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A couple people have talked about how the end of Blue oddly reminds them of Crawling. Well, that's because it is Crawling. Read the .pdfs, Mike gives a track by track commentary. It is the exact same melody as the chorus of Crawling. That's where Crawling came from.

Well nit-pick why don't you!

I should have clarified- by "quality" I essentially mean "mix." As in the quality of the mixing, as well as the quality of the sound of the song itself. Bang Three does not have a "different intro entirely." It's slightly different. And yes, that piano part is during the verses of the final version of WID. But not in the intro, as I was stating. I guess the bridge does qualify as "completely different," but only the chord progression is different. It's not like it's some surprisingly new bit of music. Yes.

Definitely the most notable thing about the HT demos. His vocals in Slip and in Blue both sound very grunge. The use of harmony in Slip and the melody in Blue.

Alright, I've listened to the whole thing, here's a quick review: 1. Yo - Some of you probably remember this from the Linkin Park - Monster Energy promotional bit back in 2008, you could download a low quality loop of this song as a ringtone called "Brad's Yo." Pretty basic stuff, simple beat with some piano and synth towards the end. Very plain. 2. Slip - As I said before, musically very different from Hybrid Theory. For that, I'm a fan. Otherwise, very passe. Mike raps aggressively, Chester sings the chorus, yada yada we've heard it plenty of times before. But, the music is fairly unique for a HT demo. 3. Soundtrack - Interesting. The chord progressions and pacing of this song remind me of a purely rock band. Like a band like Switchfoot wrote it. I can see why Mike said they thought the demo was "too poppy." But it's still interesting to hear Linkin Park's take on the basic rock sound. The verses sound nice, an electronic beat with a quick-paced guitar riff and moody piano. Sounds like it was written for MTM. 4. In The End - Not much to say about this, not much different from what we already have at least upon first listen, other than the higher quality of course. 5. Program - Definitely a stand-out. The song is pretty bi-polar in that it contains a soft section (what would be the verses I assume) that have an interesting electronica sound, strings, and a clean-toned guitar riff, and of course the staple chorus section with big guitar chords. The verses sound really nice, I wish the song didn't have the power chords and was finished was just the music from the verses. 6. Bang Three - Not much to say about this either. Strings in the verses are much more noticeable, there's a slight change in the piano during the intro, and the bridge doesn't have the guitar solo. 7. Robot Boy - As I said before, the different vocal parts are more clearly distinguishable, and the lyrics are not nearly as good as they ended up being on the album (except for one or two lines). 8. Broken Foot - Your basic distorted guitar song. Nothing too special about this, if you love jumping around in your room to heavy guitars, you'll love it. 9. Esaul - Same demo we've known about I think, just in higher quality. Good to have. 10. Blue - WOW. This is definitely the most unique of the CD to me. Blue has a, well...blues-y sound to it. Almost jazzy, and grunge-y. Chester's melody is very bluesy. Reminds me a lot of Grey Daze. When you listen to this, you could imagine them playing it at a small bar. VERY different for a Hybrid Theory demo. All in all, Slip, Soundtrack, Program, and Blue are the most interesting listens. They definitely make me wonder what Linkin Park's earlier music would have sounded like had Warner Bros. not tied their hands creatively.

Robot Boy sounds like the vocals aren't as blended as they were on the album, you can also hear Mike a lot more clearly. The lyrics definitely needed some upgrades though.

I'm currently listening to the CD, right now I'm on Slip. I have to say, I both really like and dislike this track. I dislike it because my goodness the whole aggressive nu-metal rap song sounds so cliche. I'm so glad the band isn't still churning out music like this. On the other hand, this has to be the first HT era song where the music doesn't just consist of BIG HUGE GUITAR POWER CHORD sound. It actually has an interesting beat with very audible bass that, had it been included on Hybrid Theory, would have made it a stand out track, for better or for worse.

If you guys get the digital copy of the music, make sure to check out the .pdf's, especially with Mike's track by track commentary. Interesting stuff.

Wait what?? If I can get the digital copies of the songs right now, I'll drop the 60 bucks this very second.

https://twitter.com/#!/lplive/status/136695480590663680 do that, listen, and describe. you'll be my hero forever.

Oh my fuck apparently we can stream previews of the songs?

Oh god. That sucks.

Wow. so we've got a HQ version of "Brad's Yo" finally, alternate takes of WID and Robot Boy, demos of ITE and APFMH (which we already had, but we'll see how these differ), and 2 unknown demos from both Meteora and HT. Obviously, if the 4 unknowns turn out to be full songs, then I'm shitting myself. I'm also a HUGE fan of hearing some "alternate takes" of songs we already have. Wow. Could be really fantastic.

That's what the LPU email says. Now, before you get your hopes TOO high, remember, a "demo" to Linkin Park can mean a very simple one minute instrumental. But yes, they span throughout the years, so that's great.

You can't just exclaim "demos!" without any further detail. You'll drive us crazy. EDIT: Just saw the email. Demos from Hybrid Theory to A Thousand Suns. mah gawd.

This is quite a predicament. I was honestly disappointed by what LPUX gave us last year in proportion to what I paid, so I want to wait a bit this time. However, the CD comes with renewal and I don't know what's on it. So the anticipation makes me want to just buy now so I can have it ASAP. Clever marketing.

"sooner than you think" usually means like, within the next week, maybe two.

Interesting new logo. I like it.

Good to see Linkin Park getting some actual credit for something great they did, instead of the usual "omgz they made teh nu-metalz." And yeah, the past 2 years or so in music has really made me appreciate Reanimation as an album a lot more. It was definitely ahead of its time. I'm glad people are looking back on it and realizing that now.

I don't think it's anything too out of the ordinary.

That sounds really fake. The "new" drum parts are mixed so much louder than the rest of the drums, like someone just stuck them in on top of the actual song.

this one actually sounds really interesting. thanks for posting it, I either never heard it or I've forgotten over the years.

so is powertheworld.org the announcement? I wouldn't really call that a Linkin Park announcement, but cool.

I second the new DTD idea. There have been some bad earthquakes recently.

Other than the shouting vocals they decided to add for whatever reason, I like this remix.