New post: random/mcr_discog_review

2 files changed, 136 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/random/index.md b/docs/random/index.md
index 847ad28..508b46c 100644
--- a/docs/random/index.md
+++ b/docs/random/index.md
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ Nevertheless, occasionally I leave a permanent trace along the way.
 - [I'm Using a Trackball (Logitech ERGO M575)](ergo_m575)
 - [I Joined The Tab Gang](tab_gang)
 - [Better Handwritten Math with LaTeX](latex_handwriting)
+- [Review of My Chemical Romance discography](mcr_discog_review)
diff --git a/docs/random/mcr_discog_review.md b/docs/random/mcr_discog_review.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c8ceca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/random/mcr_discog_review.md
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+# Review of My Chemical Romance discography
+
+Review of MCR discography, in the same order I listened to each album from
+start to finish for the first time. Expect diminishing neutrality.
+
+## The Black Parade
+
+First listen: late 2020 or early 2021, I don't remember
+
+General remarks: Formed my first impression of MCR: monochrome pop punk
+talking about death. Or living in pain. Never got the point of the Patient
+as deeply as the real fans do.
+
+Fav track: Sleep
+
+Close runners-up: This Is How I Disappear, Mama (these are two tracks if
+you're unaware)
+
+Track stuck in head for longest: Disenchanted
+
+## Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
+
+First listen: June 2022
+
+General remarks: Another concept album but this time I got the idea. In
+fact just go to the Amazon HQ and start killing. There's never a shortage
+of evil men. Sounds homogeneous genre-wise (not necessarily a bad thing).
+
+What I like: Dynamics — angelic hums in Interlude, then immediately the
+heavy guitars in Thank You For The Venom. The time change in INTYWIDFAL.
+Also, only two songs are named after a chorus line.
+
+Fav track: I Never Told You What I Do For A Living
+
+Fav line: And we all dance along to the tune of your death (I, for one, am
+certaining anticipating the tune of the death of certain people whose
+names my lawyer advised me not to elaborate)
+
+Close runner-up: The Ghost Of You
+
+Track stuck in head for longest: Cemetery Drive
+
+## Danger Days
+
+First listen: August 2022
+
+General remarks: _Another_ concept album? This time the lore goes as far
+as comic books, which I never read. To summarize, band fights evil
+corporation with laser weapons.
+
+What I like: Lots of mixed genres this time, and I'm glad they took
+a break from dark sounds.
+
+What I don't: This time 9 songs are named the easy way.
+
+Fav track to sing: Summertime (only song playable on ukulele)
+
+Fav line: Terrfied of what I'd be / as a kid from what I've seen / every
+single day when people try / and put the pieces back together / just to
+smash them down
+
+Fav track to listen to: Bulletproof Heart (extremely relatable)
+
+Track stuck in head for longest: The Kids From Yesterday
+
+## I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
+
+First listen: September 2022
+
+General remarks: As with most debut albums, it didn't grow on me until
+a couple listens. I'm in a phase where I'd pick select tracks to listen to
+at will.
+
+What I like: Tempo changes! I wish they had more of them in later albums.
+Also the way Drowning Lessons has an outro, and Demolition Lovers is
+broken in half.
+
+What I don't: One, it's underproduced; two, Gerard's lines often consist
+of a bunch of half notes or quarter notes in succession (example: all but
+the last word in this line: We walk in single file / we light our rails
+/ and punch our time / ride escalators colder than a cell), and eight
+words in, this begins to sound monotonic.
+
+Fav track: Demolition Lovers (this started all the Three Cheers lore
+didn't it)
+
+Close runner-up: Early Sunsets Over Monroeville
+
+Remarks on ESOM: This song goes HARD. The first verse is all fun and games
+like "late dawns and early sunsets" and "holding hands and life was
+perfect" but by chorus it was shit like "before I pull this trigger" and
+"there's a corpse in my bed". Can't wait to recommend to people I hate.
+
+Track stuck in head for longest: also Demolition Lovers
+
+Misheard lyrics: "dressed in red and blue ice cream" where it should be "I
+squeezed"
+
+## Conventional Weapons
+
+First listen: October 2022
+
+General remarks: Well, I sure am glad MCR shelved these songs in favor of
+what is now Danger Days.
+
+Conventional Weapons is like No Phun Intended by Tyler Joseph in many
+ways, including how they reused some of its lyrics.
+
+What I like: Gerard's voice is crystal clear in many tracks.
+
+What I don't: Too much repetition, and there are artifacts of monotonic
+quarter notes from Bullets. Also some lyrics sound rhymed for rhymes'
+sake.
+
+Fav track: The Light Behind Your Eyes
+
+Misheard lyrics: "I wanna suicide, get my gun" where it should be "As soon
+as I get my gun". Truly horrifying misunderstanding.
+
+## Bonus mention: The Foundations of Decay
+
+First listen: May 2022
+
+General remarks: Just imagine how the real fans reacted. First song in
+8 years?! I hear it's categorized "progressive rock", but because the only
+other progressive rock song I've ever heard is Bohemian Rhapsody, the only
+conclusion I can draw is that all progressive rock songs are exactly
+6 minutes long.
+
+What I like: This song leaves a _lot_ to be anticipated. It's like
+a fragment of a map. Let's wait till MCR releases their fifth album.
+
+What I don't: "And so he gets to die a saint but she will always be the
+whore" ← like, _which_ she? This sounds sus out of context (I say this
+because I don't get the context).