{"id":3443,"date":"2016-11-17T22:56:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T03:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3443"},"modified":"2016-11-17T22:56:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T03:56:03","slug":"video-chemical-romance-vampire-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2016\/11\/17\/video-chemical-romance-vampire-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: My Chemical Romance, Vampire Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is Vampire Money<\/i>, by My Chemical Romance<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I have a lot of feelings about this song.<\/p>\n

It’s, like, A Lot. A cheerful “fuck you” to the Twilight<\/i> movie empire. An in-joke between band and fans, of a kind, a fuck-you issued in support of . . . I always want to say real<\/i> vampires. Of the traditional vampire ethos. From a band who celebrated that ethos in dramatic and campy fashion, with a wink and a smile, and who also wrote lines like I’m not dead \/ I only dress that way<\/i> in complete seriousness. Who were wide-eyed and earnest and nervous and weird and felt, on the whole, like people I would have enjoyed visiting with at parties. <\/p>\n

They were surprised how much the fans loved it. They had never meant to play it live, but the crowds screamed for it and so they did. <\/p>\n

This is not the best audio or video out there, but – the more polished versions I could find didn’t feel quite right. The shaky cam from the balcony, filmed by a fan, that’s the way it should<\/i> be. My Chemical Romance lies dormant, locked in its coffin, but My Chemical Romance (and Vampire Money<\/i>) lives on forever in our hearts, battered Docs, and extensively researched and footnoted arguments about Dracula<\/i> and\/or Lord of the Rings<\/i>.<\/p>\n

My Chemical Romance - Vampire Money (House of Blues Chicago, 12\/15\/2010)<\/div><\/div>
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