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IWillWalkAway, credit is due where credit is due. It was Lost.

More resolution lyrics for you guys, since you were super supportive of the article: It's not an illusion / not seeing double My mistakes shouldn't have passed into today's new trouble What I knew got lost in the shuffle / and I cant go digging in yesterday's rubble

I think there are many more demos than we know/believe exist. We got five previously unheard songs, and even with all the demos included on the disc, there are still versions of songs that we haven't heard in full yet. Just off the top of my head - "Just drag it out! Remember!" version of A.06 - "I can't stand to fake this!" version of Figure 09 - Sung verses version of Figure 09 - Faint when it was 70bpm [if that still exists] - "Thoughts that take away my pride" Lost demo - Whatever the hell Serpent and Nocturnal are - Grecian - Reggae style Don't Stay - Any of the apparently "terrible" demos from the Jeff Blue tapes And that's obviously like only 10% of what is probably listed on Linkinpedia. And that's just the stuff we know about. Guarantee you; there are songs the band has written that we have no clue they even made. As for whether or not we'll ever get them or an LPU CD will ever happen again, I agree with you that the odds aren't great. I think the eras of LPU CDs are gone. Sadly.

Yeah, Massive is VERY good supporting evidence for LP continuing with Mike. And this was before he got better at singing etc. He'd only sound better now.

I'm glad that SiriusXM is slowly premiering the Lost Demos. Now people can discuss each track freely :).

This. People act like Linkin Park has never made two songs that sound extremely similar to each other before. 😂 We didn't get "Lost" on Meteora because the band themselves said it felt like Numb. Fighting Myself resembles Papercut. Hit The Floor can even be mashed up with Papercut. There was even an article around 2007 that said, "All Linkin Park songs look the same," and showcased that the waveforms/dynamics in their songs were pretty much the same in songs across three albums. Please understand that I don't think they all sound the same across the board, as the band is certainly very creative and original. It's just they clearly had a toolbox they tapped into during those eras that led to many of their songs from that period being very similar.

Well said. Couldn't agree more.

This. Meteora was, in many spots, a copy and paste of Hybrid Theory. This is proven by how easily Fighting Myself's vocals fit over the Papercut instrumental. Unfortunately, they fit a little TOO perfectly. And this can be done with other songs too. It's not meant to impugn the album. There are some absolute classics on there. But to see ATS and somehow say Meteora is inferior compared to it? That's a pretty lousy take, lol. It's OK to prefer Meteora over ATS, but from a technical and songwriting standpoint (if we compare them that way), ATS wipes the floor with it.

He's not the only one who wants it, though. Yes it's a joke song, but it's one of their funniest, and if it exists in recorded form it would be great to have. Points for saying ATS is one of their good records though, ATS = God Tier.

No singing at all I'm afraid.

Let me add some things to your above list. A6 (Meteora|20 Demo) - Virtually identical instrumentally to the LPU9 long version. Just a little rawer/less refined, and with a high-pitched bell like synth in the instrumental choruses and outro that doesn't exist at all in any other version. Cuidado - Instrunental, but missing the carnival-like sample from the final. Does contain a sample in the choruses that doesn't exist in the final. Husky - Instrumental super similar to final, but again, less refined. Interrogation - Lots more reverb, and atmosphere. Strings buried deep in mix of chorus, and the bridge has piano. Faint (Meteora|20 Demo) - Uses a very similar extended intro to what was found in the LPU9 acetate version. Fun extended outro with powerchords and scratching. Plaster 2 / Plaster II - No sung vocals from Chester at all. Just rap from Mike. Different lyrics than the LPU9 demo. Bridge has a distorted riff that makes me think of Staind. Shifter - Rap vocals in verses, singing by Mike in choruses. Lyrics 110% different than From The Inside. Imagery of water, golden colors of dawn, etc.

I just can't hear it. To me, Lost and Resolution/TWS couldn't be any farther apart in their instrumental.

I'm not the world’s biggest fan of meteora myself (ATS is my favorite), but Christ you come off as an incredibly miserable person. Lighten up.

Very tough. I really do like Mike’s raps in Resolution. Massive is fun just because how unique it is vs other Meteora songs of the era. Like the guitars are PURE Meteora and instantly recognizable as Linkin Park but the vocals and melodies are certainly different than what we are used to. A.06 is very similar instrumentally but it does have a bell like synth in the chorus that neither previous version had. And unsure about the second question. To me, instrumentally, I just hear Wizard Song whenever I hear it and I can’t look past that haha.

Sorry if it seemed like I was being mean. I feel bad in hindsight. Didn’t mean to be insulting towards you if it came off that way. I’m just so used to battling disinformation that sometimes I may come off a little snarky in response. I would love to know which demo or bside was your favorite. Do you have a favorite?