Jornada Del Muerto. I'm surprised how much love Robot Boy is getting. That's the only LP song I have ever hated (just my opinion)
When someone who grew up during the classic/psychedelic rock era tells you a song reminds them of Pink Floyd you take notice. I already loved the song, but when my dad said that it made it even more special.
loved ATS seems so calming and artistic but in my opinion i cannot listen to the messenger... my musical taste doesn't broaden out that far.
This part and somewhere in there where he plays the Harmonica. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsh7mBAtKGQ#t=7m11s
1. The entire album seguing together 2. Medley 1: "The Requiem"/"The Radiance"/"Burning in the Skies"/"Empty Spaces"/"When They Come for Me" 3. The guitar solo of "Burning in the Skies" 4. El cricketa 4. "When They Come for Me" 5. The techno explosion of "Robot Boy" and "Jornada Del Muerto" 6. "Waiting for the End" 7. "Blackout"'s glitched out solo 8. The boom-bap bass of "Wretches and Kings" 9. "Iridescent"'s hopeful lyrics and gang vocals 10. The genre-busting "The Catalyst" 11. Chester's performance of a lifetime in "The Messenger" Overall, the entire album itself.
- The Requiem and The Radiance introducing the whole album. - Mike's voice,instead of Chester's, appearing on the sung verses of Burning in the Skies after a wonderfully brooding guitar rift. - Burning in the Skies' chorus - "Not the same person telling you to forfeit the game" - Chester's "When They Come For Me" bridge followed by some crazy synth noises leading to the song's faux ending - "When They Come For Me's" faux ending - The high pitched leaf blower noise at the end of "Robot Boy" - The wonderful realization that "Robot Boy" is one of Linkin Park's most different and endearing songs ever - "Jornada del Muerto" Chester and Mike singing "Lift me up / Let me go" in Japanese and the pulsing beat over the keyboard - Mike doing an entirely different style of rapping on "Waiting for the End" - A soft verse, rather than an immediate chorus, right after Mike's intense rap on "Waiting for the End" - The way Chester sings the line "this was never meant to last" he very much is playing with the way he sings his lyrics - The Chester super-mix breakdown on "Blackout" - Mike's clam response piece on "Blackout" - Mike rapping yet another style on "Wretches & Kings" - Hahn's scratching at the end of "Wretches & Kings" - Mike singing yet another verse as "Iridescent" begins - "Iridescent's" slow buildup to the group vocals - The robotic reprise of "Burning in the Skies" - Hahn's intro scratching on "The Catalyst" - Hearing "The Requiem's" lyrics repeat. - The electronic breakdown - The "Lift Me Up / Let Me Go" buildup with the main verse reintroduced during. - Rob's drums during the buildup - The whole damn album
I felt like that for a long time, I even hated it lol. Now I think it's a great end to the album, Chester really sings from the heart, even if he is a little.. too close to the mic. Thank you everyone!
So.... *The Requiem *BITS solo *WTCFM: Mike verses and the outro *Last minute of WFTE *Blackout....from the beginning to the end...lol *WAK: the bridge-outro *First verse of Iridescent *TC synth solo Although, there are also moments in ATS I'm not really into, like the vocals on Robot Boy. Those multi-layered vocals are fine with Pink Floyd, but they doesn't really fit Chester's voice IMO. U2-esque guitar on Iridescent doesn't sound original at all to me. And BITS drums + Fallout are other things I don't like about ATS.
The fact that it isn't over an hour long. It was like a chocolate bar: It was yummy and sweet and awesome, but there wasn't enough D: But then again, it would make me fat.
My favorite moments: - The vocals in The Requiem - The Radiance - Burning in the skies solo - The ourto/solo in Robot Boy - Mike's last verse in WFTE - Mike's part in Blackout - Journada del muerto - Iridescent solo - Chester's vocals in The Messenger
When Chester yells "FUCK IT ARE YOU LISTENING? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" during "Blackout" love that part so damn much.
My favourite moments - 1. BITS guitar solo (Immediately made that song pretty much epic) 2. WHEN THEY COME FOR ME (The whole of it!) 3. Robot Boy synth solo 4. JDM synth solo 5. The 2nd "part" of Blackout (It finally convinced me that Mike can sing pretty well too) 6. Gang Vocals in Iridescent 7. The second, "epic" part of The Catalyst You haven't asked for the least favourite parts, but since many have said that too, here they are :- 1. The pointlessness of Empty Spaces (It could have been integrated into WTCFM) 2. The vocals of Robot Boy. The whole song was kinda boring; it's the only LP song that I've ever skipped through on first listen itself. 3. Mike's singing was probably more than that of Chester, i.e, would have liked more Chester, that guy is pretty amazing! 4. I hated the fact that real drums were RARELY used. The few instances Rob played a normal drumset, were the most memorable points of the album (ending of The Catalyst and Iridescent)
- "Lift me up, let me go" till the outro of The Catalyst. Defining moment of the album for me. - Guitar bit in Burning in the Skies. - "(Fuck it are you listening) NO!!!" - The part where the piano chord drops in Blackout. - The synth solo towards the end of Robot Boy - The synth (guitar?) solo at the end of Jordana Del Muerto - The guitar solo and outro of Waiting for the End - The build up and chorus and outro bit of When they Come for Me where Chester goes all Middle Eastern.