it easy to pick out which people are actually journalists and which people just go straight to your Wikipedia page," says Frank.
Back to Mikey: "Some of them will almost have this weird glow in their eyes when they say the word," he says, before impersonating an eager hack. "'I just said it'… it's like they're laying a mine in front of you."
"I don't think Eddie Vedder ever appreciated the word grunge," ponders Gerard, "but I don't think it bothers him anymore because he's still making music. Now granted they've been a band for 20 something years and we've almost been a band for 10, so I'm starting to understand - maybe - how he feels. Like, 'Oh, that crap is gone'. He's not dealing with people saying 'So, you sound like Candlebox, right?'"
All the band break out into laughter, as Gerard adds in disbelief. "Imagine him thinking about that? Fucking Candlebox."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 November 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Decent dudes, imo.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 November 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
S.I.N.G. is generic
this * 10K. it isn't memorable, either. but (a) i'm not a fan of this band and, tbf, (b) the song is better than i expected. there's something distinctively "major-label" about the production/sheen, i think, but i can't put my finger on it (and maybe i'm hearing what i want to hear).
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 15 November 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
wkiw
― odd futures I have hyped (dayo), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
whole album streaming on their site, apparently
― (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:07 (thirteen years ago) link
this feels so so so out of place in 2010 but i love love love it
― devendra banfart (jk), Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
i am really happy about this album.
― overrated ilx posters i have suggest-banned (c sharp major), Monday, 22 November 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not perfect but it's pretty consistent. the ballads are kind of meh but scattered enough that you kind of just ignore them and wait for the next big glammy destroya to strike.
― devendra banfart (jk), Monday, 22 November 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Picking this up after work tonight, can't wait.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 22 November 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i am a terrible sucker for everything they do and would pretty much have been satisfied with 'ridiculous album concept, big pop-rock choruses, mandatory song about vampires' and-- it is that! but bigger!
― c sharp major, Monday, 22 November 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
and more ridiculous!
― c sharp major, Monday, 22 November 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
and slightly less about vampires.
― c sharp major, Monday, 22 November 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "Vampire Money" isn't really about vampires, it's making fun of the bands on the Twilight soundtracks. love this album!
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
mcr only takes big blue dong money i guess (for their dylan cover in that hollywood abortion of watchmen)
― devendra banfart (jk), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
well yeah it's a silly beef to have, but i enjoyed gerard's justification in an interview about how he's basically a snob about how vampires are portrayed and thinks they should be gross and scary and not young and sexy
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
only a few songs in but I may have a new favorite album of 2010
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Thursday, 25 November 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egG7fiE89IU
love the music video, even if I don't get any of the references at all
"gravity don't mean too much to me" is such a great lyric
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Thursday, 25 November 2010 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i have decided to take the outfits in that video as my new style concept. all that yellow!
― crushing the frantic penguins (c sharp major), Thursday, 25 November 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah "Vampire Money" isn't really about vampires
but see they have a vampire reference on every album, and, you know, i respect that in a band.
― crushing the frantic penguins (c sharp major), Thursday, 25 November 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Finally listened the whole thing on the drive to Michigan last night, this is pretty goddamned great. I love this band.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 November 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I successfully introduced this to my kids as a possible substitute so we don't have to listen to Green Day on the way to kindergarten every day. Now it's, "Can we hear the Na-Na-Na song?" (Just hoping I don't get a note home about him yelling "fuck like a Kennedy!" on the playground.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
oh come on, you want that note
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
man this is a great record
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
also the rockist in me probably thinks the second side > the first side because there aren't any singles, but those last four or five songs hold gorgeous surprises
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 2:54 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agreed.
― mark e, Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
picked this album up a few hours ago and cant remember the last time i listened to an album 3 times in a row back to back.
so good.
― mark e, Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
it is the best.
― swaggy dog story (c sharp major), Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
no, i don't know!
― some dude, Thursday, 11 October 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/37057013/Billy+Corgan++Mellon+Collie+era.jpg
― Simon H., Thursday, 11 October 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
Hahah I knew who that would be a photo of.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 11 October 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
So MCR is releasing 10 of the songs that were scrapped during the Danger Days sessions over the next couple of weeks. The first two, "Boy Division" and "Tomorrow's Money," came out today and they are nice and snarly!
http://open.spotify.com/album/2RCPu5qyaDPWIeWdy4WJCU
― maura, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
that's pretty cool to hear! i like most of the songs on this better than the stuff on the proper album, worth checking out for anyone who hasn't heard it:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/The_Black_Parade-_The_B-Sides_cover.jpg
― Victory Goon (some dude), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
i think i might put this album on literally every time i remember it exists
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
boy division!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
"Boy Division" is good! I'd be happy w/ that as a teaser for a new record.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 7 November 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
second pair of outtakes is out -- "AMBULANCE" and "Gun." are both great
― The Doc Morbama (some dude), Monday, 26 November 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
on cursory first listen the latter seems to stray into quasi-"political" territory, not sure how I feel about this development
― Simon H., Monday, 26 November 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
well they shelved it so it's not really a development at this point haha
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 26 November 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
I'm just now hearing the DD outtakes on the Mad Gear and Missle Kid EP and they're pretty good!
Tunes on CW vol. 3 are pretty huge.
― Simon H., Sunday, 16 December 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
Gerard put a song on soundcloud under the name 'Danny The Street,' pretty good: http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/12/07/my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-releases-punk-track-as-danny-the-street/
― some dude, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
OK on sober listen "The Light Behind Your Eyes" is just too broad/soppy for me. Just a step too far into saccharine. On the other hand "Gun" remains ludicrously catchy, though I imagine they'd be in heaps of trouble had it been a single rather than a c-side.
― Simon H., Monday, 24 December 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
i like all of these songs a lot but i'm also glad they scrapped them and did danger days instead
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 24 December 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
are these offcuts going to get a physical release at some point ?
― mark e, Monday, 24 December 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
As some sort of boxset, I think.
― Simon H., Monday, 24 December 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
number four is out today
― maura, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
'kiss that ring' is very QOTSA
― maura, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
thanks for the heads up; #3 was the first set that did nothing for me, those guys really love their boring power ballads
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
Tim's Continuing Emo Adventures Part Seventeen: my god "Summertime" is just the best thing.
― Tim F, Saturday, 5 October 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
i am glad you are here with me on this
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Saturday, 5 October 2013 12:10 (ten years ago) link
there is something so natural and easy to the movement of the tune, that radio sweetness
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Saturday, 5 October 2013 12:29 (ten years ago) link
also i will forever love the whole concept's art: http://varnishstudio.com/work/danger-days
after you remove yourself from the drip, the conventional weapons eps are good methadone
― 乒乓, Saturday, 5 October 2013 12:57 (ten years ago) link
― Dora Viola G. I. de Orellana Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache-Tolle (c sharp major), Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:29 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yes, the movement. The rises and falls in this tune are so seductive.
― Tim F, Saturday, 5 October 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
last song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiJzCahaN8w
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
tim "summertime" is my favorite mcr song ugh
the tracklist to the hits comp underlines for me that though they had a solid run of singles, they weren't really a singles band, except for in the Black Parade era, which is funny because that's when they made their most obvious Big Statement Album attempt.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 19 February 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
'new' song sucks, wish they'd left it at Conventional Weapons
― Waluigi Weingarten (some dude), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 12:41 (ten years ago) link
Yeah it's not great.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 19 February 2014 13:27 (ten years ago) link
“bulletproof heart” and “summertime” are the best songs in the world
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
yes, and also S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W
I greatly prefer the version of Sing they released for Japan
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CpQ_fJeK4
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
honestly i’ve made my peace with “sing.” this is their best album
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
I actually like "Sing"! It's "Planetary" that doesn't work for me
but yeah on balance I think you're right
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link