02/23/2007 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum
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DeCiMaTeD_DrEaMs Bleeding on the Floor Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 1092 | during cancer i promise ill upload more soooooon. |
AllOfTheseVampires Killjoy Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 82 | maybe one day...: mikey is only engaged (to alicia simmons) and i think they are getting married in may |
AllOfTheseVampires Killjoy Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 82 | NOpoetAcriminal: yeah i saw bob's drum set! freaking amazing! i missed the tackeling thing. i really wanna go to the show in Ireland (Oxegen 07).. MCR, goo goo dolls, bloc party, arcade fire, muse, and a bunch more are playing! its in july |
AllOfTheseVampires Killjoy Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 82 | oh an random question: is there a way to save videos from YouTube so that they are in my computers files? |
Harley Quinn. Awake and Unafraid Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 11622 | EVERYONE BURN THE NEWSDAY, THEY TOTALLY BASHED THE CONCERT. IT IS TOTAL BULLSHIT! |
lord voldemort. Salute You in Your Grave Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 2404 | They did? Someone post what they said! |
AllOfTheseVampires Killjoy Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 82 | xMotherxWarx: whats the link to the unzipping shirt? and also has anyone found a video of Cementary drive being performed? |
AllOfTheseVampires Killjoy Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 82 | Drained_Blood_23: From Newsday: Chemical parade not yet in stride My Chemical Romance's stage set looked big - the grand cityscape backdrop, the massive drum riser, the helium-filled blimps and, of course, the band members themselves, decked out in matching black, marching-band-meets-skeletons uniforms. But all that staging still wasn't big enough to match the masterful "The Black Parade" (Warner Bros.) album. And while there were moments of greatness tucked into the 90-minute concert, there were also times when the album's logistical challenges got the best of the New Jersey band. The first hour of the show was a performance of "The Black Parade" in its entirety, with My Chemical Romance acting as The Black Parade, a fictitious band that is a figment of a dying cancer patient's imagination to help prepare him for death. To make sure the audience understood that nuance, singer Gerard Way would casually remind them "We're The Black Parade" every now and then, which really wouldn't have been necessary if he stayed in character, but he didn't. That led to odd segues, including the introduction of the album's centerpiece, "Welcome to the Black Parade." "The members of The Black Parade don't have any parents. In 1812, they all died in a fire," Way explained. "But Gerard and Mikey Way have a father and they love him very much, and he's here tonight and it is his birthday." The brilliance of their performance, which ended in a massive sing-along and a blizzard of confetti, eased that awkwardness. However, it did show a bit of the band's confusion - no doubt made worse by the Nassau Coliseum show being only the second night of the tour. (The muddy sound for the first half of the show, washing out some of Way's vocals, didn't help either.) Should they stay in character or not? In the end, it doesn't really matter. The rousing "Famous Last Words" will still bring down the house every time. The ballads "I Don't Love You" and "Disenchanted" will still be grand pop-rock showcases. "Teenagers" will still stand as one of the band's cleverest and most likable statements. And previous hits "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena" will work whether they're mixed in with the new songs or cordoned off in a separate part of the show. What made "The Black Parade" so striking and successful was My Chemical Romance's sheer daring and inventiveness, piling Queen bombast, T. Rex strutting and an ambitious lyrical concept on top of its emo foundation. And it's that ambition and confidence they need to recapture. In any case, it boils down to the fact that My Chemical Romance made an amazing album and are in the process of trying to convert it into an equally amazing concert. They may not have it all figured out just yet. But when they do - perhaps by their show at Bamboozle in May? - watch out. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. What's the worst thing I could say? Things are better off this way. With Rise Against. At Nassau Coliseum Friday night. |
NOpoetAcriminal Motor Baby Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 762 | i think that's a load of fucking shit. was the guy even there? i feel like he got second hand information from someone who went to go see Rise Against rather than My Chem. Obviously, he's not a fan. I think that they may have some kinks to work out, but they aren't serious AT ALL. I thought the whole "The members of The Black Parade don't have any parents" thing was funny and a cute intro to having everyone sing happy birthday to their dad. I feel like we should all tell this guy to fuck off and that he's a shitty-ass writer. BTW... as a techie, i know my sound, and there wasn't really muddy sound at the beginning, and if it was, it wasn't MCR's fault, it's their sound guy's fault. i don't think he should blame them for that. I feel like he was just looking for ways to tear them down. what a loser. |
NOpoetAcriminal Motor Baby Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 762 | Oh. and i have an interview with frank that he did 2/2/07 with me and a bunch of other college reporters talking about this tour. (this probably doesn't really go here, but oh well) if you want the transcript (which isn't the best as in, no capitals and no spell check, but deal with it), i will post it in media/interviews if anyone is interested. PM me if you want to see it. |
AllOfTheseVampires Killjoy Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 82 | NOpoetAcriminal: totally agree with you |
rockonbaby Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 596 | about the newsday article... so fcking what if Gerard mentioned his dad's birthday! and so what if Gerard wasn't a Black Parade character the WHOLE time but just Gerard Way. this writer's pretty shitty and pretty picky. |
Harley Quinn. Awake and Unafraid Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 11622 | i cut out the pix of gerard then tore the article to fucking shreds |
Rachelle_5 Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 40 Gender: Female Posts: 438 | The article wasn't THAT bad. It didn't say they sucked, just that there may have been some technical problems, and they even said that eany other problems may have been caused by the fact that it was the second show back in the US or whatever. I didn't think it was that bad anyways, especiall with him saying that there performance was "brilliant" and how good the album was. |
DeCiMaTeD_DrEaMs Bleeding on the Floor Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 1092 | gosh!! why does the media always bash my fave bands!! ...first of all i think that in oder to write a good review they should aske the ppl who were at the concert how they liked it. thats what counts! ...not any person who was just there to write a report, cuz if theyre not familiar then they obviously wont like it.... anyway....youtube has a lot of vids of the concert ...i never found the one with gerard unziping his shirt *drools* p.s. i wanna go back in time!!!!! |
NOpoetAcriminal Motor Baby Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 762 | interview with frank i was talking about before: here... also posted in the interviews thread. took place 2/2/07. tell me if it doesn't work. I would gladly go back in time as well. OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. can someone post links to the youtube vids? if i go onto youtube, i can never leave, so i need direct places to go. |
DeCiMaTeD_DrEaMs Bleeding on the Floor Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 1092 | the link just takes me to myspace O.O yeah time travel like mikey says! XD lol youtube is so fun i can spend days there and not realize what happened to my day XD how did you meet frank???????????o.o |
NOpoetAcriminal Motor Baby Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 762 | i didn't meet him (unfortunately) it was a phone interview (bummer, but i was still rather happy). if you have a myspace page, you should be able to just sign in and it will take you there.... hm. |
Franniestein Salute You in Your Grave Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 2130 | NOpoetAcriminal: That link takes me to my blogs |
NOpoetAcriminal Motor Baby Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 762 | sorry.. try going to this then: [url=www.myspace.com/wouldilietoyou]myspace[/url] and then go to my blogs. it should be public. |
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