And this song… i put it on for my friend. She has some serious relationships problems, and she feels this way. Can she trust someone again in the future? Can she overcome this facked up feeling? 
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That is the reason why I am here.
As I started listening intensively to Linkin Park, I also read comments on YouTube. And was so shocked about the viciousness of it. Especially against Mike and Talinda 
. So much hate 
How can people write those things? 
Knowing that everybody can read it, even the kids of the two?
And everybody seemed to know exactly, what the remaining members of Linkin Park have to do. And there is just this one correct way. 
That brought my decision to pay these 10 bucks a year. Just to show my unconditional support.
I wasn’t even interested in any kind of fan community. On the contrary, this “Linkin Park Soldiers” I thought really strang. 
Never ever had I dreamed of this outcome 
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That’s brilliant! It’s so great you could get others interested in Linkin Park! I’m so proud of you 
I remember when someone I knew once suggested I listen to Fall Out Boy, I’ve never looked back since. No longer know that person but bloody love FOB !!!
This sounds strange and worrying 
. Can you share the link? I assume you mean zoning out talking about Chester? Maybe he’s just been over it so many times it’s difficult to become emotional anymore 
Hopefully he’s alright…
@drounzer Oh I was so surprised to see these pictures and thank you! Love the “Don’t Stay” part of that picture, it just fits the song. Never change for anyone at the end of the day you only really have yourself so always be who you really are. We all think you’re amazing
Very profound lyrics and ones I can understand well. Trust is never a constant as it depends on the world/people around you. I never fully trust anyone, which is probably weird… But I think trust is earned and something you give when deserved. I think the person you learn to trust overtime is more genuine than someone you trust just because they make you believe you should. I don’t know if that makes sense to you but it might help her. Trust is a slow process and any breach of trust is a learning curve to ensure our futures will be better. I wish her well and send her strength 
My second favourite quote on this thread! 
Derek said something similar about LP’s greatest gift to us is each other It was worth making this thread just to see these types of comments :’)
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like your words 
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I knoww,i mean like even if they don’t like them,why do they have to share hate? Don’t they think about what they write and what an impact it might have for one second?? Especially for their kids&family. And also those supersmart ones,who tell everyone what the right thing for the band is to do now… and what’s right for mike especially.
Unfortunately i found out about the forums way too late😔i would’ve loved to be here already for years! And i wish i was 5 or 10 years older,that i could’ve seen them live😕
But i am incredibly happy to be now here,and of course to be alive at the same time as them and to know them and the music. I can’t even imagine now, how dumb my life would be without Linkin Park…
Love this:blush:
thanks for those nice words:hugs:
In my family, i am manipulating a bit,bc i always play lp songs on the piano,so my younger brother starts humming them unconsciously:joy:and also my mum likes the melodies,she doesn’t like the original stuff only this acoustic thing(but slowly but surely she will like the real songs too!
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That’s cool!!!
i think people should do more music suggestions in real life, i love to get told new songs to listen to!
Yeah,trust takes so long to build but can be destroyed so fast… it’s a thing to be careful with
Yeah,really smart words from you❤
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Exactly this!
I have stopped reading any of this, since I’m here.
Sorry but muhahaha
What should I say!!! I’m as old as Chester. Look what I have missed!
Thanks
I really can recommend this topic
I’m digging there right now 
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That’s the age-old beauty of the Internet. Comments sections and (not this one specifically) message boards are great tools for trolls to pick each other apart while they hide behind their computer or their phone screens. Seemingly without a care in the world for the people they’re attacking.
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Happy Birthday Rob! 
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One of my alltime favorite Linkin Park songs and also tattooed on my right arm. I’ve got alsothe lyric picture and it’s my favorite part with
“I don’t need you anymore, don’t want to be ignored
I don’t need one more day, of you wasting me away
I don’t need you anymore, I don’t want to be ignored
I don’t need one more day, of you wasting me away
(With no apologies)” which follows the encore! This energy, this scream, this drum and bass play and also the guitar plays compared with Joe’s DJ skills - fantastic! 
It’s a perfect song to get some negative feelings about an ex girlfriend/boyfriend or family member or friend from your chest and come to an end to move forward!
One of the best two versions are from ‘Live in Texas 2003’ - still confused, why this song wasn’t make it on the cd version 
, also it was the opener for their setlist
and also the version from ‘Rock am Ring 2004’ - Don’t stay were the opener too
When do you start listening to Linkin Park?
Yes, after Linkin Park changed their style with Minutes to Midnight and even more with a Thousand suns, many trolls and haters were getting up. I’m honest with you all, I had my problems with ATS too, but sometimes a good album needs some time to get into you and also you need to grow uo (with this album for example).
I just can ‘say’ the same things - I love the connection and discussions here, bc I’m a Linkin Park ‘hardcore’ fan since almost 19 years and Linkin Park will be forever on my Top 3 number 1 bands. I like to get into the songs with all you! 
This is what music about - Connection and feelings!
youtube community is so awful - I’ve got one of the top comments unter the ‘World’s on Fire’ video and two of these trolls discussed unter that comment, who’s the ‘better gangster’ which includes over hundreds comments 
Do you mean the AMA’s incident, where Mike, Brad and Rob were ‘kicked out’ for a while?
That’s it and they haven’t a feeling or giving a damn about people, who get mental problems bc of that. That’s just dissgusting! I’ll never understand why people get into the internet just to troll someone or say that ‘this song, album, band or musician’ is sh*t - I don’t link many bands, musicians or music genres but I’ll never a troll like that, to write every day the same annoying sentences 
The internet needs some love and respect.
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Way to late! Here you find my story.
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Me too.
Thanks,i look in it sometimes but never really got into it, but i’ll have to do it!
Cool!
Yes,the lyrics really are powerful! And also musically soo great![quote=“HakManLP, post:124, topic:52653”]
but sometimes a good album needs some time to get into you and also you need to grow uo (with this album for example).
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yeah.
You are so right!!! Love this!
It seems like wasting their time on things they don’t like(or,hate) is what they prefer over talking about things they like😖
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No link, just talk. Actually if you watch some videos, you can see when he zones out, it’s obvious since he never did it before at shows. He’s talking to Chester or is remembering something. 2.5 years, depends on the person and the support they have. Mike has a shitload of support. Only he knows how he truly feels and if he’s truly okay.
No, I mean the PT tour.
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Oh so he ‘zoned out’ during the Post Traumatic tour while on stage? I haven’t seen too many of those videos I must admit. Maybe the performance was staged this way? When you remember something you really do need to stop and think about it especially if you don’t want to misrepresent the past which is easily done. Taking his time to retell a story is probably a good thing rather than bad. I’m sure he has solid support, but really you need to mentally support yourself and not let yourself get pulled into the darkness… Breaking The Habit style 
I have to ask: How old were you when you started listening to Linkin Park? I’ve been listening to them since they first released OSC in the UK (January 15, 2001) when I was 16 so I’ve basically grown up listening to them for half of my life!
Congratulations! Just ignore any idiots on YouTube because nobody should pay them any attention. I only read comments from the fans just to see what they think about songs or performances to see their reactions and feelings
This is definitely true and always worth saying that taste can change overtime. Sometimes you can listen to a Linkin Park album after a long while and really enjoy it when you didn’t originally. I have to say this is unique to Linkin Park because they experiment with so many different styles that they can appeal more widely musically to everyone. Although I have to say I’ve never heard a bad Evanescence album in my life Synthesis is a fucking masterpiece. I wonder if 2020 will change this
@Linkineli Better late than never joining here! I’ve often discussed LP online but not on this “official” forum which I didn’t know existed because I don’t delve too deeply into fandom. I personally don’t like the concept of celebrity and anything outside of their talent, in this case the music, matters. Although I always felt an akin to Chester because he came across completely genuine and real - particularly through his voice. Whatever he sang you felt it, even if you didn’t want to. Just incredible. And very rare. I don’t think our lifetime will ever experience this type of singer or spirit again. His voice was simply stunning.
On that note, even though this performance breaks me everytime I hear it, there is nothing better to describe how special Chester’s voice truly was :’)
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Who said that was a baby pic of him? That’s him CURRENTLY
Bloody hell this thread is focus intensive 
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So you’re saying a painting Mike did in art school is what @IronSoldier16 looks like now? 
How is this thread focus intensive?
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I really enjoy reading this thread… maybe I’ll put my two penny worth in at some point too.
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Does it truly surprise you that the boy wonder is a psychic fortune teller too? 
It was 1am and I was losing my place every few minutes lol
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I’m a ‘91’s kid’ and started listening to Linkin Park in summer 2001 with age at 8 (I turned 2001 also 9) -I had a very small tv and saw the boys with ‘Crawling’ on MTV - what an impact. I was just like ‘wow’ 
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before Linkin Park I were also introduced into ‘heavy music’ bc of my dad - he’s an absolute ‘old’ rock and heavy metal fan, so before I heard Linkin Park, I listened to bands like Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Judas Priest, Motörhead, Metallica (my other #1 band) and many mores. Also a little bit of KoRn, P.O.D, SlipKnot, SOAD, Limp Bizkit but I start loving these bands shortly after Linkin Park - I wish I were a little bit older back in the early 2000’s so I could made it to concerts like Rock am Ring 2004 or 2007 (my tattoo artist was there with 18 and every session he tells me, how awesome Linkin Park was 2004 at Rock am Ring)
please do it - would be awesome to discuss with you too about lyrics or maybe LP tattoos
also Hybrid Theory and Meteora ranks in the top 25 Nu Metal albums in the Top 10
Question: How about discussing the lyrics for crawling as the next one?
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