Well I’m thinking of changing the title of this blog to Tracy’s music and film reviews as I don’t seem to talk about much else these days. And yep today is no different.
Actually I’m a bit late posting this but what the hell - it's my blog and being rebellious that means I can do what I want with it when I want (yes, that includes not yet completeing the New Orleans blog, sorry)
On 15th November Mrs H3 and I went to see My Chemical Romance at the O2 Dome in London. It was, as I expected a fantastic evening and the guys were on excellent form. As they’ve now been touring for over a year the set has obviously changed a bit since I last saw them so instead of playing Black Parade first and ending with older tracks this time they interspersed the two. And they certainly packed them in. Opening with Stay they powered through the usual suspects – This Is How I Disappear, Dead!, The Sharpest Lives, I’m Not Okay, I Don’t Love You, House of Wolves, Mama , Cemetery Drive, You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison, Helena, Sleep, Teenagers, Welcome to the Black Parade, Cancer, plus more rarely heard songs like Headfirst for Halos and Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough For The Two Of Us, finally ending the encore quite appropriately with Famous Last Words. Highlight for many was their rendition of Desert Song, something that they’ve apparently only ever played live once before. For me it was good to hear the older tracks being played live, but I wasn’t sure whether it was a good introduction for Mrs H3.
She had gamely gone along having only played half of the Black Parade and never having heard any other track by them. She tells me she enjoyed the concert, although was a little disappointed that they weren’t as loud as Chas and Dave were when they played the Broadway Theatre, Catford. I feel it is my duty to now write and complain to MCR for their lack of noise. *LOL*
MCR have had a run of bad luck since before the Black Parade came out and it continued when Bob (the drummer) announced that he was dropping out of the tour on the Sunday night before the O2 concert due to a bad wrist, although apparently he was going to be staying on to help with the pyrotechnics. And then on Tuesday Frank (the guitarist) had to pull out due to a family illness. This meant that Mikey (bassist) finally returned to the fold after his post nuptial break so that Matt could take over Frank’s role. The band are now off in Australia, but I’m hoping they’ll find some time to get back in the studio to record a new album soon, although of course I’d be happy to see them touring back over here again too.
Annoyingly I was offered a free ticket to the Foo Fighters concert at O2 on the Sunday night, but alas I wasn't able to make it. Friends who went said it was ace - definitely a band I still need to catch live sometime. While I'm talking of live bands I found out that I am Kloot are playing tonight and tomorrow in London, unfortunately too late for me to get a ticket. However, they're back on 18th December so I'm considering going to see them. What do you think Mrs H3? Also was very excited to see that Gary Numan is touring with the classic 'Replicas' album in March - definitely got that one in my diary!
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MCR concert review by Mrs Hasselhoff III
Whilst waiting for Tracy at the station I realised that I’d forgot to wear my stripy tights denim mini skirt heavy black make up and that I was 13 years older than everyone!
There were actually 4 different types of people there: 13 year old posh kids in dress up, freaky parents with their posh kids, Tracy & me (the normal one)
I did think to myself as we sat down in the arena that I should’ve listened past track 6 of The Black Parade but the old guy that was in front of us started listening to James Blunt on his iPod so I thought it couldn’t be that bad!!
Once I’d got used to the girl next to me whose scream was at a frequency that only dogs and Superman Could hear I actually started to enjoy the music. It was honestly very good but yes it’s true Chas n Dave was louder. I do have to confess that since then I have got more into MCR and found myself humming Mama (Track 9, progress!) to myself at work last week.
Big shout out to Mindless Self Indulgence the support act & bring on I am Kloot!!
I am so excited that you finally commented on my blog :)
Your review perfectly compliments mine by adding all the things I forgot. How could I not have mentioned Mindless Self Indulgence after the entertainment they gave us!
Glad to hear you're ploughing through the album - might have finished it by Crimbo then ;)
Off to see if the I am Kloot is a genuine gig - there was no mention of it on their website yesterday although it was on the ticket purchase page - certainly confused me!
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