"Did You Know" Facts Options

[Ducko]

Facts I've nicked from the special edition liner notes of Meteora and MTM-

• "Foreword" was actually recorded after everything else on Meteora.
• Chester wrote the lyrics for "Easier to Run" before any of the music was created.
• Though the final recording of Faint is 135bpm, the original demo was only at 70bpm.
• "Session" took more than a year to finish.
• "Numb" was written only one week before the band entered the studio to record.
• The demo for "Hands Held High" was called "Song Q", and was the only song that Brad concieved that ended up on the album.
• "Valentine's Day" was recorded in the studio owned by Korn.

[Sheldor]

So many conflicting facts.

[feelthless]

You are also wrong, Points of Authority was "You love the way I look at you"

And One?

It's too late to love me now .. ?

[Pez]

And One?

It's too late to love me now .. ?

True!

Chester Really fucked up in that one hahaha.

[gottsu]

in the interesting fact of the first use of the word "Love " is that the word is used literally. And not out of context as in the POA, " you love the way ..."

This post has been edited by gottsu: Jun 8 2011, 08:49 AM

[Hahninator]

Thanks you guys. New facts added today:

When A Thousand Suns was released, Chester said that 'The Messenger' was the first LP song to use the word "love". Actually, 'And One', 'Points Of Authority', and 'In Pieces' all use it!
In December of 2010, Linkin Park brought up the same fan (Pez) at two different Australian shows to play 'Faint' on guitar: Newcastle and Sydney night 2. He's the first fan to play on stage twice!
The Minutes to Midnight touring cycle began and ended with 'One Step Closer' (Berlin 2007 and Pomona 2009).
The power went out mid-song on 'Breaking The Habit' at Pomona 2009. The band continued playing and the crowd sang in the place of Chester, but the problem caused the DSP for the show to be lost!
Linkin Park played their first shows in Israel and Abu Dhabi in November 2010.
The band has canceled three shows in Sweden over the years - in 2011 (9/11), in 2003 (Chester was sick) and in 2008 (Brad had an ear infection).
LP offered free tickets to the soldiers and families of active military personnel during the Projekt Revolution 2003 Tour.
Mike Shinoda is known to own more guitars (even a Hello Kitty one!) than Brad Delson!
Brad Delson's Red Custom 24 Paul Reed Smith guitar is one of the only ones ever made without the PRS logo on the headstock.
Due to licensing restrictions, the song 'Wisdom, Justice, & Love' can no longer be distributed though Linkin Park's DSP's. The last DSP to feature it was Tampa 2011.
On the A Thousand Suns World Tour, all of the footage shown on the screens behind the band during the show was made by a company called 'Ghost Town Media'.
Brad Delson is the only member on stage that doesn't use the in ear monitoring system. Instead, he wears heavy duty headphones to protect his sensitive hearing.
Linkin Park has contributed music to all three Transformers movies so far. One song was made specifically FOR the movie - 'New Divide'! 'What I've Done' was in the first movie and 'Iridescent' was in the third.
'Foreword' was the very last thing contributed musically to Meteora.
Chester wrote the lyrics to 'Easier To Run' before any of the music was created.
Though the final recording of 'Faint' is 135bpm, the original demo was only at 70bpm!
'Session' took over a full year to finish!
The demo for 'Hands Held High' was initially called 'Song Q', and was the only song that Brad concieved that ended up on the album.
In 2011, Linkin Park took their Projekt Revolution Tour back to Europe for the second time (2008 was the first). However, the USA didn't get a Projekt Revolution for the first time on a touring cycle!
Linkin Park performed at both the Transformers 2 premiere (Los Angeles in 2009) and the Transformers 3 premiere (Moscow in 2011)!
2011 is the first year that the band has released European festival shows as DSP's. From 2007 to 2010, they have never released any European festival shows!
A November 2006 issue of Rolling Stone magazine first revealed the working title of 'Bleed It Out', entitled 'Accident'.
'H! Vltg3' off of Reanimation samples a song called "All For One" by the group Brand Nubian. The members of the group are credited in the liner notes of the album.
Linkin Park was forced to cancel five shows on their North American Tour in 2011 due to Chester being sick. Two of them were rescheduled for the end of the tour - Dallas and Houston.
The North American Tour in 2011 made it the third consecutive tour in the winter to have shows canceled in the USA due to Chester being sick - 2004, 2008 and 2011.

Edited the fact about the South American shows. 99 was replaced.

[stl22]

The band has canceled three shows in Sweden over the years - in 2011 (9/11), in 2003 (Chester was sick) and in 2008 (Brad had an ear infection).

First that should be 2001 (I don't know you copied & pasted from actual thing or if it's correct there), and second, the attacks hadn't yet happened for the 2001 show. The live guide says Stockholm was scheduled for the 9th. They were in Hamburg on the 11th.

This post has been edited by stl22: Jun 8 2011, 01:11 PM

[Usman]

There is one that says that they have performed only in Brazil. You might want to take a look

[TripleXero]

And One?

It's too late to love me now .. ?

What about POA demos?

[Bliss]

I thought I posted this before somewhere...oh well.


The Minutes to Midnight touring cycle began and ended with One Step Closer.

now that you mention it, i remember that, but i would have never thought of that on my own, cause it seems like an insignificant fact but its a cool fact

[Pez]

Awesome quotes. You didnt have to include me tho.

[Hahninator]

Thanks for the heads up on the Sweden fact. Changed the note around. It was canceled I believe due to the Reading Fest show the day before it.

Na Pez I like that fact

[Tomer]

An interesting fact to add about the israel show: It took 2 years of negotiations to get LP in Israel

thats what the promotor shuki weiss wrote on his website:

לאחר משא ומתן בן שנתיים וביקוש גדול של קהל המעריצים הישראלי העצום, נחתם ההסכם בערב

"After 2 years of negotiations and big demand from the israeli fans, we reached to an agreement tonight"

This post has been edited by Tomer: Jun 9 2011, 02:02 PM

[Hahninator]

Oh wow. Thanks. I'll definitely add that one.

That's crazy that it takes so long to bring LP somewhere when a promoter like MLK just says "we need you here __________" and LP makes it happen lol

[Tomer]

Oh wow. Thanks. I'll definitely add that one.

That's crazy that it takes so long to bring LP somewhere when a promoter like MLK just says "we need you here __________" and LP makes it happen lol

Haha ironically MLK was co-promotor for the Tel aviv show

[JanekZech]

The power went out mid-song on 'Breaking The Habit' at Pomona 2009. The band continued playing and the crowd sang in the place of Chester, but the problem caused the DSP for the show to be lost!

Actually, as far as I remember, Pooch told me that the show wasn't lost, they just decided to not release it because it was only recorded up to Breaking The Habit.

[Astat]

The Messenger was the first song to use "love" as a noun, as in the idea of love itself. All previous LP songs that used it were just using it as a verb.

[Numbrocker]

Don't really know if this is what you want but LP has ended the last 2 North American tours (Projekt Revolution 2008 and A Thousand Suns World Tour 2011) in Houston, Texas.

Went to both shows and thought it was a funny coincidence.

[Hahninator]

Don't really know if this is what you want but LP has ended the last 2 North American tours (Projekt Revolution 2008 and A Thousand Suns World Tour 2011) in Houston, Texas.

Went to both shows and thought it was a funny coincidence.

We can add that, sure. That's pretty cool haha!

[Conscience]

We can add that, sure. That's pretty cool haha!

It's nice to see you back on the forums!