hahninator Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Linkin Park is once again trending on Twitter, but this time for something else. American President Trump used a clip of an “In the End” cover in a social media video. The band responded by taking the video down from his tweet and issued a statement saying, “Linkin Park did not and does not endorse Trump, nor authorize his organization to use any of our music. A cease and desist has been issued.” Both Joe and Mike posted about the situation on their Instagram feed and story, respectively. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I love the lack of title before Trump's name. Not "President". Not even "Mr." LOL Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-Benningstrong Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Does anyone have an actual screenshot of this? Great move, Chester hated Trump. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid1988 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Legends. Huge shout out to Adam as well. What a great team of people we are fortunate to have working with the band. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterNL Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Do they endorse Joe "sniffer" Biden? About the topic; black and white it a 100% DMCA thing period. Thy should had left it like that, just a legal thing. But now they made it a political thing. Musicians should try to stay away from politics for the sake of their fanbase. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coizu Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, SinisterNL said: Musicians should try to stay away from politics for the sake of their fanbase. No they shouldn't. They have a choice, and if they think spreading their values is more important than a couple of fans then by all means they should do it and use their platform. It is up to the fan what to make out of it. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFNL14 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 38 minutes ago, SinisterNL said: Do they endorse Joe "sniffer" Biden? About the topic; black and white it a 100% DMCA thing period. Thy should had left it like that, just a legal thing. But now they made it a political thing. Musicians should try to stay away from politics for the sake of their fanbase. Anyone, celebrity or not, should be allowed give their political opinion. Also its hilarious how people in the comments were saying celebrities should stay away from politics, while supporting a president who was a celebrity... Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlassCastles Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I don't know guys, imagine Linkin Park getting political? They could never Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinez Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, SinisterNL said: Musicians should try to stay away from politics for the sake of their fanbase. Just imagine that you are a popular musician and you are in this situation. The person that you would never vote for, was using your music. I'm 100% sure you at least would want to say something about it in the social media. Because, if you will say nothing, it is kind of like you agree with this person. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcluiz Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 For ex-fan: if someone stops being a fan of Linkin Park and wants to get rid of their collection, you can send me your collection of CDs and DVDs 😜 7 hours ago, SinisterNL said: Eles apoiam Joe "sniffer" Biden? Sobre o tópico; preto e branco, um período de 100% de DMCA. Thy deveria ter deixado assim, apenas uma coisa legal. Mas agora eles fizeram disso uma coisa política. Músicos devem tentar ficar longe da política por causa de sua base de fãs. No More Sorrow ? Hand Held High ? Wretches and Kings ? not everyone who is against Trump, is socialist, communist or directly supports Biden For example, I consider myself center-right and don't support Trump and my country's current president and that doesn't make me socialist Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeffingnaive92 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 hours ago, GlassCastles said: I don't know guys, imagine Linkin Park getting political? They could never What about GATS and Rebellion too ? Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broman Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 31 minutes ago, PurpleFlinstoneVitamins92 said: What about GATS and Rebellion too ? Wasn’t GATS specifically referencing record labels and how they push their artists to turn to whatever sound is popular for profit? Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeffingnaive92 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Broman said: Wasn’t GATS specifically referencing record labels and how they push their artists to turn to whatever sound is popular for profit? Rakim's part was definitely referred to that topic, but Chester's lyrics could apply to greedy/corrupted politicians too IMO Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftshoe18 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, SinisterNL said: About the topic; black and white it a 100% DMCA thing period. Thy should had left it like that, just a legal thing. But now they made it a political thing. Musicians should try to stay away from politics for the sake of their fanbase. This is an outstandingly shitty take. Musicians are people and people are allowed to express their political beliefs however the hell they want. They should just stick to music to appease their fans. Taking that stance even if it will upset some fans shows integrity. For the record, I'd be saying this even if I supported Trump. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeffingnaive92 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 minute ago, leftshoe18 said: This is an outstandingly shitty take. Musicians are people and people are allowed to express their political beliefs however the hell they want. They should just stick to music to appease their fans. Taking that stance even if it will upset some fans shows integrity. For the record, I'd be saying this even if I supported Trump. Definitely this. I wouldn’t probably be a diehard LP fan if they were openly white suprematists and supporting the extreme right side but I think musicians need to express their opinion about politics. Not a big fan of super politically oriented bands because it tends to influence my judgements on music (stupid example: if The Catalyst was a racist song lyrically wise it wouldn’t be one of my all time fav songs) but I’m glad LP took a position on this thing and Mike spoke about Black lives matter during the streams Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalNacional Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Been laughing my ass off reading all the crazy theories that Trump supporters are spreading there. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 By putting out a statement disavowing the use of their music in a Trump video, which was retweeted by Trump himself, they ARE making an effort to stay out of politics. So everybody saying "They should keep politics out of it" don't realize that's literally what they're doing. Sending a cease & desist to Trump's campaign is not the same thing as endorsing Biden. At the same time, though, let's just be honest and admit that EVERYTHING is political now. The only way to distance themselves properly was to acknowledge that it happened and that they didn't appreciate it. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPLStaff Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 And now Chester is trending today! Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeffingnaive92 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, LPLStaff said: And now Chester is trending today! ❤️ Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyesburning Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I mean why would a band wanna be associated with a racist? It's not really political, it's just being decent human beings. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkin_boss Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 3:00 AM, SinisterNL said: Do they endorse Joe "sniffer" Biden? About the topic; black and white it a 100% DMCA thing period. Thy should had left it like that, just a legal thing. But now they made it a political thing. Musicians should try to stay away from politics for the sake of their fanbase. Bad take asided, this is everything that's wrong with bipartisan politics. Why does being against the actions/ideals of someone has to mean you're immediately supporting his adversary. A true democracy should be more concerned about debating problems and how to fix them, not to endlessly point fingers to say who's less bad than the other 🧐 Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/14278-linkin-park-trending-on-twitter/#findComment-300316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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