Ok, so I've heard alot of talk over the years about LP's B-sides, and how some (if not all) of them are LP's best work. I've desided to put 3 offical cut songs in the poll from each album: Dedicated (1999 demo cut from the Hybrid Theory EP) High Voltage (2000 Reprise cut from hybrid Theory) No Roads Left (cut from Minutes To Midnight) I would include the reanimation B-sides too (PoA & by myself) but i thought there not gonna have much of a chance next to these 3. Such a shame Meteora hasn't got any real b-sides (I'd like to count A.06 but its not a full length song) Funny that these 3 are 'Mike' tracks.
I would have considered the POA mix in the running (For christsakes, it's CRYSTAL METHOD! Linkin Park, I don't care what anyone else says, if you can get ONE track remixed by Crystal Method, you should have got the WHOLE ALBUM remixed by CM.), but since it's not, I seriously don't know. And it's officially 'No Roads Left,' not 'No Roads Left But One.'
No Roads Left is a great track - but for me i'd have to say High Voltage.. Dedicated is superb as well. my vote is for Hight Voltage however
They are all GREAT tracks, so my ranking of them really means nothing, it just means that one beat another out by a REALLY small margin: 1) High Voltage (Reprise) 2) No Roads Left 3) Dedicated
Qwerty should be on the poll too. If it was, that would be my favorite B-Side. I guess if I had to pick one out of these three it would be Dedicated because the lyrics are awesome in it.
Dedicated, for me. Can’t get enough of it. I liked it better than the EP High Voltage anyway, so that kinda cancels out the Reprise too. Love Dedicated. No Roads Left comes next and then High Voltage Reprise. I still love NRL and High Voltage though.
I'd have to say that 'No Roads Left' is the best of these official B-Sides. Mike is absolutely amazing on this track and the bridge of this song gives me the chills. 'Dedicated' and 'High Voltage (Reprise)' are great tracks, but I don't think they match 'No Roads Left'.
For a start, i didnt includer "My December" or "QWERTY" as they are bonus tracks not b-sides. The 3 songs here on the poll were orginaly ment to be included on the albums, but cut last minute. My December was a song written souly by Mike just after HT was mixed & recorded and was never entended to be on HT at all. Same with QWERTY. it was a song written on a plane to japan, & was recorded just for LPU as an exclusive track as a compromise for not being on MTM. i hope i've cleared things up
High Voltage for me. Although, it still pisses me off that all of their older material with cursing is censored (like HV).
QWERTY was written and recorded during the recording sessions for Minutes to Midnight. It's still a b-side, regardless of whether it was ever intended to make the album or not. Anything that was recorded at Laurel/Korn's studio/anywhere else MTM was worked on is automatically a b-side. My December is correct though, since it was recorded as a standalone track after Hybrid Theory, it's not a b-side.
Can we officially say that Dedicated was left off of the HTEP? I always thought that songs origins were kind of a mystery.
Hands down High Voltage for me. I don't think Dedicated is even near Mike's best work, well the music could of been better anyway. I think Mike just doesen't sound too good as he could of done on No Roads left, and to me his singing does not fit the music. High Voltage the reprise, yeah thats just one of his best works (Well the live version anyway). No need to describe it I don't think.