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♪ (industrial music) ♪
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- Wow, this is a dark music video.
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- ♪ Holding on... ♪
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- I have a friend named
Helena, which is funny.
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- ♪ What's the worst thing I can say ♪
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♪ Things are better... ♪
- I love this.
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- ♪ ...if I stay ♪
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- I was so into this shit
as a fifth grader.
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What was wrong with me?
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- ♪ I can't make you stay ♪
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- Yeah, this was my ringtone.
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- ♪ And I know there's nothing I can say ♪
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♪ To change that part ♪
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- I don't know what to say.
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I'm just in awe 'cause I can't believe
you guys are showing me this.
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(sick guitar riff)
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- It makes me want to hit the gym.
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- ♪ I see you lying next to me ♪
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- Oh my gosh.
He's so into it. I love it.
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- My Chemical Romance, man.
Throwback Thursday.
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♪ (striking piano ballad) ♪
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- ♪ When I was... ♪
- Oh, The Black Parade, right?
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This shit was so sad.
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- ♪ He said, "Son when you
grow up, would you be... ♪
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♪ When I was... ♪
- (Alix) ♪ A young boy ♪
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Oh my god. I love this.
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- The whole feel of the video
is pretty eerie, but it's cool to watch.
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- ♪ Sometimes I get the feeling ♪
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- (Adam) ♪ She's watching over me ♪
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♪ And other times I feel like I should go ♪
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If they don't go on a reunion tour,
I'm gonna be so mad.
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- Good times.
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This is gonna be a good episode.
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♪ (industrial music) ♪
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- (Finebros) So this was a selection
of songs from My Chemical Romance,
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which was a super
popular band in the 2000's.
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Overall, what did you think of their music?
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- I don't really think I listened
to that much of this music in there,
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and also I was pretty young.
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- I am in love with their music.
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If I could join a band, it'd be My Chem.
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- It was just very heart-felt
and passionate.
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I could feel his words
resonate through my body.
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- It's super emotional and super deep.
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It's super awesome and touches
deep down in my soul.
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- I needed to listen
to their music separately
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because, for the music videos,
I was just really enraptured by them.
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- (Finebros) We're covering them now
because their album, The Black Parade,
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was released in 2006, making this
the 10th anniversary of that album.
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- Wow.
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- (sighs) That makes me feel old.
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- (Finebros) Can you talk about
what you were up to in 2006?
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- I think I was watching
High School Musical.
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- Tamagotchis.
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I was super into tamagotchis.
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- Starting my freshmen year of high school.
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I had the long hair going on
and stuff like that.
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- I was 13, so, you know,
I was poppin' in middle school.
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- I was going to an Armenian private school.
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I was only ten years old.
I was a little chubby kid.
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And then I used to listen
to stuff like that, System of a Down.
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- I was an annoying middle schooler in 2006
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and I did not like My Chem in the slightest.
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I just-- nope, didn't like it.
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Didn't like the goth scene,
didn't like screamo,
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didn't like any of that.
I was into Aerosmith.
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- (Finebros) What does the song
"Welcome to the Black Parade"
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and The Black Parade album
itself mean to you?
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What memories does it give you?
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- I definitely don't have
a lot of memories of when it came out.
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I kind of have memories later.
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Like a few years ago, my cousin taught me
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how to play it on the piano.
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Everyone knows the intro to that song.
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That ♪ do, do, do ♪--
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everyone knows it's
The Black Parade right away.
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- It's just total nostalgia for me.
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Especially in junior high,
we all listened to it all the time.
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- Like a depressing, dark, sad feeling.
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It warms my heart.
Like, I don't know why.
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It just makes me feel good inside.
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- (Finebros) Even though they've
been apart for several years now,
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they still have a huge
and very commited fan base
-
that has continued to support
the band to this day.
-
Why do you think they've maintained
such a huge following?
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- I think, at the time, their music
was really relateable to some people.
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- Their music.
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I mean, there's people
who are still die-hard whatever fans.
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- Other bands try so hard
to be recognized and not die out
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and I think that they didn't really care,
so it made people want to care.
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