Rare Gerard Way recording released—listen
Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has stumbled upon a rare relic from recording the band's monumental album The Black Parade: a clip of him covering the Carpenters’ “Superstar” during vocal warm-ups. It was apparently just too good for him to keep all for himself, so Way has—thankfully—posted it for our enjoyment. Listen to the stream below.
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The decade-old cover was recorded before Way sang My Chemical Romance's beautiful ballad “Cancer.” When he released this clip, Way tweeted extensively about The Black Parade's recording process—how he would do vocal warm-ups by singing the Carpenters, how they almost put a cover on the album and how it's crazy to think about what happened to the band afterwards. The cover is a compelling snapshot in an intense creative moment for My Chemical Romance. Here are Way's tweets:
This specific recording was from the day I sang 'Cancer' for the album. This track was a warm up, as I used to warm up to The Carpenters
— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016
It brings back a lot of memories, and in context of us making the album it's kind of intense, when you think about how hard BP was to make
— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016
And when you think about all the crazy stuff that was about to happen to us when we released the album
— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016
There was one point where we toyed around with putting a cover song on the album, because that would have been kind of next level
— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016
But we already had too many tracks. Realistically, BP could have been, and almost was, a double album
— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016
It's just one of the saddest songs
— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016
Here's the stream:
Superstar, by The Carpenters. Sung by me. pic.twitter.com/sgXcrNzvzt
— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016
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