You get me.
OML is such an important album to me & it blows my mind that there’s still so much unnecessary discourse over it. FZ is also great! I think it’s possible to like both & acknowledge that there are flaws in each.
I still think Heavy is a good song. Simple writing and basic structure yes, but I think it works. I liked the idea that it started off a little softer and continued to grow sonically, though I wish that the live instruments were a little more prevalent.
I think had the OML era not ended in tragedy, a few of those songs would’ve been mainstays on the setlist. Hopefully in ‘25, Talking to Myself & Heavy (Mike on verse one, Emily on v2?) make their way onto the setlist again.
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might be recency bias, but this is my discography ranking right now. None of the albums are bad though.
1. Meteora
2. A Thousand Suns
3. Hybrid Theory
4. Minutes to Midnight
5. From Zero
6. LIVING THINGS
7. One More Light
8. The Hunting Party
weirdly enough, i disagree. i think in any other event, i’m all for more songs, but with this being a comeback, they want each song to be as strong as ever as a statement. More killer, less filler if that makes sense.
plus, this just means you can listen to it twice an hour!
reading through this thread one last time before we actually get to see what the boys have in store, it’s crazy to see how much has changed. Let’s see what comes next.
agreed 100%, i can understand the criticism to a point, but honestly this is the only place i’ve been seeing negative reactions. the larger music world is learning about the countdown/up for the first time, which means that more eyes will be on the band when the announcement comes.
LP has been doing stuff like this consistently, the risk is worth the reward.
I would imagine every album will get representation on the set list. Even if OML had very vocal dislike towards it, the band was super proud of it and still is…
now as for Hunting Party… if they skipped it on Papercuts, they will for sure skip it on tour… (joking, please don’t start arguing again)