For this post i thought I'd explain where I got the name for this blog from. It's been buzzing round my heads for a couple of weeks I just haven't had the chance to actually sit down and writing it, so here it finally is;
"Think happy thoughts" is a line from the song Headfirst for Halos by one of my favourite bands, My Chemical Romance. Headfirst for Halos also happens to be one of my fave MCR songs. And when they sing it live, which admittedly they don't do so much anymore, it is truly amazing.
There is just something about seeing MCR live which gives me the biggest buzz in the world. A buzz that I don't get when I see other bands live. I still remember the first time I saw them. It was September 2004 at the Mean Fiddler in Charing Cross Road, London. My brother offered me a spare ticket for the show, and if I'm being honest I wouldn't have called myself a 'fan' at the time. I'd heard my brother listening to their music (you couldn't miss it in our house!), I liked what I heard and fancied checking Gerard Way and co out.
So, off I went to London not knowing what to expect. I spent most of the day hanging out with my brother and his friends as i didn't know anyone who was going, so by the time the gig came around I was a little bored. If I remember rightly the support act was Your Code Name Is Milo, who I didn't think much of, and still don't really. And then it was time for My Chemical Romance to come on. One of the things I remember the most is the way Gerard holds the audience attention. There's just something about him that makes you listen. And now I'm not taking anything away from any of the other guys; Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar. It's all of them together that's makes for such an amazing experience.
But back to that night, I thought afterwards, even though I didn't really know any of the songs, or that much about the band themselves, I knew I'd see them again. And now of seen them nine times, and each show seems more amazing than the last. No matters what else has happened that day or how awful the support band were, as soon as the guys appear on stage and I hear the first few bars of one of their songs everything else is forgotten and I'm theirs for the next hour and a half.
I'll say one thing to you; if you like My Chemical Romance and you ever get the chance to see them live, do it. You won't regret it!
My Chemical Romance live, 22nd August 2006, Hammersmith Palais, London. The first outing for their new The Black Parade material.
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