Author Topic: Linkin Park (Read 49611 times)

blackngold29 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 16, 2009, 07:30:54 PM »

Is this gonna be like a go to iTunes and buy it single, or A Rite of Passage here it is free for 24 hours single?

I guess it'll be on YouTube within about a half hour either way.

Super Dude · « **Reply #36 on:** May 16, 2009, 09:23:56 PM »

No idea, but I'm hoping I can buy it on iTunes.

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 17, 2009, 01:17:35 AM »

hybrid theory was the shit when i was like 13. The other albums were just there to me tho

Super Dude · « **Reply #38 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:16:46 AM »

About 16 hours till the release of the new single.

blackngold29 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:44:16 AM »

It looks like the new single will be for the Transformers movie, not necisarily their next album (which will be a concept album, very cool).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Divide

Super Dude · « **Reply #40 on:** May 17, 2009, 10:06:12 AM »

It's the first single for the new album, that's confirmed on Mike Shinoda's blog. However, they're helping to compose the Transformers score by creating various deviations of the song.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #41 on:** May 17, 2009, 10:10:50 AM »

Hybrid Theory was one of my first heavy albums and I absolutely love it. It was responsible of making me into heavier music.

Super Dude · « **Reply #42 on:** May 17, 2009, 01:48:48 PM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on May 17, 2009, 10:10:50 AM

Hybrid Theory was one of my first heavy albums and I absolutely love it. It was responsible of making me into heavier music.

This. If not for Hybrid Theory and Evanescence's Fallen, I might still be listening to chart topping hip hop.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #43 on:** May 17, 2009, 01:51:09 PM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on May 17, 2009, 10:10:50 AM

Hybrid Theory was one of my first heavy albums and I absolutely love it. It was responsible of making me into heavier music.

This.

Still one of my favorite albums, I know the lyrics to every song even the spoken words for Cure for the Itch.

Volk9 · « **Reply #44 on:** May 17, 2009, 04:30:02 PM »

Quote from: DarkLord_Lalinc on May 17, 2009, 10:10:50 AM

Hybrid Theory was one of my first heavy albums and I absolutely love it. It was responsible of making me into heavier music.

First Rock song I liked: "Higher" by Creed
First Rock album I liked/had: "The Lonely Position of Neutral" by Trust Company
First "Heavy" album I got that led me into metal, etc: "Meteora" by Linkin Park

Super Dude · « **Reply #45 on:** May 17, 2009, 07:28:49 PM »

Two and a half hours to go!

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #46 on:** May 17, 2009, 07:37:01 PM »

Chester was one hell of a singer back then. Damn, he had balls.

BALLS I SAY

Super Dude · « **Reply #47 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:04:43 PM »

Keywords being "back in the day" though....he's past his prime, and it sure ain't age that's killing his range. $:\$

Super Dude · « **Reply #48 on:** May 18, 2009, 02:42:38 PM »

Reactions to New Divide (linkinpark.com):

Well it's not Linkin Park of HT or Meteora, but it's definitely not MTM either, though it does lean slightly more towards MTM. It's pretty clear that nu metal Linkin Park is gone for good. This is much better than What I've Done though imo.

Volk9 · « **Reply #49 on:** May 18, 2009, 07:48:26 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on May 18, 2009, 02:42:38 PM

Reactions to New Divide (linkinpark.com):

Well it's not Linkin Park of HT or Meteora, but it's definitely not MTM either, though it does lean slightly more towards MTM. It's pretty clear that nu metal Linkin Park is gone for good. This is much better than What I've Done though imo.

Ok, I just listened to the song. Im kinda having mixed reactions, because in one sense, its a nice song that although leaning more away from MTM , though maintaining the same style. On the other hand, its just such a generic Linkin Park song...seriously...I hope theres something better than this...I still have a sliver of faith...a very small sliver..

Super Dude · « **Reply #50 on:** May 18, 2009, 07:51:16 PM »

A generic present-day Linkin Park song, yes. This doesn't even approach the old days.

I tell ya, they turned into a post-punk band. They sound a lot like the Killers if you ask me.

Volk9 · « **Reply #51 on:** May 18, 2009, 07:57:27 PM »

Idk, sometimes I feel that they still have a big amount of potential, but then again, I think that they've gotten so caught up in the mainstream and business of music that they cant really write...idk, better songs, lol.

Sigh, I guess I'll just go listen to Meteora and enjoy that.

Super Dude · « **Reply #52 on:** May 18, 2009, 08:02:24 PM »

I hear ya. It's hard to believe they'd give into that temptation though, considering what Shinoda said in his song Get Me Gone about doing the tracks the way they wanted them.

Volk9 · « **Reply #53 on:** May 18, 2009, 08:14:56 PM »

Guess I'll just have to wait for the rest of the album, lol.

Super Dude · « **Reply #54 on:** May 18, 2009, 08:31:16 PM »

I really wish it'd resemble metal a little more, not even nu metal but just plain metal would be nice. But I'm not getting my hopes up.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #55 on:** May 18, 2009, 10:47:50 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on May 18, 2009, 08:31:16 PM

I really wish it'd resemble metal a little more, not even nu metal but just plain metal would be nice. But I'm not getting my hopes up.

Haha yeah, you definitely shouldn't hope for anything that monumental.

Super Dude · « **Reply #56 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:01:41 PM »

That's really sad, isn't it? That for Linkin Park to do anything remotely resembling metal would be nothing short of a miracle. A band who started as the greatest thing to ever happen to nu metal now will never be caught dead writing another song like those.

Global Laziness · « **Reply #57 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:03:56 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on May 18, 2009, 11:01:41 PM

That's really sad, isn't it? That for Linkin Park to do anything remotely resembling metal would be nothing short of a miracle. A band who started as the greatest thing to ever happen to nu metal now will never be caught dead writing another song like those.

Yeah but even nu metal and metal are worlds apart.

Super Dude · « **Reply #58 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:04:16 PM »

Not really; nu metal is metal with elements of hip hop and punk thrown in.

I like to think of it like this. At the close of the 80s, there were two major divergent schools of rock music: metal and punk. Grunge was the recombination of the two genres, and post-grunge, nu metal and other grunge derivatives are the continuation of these fusion experiments. Nu metal combined both schools and brought hip hop into the mix.

Actually it's funny to think that Ice Kube essentially started nu metal when he said that rock and hip hop should converge.

Volk9 · « **Reply #59 on:** May 19, 2009, 07:57:38 AM »

(Do you mean Ice-T?) Because he started a rap metal band in 1990, Body Count.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Count

Oh, and I love this quote from him: "as far as I'm concerned, music is music. I don't look at it as rock, R&B, or all that kind of stuff. I just look at it as music...I do what I like and I happen to like rock 'n' roll, and I feel sorry for anybody who only listens to one form of music."

Super Dude · « **Reply #60 on:** May 19, 2009, 12:52:48 PM »

Yes I did mean Ice-T, I dunno how I confused those.

And yes, that's an excellent quote, just the one I had in mind when I made that post.

Super Dude · « **Reply #61 on:** August 11, 2009, 08:25:41 AM »

Album updates:

https://lptimes.com/news2009/july/news07072009.html
https://lptimes.com/news2009/june/news06222009.html

Chester Bennington comments in the first link that the new album is gonna emphasize electronic sounds, i.e. on the keyboards. Mike Shinoda has said that he hopes to bring rapping back on the album, and that songs will have a 'thread of consistency,' meaning it won't sound like a bunch of random songs that all sound different from each other like on MTM (as in they'll each be tied by a general 'sound' like HT and Meteora). As far as I can remember neither interview says so, but Wikipedia says the album will be released in March or April 2010.

Blind_FaithX · « **Reply #62 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:06:54 AM »

ohhh wow, that's pretty far. I thought it was for sooner.

tbw2445 · « **Reply #63 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:13:44 AM »

Hybrid Theory is my favorite LP album. I hope they don't make another crap fest like Minutes To Midnight.

Blind_FaithX · « **Reply #64 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:14:45 AM »

MTM isn't a crapfest. There's a lot of great songs

tbw2445 · « **Reply #65 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:16:28 AM »

Quote from: Blind_FaithX on August 11, 2009, 10:14:45 AM

MTM isn't a crapfest. There's a lot of great songs

I'll agree there are some good songs. I like Given Up, What I've Done, Bleed It Out, Shadow Of The Day, and No More Sorrow. MTM just doesn't have balls like Hybrid Theory or Meteora did.

Super Dude · « **Reply #66 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:27:32 AM »

So Dream Theater has too much balls, and Linkin Park doesn't have enough.

Blind_FaithX · « **Reply #67 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:27:49 AM »

Quote from: tbw2445 on August 11, 2009, 10:16:28 AM

Quote from: Blind_FaithX on August 11, 2009, 10:14:45 AM
MTM isn't a crapfest. There's a lot of great songs
I'll agree there are some good songs. I like Given Up, What I've Done, Bleed It Out, Shadow Of The Day, and No More Sorrow. MTM just doesn't have balls like Hybrid Theory or Meteora did.

Sure, it doesn't sound so fresh. It's more of a commercial product but that's pretty much what I'm expecting from that band. I don't think they will ever come up with a HT or Meteora again. Their music is still good though.

briang · « **Reply #68 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:36:32 AM »

That transformers 2 song has the same chords as What I've done. What a bunch of shit.

ehra · « **Reply #69 on:** August 11, 2009, 10:47:32 AM »

Honestly I was expecting to not like MTM at all, but everything before Valentine's Day is pretty damn good.

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Author Topic: Linkin Park (Read 49611 times)