Perhaps if the cut-'n'-paste remix record Reanimation hadn't appeared as a stopgap measure in the summer of 2002, Linkin Park's second record, Meteora, would merely have been seen as a continuation of their 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory, instead of a retreat to familiar ground. Then again, Reanimation wasn't much more than a way to buy time (along with maybe a little credibility), so it's unfair to say that its dabbling in electronica and hip-hop truly pointed toward a new direction for the group, but it did provide a more interesting listening experience than Meteora, which is nothing more and nothing less than a Hybrid Theory part two. Which isn't to say that Linkin Park didn't put any effort into the record, since it does demonstrate that the group does stand apart from the pack by having the foresight to smash all /p>
u-metal trademarks -- buzzing guitars, lumbering rhythms, angsty screaming, buried scratching, rapped verses -- into one accessible sound which suggests hooks instead of offering them. More importantly, the group has discipline and editing skills, keeping this record at a tight 36 minutes and 41 seconds, a move that makes it considerably more listenable than its peers and, by extension, more powerful, since they know where to focus their energy, something that many /p>
u-metal bands simply do not. (It must be said that there will surely be consumers out there that will question paying a $19.99 retail for a 36-minute-and-41-second record, though some may prefer getting a tight, listenable record at that price instead of a meandering 70-minute mess.) So, it must be said that Meteora does deliver on the most basic level -- it gives the fans what they want, and it does so with energy and without fuss. It's also without surprises, either, which again gives the album a static feeling -- suggesting not a holding pattern for the band, but rather the limits of their chosen genre, which remains so stylistically rigid and formulaic that even with a band who follows the blueprint well, like Linkin Park, it winds up sounding a little samey and insular. Since this is only their second go-round, this is hardly a fatal flaw, but the similarity of Meteora to Hybrid Theory does not only raise the question of where do they go from here, but whether there is a place for them to go at all.
Here's my cat Bishop, who has arthritic legs and might not last much longer. My three cats were named after characters in the movie Aliens (Newt, Ripley, Bishop). If you remember, Bishop saved Newt and Ripley at the end. Bishop has saved my life a thousand times over just by being his little fat-butted self:Here's the song played at the beginning of every NC State home basketball game this seas...
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Figure.09.....don't think dirty...he's talking about Section 8, figure 09 of the Washington D.C. Specifications for Industrial Sewer Lines...you know the ones that are tapped into existing gravity sewer lines and re routed into new comercial buildings...Jack's photographic memory of public Specs,Tyler Durden
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Easier to Run...one of drills on the basket ball team was to carry another person on your back and run from baseline to baseline...very tough, but doing that 5 times a practice for 3 months made it a lot easier to run during game time...gave you a lot more strength and endurance..but I don't think that's what Chester is talking about...Jack's 45 second suicide drills,Tyler Durden
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Somerwhere I belong...well, I could tell you a few places you belong president Bush...what a moron...Jack's intolerable hatred for BUSH,Tyler Durden
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Faint...Dane Cook was right, there is no cool way to Faint...Hey guys, watch me pass out, fall over and take out this table with 20 half full bottles of beer on it, then have puke bubble out of my mouth when I settle on the ground...Jack's unexplained concussion and bruising,Tyler Durden
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Lying From You...yup, perfect english, I have no Idea what that means...I am Lying from you HAHAHA ...or I am lying to you and hiding something from you condensed into one annoying break of grammar....Jack's pet peeves, and they are not even hill-billies,Tyler Durden
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Don't Stay...it's good for a change to hear a band stop whining about a girl who left because he was a puss....yeah, get the hell out BIAAAAHHHHH...Jack's eviction notice,Tyler Durden
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Hit the Floor...make sure you jump head first this time...it makes it harder to identify the body when you jump headfirst...Jack's Medical Examiners Degree,Tyler Durden
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Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong
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Linkin Park Rocks When You Feel Like Listening To Some Cool Music!
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Hey my name is Richard,But you can also call me Tricky because that is my Nickname;The Song : "Lying from you" by Linkin park is one of my top favourite Music,so just wanted to share it with you.
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ok im goin to follow my wife's lead for a minute......like with nickleback.......i've heard so many people say that they despise/hate/just cant freakin stand linkin park.......i wanna know why......the most common answer i get is " cuz they suck".....bs.....i find that to be a cop-out......so cmon moggers fill my earhole with your reasons.....i myself am a fan of LP....and probably for all the ...
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| 2 Don't Stay |
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| 3 Somewhere I Belong |
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| 4 Lying from You |
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| 5 Hit the Floor |
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| 6 Easier to Run |
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| 7 Faint |
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| 8 Figure.09 |
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| 9 Breaking the Habit |
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| 10 From the Inside |
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| 11 Nobody's Listening |
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| 12 Session |
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