Lead singer of My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way says he is optimistic about the future although he is a bit bummed about the change in the way music is now purchased online instead of in the record store.

Even I miss going to the record shop. In the next five or ten years, kids who are growing up will have never been to a record store. That’s a crazy feeling. It makes the music a little more disposable, it makes the artwork and the packaging a little bit invalid, which is a drag. There’s nothing better than holding something physical. I loved the discovery of buying music solely off the packaging, the name of the band, the names of the songs. The Pink Floyd albums always got me — Wish You Were Here, Animals, Dark Side — or a Good Riddance 7″, with a photo of a distorted baby on the cover. I remember falling in love with [Smashing Pumpkins'] Gish, and then counting the days until Siamese Dream came out, then taking the hour-long roundtrip bus-ride to the mall to buy it. It was an incredible feeling, it was something I had invested in.

I have to agree. I miss the art of the album cover. It’s now just a picture of the singer (boring!) Album covers used to give you a sense of the music, a visual of the story the musicians wanted to tell. Now the only story is how many hits and which star producers worked on it so the albums aren’t congruent thoughts anymore. Disjointed songs with no theme and maybe one or two radio friendly hits. Blah

photo source: Rolling Stone

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