The verse are good. Some synth is good. The chorus sucks. Overall, a very "meh" single. I said it once and I'll say it again. "The Catalyst" summarized "A Thousand Suns" perfectly. If "Burn it Down" is to "LIVING THINGS" as "The Catalyst" was to "A Thousand Suns" I most likely will not end up enjoying the album much at all.
+1. Rob is still playing the drums. Albeit electro drums, but he is still playing them. As far as the guitar is concerned, it is there. "Live drums" and a guitar driven riff the whole time wouldn't fit the song.
Copy/paste from another thread: Wow, not to sound like a Debbie Downer, but I was pretty disappointed with this. The synths and Mike's rap are catchy as fuck, but the song was entirely predictable, lyrics were meh, and it sounds like New Divide. Although, I kind of expected as much with it being the first single and all. Overall, this pales in comparison to The Catalyst and is about as bland as What I've Done.
the amount of EQ and filters on the guitar is driving me nuts,it's not so organic,too much electronic,it makes the song lifeless for me,i can bet the live version will sound way way better.
Man, fuck EQ and filters on guitars. It's not like any renown guitar players mess with their guitar sound at all. [youtube]eE3dUUj4_4Q[/youtube] Oh shit, John Frusciante uses synthesizer treatments on his guitar? The song sounds very much alive to me.
It might be because I'm still in the honeymoon phase of the song since it's so brand new, but I'm loving it!
It's ok. I was expecting something better but still not bad. Maybe it will grow on me much like the catalyst did
"Burn It Down" is an awesome song. It's not one of my top ten favorites, but it's addicting. "Burn It Down" is anthem that features hard-pounding drums, synthesizers mixed with guitars and Chester's best vocal performance since "Waiting for the End." LP combines Chester's swooning vocals with poppy electronics until it explodes into a exploding hook. If Hybrid Theory and A Thousand Suns had a kid, it would be "Burn It Down." The song is basically industrial alternative heavy pop - which I like.
It has some catchy aspects as usual (synth melody, vocals), but it feels empty, like they went out of their way to make it as inoffensive & accessible as possible and in the process removed all the life & feeling from it. Hmmm, sounds familiar... Oh yeah! Meteora. LP are back "on some WID shit", unfortunately. Colour me unimpressed & disappointed. Meh.
I like it. I'd put it ahead of plenty of songs from the first three albums, but I can't think of one off of A Thousand Suns it tops. I suppose it's disappointing when you make a lesser sequel to a highly anticipated movie, but the sequel, in this case, isn't crap. It's just a safe track with simpler lyrics. I don't dislike it, but I'm not wowed by it like I was the day The Catalyst was released.
Also, a waste of a perfectly good drum beat just for the sake of including it on the song for 3 seconds.
I was talking about the drums, not the synthesizers, and there is no need to be condescending to get your point across to people. Let's compare studio/live performances here, live drums vs mostly drum machines. [video=youtube;EfNon7Mjxdg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfNon7Mjxdg[/video] [video=youtube;_6sQ2HXWeMw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6sQ2HXWeMw[/video] VS [video=youtube;FZyDiuzpHCg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZyDiuzpHCg[/video] [video=youtube;Pyqly_JG1tI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyqly_JG1tI[/video] ..and that's why I prefer live drums in LP's music. Too hard to understand/didn't listen: As hard as you try, you will never be able to replicate an organic drum performance through a sequencer, it's a good track but it will be very dissatisfying live unless they switch it up for a live drum version.