Not ashamed to admit I like Linkin Park

Wesley Willis. OK, he wasn't a band.

Yeah, they're damn formulaic, but Evanescense is even more so.

Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit

Suck a snow leopard's ass
Suck a mountain goat's dick
Suck a caribou's asshole out
Eat that antelope shit and die, jerk!

Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit

Suck a baboon's ass
Suck a male camel's dick
Suck a Doberman pincer's cock
Suck a reindeer's smelly ass, mothafucka!

Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit
Eat that mule shit

interesting sidenote: almost every really serious hip-hop fan i know likes this song.

the only people i personally know who refuse to listen to lp on the grounds of "bad rapping" (which means what exactly?) are corny indie fuxx who don't even like that much hip-hop in the first place.

weird huh?!?!

and for the record, he's just an ackward rapper to listen to with no word play and doesn't add anything to the group and i find him just plain and simple unremarkable. And would you not deny that even limp bizkit had better rapping in their early career?

interesting sidenote: almost every really serious hip-hop fan i know likes this song.

I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences.

Maybe this is more to do with the production than the rhymes, tho?

And to be fair, In the End is probably their best single, but there are way more interesting rock groups in the mainstream in my opinion right now.

oh certainly daniel -- the point is people who aren't c.i.fx. don't find the "bad rhyming" a barrier to enjoying a great synthpop song! "i cant like this it has bad rhymes" is only raised as a piece of pseudocriticism by people who hate fun on general principles.

It starts with ooooooone...alright STOP! collaborate and listen!

EZ. The tree then talks about Wes Anderson films.

Several really. And really compared to other rock groups with rappers, i wouldn't put Mr.Shinoda very high at all.

LP and all bands that are like them are total trash. i await the 3 yr turn around when they're fans get a little older and start dissing them madly once they discover that there's stuff that doesn't suck quite as badly. LP ARE THE NEXT 311!

(without the cure cover to make them money...)

and BTW- what self-respecting hip-hop type would dare admit (unless completely wasted) that LP have even a shred of worth??!
it's funny, cause, i talked to some DJ's who think that it's lamer than indie/drone rawk.

yr hip-hop experts must be what, 13?

they are stupid and look stupid in a kiss sort of way. and that's an awesome sort of stupid. i guess.

that's an oxymoron, pally.

no such thing has, nor will it, ever really exist.

pardon my shit spelling, the coffee is taking hold...

-- artiste (artist...), July 25th, 2004.

I disagree completely. Not only the rapping, but both of their pre-pubescent whinning. Shit, if they actually did drop the "I'm so angry" schtick and made a song that was just fun and synth pop, I'd love it.

I have a feeling that in two years' time it will be painfully uncool - verboten, even - to write the kind of faux-angsty lyrics that groups like Linkin Park and Evanesence (sp?) specialize in.

this is a bad thing?

And the rapping reminds me of the raps they used to have done by anonymous guys on big dance hits in the early 90s

this is a bad thing?

Girls are all over the world
they hope and pray and die for men
Like me cause I'm the one
begotten son that breaks the mold
Get a look at male epitome
Style has never seen
That makes you want to grab and hold
and squeeze real tight
Who's gonna be the one to save
you from yourself
When you wanna take a bite
please oh baby please
You beg you want to stay
You got to get some caught
Up in the charm that I laid on thick
And now there's nowhere
to run
just another fish to fit the
worm on the hook of my line
Yeah I keep many females
longing for a chance to win my heart
with S-E-X and plenty

OTM.

Also, i like how in their album sleeve on the inside it says "Linkin Park Wears..." followed by a list of several clothing brands. heh.

Now I wish Linkin Park would add that chick who did the background vocals for "Everybody Dance Now" to their lineup and they would be thegreatest band on earth.

AGREED.

Also a good reason to set aside prejudice and rediscover. I’ve been listening to plenty of linkin park in the last 6 months and kicking myself for not having done so earlier
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx),

i loved this post as it hit home for me.
hope LO has checked out 'a thousand suns' as its really really good.