{"id":1871,"date":"2018-12-12T19:52:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T19:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2018-12-13T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:54:37","slug":"arachnophonia-my-chemical-romance-the-black-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2018\/12\/arachnophonia-my-chemical-romance-the-black-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: My Chemical Romance “The Black Parade”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student worker Olivia (class of 2019) and features The Black Parade<\/strong>, the third studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance<\/a>, aka MCR. Thanks, Olivia!<\/em><\/p>\n

My Chemical Romance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Black Parade<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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If you would care to, imagine a flustered 13 year old girl who cut her own ragged side bangs, refused to wear colors other than red and black, and printed out pages and pages of My Chemical Romance<\/a> lyrics to memorize before bed each night. <\/p>\n

This was my reality in middle school. My parents hated it. I loved it.<\/p>\n

\"MCR<\/p>\n

When I began listening to MCR, they had recently released their 2006 album, The Black Parade<\/a><\/em>, a musical narrative telling the story of \u2018The Patient\u2019 who falls ill and dies, experiences the afterlife and reflects on the life he led. With the album came the platinum hair of Gerard Way<\/a> (he had a different hair color for almost every album) and the peak popularity of the band\u2019s career. The most popular song on the album, “Welcome to the Black Parade<\/a>,” I played during my 7th grade piano recital, to my parents\u2019 horror (ahh memories). The music video very accurately characterizes the theme, energy, and story continued throughout the album.<\/p>\n