MCR's copyright owners will allow this video to remain on youtube but there must be consistent use of frequent stops. No one part of the the song in part or in whole can be played without frequent interruptions. This is partially why I stop and comment and sing during and after key sections that I play. If I just play the files, the video will be taken down. Presenting the files in this format with this kind of flow cements the FAIR USE intent which is why it can remain up on RUclips. Along these lines, I can not reveal where or link to the source files or I'll get a takedown notice as well. Giving away content that is not mine to give also falls outside of FAIR USE intent. Thanks for understanding and for enjoying the video! I'm excited for you to hear all the wonderful nuances!
Chris! Loved this! So many of my friends were MCR fans UNTIL this album and I was just completely lost as to why they would jump ship! I absolutely love it! On a different note, I'd love to see you break down Dayseeker - Sleep Talk!
Might as well just do the whole Black parade album 😂 its all such an amazing production that Im honestly surprised that to thos day it hasn't had a broadway production made after it like "American Idiot" did.
@@sean_mccadden They undoubtedly had multiple offers to convert it to a musical. The lack of a product suggests that they said: "No, that wouldn't be very good." In a Led Zeppelin "we're not releasing singles, singles aren't cool" kinda way.
I've always thought about this song as MCR's Bohemian Rhapsody. I think it's totally fair to make that comparison as The Black Parade is a song for the ages. The difference is how accessible they are. I feel like MCR never will get the mainstream appeal that Queen has and that's why it can be a controversial opinion.
@@kurdtjohn If only Brian May wasn't completely and utterly out of touch and abjectly delusional i'm sure it'd be pretty cool. He's so cringe, and has been for decades now.
Dude my chemical romance has so many amazing lyrics, melodies, riffs, solos, bridges, choruses, it's insane. I know almost every song of theirs on the guitar (Franks part), along with Gerard's lyrics
I wanna start a band, its hard finding people who want to, not replicate, but build off of mcr’s sounds. I wish there was ppl that could play rhythm like frank around me lmao
Gerard's voice is packed with emotion, all just by how he delivers it. I had better see the entire Black Parade album turned into a Broadway production before I die.
maybe about a man who realizes he was an asshole in life when he gets diagnosed with a deadly disease and tries to make things better while at the same time descending into depression and dealing with ptsd. this could be the song where he realizes (with some changed lyrics) and it could get a triumphant reprise at the very end to close off the show.
I'm totally with you in the Queen and MCR reference you made, Gerard's teatrical interpretation is the key to naturally develope all the textures he make with his superdinamic voice. Thanks for this great video, I love this album too, specially this song and of course, MCR, one of my fav bands. Keep it up, Chris!
Gerard has said he was VERY heavily influenced by Queen for this album. Both with the musical style AND the concept story of themes and visuals throughout the rest of the album.
Yes! I believe I was in 8th but too grown for my own good. I hand wrote the album and manically listened day and night while in the throws of addiction at 14, I mapped out the storyline of the whole thing
18:28 saving this for myself. i took notes: At the beginning of the song he is singing very clean, and boyish, but he gets more aggressive later on, letting out the aggression that was "trapped" inside in the beginning. at the end of the song because of the key change he is forced to be a bit cleaner, and "happier" this is really awesome because the "carry on" goes from being desperate to a bit more resolved and confident. the final "carry on" goes from full on screaming to full on choir boy. making the song come full circle. impressive.
"WHAT AN INCREDIBLE M A S T E R P I E C E ! " The fanatic way he says it made me laugh, cause I felt it too. Hearing these stems is like listening to this song for the first time again. Gerard truly inspired me personally to create and perform with emotion. He doesn't do it for the sake of theatrics or "artistry," but for the weight that it carries and the story that it tells. Chris dissects it perfectly, love to see it.
Wow it feels like a privilege to hear this. I’ve always been a huge MCR fan and of Gerards voice. Would love to hear breakdowns of other MCR songs, especially the older ones. I’d recommend listening to the podcast Gerard and Mikey Way did with Kevin Smith (it’s on RUclips somewhere) where they break down WTTBP line by line and about writing it, it’s really fascinating. Apparently the section at 19:56 was originally going to be sung by a choir of young children, but it sounded way to creepy haha, so Gerard just went in and recorded them all himself.
I see this album as a love letter to Queen. There are so many classic 70s influences. The song. Mama reminds of the trial section of The Wall (Pink Floyd). There moreno listen the more I find.
I remember playing the first song on The Black Parade (The End) for my guitar teacher when I was in high school and he immediately brought up The Wall.
I've heard interpretations that the opening is the Patient singing and then when Gerard changed to VFS to repeat the first 2 stanzas it's the Parader who then takes over the rest of the song. It makes a lot of sense if this is the Patient finally succumbing to his illness and the Parader finally giving him some sympathy because of the ending of it all.
I love this analysis. Your 'How to Sing like Gerard Way' video is one of my favourites, because you absolutely nail some of the things he's doing- while getting across the importance of energy and character singing. My own singing has improved as a result of your videos no doubt. I saw MCR live around a month ago, and they are truly incredible live- for all the reasons you mention. Your note about the guitars reflecting the energy and feeling of Gerard's vocals really pinpoints something I couldn't have explained myself, and something which is so specific to their music. Thanks for all your effort on this video!
Chris, your analysis absolutely blew me away ! This particular MCR song has literally plagued my thoughts so often over the last 18 years that I would re-visit listening to it every 4 to 8 months and try strip down all the elements that make this song definitely on the level with Bohemian Rhapsody... as a true masterpiece of emotional artistic expression. I remember in 2006, when I heard first heard Gerard, I honestly couldn't tell if he was British, his vowels are so open, yet he still has amazing diction. It's like your ear is hearing vocals for the first time where a performer is doing things that just don't make sense. His vocal timing jumps all over the place, with a dramatic flair that pulls you in, sometimes slightly ahead of the beat, other times syncopated, other times behind, and then literally hits 4 to five eighth notes with robotic precision all while somehow breathing in between. I had to satisfy myself since I knew this track was done in the post ProTools era that he was singing many of these lines together while breathing, so I would play the SNL version of Black parade and even though he obviously can't sing all the vocal overdubs (especially at the end of the song); he is spot on live ! All that amazing character in the studio version is right there on display. He is one of the greats, band compliments him well also, he in the Rob Halford of alternative Emo Rock. Like Fredie he is not just a singer, but an actor who is expressing vocally what he is feeling, and that scene can change on a dime. We are just along for the ride, hoping to extract some small amount of his genius so that we can apply it, and maybe imitate it; hearing it makes us yearn for more, so eventually we want to live it.
This was seriously cool, honestly something that I didn't think I'd ever hear. From listening to this song so many times there are things that I thought I heard and always sort of pictured how they did it. It is so crazy to be able to hear everything seperately and confirm (and refute) some of my theories.
I had the pleasure of seeing MCR in Oakland the other day, and it was nothing short of fantastic. Not only was it an incredibly energetic, engaging show, but Gerard's belting frankly seemed better and healthier than it did when he was in his 20s.
This made my night honestly. Getting to hear the individual tracks and such just adds so much to this masterpiece of a song. The amount of depth is staggering with how Gerard crafted a magnum opus of an anthem. TBP really is an album you only see once in a lifetime.
Singers like that are the ones that fill me with the desire to sing!!. I discover your channel a few weeks ago. I am very grateful for your content, the way you teach and your pronunciation haha, greetings from Argentina!
Yes! Thank you so much for sharing this. I found myself talking to the screen like "ok, now play just the backing vocals bc I've always wanted to hear that better" then you did LOL. It's wild to see so many people talking about how talented they are to this day. Amazing video and analysis.
Just what I was looking for. Thank you. I've been trying to explain that the vocals have layers and that there are transitions and key changes, but some of my friends don't hear it, when I think it's obvious when it happens. Every single band member is doing something incredible (like the drummer). There are even other instruments too, especially the triangle that add even more layers to the song. I love this song and it's amazing. Thank you for your analysis!
I love seeing people feel music in every part of themselves. Such a powerful part of the human experience. You really get it, Chris, thank you for such sensory insight! Just found your channel and have added so many of your videos to my Watch Later playlist; you’re a gem!
I'd love to see you do a comparison of Gerard's vocals during Black Parade/later albums and earlier stuff like Bullets, before he had vocal training. Kind of a side-by-side of breath control, pitch control, any other differences that jump out at you. I really enjoy your videos, thanks so much!
I am not a "music" dude but I really, really appreciate how you break down WTTBP like how a chef breaks down tastes and sensations they experience in a dish. Amazing!
Here's who plays what: Gerard Way on vocals, his brother Mikey Way on bass, Ray Toro on lead guitar & backing vocals, Frank Iero on rhythm guitar, Bob Bryar on drums (left in 2010). And I think either Rob Cavallo or Jamie Muhoberac on piano. Not sure about the horns in the back.
You are a very interesting presenter Mr Liepe. When you started comparing a loud breath and heavy onset to the foreshadowing that occurs in fiction like Back to the Future, I smiled. I think that a different perspective is often valuable just on it's own, because you never know what ideas you might stimulate in someone watching/listening.
There are few things that rival Bohemian Rapsody but this is completely equivalent! Gerard is a master, not just musically but in all forms of art & creativity!! (As are Mikey, Frank & Ray too) this whole album is absolute genius!! 💯 PLEASE do more MCR breakdowns!
It was interesting to hear the “sigh” approach described for The vocals. I can hear some similarities to it with some black metal style vocals. This makes sense with some vocals Gerard recently contributed to a project with Ishahn.
Yes I would compare them to Queen. They are amazing. Gerard's voice is so expressive, his movements and expressions just enhance all of the feeling he is trying to convey.
This is the album that makes me leave RnB genre and start to listen this kind of masterpiece music and continue to dive more deep into metal now. Such a talented band will carry on. Great analysis my friend 🤘🏼
the "abandonment" thing I discovered in practical recording means to engage false cords when singing and overpronounce the vowels. Really open and it mimics what Gerard does in most of the songs
Wow freaky, I was listening to this song yesterday and was thinking why hasn’t there been a video done of his vocals in “The Black Parade”. Super excited and weirded out to see this video now!
The singer from In Flames does a similar thing to Gerard where he layers his voice but using vocal fry and creates almost a choir of screams but melodic, i recommend the song “Alias” or “the mirrors truth”
i enjoyed every moment of this!! seeing your passion shine through your analysis made this so so great to watch. love to see people united over a love for MCR :))
This are STEMS, not multitrack. This come from the mixing session. It was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. This is mixed from Pro Tools passing through the Sony 3348, but not straight from the 3348. Chris uses the 3348 to archive the summed multitrack. He sums tracks inside Pro Tools to come up together in stereo pairs on his console. For example, the song may have 12 single tracks of background vocals and he will sum them to a pair on the console. The 3348 will have that pair also. He brings pro tools sessions of 100 tracks down to 40 on the Sony and that is what is on his console. Great video!!
such an amazing video! MCR is my favorite band and Gerard is probably my biggest role model. Thank you for the depth and detail in this video. especially when you were talking about his desperation and sighs in his screams, not only do they sound more natural than blowing your voice out, but cleaner. He sometimes reminds me of Luke Skywalker in his facial expressions and his character(s). I'd love to see a similar video from you on "This is how is disappear" his vocals in that one are insane
I'm so happy that you brought up Bohemian Rhapsody! WttBP has always reminded me of BR, and you can tell there is a TON of Queen-influence in their Black Parade-era music. So fucking good.
Thanks to your videos, Chris, I keep discovering new music and artists for myself. I wonder how I could have missed this wonderful piece of music and this fantastic performance before. Yes, I could hear a lot of influences here too, but come on, this song is so inspiring on its own!
I like rap, pop, rock, basically any genre but out of all the albums I've listened to from Kanye, the Beatles, etc. this is the literal best album I've ever heard.
Chris this is your best video!!! I love this song and albu, as a producer i loveeddddd seeing how this song was produced and mixed! highlight is the guitar automation blew my mind!
Dude omg I’ve been going back and listening to this album for the last week as motivation to keep the track I’m recording full of energy and life. So many things going on in these songs of their and never a dull moment
In his vocals I can hear a quiet kid who has been given a big burden by someone/something and he is screaming this sadness and desperation out. Thats why it starts innocently, then he switches to a desperate, almost crying person (which he also sings about ["im just a boy", "im not a hero"]) and then at the very last note he switches back to a quiet, backed out boy. Its very dynamic and its very clever and its much more complicated than I presented in my short comment. Great video, definetly will be checking out your vocal courses.
As a music lover, this gives me so much serotonin! As a huge MCR fan this gives me chills!!!!! PS- I am currently taking your free vocal course 😊 THANK YOU!
I love how he increasingly sounds angrier as he gets to "to join the Black Parade." Like he's angry about what the "father" is making him do. Being the "savior of the broken" is a heavy burden.
I love MCR and I love to sing and I’ve been working on my singing and trying to get better at sounding like him because I love singing their music and this video was SO helpful. Literally love this and thank you for all this help !!
i am so in agreement on the black parade/bohemian rhapsody comment. like gerard way is a musical genius. this is why i always say three cheers is my favorite album because of my own personal musical style preferences but from like an actual musical standpoint black parade is where it’s at
Some amazing excellent points you made here I don’t really think I even thought of before. Amazing. Gerard as well as the rest of the band recorded these tracks in April 2006.
Dude, amazing how this music/voice science works, and in this video you explained so well why this is a masterpiece and why is it on the same level of Bohemian Raphsody :)
The aggression of the guitars bring me to life. Were you able to connect with CLA the engineer of the record or the band themselves to get these? Song still gives me chills today. There's always something new to discover in the track
I recommend everybody to check out the song Ronin from matt heafy's solo album Ibaraki - Rashomon. it features imo gerard's best vocal performance ever! it really blew me away
Loved every second of this video! You’re so damn right comparing Bohemian Rhapsody to The Back Parade! Different songs but equally epic and transcendental songs for two generations! 🖤
That's called vocal progression. It depends on how the layer of instruments play in the song. As you'll notice the part where gerard is all out is the part where the drums cue in and the strings as well.
this video is incredible jesus christ thank you !! and i would love to see something like thank you for the venom where you can hear that reckless abandon in a different way
Hearing his voice alone like that right in my ear holes... I cried a little. Copied from my reply elsewhere: I love old music, but often it's too slow or too long to hold my attention anymore... Even though I was OBSESSED with Bohemian Rhapsody and Queen in general as a kid, and other rock operas. So I agree that they have a lot of songs better than Queen! It makes sense though, since Queen is one of their major influences, and they are one of those bands that likes to combine varied revolutionary musical influences and build upon them to create something entirely new, as their influences did when they were new. So they are like Queen's newer evolution. I think Danger Days is my top album of all time. It gets overshadowed by Black Parade, which is equally good, just a different stage of healing. If two separate bands had done them, I bet Danger Days would've been way more popular with its critics.
Maybe it's just me but hearing all the elements isolated reveals a huge At The Drive-In influence to me... both in Gerards vocals but also in the guitar voicings and embellishments.
interesting thought relating this to bohemian rhapsody. I never really thought about it that way, but totally agree. Black parade really does feel like my chem's bohemian rhapsody. They are both such grand master pieces.
MCR's copyright owners will allow this video to remain on youtube but there must be consistent use of frequent stops. No one part of the the song in part or in whole can be played without frequent interruptions. This is partially why I stop and comment and sing during and after key sections that I play. If I just play the files, the video will be taken down. Presenting the files in this format with this kind of flow cements the FAIR USE intent which is why it can remain up on RUclips. Along these lines, I can not reveal where or link to the source files or I'll get a takedown notice as well. Giving away content that is not mine to give also falls outside of FAIR USE intent. Thanks for understanding and for enjoying the video! I'm excited for you to hear all the wonderful nuances!
I appreciate the explanation. I didn't know any of this.
Ok, so now I need your address, so I can visit you to listen to it with you :O
Upload to the internet archive please
Chris! Loved this! So many of my friends were MCR fans UNTIL this album and I was just completely lost as to why they would jump ship! I absolutely love it! On a different note, I'd love to see you break down Dayseeker - Sleep Talk!
This was awesome man! Thank you 🙏 Hey! Would you care to go over “Helena” (specifically the chorus sections)??
Dude you gotta analyse their song Mama, the layers are insane on that one
totally, one of my fav songs ever. what an insane song
Might as well just do the whole Black parade album 😂 its all such an amazing production that Im honestly surprised that to thos day it hasn't had a broadway production made after it like "American Idiot" did.
I don’t think isolated tracks are available for that
@@sean_mccadden They undoubtedly had multiple offers to convert it to a musical. The lack of a product suggests that they said: "No, that wouldn't be very good." In a Led Zeppelin "we're not releasing singles, singles aren't cool" kinda way.
@@tipi5586 I can understand that. Would be an incredible way to experience it.
When I was singing along with this album I realized that being one step away from crying was the key
I've always thought about this song as MCR's Bohemian Rhapsody. I think it's totally fair to make that comparison as The Black Parade is a song for the ages. The difference is how accessible they are. I feel like MCR never will get the mainstream appeal that Queen has and that's why it can be a controversial opinion.
to add to that controversy I personally think this song is better than bohemian rhapsody
Ray has a style that is very reminiscent of Brian May's own guitar playing
@@kurdtjohn Brian May performed this track live with MCR back on one of their Danger Days tours. Great show.
@@AmiliaCaraMia seen a clip of Brian May playing with those guys. It was awesome indeed.
@@kurdtjohn If only Brian May wasn't completely and utterly out of touch and abjectly delusional i'm sure it'd be pretty cool. He's so cringe, and has been for decades now.
I rarely see anybody take so much time to analyze intonation and implication as you do.
Well done, sir.
Thanks for sticking with it!
Dude my chemical romance has so many amazing lyrics, melodies, riffs, solos, bridges, choruses, it's insane. I know almost every song of theirs on the guitar (Franks part), along with Gerard's lyrics
Incredible, classic music, and Gerard has the voice of a god
@@chrisliepe yes! his emotion is unmatched
I wanna start a band, its hard finding people who want to, not replicate, but build off of mcr’s sounds. I wish there was ppl that could play rhythm like frank around me lmao
@@bryanation1758have you found these people yet?
Gerard's voice is packed with emotion, all just by how he delivers it. I had better see the entire Black Parade album turned into a Broadway production before I die.
Oh no, something else to add to my ever growing list of things I never knew I needed!
Bet, wanna write a musical? 😭
maybe about a man who realizes he was an asshole in life when he gets diagnosed with a deadly disease and tries to make things better while at the same time descending into depression and dealing with ptsd. this could be the song where he realizes (with some changed lyrics) and it could get a triumphant reprise at the very end to close off the show.
it could be the main theme.
@@lilenwasnothere6867 yes! I think that's the entire concept of the album as a whole. Someone reflecting on their life with a terminal diagnosis
I'm totally with you in the Queen and MCR reference you made, Gerard's teatrical interpretation is the key to naturally develope all the textures he make with his superdinamic voice. Thanks for this great video, I love this album too, specially this song and of course, MCR, one of my fav bands. Keep it up, Chris!
Gerard has said he was VERY heavily influenced by Queen for this album. Both with the musical style AND the concept story of themes and visuals throughout the rest of the album.
This song is my generation's Bohemian Rhapsody. I still remember where i was when i first heard this song, as a freshman in high school.
Yes! I believe I was in 8th but too grown for my own good. I hand wrote the album and manically listened day and night while in the throws of addiction at 14, I mapped out the storyline of the whole thing
18:28 saving this for myself.
i took notes: At the beginning of the song he is singing very clean, and boyish, but he gets more aggressive later on, letting out the aggression that was "trapped" inside in the beginning. at the end of the song because of the key change he is forced to be a bit cleaner, and "happier" this is really awesome because the "carry on" goes from being desperate to a bit more resolved and confident. the final "carry on" goes from full on screaming to full on choir boy. making the song come full circle. impressive.
I love this comment! Its exactly how i feel about his persona in this song😭🖤
I could watch every single episode you do on MCR over and over. I’d love it if you got more of their songs. They’re geniuses. Thank you for this!!
"WHAT AN INCREDIBLE M A S T E R P I E C E ! "
The fanatic way he says it made me laugh, cause I felt it too.
Hearing these stems is like listening to this song for the first time again. Gerard truly inspired me personally to create and perform with emotion. He doesn't do it for the sake of theatrics or "artistry," but for the weight that it carries and the story that it tells. Chris dissects it perfectly, love to see it.
Wow it feels like a privilege to hear this. I’ve always been a huge MCR fan and of Gerards voice. Would love to hear breakdowns of other MCR songs, especially the older ones. I’d recommend listening to the podcast Gerard and Mikey Way did with Kevin Smith (it’s on RUclips somewhere) where they break down WTTBP line by line and about writing it, it’s really fascinating. Apparently the section at 19:56 was originally going to be sung by a choir of young children, but it sounded way to creepy haha, so Gerard just went in and recorded them all himself.
Freddie Mercury is one of Gerard's biggest influences!
Yes, lovely to actually hear his voice clearly, its so powerful and theatrical, love it!
I see this album as a love letter to Queen. There are so many classic 70s influences. The song. Mama reminds of the trial section of The Wall (Pink Floyd). There moreno listen the more I find.
They were open about how the album is highly influenced by A Night At The Opera and The Wall
I remember playing the first song on The Black Parade (The End) for my guitar teacher when I was in high school and he immediately brought up The Wall.
I've heard interpretations that the opening is the Patient singing and then when Gerard changed to VFS to repeat the first 2 stanzas it's the Parader who then takes over the rest of the song. It makes a lot of sense if this is the Patient finally succumbing to his illness and the Parader finally giving him some sympathy because of the ending of it all.
I love this analysis. Your 'How to Sing like Gerard Way' video is one of my favourites, because you absolutely nail some of the things he's doing- while getting across the importance of energy and character singing. My own singing has improved as a result of your videos no doubt.
I saw MCR live around a month ago, and they are truly incredible live- for all the reasons you mention. Your note about the guitars reflecting the energy and feeling of Gerard's vocals really pinpoints something I couldn't have explained myself, and something which is so specific to their music. Thanks for all your effort on this video!
Gerard's musical career started out with playing Peter Pan in school, so the character element is spot on.
Chris, your analysis absolutely blew me away ! This particular MCR song has literally plagued my thoughts so often over the last 18 years that I would re-visit listening to it every 4 to 8 months and try strip down all the elements that make this song definitely on the level with Bohemian Rhapsody... as a true masterpiece of emotional artistic expression. I remember in 2006, when I heard first heard Gerard, I honestly couldn't tell if he was British, his vowels are so open, yet he still has amazing diction. It's like your ear is hearing vocals for the first time where a performer is doing things that just don't make sense. His vocal timing jumps all over the place, with a dramatic flair that pulls you in, sometimes slightly ahead of the beat, other times syncopated, other times behind, and then literally hits 4 to five eighth notes with robotic precision all while somehow breathing in between. I had to satisfy myself since I knew this track was done in the post ProTools era that he was singing many of these lines together while breathing, so I would play the SNL version of Black parade and even though he obviously can't sing all the vocal overdubs (especially at the end of the song); he is spot on live ! All that amazing character in the studio version is right there on display. He is one of the greats, band compliments him well also, he in the Rob Halford of alternative Emo Rock. Like Fredie he is not just a singer, but an actor who is expressing vocally what he is feeling, and that scene can change on a dime. We are just along for the ride, hoping to extract some small amount of his genius so that we can apply it, and maybe imitate it; hearing it makes us yearn for more, so eventually we want to live it.
This was seriously cool, honestly something that I didn't think I'd ever hear. From listening to this song so many times there are things that I thought I heard and always sort of pictured how they did it. It is so crazy to be able to hear everything seperately and confirm (and refute) some of my theories.
I had the pleasure of seeing MCR in Oakland the other day, and it was nothing short of fantastic. Not only was it an incredibly energetic, engaging show, but Gerard's belting frankly seemed better and healthier than it did when he was in his 20s.
I thought the same
The point made at 20:23 is so on the nose I love it, ugh. what a treat and privilege to be able to hear these multitrack's
Yesss thank you for making this! The character of The Patient is brought out so perfectly through Gerard’s snarly voice.
I always knew this was a masterpiece, but never fully appreciated it until you broke it down. Thank you so much for this.
This made my night honestly. Getting to hear the individual tracks and such just adds so much to this masterpiece of a song. The amount of depth is staggering with how Gerard crafted a magnum opus of an anthem. TBP really is an album you only see once in a lifetime.
Singers like that are the ones that fill me with the desire to sing!!. I discover your channel a few weeks ago. I am very grateful for your content, the way you teach and your pronunciation haha, greetings from Argentina!
Yes! Thank you so much for sharing this. I found myself talking to the screen like "ok, now play just the backing vocals bc I've always wanted to hear that better" then you did LOL.
It's wild to see so many people talking about how talented they are to this day. Amazing video and analysis.
@chrisliepe for a long time I almost gave up as a vocalist. You've restored my will to learn again. Thank you for these awesome videos!
Just what I was looking for. Thank you. I've been trying to explain that the vocals have layers and that there are transitions and key changes, but some of my friends don't hear it, when I think it's obvious when it happens. Every single band member is doing something incredible (like the drummer). There are even other instruments too, especially the triangle that add even more layers to the song.
I love this song and it's amazing. Thank you for your analysis!
I love seeing people feel music in every part of themselves. Such a powerful part of the human experience. You really get it, Chris, thank you for such sensory insight!
Just found your channel and have added so many of your videos to my Watch Later playlist; you’re a gem!
I'd love to see you do a comparison of Gerard's vocals during Black Parade/later albums and earlier stuff like Bullets, before he had vocal training. Kind of a side-by-side of breath control, pitch control, any other differences that jump out at you. I really enjoy your videos, thanks so much!
I am not a "music" dude but I really, really appreciate how you break down WTTBP like how a chef breaks down tastes and sensations they experience in a dish. Amazing!
I appreciate this so much, coz this is one of the songs that got me into, like rock as a whole.
This brought tears to my eyes
Here's who plays what:
Gerard Way on vocals, his brother Mikey Way on bass, Ray Toro on lead guitar & backing vocals, Frank Iero on rhythm guitar, Bob Bryar on drums (left in 2010). And I think either Rob Cavallo or Jamie Muhoberac on piano. Not sure about the horns in the back.
You are a very interesting presenter Mr Liepe. When you started comparing a loud breath and heavy onset to the foreshadowing that occurs in fiction like Back to the Future, I smiled. I think that a different perspective is often valuable just on it's own, because you never know what ideas you might stimulate in someone watching/listening.
There are few things that rival Bohemian Rapsody but this is completely equivalent! Gerard is a master, not just musically but in all forms of art & creativity!! (As are Mikey, Frank & Ray too) this whole album is absolute genius!! 💯
PLEASE do more MCR breakdowns!
It was interesting to hear the “sigh” approach described for The vocals. I can hear some similarities to it with some black metal style vocals. This makes sense with some vocals Gerard recently contributed to a project with Ishahn.
Yes I would compare them to Queen. They are amazing. Gerard's voice is so expressive, his movements and expressions just enhance all of the feeling he is trying to convey.
This is the album that makes me leave RnB genre and start to listen this kind of masterpiece music and continue to dive more deep into metal now. Such a talented band will carry on. Great analysis my friend 🤘🏼
Incredible explanation and demonstration, stuff like this is always keeps motivating to excercise.
Thanks a lot, Chris, great work!
Masterful dissection and analysis of this song! Thank you Sensei 🙏
I love that you mentioned the octaves in the guitar, because that is MCR signature.
the "abandonment" thing I discovered in practical recording means to engage false cords when singing and overpronounce the vowels. Really open and it mimics what Gerard does in most of the songs
Wow freaky, I was listening to this song yesterday and was thinking why hasn’t there been a video done of his vocals in “The Black Parade”. Super excited and weirded out to see this video now!
gerard always sounds like he's on the verge of angry tears and i love it
The singer from In Flames does a similar thing to Gerard where he layers his voice but using vocal fry and creates almost a choir of screams but melodic, i recommend the song “Alias” or “the mirrors truth”
i enjoyed every moment of this!! seeing your passion shine through your analysis made this so so great to watch. love to see people united over a love for MCR :))
This song is the best use of Pachabell Canon out of every other modern songs based on Canon.
HOW
Did I never notice this?!
This are STEMS, not multitrack. This come from the mixing session. It was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. This is mixed from Pro Tools passing through the Sony 3348, but not straight from the 3348. Chris uses the 3348 to archive the summed multitrack. He sums tracks inside Pro Tools to come up together in stereo pairs on his console. For example, the song may have 12 single tracks of background vocals and he will sum them to a pair on the console. The 3348 will have that pair also. He brings pro tools sessions of 100 tracks down to 40 on the Sony and that is what is on his console. Great video!!
such an amazing video! MCR is my favorite band and Gerard is probably my biggest role model. Thank you for the depth and detail in this video. especially when you were talking about his desperation and sighs in his screams, not only do they sound more natural than blowing your voice out, but cleaner. He sometimes reminds me of Luke Skywalker in his facial expressions and his character(s). I'd love to see a similar video from you on "This is how is disappear" his vocals in that one are insane
This entire video was an experience and the imagery you put to each part just gave me a whole new perspective on this song
at 8:58 I had my first breakthrough on how to do this "angry despaired voice"... 18 mores minutes to go and I feel like I'll learn so much more
Didn't know that adding compression through sighing can sound that awesome.
Loved every second of this. I was waiting for an MCR analysis. So cool how tight and sometimes loose he sings
MCR is my favorite band and Welcome to the black Parade is my favorite song. Thanks you for your analyis and the video! Liked and Subscribed!
Wonderful thoughts- got chills watching this. ❤❤😊
Man, I wish I had access to isolated vocals like that, I'd genuinely study them for years XD
12:45 OH MY GOD THAT IS BEAUTIFUL
RIGHT I LOVE THE ORGAN IN THE BACK AND I HATE THAT I CAN NEVER HEAR THAT IN THE SONGG 😭😭
I'm so happy that you brought up Bohemian Rhapsody! WttBP has always reminded me of BR, and you can tell there is a TON of Queen-influence in their Black Parade-era music. So fucking good.
Thanks to your videos, Chris, I keep discovering new music and artists for myself. I wonder how I could have missed this wonderful piece of music and this fantastic performance before. Yes, I could hear a lot of influences here too, but come on, this song is so inspiring on its own!
I like rap, pop, rock, basically any genre but out of all the albums I've listened to from Kanye, the Beatles, etc. this is the literal best album I've ever heard.
Chris this is your best video!!! I love this song and albu, as a producer i loveeddddd seeing how this song was produced and mixed!
highlight is the guitar automation blew my mind!
Dude omg I’ve been going back and listening to this album for the last week as motivation to keep the track I’m recording full of energy and life. So many things going on in these songs of their and never a dull moment
Agreed... one of the best albums in the last 40 years if you ask me!!
This is the greatest thing I've watched this month.
In his vocals I can hear a quiet kid who has been given a big burden by someone/something and he is screaming this sadness and desperation out. Thats why it starts innocently, then he switches to a desperate, almost crying person (which he also sings about ["im just a boy", "im not a hero"]) and then at the very last note he switches back to a quiet, backed out boy. Its very dynamic and its very clever and its much more complicated than I presented in my short comment. Great video, definetly will be checking out your vocal courses.
I’ve never bin able to explain music and this song in particular thank you for explaining it is genuinely brought tears to my eyes
As a music lover, this gives me so much serotonin! As a huge MCR fan this gives me chills!!!!!
PS- I am currently taking your free vocal course 😊
THANK YOU!
I’m totally crying at 5:17 - love you Chris! Am a huge fan of your channel but some of these clips taken out of context are pretty hilarious 😂
Wow, you also sing well!! Nice analysis, Chris. Thank you.
When they played it live back in the day, Ray would take over all the really high notes as the backing vocalist.
I think Gerard started singing those parts in 2007 tho. He has since then.
I love how he increasingly sounds angrier as he gets to "to join the Black Parade." Like he's angry about what the "father" is making him do. Being the "savior of the broken" is a heavy burden.
YES THAT
I love MCR and I love to sing and I’ve been working on my singing and trying to get better at sounding like him because I love singing their music and this video was SO helpful. Literally love this and thank you for all this help !!
You are 100% spot on...it is a masterpiece....and then throw the fantastic video on top of it.
This is absolute GOLD Chris!!! I 100% agree with the comparison to Queen, nothing short of brilliant indeed! Thank you for this!!!
i am so in agreement on the black parade/bohemian rhapsody comment. like gerard way is a musical genius. this is why i always say three cheers is my favorite album because of my own personal musical style preferences but from like an actual musical standpoint black parade is where it’s at
Some amazing excellent points you made here I don’t really think I even thought of before. Amazing. Gerard as well as the rest of the band recorded these tracks in April 2006.
Dude, amazing how this music/voice science works, and in this video you explained so well why this is a masterpiece and why is it on the same level of Bohemian Raphsody :)
The aggression of the guitars bring me to life. Were you able to connect with CLA the engineer of the record or the band themselves to get these? Song still gives me chills today. There's always something new to discover in the track
i see MCR analysis, i click and watch.
Amazing analysis mate. You should check their song "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville", it has an impressive vocal performing.
The theatrics on that one are just beautiful. His vocal performances are always about storytelling, and this is one of the most beautiful examples.
You’re damn brilliant man. Thank you for sharing your incredible insights and vocals
I recommend everybody to check out the song Ronin from matt heafy's solo album Ibaraki - Rashomon. it features imo gerard's best vocal performance ever! it really blew me away
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Is it weird that I can identify which part of the song it is just by looking at the wave forms?
I might have an addiction to this song...
Sounds are waves. It gets easier to pinpoint where a part begins and ends.
Loved every second of this video! You’re so damn right comparing Bohemian Rhapsody to The Back Parade! Different songs but equally epic and transcendental songs for two generations! 🖤
I can say Gerard Way is one of the best singers I have ever known ❤️❤️❤️
i legit love your scream
Your explanation is so inspirating.
That's called vocal progression. It depends on how the layer of instruments play in the song. As you'll notice the part where gerard is all out is the part where the drums cue in and the strings as well.
If it doesn't already exist, I would love to see a whole video talking about your top 5 favorite albums. Or top 10 even
That's a great idea!!
I agree this song is on par with bohemian rhapsody. I’ve described mcr as my times queen
Please, more MCR Chris!
this video is incredible jesus christ thank you !! and i would love to see something like thank you for the venom where you can hear that reckless abandon in a different way
Omg I just really want to hear the isolated vocals from sleep
me too!
Hearing his voice alone like that right in my ear holes... I cried a little. Copied from my reply elsewhere: I love old music, but often it's too slow or too long to hold my attention anymore... Even though I was OBSESSED with Bohemian Rhapsody and Queen in general as a kid, and other rock operas. So I agree that they have a lot of songs better than Queen! It makes sense though, since Queen is one of their major influences, and they are one of those bands that likes to combine varied revolutionary musical influences and build upon them to create something entirely new, as their influences did when they were new. So they are like Queen's newer evolution.
I think Danger Days is my top album of all time. It gets overshadowed by Black Parade, which is equally good, just a different stage of healing. If two separate bands had done them, I bet Danger Days would've been way more popular with its critics.
Love all your videos Chris. I can feel your passion in everything you do and it's so inspiring and informative. Keep it up!!!
Maybe it's just me but hearing all the elements isolated reveals a huge At The Drive-In influence to me... both in Gerards vocals but also in the guitar voicings and embellishments.
9:51 dude that sounds EXACTLY like Steve Carell!
interesting thought relating this to bohemian rhapsody. I never really thought about it that way, but totally agree. Black parade really does feel like my chem's bohemian rhapsody. They are both such grand master pieces.
Also notice how during the outro, as gerards voice gets more screamish and dark, the guitars actually start getting hopefull and uplifting.
How can you get the isolated tracks? I would really see a black veil brides in the end isolated tracks video.🥺😁