Yeah, I think that the album has various overarching themes, although what they are is up to individual interpretation.
I'd like to hear some heavier stuff on the next album. It doesn't even have to involve screaming, I just want Linkin Park to make some good hard rock songs, without electro beats ect.
Well, technically, it's a multi-concept album, not just a simple concept album. Mike clarified that when he spoke to MTV about it (yes, I sometimes read MTV News) and posted it in the ATS Wikipedia page. Yes, I was responsible for most of the stuff in that article. I wanted it to be a certified "good article".
It's a little-known fact that Jack_Farrell is actually the elusive "seventh member" of Linkin Park. He's probably gonna hate me for revealing this but, whatever
Exactly dude what ppl dont understand is that LP CAN make a heavy album without having to bring in the nu metal sound. I would like to hear just a plain Metal album. Heavy Guitar solo's from Delson would be sickk. Or maybe just a full hip hop album
http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/05/linkin-park-music-for-relief-charity this was also posted on fuse, its not about any new music but it looks like it's from the same interview. Other than that, I'm pretty hype for a new album!
I would go for tenth member at this point. Seventh, eighth, and ninth go to Kenny Loggins' keytar, Mike's laptop, and Sally Field respectively.
Indeed. I would like to see the heavy side of them, that's not Nu - Metal. I'd like to hear some solo's from Delson too. When they played Bleed It Out with Mike from Incubus, that sounded pretty awesome. I'm not saying the whole record should be heavy, but a nice variety of songs would be pretty amazing. I think the solo makes the song ALOT more epic, so I would like to see solo's from Brad in the future if not the next record. [video=youtube;PIhenvdQ6OU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIhenvdQ6OU[/video]
The problem with that is you are talking about two completely different playing styles. Einziger is known for a flashy and in your face approach while Brad is generally another piece of the delicious layer cake. What I mean by that is that Delson would happily tone down his instrument if it means the rest of the song will benefit from it. Take the example that you posted. When Mike jumped up and started his face-peeling solo, not only did it not fit the Linkin Park sound, but it felt very distracting to the rest of the song. Also, when Brad did solos for songs like "In Pieces," there were a lot of people that felt it was unnecessary and "taped on."
I didn't , that is actually one of my favorite LP songs ever and precisely because of that solo. I also loved seeing him putting it down on the Making of MTM. By the way, now that people are mentioning solos, what can you guys say about that pic Mike put on his Instagram about "Brad ripping solos" in the studio? Was he serious about it (the solos)?
I'm not saying that I felt it was unecessary or taped on, but I did see it mentioned before. If not here then it was on the LPMB.
MTM was really the only LP album that had ''solos'' and I thought they were awesome. I love the solos in Shadow Of The Day, In Pieces and The Little Things Give You Away. I do however think they should have just went with the power-chord bridge instead of the solo for What I've Done, like Mike said on the LPU11 CD notes for Bang Three. Anyways, I think LP COULD definitely pull off a metal album, or some metal songs, but I don't know if LP would ever do it. I don't think Chester would be up for it because he isn't into heavy music really, and I'm not sure if Brad would want to either. I know Mike, Rob, Phoenix and Joe would do it.
Oh, they are. Chester is a fan of Ministry, Jane's Addiction, The Misfists, Nirvana, Metallica, and so on. Brad likes Punk music. But yes, let's be realistic, an heavy LP record won't happen anymore. Mike is the brain of the band, and if you look at his spotify playlists, you'll realize the chances of getting an agressive record are close to 0. Nevermind I guess. On the other side, I'm pretty postive they'll always find a way of putting at least one or two agressive songs in their albums, no matter the style.
Sample-based?? Isn't it we're loaded a lot of samples way back ATS?? isn't that enough yet?? WFTE just took 7 months during that cycle.. how can't they able to manage that?? What i missed a lot from the band is the strings-based type of songs like SOTD, Breaking The Habit, etc. They need to team up again to David Campbell..
You can't generalise LP's approach in the studio using one song . You could call both of the last two studio albums "sample-based", IMO. Hell, sampling as part of the production process has happened since they started the band. It has no bearing on how long the music will take to make. Hip-hop and electronica have always been a big part of the band's sound. The closest thing to a strings-driven song LP has made is the Reanimated version of "Crawling". On every other song that uses live strings, said live strings are always buried in the mix. Also, all of those songs are heavy on electronic elements.