mister, would you please help my pony? says:
i don't know how to start this review
"I'm a piracy addict, I need help" says Mikey the Great. He also says:
just ramble about sandwiches
My Chemical Romance tastes like a deluxe sandwich, I guess. There is plenty of "yum" to go around, but there is qutie a good amount of bitterness, especially when you come across one of those nasty little pickles. You want more and more... and more, but soon enough you can't stomach any more of what you used to love so much. It's like a faint warning that you shouldn't eat the darned thing in the first place, but you're American, so it's your duty to gourge away. Then you become obese, ending up on
Dr. Phil and whatnot. Make sense? No, but hey, it's an introduction pargraph anyway. It's not like it actually
matters.
Live, they sport a fusion of everyday clothes and Misfits-esque attire, including bulletproof vests and the oh-so-cliche black shirts and red ties. The Ways have an obsession with the Smashing Pumpkins, and it most definately shows in quite a good amount of their lyrics, especially on their debut album
I Brought you My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, released on Eyeball Records in 2002. It seems so long ago, especially as they are currently one of the more popular groups, especially with bored teenage girls. They are easily one of the more darker pop-punk bands, or at least compared to their contemporaries (Green Day, Fall Out Boy, etc). Ray Toro and Frank Iero thrash about on their guitars with the same energy as other bands, but with a slight metal edge here and there. What sets
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love apart from their most recent album is that it has a very loose feel to it especially when it comes to the drumming. Gerard Way's voice is much more undpredictable and rawer, but is much less developed than what is heard on
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. Hell, there is even some screaming on this album (if you consider it that).
Surprisingly enough, there is some variety on this album. Songs range from classical guitar pieces ("Romance"), ballads based on
Dawn of the Dead("Sunsets Over Monroeville"), and a load of barnburn-inspiring pop-punk songs. "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Both of Us" finds Gerard Way coming to a near-Jeff Buckley vocal delivery (or at least in one instance). And from this song on, the pace hardly ever lets up, unless it's to begin another song. The variety factor comes in after a song or two. You will begin to notice that most of the songs take more-or-less unexpected passages, but they almost always return to the "heaviness" that one would assume clutters the album. This isn't to say that there aren't a few dissapointing tracks, though. One song especially comes to mind, and that is "Cubicles," esaily the most boring song on the album, and it just sounds
lazy. Despite the decent amount of variety, the album tends to drag due to the placement of a few songs, where maybe a change in pace would have broken up the monotony of the rest of the album. The best thing about
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is "Headfirst for Halos," one of the most catchy, yet musically accomplished songs on the album. The beggining is similar to what you may hear from an 80s generi-metal band, but turns into a raging stoccato pop-punk song. Sadly enough, the album doesn't really seem to be able to top the song aftwerwards, and is followed up by only mere average songs (excluding "Demolition Lovers"). So, if you want to hear what My Chemical Romance sounded like before they were turned into love obsessions of fangirls, than this is what you may just need. It's not inventive, it's not extremely unique, but my God, is it
fun.
