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fixed it Unless you go multiple times within, oh say a week or 2, not rotating the setlists shouldn't present a problem. Now, if they kept the same over the years and only put in 4 more songs with each album, then complain. Yes, I'd love to see a rotating setlist, but it's no grounds for going and attacking other LPL fans.

idk if I missed it, but no mention of the fact that WID didn't close and BIO did? I remember a lot of people complaining about that little fact recently. WID closer = Everyone pissed WID not closer = Nobody notices bc they're pissed about something else.

Thank you so much LPxDC!!!! Thank you and the rest of the LPL staff for doing things like this for all of us And thank you guys, I wouldn't have been open and posted something personal like that if you guys weren't fully awesome people

Chester and Mike were featured in an interview with Noisecreep.... "A Day in the Life" by Jon Wiederhorn. There's video, and it has some cool pictures of the two as well. A snippet of it talks about their MFR track"Not Alone": "We had actually done a demo of that song for 'Minutes to Midnight' and just decided it wasn't as moving as 'Leave Out All the Rest,'" explained Shinoda. "'Leave Out All the Rest' had better lyrics at the time, but it was too similar. And we didn't want two songs like that on the record. And then when the opportunity came up to readdress it and include it on an album to benefit Haiti, we readdressed the lyrics with Haiti in mind and it really created a more impassioned lyrical approach. We were so moved by the things we were seeing on TV and we tried to write about that. We had something in mind. We were seeing that and we had something we wanted to say to those people so we ended up putting that in the song. And the lyrics to that ended up being 10 times better than the song." Read the full article here. Enjoy!

I think the song I most relate to, partially due to the fact it was "released" a good while beforehand and was available to me for more life experiences than just this past year, is Let Down. "Oh the words you wouldn't say And the games you played With my unfoolish heart Oh I should have known this from the start" I always seemed/seem to find myself in a position of thinking something between me and someone is there, and soon find I was wrong. I would want so badly to hear them say what I wanted, but they never would, and I'd find myself looking back afterwards and seeing all the little things that were clear signs that it was going to result in the way it had, and it was obvious afterwards. "Ohh the winter and spring Going in hand in hand Just like my love and pain How the thought of you cuts deep within the vein Oh this brand new skin stretched across scarred terrain" Winter and Spring. Cold and Warmth. I would let myself get so attached to someone, that the mere thought of them was overwhelming - heart would beat so heavy it felt like it was coming out of my chest, etc, but it felt great. The same person would then be able to create a similar but opposite reaction after things went wrong. The heart would still beat as heavy, but the feeling of warmth was replaced with a cold void. And, after I "got over her" I still get almost the same way, even today, years later, showing that I still have scars I hide beneath my skin. "I don't want to be let down I don't want to live my life again Don't want to be led down the same old road So I don't want to be let down I don't want to live my lies again Don't want to be lead down the same old road" It seems I'm in a constant circle of getting my hopes up, and having them torn away like so many times in my past, and I don't want to go through this cycle again. I don't want to have my mind and heart to be led down the same path they've been led down before, leading to being let down yet again. I don't want to relive the feelings I had, only to find out they mean nothing. "Ohhhh..." In the acoustic/live version, Chester's vocals during this part always have a great effect on me. I just collapse almost, somewhat relaxed, but also consumed by thought on the situation. As I write this, I've realized I'm in the possibly the same position, trying to find out if the feelings I have are reciprocal, but I'm literally "paralyzed with fear". I'm too afraid to just take the chance because of my past.

I think LP's facebook page just posted this same story using the same video

Sorry, meant no sarcasm at all. The birthday thing makes me clap like an idiot out of happiness every time I hear it, the Pittsburgh thing is awesome for my hometown, and the Oklahoma City one is just something else to me, some of the things he says gives me chills a little bit.

Such as Chester saying "Happy Birthday man" in a concert on my birthday? (Granted I wasn't there, but got the concert from here xD ) Or from the Pittsburgh concert - "I heard fucking Pittsburgh knows how to fucking party! Am I right?" or "I want you guys to sing with me on this, imagine you're downtown, at the pub, watching the Pirates, and they're fucking losing, so you have nothing better to do than sing karaoke to cheer yourself up" - which incidentally started a "Here we go Steelers" chant that crosses over from his spiel at the end of Don't Stay to the beginning of In Pieces. Final example - Oklahoma City - Chaz was sick. Vocal quality wasn't good really at all in that concert. Still one of my favorites bc of the interaction between Chester and the crowd

The guy was running away with other people in the "oh it's over let's beat everyone to the exit" run...

Guess he hasn't heard of an encore?

Not gonna lie, that was downright hilarious. Good one Lawlz I'm more pissed off at the fact my Pens screwed up their chance to open their new stadium with a win against one of our biggest rivals. At the rate we switch hockey rinks in Pittsburgh, the next time we have this chance, I won't care at all - I'll be dead or close to it probably

For being a badass, Happy Birthday Nick! For being from Philly, PHUCK FILLY!* *While I do recognize the Flyers as a decent team, being a Penguins fan, I'm obligated to say the above to any Philadelphian.

I just realized something - how EPIC would this video have been if it was in 3D ? All those effects just popping out? xD

oh god prepare for the "We want more Meteora!" brigade to come.... but, I'll be gone...

I know this thread is mainly dead, but I would just like to put in my two cents. Just got back from a lecture by the Diplomatic representative to Florida and Puerto Rico for Israel. I told him how Linkin Park was going to be playing in Israel this winter, and how people were protesting against this happening due to political issues with Gaza and Palestine. He gave me his email to send him more about it because he wasn't too sure the entire situation (i.e. why there's a protest over a performance). I'll let you guys know of his response, but his initial reaction was essentially "there's really no reason why this should even be causing such a problem among people" I think being who he is, his opinion holds more weight than basically anyone protesting.

I heard some of you are getting help with your rhymes, you're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines

lawlz I think they should've had the band fighting through a city, shooting into smoke, they get to a deteriorating building. They are rapidly being pushed back against by some unknown enemy. Keeps going, they fight and fight, climbing the building as they go. At the end, they show the band on the roof top, cornered between certain death from the fall and the unknown enemy. Camera pans quickly.....wait for it....... Zombie versions of each member An alternate, director's cut could've been filmed with the zombies taking out each member on the way through the building. And THAT is how they should've done it.

Keeping a "hawk's eye" on the situation?

I hate you Mark, now his LOATR remix is stuck in my head again >.< (the part they used for LPTV)

I'm too weak to face me

lawl

My friend, who hated MTM, his thoughts were basically this on ATS "Well done, pretty cool, I just don't like it" He does acknowledge Iridescent is amazing though.

What would be the method of payment? If it was some legit service or by mail (I trust Hahninator enough), I'd be fine, but I've seen some things on "legit" band sites that scream "I'MMA STEALING YOUR CREDIT TO FIRE MAH LAZOR!!!"

definitely. Throughout the process, LP told us how much they were putting into this album, and how it meant so much to them. The DVD made it seemed like they were slaving away, under pressure, not doing what they wanted. This, I think, shows how meaningful it was to them - like when Mike starts singing to himself as he listens.