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Pooch said that there would be DSPs I believe.

This is amazing! Thanks! Can't wait to see more from tonight!

This.

Yep, especially after all that Mike and Chester have said in the past week, but I'm not gonna change my original analysis. They really are directing it at a specific group of people and if you feel like you are apart of them, then you probably are.

Very. Maybe he is scared of the fan reaction?

You beat me by one minute! I got the full text on mine over at Got News?

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I decided to do a song-by-song analysis of A Thousand Suns. The band kept saying that it wasn't a concept album, but that there was one common thread throughout the entire album. That thread is a thick one. Death, destruction, redemption, hope, love, hate, kindness, and loneliness are all the main themes of this album. Here are my thoughts on each song of A Thousand Suns. 1. The Requiem - This is an introduction into a strange new world. The drum beat gets your pulse racing and then the haunting vocals come in to add a sense of eeriness. This introduction brings you to a world of panic and fear. Only one voice can be heard after the haunted voices, a lone girl. "God save us, everyone", she says. Apparently, God didn't. Now starts the story of A Thousand Suns. 02. The Radiance - The panicked pace continues, but send us back to the time where the world's destruction began. The atomic bomb has been created and Robert Oppenhimer's words are forever marked in history. After "the destroyer of world's" line, silence falls, and we fast forward to our current generation. 3. Burning in the Skies - The journey starts with a story of hopelessness. The song is pretty straight-forward with its meaning. We have started destroying what we don't deserve. We are spilling blood of the innocent to make the fire rise. We are burning our bridges and we can't go back to what we once were. The line "I filled my cup with the rising of the sea, and poured it out in an ocean of debris.", is clearly talking about the recent oil spill. We are destroying the world for our own fires. 04. Empty Spaces - Silence. Crickets. Then bombs off in the distance. The sounds of nature and war. This interlude is about the beauty of nature and how it is being destroyed by man. 05. When They Come For Me - This is more of a song about Linkin Park personally. This is a stand against the fans that want them to stay Nu-Metal. Mike keeps telling them to "Catch Up, Mother Fucka!". Chester says, "When they come for me, I'll be gone". They are both talking about the nu-metal fans. When the nu-metal fans go to look for Chester, he'll be gone. Also, at the same time, this song can be about running from your past. Linkin Park doesn't want to go back to the way they were just like the people who created the atomic bomb want to go back to before a world of destruction. 06. Robot Boy - A stand needs to be taken by someone, but no one will make one. Everyone is so self-centered and egotistical, they won't even fight for what is right. The monotone singing adds to the name of the song. All of the Earth have, mentally, become robots. The weight of the world is keeping them from doing what is right. Nobody shows their feelings anymore and it is what is causing us to kill each other. In the end, it ironically turns out that all the destruction will create the person to save them all. 07. Jornada del Muerto - In this song "Lift Me Up, Let me go" is being sung in Japanese by Mike Shinoda. The song's title is the place where the first atomic bombs were tested. In WWII, the Americans used the atomic bombs on the Japanese. The words are sung in a haunting way. It is almost like the spirits are crying from the Jornada del Muerto. They are begging to be set free from this world of pain and suffering. During the synthesizer solo, one can almost see the souls transcending into the heavens. 08. Waiting For The End - The rap vocals, in the beginning, are about celebrating what the have created for the world. He is throwing fists into the air, forgetting the pain and the fear, thinking that this is the answer to all of the world's problems. The sung vocals are about the complete opposite. It is about regrets and moving on from this life. He is struggling with a life that is no longer his to hold. In the end, however, the rap vocals end up agreeing with the sung vocals. "What was left when that fire was gone?" is saying that even after celebrating their creation, they were still left with nothing. They were caught up in the storm of celebrating and didn't see what they had done. They finally decide to pick up the pieces and start over again. 09. Blackout - This song is about someone who lied and cheated to get what they want. Chester sees through the lies and calls the person out. In the chorus, Chester is screaming about the person's ego. He is telling them to push it back down, inside of their self. Chester is trying to help the person out and is offering redemption. At the end of the song, the person gets redemption. Their past is overwritten, and their future is blazing in colors. Now they can come down and collect the life that they let go. 10. Wretches and Kings - To stay popular and rich, WBR will do anything. They talk like they know music, but they don't. LP's new music makes WBR say "whoa", but they still push for LP to make music the old way. LP is gonna get what they want, but WBR wants to take the music and make it into what they want to hear. And if LP does what they say, then they won't be released from WBR. LP is telling WBR that they aren't releasing the album or making any music unless they say so. This makes WBR out of control. The chorus means that this is the last time for WBR. Steel unload = Music release. The animals = LP. Wretches and Kings = WBR. Mike is fronting the attack against WBR. ---ANOTHER MEANING--- 10. Wretches and Kings - The Government is collapsing. Martial Law has been put into effect. Everyone must fend for their selves. During the speech at the beginning, the machine is the Government. Mike's rap is talking about how the people are going to rise up, and let the guns unload. Chester is giving a waring to all Wretches & Kings, we are coming for you. When Mike says, "If you fear what I feel", he is trying to rally his troops together. His fear is the destruction of a nation. 11. Wisdom, Justice, and Love - Light and dark, life and death, and creation and destruction are the main focuses in this interlude. Any Martin Luther King Jr. speech can give inspiration to millions of people. However, when words become twisted, deranged, and sound like Satan, something of beauty can be destroyed completely. 12. Iridescent - This song is about being alone in your final moments, but finding the strength to let go all of your regrets and sadness. This song is a song of redemption and hope. The line "In a burst of light that blinded every angel / As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars" is talking about when the atomic bomb was dropped. The song also calls back to track #4 - "Empty Spaces" in the line "You felt the gravity of tempered grace / Falling into empty space". The chorus at the end sounds as if a choir of angels are singing down from the heavens to "Let It Go". 13. Fallout - Echos of the past are dominant in this song. It recalls all of the death and destruction they have caused. There will be no redemption, no hope, and no savior to rescue you. You have burned your bridges. You will lose everything. The end is now. 14. The Catalyst - Atomic bombs, Minutes to Midnight, A Thousand Suns, J. Robert Oppenheimer.....it all adds up to the destruction of Earth and of mankind. If you're in your final seconds of life, you're going to be doing one of two things, shouting for help (praying, trying to prevent your own death, or literally shouting for help) or cursing the one(s) who made you (parents, teachers, leaders, or God / Gods). This song dives into both sides and is a literal cry for help from the ones who have destroyed themselves. They are not saying that they actually believe in a God, but are saying that if their is one, to bless them and to save them. The song is also a journey. It starts with people wanting blessings for what they have created. The first time around he says "We were broken people", after then it is "We're a broken people". They start realizing what they have done and created. The song build up to where it is almost out of control and then explodes with the intensity and beauty of a thousand suns and then you hear "Lift me up, Let me go". This is the lyrical form of death. It paints a picture of all of mankind finally realizing that this is the end and there is nothing else to be done but let go and die. 15. The Messenger - There is only a sole survivor of the world's destruction. They realize that when your alone, all you need is love to keep you alive. They know that love is the key and if the world had realized it sooner, they all would have be saved. Now it seems like it is too late, but "The Messenger" decides to spread the message of love to the new world.

Lol. I don't think he would. I'm just excited and wanna see some pics!!!

Pics or bullshit!

6 1/2 hours til LP takes the stage.

I expecting a lot from this show. Hopefully I won't be disappointed.

Full Audio for KROQ Breakfast with Linkin Park: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6W7TUV2J

Thanks guys! I'm doing a full album lyric analysis and will post it on here after I get done!

After I watched the MOATS DVD, I had them same thought as many other people, Wretches & Kings is about WBR and how they control LP and about how LP wants out of it. I have decided to do an analysis of the lyrics to better describe what I think LP is saying. WBR = Warner Brother Records LP = Linkin Park "To save face / how low can you go / Talk a lot of game but yet you don’t know" To stay popular and rich, WBR will do anything. They talk like they know music, but they don't. "Static on the way / make us all say whoa / The people up top push the people down low Get down / And obey every word" LP's new music makes WBR say "whoa", but they still push for LP to make music the old way. "Steady getting mine if you haven’t yet heard / Wanna take what I got / don’t be absurd Don’t fight the power / nobody gets hurt" LP is gonna get what they want. But WBR wants to take the music and make it into what they want to hear. And if LP does what they say, then they won't be released from WBR. "If you haven’t heard yet then I’m letting you know There ain’t shit we don’t run when the guns unload" Guns = LP's music. Every time LP releases new music, it goes #1. They run the entire show. "And no one make a move unless my people say so Got everything outta control / Now everybody go" LP is telling WBR that they aren't releasing the album or making any music unless they say so. This makes WBR out of control. "Steel unload / final blow / We the animals take control Hear us now / clear and true / Wretches and kings we come for you" The chorus means that this is the last time for WBR. Steel unload = Music release. The animals = LP. Wretches and Kings = WBR. "So keep pace / how slow can you go / Talk a lot of shit and yet you don’t know Fire on the way / make you all say whoa" Pretty much the same as the 1st verse, but a little different. LP is bringing the heat now. WBR can't keep their promises (Talk a lot of shit). "The people up top and the people down low / Get down" Even though WBR wanted to change the music, everyone still enjoys the music. "And I’m running it like that / The front of the attack is exactly where I’m at Somewhere in between the kick and the hi hat The pen and the contract / The pitch and the contact" Mike is fronting the attack against WBR. "So get with the combat / I’m letting ‘em know There ain’t shit you can say to make me back down no" There is nothing WBR can do to stop LP. "So / push the button let the whole thing blow Spinning everything outta control / Now everybody go" So go ahead, WBR. Cancel our contract. We'll find someone else. "Steel unload / final blow / We the animals take control Hear us now / clear and true / Wretches and kings we come for you Steel unload / fire blow / Filthy animals / beat them low Skin and bone / black and blue / No more this sun shall beat onto you" Same meaning as the 1st chorus, but the line "No more this sun shall beat onto you" is LP saying, "You not gonna get any more of our money, music, or profits.". "From the front to the back and the side to side If you fear what I feel put ‘em up real high" If you believe the same way LP does, then show them your support. I hope this clears up any confusion for anyone. This is clearly one of the best written songs of LP and it has a very strong message to the record label, "Don't fuck with us!".

I was having a bachelor party at a local strip club. My friend went up to the booth and I figured he was up to something. He knows that I am a huge LP fan and a few minutes later, "Given Up" comes on and a girl starts stripping to it. I thought he went up there to request that. It was kinda cool but awkward at the same time. In the end, he actually paid for me to go on stage with the ladies and the LP song was a complete coincidence!

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Umm, I have only seen 1 negative review from the douche at the NY Times, I think. Here --and-- Here are some really good reviews of the album from two of the top media outlets for music, MTV and Kerrang! Magazine.

I really liked the album. Not better than Meteora or Hybrid Theory, but still good. I can't decided if I want to rank it better than MTM or not just yet. I can just stop and jam to more tracks on MTM, but ATS tracks are more memorable and are very unique. I really want to say thanks to LP for putting out four truly amazing albums. This album proves why they are and always will be my favorite band. The did exactly what they said they would do, no matter what anyone said and that's gotta be worth something.

W,J,&L just gave me chills. Holy Fuck!

So far, I'm on Track 08 - Waiting for the End. I love this album so far. It is really different and really soft compared to earlier LP albums. Waiting For the End reminds me of The Beatles. Great Song. I will let you know the full CD impressions after I listen to it all.

Congrats to those who found it. I looked on all my normal downloading sites and none have it yet.

These are what I posted earlier for anyone who didn't see them.

It would then be "are loaded". I think he is saying "We don't run from a loaded gun".

JESUS APPROVES!!!! lol.