MCR videos #1- Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

I have a music video obsession.
Of all the things we have learned about in class, music videos are what I am most familiar with. So be prepared to be bombarded with several post about music videos.

First on the list, my personal favorite, Emo music videos.
I love the "lighter" half of emo music. I have to admit now that I do not listen to BVB or anything in that realm or screamo. My personal favorites are My Chemical Romance, Twenty-One Pilots, and Fall Out Boy. In this post I want to discuss the evolution of MCR videos.

MCR made 4 albums before they broke up. 

In "Conventional Weapons" they were just starting out. Mikey was still learning how to play the guitar. We're lucky they even figured out how to record the cd, so you can forget a music video. However, I do need to mention that it was their darkest album.

Then they got SLIGHTLY lighter, and recorded "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge." The band set aside a somewhat small budget for videos. They then recorded the videos for

Helena

I'm Not Ok

&

The Ghost of You (If you only watch one of these, please watch this one. It's the most cinematic)

                                      

"Helena" is a song that the lead singing, Gerard Way, wrote after his grandmother died and the video depicts his expression of his pain over her death.

"I'm Not Ok" is a dark comedy about being an outcast in school. The lyrics describe the pain of being a depressed and suicide teenager while the video depicts hilarious ways to deal with that pain instead of self-harming or committing suicide. 

"The Ghost of You" is about the fear of loss, and more specifically, the fear of someone you love dying. Gerard wrote it because his brother Mickey, who is also in the band, was suicidal. Gerard was expressing how much he didn't want to loose his brother. The video depicts a dance where soldiers are dancing with their girls before they leave for the war. MCR is the band playing for the dance, they are also the soldiers that the video focuses on. After they leave for war, you see them charging into battle. Mikey gets shot, Ray as the medic attempts to save him and then declares him dead, and Gerard weeps over his body. 

In my next blog, we will discuss the videos of the next album, "The Black Parade."