Sleep My Chemical Romance Reaction | Metalhead Reacts to MCR 

Gerard's screaming WAKE UP at the end always gets me. This album came out when I was struggling with multiple sleep disorders that caused horrific nightmares that would continue after i woke up and the recounting of the night terrors in this hit very close to home. Its such an amazing song. You should listen to some Conventional Weapons. Boy Division, Light Behind Your Eyes, and Ambulance are all great. And their cover of Desolation Row.

fun fact: rob cavallo (the producer) developed two new guitar tones for this song, called Black Fire and Nemesis.

This always gives me chills. The "wake up" screamed over and over at the end...every time. Juxtaposing the lyrics from the verses with that ending, in the context of the narrative? Forget about it. This song crushes in ALL WAYS.

4:13 is when he straits screaming “wake up” in the background. It’s barely audible, purposely

Sleep is such an underrated song. It hurts so good.

I'm glad you liked it . If you didn't know already during the black parade album the whole band lived in the paramour Mansion. Which is a really haunted mansion, and they wrote the whole black parade album there too.

Listen to “This is How I Disappear” on the Black Parade album.

(Not so) Fun Fact: According to their biography written by Tom Bryant, the song Sleep and specifically the talking in the beginning and end of the song is Gerard describing the night terrors that he got when they were staying in the Paramour Mansion during the recording of TBP (I’m unsure if that’s his voice in the recording or not though, it might be). He also had nightmares of his loved ones and Joan of Arc (his favorite historical figure) dying in flames. Just thought I’d give you something sad to think about 👍🏻

You should react to the live version of Sleep in Mexico. Gerard screaming the wake up part in the end is just pure chills and brilliance.

early sunsets over monroeville is from bullets, their first album and Gerard was having a terrible toothache during the recording of the song and you can hear he's pain, too real

They wrote this (and the whole album) at the very haunted Paramour Mansion (no relation to the band) and the voices of the tape recorder in the beginning and the bridge were actually Gerard keeping a tape recorder at his bed to record his nightmares he was having at the mansion and what is on the song was what he described in one of his nightmares. He screams sleep because he was having bouts of insomnia at the mansion and then begins screaming wake up for two reasons, first because on the album the protagonist, a man dying tragically in his 30s of cancer has died and gone to hell and hes trying to convince himself its a nightmare from the chemo and just wants to wake up. The second is because Gerard is trying to tell himself to wake up from his nightmare that he described on the tape audio in the song. And a fun fact is that this song was the first recorded of the whole album and it all began with the opening piano riff after Gerard had a sleepless night and the rest all just grew from there. And it wasnt just Gerard that had paranormal experiences while staying here; his brother Mikey who plays bass for MCR became so depressed and borderline suicidal that he actually left the mansion halfway through recording the album to seek treatment. Even Papa Roach stayed at the Paramour and recorded an album there and they also had similar experiences.

Sorry to mention another reaction channel here but Brad in BradTasteInMusic dissected this song for me and since then...everytime I hear this song it's just that it swallows me whole, all of my being just get swallowed up by Gerard's darkness, how he was within, it's like a dark, empty, void, with such sadness, anger, grief, the demons, all of those are deafening my ears, wake uuuppp...and tears my heart apart. Man! Gerard! Dude! This guy...man...thanks for being our voice, my voice, thank you for screaming out for us, for screaming all the pain we had out. This might sound exaggerated or whiney but I hope he knows how thankful we are. Thank you.

This is my favorite of theirs. It’s perfect. The agony of the “wake up” at the end kills me every time. Thanks for doing this one! Have you done “Destroya” yet? I recommend that and “Our Lady of Sorrows.” One from the end of their original run and one from the beginning.

YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!! This is THE ONE I've been requesting all along. I get chills everytime I hear this song Hey, my birthday is tomorrow. What a lovely birthday present! Ok you just downloaded 17mins ago - Let me get my popcorn first Aaaaand GO!

You should check out the B-Side of The Black Parade. My Way Home Is Through You and Heaven Help Us are both really good songs and they really show off Gerard’s unique way of singing

If you really want to hear unorthodox singing from Gerard, check out Desert Song, that is pure gold!

1:10 Hahahaha that was my reaction when i first heared it. Right now im hooked with Thank you for the Venom.

Watching them sing this live is insane. Gerard goes off on those screams at the end

Great song, but we def need more from Revenge and Bullets albums. Thank you for the Venom You know what they do to guys like us in prison, I never told you what I do for a living, Early Sunsets over Monroeville, Vampires will never hurt you, Demilition lovers Honey this mirror isnt big enough for the 2 of us Bet anything you're seriously gonna love each one of em :D

I have had many night terrors and when this song came out...oof it hits home but felt like a release hearing it in music (if that makes any sense). Definitely one of my top favorites, the layering, and mixing of this song is just absolutely beautiful!

Please react to "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living" by MCR. You def won't regret it🤙🏼

Getting to watch a musician first react and fall in love with MCR honestly validates everything I felt as a Teenager and now, frigging 20 years on lol

Seriously hands down the best concert i ever went to was My Chemical Romance on their Black Parade tour. They performed the entire Black Parade album in sequence AND THEN came back and performed multiple songs from their previous albums. So amazing.

mann, you've got to check out I Never Told You What I Do for a Living. it's one of their best songs

My niece Tyranny loves this song because of when the song goes three cheers for tyranny. She normally only sees or hears her name in the way of we must fight to end tyranny way.

Stoked you were able to get to this one. Thought you’d dig it. The unsung hero of this song is the mixer - especially the ending. There’s so much going on sonically that to be able to give each element a clear voice without muddying the track is so so impressive with the wall of sound that blasts you. You touched on the placement of the vocals further back and you’re spot on with that. Cheers!

I know nobody cares, but there was a time in my life when I couldn't listen to this song without actually crying.

Same with everyone I love the last part when Gerard starts screaming "Wake Up". It feels like the whole song burst to you in the end and hitting you again and again, that part gave me chills.

Sleep never fails to give me chills! You should definitely check out Thank You For The Venom or The Light Behind Your Eyes. Two top notch tracks by MCR!

Sleep and House of Wolves are my two favorite songs from TBP but I love the entire album. I’ve got all of their albums and I was lucky enough to see them 6 times between 2006 and 2011. They are amazing

EARLY SUNSETS OVER MONROEVILLE

This song is soooo good, one of my mcr favs. Really really underrated

Finally!! You should check also some songs from Conventional weapons, ESPECIALLY Make room and Boy division

The idea for this sing came when they spent like a month in a haunted house, it’s inspired by his night terrors. 🤘⚰✨

Gdmmgh, I loved your reaction, so seldom ppl here same, you did. I hope masses of ppl watch this. Hugs

I’ve been waiting for this one!! 😁

My neice loves this song because her name is Tyranny. Normally when her name comes up somewhere, it's normally like, "we need to defeat tyranny." So she loves it when they're like, "three cheers for tyranny."

Fun fact: the voice at the beginning is Gerard talking about his nightmares during the recording of the album, he was telling what his nightmares are about

You must do thank you for the venom next. Such a great song. Good reaction tho

Omg omg omg, this one

I got the notification 2 hours late but I clicked on this so fast once i saw it 😂 I’m glad you liked the song! The Black Parade is Dead performance of Sleep is also fantastic in case you decide to do a MCR live reaction again 😉 watching Gerard sing it live just makes it even more epic 🔥

Finally I have found someone who obviously knows their music and has the same reaction to MCR and Sleep more specifically like I do. Every part of your reaction was like holding up a mirror to myself and the way I react listening to this song. From loving the piano intro to the verse of the song, to the screaming in the background just causing pure chills, to the way it kind of fades out with the vocals before the very end. You have definitely just got a new subscriber!

My favourite MCR song! Great video!!!

This was pretty much my reaction to hearing Sleep for the first time as well. Just when you think it’s peaked, they take it up another level! Such an incredible song!!

I love this song because of the line, "three cheers for tyranny." I have a niece named Tyranny and except for this, every time she sees or hears her name somewhere, it's always like, "we must destroy tyranny" or something like that so it's good for her to hear a song occasionally that instead says, "three cheers for tyranny."

Nice reaction Been a MCR fan since 07. The black parade album is one of my favorites and this song is amazing, please react to its not a fashion statement, its a deathwish, one of my favorite songs by them 😄

Sleep is definitely one of my favorite songs I've ever heard. It's just amazing all around.

So super cool fun fact here: the entire black parade album was written while the band was staying at a haunted mansion. The talking in the beginning is Gerard talking about nightmares he was getting while staying there, which were about people he loves dying and all sorts of “terrors”

you should listen to "My way home is through you", it's so underrated but a banger

I love how this song always comes up when i'm awake at 3 am. I'm trying okay Gerard give a girl a break haha

L. O. V. E this song so much, the melodies, the lyrics. Thank you for reacting to this beautiful song. No pauses, God, thank you!!!... Hope your channel keeps growing man! Cheers

Long live My Chemical Romance

Idk how im just finding this channel now your videos are great man

One of my favorite songs on the album

Nice reaction 👍

I would love for you to do Dead! Possibly my favorite MCR song. Also maybe To The End and Headfirst for Halos

Eu sinto a mesma coisa quando escuto essa música 🖤

There’s so many songs I love by MCR, and you’ve reacted to a few of them, so here are some others. - Burn Bright - Cancer (AOL sessions) - Heaven Help Us - To The End - This Is How I Disappear - Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back - My Way Home Is Through You - Any acoustic song, especially Helena, The Ghost of You, Summertime and The Kids From Yesterday.

They recorded this album at the Paramour Mansion in LA, which is allegedly haunted. Both Mikey and Gerard experienced these awful night terrors at the house, which inspired this song

Oh this is one of my favourite MCR songs. I‘d also like to see Disenchanted and Vampire Money...well I think in the end we‘ll make you listen to every song MCR has made🤔 But also I wanted to ask if you‘ve heard of the band Palaye Royale. I really like them and hopefully you like them too when you listen to one of their songs.

It is art

Please do "Disenchanted" it's my favorite from that album

Listen to the Isolated Vocals / Acapella of this song

I took to listening to this album while I was in hospital, because the whole album is about a guy in the hospital dying from cancer.

I’m a hardcore MCR fan, but pleeeeaasssse listen to “I Think I’m Okay” by MGK ft. YUNGBLUD and Travis Barker. I was instantly hooked on both bands after that, and they are AMAZING.

Yes yes

You need to react to sleep live in México

could you listen to Thank you for the Venom next? its my favorite mcr song and i think you'd enjoy it

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I was ready to go to sleep but i guess noop...This song is my favourite i mean the lyrics the guitar his fucking voice is just beautiful

More Nightwish please! Nightwish - The greatest Show on Earth or Nightwish - Song of myself

I would recommend putting lyrics to make it a lil more interactive for viewers, instead of just looking at the plain image... Anyway keep working i like what you're doing

Yo have to react to demolition lover PD:I love your content

Every song on WTTBP is interwoven to tell the story of a cancer patient. You should react to the album as a whole.

Please react to you know what they do to guys like us in prision

Some days the only way to get through all the crap you need to do is blaring MCR.

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Disenchanted, anyone?

You look so much like Richard Madden that it’s actually weird to me that you don’t have a Scottish accent 😂

React to Dead 🤔

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