Can you see the sky turn red?

[shadowhive]

So raveninthewind is doing a February love meme thing so I figured I’d give it a go as well. For tonight I’m going to cover two things (since I forgot about it earlier) but for the rest of the time they’ll just be incorporated into regular posts.

1: So deciding on the first thing proved to be rather tricky, mainly because I wanted it to be something I’d not talked about before. I went through a few things, considering reccing fic or food or something random. Instead I settled on a song.

That song is Red Sky by Thrice

Now, there’s a story behind how I first listened to this song which I’ll share now. So ages ago, during The Black Parade record cycle, MCR did a cd for Kerrang. They each chose a few songs that they liked (and in the magazine they discussed them). Now, I can’t really remember what the other songs were. But Red Sky was definitely my favourite. I’d not heard Thrice before and there’s something about the song I love. Even now it’s perhaps my favourite song (I do love Burn The Fleet and Digital Sea from Alchemy Index though). It’s a fairly slow song as songs go and it surprised me that it was Bob that chose it. (He also chose the other one I really liked but it’s gone out my head)

So yeah, it’s a nice, unexpected song and I just... love it. Give it a listen.

2: So in a similar vein to that, my second pic is also an MCR thing.

For The Black Parade Is Dead they did a box set with a day of the dead mask painted by members of the band. At the time there was just the masks, without saying who did them and there was huge speculation as to who had done what.

Now I didn’t get a mask in the box set, but they did do random ones later so I managed to get one and I was so glad because it was the one I liked the most.

Here is a pic that was released later of the masks, revealing who did what.



Now at the time everyone thought Bob had done the simplest one and Gerard had done the most intricate. So I was as surprised as anyone that the most detailed one of the lot was done by Bob Bryar. It’s the one I have and it’s proper up on the fireplace, where it’s been since I got it. I just think it’s so beautiful and it shows an unexpected side to Bob, that he can be so artistic and creative. He could easily have been an artist himself with skills like that.

I wonder if he’s ever done any other art?

Did anyone else get one of the masks, if so whose?

So yeah, that’s my first two entries. I hope you enjoyed reading about them. I hope to do more over the course of the month so I’m gonna try and be random with them. (Hopefully covering things I’ve not mentioned before though i’m sure some will come up anyway.)

Comments

[raveninthewind]

Hey, that list of songs on the CD is here if you want to jog your memory:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Under-The-Influence-Songs-That-Inspired-My-Chemical-Romance/release/952520

The Thrice song has held up pretty good after all these years.

Mikey's mask disturbs me... I like Bob's and Rays the best; more traditional. I didn't get a mask :(

But I am glad you did and liked it the best.

[shadowhive]

Thanks! Denali! That’s who I was thinking of

Yeah it’s such an awesome song

Yeah Mikey’s mask is pretty creepy. Oh yeah their ones are both so pretty

Aww thanks, me too

[kat_lair]

Catching up again... Sorry there's been some additional drama :( But your Feb goals sound good. Mine are mostly 'survive' tbh what with the amount of work ahead of me... Can't wait for Easter.

Oh, and thanks for linking to the Attitude picspam of Adam, saved quite a few pretties!

[shadowhive]

Ugh yeah, people are irritating, ugh. Thanks! Aww I hope you survive too, boo work *hugs* I send hugs and good vibes

Thanks! They are so pretty!

[turps]

What a lovely idea for Feb posts.

I have Mikey's mask. What makes it extra special is someone sent it to me anonymously. Obviously, it must have been a friend as they knew my address, but despite asking no one ever owned up to the gift. It's been sitting on my fireplace ever since. The mask on one side, Kobra Kid's gun on the other.

[shadowhive]

Yeah, someone else did something called frivoulous February which is along the same kinda lines too

Aww yay, you got your fav boy! Aww that’s so sweet that it was a mystery thing! That was very sweet of them. I never got Kobra’s gun, I do have Jet’s and Party’s though 💜

[wenchpixie]

I had not heard that song (I've always been a bit hit or miss with Kerrang and that must have been a missed one) but it's queued up for me now :).


I think, with hindsight, it's not so hard to get Gerard's (or Frank's tbh!) but it's interesting to go back and look at the arguments around who did what :D.

[shadowhive]

Oh cool, lemme know what you think 💜 yeah I’d fail with kerrang cds mostly too. it’s such a good song

Yeah that’s true! I just love that Bob’s was such a surprise to everyone

[akamine_chan]

Bob is an interesting person. You watch stuff before he left, and it's clear that he was part of the family. He is a supremely talented drummer and from his past behavior it's obvious that he's generous and giving.

But there were bad feelings from him parting from My Chem, and then once he was a "normal person" again, he seemed pretty lost. At one point he claimed that his untreated mental illness(es) caused him to be an asshole on-line to so many people...

It doesn't surprise me that he had other artistic talents; most musicians I know are creative in multiple ways. I just hope that he finds his way to healthy and happy, for whatever value of that that fits him.

[shadowhive]

He really is. He seemed so happy with the guys and they obviously loved him (I still remember, from gifs mostly, that they gave him all the praise on murder scene).

That just makes it all the more sad when he left. It’s so sad to see how angry and unhappy he got. He was obviously lost like you say and it’s just..l sad. :( it’s a shame

Yeah that’s true. I hope he’s doing better now, whatever he’s doing