"Session" - Song by Song, Let's Talk Linkin Park

Discussion in 'Linkin Park Chat' started by hawk, Jul 2, 2014.

  1. polleo

    polleo You're gonna carry that weight. LPA Super Member

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    :worship:

    This is my most favorite LP song ever. Seriously, just thinking about it gives me a rush. The song feels a journey. I don't what to say, this song is pretty much sacred to me. I really feel the need to emphasise about my love of this song for some reason.

    When I first listened listened to it(Songs that I like on the first listen never stay with me so that's fine I guess), I thought it was long and weird but it REALLY grew on me. The lyrics, the solo, the drumming, Mike and Chester at the end etc. Everything on this song is great for me.

    My interpretation of the song is that it has a double meaning i e It is about both a metaphorical disaster and a real flood, I like the song that way. Seriously, I've spent so much time trying to interpret this song :lol:. I like the drum song demo as well. It lacks the solo so its okay. The solo might be simple but it is beautiful. It conveys something without any lyrics. I get chills when the solo part comes in. I really love this song to death.
     
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  2. Wasabi GOD

    Wasabi GOD Praise Brad Delson, our Lord and Savior. LPA Addict

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    To be honest , when i first heared this song (2009 when i get into music and especially LP) i was like "mehh", maybe because i listened more to the instruments than the Lyrics. Later i reaized, how awesome this song is.
    The Lyrics and especially the instruments now are one of the best moments in LPS music career in my opinion. On of the highlights, if not THE HIGHLIGHT on Minutes To Midnight. Its great how it was performed on Road To Revolution. Great song.
     
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  3. Christøffer

    Christøffer The Cure for Mr. Hahn's Itch LPA Contributor

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    I almost forgot about TLTGYA until the other day when it played from m phone while I was in the car. The bridge and outro are really what make this song. It's a very climactic song, building up from just an acoustic and the loop to the guitar solo accompanied by Rob's drums. The outro is just amazing. It is the most fitting close to Minutes to Midnight they could have done. There's hardly anything you can say is bad about it. Definitely one of my favorite tracks on the album. I'm from Louisiana, and part of my family lives in New Orleans, so the song is more personal for me than others because they had to come farther north to stay with us during the hurricane. Definitely LP's best politically-charged song in existence. You can say Hands Held High is better, but this outclasses it any day.
     
  4. IGibbedYEIH

    IGibbedYEIH The Prog Nerd Über Member

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    I never actually heard this song until a few years AFTER I bought MTM. It was a time where I never really listened to album tracks, just singles. I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that this is LP's crowning achievement. The song still hits me in the feels to this day. The guitar work towards the end is absolutely perfect. I don't think the band could ever right something this good again.

    Oh, and the Road to Revolution intro is lovely. Wish it was on the studio version.
     
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  5. lovablepanda

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    Little Things Give You Away is such a beautiful song. I love the Road to Revolution performance of this song. Its really a unique track among Linkin Park songs because of how slow it is while at the same time being one of their longest songs. Its the best closer Linkin Park has written for any of their albums IMO. My one complaint about the song is that I have to be in a certain mood to be able to listen to the song. If it comes up randomly, its just too long and slow for me to listen too on a general shuffle playlist.
     
  6. BTorio

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    I like the song, but again I rarely listen to it. It takes a while to build up and I don't always have the patience for it. The solo is an amazing moment though, and the outro with the acapella is one of LP's best moments ever. I think I would like it a lot more, if I didn't feel like the Catalyst completely eclipses it as LP's greatest long song. I also wish the lyrics weren't so specific. I don't always want to think about the same thing when I listen to the song, I'd prefer something like the lyrics of Rebellion that could apply to a ton of situations.
     
  7. lime treacle

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    :chocoface:

    Definitely in the top 10 Linkin Park songs for me. Possibly 5.
     
  8. Tocaraca

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    How did I miss In Pieces?
    I really like In Pieces, I think that they did a very good job with this song.

    The Little Things Give You Away I find a bit boring at the start, but the last chorus and the guitar solo and the outro are amazing. Nice outro to Minutes To Midnight overall.
     
  9. Bawa

    Bawa Could wait to see tomorrow.

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    Little Things, with no doubt, is one of the best song's they have ever put together from an artistic standpoint. An overwhelmingly powerful closer, definitely feels like the highlight of the album, which it should be. Everything about the song is so well done, from the instrumentation to the vulnerable and beautiful vocal contributions from Chester and Mike. I have yet to see somebody say they don't like it.
     
  10. Tocaraca

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    I don't like it.
    There you go.
    Except, I do, but not in contrast to a lot of other songs.
     
  11. Filip

    Filip god break down the door LPA Contributor

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    He never said anything about you.
     
  12. Wasabi GOD

    Wasabi GOD Praise Brad Delson, our Lord and Savior. LPA Addict

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    THIS :lol:
     
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  13. minuteforce

    minuteforce Danny's not here, Mrs. Torrance. LPA Team

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    There's a lot to like in the instrumentation for me. The main progressions are pretty different for LP, the electronics are used so well and so minimally (as they are for the whole album), and, of course, Bourdon's drums ... but it's the lyrics and vocals that really give this song its power. That chorus is one of the best that the band has ever delivered for me, and that outro is amazing.
     
  14. Bawa

    Bawa Could wait to see tomorrow.

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    :bradwink:
     
  15. Tyler

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    We did Collision Course, so why not We Made It?
     
  16. Bawa

    Bawa Could wait to see tomorrow.

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    Because everyone agrees it's horrible :kappa:
     
  17. minuteforce

    minuteforce Danny's not here, Mrs. Torrance. LPA Team

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    "We Made It" might have appeared on an official LP release but you'd be pushing it if you claim that it's a Linkin Park song
     
  18. Tyler

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    Yeah I guess you have a point that it is listed as Busta Rhymes feat. Linkin Park and I think it was even on his album. But from the song's perspective, it is so much more Linkin Park feat. Busta Rhymes.
     
  19. Filip

    Filip god break down the door LPA Contributor

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    It's Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park produced by Cool & Dre, Collision Course was Jay-Z & Linkin Park, produced by Mike Shinoda.

    One is obviously more Linkin Park. Back to the song now please.
     
  20. Alexrednex

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    I can't really say anything about this song, that hasn't already been said.
    One of their best songs, if not their best song.
     

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