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Gallifrey 
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 Topic: Will Linkin Park go prog?
Posted: March 30 2012 at 14:19 |
Now. Before I get a lecture about how LP are a sh*tty mainstream Nu Metal band, anyone who has heard their last effort, A Thousand Suns, will know it was one of the most randomly progressive albums to come out of the mainstream. It was brilliant, honestly, the only bad bit being the two rap songs (When They Come For Me and Wretches and Kings) but other than that it was a fantastic concept album about nuclear war and its effects.
Now, why I'm bringing this up now, is because they've just announced a new single. And although you can't judge an album by its single, I'm hoping like mad they continue with this style. They seem like a band who doesn't really care what fans want though, so they could go anywhere.
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 14:33 |
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Can you post the proggy songs and single? :D
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Failcore
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 15:05 |
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 15:36 |
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There is some more experimental sounds in their last cd who is very good and different from their previous cds, but it's not really prog.
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 15:36 |
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Wait, you mean there are some people who still care for Linkin Park?
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Failcore
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 15:51 |
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Well, there are still 13 yr old girls...
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ole-the-first
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 16:18 |
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I guess Linkin park will be considered as prog shortly after Blink182 would be added to the archives.
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This night wounds time.
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Failcore
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 16:23 |
 ole-the-first wrote:
I guess Linkin park will be considered as prog shortly after Blink182 would be added to the archives.
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It doesn't get more prog than Travis Barker 
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CPicard
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 16:26 |
Deathrabbit wrote:
Well, there are still 13 yr old girls...
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'Dunno, guy, dunno: when my sister was 13 year old, I gave her a CDR of the Cardiacs - and she liked it.
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iamathousandapples
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 16:46 |
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The Backstreet Boys are still touring so why not
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 17:02 |
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I'm going to saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
no
Also remember, "a little different" =/= prog.
Edit: Also, a concept album =/= prog and nuclear war isn't exactly a mindblowing topic. Kudos for changing it from being emo though.
Edited by JJLehto - March 30 2012 at 17:04
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 17:41 |
I've heard songs from that album, it's not prog. Don't be silly.
Gallifrey wrote:
They seem like a band who doesn't really care what fans want though, so they could go anywhere. |
I am pretty sure that is the opposite of the truth. They didn't release another terrible rap-rock album because nobody likes that kind of music anymore.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 17:48 |
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I would be interested in progressive Linkin Park in the future.
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iamathousandapples
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Posted: March 30 2012 at 22:40 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
I've heard songs from that album, it's not prog. Don't be silly.
Gallifrey wrote:
They seem like a band who doesn't really care what fans want though, so they could go anywhere. |
I am pretty sure that is the opposite of the truth. They didn't release another terrible rap-rock album because nobody likes that kind of music anymore.
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Never doubt the potency of nostalgia.
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Posted: March 31 2012 at 04:52 |
JJLehto wrote:
I'm going to saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
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Also remember, "a little different" =/= prog.
Edit: Also, a concept album =/= prog and nuclear war isn't exactly a mindblowing topic. Kudos for changing it from being emo though.
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Sums it up well.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 31 2012 at 16:55 |
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Linkin Park is still a band?
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
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The T
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Posted: March 31 2012 at 17:00 |
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I've heard they might be releasing a 17-minute long song with polyrhythms, 23 instruments, 4-voice fugues and crossed harmonies. I also heard the lyrics will deal with the goal of man on earth from a hindu-sino-earthly perspective, with emphasis on the environment and the achievement of full integration between one's soul and God Inti.
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ole-the-first
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Posted: March 31 2012 at 17:35 |
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^In the USA, the 1st of April is still tomorrow.
Edited by ole-the-first - March 31 2012 at 17:35
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This night wounds time.
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Textbook
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Posted: April 01 2012 at 02:59 |
The OP is correct in that Linkin Park have made some very unexpected music. Minutes To Midnight is one of the biggest about faces a mainstream band has ever performed. However, the problem is that Linkin Park are terrible. While I admire their ambition, they lack talent, songwriting skills and sense. Only Chester Bennington's occasionally superb vocals save them from being a complete joke and I have long hoped he would go solo.
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Posted: April 01 2012 at 14:58 |
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Isn't that that band where people die when they play live?
Can't be much different from Prog Metal, they'd fit right in.
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