Sorry for your loss, hopefully it’s hasn’t been much of a bumpy ride for you, but I’m wishing you the best and want to thank you for being amazing and supporting my channel❤️
@@nachobusinezzreacts thank you for being amazing and responding, I loved both vids. And it gets easier man. I visit her grave from time to time it sure helps. To tell her how I’m doing and how missed she is
Huge respect to you and to her, that I am sure she is by your side and is thankful to have a great friend that goes to visit. Idk what it would be like to lose some of my closest friends and it’s a pain I never want to imagine. So props to you for pushing forward and staying strong😁 AND OFC ILL REPLY. You are the ones who make my channel possible and I love talking to people too! Best of luck to you and hopefully I get tal to you some other time!😄❤️
MCR has been called "Queen Day", ie a mix of Queen and Green Day, which is not a terrible shorthand for their sound in parts of their career. I know they're very open about their admiration for and inspiration taken from Queen, and got to play with Brian May at one point. May, in particular, compared Gerard Way to Freddy Mercury, which had to be a hell of a thing for Way to hear; imagine one of your heroes telling you you're a lot like another of your heroes that the first hero knew very intimately. Hard to top that, I would think.
@@brycechambers2448 Idk if i'd say its above or below The Black Parade for me, but KendrickLamar's To Pimp a Butterfly is pretty damn impactful. Similarly a concept album that tells a story, though the concept isnt as heavy as The Black Parade
this album was always a favorite of mine, and i played it for my mom after she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. we cried and laughed together, and she asked me to put the album on her phone. she listened to it at every chemo treatment she had… it got us both through some really crap times and now holds an even more special place in my heart. i’m so glad you’ve liked it so far, and you’ve earned my sub 💜
Wow! Props to you guys for staying strong and pushing forward! Your comment has made my day because I am extremely happy that a simple reaction has reminded u of those memories. Much love and best of the best for you💪🫶
As a lifelong MCR fan I loved this reaction. I would kill to listen to this for the first time again. I actually liked how much you paused and went back to re listen to parts and explained your thoughts. No point in a reaction without commentary. Subbed, hope to see more great react content
I love this comment because you understand that it’s my analysis on the song and not just a “reaction”. Much respect💪 Thank you for supporting the channel!😄👍
I LOVE seeing people listen to this album for the first time. It’s such an incredible work and I’m so glad it’s being appreciated years down the line. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Legitimately. I bought this album the day it came out and it blew my mind. It’s so cool watching someone else listen to it for the first time and appreciate it. I’m also jealous of them.
Dang dude good ear! Or you just looked up the lyrics…🤨📸 lmao just messing with you. That would make sense when u put everything together in the album. Thank you for the feedback!💪
As someone who also plays guitar and has learned quite a lot of MCR songs, one of the things that I really really appreciate about their stuff is that it's so varied. Like even the simplest-seeming riffs have something extra in there. Or the repeating patterns change ever so slightly. It really keeps you on your toes when you're playing. Also it's super fun! Both to play and to listen to.
No way! You can play a few of those?! Bro you’re a badass. I wish I could play some of these (which I am learning) but I can’t agree more with you on the topic of how fun it is to listen to them. Always something different and it’s amazing. Thank you for your support and keep rocking on!💪😁
Early Sunsets is musically one of their best. Absolutely beautiful, especially Frank's part, it is the chord strumming in the background. Ray gets a lot of the kudos for the guitars in MCR, and for good reason. He's fantastic, he's the lead. Ray is one of the best today but Frank is no pushover himself. His ear for melody is far better than Ray. Even Ray himself said that Frank's ear can hear things his can't.
Your comment about The Sharpest Lives and the dichotomy between its sad lyrics and the upbeat pace made me realise something, and I'll put it here cos not a lot of people think about it. There's a concept in psychology called Mania. If something or someone is manic, they basically have feelings x2. Everything they feel is fast, in overdrive, pounding in their head and explosive in their actions, it usually comes with impulsive behaviours. The Sharpest Lives deals with this; "If it looks like I'm laughing, I'm really just asking to leave" isn't just a potential suicide allegory, it's how people might lowkey react to anxiety; present normally but inside they desperately need to get out of there. That or it's someone suffering from mania, they're laughing cos their brain can't process everything at once, neurons firing willy nilly and they're ending up laughing when they're actually scared and sad. In the media, you tend to see these people as simply "The giggly crazies," sitting in a corner and laughing. Another thing about mania, it can result in impulsivity and an excess of contradictory emotions, that's why there's the pun about "Why don't you blow me... a kiss" and then the moaning in the song; frequently some of the impulses that manic sufferers feel is flitting between depression, extreme happiness, sexual feelings and lethargy all in the space of like... minutes. It doesn't make sense that someone who's sad also wants to fuck all the time, but that's how Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Manic Depression and other conditions with manic symptoms frequently present. Most people are pretty functional, especially with therapy and meds, but when their feelings get the better of them and they are pushed off the deep end, they become self destructive, dangerous to themselves and potentially others (drop the dagger and laugh at the blood on your hands, Romeo) and it's a very stigmatised and not-talked-about condition that is really sad and difficult to deal with. The media portrays them as giggling murderers, detached from reality and that's so off base. That hammering sound at the beginning and end is how someone like this experiences all their powerful emotions at once, pounding inside their head, no matter if it's sadness or inactivity, everything is NOW everything is FAST everything is HERE everything is AAAAH and they can't process it without acting strange. The emotions are painful and their reactions are potentially harmful; they lead Sharp Lives and it's deadly to them if untreated. That's the best way I can describe it to someone who may have never seen manic symptoms, and it's obviously VERY simplified, and may present differently for different people. I may be wrong though, it's mostly my interpretation. Feel free to demolish me.
Loved this!! Gave me a completely new perspective to the song.. as someone who was once diagnosed with bipolar disorder and took meds for it (even if it turned out to not be bipolar 😅, i still researched a lot about it) , you are like totally right in how mania affects a person, and the song really does reflect that. I used to think the lyrics were all over the place and didn't make sense, but after this comment, I can 100% see it, and this new pov really made me like the song a lot more, so thanks!!!
Exactly and very well stated... the commonly used phrase of "nervous laughter", like this album, encompasses so much more than what most see on the surface. It's part of the reason I love and respect MCR and all of their art so much.
Excellent analogy- I also read it as written from the experience of someone trying to distance themselves from an addiction; I Don’t Love You is the final act of distance
I LOVE the end. Gerard does a spectacular job wt making this grandiose over the top play intro. The whole time I can just imagine Gerard walking across a theatre stage
The black parade is probably my all time favourite album. As an amateur composer, the way these songs are composed, arranged and orchestrated is just so great. If you want an in-depth look at the story of the black parade, I personally love Wendigoon's take on the story and highly recommend his video on it. Gonna watch part 2 now (if it's out)
@@nachobusinezzreacts i have a couple covers on my yt channel including one of Disenchanted from this album, and some original music in the works. I see a lot of people recommending three cheers for sweet revenge, but you should also listen and possibly react to conventional weapons, it's their most underrated work.
Three cheers for sweet revenge is BOOMING in the comments right now. Conventional Weapons does sound interesting so that might be coming next and I'll check out some of your covers if you are cool with it!
@@nachobusinezzreacts yea, sure I'd love to hear what you think of them. Conventional weapons is really great and im currently obsessed with burn bright
I saw them live back in 08 when they came to Seattle. They could put on a show for real. I put this album up there with Metallica black and Prince Purple Rain. Every song is good from start to finish. Not many albums do that unless they are a greatest hits set lol.
I somehow missed them back in the day and discovered them just a couple of years ago. I saw them October 2022 in Tacoma. I wasn't prepared for just how incredible they were live. My God! What a show! As for this album, I've called "American Idiot" the most important album in a long time. I still believe that, but "The Black Parade" is the best album I've heard in decades. "There is zero filler on The Black Parade".
One thing to note on this album for your next listen is that not all songs are from the view of the patient. The second character is a spirit of death whose job is to lead the patient to the afterlife, but also tries to convince the patient not to go and stay as a spirit. The songs Mama, This Is How I Disappear, House of Wolves, and Famous Last Words are from the spirits point of view imo.
I’ve been seeing a lot of comments like this and you’re 100% on the right. Sadly, I realized this after I stoped recording 😂 thank you for the input and will definitely keep it in mind😌👍
One of the greatest reactions I’ve seen yet! This album has been my favourite for many years and finally seeing them live in concert was a dream come true! Loving the reactions keep them coming!
Thank you so much! I Can calmly say that this album has been by far one of my favorites of all time. AND YOURE SO LUCKY YOU SAW THEM IN PERSON. I want to see them🥲 thank you for all of your support!😄🫶
I love watching people discover this album. It's my #1 headphones album for sure, followed by Post Traumatic from Mike Shinoda. Good stuff dude. ETA - Mike Shinoda wrote Post Traumatic during the direct aftermath of Chester Bennington's (bandmate and lead vocalist of Linkin Park; you probably already knew that) suicide. So the album tells the story as he moves through the stages of grief. It is truly a fantastic album.
I did not know that about linkin park actually. That’s great insight! I should actually react to some linkin Park now that u mentioned it. But I agree, this album is one of my favorite ever because of the different vibes and tones you get with each while it tells a story. Absolute piece of art. Thank you for your support😁🫶
The attention to detail on this album has always been so incredible to me. Every track has so many layers and the composition is amazing. I still get chills every time I listen to sleep and the third section of Welcome to the Black Parade. Your reaction was great! You should totally listen to Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, also by MCR. Another great album is the Bastards Album by Palaye Royale or their most recent album Fever Dream.
I'll never get tired of people reacting to this album. There is a vague sort of storyline to it, but I love it when people have their own interpretations for each of the songs, and make it something more personal to them. I also really enjoyed hearing your comments about the guitars, Frank and Ray (the guitarists of mcr) were my main inspirations for picking up the guitar in the first place. Just listening to this album and the way they work together made me fall in love with it and I wanted to play just like them. Anyways, thank you for this! On to the next part for me
I can’t blame you for wanting to play like them😂 it is absolutely ridiculous how they play dude. They are some of my favorite guitarrists now! Loved having you here and will love having you here for part 2. See you then😁🫶
As an aside on the "horse gallop" rhythm; there's a great poem by Lord Byron called "The Destruction of Sennacherib", which is written with a cadence designed to imitate a galloping horse charging into battle. "Archer" fans may be familiar with it as the work Pam has partially tattooed across her entire back.
Good connection dude! I did not think of it that way, since poetry is not my favorite thing I’ll admit😂, but still really cool to think that they would connect little pieces to poetry and try to allude to it in the smallest and faintest ways in order for us to pick at it and understand it more little by little. ITS GENIUS! Thank you so much for your insight and your support! It means a lot😁🫶
0:33, it's not a theory its the truth, this is a narrative concept album telling the story of a patient dying young in his early 30s, the band them selves in fact confirmed it in the press for the album. pretty much all MCR releases is concept albums
absolutely one of the best albums of all time. was fortunate enough to see mcr live this past year and hear some of these songs live. love to see people react to this album and i’ve enjoyed your analysis so far ! i recommend checking out Wendigoon’s video on the story of this album- it’s just a theory, but i think it works really well. you’ve earned a sub from me 🫶
I love this bands while discography. They are so unique, matter musicians and story trekkers. Every album tells a story, and many songs have a cool story behind them. I suggest listening to everything they have, especially the releases that didn't make it on the album
Apple Music labels this as Alternative but most of it really isn't. Sure, one can say that anything with Punk influence technically falls under that umbrella, but the whole point of Alternative music is being music founded in certain genres but having distinct identities that don't follow the genres' typical traits. This album in particular, however, is very much inspired by traditional Hard Rock and Glam Rock with elements of Punk, Emo, and Metal thrown in, but it still feels very true to the classic Rock sound.
I’m gonna have to say that I agree with this. I never really listen to alternative music and this was more rock than alternative . After a few more listens I realized that Apple Music got it wrong so😂 thank you for the support!😁💪
You almost have the story down. In this album it follows a patient who has 2 weeks to live (as dead points out). He actually dies in the song welcome to the black parade. Before he dies he's thinking back on life, and after death going through the afterlife and judgment, when finally in famous last words passes on.
A theory I personally subscribe to, originally proposed by Windegoon, is that the story is told mostly out of order from two perspectives. The Patient and a spirit, we'll call him The Parader, watching it and both mocking the patient and reflecting. Hense The End and Dead are the Patient and the Parader both responding to the news of his diagnosis. A song that starts on harder more metal inspired chords and instruments are from The Parader's perspective and the more simple, often acoustic openings are The Patient's perspective. The exceptions are Teenagers and Mama, being the reverse, since they explain The Patient and Parader's origins respectively. The reversal on the songs that explain their back stories serves to highlight the similarities between both, young men who lost their lives unceremoniously and pointlessly from things out of their control.
how do you not have millions of subs?! you’re so profound. usually when i watch album reviews people say the most surface level things but your analysis is so interesting and in-depth. i’m very impressed with your commentary on dead!’s guitar solo. great video!
He refers to the story being a "theory", making it sound much less confirmed than it actually is. Every MCR album has an underlying story that unravels throughout it, in Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, for example, the story is about the Demolition Lovers, from their previous album, being separated in death and the male lover making a deal with the devil to try to reunite with her in heaven. (sorry for spoiling the experience)
As a matter of fact, I already reacted to three cheers for sweet revenge (ps: coming very very soon) and I got a complete different meaning from the one you’re talking to me about. However, yours makes wayyyyy more sense than mine😂 that video will be out soon😉 thank you for all the support and insight!😄💪
I reccomend you watch Wendigoon's video on the black parade, he explains his take on the story and I think it makes a lot of sense, he puts the album in a different order and makes the story clearer. also, the songs are from the perspectives of two different characters: the patient and death/the parader. the lore of this album is really cool and I'd reccomend looking into it :) edit: from reading other comments it turns out that you've already seen it, but if/when you react to three cheers for sweet revenge, there's a similar video by theo's ghost for that album, which is very helpful because the story doen't make much sense if you don't know what to look for
I knew someone who had cancer, but they noticed too late and was stage 3, so they did decide to let it kill them. Also know someone else who had it and luckly caught it early and got treated and still alive. Also had a dog who had it, and the fact that i actually discovered it by a tumor in the mouth made it harder on me. Had to put her down right before vacation. I legit cried almost every day for months.
fun fact most of the album was written when the band was staying at a haunted paramour mansion and they literally went crazy in there, gerard and mikey (the singer and their brother, the bassist) had a lot of mental and substance abuse problems already and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back i suppose. and other guys (ray and frank - guitar, and bob - drums) mentioned seeing ghosts in there and all that shit, apparently one of them was a lady in white, talk about torturing yourself for the sake of your art huh i think you should react to all of their albums (there’s four main plus a compilation of singles called conventional weapons that basically counts as the fifth, plus a live album and also they released a new song last year and truly it made my year it’s so good) but especially bullets, their first one, cause it’s so different to the black parade, more raw and punk
IN A HAUNTED MASION?! Omg they were really living and meaning their song. It’s crazy to think that they really do live up to this album and their music. Thank you so much for the support and amazing insight that I’m definitely going to check the other albums out. Extremely interesting songs and stories. Thank you!😄🫶
when i was 15 my 13yo sister got this album when it came out and mcr was just known as "emo shit" so i never listened to it at the time. the surprise i had like ten years later when i heard Mama and was like "WHAT is this", this album fucking bangs lol
LMAO THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. Before reacting to this I was like “oh HECKS nah that’s emo shit” and I was like “Yk what? Let’s give it a try” turned it on and blessed my ears. MCR goes super hard💪
This is one my my favorite albums. If you don’t mind I’d like to recommend another of my favorites: Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mSTkywmK1Sc.html this moment, this right here captures what MCR feels like for me. It encapsulates all the voices in our minds and in our lives crying out all at once for so many things in this horrible, beautiful way. Their ability to give a coherent (mostly) voice to that feeling is probably the most powerful thing about them. Absolutely love this reaction
awesome video! i think it’d be a good idea to have the lyrics of each song pulled up in a separate tab to read when you can’t hear exactly what they’re saying, just so you can get the full experience :) definitely check out mcr more!
Yes, looking for part 2, but you are missing a lot when you pause to guess at meanings mid-sentence of the lyric. (Can't wait till you see an MCR video and discovery the number of guitars.) 😉 Btw, not every song is 'the patient story'. For example, I DON'T LOVE YOU is about the music industry. Enjoy!
Oh 100% dude. I didn’t keep that in mind, I’m gonna remember next time I react to another one. Thank you for the feedback! It helps me do better every video😄💪
Uh, I Don’t Love You is absolutely about the paitnent. It’s about him chasing those he loves away. It also is about the industry, but it TOTALLY serves the plot
The black parade album is in a league of its own. It’s a mood. It’s a message. It’s a banger. The band moved on, music is ever changing, but this album is a foot print.
Good work mate, the lead singer (I think it's Gérard Way.) This whole album is about... he was brought up by his grandmother and she went down with cancer. I don't know what to say after that
Oh my gosh so that’s the story behind it. I was wondering if there was any story behind it, and an hour later I read your comment😂 thank you so much for the insight and the support🫶💪
The song "the sharpiest lives" it's about killing your insides, it's aboud regret his "sins" and says he dope himself in alcohol, like when he says "take me a shot to remember"
Triggered by the title hardcore but my god am I happy to see someone enjoying MCR for the first time. This album is literal perfection from start to finish
Welcome to the black parade is supposed to be when the character actually passes away into hell "the black parade" the beginning piano and lyrics are his last moments and thoughts of his father taking him to a parade. Dead is about the patient getting told he has 2 weeks to live. "Have you heard the news that your dead?!" "Is 2 weeks all you can give?"
OMG THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW. I have been listening over and over again to the same song trying to see if it had a meaning and there it is, your comment explains it perfectly. Thank you for the support!😄🫶
Hi my friend, i recommend reacting to the album “Whatever people say i am, that’s what i’m not” by The Arctic Monkeys. It is one of the best and it came out on the same “era” as The Black Parade. Hope you like it!
What’s funny is that you said “the bass player is going crazy” and meanwhile while preforming the base player Mikey is the most chill person. Also the main guitar is Ray toro! He’s extremely talented I would check some of him stuff out
BRO I WATCH HIM ALL THE TIME. Dude is INSANE with his guitar skills. I tried playing like him but as you can tell, I didn’t end up exactly how he did so😃😂
@@nachobusinezzreacts so I'm a drummer. Been in 2 bands. Taught my self drums as well, started to teach my self guitar. With the time and work, anyone can be just as good as the doo. It's my hope for anyone. Of course put time in. Just takes time. Bro fist to you. I play metal and punk, good way to get out any feelings or whatever going on. I personally played system of a down, avenged seven fold, lamb of god, etc.
tl;dr the central figure of the album's story is dying/has died, and he was NOT a great person. at all. so the album goes between him thinking about his life to what he's experiencing as he's dying and after he's dead.
