No major disrespect to comic book nerds out there, but Zack Snyder has shit for taste. You can tell he’s a dork, very probably a very nice guy, and yes, he’s super sewn-up with the admittedly impressive visuals, but nerds are generally lacking in the good-taste fromage dept. and it’s no different here (especially when it comes to music). How do we know this? Well for one, “The Watchmen” trailer had that terrible Smashing Pumpkins song that was cheese-or-rama (and he probably thought was rad, most fans didn’t even blink), but more significantly is this near laughable news: My Chemical Romance will cover Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row” (or “something like that” Synder says) in “Watchmen,” according to MTV’s Splashpage blog.
Did you hear that thud? Someone is going to think this is cool news, but they’re probably in San Diego right now, on a laptop and likely pushing 300lbs. Shudder. Holy snob much? Probably, but this sacrilegious. Someone hinted at this in our comments section yesterday when we blogged about the news that “Watchmen” would feature tunes by Jimi Hendrix, Dylan, Simon & Garfunkle and other ’60s counter-culture touchstones. We wondered allowed if they’d be able to license these songs and an anonymous person clearly in the know said, wait for it, clearances had been sought a year in advance. Our internecine conversations led us to ask, “cover versions?” And sure enough, we’ve got My Fucking Chemical Romance covering Dylan.
Does this mean Fall Out Boy covering Hendrix and Jonas Brothers tackling Simon & Garfunkle to be announced shortly? Thankfully, no [Sigh of relief, our weak constitution and sensitive fromage barometer couldn’t take it to hear so many classic songs desecrated].
Snyder assures SplashPage that only one post 1985 track will be in the film and it’s this aforementioned sacrilege that will close out the film (credit is due for not featuring modern bands doing iconic covers, that’s only one notch above rapp-rock ala “Judgement Night”). My Chem frontman Gerard Way apparently reached out and contacted Snyder himself.
“He’s a super-great guy, and an awesome musician, and so we’re trying to work with them right now to put together possibly a song for the end titles. [They’ll perform] like a cover of “Desolation Row,” or something like that.” Synder said. We’re sure he’s a nice guy, in fact, we know it, but excuse us while we go wipe the bad taste out of our mouths.
