My Platinum Romance

[Jared Kaufman]

Congratulations to My Chemical Romance (www.absolutepunk.net/mychemicalromance) for having their latest album, The Black Parade, go platinum.

[tyler lefebvre]

w/e

[hxchairstylist]

Indeed, congratulations.

[Nigel Tufnel]

God, this band is catchy as hell. Once again, not a show that I would pay to see, but, their albums kick ass.

[permanentdan]

congrats boys!

[Low Level Owl]

haha not a big fan of my chemical romance but this album was a surprise. it's pretty damn good. congrats to mcr.

[ACA]

Congratulations.

-ACA

[rickmo]

good for them, they are extremely successful, but somehow stay out of the spotlight


off topic: MCR make Danny Bonaduce's daughter want to get her lip pierced haha

[fire1at9will]

SUPER CONGRATULATIONS!!! becasue this album is by far the greatest one!

[SwedishHeat]

I was trying too hard to be snarky at first, but all I really wanted to do was say that these guys changed their sound and subject matter to appeal to the teenage demographic.

I don't think they're deserving of anything except a swift kick in the nuts.

[MoneyMaker]

did it really go platinum this time or is it inflated numbers again.

[Drew Beringer]

nice

[sweetforever]

:appl: well done

[Nigel Tufnel]

good for them, they are extremely successful, but somehow stay out of the spotlight


off topic: MCR make Danny Bonaduce's daughter want to get her lip pierced haha


Out of the spotlight??? Compared to Fall Out Boy, yes, but...... I believe it was last month (or maybe the month before, I cant remember) I went to Borders books and was checking out the magazine section. Those dudes were on the covers of 5 different magazines in the same month!!!! Crazy.


Also OT, The dudes in MCR are cousins with Fear Factor's Joe Rogan ha ha.

[music_is_my_boy]

wow congrats, great band, great music

[Rodeo]

good job to them... I am a huge fan of Eyeball Records and it's really good to see one of thier products do this well!

[tyler lefebvre]

good for them, they are extremely successful, but somehow stay out of the spotlight

MTV is not out of the spotlight.

[Jared Kaufman]

I was trying too hard to be snarky at first, but all I really wanted to do was say that these guys changed their sound and subject matter to appeal to the teenage demographic.

I don't think they're deserving of anything except a swift kick in the nuts.
Yeah, because teenagers are so aware of and into David Bowie and Queen that they crave it in their modern-day music and bands.

[sdbrown]

Congrats to them!

[tacosforcharles]

Sweet, I liked this album alot more than their old stuff.

[Rodeo]

Yeah, because teenagers are so aware of and into David Bowie and Queen that they crave it in their modern-day music and bands.

<333


you beat me to it.

[namembal]

cool

[rickmo]

Out of the spotlight??? Compared to Fall Out Boy, yes, but...... I believe it was last month (or maybe the month before, I cant remember) I went to Borders books and was checking out the magazine section. Those dudes were on the covers of 5 different magazines in the same month!!!! Crazy.


Also OT, The dudes in MCR are cousins with Fear Factor's Joe Rogan ha ha.


MTV is not out of the spotlight.


I did mean compared to Fall Out Boy, I mean I dont watch MTV and I dont read a lot of magazines so I dont really hear much from them.

[tyler lefebvre]

<333


you beat me to it.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7Eeppstein/pix/cardinals/cubs/HighFive-m.jpg

[rickmo]

Yeah, because teenagers are so aware of and into David Bowie and Queen that they crave it in their modern-day music and bands.



haha YES!!

[IAPAI]

Out of the spotlight??? Compared to Fall Out Boy, yes, but...... I believe it was last month (or maybe the month before, I cant remember) I went to Borders books and was checking out the magazine section. Those dudes were on the covers of 5 different magazines in the same month!!!! Crazy.


Also OT, The dudes in MCR are cousins with Fear Factor's Joe Rogan ha ha.

I did the same thing last month. It was insane. Every magazine that wasn't completely underground either had them on the cover, or had their name on the cover. I think that's when you know you're a household name.

[SwedishHeat]

Yeah, because teenagers are so aware of and into David Bowie and Queen that they crave it in their modern-day music and bands.

What are you trying to say??

[tyler lefebvre]

What are you trying to say??
Nothing worth paying attention to because he likes MCR.

[Jared Kaufman]

Nothing worth paying attention to because he likes MCR.
Sick burn, brah!

[Groogz]

I liked this album. Def. one of the bigger surprises from last year. Congrats to them.

[Punkdc]

Not a big fan, but congrats to them. I remember days of playing Chain Reaction with Taking Back Sunday.

[tyler lefebvre]

Sick burn, brah!
Not a personal attack, just sarcasm. Anything I say is light hearted. Sarcasm has its sense of honesty though, I've been teaching a bunch of kids MCR songs on guitar for a few years now and its getting repulsive :/

[Rodeo]

Anything I say is light hearted. Sarcasm has its sense of honesty though, I've been teaching a bunch of kids MCR songs on guitar for a few years now and its getting repulsive :/

be like every other guitar teacher on the planet and ONLY teach blues scales and triads then. :-p

[tyler lefebvre]

be like every other guitar teacher on the planet and ONLY teach blues scales and triads then. :-p

Ha, let it kill me slowly from the inside out

[The Revisionist]

This is the only My Chemical Romance album I like the entire way through. The one before it has some good songs but some not good songs, as well as some unemotive drumming.

[SwedishHeat]

Sick burn, brah!

But really though, you seem to be comparing My Chemical Romance to David Bowie and Queen. And in my view, there is no comparison there, so what are you trying to get at??

[werealldudes19]

congrats.

[1Roth4]

well done.

their last effort is the bands best to date. in my opinion of course.... but Bullets is a very close second.

[thisismyname]

Damn. Nice job guys.

[Jared Kaufman]

But really though, you seem to be comparing My Chemical Romance to David Bowie and Queen. And in my view, there is no comparison there, so what are you trying to get at??
If you don't get what I was saying, I'm not sure this explaination is going to help (but I'll give it a shot): The gentleman I quoted said that My Chemical Romance changed their sound in order to sell more records and appeal to teenagers. The point I was making with my comment was teenagers these days aren't that well-versed in classic rock or music from generations past, so I doubt they're really itching for influences from Queen and David Bowie in what comes out today. How does that all relate? Well, The Black Parade is heavily influenced by those two examples (and then some) I gave.

[AdamTheGreat]

Suprise suprise.

[breathingmusic]

MCRmy.com WOOT WOOT!!!

[tharealck]

speaking of bands selling well, did anyone see that gym class heroes are the second best selling song on iTunes today with Cupid's Chokehold? I knew they were re-releasing it as a single, but that's kind of crazy.

Plus, patrick is featured on the number one and number two top songs today. pretty weird to see/awesome for him.

[hopeforthebest]

If you don't get what I was saying, I'm not sure this explaination is going to help (but I'll give it a shot): The gentleman I quoted said that My Chemical Romance changed their sound in order to sell more records and appeal to teenagers. The point I was making with my comment was teenagers these days aren't that well-versed in classic rock or music from generations past, so I doubt they're really itching for influences from Queen and David Bowie in what comes out today. How does that all relate? Well, The Black Parade is heavily influenced by those two examples (and then some) I gave.

how does someone not comprehend that the first time around

[T1Panda]

Good album. Congratulations.

[tyler lefebvre]

how does someone not comprehend that the first time around
It can be misunderstood a few different ways coming from different standpoints.

[jd195527]

congrats to them

any chance we'll be seeing that interview with Frank anytime soon? not rushing, just wondering.

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

wow congrats, great band, great music
yes congrats but no, and no.

[SVBrightEye]

congrats to them

any chance we'll be seeing that interview with Frank anytime soon? not rushing, just wondering.

I was wondering about the interview too, i'm curious to read it.

[rickmo]

how does someone not comprehend that the first time around


yeah I dunno either, but obviously someone who thought that the new MCR was just to sell more records with a unique sound, haha even though the influences are quite clear

[SwedishHeat]

If you don't get what I was saying, I'm not sure this explaination is going to help (but I'll give it a shot): The gentleman I quoted said that My Chemical Romance changed their sound in order to sell more records and appeal to teenagers. The point I was making with my comment was teenagers these days aren't that well-versed in classic rock or music from generations past, so I doubt they're really itching for influences from Queen and David Bowie in what comes out today. How does that all relate? Well, The Black Parade is heavily influenced by those two examples (and then some) I gave.

Ahh, I see, so we were talking about two different aspects of their music. My original point was that they went from a raw, rough sound with music about the darker aspects of (popular) culture, and now they write songs that are more accessible, i.e. "I'm Not Okay", "Teenagers", songs that are designed to evoke a response of "Hey, this song is about exactly what I'm going through right now. These guys are just like me."

It just seems antithetical to the kind of music and subject matter they wrote about on the first CD. My impression of the band is that once they started getting offers from major labels they said, "Hey, we have a message that we want to get across, but we need to make our music more accessible and "listenable" in order to get the majority amount of kids to listen to it." Their hearts are in the right place, I just disagree with the methods in which they went about doing it.

It just seems to me that they took the easy road to success. So, when you say "Hey, congrats on going platinum!!", it's not like it was all that hard, because they wrote songs that are designed to be pop songs, and sell lots of records, whereas five years ago when you listened to their first CD, you'd never think that they would do something like this.

[insertwithere]

Ahh, I see, so we were talking about two different aspects of their music. My original point was that they went from a raw, rough sound with music about the darker aspects of (popular) culture, and now they write songs that are more accessible, i.e. "I'm Not Okay", "Teenagers", songs that are designed to evoke a response of "Hey, this song is about exactly what I'm going through right now. These guys are just like me."

It just seems antithetical to the kind of music and subject matter they wrote about on the first CD. My impression of the band is that once they started getting offers from major labels they said, "Hey, we have a message that we want to get across, but we need to make our music more accessible and "listenable" in order to get the majority amount of kids to listen to it." Their hearts are in the right place, I just disagree with the methods in which they went about doing it.

It just seems to me that they took the easy road to success. So, when you say "Hey, congrats on going platinum!!", it's not like it was all that hard, because they wrote songs that are designed to be pop songs, and sell lots of records, whereas five years ago when you listened to their first CD, you'd never think that they would do something like this.

i'm not here to rip on people but seriously...... if going platnum wasn't "all that hard" we'd all be fuckin rockstars. it is unlike any other professional goal in that it is entirely out of your hands. you can write the best record ever....but you can't make it sell a million records. it strictly revolves around what others think of you and that is the scariest position you can imagine when it comes to a job and a livelihood. not to mention they've done it twice.

[Phil507]

Not a personal attack, just sarcasm. Anything I say is light hearted. Sarcasm has its sense of honesty though, I've been teaching a bunch of kids MCR songs on guitar for a few years now and its getting repulsive :/

So I'm guessing you sit around and complain how kids never want to learn "real" music on guitar and only want to play "garbage" like My Chemical Romance.

[colormecadence]

No surprise here... After the success of the Helena single off the last album, I knew they would follow up with an album to that style. Every part epic, catchy and over the top.

[knife vs xface]

i think whether you like mcr or not,
you have to be happy for them & respect them.
i don't see any posts about your record going
platnum. plus, just because they're on mtv
doesn't mean they're bad people or they have
bad music. don't you think they're on there
because they have good music?

[LuvLikeFFTL1666]

took wayy longer then i though
it

[LuvLikeFFTL1666]

took wayy longer then i though
it wasnt that good
but congrads

[notoaststereo]

good for them

[tyler lefebvre]

So I'm guessing you sit around and complain how kids never want to learn "real" music on guitar and only want to play "garbage" like My Chemical Romance.
Youve got me pegged, I'm impressed.

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[Phil507]

Youve got me pegged, I'm impressed.

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Yeah, I rule, and I used to take guitar lessons for 6 months. Thing is they were never really lessons. I was 12 so I would just bring in my Silverchair, Nirvana and Goo Goo Dolls CDs and have my guitar teacher teach me those songs. Wow, he must haved HATED me...

[tyler lefebvre]

Yeah, I rule, and I used to take guitar lessons for 6 months. Thing is they were never really lessons. I was 12 so I would just bring in my Silverchair, Nirvana and Goo Goo Dolls CDs and have my guitar teacher teach me those songs. Wow, he must haved HATED me...
I was joking about you having me pegged, but anyway, he probably didnt hate you, he figured he was doing his job. You do what you can do to keep the students content, while giving them knowledge. Ive been teaching for almost five years and I'm up to 45 students a week, 20 more than the average teacher around here, I must be doing something right..

[sateendreem]

Congrats to the MCR five. Gread CD. I bought it the day it came out and I really love it!

[falloutboy.]

:appl: well done
well said

[Ruggiero2oo8]

congrats to them.

[blnk1805]

this cd never did it for me

[AP_Punk]

nice.

[PopPunkKid]

Mucho congrats. Probably my second favorite album of all time.

I can't believe people think Fall Out Boy's Infinity on High is better... no fucking way.

[secretemily]

Good for them, they deserve it.

[best_mistake392]

Yay
congratulations!!!!!
-throws confetti-

[LulaDivinia]

good job to them... I am a huge fan of Eyeball Records and it's really good to see one of thier products do this well!

??

[thisismyname]

^ MCR's first record was on eyeball.

[tonighttonight0]

way to go

[radxbandit]

good for them

[Nolessthanblink]

Good stuff boys!

[tbsunday14]

they deserve it dude
kickass album.

[Phil507]

I was joking about you having me pegged, but anyway, he probably didnt hate you, he figured he was doing his job. You do what you can do to keep the students content, while giving them knowledge. Ive been teaching for almost five years and I'm up to 45 students a week, 20 more than the average teacher around here, I must be doing something right..

I figured you were joking. Do you have your kids use tabs or do you just figure it out by ear and show it to them?

[tyler lefebvre]

I figured you were joking. Do you have your kids use tabs or do you just figure it out by ear and show it to them?
I teach them to read music, tabs, chord charts and scale charts in the first half of the lesson, the second half we usually work on figuring out songs. It depends on the student though. I utilize all of that stuff where it is necessary because some students are stronger in certain areas, and some completely despise those concepts.

[Chemical Love]

Congrats to them, they deserve it. I really like their new CD.

[Matt_Dizzle]

platinum hmm. congrats