Linkin Park – A Place For My Head
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Had to run home and play some heavy guitar music to reset following the 80s pop mania of Fenech-Soler at 93 feet east on Friday night (think gold lamé jackets, sequins and spaceship noises – I had a really fun evening :)) and, luckily, I have this:
Linkin Park – A Place For My Head (iLike)
From their 2002 release, ‘Hybrid Theory’- although it was originally tracks like ‘One Step Closer’ and ‘Papercut’ that caught my attention, it’s this one that stood out for me on that album.
The repetition of the words “you try to take the best of me, go away” building up to a screamed, aggressive “GO AWAY” is just perfect for an angry young person who hates the world and everyone in it (;)). But aside from that, it also has a fantastic beat.
Other tracks of note include ‘Points of Authority’, which was used in the Roswell episode ‘Meet the Dupes’, and of course, ‘Numb’, famously reworked as ‘Encore/Numb’, a collaboration with Jay-Z which propelled Linkin Park to mass-market stardom. Overall, an energising and totally pumped rock band. More on the MySpace.
(Oh yes, and their new single, ‘New Divide’ is being used to promo the latest installment in the Transformers movie franchise – ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’. You can hear it here.)
