Teenagers wasn't even supposed to be on the album according to Gerard so that's probably why it breaks the flow. Also, cancer was supposed to be at the start it the album for contextual reasons but they moved it so that sonically, the album had a better intro.
Or maybe the song is literally representing teenagers? They don't fit into their surroundings and instead stand out, and through the song, we find out that they don't want to.
Mama and Sleep are incredible. i honestly don't understand how anyone could come up with these kinds of songs. i'm beyond happy that someone like you enjoys them!
Plot twist: Teenagers is just a weird interlude where the Patient meets some rowdy dead teenagers on his way through the afterlife, and he's just like.... ugh not again.
Thales defending UT XD tho i gotta say... my first my impression seeing both UT and MCR was me cringing and disliking what they appear to be.... and now im addicted to both of them....... Me hearing someone mention UT/MCR: OMG U KNOW THEM/THAT GAME?!?!?!?!! OOOOOOHHHH
I think the reason why Famous Last Words pulls it off for me, is because the intro transition into such an aggressive and sassy riff. The chorus comes off very sonic for me, and it's followed up by a sweet lead guitar for the second set of verses.
It's not always the artists who get to decide what their work is labelled as. They were part of the scene and had a lot to do with the culture and the aesthetic. Everyone has listened to them rejectin the term "emo" in interviews, still, they'll never escape it. Also, I think the most stupid side is not the emo kids, but definitely those who missed on an amazing band because they didn't want anything to do with the label "emo", which it's always good to remind people, came attached to labels like "gay", "for girls", etc.
Griffin Langhans not gonna lie, mcr is more emo to me than Midwest emo. Imo emo is more emotional posthardcore, which doesn’t necessarily describe mcr, however Midwest emo is pretty much sad indie rock so idk
Same band who said "I got so emo I fell apart" (that was a joke made by Gerard lol) I wouldn't say all of My Chem's songs are emo and they're also mostly punk and goth, but generally their songs make people feel emo.
For me Famous Last Words is neither a crashing low nor a soaring high, but rather a perfect representation of how you might've seen some shit, and you're not out of it yet, but you're determined to keep on pushing and grit your teeth and face whatever life throws at you the best you can. I love it for that
Even though Famous Last Words is not by far the best song, it has an special place in my heart. The chorus is motivating and I love that the album doesn't end in a depressing note eith Disenchanted, instead encourages to live. And it doesn't do it saying stuff like: Life is beautiful, love yourself, etc; but how a person would approach the situation of thinking about death, it feels real.
Disenchanted almost didn't make it to the album, Mikey (the bassist) convinced them to keep it. The first time I heard Sleep was when I was 10yo and till now it's one of my favorites MCR songs, it was the live version and watching that performance (even if it was only on tv) was really life changing, MCR shows are the best thing, so I wanted to ask if you have seen The Balck Parade Is Dead, I really want to know your opinion of the show. Thank you for this videos, they really make me happy. (And the band actually had really bad time whhile recording that album, so the sounds at the beginning of Sleep are Gerard's nightmares)
The way I justify Teenagers and Disenchanted's placements is that the Patient is reflecting on his adolescence, first, angrily in Teenagers, remembering only the negatives, then bitterly in Disenchanted, weighing the negatives equally against the few positives but still ultimately pitying himself. Then, in Famous Last Words, he breaks out of that self-pity to face his afterlife with acceptance.
i believe that it’s completely true when brad said that this album is completely looked over or undermined because of the cringey kids that it attracts. i absolutely adore this album and wish more people would give it a listen. sorry if my comment got lost in the last videos, but- i love love love your editing style :) .. oh, and the reviews are good too. 🖤🖤
although it can be really frustrating to like things that have cringey fans (g note jokes haunt me in my sleep) I think “cringe culture” is kinda stifling, and I would generally prefer someone who loves something passionately even if it’s cringe than someone who deny themselves something they would enjoy because of other people’s opinions. Y’know, no guilty pleasures. Sometimes it’s... really hard to put some things aside though. I generally agree with your ranking but I do like disenchanted more than you do... it’s corny and I like that lol
Thank god somebody doesn't love Disenchanted!!! I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't love it lol, it's a fan favorite for some reason. As much as I absolutely love Sleep, Mama just can't be beat. Great list. I'm actually surprised House of Wolves is as low as it is considering your initial thoughts. I guess it didn't age as amazingly as the others. Great vid brad, more like this please!
Funny story here...I've watched so many quinceañera videos before. In their waltz, they chose to play Disenchanted. Because of that, disenchanted became a favorite song of mine...😂😂 such a memorable acoustic guitar intro, seriously.
I initially did not like Mama very much, and now it's in my top two with I Don't Love You. It just gets me with the switch ups. It's such a fun and gut-wrenching listen.
Brad Taste in Music I like disenchanted personally because I have special memories connected to that song, so it means a lot to me, and I just feel like it just sounds sweet. So it’s a favorite of mine for that reason
Before i watched the video i knew the top 2 would be mama and sleep, and i completely agree. This is definitely the best ranking of TBP. And i really wanna thank you, Brad bc we know you don't really enjoy making this emo content but it seems that you love us and give us the best from you. Great video. Loved your comments for every song. Amazing editing skills. Love u!
Finally! I have been preaching that Sleep is the best song off of the album for years. It is a lyrical, and instrumental masterpiece. I'm glad that you agree with me.
1: The Sharpest Lives 2: Mama 3: Sleep 4: Dead! 5: Cancer 6: The End. 7: I Don’t Love You 8: WTTBP 9: Teenagers 10: Famous Last Words 11: This Is How I Disappear 12: House of Wolves 13: Blood 14: Disenchanted Honorable Mentions: The Five Of Us Are Dying and Kill All Your Friends. I always associated those two with The Black Parade.
i might be biased because of the lyrics, but famous last words is so motivational and emotional to me that whenever i go through anything, it helps me cry it out and gives me the small push to keep going. i feel that watching it live and screaming “i am not afraid to keep on living” alongside the band and thousands of fans would be so euphoric but that’s just me lol
@@zeroara thank you so much!! you’re so lucky 😭 i live in southeast asia so my chances aren’t the highest for a tour but i’m keeping my fingers crossed!!
Gerard Way always had this idealistic intention to be a voice of a youth that he didn't feel had one at the time. Disenchanted to the story is just some sad complaining but outside it it's what ties the album to the audience that would listen to them performing "all night long" yet never really take it to heart. With that context I always saw the story as something more like a Christmas Carol, showing you a nightmare version of what you could become if you get consumed by your own despair like the patient did. Famous Last Words now has the patient broken but yet ready to carry on anyways. Is that still really cheesy? Definitely, but I like some cheesy so I'm ok with it. It was also really fun seeing you fall in love with this album, because it was my same experience. I never really got into it in its prime. After hearing all the Death Grips, Swans, and whatnot I gave this album a try and was blown away.
The fandom is wired and (like in most fandoms) sometimes cringey, but most of the fandom is just very passionate about the band and sad, because they will not come back together and we lost our favorite band...
Man I LOVE disenchanted. The lyrics are amazing. The song is to me about how life starts off care free and then as a teen he gets pressured to be someone he's not but has heroes and then he sees his heroes sell out and he becomes disenchanted with life and everything goes wrong. I am super glad you loved the album and the fact you only disliked 3 songs and I love how you discuss your thoughts thoroughly on each track rather than just giving each song a number and moving on. I love how you analyze and express what the songs meant to you and how they hit you. I also love how you express what the lyrics mean to you but also explain how the instrumentals of each song hit you too. My list would be: 1. The End- 10+ 2. Dead! - 10+ 3. This is How I Disappear- 10++ 4. The Sharpest Lives- 9+ 5. Welcome to the Black Parade- 11² so good it's ridiculous. 6. I Don't Love You- 8 7. House of Wolves- 8 8. Cancer- 10 9. Mama- 10+ 10. Sleep- 10+ 11. Teenagers- 6 12. Disenchanted- 10++ 13. Famous Last Words- 9- 14. Blood- 8
My list: 1. mama 2. disenchanted 3. cancer 4. house of wolves 5. sleep 6. famous last words 7. the sharpest lives 8. this is how i disappear 9. welcome to the black parade 10. i don't love you 11. dead 12. teenagers 13. the end 14. blood
Every time I go back to watch your reaction of The Black Parade every once in a while, it makes me give the appreciation it most definitely deserves. Having another view on it makes me remember all the little details in this album. This truly, to me, is one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard
I still disagree about FLW, that's a fantastic track imo. But even though I enjoy Disenchanted too, I see your point there and have to agree it's the weakest track... Except for Blood... Can't forget about that important track Blood
Yeah, I know this is a late reply, but I agree with Brad on so many things in this video except FLW. The ending with all the "asleep or DEAAAAADDDDD!!!!!!" stuff is awesome and I think its a great way to finish off the album. I do agree with him, however, that they do ruin the guitar riff near the start with the "so many bright lights to cast a shadow" as its a bit of a weak follow up to the great guitar riff but otherwise, I think its awesome.
I don't think he would like it though, I don't really either. The only songs I actually like is Early Sunsets Over Monroeville and Demolition Lovers. I think those songs are amazing, however the rest of the album just doesn't do it for me.
personally there is two perspectives i get from famous last words, the first one is that at the end the patient have redeemed himself from his sins after going through this trip of soul observation and past regrets the previous songs offered, he feels forgiven and pure therefore he was ready to live what ever time he had left on the earth. i also like to think that he was out of consciousness and he really believed that he was dead and was seeing points in his life play in front of him especially the very bad ones like when he was a soldier at war, when he was an alcoholic and when he felt alienated from society(teenagers) after this big journey of redemption he wakes up and realizes that he isn’t dead and life has given him another chance: “am not afraid to keep on living I am not afraid to walk this world alone” “Nothing you can say can stop me going home” this gives a sign that the patient didn’t die or at least kept fighting his illness instead of giving up to it like in the beginning of the album where he was vulnerable and ready to go. “Awake and unafraid Asleep or dead” this leaves the ending open we don’t know if he lived or died but at least we know that he fought the good fight, maybe he kissed his loved ones after all and died peacefully with them surrounding him and not turned away. it also made me feel like the protagonist came to peace with his illness, realized that it had good in it, because had he not gotten it he wouldn’t ever review his life and observe past mistakes and change as a person at least this is my interpretation of the song sorry for rambling on for too long but i really really love this track and how open it is to different interpretations.
When I was a freshman in high school, I gave the girl I had a crush on a mixtape for her birthday. Like a literal, burned-on-a-CD mixtape. I tried to make it a thoughtful combination of what we both liked; she was really into Muse at the time, and I was *deep* in the MCR rabbit hole. I ended up putting "Sleep" on there because after thinking about it for a while, I decided that it was my favorite song off of The Black Parade. She appreciated the gift (tho I don't know if she ever checked that particular song out), but it's funny watching this and being validated on that choice so many years later.
editing god = Bradley, totally agree with sleep at number 1, its such an unforgiving track, if you haven't seen it then maybe react to 'the black parade is dead! (full) my chemical romance' its a full live performance of all the songs on the album and its amazing, especially cancer and sleep, they send chills down my spine
What about The Black Parades three hidden bonus tracks on their exclusive album? “My Way Home Is Through You (B-side)” “Kill All Your Friends (B-Side)” And “Heaven Help Us (B-side)”? Three excellent songs
I thought I was the only one who loved Sleep, everyone always talks about it being the worst on the album because of its slow pacing in the beginning but dude, its intensity and explosive chorus not to mention the creepy recordings of Gerards nightmares just 🙌
Lol Disenchanted and Famous Last Words would be up at the top in my ranking! I love the lyrics just so much. Totally respect any ranking though. Happy to hear you loved the album!
My top worst to best: 14 Blood (Hidden track) 5/10 13 I don't love you 7/10 12 Disenchanted 7/10 11 House of wolves 8/10 10 The end 9/10 09 Teenagers 9/10 08 Sleep 10/10 07 Famous last words 10/10 06 This is how a disappear 10/10 05 Dead! 10/10 04 The sharpest lives 10/10 03 Welcome to the black parade 10/10 02 Cancer 10/10 01 Mama 10/10
(I'm Italian,sorry for my pizza English) Hey Brad,your reactions and reviews are so damn good,it made me listen to music genres that I never thought I would like. Even if I know that there are so many people asking you to do this I genuinely want to see a "I brought you my bullets you brought me your love" review by you. You are certainly not gonna like the whole thing but a few songs will make you not regret doing this.
Tbh the Black Parade is one of my favorite albums, and I completely understand how you feel about the ending. A couple weeks ago you reacted to Palaye Royale in a livestream, and I honestly feel like you didn't give them a fair time so you need to react to their first album Boom Boom Room Side A and their second album Boom Boom Room Side B that comes out the 28th.
Wait what! Famous last words is one of the bests. Must agree with most of your top tho, great ranking, I like your reviews. You should react to the black parade b-sides and Conventional weapons maybe
15:20 The screaming is actually necessary, according to one persons theory of The Black Parade. The screaming is actually the Parader celebrating the Patients life as he guides the Patient to the Black Parade, AKA the afterlife. Also, Mama is the Paraders back story, and how he died in either World War I or II, and the only reason he (the patient) sees him as the Parader, not a soldier, is because the Patient is recalling the story his father told him as a boy in his final moments. Also also, I Don’t Love You is the Patients last ditch effort to make his lover hate him so she isn’t devastated when he ultimately passed. Ill edit this comment when I find it again, which will be very soon, most likely Edit: Its The Hidden Story of the Back Parade created by Wendigoon
As someone in the MCR fandom, I will be the first to say that yes, a good 95% of people in the fandom are cringey. However, those are the same people that followe their music solely for the aesthetic and history it has being "emo". People I know who consider themselves MCR fans or even in the fandom who are not cringey are the same ones who appreciate Radio Head, Coldplay, Gorillaz, and a lot of the other really revolutionary bands. Also, the cringey fans are always, without failure, the ones who argue Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is their best album when it's really not compared to the Black Parade. I would also argue that I think focusing too much on Three Cheers and trying to label it their best albums applies way more to the side of "emo" versus the Black Parade. Three Cheers was about anger, growing up different, and feeling like an outcast, juveline things. The Black Parade is about death, the afterlife, regret, and valuing life for what it is while we have it, adult themes. You can honestly tell so much about the fans in the fandom by how they label and treat the Black Parade, it's in no way, shape, or form an emo album. It's what I consider to be the rock opera of the 2000s, maybe even the 2010s, and is so universal it will always be appreciated by music fans across generations.
Gerard Bæ I’m pretty sure it’s because the band broke up, and this was their most popular song, or something like that idk tbh it’s something stupid like that
Disenchanted is really underrated It's actually one of my favorite song, but not a lot of people even the Killjoys really enjoy this song or even talk about a lot.
The concluding song should have been just never ending pure insanity. Like a ten minute mix between Sleep and House Of Wolves but it just has no predictability and regretful yelling in the background that you can barley hear because it is blocked out by him having no apologies and that he'd rather be in hell than heaven and that he's happy where he has been sent.
i think it would be really cool if you reacted the 'the five of us are dying' which is a release of an early stage of welcome to the black parade before they reworked it
my personal ranking: 1. welcome to the black parade (1000/10) 2. i don't love you (10+/10) 3. the sharpest lives (10/10) 4. famous last words (9+/10) 5. house of wolves (9/10) 6. mama (9-/10) 7. disenchanted (8+/10) 8. cancer (8/10) 9. sleep (8-/10) 10. this is how i disappear (8-/10) 11. teenagers (8-/10) 12. dead (7+/10) 13. blood (7/10) 14. the end (7-/10)
I love Famous Last Words because it feels like they really thought about what their fans (mostly depressed young people) might need to hear. I feel like it might have been almost irresponsible to end an album like this on a dark note. And as uncomfortable as overly optimistic songs usually make me, this songs really pulls off *hope* in a way that feels genuine imo, and ties the whole album together.
Letterbomb is the best song on the album, so it makes sense. Though, Whatsername is a close second. Though those aren’t my favorites. The only surprising pick would be Extraordinary Girl.
I love how you gave your honest opinion and described how the songs make you feel. I agree and disagree on some of the things you said but I appreciate this review ! also, when will you do a Frank Iero and the Patience “Stomachaches” review/reaction?
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Brad's opinion on the Black Parade "I hate the ending myself, but it started with an alright scene" -Disenchanted
Reign Down and Destroy Me literally
I hate and love this comment so much
This is perfect!
sasha bowers I don’t love this comment like I did yesterday
100% true
The mcr fandom is definitely very cringey, but the one thing that makes me feel okay about liking mcr is the fact that *they're actually good*
Same
There are some non cringe people of the fandom, trust me I know how cringe they can get, I'm in it, but there are non cringe
I agree, the fandom can be very cringy at times.
All fandoms are so cringey
@@karaseirin correction, all fandoms can be cringey
Teenagers wasn't even supposed to be on the album according to Gerard so that's probably why it breaks the flow. Also, cancer was supposed to be at the start it the album for contextual reasons but they moved it so that sonically, the album had a better intro.
Or maybe the song is literally representing teenagers? They don't fit into their surroundings and instead stand out, and through the song, we find out that they don't want to.
@@catlyson3291 I dunno, man. Kinda sounds like you're reaching a little bit there.
HyperSB I hadn't heard that about Teenagers. I heard they didn't want Disenchanted on it but Mikey loved it so much they relented.
Teenagers sounds like it should have been on Three Cheers
@@douchebaggenie2964 That, or Danger Days, for contextual purpose
Mama and Sleep are incredible. i honestly don't understand how anyone could come up with these kinds of songs. i'm beyond happy that someone like you enjoys them!
*Mama, we all go to h e l l . . .*
sleep is so incredibly underrated. that, mama, and the TRANSITION from the end to dead!, are my favorite parts of the album.
My favorite songs by them right now are sleep and cemetery drive
Jusssst sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Sleep is like the worst song don't @ me
Plot twist: Teenagers is just a weird interlude where the Patient meets some rowdy dead teenagers on his way through the afterlife, and he's just like.... ugh not again.
melancholy - Lol
Ok that’s…actually genius
it’s actually the Patients back story, like how Mama is the Paraders backstory
@@ISimp4FictionalAndEmoMendo I sense a fellow wendigoon fan?
@@maleniabeardofmiquella naw, just an average enjoyer of Black Parade/MCR/emo content
This editing has already made me uncomfortable. Job well done brad.
I love how the emo community has made crankthatfrank into brads channel
Papaya Animations yeah, it’s a very powerful community
Why did this get so many likes wtf
Papaya Animations ok I didn’t read ur comment but CrankThatFrank yee
Thank god someone acknowledges undertale is only bad after than fans got to it
Undertale is still good. Just like MCR is still good. Fanbase can't change the quality, just change how many people are willing to try It
Thales defending UT XD tho i gotta say... my first my impression seeing both UT and MCR was me cringing and disliking what they appear to be.... and now im addicted to both of them....... Me hearing someone mention UT/MCR: OMG U KNOW THEM/THAT GAME?!?!?!?!! OOOOOOHHHH
@@MaCaRhonee Same as far as MCR goes. That's why I missed out while they were still together. I should have had my ass beat.
I only knew about MCR only 2 months ago....... My whole years of existence.... y only now? X'D
@@MaCaRhonee I feel ur pain
The fact that the 11TH PLACE song was 9/10 shows how good the album is
For a split second I thought that you were going to be the one to mirror the phrase "panic at the disco"
same lmao
I was thinking the same thing too
I think the reason why Famous Last Words pulls it off for me, is because the intro transition into such an aggressive and sassy riff. The chorus comes off very sonic for me, and it's followed up by a sweet lead guitar for the second set of verses.
jc1424 yes, I can see why prepped wouldn’t like it, but for me it can’t be beat
Listening to it with the video truly enhances the experience
The video cuts the song short like 20 seconds though which is pretty dumb
+Christian Smith Not to mention they cut half the bridge too.
the 9-- for i don't love you made me realize you weren't joking
“I think emo’s a pile of shit.” said Gerard time ago BUT "his fans" still call his music EMO... omg the logic
Lucii DD goths > emos
A.C. Harrison nah
It's not always the artists who get to decide what their work is labelled as. They were part of the scene and had a lot to do with the culture and the aesthetic. Everyone has listened to them rejectin the term "emo" in interviews, still, they'll never escape it. Also, I think the most stupid side is not the emo kids, but definitely those who missed on an amazing band because they didn't want anything to do with the label "emo", which it's always good to remind people, came attached to labels like "gay", "for girls", etc.
it is emo, it's literally THE band that marked that era of emo music, being an emo band isn't something bad, it's the fandom
@@marlonrando9272 facts, they are superior
I just wanna say THANK YOU FOR SAYING ITS A ROCK ALBUM INSTEAD OF AN EMO ALBUM
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
well emo music comes in all forms since it's evolved so much, not all emos wanna listen to slow melancholy sad stuff
@@FelixMarshFTW do you even know what emo music is
@@FelixMarshFTW do you know what ACTUAL emo music is? ever heard of modern baseball kid?
Griffin Langhans not gonna lie, mcr is more emo to me than Midwest emo. Imo emo is more emotional posthardcore, which doesn’t necessarily describe mcr, however Midwest emo is pretty much sad indie rock so idk
Well, emo is not really a music genre anyways
you could say the album fades away like the cancer patient fades away maybe?
That feels like a reach though, even with the love and attention they put into putting together this album.
Mr.Stark I don't feel so good
I think you’re ready for “I brought you my bullets, you brought me your love” love it or hate it, there’s nothing else.
I loveee itttt
What about Conventional Weapons, The Black Parade B-Sides, or the second half of Danger Days? There is still more for him to react to.
WillNotTell yeeeesss I want him to react to all those! Or at least conventional weapons and the b-sides
I want to see his reaction to the b sides and Conventional Weapons
Bullets is a great pseudo-hardcore album. i'd love to see it
Man I’d have house of wolves so much higher
Dink That's what I'm sayingggg
Idk it gets kinda boring a bit to quickly for me, definitely not as low as it is here but not much higher
Hell YEA
thanks for that sick cameo bradley
congrats on 25k
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thank you for this video brad,, i know you put lots of work into it. this video immediately improved my morning, thanks :)
My Chemical Romance is not emo people just labeled them that way
Yeah, they even said they don't like being called emo.
And they hated it.
Helena, I'm not okay and others in that album are classed as emo but besides them they're not
Same band who said "I got so emo I fell apart" (that was a joke made by Gerard lol)
I wouldn't say all of My Chem's songs are emo and they're also mostly punk and goth, but generally their songs make people feel emo.
Only Helena and I'm not okay
Sleep is my favorite on the album too
My Name Is Lame im right there with ya
Sleep really is god tier
Ye sleep and mama are my two favorite songs of all time
We are blessed with quality content
Famous Last Words DID NOT get the cred it truley deserves. Other than that u got a new sub
I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIVING I AM NOT AFRAID TO WALK THIS WORLD ALONE
For me Famous Last Words is neither a crashing low nor a soaring high, but rather a perfect representation of how you might've seen some shit, and you're not out of it yet, but you're determined to keep on pushing and grit your teeth and face whatever life throws at you the best you can. I love it for that
Even though Famous Last Words is not by far the best song, it has an special place in my heart. The chorus is motivating and I love that the album doesn't end in a depressing note eith Disenchanted, instead encourages to live. And it doesn't do it saying stuff like: Life is beautiful, love yourself, etc; but how a person would approach the situation of thinking about death, it feels real.
This is really well done, and the way you explain everything is incredibly in-depth. Keep up the great work!
Disenchanted almost didn't make it to the album, Mikey (the bassist) convinced them to keep it.
The first time I heard Sleep was when I was 10yo and till now it's one of my favorites MCR songs, it was the live version and watching that performance (even if it was only on tv) was really life changing, MCR shows are the best thing, so I wanted to ask if you have seen The Balck Parade Is Dead, I really want to know your opinion of the show.
Thank you for this videos, they really make me happy.
(And the band actually had really bad time whhile recording that album, so the sounds at the beginning of Sleep are Gerard's nightmares)
well, it was similar to that. mikey was thinking of leaving the band and gerard wrote it for him
I really wish they would’ve replaced it with kill all your friends or just left it out and added it to the b-sides album...
@@kiralynshealy I would've replaced it with Heaven Help Us, that song is amazing!!!
Mikey adding more fuel to the "Mikey sucks" fire
Ekato No, that was Famous Last Words. What Lisset D said is correct
I cant imagine if you listened to bullets
He should though
@@yannikschneider8480 yes manray you are correct
@@thesilentalien6713 indeed, gerard
@You’ve.been.stump Well thats your opinion. In my opinion fall out boy is garbage.
@You’ve.been.stump same with you I just think you should have not been so unmannerly
The way I justify Teenagers and Disenchanted's placements is that the Patient is reflecting on his adolescence, first, angrily in Teenagers, remembering only the negatives, then bitterly in Disenchanted, weighing the negatives equally against the few positives but still ultimately pitying himself.
Then, in Famous Last Words, he breaks out of that self-pity to face his afterlife with acceptance.
this is indeed the purpose of the two tracks youre one smart cookie
Yes! MCR is a rock band first and foremost!
Well, I have to say that I Don't Love You and Famous Last Words are personal favorites. I also really like Disenchanted
Same, along with Mama.
Same😂
Same, I love disenchanted
Same, I feel like tracks like Mama and Welcome To The Black Parade, overshadow the slower, better tracks, in my opinion.
i believe that it’s completely true when brad said that this album is completely looked over or undermined because of the cringey kids that it attracts. i absolutely adore this album and wish more people would give it a listen.
sorry if my comment got lost in the last videos, but- i love love love your editing style :) .. oh, and the reviews are good too. 🖤🖤
although it can be really frustrating to like things that have cringey fans (g note jokes haunt me in my sleep) I think “cringe culture” is kinda stifling, and I would generally prefer someone who loves something passionately even if it’s cringe than someone who deny themselves something they would enjoy because of other people’s opinions. Y’know, no guilty pleasures. Sometimes it’s... really hard to put some things aside though. I generally agree with your ranking but I do like disenchanted more than you do... it’s corny and I like that lol
Oh my god, if you listened to Mama’s background vocals, you’d be horrified, but in the BEST WAY, OH MY GODDD
I’m surprised how little love Sleep gets in the fandom considering how great it sounds and how integral it is to the concept’s story
Thank god somebody doesn't love Disenchanted!!! I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't love it lol, it's a fan favorite for some reason.
As much as I absolutely love Sleep, Mama just can't be beat. Great list. I'm actually surprised House of Wolves is as low as it is considering your initial thoughts. I guess it didn't age as amazingly as the others. Great vid brad, more like this please!
Funny story here...I've watched so many quinceañera videos before. In their waltz, they chose to play Disenchanted. Because of that, disenchanted became a favorite song of mine...😂😂
such a memorable acoustic guitar intro, seriously.
I initially did not like Mama very much, and now it's in my top two with I Don't Love You. It just gets me with the switch ups. It's such a fun and gut-wrenching listen.
I really like disenchanted but yeah compared to the other songs on this album it isn’t that good
Oh hey Nightwalk
Brad Taste in Music I like disenchanted personally because I have special memories connected to that song, so it means a lot to me, and I just feel like it just sounds sweet. So it’s a favorite of mine for that reason
Before i watched the video i knew the top 2 would be mama and sleep, and i completely agree. This is definitely the best ranking of TBP. And i really wanna thank you, Brad bc we know you don't really enjoy making this emo content but it seems that you love us and give us the best from you. Great video. Loved your comments for every song. Amazing editing skills. Love u!
You're the sweetest ❣
Finally! I have been preaching that Sleep is the best song off of the album for years. It is a lyrical, and instrumental masterpiece. I'm glad that you agree with me.
I'm a big mcr fan but for me, sleep is a little cringy. Mama, that's THE best.
@@celestica8474oddly enough I feel the complete opposite haha
Still want that Danger Days part 2...
Holy shit you're right that never happened
He said he wasn't going to sadly, he really disliked it :(
On his twitter he said he might finish an album reaction he never finished, so maybe.
I just want a Destroya reaction tbh
@@dancemomzzaudioswaps5785 that would be v interesting
1: The Sharpest Lives
2: Mama
3: Sleep
4: Dead!
5: Cancer
6: The End.
7: I Don’t Love You
8: WTTBP
9: Teenagers
10: Famous Last Words
11: This Is How I Disappear
12: House of Wolves
13: Blood
14: Disenchanted
Honorable Mentions: The Five Of Us Are Dying and Kill All Your Friends. I always associated those two with The Black Parade.
Why is disenchanted below blood
@@bentownsend4017 why is this is how I disappear so low
sharpest lives at 1 is based but the rest is insane especially welcome to the fucking black parade in 8
@@stardaboi8944 to be fair, a lot of the songs on tbp are just as good as wttbp. But this is how I disappear at 11? Unforgivable
i might be biased because of the lyrics, but famous last words is so motivational and emotional to me that whenever i go through anything, it helps me cry it out and gives me the small push to keep going. i feel that watching it live and screaming “i am not afraid to keep on living” alongside the band and thousands of fans would be so euphoric but that’s just me lol
i really hope you get that experience one day! i had it in may and it’s something i’ll never ever forget, you’re completely right
@@zeroara thank you so much!! you’re so lucky 😭 i live in southeast asia so my chances aren’t the highest for a tour but i’m keeping my fingers crossed!!
"This is not emo" 2007 My Chemical Romance fans wholeheartedly agree with you on that. It only became 'cool' to identify as 'emo' after MCR broke up.
Gerard Way always had this idealistic intention to be a voice of a youth that he didn't feel had one at the time. Disenchanted to the story is just some sad complaining but outside it it's what ties the album to the audience that would listen to them performing "all night long" yet never really take it to heart. With that context I always saw the story as something more like a Christmas Carol, showing you a nightmare version of what you could become if you get consumed by your own despair like the patient did. Famous Last Words now has the patient broken but yet ready to carry on anyways.
Is that still really cheesy? Definitely, but I like some cheesy so I'm ok with it.
It was also really fun seeing you fall in love with this album, because it was my same experience. I never really got into it in its prime. After hearing all the Death Grips, Swans, and whatnot I gave this album a try and was blown away.
The fandom is wired and (like in most fandoms) sometimes cringey, but most of the fandom is just very passionate about the band and sad, because they will not come back together and we lost our favorite band...
This is Me commenting to say they’re coming back
Fun fact they’re back lul
Man I LOVE disenchanted. The lyrics are amazing. The song is to me about how life starts off care free and then as a teen he gets pressured to be someone he's not but has heroes and then he sees his heroes sell out and he becomes disenchanted with life and everything goes wrong.
I am super glad you loved the album and the fact you only disliked 3 songs and I love how you discuss your thoughts thoroughly on each track rather than just giving each song a number and moving on. I love how you analyze and express what the songs meant to you and how they hit you. I also love how you express what the lyrics mean to you but also explain how the instrumentals of each song hit you too.
My list would be:
1. The End- 10+
2. Dead! - 10+
3. This is How I Disappear- 10++
4. The Sharpest Lives- 9+
5. Welcome to the Black Parade- 11² so good it's ridiculous.
6. I Don't Love You- 8
7. House of Wolves- 8
8. Cancer- 10
9. Mama- 10+
10. Sleep- 10+
11. Teenagers- 6
12. Disenchanted- 10++
13. Famous Last Words- 9-
14. Blood- 8
My list:
1. mama
2. disenchanted
3. cancer
4. house of wolves
5. sleep
6. famous last words
7. the sharpest lives
8. this is how i disappear
9. welcome to the black parade
10. i don't love you
11. dead
12. teenagers
13. the end
14. blood
This is the series that I've been wanting Jon from ARTV to do for a really long time, glad you made it
Every time I go back to watch your reaction of The Black Parade every once in a while, it makes me give the appreciation it most definitely deserves. Having another view on it makes me remember all the little details in this album. This truly, to me, is one of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard
I still disagree about FLW, that's a fantastic track imo. But even though I enjoy Disenchanted too, I see your point there and have to agree it's the weakest track... Except for Blood... Can't forget about that important track Blood
I actually do really enjoy Blood haha
Yeah, I know this is a late reply, but I agree with Brad on so many things in this video except FLW. The ending with all the "asleep or DEAAAAADDDDD!!!!!!" stuff is awesome and I think its a great way to finish off the album. I do agree with him, however, that they do ruin the guitar riff near the start with the "so many bright lights to cast a shadow" as its a bit of a weak follow up to the great guitar riff but otherwise, I think its awesome.
Mama is easily their best song
True. Btw I'm subscribed to you
Billy Cobb Hi Billy! Your father still on his 132 minutes?
Ehhh I'd say dead personally but mama and sleep are close
"This is How I Disappear" is just more epic and catchy for me personally but "Mama" is amazing nonetheless.
About your name, Is it a play on
Bad Taste in Music or Rad Taste in Music?
Ah ok
Mama and sleep are the two songs that made me fall in love with mcr
Hey... Bro...
When's the MCR "I Brought My Bullets" Review/Reaction ??
Just saying, i think you're gonna like it
IT'S EXPLOSIVE AF!!!!!
Greatings!!!!
It's explosive in a bad way though... Gerard sounds awful in this album when he's screaming which is 90% of the time
MysticManiac100 That's why I love the album lol he sounds so crazy
So you're basically repeating 3:58?
Well it doesn't sound garbage to me, so
I don't think he would like it though, I don't really either. The only songs I actually like is Early Sunsets Over Monroeville and Demolition Lovers. I think those songs are amazing, however the rest of the album just doesn't do it for me.
personally there is two perspectives i get from famous last words, the first one is that at the end the patient have redeemed himself from his sins after going through this trip of soul observation and past regrets the previous songs offered, he feels forgiven and pure therefore he was ready to live what ever time he had left on the earth. i also like to think that he was out of consciousness and he really believed that he was dead and was seeing points in his life play in front of him especially the very bad ones like when he was a soldier at war, when he was an alcoholic and when he felt alienated from society(teenagers) after this big journey of redemption he wakes up and realizes that he isn’t dead and life has given him another chance:
“am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone”
“Nothing you can say can stop me going home”
this gives a sign that the patient didn’t die or at least kept fighting his illness instead of giving up to it like in the beginning of the album where he was vulnerable and ready to go.
“Awake and unafraid
Asleep or dead”
this leaves the ending open we don’t know if he lived or died but at least we know that he fought the good fight, maybe he kissed his loved ones after all and died peacefully with them surrounding him and not turned away.
it also made me feel like the protagonist came to peace with his illness, realized that it had good in it, because had he not gotten it he wouldn’t ever review his life and observe past mistakes and change as a person
at least this is my interpretation of the song sorry for rambling on for too long but i really really love this track and how open it is to different interpretations.
conventional weapons, pls bro okey ?
they"re all amazing songs..no ranks for the album black parade
greatest masterpiece of the 21st century 👌
When I was a freshman in high school, I gave the girl I had a crush on a mixtape for her birthday. Like a literal, burned-on-a-CD mixtape. I tried to make it a thoughtful combination of what we both liked; she was really into Muse at the time, and I was *deep* in the MCR rabbit hole. I ended up putting "Sleep" on there because after thinking about it for a while, I decided that it was my favorite song off of The Black Parade. She appreciated the gift (tho I don't know if she ever checked that particular song out), but it's funny watching this and being validated on that choice so many years later.
editing god = Bradley, totally agree with sleep at number 1, its such an unforgiving track, if you haven't seen it then maybe react to 'the black parade is dead! (full) my chemical romance' its a full live performance of all the songs on the album and its amazing, especially cancer and sleep, they send chills down my spine
What about The Black Parades three hidden bonus tracks on their exclusive album? “My Way Home Is Through You (B-side)” “Kill All Your Friends (B-Side)” And “Heaven Help Us (B-side)”? Three excellent songs
HAVE NOT WATCHED YET, BUT THANK U
I thought I was the only one who loved Sleep, everyone always talks about it being the worst on the album because of its slow pacing in the beginning but dude, its intensity and explosive chorus not to mention the creepy recordings of Gerards nightmares just 🙌
Disenchanted was my favorite track... RIPPPPPP
I love it too...
Lol Disenchanted and Famous Last Words would be up at the top in my ranking! I love the lyrics just so much. Totally respect any ranking though. Happy to hear you loved the album!
drinking game, take a shot every time he says "eargasmic"
So thats like 4 shots?
Conventional weapons I'm still waiting
Brad listen to House Of Wolves: this is my favorite song in the album
Brad in this video: rank House Of Wolves lower than The End
House Of Wolves is in my top 3. : (
My top worst to best:
14 Blood (Hidden track) 5/10
13 I don't love you 7/10
12 Disenchanted 7/10
11 House of wolves 8/10
10 The end 9/10
09 Teenagers 9/10
08 Sleep 10/10
07 Famous last words 10/10
06 This is how a disappear 10/10
05 Dead! 10/10
04 The sharpest lives 10/10
03 Welcome to the black parade 10/10
02 Cancer 10/10
01 Mama 10/10
I wonder what the ending of the album would sound like if they switched disenchanted and teenagers.
(I'm Italian,sorry for my pizza English) Hey Brad,your reactions and reviews are so damn good,it made me listen to music genres that I never thought I would like.
Even if I know that there are so many people asking you to do this I genuinely want to see a "I brought you my bullets you brought me your love" review by you.
You are certainly not gonna like the whole thing but a few songs will make you not regret doing this.
Can we just appreciate the fact that brad opened up sleep with the part where g screams wake up
Honestly man House of Wolves is really great, it should've been ranked higher imo
I love that this album is finally being called rock and not emo.
Also your reaction to The 1975s self titled album would be cool to see
I really like these kind of videos where you just talk about albums that you love. The editing was really superb as well.
Tbh the Black Parade is one of my favorite albums, and I completely understand how you feel about the ending. A couple weeks ago you reacted to Palaye Royale in a livestream, and I honestly feel like you didn't give them a fair time so you need to react to their first album Boom Boom Room Side A and their second album Boom Boom Room Side B that comes out the 28th.
So, I think House Of Wolves is in First Place
Oh...it’s not
Dalslap Its my favorite too
Wait what! Famous last words is one of the bests. Must agree with most of your top tho, great ranking, I like your reviews. You should react to the black parade b-sides and Conventional weapons maybe
15:20 The screaming is actually necessary, according to one persons theory of The Black Parade. The screaming is actually the Parader celebrating the Patients life as he guides the Patient to the Black Parade, AKA the afterlife. Also, Mama is the Paraders back story, and how he died in either World War I or II, and the only reason he (the patient) sees him as the Parader, not a soldier, is because the Patient is recalling the story his father told him as a boy in his final moments. Also also, I Don’t Love You is the Patients last ditch effort to make his lover hate him so she isn’t devastated when he ultimately passed. Ill edit this comment when I find it again, which will be very soon, most likely
Edit: Its The Hidden Story of the Back Parade created by Wendigoon
I'm going to try to reorganize the album according to what you said.. after watching your first reaction for a third time lol
As someone in the MCR fandom, I will be the first to say that yes, a good 95% of people in the fandom are cringey. However, those are the same people that followe their music solely for the aesthetic and history it has being "emo". People I know who consider themselves MCR fans or even in the fandom who are not cringey are the same ones who appreciate Radio Head, Coldplay, Gorillaz, and a lot of the other really revolutionary bands. Also, the cringey fans are always, without failure, the ones who argue Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is their best album when it's really not compared to the Black Parade. I would also argue that I think focusing too much on Three Cheers and trying to label it their best albums applies way more to the side of "emo" versus the Black Parade. Three Cheers was about anger, growing up different, and feeling like an outcast, juveline things. The Black Parade is about death, the afterlife, regret, and valuing life for what it is while we have it, adult themes. You can honestly tell so much about the fans in the fandom by how they label and treat the Black Parade, it's in no way, shape, or form an emo album. It's what I consider to be the rock opera of the 2000s, maybe even the 2010s, and is so universal it will always be appreciated by music fans across generations.
The g note memes are actually so annoying
Gerard Bæ I know, like chill out guys, its a freakin music note, is it striking yes, but don’t blow it out of,proportion
@@mac5895 I just don't get the big deal over it
Gerard Bæ I’m pretty sure it’s because the band broke up, and this was their most popular song, or something like that idk tbh it’s something stupid like that
@@mac5895 Oh, that's definitely it
It's not a meme, I do kinda hope you realise that. It actually hurts people.
I'm glad you called this a rock album. It's so more more rock than emo. You can hear the queen and pink Floyd influences quite a bit
So glad you have Mama and Sleep as #1 and #2. I think I'd probably have them the other way round, but they're 100% the best two.
A worst to best for Blurryface would be interesting. Good video!
AlChimbo worst to worst*
Maybe vessel instead? Blurryface is by far their weakest album imo
@@derbistheeternal2947, c'mon, it's a good album. As well as all their albums.
Actually the worst is Regional at Best, it's good musically but it's so hard to listen to
@@billiejoeeyelash, why?
THERE IS NO BAD MCR MUSIC MCR IS A MASTERPIECE
Certified Trash that’s funny I found you in the comments I’m Jocelyn/jay from Twitter
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Did he review bullets or is he going to? Idk if it makes him mad but it'd be awesome if he did
He may as well react to bullets just to get it out of the way because everyone is just gonna keep bothering him about it lol
Also it's a beautiful album and Genesis of the bands sound
Disenchanted is really underrated
It's actually one of my favorite song, but not a lot of people even the Killjoys really enjoy this song or even talk about a lot.
The concluding song should have been just never ending pure insanity. Like a ten minute mix between Sleep and House Of Wolves but it just has no predictability and regretful yelling in the background that you can barley hear because it is blocked out by him having no apologies and that he'd rather be in hell than heaven and that he's happy where he has been sent.
sleep really should have been the last song in the album
Great ranking ! my top 3 is Sleep, Mama and House of Wolves
i think it would be really cool if you reacted the 'the five of us are dying' which is a release of an early stage of welcome to the black parade before they reworked it
my personal ranking:
1. welcome to the black parade (1000/10)
2. i don't love you (10+/10)
3. the sharpest lives (10/10)
4. famous last words (9+/10)
5. house of wolves (9/10)
6. mama (9-/10)
7. disenchanted (8+/10)
8. cancer (8/10)
9. sleep (8-/10)
10. this is how i disappear (8-/10)
11. teenagers (8-/10)
12. dead (7+/10)
13. blood (7/10)
14. the end (7-/10)
Though Famous Last Words is my favourite song in the album, I understand your problems with it
I subconsciously think about iCarly every time I listened to Dead! so I’m really glad you pointed that out about the drum pattern lol
I love Famous Last Words because it feels like they really thought about what their fans (mostly depressed young people) might need to hear. I feel like it might have been almost irresponsible to end an album like this on a dark note. And as uncomfortable as overly optimistic songs usually make me, this songs really pulls off *hope* in a way that feels genuine imo, and ties the whole album together.
OMG, what an amazing top 4 (yes, top 4, especially considering the song's section you picked to introduce it)!
WHAT? Your favourite is LETTERBOMB?!
Letterbomb is the best song on the album, so it makes sense. Though, Whatsername is a close second. Though those aren’t my favorites. The only surprising pick would be Extraordinary Girl.
Are these comments glitched on the wrong video?
Also, letterbomb is my favourite track on AI.
I love how you gave your honest opinion and described how the songs make you feel. I agree and disagree on some of the things you said but I appreciate this review !
also, when will you do a Frank Iero and the Patience “Stomachaches” review/reaction?
Remember everyone, music taste is subjective. People like different things.
BASED SLEEP ENJOYER. I fucking died when I saw them play this live
React to In Utero by Nirvana!