mattyice318

Seems like Mike felt he had to do the heavy lifting, but they made an album that played to new strengths. Many great songs, nothing I disliked, just overall felt slightly forced or empty. 1. Heavy is the crown 2. Good Things Go 3. Two Faced 4. Cut the Bridge 5. IGYEIH Missed Rob more than I thought I would. 6. Over Each Other 7. Stained 8. The Emptiness Machine 9. Overflow 10. Casualty

Would you mind explaining what you mean by this?

This video was much better than the official release. Fits the 2003 vibe better, feels more original, more creative, more unique. The mix between art and real stills from the band was a great touch, the art wall focus as well.

I'd put in at least a hundred if it came down to it

Exactly, the mixing is the polar opposite for the intended vibe of the song

I thought the video was really disappointing, not like it could be much more in 11 minutes but they really built up the VMAs to be the biggest thing of all time

That's not what I said at all, that's the assumption you're looking for. Anthony explicitly did not understand or comment on the point Mike was referring to. Under NO circumstance did Mike or anybody say that it's wrong/bad/negative to do what you have to do to be successful and provide for yourself. I completely endorse that, so did Mike. Mike was trying to say "but Anthony, you can't just put yourself in the artist's shoes and make assumptions about their motives for music. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't - either way, as a critic - that is not something you can say with certainty" You can watch the interview again, Mike holds his tongue but he's passionate. All he was trying to do was get Fantano to understand that, and probably because he called out LP's music as sell-outs at some point. Mike rebutted that because HT sold 30 million copies, some of the stuff written off by the needledrop was more artistic than he gave credit too, and that's a detrimental and incorrect take to say that about any artist you have a hunch about. Mike then lets melon ramble, then changes the subject which is the ultimate good guy move. I sub to fantano, i've listened to dozens of interviews/roundups/reviews and it's been inspirational for me to start reviewing music too. I respect both of them, but in this specific case you both just missed the point

Mike is such a good interview it made Fantano bad by comparison. Melon dragged on like he needed to prove something to Mike, Anthony was clearly uncomfortable because he was in a position to rightfully be called out on his words. Mike was a little harsher than I expected but still not enough. Seemed like Fantano was busy trying to prove his worth instead of having a genuinely fun interview. Mike got most heated when he called out Fantano for baseless claims that artists "made this music for the sales". Instead of listening, Anthony cut him off, told an unrelated story, and then immediately admitted to making his own content for the purpose of generating as many views as possible. Seemed like an interview starting from a place of discomfort and instability because it took the death of a band member for the hivemind to realize maybe they had been hating on LP just to hate

I agree 100%. I think Meteora is just as spectacular, but in terms of other albums I think they all kinda declined in popularity bit by bit. Not a knock, they were just larger than life 00-04.

Maybe I'm just cynical but I feel that HT is so big idk if they can top it. I would love and hope Meteora's is even bigger, I just can't help but think that was a unique perfect storm. The reasonable pricing, Mike on stream daily in terms of fan interaction, the first real release since OML imo. There was every incentive and time to put the effort in to launch them back in the spotlight, i reallllllly hope that they take HT's 20th release as a blueprint - not an outlier

Something that works in our favor is that HT, Meteora, and MTM are all 3 years apart. That's a long enough time IMO to keep releasing sets and going all out. If HT and Meteora droppped within a year and a half I'm not sure if they'd do all this for either one.

For y'all to do everything you have done and never asked for an interview, this could be the perfect time. Loved the video btw, great information all around

why are the warner and amazon prices so far apart in the same package? That's $70, makes no sense to me

I've loved She Couldn't for years like most here, but you're totally right. Given the circumstances, this could be the first time hearing Chester. One of his most powerful songs he's ever sent IMO

Are they doing this partly because they're potentially releasing the 2001 RaR pro shot and "might as well" list it correctly