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Every time I see somebody saying this is a pop punk song I wonder if they've ever listened to pop punk in their life.

Probably looking at streaming numbers. Popular doesn't mean personal favorite.

100 percent agree. We're back to the HT/Meteora era where any track could have been a single.

A deluxe edition with a b-side or two, some acoustic renditions, and some live tracks would be really cool.

I caved and listened to the leak. I really like it. It sounds super fresh for Linkin Park. I love how aggressive and uptempo it is without really going heavy - reminds me a bit of In Pieces in that way. I really like that little instrumental break after the bridge. I really don't understand the Paramore comparisons. It doesn't really sound anything like them.

Can't wait to hear it. The mixed reaction here makes me think that if nothing else it'll be an interesting listen.

Whatever it is, I'm looking forward to it. I've absolutely loved this era of the band and I'm excited for more!

It's very possible they tried rehearsing it in the studio version's key and realized it was too difficult to consistently perform live that way. While bands tend to mostly stick with the original key of songs when performing them live, there are plenty of songs from plenty of bands that have only ever been performed live in a different key for one reason or another.

And it's so much better than the album version.

The Messenger wasn't played live in its original key either. It happens.

I feel like this doesn't translate very well live at all. Hopefully it improves with time as it's played more, but the dynamic vocals from the studio version are sorely missed here and it comes out really flat as a result.

I've always thought it was possible that Mike planned the release of Already Over when things were still somewhat up in the air about Linkin Park's future. But then I think that by the time the song actually released, they knew Linkin Park was coming back since that was around the time Emily officially joined the band, right? I don't think it was originally planned as a decoy, but it worked out nicely to be one.

It's not just foreigner things. I've been to a show in Tinley Park, IL where every band addressed the crowd as Chicago. The big city is typically the one bands refer to when playing in a suburb.

January 10th was almost a month ago. Surely you mean February 10th. lol

Love Cut the Bridge over the Bleed it Out bridge. That's my favorite part of the song and it sounds great mashed with BIO.

My December and High Voltage are both pre-Meteora. This thread is specifically for post-Meteora songs.

I think it was inevitably going to sound different with the change in the lineup, but I think it sounds good even though it's different.

I love RTN in the set. I wouldn't mind some rotation on that part of the set though. Either different verses worked in or entirely different songs would be cool.

The clean guitar on GTG sounds so unlike what we've gotten from Brad in the past. It makes more sense to me if that was Colin.

Two months later, I still absolutely love this album. The Emptiness Machine is easily one of my favorite songs the band has ever done, and Overflow and Casualty show two opposite sides of the band that I love so much. I'm so glad we not only got a new Linkin Park album, but we got one that kicks this much ass. I still get choked up from time to time thinking about Mike's "it's good to see you again" at the comeback show. This band means so damn much to me. It's been full go since that show four months ago and I don't ever want to get off this ride.

Back when it released, there was a lot of backlash from existing fans around the lack of rapping and other numetal elements. It was still undoubtedly successful, but it passed off a lot of fans. Source: I've been a fan since 2000 and have been a part of the larger fan community since 2005/2006. I personally know several people who completely stopped listening to Linkin Park after Minutes to Midnight released.

I love In Between, but I don't think it's a good live song.

Since this year is the 25th anniversary for Hybrid Theory, I would love to see a couple of HT deep cuts like Forgotten or With You back in the set. Maybe they could have a rotating "Hybrid Theory Anniversary" slot in the setlist with those songs and maybe Runaway? I would also love to see some more stuff from The Hunting Party. I feel like Emily could absolutely nail the bulk of that album. I think Final Masquerade could go into rotation with some of the other ballads like Leave Out All the Rest and maybe Shadow of the Day. Finally, I would love to see more A Thousand Suns representation in the setlist. Blackout would especially be cool to see. As for completely unrealistic choices, I would love to see them bust out Reading My Eyes or anything from Hybrid Theory EP. It's a new beginning for the band, so let's take a look back at the original beginning!

Since I mostly listen to albums as complete albums, I actually love when bands put transition stuff like that in even if it's not really "connected" to the track it's transitioning from.

Would have been a tie if I made it in here in time. Damn.