Linkin Park

[scott]

MysteriousMan said:

first of all, if sales dont matter, what does then? sales reflect popularity which reflects what people like, and that is what we are talking about.

secondly, almost all those bands you listed were around linkin park's early days, so they didn't really have any effect on them. what i was refering to was that rock/metal/electronic/ and pop have all meshed together before, in many many different groups.

and by you saying they aren't revolutionary is supporrting what i said. i said a lot of people like htem because they think that LP is revolutionary, and i dont think that because the collaboration of genres has been done many many times before, i guess they just make it more bold or something. i dont know what linkin park's key to success is.

Yea I was going along with you on the whole 'not revolutionary' thing,I just kinda expanded on it.

And if sales doesn't matter than what does?The sound,the music.I mean,I listen for the music.Some little band could be the best band ever,but never sell more than a million CDs,it doesn't mean they suck.Also Outkast can sell a billion CDs,and it still doesn't make him/them any good.

And if the bands were in their early days then they should have had an even bigger influence on them,as you can hear in their music,if you call it that.

[♫MysteriousMan♫]

first of all, i do call it music. next, you claim that if they were in their early days that it should have more of an impact on them. how exactly? usually when bands start out, they aren't known very well, so how could a band that isn't known by a lot of people have an influence? nevermind, i'm just gonna let that one slide for now....sometimes i feel like i'm beating many a dead horse....

I listen for the music, too, which is why i like a wide variety of music, some indie, some mainstream, and a lot of stuff in between. Linkin Park, for one thing, uses such simple guitar chords, drum beats, and bass progressions, that it insults the instruments' communities sometimes, but they have a ton of musical knowledge, so they take things that would normally be simple, boring tunes and put tone, and emotion into them. you can play the simplistic chord progressions and bass lines, but there's something about when they play the song that makes everything sound so powerful.

To me, classic rock songs used to have a unique quality to each and every one while keeping it simple (in musical terms). These days, bands either try to be complex and suceed, which makes them sound fast, talented, and energetic. On the flipside, they can attempt to sound complex and suck at it, which makes them sound terrible. Everyone is trying to be the next Nirvana or Hendrix, and everyone either falls short or overdoes it. Linkin Park brings the simplicity and power back to the music world, at least it does for me. AC/DC had basically all power chords in their guitar parts, and nowadays, power chords are frowned upon for their simplicity. However, you can't get AC/DC's "balls" or "crunch" without them. Everyone wants to evolve and move on past the simple days, but little do they know that those days were the best.

[scott]

MysteriousMan said:

first of all, i do call it music. next, you claim that if they were in their early days that it should have more of an impact on them. how exactly? usually when bands start out, they aren't known very well, so how could a band that isn't known by a lot of people have an influence? nevermind, i'm just gonna let that one slide for now....sometimes i feel like i'm beating many a dead horse....

It sounds to me like you mean that LP influenced other bands,I was saying that other bands influenced LP because they sound the same and such.Just want to make sure we are the same page here.

[♫MysteriousMan♫]

actually, i was refering to other bands influencing lp. I was saying since those bands are so modern, that when they were up-and-coming, so was linkin park, and odds are that linkin park wasn't influenced by any bands that are big today. they come from a hip-hop/electronic background (as well as rock and a little metal, but much hip-hop and electronic, especially the kind they come from, is underground.) Like I said, odds are, whatever influenced LP and had a huge impact on their styles, you and I have never heard of them. (because they were mainly influenced by californian underground and local artists)

[moosejaw161]

i like em i got the hybrid cd and the remix and meteora like em all so cant say anythign bad except i know i dun like all their songs so ya

[♫MysteriousMan♫]

did you get collision course yet?

[BlUeEYEzCHicK69]

i <3 linkin park

MysteriousMan edit: i had to get rid of this shit. nobody can read it, it is actually making me dumber and more illiterate the more i read it. to blueyezchick: stop posting this shit in my board, i'm just gonna edit it out every time. you can post again when you stop typing with your face.

[Mark617]

half said:

Also what is up with ReAnimation?A new band with one album says hey lets take all of our songs and let other people tear them apart.They pretty got a tribute album after ONE album.That is just damn ridiculous.Either that or maybe they thought they were original when a million djs do it all the time.

And that Chester guy,I dislike his voice as well and Mr.Spiky's voice.

First off, i love LP.

Secondly, as for reanimation: its not really a tribute album; these musications (sp?) came to linkin park and wanted to do these songs with them, so they did.

and i don't think linkin park would really consider themselves "revolutionary." they even say in one of their songs that "rapping over rock doesn't make you a pioneer"

and also, chester had a great singing voice--and to think that he just screams all the time just shows you haven't listened to most of their songs.

[BELETH the Mighty]

Personally I find them to be just another reiteration of the whole teenage drama bullshit schpiel. More of this "My girlfriend just broke up with me, so I'm going to end my life unless my next record sells" nonsense.

[♫MysteriousMan♫]

BELETH said:

Personally I find them to be just another reiteration of the whole teenage drama bullshit schpiel. More of this "My girlfriend just broke up with me, so I'm going to end my life unless my next record sells" nonsense.

obviously, you are thinking of another band

[scott]

Mark617 said:

chester

funny