TBP makes Top 10 Favorite Albums of the Decade

[ofyourdeath.livejournal.com]

Pop Damage lists The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance on it's Top 10 Favorite Albums of the Decade, in no particular order:

Many bands find they need to change in order to forward their music. But in the case of My Chemical Romance, they felt the need to become an entirely different band for this release. Not only does the album tell the story of a dying cancer patient viewing his life in reverse as he meets death in the form of a marching band, but the publicity and hype surrounding it depicted MCR as The Black Parade itself. The album opens with the sound of a flatline and ends with the repeated mantra, “I am not afraid to keep on living/I am not afraid to walk this world alone.” In releasing an album about death, My Chemical Romance celebrated what it is to be alive.

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[grlufear.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was on the same train as you for a year or so. So for a long time I thought it was the story of what happened *after* the patient meets TBP, but that just didn't make sense. I was pretty much resigned to never getting the ~~concept of the album and just liking it anyway.

I've never seen it mentioned that the story is told in reverse though. I think it's just something we were supposed to pick up on. /0\

[redscarfe.livejournal.com]

"So for a long time I thought it was the story of what happened *after* the patient meets TBP, but that just didn't make sense. I was pretty much resigned to never getting the ~~concept of the album and just liking it anyway."

My thoughts EXACTLY. My vague attempt at explaining it went along of the lines of the patient being on the verge of death, but then getting the opportunity to return to life with all the hope of Famous Last Words. But that explanation never fully fitted. Then I just decided to ~roll with it. *g*

I don't actually think this is the One True Explanation, because Gerard never really mentioned it through all the promo, and Gerard talks a lot. *shrugs* Open to interpretation is the way I like it. :)