It's an interesting song because it has an R&B beat but a Beatles-like vocal melody in the verses. Then the choruses go full pop, while the intro and bridge are ragga. "Leave Out All the Rest" also has R&B like production but with Chester's signature vocals and atmospheric guitars in the choruses. I can see where you coming from with the Christmas feeling you're getting from the song. It is a song about missing people and trying to live happily without them instead of being mournful all the time. A lot of people could relate that sentiment to Christmas.
The beat in "Waiting For The End" feels more like slowed boom bap or something, maybe with a touch of John Bonham, rather than anything R&B. In my opinion.
Songs in Reanimation (random order) - Enth End - A Plc 4 Mie Head - Runaw@y - By Myslf - Wth You - Pprkut - Pts of Arthy - Krwlng - Kyur 4 the Itch - Frgt 10 - P5ng Mie Away - 1 stp Kloser - Hi Vlt3 - My Dcmbr - [Chali] - [Riff Raff] - [Stef] - Ntr/Mission I've tried my best to spell it.... I know I spelt most of it wrong
Is it fair to say that Mike is probably the most successful Asian-American musician and songwriter in pop music history? When I say pop music, I mean it in the overall world of music versus classical, world, opera, Broadway. In a sense where the genres of hip hop, rock, r&b, pop are classified as "pop music" when put in the overall context of music next to, again, classical, world, opera, Broadway, etc. I feel uncomfortable talking about race or ethnicity, but this is not for any political or social debate. Just something I've always been curious about. Edit: Nevermind. Just realized Queen and Black Eyed Peas were more commercially successful. Edit 2: Wait, duh, Queen w/Freddie Mercury was British. Fuck me for having to edit this post 4 times. Also forgot to mention Chad Hugo from the Neptunes.
I always thought that A.06 was a demo of Lying From You. The bridge of Lying From You is the same as A.06, especially the scratches. What do you guys think? Edit: I am talking about the A.06 (short version). First listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpFziD1za5E (the bridge part at 2:00) and then listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8KpoD2rhCE
A.06 does sound like it was the foundation for "Lying From You". I think they liked the guitars and built the song up from there
The guitars aren't that similar. The only thing particularly similar about the two pieces is the rhythm of the scratches. Those are similar, although the scratches in A.06 have a lot more notes (? I don't know if they can be called notes for a turntable scratch) than the more simplistic LFY scratches. The drums, guitars, and the scratch sample itself are not remarkably reminiscent of LFY in my opinion. A.06 even made it to the point where it had lyrics, which really lessens the likelihood of it being a foundation for Lying from You. The reason I think you guys are saying it sounds so similar is because it hits the D#-D-C# power chord progression that the bridge from LFY also has (albeit in a different rhythm).
I guess you're right. I was just thinking that the tone of the guitars in LFY sound similar to A.06... but then again you could say that for most of Meteora, so my point is, well, pointless. Also: post #2 This is a video of Rory Gallagher, the inspiration for the Rory Gallagher Strat that Brad mostly plays. Thought it would be interesting to share, to see the history of the guitar and the fact that it eventually became a favorite of Brad's. If you look at the guitar in this video and then watch LP's live shows post-Meteora, it's exactly the same model that Brad plays. I've seen Brad play other relic'd Strats that are similar in tone, but I think for the most part he plays the Rory. I don't know if Brad actually listens to Rory Gallagher, but I wouldn't be surprised if he does. The way Brad plays his solos on THP is a little bit similar to how Rory Gallagher plays his (though Rory is more proficient). [video=youtube;_izHVJw-XEo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_izHVJw-XEo[/video]
I've said things that aren't terribly sarcastic before...on occasion... Well, turntable scratches function a lot like percussion, and with drums and percussion they can be called notes, so I figured it could be applied to the scratches too.
I took a class called Asian American Media Studies, and when researching articles/blogs for my paper, I actually read his name a couple of times. It was when the writer talked about the lack of AA role models, and then they would list the few there were and Mike would be one.