Chris

Pessimists, all of you lot!

Lol I literally just edited my post to say that.

What if it's not? Maybe it was akin to The Messenger, which followed the long and epic The Catalyst and completely switched gears from all the synths and whatnot in the past 14 tracks. Considering how ALITS ends (a similar fashion to The The Catalyst, echoing the beginning and being more calm), that makes sense to me.

IT'S BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER.

Say and futility don't even rhyme...I've been living a lie! I agree with Nick. While the Chinese government is a little excessive with control and maybe a little nuts, I think they can grasp the concept of tone. But at the same time, HT and Meteora songs are pretty aggressive with really rebellious themes, e.g. Runaway, APFMH. Maybe we'll just go with Hahninator's explanation and leave it there. Not worth debating over.

I thought the lyric was "everything I see", first of all. Secondly, those lyrics are hardly as charged or aggressive as Given Up, and are largely negated by Mike's weird-ass rap verse. It's more of a comment with a twang of amusement than a violent outcry. Given Up is far more riddled with the dissatisfied theme than Keys, as I said. The most Keys does is hint at it, and it's hardly as upfront about it (see Given Up bridge, again). @Hahninator, that was implied.

Not directly political, but the song's theme deals with a lot of frustration with a situation and self. Over the top self-frustration theming, e.g. "put me out of my fucking misery". China probably has this notion that that kind of lyrical content could lead to violence, towards self or others. It's a violent dissatisfaction song. KTTK never really implies dissatisfaction. EDIT: In short, what Nick said

/ignore Hahninator, RogueSoul The petition won't work, that would be giving the fans what they want. Sidenote, off-topic: the petition idea actually went through? Could someone PM a link?

The swearing intensifies the potentially shit-stirring lyrics. I doubt it has anything to do with the actual presence of the words. Bleed It Out is just a catchy, playful song, and the lyrics can't really be perceived as politically charged. And like said, they've played BIO in China. KTTK doesn't relate very well to political issues. At least, that's my theory.

I've never felt such happiness

I want soundboard Hit the Floor live. #livinguptothename

I would finally be interested in LP's live act again if they debuted Keys.

They're actually not that great.

Or not, because the two artists would never fit together in the same song.

Screw that, I could give a fuck less about a remix. I'd rather a studio demo any day. But fuck it, just put all Recharged demos on the disc LP.

What can I say? I have this knack for having opinions people dislike.

The two songs I want more than anything are Dingleberry and that third Powerless part or whatever. Edit: I'd also lovvvvvvvve to hear the less-electronic version of Skin to Bone.

Thank you, I'm sick to death of all the people here who accuse LPA of being elitist while being elitist themselves. This pissing match needs to stop, and I get that vibe from more people here than on LPA, to be honest.

You've not met minuteforce I guess.

LPA is inhabited by a lot more people who have moved on from LP or aren't as big of fans anymore. I feel like the more concentrated hardcore fan population is here. Many over there are more interested in talking about other artists on the site, including myself. But their knowledge and viewpoints are really interesting concerning music. Talking with people on LPA has definitely widened my musical horizons and heightened my musical ability. Mostly, people who don't try to get along with the members there who have the different viewpoints hate the place. But, having joined there in November, the same time as here approximately, I feel a lot more accepted by the community at LPA. And I'm fucking weird. The biggest pro of LPA for me has been that the people teach me so much about LP's music. For example, I was made aware of swing beats in Wastelands. If you're interested in that kinda stuff, there are some people on LPA you'd wanna meet.

It's my actual opinion. I deleted it off my phone, waste of space.

I literally just downloaded and listened to this. I hate it so much. More of an overhyped letdown than the Breaking Benjamin album. /end late rant

Done. @Sass, also represented as ALITS < Rebellion < Wastelands

I'm really not even that excited honestly.