| MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - 'Party Poison', why Fun Ghoul has no tracklisting mention, & how laziness is murdering our generation. |
| Written by Shahlin Graves / Q&A: SUPPLIED |
| Sunday, 07 November 2010 21:43 |
 PART XVI l PART XVII 'Party Poison', why Fun Ghoul has no tracklisting mention, and how laziness is murdering our generation... GERARD WAY: Yeah, like even the Route Guano, that was made upon the spot - like, I didn't know, I still don't know who[/what] Route Guano is. I think it's a place where the shit goes down, basically. And then kind of like, we didn't... we wanted that to come a bit earlier too, because we wanted to check in at this point, one last time before the end really, because from here on - and it really is like a super duper ride - and it kicks off with the track after it obviously, which is 'Party Poison'. Okay, 'Party Poison'. That was that 'Death Before Disco' [song] from the old recording. [The] Title felt old. Everything about it felt old. I've been wanting to use the phrase Party Poison 'cause I just felt like it's a new thing. It didn't exist, and I liked it. And I liked it so much I named my yellow gun Party Poison. And so, again, one of those - I did even have a call with Frank at one point 'cause I felt bad. I didn't call his own [song] 'Fun Ghoul' - because his gun is called Fun Ghoul. And he's like: I really don't [care], it doesn't bother me. FRANK IERO: No. GERARD: It was just like one of these accidental things that just kind of happens in the studio on the spot. And so, but that song, it's actually the anti-party song on the record, but still needed to be there because of that very sentiment - 'cause I felt like we did still want to remind people, like yeah... partying is cool but hard work is great, you know? And making art is great. And doing - get up - just getting up and doing anything is great, and not being lazy or sleeping in. I mean, that's a sentiment borrowed from 'Jawbreaker'. 'Dear You', which is the opening song about his generation that's like: we're killing ourselves by sleeping in. And I always love that 'cause it's very true. I was in my 20's and I was doing that very thing. I had friends that were doing that very thing. You can kill, you can murder yourself by sleeping in and not doing anything. And so, and then the Japanese woman was a friend of a friend, and that was the bit that made it feel futuristic and new, you know? And that was amazing to me once that was on there. It was a very, it obviously recalls the opening of David Bowie's 'Low', where the Japanese woman speaks for about minute before the song really starts. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE's new album 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys' is released in New Zealand on November 22nd - features the lead-single 'Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)'. Find out how you could win the chance to hear the new album eleven days before it hits stores HERE - as well as about our ART IS THE WEAPON event. |
