This was great. Would have been more original if the fans had been allowed to ask all the questions (I remember the first girl's LJ report about how the fans questions were essentially scripted? And WTF, 9/11 questions? And Daily Mail questions? For serious?)
Five kids in a room in the middle of nowhere made them content. I... like hearing that kind of stuff.
I find it hilarious that Gerard had ~theories about pop (though I kind of agree on Gaga and all). Like, he sits and comes up with ~theories.
Frank wants an MCE museum. He would totally be the curator in his old age, I bet.
And he breaks down after two days away from his kids. JWNFJbgejgnwejg.
And them all talking about Britpop and all, and Ray's like LOLNO.
Mikey, your hipster glasses. What. Just. What.
And don't lie about musical theater. We all know you wanted to be in musicals.
They're always going to ask those standard questions, I'm surprised fans are still complaining about it. It's part of their base history now and a lot of reporters go over it so if you're new to the band, you can get the overview.
Plus, not everyone reads every interview by them ever. I think a lot of us here have a skewed vision of what is being asked because we follow obsessively. There's going to be standard questions that get asked everytime because it's band history. It's partly lazy, partly "educational".
I thought the questions were good and they were able to expand further on some of the stuff and actually the questions that were asked about those two subjects weren't necessarily the standard.
I just... find it better if people do their own back research if they're that curious? It's not hard to wiki, but the time could be used for other stuff we don't know the answer to yet?
Okay, it is not surprising AT ALL that Frank is the one with all the articles and press materials and, like, SCRAPBOOKS THEIR HISTORY. I mean, HE'S THEIR BIGGEST AND OLDEST FAN, GUYS.
Also, seriously, his hearteyes for Gerard were fucking out of control. And I will never ever ever get over the cherry button.
try telling her that! she's refusing to watch the video. i told her it was awesome but OH NO! She can't bare even remember pretending to vomit in front of them!
Dude, seriously. She's pretty much my hero right now, she wins at being so fucking down to earth and relaxed. I mean, I get that she was probably nervous as hell, but at least she was awesome!nervous, and not a tittering fool! And she made the boys laugh! That's pretty fucking sweet if you ask me :)
Sorry for the double comment, but ALSO I think it's so interesting how interviewers are constantly assuming things about how the band is impacted by their marriages/wives and their kids. Like, Billy Bush's assumptions about where the wives would want to travel and what they would do (lol shopping at Chanel), or that Frank and Gerard would welcome touring as like a BREAK from their daughters, which is really really really not the impression that I get from them. Like, touring with their band seems like basically the only thing in the world awesome enough to make leaving their families for months tolerable or worth it, you know? That is not really the same thing.
So I guess when I say INTERESTING, what I really mean is sort of distressing and sexist. WHO KNEW. But yay for these being the kind of guys that make up this band, seriously.
I'm not sure how much I think it was sexist as much as it was just kind of dumb and pretty insensitive.
I think he meant to come off as joking and has probably joked about it with other bands or people but I don't think that Frank or Gerard are able to treat it as funny as you know...it's kind of distressing and it obviously takes a toll on Frank apparently and it's such a brand new situation. I think they are able to deal with it the way they can as a family (both MCR and Frank and Jamia) and together but it probably isn't something they are comfortable joking with people at this point.
What strikes me as being sexist about it is that it assumes that dads aren't supposed to WANT to spend all their time with their kids. But you're probably right that sexist isn't quite the right word, more just Dude Culture-y in a way that MCR really isn't.
And I agree that it was clearly meant to be joking and all that, it just sort of struck me as being a fairly typical question (just like Billy Bush's comments about the wives) that felt totally bizarre in reference to My Chem. But I think you're right that the guys are handling the situation as best they can, and that it's probably easier for them to joke about the boring or repetitive parts of parenting when they're actually in the same country as their family (ie, Frank's comments on twitter when he was in Jersey over Christmas).
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This was great. Would have been more original if the fans had been allowed to ask all the questions (I remember the first girl's LJ report about how the fans questions were essentially scripted? And WTF, 9/11 questions? And Daily Mail questions? For serious?)
Five kids in a room in the middle of nowhere made them content. I... like hearing that kind of stuff.
I find it hilarious that Gerard had ~theories about pop (though I kind of agree on Gaga and all). Like, he sits and comes up with ~theories.
Frank wants an MCE museum. He would totally be the curator in his old age, I bet.
And he breaks down after two days away from his kids. JWNFJbgejgnwejg.
And them all talking about Britpop and all, and Ray's like LOLNO.
Mikey, your hipster glasses. What. Just. What.
And don't lie about musical theater. We all know you wanted to be in musicals.
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I thought the questions were good and they were able to expand further on some of the stuff and actually the questions that were asked about those two subjects weren't necessarily the standard.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrCUEY8rgPE
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Also, seriously, his hearteyes for Gerard were fucking out of control. And I will never ever ever get over the cherry button.
&BAND;
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ditto to everything ♥
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Also, oh band <3
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So I guess when I say INTERESTING, what I really mean is sort of distressing and sexist. WHO KNEW. But yay for these being the kind of guys that make up this band, seriously.
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I think he meant to come off as joking and has probably joked about it with other bands or people but I don't think that Frank or Gerard are able to treat it as funny as you know...it's kind of distressing and it obviously takes a toll on Frank apparently and it's such a brand new situation. I think they are able to deal with it the way they can as a family (both MCR and Frank and Jamia) and together but it probably isn't something they are comfortable joking with people at this point.
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And I agree that it was clearly meant to be joking and all that, it just sort of struck me as being a fairly typical question (just like Billy Bush's comments about the wives) that felt totally bizarre in reference to My Chem. But I think you're right that the guys are handling the situation as best they can, and that it's probably easier for them to joke about the boring or repetitive parts of parenting when they're actually in the same country as their family (ie, Frank's comments on twitter when he was in Jersey over Christmas).
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