#was playing through the black parade album on bass and disenchanted came up

[sunflowerrboyy]

they say you should never meet your heroes

role models - ajr, disenchanted - my chemical romance, stay frosty royal milk tea - fall out boy

[twowivestwoknives]

album thing, uhhh how about the black parade??

this is the right question lets fucking goooooo

TBP best to worst imho

1. House of Wolves

this song sounds like fucking in hell and it absolutely slaughters every other song on the album. no question. plus the knowledge that franks guitar part, and by extension the whole song, was inspired by wyle E coyote's brethren playing jazz in cartoon hell is just *chefs kiss*

2. Mama

This song goes so hard. Only second bc HoW knows when to restrain itself and Mama never got that memo. She fucks. Bonus points for teaching 11yo me what “coddle” meant.

3. Sleep

One of ironically the most slept on MCR songs. Also one of the most emotional. Also...who the fuck thinks to warp a recording of them talking about their night terrors in a way that elicits empathy and melancholia instead of horror? Shit is genius. Also the crescendo at the end fucks me up every time.

4. Famous Last Words

I feel like this song gets brushed aside bc it was a release and/or bc like 90% of MCR tattoos quote this song. But it’s a rally cry song for a reason and musically/lyrically one of the most mature songs on the album I’d say. It’s fucking beautiful. 

5. Dead!

This was my first favourite song off the album when I got it and it’s still suuuper solid. It’s fun as fuck and really embodies the camp MCR is known for. Also a fun turn-around on the messages sent to mentally ill kids. How u gonna tell us to kill ourselves if you’re dead? Haha. Oh nobody likes me? You never fell in love. Very fun and cathardic. Also rays woody-woodpecker guitar solo cracks me up

6. Teenagers

This song is so fucking fun and honestly? Teens need more songs like this. I truly didn’t know the power I had as a kid until this song came out and more adults should own up lol. Plus it’s just a fucking banger.

7. The Sharpest Lives

Lyrically this song is so fucking intense and really shows off gerard’s poetic prowess. also letting mikey shineeee on that bass for a minute. only this far down the list because i feel like this and TIHWD are lowkey kind of the same song done differently. Sister songs easily. Fun fact I sang this song at the talent show for my “girls go” group in 6th grade. The leaders were........concerned lol.

8. The End.

Great opening song, just a bit understated for my taste. Makes perfect sense in that it’s a concept album and this is the introduction, you don’t wanna give it all away. It’s transition into Dead! though? Fucking perfect.

9. Blood

It’s just fucking funny and great satire. Also absolutely what me and my friends sang in the halls of our elementary school to scare people. Music video brings it down significantly. It’s funny but also just fucking weird get out of that locker room.

10. Disenchanted

I actually really liked this song when the album first came out. I know it’s like a signature Sad Boy song but I’d never heard someone talk so willingly about going to hospital or substance reliance before and it was Super Relevant. Could be more...just more, though. You know? It’s got potential.

11. This is How I Disappear

It’s a good song but it’s The Sharpest Lives with a less impressive chorus. Come on, gerard, i know you’re a better lyricist than that. Still fun to headbang to though.

12. Welcome to the Black Parade

Honestly it’s not the quality of the song that has it down here, it’s a musically awe-some song, Lyrically? Beautiful. It’s a fucking masterpiece. I just have heard it so many fucking times and done it on kareoke so many times that im tired of it. Listening to the same album for 14 years, youre gonna go dry on some of the songs. I also feel like the ~amazing~ ness of WTTBP often overshadows some of the other equally complex and amazing songs on the album like HoW and Mama.

13. Cancer

Beautiful song, but if you’re gonna go full ballad on an album full of bangers, you gotta bring it right down to basics. Just piano and vocals or something, maybeee a bass. As it stands, it clouds the song too much. Also just...not the kind of ballad that’s my thing, and that’s okay.

14. I Don’t Love You

I doubt this is a controversial opinion. Lyrics are weaker, though there a few punchy lines. It feels like the rest of the songs got worked through a million times over and this one only got 1000 times. Plus, it’s the inadvertant blackface in the music video for me. smfh.