NoMuzikNo:zilchide

其實本來是不想抓不想聽只想要乖乖去唱片行拿預購的唱片...
但陰錯陽差下現在他躺在我硬碟裡...這都是廢話

其實我愛上他們也是一個陰錯陽差
話說在台灣根本不知道Linkin Park是誰的時候
我只因為HYBRID THEORY的封面很屌，買又送一張封面的沾水大貼紙
（現在那張貼紙被當初無知的我隨便黏在CD櫃的玻璃內側～很後悔）
根本連他們團的曲風是甚麼都不知道～我就敗家了，很好笑~當然後來就陷下去了
跟大多數的網友一樣～我在Chester的兩種精彩嗓音和MIKE的RAP中
感受到了搖滾的熱血和旋律
更棒的是，第二張專輯之後他們嘗試了更多種不一樣的樂器
以及合成音效，這點就讓他們跟別人大不相同了
即使是像My December這樣的歌都很有他們自己的風格

我像是要跟MIKE懺悔一樣，乖乖將歌曲編好順序，按照曲順好好聽下去
我發覺我開始用正常的方式去聆聽Linkin Park的音樂
我開始注意Brad的吉他，感覺到他的成熟和改變
這是我聽前兩張專輯都不曾去注意的部分
我在given up和shadow of the day開始好好的去注意BASS的聲線
於是之後的每一首歌我都在搜尋BASS的定位和旋律
我也注意到鼓聲以及其他合成樂器的表現

說句實話，因為前兩張給的震撼太大
於是我都只在乎於歌曲的熱血，Chester的嗓音和MIKE的RAP中
或許對許多網友來說不是這樣的，只是因為我沒有認真在聽前兩張
但對我來說，我覺得聽這張專輯最大的收穫是～
我把他們當作一個搖滾樂團來看待了
開始慢慢追尋每一種樂器每一種聲音每一個表現

我覺得我們很幸福的地方是
當你跳離開腦海中對於Linkin Park的既定想法退一步聆聽時
你會發現就連那種好像是很芭樂的抒情歌
LP都作的跟人家不一樣，你會覺得熟悉，因為還是他們作的歌曲...
就像他們說的，一個全新的Linlin Park，讓你感受到深度的感覺
我很愛這張專輯，不管有沒有MIKE的RAP和狂爆的熱血
這是我的想法，在我的認知裡面他們還是很棒

我是那種上下學通勤時間無時無刻都在聽音樂的人
不知道常常聽搖滾的人有沒有這種經驗
有時候心情不好，像是在實驗室遇到教授食言而肥或是耍賤
我會拿出比較熱血的搖滾～像是Linkin Park的第一張專輯
聽Chester狂吼然後超爽～爽到回家坐捷運的心情都變好了

但有時候的心情不好，是那種比如跟好朋友吵架或是遇到一些悲傷的事情
這時候會我會想聽搖滾，因為最愛搖滾
但是聽太猛太吵的又不合心情～每次都越搞越煩～反而頭大
但叫我聽很POP的搖滾我又受不了～
我想這一張Linkin Park提供了這時候聽音樂調適心情的選擇與可能性
我知道他們一樣是Linkin Park，因為我在音樂流動間可以充分感受到他們
但是曲調變慢，衝擊變小，但深度變深，歌詞擁有更多意義，讓我可以漸漸沈澱

有人問說那他們為甚麼要作芭樂抒情歌
我想就是為了這種可能性，Linkin Park告訴了全球的歌迷
我們也能作這種歌，儘管不像一開始的他們
但你細細品味就能知道這還是LP，因為LP從來沒有一種固定的音樂型態
他們在證明自己，同時給予歌迷更多的可能性
我想以後某些時候我心情不好的時候，拿出來的可能是這張吧！
不一定非得要NUMB或是In The End！
hands held high感動依舊阿！

在全球華納公司的保密防諜下，MV這下子終於出來了，根本一整個屌到不行，OUR EARTH！！
MIKE理了個小平頭刷吉他唱合音，全員一致黑的很有ROCK BAND的感覺～難道這就是他們說的改變嗎？
很多人都認為整首曲子吉他SOLO若是更多更長，吉他更重或是編曲多些變化就更棒了！！
說老實話我也覺得好聽是好聽，但像是缺了甚麼～可能是大家對LP的要求和期待都過份高了吧！！
其實已經很棒啦～我也很欣賞Mr.韓用蒙太奇的方式展現過去的人類"過去的我"對這世界做了多少"好事"
警示意味很重～希望大家能夠多多關心地球！！
看到這隻MV，我又重新愛上這首曲子了！熱切期待專輯中

對我來說～不！應該是對很多人來說，光是聽到這個團要出單曲應該就會興奮到不行了
但沒想到四年的等待～不只是一張單曲就打發了喔！！
下面Linkin Park LPU寄給會員的信，當然華納唱片已經有新聞稿也有辦預購了
但我還是想PO出原汁原味的信件內容：

Linkin Park's much-anticipated new album, Minutes to Midnight, will be in stores on TUESDAY, MAY 15! If you are outside of the US, you can find the album in stores on MONDAY, MAY 14.

Expect to hear the first piece of brand new music starting on April 2, when the new single "What I've Done" will be released.

"We have put more into the new album than anything we have ever done before," says bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell. The band spent over 14 months in the studio and wrote more than 100 song demos in the making of Minutes to Midnight,an album which vocalist Mike Shinoda sees as, "a breakthrough in the development of the band's sound."

Mark your calendars for Minutes to Midnight on May 15!

如同最後一句所說的，將你的月曆在五月15號那天畫一個大紅圈吧！！
新專輯"Minutes to Midnight"(世界末日鐘（Doomsday Clock）』的概念)將要面世！！

 
Numb

feeling so faithless
lost under the surface
i don't know what you're expecting of me
put under the pressure
of walking in your shoes
[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
every step that i take is another mistake to you

i've
become so numb
i can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
i'm becoming this
all i want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you

can't you see that you're smothering me
holding too tightly
afraid to lose control
cause everything that you thought i would be
has fallen apart right in front of you

[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
every step that i take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
and every second i waste is more than i can take

but i know
i may end up failing too
but i know
you were just like me
with someone disappointed in you

 
Papercut

Why does it feel like night today?
Something in here's not right today.
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
It's like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
(And watches everything)
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me
Right underneath my skin

It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin

I know I've got a face in me
Points out all my mistakes to me
You've got a face on the inside too and
Your paranoia's probably worse
I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
I can't add up to what you can but
Everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall
(And watches everything)
So you know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too
Right inside your skin

Chorus

The face inside is right beneath your skin (3x)

The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me (Repeat until end)

Chorus (Repeat until end)

 
In The End

It starts with one thing
I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme, to explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me (in the end)
You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I

Chorus

I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know (2x) Chorus

Remember The Name

Believe Me

I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to
Believe me

But I
Won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now
Believe me

Yo
I don't wanna be the one to blame you
Like fun and games
Keep playin' 'em
I'm just sayin-
Think back then
We was like one in the same
On the right track
But I was on the wrong train
It's like that
Now you gotta face in the rain
And the devil's got a fresh new place to play
In your brain
Like a maze
You can never escape
The rain
Every damm day's the same shade of grey

Hey
I used to have a little bit of plan
Use ta'
Have a concept of where I stand
But that concept slipped right outta my hand
And now
I don't really even know who I am
Yo
What do I have to say
Maybe I should do
What I have to do to break  free
'N whatever happens to you
We'll see
But it's not gotta happen with me

I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to
Believe me

But I
Won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now
Believe me

Back then
I thought you were just like me
Somebody who could see all the pain I see
But you
Proved to me unintentionally
That you would self destruct eventually
Now I'm thinkin' like a mistake I made doesn't hurt
But its not gotta work
'Cause it's really much worse
That I thought
I wished you were something you were not
And now this guilt is really all that I got

You turn your back
And walk away in shame
All you got
Is a memory 'a pain
Nothin' makes sense
You jus' stare at the ground
I hear your voice in my head
When no one else is around
So what do I have to say
Maybe I should do
What I have to do
To break free
Man
'N whatever happens to you
We'll see
But it's not gonna happen with me

 

 

I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to
Believe me

But I
Won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now
Believe me

Yeah!

I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to
Believe me

But I
Won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now
Believe me

I will do what I have to do
You're on your own now
Believe me
Whatever happens to you
You're on your own now
Believe me
What do I have to say
You're on your own now
Believe me
Whatever happens to you
You're on your own now
Believe me
What do I have to say
You're on your own now
Believe me
Its not gonna happen to me
You're on your own now
Believe me

Yeah!