Last night, while I was sitting in the theater during the ending credits of Watchmen, I realised that the song sounded an awful lot like My Chemical Romance. Turns out I was right. My Chem have released their first new material since 2006's The Black Parade, a cover of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" for the soundtrack to the new movie Watchmen. The song finds the band returning to a rollicking, punkier sound, more reminiscent of earlier work such as "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Vampires Will Never Hurt You."
The difference between the two versions is pretty noticeable. Dylan's 11-minute reflection has been changed into a 3 minute rock anthem. But according to an article at MSN fan reaction has been positive considering the drastic changes. Of course, most My Chem fans have probably never heard the other version, and vice versa.
It will be interesting to see if the song helps sell the soundtrack (which I'm sure is just one of the goals behind its inclusion)...but as the only modern (and in my opinion, unannoying song) of the whole bunch it will have an awful lot to make up for. Even though MCR has put a good song on a bad soundtrack I'm very excited to see what they have in store for us with their new release later this year.
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