Linkin Park singles poll

i think one of the other disappointing things about it is that they sound like a normal band, which is i'm sure what they were going for, but i miss the glitchiness (thankfully reinstated for a thousand suns)

have we ever polled "worst rick rubin production job"

the answer is slipknot vol. 3 the subliminal verses

waiting for the end is an all time fun song to sing along to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qF_qbaWt3Q

^^^ my favorite chester vocal performance

Loving these posts. Thanks guys.
Like many I secretly dug Faint and Numb but was too caught up in hipsterism to explore further. I got heavily into their first records (including the remix album) a few months before Chester passed. Loved the crunchy drone of their processed guitars. Never managed to get into 1000 Suns though, despite all the high praise. I could see its merits but it wasn’t really what I looked for in the band.

got total chills relistening to "waiting for the end" just now, wow, that is their best song

easily imo

Sitting in an empty room
Trying to forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasn't so
I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got

:(

pretty amused by this revive. Linkin Park was the one band I left a party over because I couldn't fucking stand them. I thought Chester's voice was like nails on a chalkboard. much like you folks I've started to appreciate them later in life as I've realized how pitch-perfect some of their stuff is. I actually had a phase (right before his death) where I really wanted to get into them but I don't really find their full albums too satisfying.

similar trajectory, but as someone who also made fun of them the first time around, shinoda's work on the raid: redemption is what made it click for me. his music + action setpieces like this one is such an absolutely perfect union -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmT5qUx1GZ8

huh, so i think i really have been judging one more light too harshly. it wasn't what i wanted them to do at all, but some of the songs are pretty good anyway? living things meanwhile seems like the real bottom of the discography, a few great songs but they mostly sound deflated and uninspired

lmao the hunting party is so fucking good!!!!

"until it's gone" is even a better version of what they were going for on most of living things. albeit the production is worse

The title The Hunting Party is a contextual metaphor: Linkin Park is the party that is hunting to bring back the energy and soul of rock.

lol

i had never heard reanimation before! it... rules?

the remix of "pushing me away" has a better chorus than the actual song!

such a great remix album.

welp, realizing meteora is one of my favorite albums of all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMe_UP5R9I

great show, a few extended/rearranged intros for some of the classic songs, incredible energy. chester's voice is def tour-strained and he hits pretty much every note anyway

the nin cover is straightforward but it fuckin' goes