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Post by pen on May 10, 2009 21:33:44 GMT -5
Most people are insane anyway, so questioning their sanity does no good.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 10, 2009 22:57:50 GMT -5
As much as Meteora is Hybrid Theory Pt. 2, the song "Nobody's Listening" is really neat and doesn't have a counterpart on HT.
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Post by Rich P. on May 11, 2009 9:26:16 GMT -5
Meteora > Hybrid Theory > Minutes To Midnight > Reanimation
Agreed; five straight number 1 Alternative singles for Meteora. Wikipedia says From the Inside didn't chart well; I don't remember it going for adds. I always thought From the Inside and Easier to Run would have been the sixth and seventh number 1 singles from Meteora...
High hopes for this one!
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Post by Minor Scratch on May 11, 2009 10:38:10 GMT -5
I really liked Reanimation. Maybe because I'm really into hip-hop/electronica. I liked how they put so much effort into remixing a song.
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Post by pen on May 11, 2009 11:52:18 GMT -5
They're not even remixes really, all of them have added lyrics, most of them are like completely new songs.
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Post by Crushcrushchris on May 11, 2009 12:48:21 GMT -5
That's probably why I like Reanimation better than MTM.
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Post by Ron57 on May 11, 2009 15:23:09 GMT -5
As much as Meteora is Hybrid Theory Pt. 2, the song "Nobody's Listening" is really neat and doesn't have a counterpart on HT. And that is why that's my favorite Linkin Park song.
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Post by American Idiot on May 11, 2009 18:09:35 GMT -5
I'll go with Hybrid Theory > Minutes To Midnight > Meteora > Reanimation
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 14, 2009 2:41:23 GMT -5
Since atunes already touched on this, I'll just sum it up. Hybrid Theory was full of filler, Meteora was solid all the way through and it warranted several listens. As opposed to HT, in which I could listen to tracks here and there but not often the entire album. Why can't anyone just disagree with you? Either they're wrong or you "question their sanity." People can and do "just disagree" with me all the time here. You were only "wrong" in that one particular instance, more so as a final act of my frustration with your answers/replies than anything else. And I'm only half-kidding when I say I question the sanity of those that prefer Meteora to Hybrid Theory. After three years, I just expected more emotional depth from such a highly anticipated sophomore album. And while I got catchy songs, I got awkward song titles, regurgitated ideas, more vague downer lyrics, xeroxed songs/chord progressions, and frustratingly undeveloped songs all shoehorned into the 3-4 minute verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus format once again. Obviously we were all at different ages and places in our musical lives when we heard the first two Linkin Park albums, and we all have our individual reactions and opinions to them, not to mention our own inherent musical tastes. I agree with others that cited their love for the Japanese flute in "Nobody's Listening." That was one huge breath of fresh air on Meteora; I just wish it had otherwise been a more interesting song that went somewhere. Wikipedia says From the Inside didn't chart well; I don't remember it going for adds. "From the Inside" wasn't a U.S. single.
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Post by Pipa on May 14, 2009 8:54:34 GMT -5
I have to agree with Nick on this one. I remember hearing "Somewhere I Belong" for the first time and thinking it could've been a final single off Hybrid Theory.
However, my favourite Linkin Park song, "Breaking The Habit" is off that album, so that's what edges it out for me.
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Post by pen on May 14, 2009 11:32:01 GMT -5
I have to say that even though I did feel that Meteora was Hybrid Theory Pt. 2, there are more songs I enjoy off of Meteora than there are off of Hybrid Theory. And even though Meteora feels mostly the same as Hybrid Theory, I think on Meteora they added a little more variety of ingredients into their mix and they seemed a little more confident in making some songs Chester songs and others Mike songs. So Meteora wins out for me.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 14, 2009 13:09:23 GMT -5
There's a trailer for this song on their myspace. It sounds like "What I've Done Pt. 2." This band really just gets a sound and sticks with it for five years and then decides, hey let's change it up drastically, and then adopt that sound for five more years.
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Post by Cody on May 14, 2009 22:05:44 GMT -5
wow, the song sounds AMAZING
Actually sounds like an alt #1, depends on how long Green Day stays atop though
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on May 15, 2009 2:28:59 GMT -5
(short) clip I heard sounds alright, probably be really good on a few full listens.....but I think I was more interested in the Transformers trailer, lol.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 15, 2009 3:35:49 GMT -5
I have to agree with Nick on this one. I remember hearing "Somewhere I Belong" for the first time and thinking it could've been a final single off Hybrid Theory. However, my favourite Linkin Park song, "Breaking The Habit" is off that album, so that's what edges it out for me. Perfect example. "Somewhere I Belong," a decent enough song, mind you, was a total letdown, as far as lead singles go. The chorus was so monotonous and the bridge just barely deviates from that melody. When Chester hits the peak of "never be/Anything..." you just wish the song would go someplace different, but it falls right back in line and then back into the final choruses again and ends as predictably as you were afraid of. The liner notes say they wrote over thirty finished choruses for this song before landing on this one at the 11th hour. This was the best out of thirty other choices? Are you f**king kidding me?? It took thirty tries to come up with that chorus?? :o "Breaking the Habit" was a good song. I just wish the string section had been more prominent, that the drums sounded more real, and that it was longer. It's an up-tempo song that never lets up once it kicks in, so for as epic as it needs to be, it feels like it's over way too soon. It just seemed like they could've explored the song a lot more structurally in order to make it fantastic like it could have been.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 15, 2009 5:32:04 GMT -5
I also wanted there to be a vocal harmony at the end of the last chorus up a third. I wish I could sing the harmony I hear for all of you, but if you heard it, you'd want it in there too. It'd be money.
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Post by Pipa on May 15, 2009 8:59:24 GMT -5
If this is the song I heard on Youtube and downloaded, then it's an instrumental.
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Post by pen on May 15, 2009 12:11:48 GMT -5
If this is the song I heard on Youtube and downloaded, then it's an instrumental. Then it's probably not.
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Post by trunkswd on May 15, 2009 13:15:38 GMT -5
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Post by Rich P. on May 15, 2009 13:23:07 GMT -5
17 second clip is really interesting. If Chester doesn't scream for longer than a few seconds, I think this is a lock at number 1 alternative. Only question for me is whether it debuts at number 1 or if Green Day can hold them off for one week.
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Post by jvandyck87 on May 15, 2009 13:44:04 GMT -5
That chorus sounds kinda boring.
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Post by @DiegoMarcondes_ on May 18, 2009 14:48:41 GMT -5
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Post by pen on May 18, 2009 14:57:32 GMT -5
It's alright for what it is. I like the lyrics a lot. But it does sound like "What I've Done", Pt. 2. In subject matter as well as musical structure.
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Post by Haley on May 18, 2009 15:00:29 GMT -5
I like it. (more on first listen than What I've Done)
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Post by Rich P. on May 18, 2009 15:01:32 GMT -5
Isn't today the planned release date? If so, then we'll have to check tomorrow morning's update to see if this has a shot at debuting number 1: I'd guess it would have to have at least 500 spins. It also depends on if there were even 1 in this morning's update; I can only see the top 40, can someone comment on the full report?
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2009 15:02:16 GMT -5
It's a lot better than I expected. The chorus is catchier than you think it's going to be.
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Post by Young Money on May 18, 2009 15:12:58 GMT -5
Is it being released on iTunes tomorrow?
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on May 18, 2009 15:45:32 GMT -5
Sounds pretty good. Better than I was expecting and certainly a better first impression than "What I've Done," at least, though that one ended up being really good. Radio has destroyed that song for me, though, at least for a long time.
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Post by @DiegoMarcondes_ on May 18, 2009 15:47:35 GMT -5
Really great track! I liked more this chorus than "What I've Done" chorus.
Finally a strong track to hit the top of iTunes!
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Post by Ron57 on May 18, 2009 15:51:10 GMT -5
I really like it. It sounds like a cross between old and new Linkin Park.
This is giving me high hopes for the new LP record, and Chester's "Dead By Sunrise" project as well.
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