The Black Parade Speech Analysis

“Teenagers” is one of the songs in the album “The Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance, an American rock band consisted of vocal Gerard Way, Guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way and keyboardist James Dewees. According to Gerard Way (2006), “The Black Parade” is inspired by the reflection of a patient’s whole life. The song “Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance is actually a process of awaking teenagers sense of revolting. The singer uses his voice to attract teenagers to listen and then encourages them to take actions to resist all the oppression given by adults.
We could find much evidence in the lyrics that adults always want to control teenagers’ behavior and mind and they never satisfied. Words like “clean up your looks,” “watch all the things you do,” “got methods of keeping you clean” and “rip up your heads” strongly indicate that adults are trying to make teenagers fit the “good standards” created by them. They are ready to find out teenagers’ mistakes at any time and want to make teenagers believe that the adults’ words are all right. “You’re never gonna fit in much,
The first one is that all the teenagers stand up and raise their hand while the poster behind the stage falls down. Compared to their expressionless face when they first listened to the singers’ words, this is the beginning for them to respond the singers’ encouragement. They may doubt about what the singer says at this time because they have lived in the world their parents or teachers created for them for a long time. It is not easy to accept a new perspective in a short time. Another one is that with the words “all together now”, all the teenagers rush onto the stage and rob microphone or guitar crazily. It’s the time they begin to take actions. They want to change. They want to break roles. They have already noticed the importance of