I'll Be Gone is lost among the less-than-stellar Living Things tracks that are killed by mixing. There's no saving grace to this song that can drag it out of that trench either. Verse guitar is lost, as well as the strings. The collaboration with Owen Pallet is overshadowed completely, and if it weren't so hyped, most people would think the strings were done by David Campbell or synthesized. It could be so much better if not for the bad balance. As for the remixes, I neither dislike them or really like them. I wish one of them had been dropped in favor of an In My Remains remix. I like Pusha T better on the Skin to Bone remix.
Primo is so beautiful. I can't still believe they turned that into I'll Be Gone. Poor I'll Be gone, Roads Untraveled and Powerless, I don't think they'll ever be played live. But honestly, except for Roads Untraveled, I don't want to hear Powerless or I'll be Gone live. I feel like I'll be gone is a song they really overdid, the tempo of the song doesn't suit it, there's so many elements in it that together it just sounds noisy. They're cool separately though.
I'll be gone is one that's always skipped for me. I love the opening synth sounds, and I can jam out to the wall of guitars. But ultimately, it's just too much of a wall of noise sometimes. The lyrics don't hit home to me, the strings are too far down, etc. I like the way the second verse starts, and I really like the bridge. However, after hearing primo, I pretty much never listen to the song. Primo is incredible and feels like it had so much potential, I would love to hear it with some more finished drums and instrumental in general. Both remixes on Recharged are quite good. The first one would easily be my favorite, but I feel like the rap verses are so out of place. The chorus really sounds nice behind an edm instrumental though. If they ever bring it live, it would be cool if they did a medley with the Recharged versions.
I'LL BE GONE is a decent track, actually. The only gripe in this song is the mixing. I have no problem with it's original version; Primo since I'LL BE GONE served as it's purpose for LIVING THINGS. if I'LL BE GONE was mixed like in the caliber of the tracks in MTM with balance of Bass then it would stand out as a decent track. The mixing drowned the strings contributed by Owen. I hope that LP will enhance both IN MY REMAINS and I'LL BE GONE soon if LIVING THINGS will have an iTunes deluxe edition. I'll buy it..
I ll be gone is one of this songs i mostly listen too, when i listen to the full album. Not that this is a bad song, but its kinda boring. Primo is so mouch more interesting with a more special structure. The final version is ok, but i definitely prefer Primo.
I like mine better, thank you. There's a long history behind it. Like lenny ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Back to I'll Be Gone...
Everything is drowned out in "I'll Be Gone". One of the few Linkin Park songs I skip pretty much every time. It's not bad, but it's one of those rare instances where the demo was simply better in every way, and that's usually never the case.
Ikr. I was so disappointed. "I'll Be Gone", compared to just about any other Linkin Park song, sucks donkey balls. It's so boring. And the reason I hate it even more is because... ..."Primo" is absolutely perfect. So moody and yet so energetic. Could crawl into my top 10.
Alright since people are kind of shitting on the song(for a good reason) I will try to say some positive things about it. The lyrics are pretty damn impressive for LP standards. It actually has some beautiful imagery: "Like shining oil, this night is dripping down Stars are slipping down, glistening" "This air between us is getting thinner now Into winter now(...)" Oh and Chester sounds so powerful on the chorus. So powerful that there is no reason why they had to put a wall of guitars behind him. Thankfully someone made a perfect remix of the song: [video=youtube;xKdIr1B3IAE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKdIr1B3IAE[/video]
Actually, i like the remix better than the original to be honest . The remix with Vice & Pusha T on "I'll Be Gone" is actually really good and also better than the original. Burn It Down, Lies Greed Misery and I'll Be Gone are the weakest songs on the record imo. The rest is better fortunately, but overall, it is still a unneeded record to me.
Obviously this song will fare poorly due to the quality of Primo, but the lyrics in IBG are still brilliant
"I'll Be Gone" is far better than "Primo". One of the best LP songs ever made in my eyes. Beautiful harmony and lyrics.