CONFIRMED: "New Divide" Is In The New Transformers Trailer

Hey yall, I saw this on ultimate-guitar:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.tv/misc/linkin_park_new_divide_trailer.html

Looks and sounds sick.

 

The industry's very annoying attempts to keep this thing so guarded is just the reason why record sales are going down. They should be attempting to ride the wave of enthusiasm a new LP song will cause rather than quell it.

They're lucky Linkin Park's music is usually worth waiting for.

 

I'm surprised I'm the only one that's done this... from the clip on myspace, here are the lyrics as far as I can make out. There are two places where you can see them, and we only get a clear view of a portion of verse 1. The rest is just guess-work. Crossed out letters are crossed out on the lyrics sheet, and things in parenthesis are guesses. If there's a hyphen, that's the end of what I can understand.

Verse 1:
I remembered black skies/the lightning all-
I remembered each flash/as time began to-
Like a starting sign/that fate had finally fo(und me)-
In not so many words
I got what I deserve

Chorus 1:
you pulled me (lower/closer) / and (I pushed you aside)
(gave me [direction/protection?] / and i told you goodbye)
across (that) new divide

Verse 2:
I imagined it right/ -
I imagined you there/ -
and I never (thought since)-
In not so many words
I got what I deserve

 

I agree with everyone who says it sounds like What I've Done. Unlike everyone else however, I'm disappointed. If I wanted to listen to What I've Done, I'd put on MTM, not get the band to write it again.

 

Some guy on LPL has the chorus as 'you pulled the power'.

EDIT:

As it is, I'm stuck between:

you pulled me closer
you pulled me lower
you pulled me down.

It's so blurry that you really can't tell.

 

I know I shouldn't ask and that you're not at liberty to say Derek, but would you like to, since you've listened to portions of the songs, help with the lyrics?

 

I'm not really disappointed in terms of the style of the song, I'm more disappointed that it sounds ridiculously similar to What I've Done. If they'd have gone off on a complete tangent and played a Backstreet Boys cover I'd be less disappointed. I'm just disappointed that from what we've heard, it sounds like they've literally written the same song again.

 

I never said I wasn't disappointed myself. I'm not writing it off completely though, yet.

 

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For Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, there couldn't have been a more perfect task than co-writing the theme song and contributing to the score of the forthcoming action film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

"Transformers were some of my favorite toys when I was young," Shinoda told Noisecreep. "When we heard about contributing to the first film, I was thrilled. This experience has been even better."

The original 2007 "Transformers" film featured the Linkin Park hit "What I've Done." For the Shia LaBeouf-helmed sequel that opens June 24, Linkin Park specifically penned the song "New Divide." The track is slated for a worldwide radio premiere on May 18 and will be available for purchase on iTunes immediately thereafter. It will also appear on the Warner Bros. Records soundtrack album, which drops June 23.

"We met with (director) Michael Bay," Shinoda said. "He showed us scenes from the new film, and we tried to write something that was both true to the spirit of the movie and true to the spirit of our band in some way.

"Michael is not fond of showing parts of the movie unfinished and out of context," Shinoda continued. "I totally get it; I hate playing anyone our rough songs before each one is done, out of the context of the album. But he knew it would give us the best shot at trying to capture some of the emotions in the movie, so we did it. After we wrote 'New Divide,' we met with (Oscar-winning composer) Hans Zimmer and (composer) Steve Jablonsky, and they asked if we would help incorporate various themes from our song into the film. The musical themes ended up being placed in a lot of important scenes in the film. I'd tell you which scenes, but I don't want to give away the story."

The video, directed by Linkin Park DJ Joe Hahn, will debut around the time of the single's release. Shinoda was coy about the clip's direction.

"You'll have to ask Joe Hahn, who's directing it," he said. "He's planning on using a lot of really interesting cutting-edge visual techniques, blurring the line between our performance and some kind of digital/mechanical reality. I'm not really sure--he's either being secretive about it, or it's way over my head, so he's just skipping the explanation."

"New Divide" is likely the only new music fans will hear from Linkin Park this year as the band--which also includes vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson and bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell--is still working on the follow-up to the six-times-platinum "Minutes to Midnight."

"I would love to have the next Linkin Park album out in the first half of 2010," Shinoda said. "Originally, we wanted it to be later this year, but instead, Chester's solo project, called Dead By Sunrise, will be out in stores this year. His first single should be coming out sometime in the fall or winter.

"The new Linkin Park music is going really well. We've probably got about half the album written. Artistically, I feel like we're shooting really high with these new songs. Whereas the last album was more of an experiment to see how many different new sounds we could make, I think this new album is going to establish a brand new, cutting edge sound for the band. If we do it right, it will be the type of album that makes you say, 'Wow, I've never heard anything like that, but somehow I still recognize it as Linkin Park... and I love it.'"

 

I'll hold them to that.

 

it's from AOL Music/Noisecreep, it's on their newest blog post:

http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/05/14/linkin-park-rocks-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/

 

where did you get that info from 11:55?

[edit]:

no matter

 

Didn't they say exactly the same thing about the last album?

 

very true