I first became interested in MCR when Pete (my Pete, not Pete Wentz) showed me the major label video for "I'm Not Okay".
Yeah, that video caught my attention. Came out while I was in Peace Corps, which meant that I was devouring any American pop culture I could. Many a time I stayed with fellow volunteers in the capital and was up all hours simultaneously scouring Rolling Stones their friends had sent and watching MTV (actual music videos). I also recall from that era Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" and Shakira's "Wherever, Whenever." The latter started me on my path to bellydance.
Coincidentally, I'm choreographing the Nina Simone version of "Feeling Good" (for the 2nd time) and am thinking about doing one for Muse... same choreo with a different vibe or 2 choreos, not sure.
Oh, I have an amazing live version of Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" somewhere. Love love love.
Sean, here's the MTV version of "Under Pressure": [link]
The other was a live version from Warped, I think.
Speaking of covers, probably my favorite is the Stripped version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" sung just by Patrick, with his electric guitar. It's raw and imperfect and gets me every single time. I ration myself on it
Here is why I love YouTube! I watched that. Then I watched
Never Tear Us Apart.
Then I watched
Stuck In A Moment.
I mostly listened to them, actually. Its like a jukebox for my brain.
It's not
all
bandom, by the way.
Fall Out Boy [link] lead me to Cobra Starship [link]
Two members of Cobra have a side project called This is Ivy League [link] (Which is not so much bandom. It's not Decaydance anyway.)
Ivy League had a record launch party on Monday. One of the bands that opend the show was The Mood [link]
Tonight some friends and I went and saw The Mood. They rocked.
This Is Ivy League makes me want to have some sort of laid-back bachelor pad with a lot of wax-covered wine bottles and shag carpet.
I mean that in a good way.
And then, The Black Parade. Dramatic, bombastic, the lovechild of Queen and David Bowie, with guest vocals by Liza Minnelli, and gothy marching band uniforms. It was like they designed it just for me.
Yeah, Jilli nails it. That's how they got me!
I was trying to explain my love of MCR to my brother over Christmas, and I was explaining that they are like the new Queen, whom we both loved when we were kids (and still do). He said, "But they don't have Freddie Mercury! It's not the same!" and I had to laugh, because GERARD WAY, dude.
Also, a band I love that is tangential to bandom: has anyone heard The Sounds? (Lead singer Maja Ivarsson is the incredibly hot woman in the "Snakes on a Plane" video.) They're Swedish new-wavey synth-pop, very catchy and fun, and I love Maja's voice. Here's "Seven Days a Week": [link]
Unf, The Sounds. Unf, Maja.
(Seriously, Maja kinda robs me of all higher brain functions. But I do like their stuff.)
Also, a band I love that is tangential to bandom: has anyone heard The Sounds?
The Sounds are good stuff! I've seen them live, too, with Kill Hannah and Ima Robot. Fun times. I have the first album (with "Seven Days a Week").
Plei or anyone else, do you have any This is Ivy League you'd be willing to share? Neither itunes or Lala are giving me any love with them.
