Frontman Gerard Way responds to conservative broadcaster's claim that song used in Glee episode is propaganda
My Chemical Romance have waded into a spat with conservative US pundit Glenn Beck. The Fox News talkshow host chose the New Jersey band as his latest target on his programme last week. Claiming that "our whole culture right now is set up for you and the values that we grew up on to lose", he discussed the hit TV series Glee ? and, in particular, the use of My Chemical Romance's Sing on an episode that aired in the US in February.
Beck accused the band of propaganda, urging parents to remain vigilant against the song, which has just been re-released as a charity single for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief: "Pay attention to the lyrics," Beck said. "It's an anthem saying 'Join us'. How can you and I possibly win against that?"
The track features the lyrics: "Cleaned-up corporation progress/ Dying in the process/ Children that can talk about it/ Living on the railways/ People moving sideways/ Sell it till your last days."
Beck appeared to take lyrics from the song, which is set in a post-apocalyptic California, literally.
My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has responded to Beck's comments via a blog on the band's website. "I think the word Glenn Beck was looking for was 'subversion' not 'propaganda', because I don't know what it would be considered propaganda for ? Truth? Sentiment? And I can't tell what he's angrier about ? the fact that it's how I feel about the persistent sterilisation of our culture or the fact that it's on network television for everyone to hear. And railways? Is it 1863? Seen any children living on these lately instead of the internet?
"I'm actually shocked that no fact-checking was done on the lyrics," Way wrote. "I mean Fox is a major news channel, covering factual topics in an unbiased and intelligent ? oh wait ? to quote the man himself ? 'You don't have to live by the standards that society has set'. I couldn't agree more."
The band has had previous run-ins with the rightwing media. In 2006, they were forced to respond to an article in the Daily Mail by Sarah Sands that portrayed them as part of a "cult of suicide".
My Chemical Romance headline the Reading and Leeds festivals in August.
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