The Aftermath is Secondary...

[xerinmichellex]

Eek! November 22! November 22! It's Christmas for us MCR fans.

So, money in hand, gas in the car, Revenge hoodie on (what, what), I made the pilgrimage to the local Best Buy, praying the new music would be out at 10:30 am.

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[rhoda_rants]

I know this is old news at this point, but since I'm here: I also tend not to always "like" MCR's albums the first time I listen to them. It's always so different from what I expect, it takes a while for it to work itself through my brain.

And THEN it's all awesome.

(Still don't have my copy yet. Two more weeks...)

[xerinmichellex]

It's always so different from what I expect, it takes a while for it to work itself through my brain.

Y'know what it is (at least for me) it's the expectation. Nothing has ever met my expectation (and nothing ever will), so during the first listen I have to let all the expectation I built up go, then I start enjoying it the second go-around.

In general, it's so hard for me to rank MCR's cds. I *love* Black Parade and Danger Days, and Bullets has its moments, but I skip more songs on that cd compared to the others. And Revenge will always hold a special place in my heart because it was the first and subsequently led me to the other artists I listen to.

[rhoda_rants]

Exactly. It's never quite the same from one album to the next.

Y'know, one thing that continually bugs me about the fandom--and most of them are pretty groovy, but you get the odd ones every so often--is the assertion that they've changed for the worse. It happens with every album, it's not true, and it always aggravates me. For one, yes, the sound and packaging and costumes have "evolved" as you said, but they're still the same guys. There are still songs on every album that seem chipper and upbeat until you listen to the lyrics; there are still epic storylines told half-serious and half tongue-in-cheek; there are still cinematic music videos; and Gerard still comes out with some quote or other that the entire fandom either laughs at, loses its shit over, or completely ignores because, well, it's Gerard and we know he's insane and talks out of his ass half the time.

NONE of that has changed from one album to the next.

[xerinmichellex]

OMGerard! It's like you're inside my mind! I totally, totally, 100% agree with everything you've said. I even have a blog post somewhere on my computer about this. I should dig it out...

I love Gerard for his insanity. Long live insanity!