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Hey kids,
Sorry I've taken so long to get this post up. We need to renegotiate this "weekly update" thing... Let's change it to "whenever I remember/feel like it". Okay, glad that's sorted.

I've recently rediscovered pop-punk/post-hardcore band My Chemical Romance (yes, they are now my favourite band) and I have Timothy to thank for that. I will be reviewing their 2004 album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge which leads on from their first album (I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love) which is about two lovers whose town is overrun by vampires. They run and just when they think they're safe, the vampires catch up to them and bite her. He has to kill her and eventually dies himself. In Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, he makes a deal with the Devil to restore he and his lover to life.. if he brings 1000 evil men to hell.

The album is full of amazing songs that make me want to laugh, cry and dance all at the same time. I am going to share with you the three songs which I think are the best from the album and explain why I love them.

This Is What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison
This song is my favourite from the album because it starts with a quiet, jazzy piano and then only after two lines of lyrics gets into an awesome guitar intro. The intro then transitions into the verse more completely and the listener is literally drawn to the music. My favourite lines in the song are:

Well I miss my mom!
Will they give me the chair,
Or lethal injection, or swing from a rope if you dare;
Ah nobody knows, all the trouble I seen!

Also, the little laugh at the very end always makes me smile.

Thank You For The Venom
I adore this song because it just gets straight into it with an amazing guitar intro that makes my heart flutter a little. The awesomeness proceeds to the chorus where my favourite lines reside.

And give me all your hopeless hearts,
And make me ill.

I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
I love this song because it just makes me want to dance (trust me, not a good thing, I'm terrible at dancing). There isn't much I can say about this song because the sheer awesomeness just drowns out my thought processes. These lyrics might have something to do with it.

Forget about the dirty looks,
The photographs your boyfriend took,
You said you read me like a book but the pages are all torn and frayed.

Please leave comments and let me know if you listened to the album or not, if you think my review was accurate and give suggestions about what album I should review next.

-Fierce x