"The Black Parade" exceeds cosmic
Jordan Watson
Issue date: 2/5/07 Section: Op/Ed
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"Come one come all, to this tragic affair," opens up My Chemical Romance's new cd, The Black Parade. This is an album of epic proportions filled with emotion, romance, and despair.
MCR came out swinging in the their last cd, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. This album exploded onto the charts and nearly every song on the cd would have made a perfect radio single. One could truly listen to every track of this cd and lose no enthusiasm throughout.
When I heard that they were putting out a new cd I was extremely excited. I frequently reference MCR to alternative's last chance, because I believe that they really are one of the last alternative bands to exist. I've always told people that they cannot miss when buying an MCR album, and it is nothing but the truth.
I hyped up this new album so much that I almost had impossible expectations for it and MCR proved that these expectations were possible. They quote queen as one their main influences in The Black Parade and it really shows through. This album is full of guitar solos, epic ballads, singled out vocals and is all-out spectacular.
True to the influence of Queen, MCR fills this album with diversity. This album could be considered punk, alternative, hard-rock, metal or whatever new genre one could think of. They almost start a genre of their own with this new cd.
"Dead" is an example of when MCR sticks to their punk roots. This song is filled with power chords, catchy verses and choruses and most all unfaltering angst. "Did you get what you deserve," is a lyric that fills this song and it connects with dying almost flawlessly.
"Welcome to the Black Parade," is the ballad that is the anthem of the cd. This is where the Queen influence shows through almost indefinitely. It starts out with a soft piano accompaniment with MCR's frontman singing alone to it. Drums start to kick in and the vocals get more intense. They then kick into hard driving punk that is comparable to the structure of "Bohemian Rhapsody," It is put together perfectly and makes for an amazing intro into this upbeat and fast paced song.
MCR came out swinging in the their last cd, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. This album exploded onto the charts and nearly every song on the cd would have made a perfect radio single. One could truly listen to every track of this cd and lose no enthusiasm throughout.
When I heard that they were putting out a new cd I was extremely excited. I frequently reference MCR to alternative's last chance, because I believe that they really are one of the last alternative bands to exist. I've always told people that they cannot miss when buying an MCR album, and it is nothing but the truth.
I hyped up this new album so much that I almost had impossible expectations for it and MCR proved that these expectations were possible. They quote queen as one their main influences in The Black Parade and it really shows through. This album is full of guitar solos, epic ballads, singled out vocals and is all-out spectacular.
True to the influence of Queen, MCR fills this album with diversity. This album could be considered punk, alternative, hard-rock, metal or whatever new genre one could think of. They almost start a genre of their own with this new cd.
"Dead" is an example of when MCR sticks to their punk roots. This song is filled with power chords, catchy verses and choruses and most all unfaltering angst. "Did you get what you deserve," is a lyric that fills this song and it connects with dying almost flawlessly.
"Welcome to the Black Parade," is the ballad that is the anthem of the cd. This is where the Queen influence shows through almost indefinitely. It starts out with a soft piano accompaniment with MCR's frontman singing alone to it. Drums start to kick in and the vocals get more intense. They then kick into hard driving punk that is comparable to the structure of "Bohemian Rhapsody," It is put together perfectly and makes for an amazing intro into this upbeat and fast paced song.
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