Justin

I was just thinking (I'm probably completely wrong) but I remember Mike saying that Catalyst is hard on both him and Chester vocally. I wonder if the fact that they're playing higher energy sets (overall) then during most of the ATS cycle has anything to do with with Catalyst's absence lately. I know they played it well into the LT era, I'm just thinking maybe that factored into the decision to leave it out?

I agree. I didn't realize We Made It was so hated lol. Can't wait to hear the studio version of this! It's another example of LP trying something new. Plus even if you don't like the song, it's a non album track.

Is there a video of Chester doing the full scream from the bridge of Given Up live? I know he's done it a few times.

When does the game come out?

This is a non issue but I wonder if Mike just typed the song that way for emphasis, or if they're sticking with the all caps.

Mike's rapped sounded on point and Chester's chorus is awesome! Sounds great!!

Mike is wearing a t-shirt that costs over $300...

Lol don't use "dropped" and COG in the same sentence....it's blasphemy.

I didn't see that... but I was just thinking. Then there was the comment by Joe about wanting to play W&K, but saying he doesn't control those things. I get that he meant he is only one opinion, but still. It just makes me wonder if maybe sometimes when we say things as a community like "same old sets" and "LP never does anything special", maybe they try. Maybe they wanted to play the FULL Reading My Eyes at SSMF, or something else, and management vetoed it. I don't know I was just thinking about that.

Both of you are right....and I asked this once before and I don't think anyone really gave their opinion. Do you think the 6 members of LP alone sit down and decide what to play? Is it solely the bands decision or does management have a say in what songs are played as well? I mean if Mike for example said "hey guys, wanna drop LGM and resurrect Figure .09?" and the other 5 said yes. Is it like...well that's that and they're playing it?

If it's a collab with LP....I just hope it's good and hopefully Mike raps. That's literally all I ask. Seems like this isn't an album track and will just be a standalone release. EDIT: Just read his tweet. Seems more like this will be Aoki featuring LP, not the other way around.

Nice!!! Yeah dude I miss FM... speaking of collabs, hopefully he chooses to do some collaborations next album, and I don't mean have members of SOB on half the tracks. I get that he was trying to help get them exposure in the mainstream, but there are a lot of established artists that have come out after TRT I would like to hear on a track with Mike. We'll see..

Agreed. Waiting for the End is one of my favorite songs from ATS, and The Catalyst is my least favorite. So personally I'm happy about that. My favorite song from ATS is Wretches and Kings, but not in a live setting. from the performances I've seen (I might be crazy) the guitar samples always sounded slightly off time and it really bugged me. I think the SSMF set was their strongest in a while.

The country version they did

Cool, those are the only ones I remembered off hand but I put them because BID was in the list

Apaches - Until it Breaks Battle Axe - Victimized Piledriver - Lies Greed Misery

I don't know every where they came from or how they were leaked, but it was basically the song separated out to the same extent as this but for PMA (and PMA had a few more).

The Dedeicated verses weren't actually a freestyle, they're from a song they released since. I think the freestyles he's actually referring to are the "Haven't even begun to hit you yet" verse which hasn't been released on anything yet and the second time when Mike actually tried to go off the top of his head (and failed). He had 3 turns technically.

Very true. Imagine if Holy Grail was featuring Chester instead of Timberlake... would give it a whole new sound and probably be my favorite song. lol

Are these the Wake Up Show freestyles?

I remember Mike being asked if there was an MC he would like to collaborate with and he mentioned Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky by name. That would be something. I think he probably meant a solo collab though, not with LP. Then again, something like We Made It would be great though. Personally I like both of those artists better than Busta Rhymes...just my opinion though.

I see now, my mistake

I was looking through the Stagelight Sounds list and saw this: PREVIOUSLY RELEASED SONGS Castle Of Glass Catharsis Divided Lies Greed Misery Pale Roads Untraveled There's no chance these are separated out is there? As in if I wanted to use, say, the piano in Pale. Are the tracks separated? (I apologize if this has been asked and answered already)

He's talking about the full multitrack. I had it on my old computer. It was 20-ish files. I don't even remember where I got it from it was so long ago. I don't know that even if someone had them staff would be cool with us posting them here though..

I'm guessing that if it's 5:00 AM in Jersey it's 4 AM in NOLA. Good thing I work overnights lol.