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Before It Gets Old: My Chemical Romance, 'Desolation Row'
Monday, Feb. 23 2009 @ 4:46PM
By Albert Ching in before it gets old
I certainly have no interest in being one of those old dudes that complains whenever a current band covers a classic song. After all, Bob Dylan songs have been covered since the early days of his career ("All Along the Watchtower," "Mr. Tambourine Man," etc.), and his own first album was mostly covers. Even that Super Bowl commercial with will.i.am singing "Forever Young" didn't bug me. That having been said, My Chemical Romance cover of Dylan's superb "Desolation Row" from the Watchmen soundtrack is really, really terrible. Like, really bad, and further suggests that the Watchmen movie, so eagerly anticipated by comic fans for two decades, might suck bad. Oh, and my friend points out that MCR lifts a riff from "Talk Dirty to Me" here.
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rowan says:
You bastards. if you dont like it then dont fucking listen to it you fucking retard. omg you sort of people annoy the crap out of me i mean i bet its coz there obvs better than the bands you like and you know it. get a life. its an amazing song! xx
Posted on Friday, Apr. 3 2009 @ 4:44AM
Weph says:
Thanks for mentioning the blatant plagiarism of Poison songs. Fully agree with you here.
On a side note: thanks for your amazing response, rowan, the internet exists so people like me can gain amusement from people as retarded as you. Moron.
Posted on Thursday, Apr. 16 2009 @ 2:27AM