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.

Okay, I've been poking around MCR and FOB this weekend.

I really am not feeling it for FOB. They irk me massively. "Thnks Fr Mmrs" (or however the vowel-less song title is spelled) drives me fucking BATSHIT. I violently dislike their cover of "Beat It," and "Dance Dance" did not, in fact, make me want to dance.

Although Amy sent me "Sugar, We're Going Down," which I *really* like. So, there's that.

MCR, on the other hand, is pretty catchy and fun. I listened to "I'm Not Okay" at the gym yesterday about 5 times in a row, because it's SO perfect on the elliptical. "Teenagers" made me laugh my ASS off, in a good way. I'm not crazy about the way "Welcome to the Black Parade" is structured, but I really dig the last half or so of it.

So, I may have to buy "The Black Parade." Or at least some of the songs.

IOnonbandomN, I blame goddamn NPR for making me want to buy the new Gnarls Barkley. They reviewed it the other day, and it sounds really good, in an old-school soul way, a la Amy Winehouse (ish).

Oh, and the lead singer of MCR (at least when he has black hair)? Looks eerily like Deena's son Nick.

"Sugar, We're Going Down" is so good. I can send you a few more if you want. You might like "Seven Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)," too.

You'll probably like the earlier MCR stuff, as well, Tep. I don't know if anyone sent you any of that, but I can if you want.

No Panic love?

No Panic love?

I haven't gotten to them beyond the 2 you sent me, which were catchy. I need to check them out a little more thoroughly.

And -- send me whatever you think I'd like. Thanks!!!

Deena's Nick: [link] and [link]

Am I crazy for seeing the similarity to the lead singer of MCR?

No, you're right! And I see a pretty sj in that first picture!

Will send more music shortly.

::pretends not to bounce like a complete dork that I KNEW you would like "Sugar, We're Going Down"::

Nope, Steph, not at all. But it makes me feel like a dirty old woman to think that. So I repress it. But Nick can totally give a pre-Gerard vibe.

Nope, Steph, not at all. But it makes me feel like a dirty old woman to think that. So I repress it. But Nick can totally give a pre-Gerard vibe.

What Cass said. I'm already borderline wigged out because Gerard is 9 years younger than me.

Which reminds me, welcome to bandom: the pros & cons of being an adult who likes these bands:

There's the sinking realization that you're not only old enough to be a parent to half the fanbase, but, in some cases, members of the bands. Of course, this means that at all-ages shows, you can go stand in the bar section and have a clear view of the stage.

There's the ever-growing mild embarrassment at the antics of the younger fans. Screaming "Marry me!" (or other things), stampeding and mobbing the band? Not Cool. The band members are human, and don't want to be swarmed.

There's the knee-jerk defensiveness you might develop when you mention you're a fan of one of these bands. People will mock you for listening to teeny music. People who have probably never listened to anything by the bands will make insulting and derisive comments about how they know the bands suck. Whatever. The energy and enthusiasm I have experienced at MCR shows is amazing.