Why THIS is Linkin Park's Greatest Song

In today's livestream I discuss WHY This is Linkin Park's Greatest Song.
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[@PacmanCH6664]

I hope Rick would do an Interview with Mike Shinoda :)

[@robr2303]

Yess!

[@differentbutsimilar7893]

You know that'd be good. Mike seems like such a kind and genuine guy. Not to mention he was often the guy coming up with the most musically impressive aspects of LP's music... he's probably their strongest songwriter and arranger. That guy can tell you more about records like Hybrid Theory and Meteora than arguably anyone else in the band. I think he'd be happy to indulge in that and would have plenty to say about the creative choices behind the music.

[@professionallyamateur5991]

WE NEED THAT

[@rickf6375]

That would be so sick

[@pratikgurung4009]

Sick Idea ❤

[@patricklopez1799]

Linkin Park has staying power - I'll say. Crawling still absolutely hits all the right buttons at age 42 that it did when I was frickin' 19.

[@harrisonfowler4461]

You aren’t kidding. Crazy how time flys

[@brentbare7280]

I'm 42 as well & I totally agree 😢

[@courtneyurman]

Same. I was 18. To this day, it never stops landing right on my heart.

[@Dianophi]

The intro alone gives me chills. I also love the reanimation version.

[@G_Ozare]

Same here.

[@Sparda11222]

All the metal heads used to call LP commercial, say they're just punks. We had to defend them from all the "good music snobs" so much. And now.. now everyone get's them. 20 years later and they are still at the top. This is their music. The kind of stuff that never ages. Feels so good to actually see someone who actually understands music giving them what they are worth. Thank you kindly, good sir.

[@dylbert140485]

As one of those metal-heads may I concede: I was wrong

[@peterw2880]

So much of Linkin Park’s excellence comes down to Mike Shinoda being an absolute genius

[@marcosdgonzalez5270]

No seria nada sin chester..

[@Erixdiego]

@@marcosdgonzalez5270 Ni Chester sin Mike, fueron un equipo fantástico.

[@christianbartl1982]

It was their greatest album with a ton of amazing songs. It's time to play their whole discography again

[@Vivi_9]

Meteora was definitely better but Hybrid Theory was still a masterpiece.

[@jepc92003]

Runaway was their best song on that album imo, meteora a better album

[@francisladouceur3819]

​@@Vivi_9 haha no

[@Raptorialand]

i freaking love Reanimation - i love electronic music and creativity... If you listen this album from start to finish it is a journey on its own.

[@Vivi_9]

@@francisladouceur3819 no u

[@Innah_SK9]

I've been listening to LP since I was 13 years old... Now I'm 30 and it scares me how times flies at the speed of light... 🤯

[@TestMeatDollSteak]

I know the feeling. I’ve been listening to bands like Nirvana, Pantera, Tool, Alice In Chains, etc since I was 13 or 14-years-old, and now I’m turning 45-years-old and all of those albums I love are older than you are currently. 🤢

[@bountoj]

I was 12 when I first started listening to them. A buddy and I would play through the first Halo campaign while listening to Hybrid Theory.

[@rubicon-oh9km]

You ain't seen nothing yet Eduina. Wait until you hit 40. The years then start to click by like a runaway train.

[@jayrific]

​@@bountojman just dated himself hahaha

[@Mr_jz_12]

Been listening to them since they were known as hybrid theory. Now 41. I feel fucking old haha.

[@vincentquy]

Hybrid Theory and Meteora are two albums that don't have a single bad song and that was after they had to cut out somes songs that they couldn't fit in the albums. Linkin Park forever!

[@justlisa1599]

the remix KRWLNG with Aaron Lewis on vocals is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Chester passing is one of the saddest things of all time, for me. the album A Thousand Suns saved my life.

[@Zetasphere]

To this day Reanimation is my favourite LP album. And I'm glad you're still around!

[@supercussion6590]

A Thousand Suns so underrated. So good

[@Dianophi]

KRWLNG put the original song into another level. I love it. Not to say the original was worse or anything, it's just the remix is so great too.

[@nsjohn130]

ReAnimation is the best work they ever did !

[@JoshTT2]

A Thousand Suns also got me through a very tough time in my life. It's a wonderful album that came just at the right time.

[@kellik5453]

I love seeing the childlike joy on Rick's face at the beginning of these videos! This guy loves music!

[@douglaschristine8387]

I agree Kelli, I specifically remember him doing Spoonman by Soundgarden and he was doing the best parts of Chris Cornell singing and he was really like that but more. It's so funny that it makes you laugh with him,lol.

[@PussyJazz]

❤yes

[@glorioskiola]

Like a kid in a candy store!

[@aibanlytie4274]

Breaking the habit is a fantastic track. I am so happy the video got updated resolutions. It's simply beautiful

[@lordmatthewlukeobrien]

Breaking the habit is their best song.

[@BaconSlayer69]

@@lordmatthewlukeobrien their best nah one of their best sure

[@lpsoldier2920]

I consider With You as their best song. This song is really the definition of Linkin Park. Deep lyrics, heavy sound, Mike's rap, Chester's powerful voice, and the rest of the band doing an amazing job. Probably their heaviest riff as well. It's followed by Papercut then I say

[@zeineldinfahed4292]

Another With You enjoyer! YES! Bonus points for Chester's opening scream on the Reanimation album

[@blueowl0708]

​@@zeineldinfahed4292 that's literally my favourite part of that album!

[@blueowl0708]

I've always thought this too, since my first full listen of Hybrid Theory back in the day

[@Marksmusic191]

Place in my head is hugely underrated track. The riff is killer

[@drumeophile]

a place for my head*

[@EisensteinPrime]

That guitar riff really highlights Brad's guitar skills. I stumbled on the Live in Texas version which I haven't watched in years and now that I'm actually making my own music I really take notice of what they're doing rather than just how it sounds.

[@lambotama]

That is their best song

[@ZlatkaGocheva]

I love it!

[@MrKlove01]

Little Things Give You Away off of Minutes To Midnight is probably my absolute favorite LP song. There's so much going on in that one and, man, Rob's drumming is otherworldly on that song. I'd love to see a breakdown of that one from you someday, Rick.

[@poragburagohain87]

I second that. That’s possibly the most prog oriented LP song. Such a great build up at the end

[@Vegitobluuuuu]

The Little Things Give You Away it has everything in it Piano Guitar Drums Live Strings Violin 🎻 it’s beautifully written arranged composed and recorded. Hope he reviews it

[@levifig]

Absolutely incredible song! Again, love it as much now as I did when they released it! 😍❤️😊

[@OrdinaryCritic]

One of their best, I would say. The buildup at the end reminds me a lot of Comforting Sounds by Mew, one of my favorite instrumental climax.

[@EvanMelen]

The whole album tbh. Leave out all the Rest and The Little Things Give You Away we're always big stand outs though!

[@michaelblack6888]

One Step Closer is the first song I heard from LP but Papercut is what sold me. That nu metal/hip hop/electronic fusion was genius.

[@duartelucas5746]

Yeah, I remember clearly watching the videoclip for the first time, it left a big impression at the time (one step closer).

[@michaelblack6888]

I lost interest after the Meteora album when they decided to change their sound.

[@matthewdennis1739]

One of the most unique an distinctive sounds I've ever heard. No one has ever done it the same way.

[@NeonRadarMusic]

This sums up why your channel is so good. Only you could put up an in depth interview with Pat Metheny and then make a video about Linkin Park. You're a gem.

[@viniciuscomacento]

agreed! Rick's open-mindedness is amazing

[@mr-wx3lv]

I enjoyed Linkin Park and I'm 60 !!. They just did things a little differently, fusion of styles and had the hard edge. Great band..

[@OodlesOfSkiddoodles]

Crawling is my favorite song off Hybrid Theory and hearing Rick do the break down of this song gave me chills

[@stephanieredden8861]

For me it's In the End and Roads Untraveled. My brother did the same thing that Chester did and I was crushed. My bonus son won tickets to see Mike Shinoda and he knew that I was playing Mike's solo album Ghost to heal and when he won tickets to see him, and took me with. We, the audience, sang Chester's parts and it was so damn moving.

[@evelyn4898]

I still remember the moment when I heard "In the End" first time. It was in early 2002. Honestly I can say that this band changed my life. I've never seen them live, only Mike Shinoda in Prague in 2019. I miss Chester so much 😪

[@karpovv_boris]

Same. Missed concert in 2014. Was at Mike Shinoda concert at 2018 in Moskow.

[@danielseale9636]

What's nuts is Mike wrote that whole song in one night

[@drjoshuamc]

I was lucky enough to see them 4 times in the early 2000’s

[@yamiimax]

Damn that Song really loves everybody my friends Do not even liked metal haha

[@gogetavsvegito]

I always preferred the demos version of mikes verse it just flows much better.

[@jondaniels3774]

Oh man THIS album… Simply put…pure perfection. Every song played a part in elevating this album to the status of “Masterpiece”. To pick Crawling as “the best,” in my opinion diminishes how truly incredible Hybrid Theory is as a whole. Papercut, One Step Closer, With You, Points of Authority, Runaway, By Myself, In The End, A Place for My Head, Forgotten. Pushing Me Away. They all deserve just as much recognition as Crawling (which in my opinion) was just as incredible as the rest. Each song was masterfully placed on the album to flow into the next, including the last song (Pushing Me Away) which (when put on repeat) flowed right into the first song (Papercut). I could put that album on repeat and listen to it for weeks at a time - and I did. I can’t say enough about Hybrid Theory. That album saved me.

[@heymilkshakes]

absolutely, this CD was on loop in my car... it was meant to be heard as an album, each song flowed into the next

[@OrbitalDeathRay]

Hybrid Theory was the first album I bought with my own money. It’s crazy how tight it sounds, and EVERY track is a banger.

[@matthewdennis1739]

@@OrbitalDeathRay Not the first album I ever bought, but one of the first and the most long-lasting. To this day a top 5 favorite album all time. Hybrid Theory changed my life. I remember I rode my bike 4 miles to Wal Mart and 4 miles back to buy it at 12 years old.

[@UMANGPLAYS]

Little Things Give you away is one of the best hidden gem of Linkin Park

[@CASEMSTR]

Check out "Not Alone" :)

[@the_bottomfragger]

​@@CASEMSTR How in the world have I never heard it before. I thought I'd literally listened to everything they ever released. Thank you, it was an absolutely surreal experience to hear Chester's voice with something new again.

[@CASEMSTR]

@@the_bottomfragger it's sooo good. Obv all the LPU stuff is great too. But that song is super unique

[@UMANGPLAYS]

@@CASEMSTR it's an amazing somg

[@OrdinaryCritic]

She Couldn’t would be also be a contender for hidden gem…emphasis on ‘hidden.’

[@saxboss1]

Their greatest song is “waiting for the end.” It’s not one of their basic fan overplayed classics (which are all phenomenal) but it has so much development and honesty that it is truly incomparable.

[@theenforcer22]

Great comment. I connected with that song on a very personal and emotional level. ‘The hardest part of ending is starting again’.

[@brandonmichaud8047]

Agreed!! Thank you I feel validated It’s been my favorite ever since I heard it

[@Vegitobluuuuu]

Great song but I think their greatest song is The Little Things Give You Away it has everything in it Piano Guitar Drums Live Strings Violin 🎻 it’s beautifully written arranged composed and recorded

[@saadparvez165]

Nowhere close to their best song at all. Music and lyrics wise it has to be Breaking The Habit. And simple vibes wise it's Faint. There is no other argument.

[@eZaFJDUBB]

linkin park was an amazing band, nobody will ever duplicate their sound, rest in peace chester

[@lotuseyedstudios]

I played this track over and over and over as an impressionable teen...always transfixed by the intricacies of the sounds. The little synth droplets like water...my heart beating, the pain in the words resonating. Sounds dramatic, that's what good music does to you.

[@pa31o2000]

Impossible to choose a song, there are simply too many that are spectacular. But after many years of listening to LP I can say that "Breaking The Habit" always comes to my mind. Thank you Linkin Park for having existed.

[@mjgbabydragonlet]

"Leave out all the Rest" from Minutes to Midnight, will be played at my memorial service when I die. (I am not leaving my loved ones to plan my funeral) "Waiting for the End" was released after my husband died..."Waiting for the end to come Wishing I had strength to stand This is not what I had planned It's out of my control" was very real when I was drowning in grief. "And I don't even know what kind of things I've said My mouth kept moving, and my mind went dead So, I'm picking up the pieces now where to begin The hardest part of ending is starting again" was also very true for me. I promised my husband I would live, but there were months of people worrying I was going to die from my broken heart. I had to move... Everywhere I went, people asked me where the "big guy" was? It was so hard to say he died. My husband was 7" 4.5" tall when he died (brain tumor) I am just under 5 feet tall . I couch surfed for a little over a year before I decided to leave TX. My boss moved me to VA to be closer to family. I kept our house in Texas until my husband's best friend offered me way over market value for it. I was so blessed to have wonderful people, who loved my husband, looking out for me. It is completely surreal when I still get called to plan funerals for his MC Brothers. I am a linguist, not a funeral director. But I am also so blessed because I grateful for the time we had.

[@CommonSenz]

"From the inside" what still gets me..

[@TheOpytimusEX]

I think i feel the same, "Breaking The Habit" is one if not my favorite from them, because the Video Clip hit me so hard when i first watched when i was a child, the animation is just beautiful and in combination with the music, they are just a audio/visual masterpiece

[@SuperAngelic5]

The lyrics and vocals on "Numb" are outstanding. The feeling that it captured is familiar to so many people. Chester's vocals pushed that song to another level.

[@thecman26]

Exactly! Yes!

[@thespecialone5383]

Linkin Park has always been outstanding with their lyrics pick any song.

[@julienborghino4517]

This song literally changed my life. I was into bad rap until I heard Crawling. It opened my mind and inspired me to become a musician. I’m so happy to see it featured on your channel.

[@dmitrygrokhov876]

Rick, please for the love of God, do the breakdown of Easier to run. In my opinion it is the most underrated song in their catalog (even among hardcore fans), sitting in between massive hits like a well hidden diamond, also with a criminally small amount of live renditions. No one just knows the sheer power and beauty of this song, distracted by Numb etc. All the intricasies in the songwriting and heartbreaking lyrics are going over deaf ears. I, for one, strongly believe that this gem should've been the lead single of Meteora together with Breaking the habit (of course i know nothing about promotion, coupling these songs together😊)

[@jacksonbrock3676]

For real. Such an amazing song

[@xColdJohn]

One of my favorite songs too! Totally underrated

[@arungs9467]

exactly ❤

[@TheAdam159]

Whole Meteora album is great

[@lotuseyedstudios]

Have always loved this track ❤

[@Kisamaism]

Linkin Park's days as "Xero" made some sick, *sick* stuff. The Xero Demo and Hybrid Theory EP are just fantastic.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

With You is my favorite song on Hybrid Theory by a wide margin, but when we're talking about one of the greatest albums ever made, and quite possibly the greatest debut album of all time, there's little sense in ranking each song.

[@jackbauer5455]

HT is definitely an amazing album I would rate it 10/10 as well I like Meteora album more but thats just a matter of preference not a knock on HT quality.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

Yes with you was mind-blowing to hear as an 8 year old lol. The chorus was catchy too.

[@stephenviala8298]

And since music is subjective, we each have our own favorite. Mine is Runaway, with By myself being a close second, especially the way they flow together on the album

[@krishnamakesmusic]

Amazing video! You should totally interview Mike Shinoda on your channel - all around great guy and his interviews are always fantastic. But no one asks him the theory questions, and would love for you to do a deep dive on the more technical side of things as you always do!

[@oOoriginsOfOrion]

This, Rick!

[@rumpNrhino]

I feel Waiting for the End got heavily slept on because so many bashed on their album A Thousand Suns. His distortion made his voice so unique, but hearing a song where Chester belted such clean vocals was refreshing.

[@SirLemming]

For me, their best song is "The Catalyst" from what is also their best album, A Thousand Suns. Such an incredible and haunting climax to a really thoughtfully constructed album.

[@thespecialone5383]

Yeah I like the structure of the song and the way it has been crafted with all the edm elements, synths, pads technical drumming by rob.

[@adityanegi1604]

A Thousand Suns has so many bangers. My favourite LP song is Waiting For The End from the same album.

[@yuki.35xxxv]

I would say, A Thousand Suns is Linkin Park's best album, it may not define Linkin Park (Meteora I guess would be the definitive album) but A Thousand Suns was well made, especially with its setting being in a post apocalyptic world, and each song has different settings to fit into the post apocalyptic world

[@adityanegi1604]

@@yuki.35xxxv agreed

[@24as41]

Yo , like i belive that The Catalyst is a good song , but The Messenger just hits so hard and it's super underrated so if you ask me what their best song is i will say The Messenger (cuz for me it just is)

[@Thephenomenalbenny]

Hybrid Theory is the best debut album of all time in rock/metal. Is ridiculous how they put out Crawling, One Step Closer, In the End, Points of Authority and Papercut in their first album. So much quality. And even has great songs like A Place For My Head, With You or Pushing Me Away, which would be best songs for most albums of the time.

[@victorsuarez3]

That album has no fillers at all. Pure gold.

[@kptv6009]

​@@victorsuarez3 facts

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

A Place for my Head is probably my favorite track.

[@victorsuarez3]

@@ExNihiloComesNothing It’s definitely one of the best.

[@xavkoston16]

Even if i prefer Linkin Park i think the first RATM record is the best debut album of all time for rock/heavy music, contains so much hits

[@gisele3468]

I don't think I can pick one favourite but I love that you picked Crawling. It's stunning and underappreciated in my opinion

[@nayannepal4335]

It won a Grammy, didn't it? How the hell is it underappreciated in any way? The first two albums are like their best ever (in a general consensus) and the singles are probably the well known out of their later singles.

[@what.if.god.doesnt.care.]

"Forgotten", "Pushing me away" and "on a valentines day" are my favorite songs by them.

[@_left_eye]

“I just did the old man thing again” is pure poetry!!❤ An Italian comedian started this “boomer course” on Instagram, lesson one says: “start a live stream and realize you’re live after 28 seconds”

[@douglaschristine8387]

I say the same thing so I know exactly what he means, lol. But it's not really funny, it sucks.

[@castrucciocastracani0]

Chi sarebbe?

[@_left_eye]

@@castrucciocastracani0 Maccio Round head

[@castrucciocastracani0]

@@_left_eye maronnee

[@yesiamsharon]

This is one of my "goosebump' songs. I get the goosebumps every time I hear it.

[@luizalmeida5398]

They did something similar in Pushing me Away. The song starts with a borrowed major chord and steps to its minor third. Some notes sustained at the bridge and chorus are tension notes, mostly major seventh becomes major sixth then major third becomes next chord a nineth, it's beautifully written and it sounds so melodic, for me it's their most underrated song and their best work.

[@mynameishass]

Pushing Me Away is a beautiful song! I love their Live In Texas version. It's an incredible performance!

[@TheMessage25]

Pushing me away has always been a underrated song

[@XplusZEROequalsZX]

Waiting for the End is the best track for me. That song got me through some tough times, man.

[@aceoft3482]

What a ride. Love your explanation and improvisation. They really expanded on these nuances in the remix on Reanimation and it is beautiful.

[@nicolacochrane5356]

All my 3 kids were brought up on linkin park I still listen to them daily have Chester on my leg so he is always with me….in the end is my personal fav…I love one more light but breaks my heart listening to it as the biggest light went out when we lost chester…honestly there’s no bad song literally ❤❤

[@carlos-olaechea]

I was 8 when I first got into LP. They basically got me into music altogether. Before them I was just a kid, after first hearing them, I became a kid that loved rock music. They were my first concert when I was 10, Life-changing. Still one of my favorite bands, now 26 years old.

[@jobiy1999]

That was a rough spring for me that year. Chester and Chris Cornell you are still missed

[@yotamketer2645]

totally agree with you crawling was always my favorite track from lp. its just so powerful but also beautiful melodycally, chester's voice was insane, you can feel how deep his pain was.

[@saysthemanbehindthemask]

So glad you picked this track. Crawling was the one song that got me into their music and heavy music in general. What’s surprising is that it still holds up. Production was really incredible on that record… very few songs from that record have actually aged

[@joselugo2492]

I am not a big LP fan, but I've always love this song. It is so profound and epic. You should see the performance with Chris Cornell, it gives me chills. Such an incredible performance from 2 of the best singers of our time.

[@RocketJumpNinja]

Crawling was my favourite, then I heard the Reanimation version, Krwlng, and that is now the song I've listened to more than any other in my entire life. Definitely my favourite. Really cool to see it broken down like this because I only know music by feel and very basic music theory, nothing complex.

[@billjanke72]

I think the Reanimation version Krawling is my favorite version with the harmonies with Aaron and Chester. It's so haunting and beautiful at the same time. The song is a complete masterpiece and is still one of my favorite somgs from this era.

[@TheAdam159]

Hard to believe Meteora is 20 years old. I bought it on release. Still hits hard

[@MuppetCore]

Crawling is the song that made me fall in love with Linkin Park. Stuck in my head for YEARS. And the video is excellent too. Still my favorite after all these years.

[@matthewgriffin5155]

I'd love to hear Rick's thoughts on Hybrid Theory vs White Pony. Two classic albums from 2000 that i don't think could sound any more different for being in the same general genre. Loved this breakdown!

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

White Pony is killer. Love both albums

[@Denny_Boi]

I appreciate the praise and recognition Linkin Park has been getting these last couple of years. Nice we have progressed beyond hating Nu-Metal just for being Nu-Metal

[@brandonmichaud8047]

Meteora just feels like a cleaner sharper and more sonically complete version of Hybrid Theory. Until I heard A Thousand Suns Meteora was my favorite. Perfect album from start to finish

[@NickRaven]

A Thousand Suns is still their best album. Meteora, unfortunately, felt a bit too much like HT for me. Even if MtM didn't quite hit as hard as I would've liked, it was such an important transitional abum.

[@brandonmichaud8047]

@@NickRaven I agree. I feel like if Meteora came out before Hybrid Theory, fans would love that record more! Both are just such solid records that I don't fault anyone picking one over the other but the highs on Meteora just put it over HT for me. A Thousand Suns is the GOAT though.

[@berlanner]

But HT was sow fresh and raw... I really missed that on later albums, too me it felt more... Genuine? Also the impact it made then on my generation (round '85ish) was so huge. Like someone finally wrote an album about what people felt. Not that one is bad, but HT was most 'metal'

[@wateryevents960]

My all time favorite LP song is Points of Authority

[@jw19352]

Forfeit the game stop the talk show

[@capeandcrown7742]

You want someone to hurt like you

[@uncopino]

good song but i think it doesn’t have a mature lp sound. sounds more like Korn instead. to my ear at least

[@gus2n]

the chopped up ending never gets old

[@chupitolepame5357]

I cannot pick a favorite, I usually listen both Hybrid Theory and Meteora from start to finish each time I come back to LP

[@DoniCulien]

The reanimation album version was also absolutely amazing with some fantastic strings added

[@nsjohn130]

My favorite album!

[@DoniCulien]

@@nsjohn130 it's incredible 🙂

[@itsdenizcankaya]

For me it’s given up or a place for my head. Given up probably has the strongest message of what Chester felt. It has the best scream ever. It reminds me of Nirvana’s You know You’re right if you look at the messages of the songs. The instrumental is amazing too. A place for my head is another rebellious song that I think it’s the heaviest nu metal track ever. Chester’s vocals, guitars, Mike’s epic rapping. That song sums up the nu metal sound of Linkin Park IMO

[@courtneyurman]

Thank you. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. No one else could capture why this song hits my heart so strongly. I'll never tire of your analysis/reaction/love for nu metal. It's the sound of my young adult formative years and Linkin Park in particular are the soundtrack of my late teenage years.

[@shawngaetz8161]

I like "crawling " the most. Listening to it now you can really hear Chester's pain. It's a very relatable song for many I suppose.

[@SlimeyGuitarStrings]

According to Mike it was also one of if not the hardest LP songs for Chester to sing. My understanding is that Chester could do the full on distortion or clean with his voice easily, but the in-between was harder for him to project.

[@jeremyc9593]

@@SlimeyGuitarStrings I remember hearing something like that. It was the song he hated singing the most.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

The first song I heard by them and the ones that catches my attention. I was waiting everyday for the song to play on MTV or on the radio just so I could hear it again.

[@MjolnirMarks]

@@floatingdisembodiedhead8975 Living in a time when you had to wait for the chance to hear something play, if not on your CD player. A completely different way of living and expectations.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

@@MjolnirMarks true it's easier to listen to it now but back then, it just felt more special especially when you don't even know the name of the song or the band yet. It was truly a magnificent time to be alive despite all that.

[@sethcoma]

Hybrid Theory is great from start to finish (the first CD I ever bought), Forgotten being my favourite on the album. Crawling, Runaway, By Myself are pretty much all tied for second place. I used to play this album all the time while playing Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2

[@Charlie-Oooooo]

Aw man missed the live stream. And Rick's playing my favorite guitar from his collection. Happy Mothers Day everyone! ❤🎉

[@timmet2670]

My fav LP song. I’ve listened to this so many times and could forever

[@joshviggiani9844]

Few songs ever hit me so hard the way this song hit me hearing it on MTV for the first time.

[@SterlingSimmons22]

Hybrid Theory and Meteora were their all time best albums, and still hold their own today.

[@Clintondmb]

I still remember seeing this video very early one morning on MTV back when they were still showing videos late night into early mornings before school.

[@Innah_SK9]

11:27 totalmente eu, ouvindo Linkin Park pela primeira vez em 2004 ! Saudade Chaz🥹♥️

[@nball461]

I’ve always loved this LP tune and now I know why! Thank you Rick - your musical knowledge is unbelievably good 👌🏼

[@katwithjamandspam1388]

I’m under 18 so I don’t remember half of their songs coming out. Despite this, I grew up always listening to them, still one of my all time favourite bands, same with 21 pilots. They still hold dear places in my heart, even with my music taste slightly changing (I now listen to anime intros and Japanese music). Crawling is still in my top five songs and wouldn’t realistically be where I am today without listening to them. I remember the day I found out about Chester’s death, my parents and my sister tried so hard to keep it from me, being a young emotional child. I was in my grandparents house listening to the charts, the announcer of it said “Now we are playing some LINKIN PARK in memory of the recent passing of Chester Bennington.” I refused to believe it, then I cried.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

My first concert was Linkin Park at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas. My dad took me and we were both blown away by how great they sounded live.

[@chesterportaltm5168]

2003? That was on Chester’s BDay 🎉

[@musician069]

Damn. Bronco Bowl. Wish that place was still here instead of Home Depot. Best place for a concert IMO. Miss it.

[@baxoutthebox5682]

@@musician069 it was such a great venue!

[@musician069]

@@baxoutthebox5682 yes it sure was. Huge mistake Dallas. Lol

[@Mellyouttaphase]

Hybrid Theory is still my go-to in the gym. I am definitely contributing to their Spotify plays on an almost daily basis!

[@nighthawk9532]

“Pushing me away” is my favourite Linkin park song

[@justabot58]

how i wish Chester was here to celebrate the 20th anniversary of *Meteora* 🤘Hybrid Theory is another great album!

[@aayushrai8881]

There are too many phenomenal Linkin Park songs to debate what their greatest song is. Almost every album has 5 songs that you can call their greatest and I'll be okay with it.

[@Yarumasi]

Yeah they really were consistent in their albums, at least to me before the release of Shadow of the Day (not that its bad, just not my type of sound?), they were one of those bands that hitting skip on a song was really rare. I miss Chester so much man.

[@era1442]

Their first 3 albums are the best

[@JustSomeGuy]

@@jw19352 I would put Chester closer to Chris Cornell.

[@markspencer171]

Ummm..... Linkin Park suck , singer couldn't sing....

[@slowlynow9]

nah their first album in incomparably stronger by FAR then any other of their albums. Their following albums were actually pretty weak besides some good songs here and there

[@wydracon]

This is great and you should do a series with this Rick. Just the best song from every artist and why.

[@philipmichel215]

RIP Chester. Your melodic wales released my inner demons like no other. Unfortunately yours refused to leave and took you from us way too soon.

[@greggen63]

In The End is the greatest for me. That whole album is terrific but that song is timeless. Absolutely superb writing, production and performances.

[@weezadam]

Never got really into them but it’s hard to understate the impact they had on rock music over twenty years ago well after grunge fizzled out. Almost every song on that debut was played on rock radio at some point. I also gather that the alternate tunings in their songs were likely heavily influenced by Soundgarden. RIP Chester

[@Vivi_9]

@@ghost_mall your take was never true tbh, awful take on an incredible band

[@lisandroxiii5031]

Respectable pick My personal favourite, and in my opinion the best representation of their old sound (and one of many of the whole Nu Metal genre), is Faint It encapsulates all the good qualities that make LP special. You get everything on it. There's Mike's rapping on the verses, Chester's power vocals on the chorus aaand a big bridge with him fully screaming (and a catchy intro riff, too). All perfectly balanced in there I also agree with what you said on the last Spotify video about Meteora being their best era

[@sainthyde92]

I agree that Crawling is great. To me Somewhere I Belong is amazing though, absolutely my favorite.

[@dirtymike69420]

Hybrid theory was easily their best album. This is the first cd i ever bought as a kid.

[@flashraylaser157]

Crawling was what did it for me too. Amazing to see Rick have the same opinion. To me, Crawling is what Linkin Park were all about.

[@fjalar4856]

So glad that you are coming to Stockholm Sweden 22/7🎉

[@harrisonfowler4461]

I feel like There were so many bands in the 90’s and early 2000’s that people could relate to and find comfort in when they hit a rough patch. I could be wrong, but I don’t feel like bands like that exist anymore. LP was definitely one of those bands.

[@d.c.8828]

"QWERTY" is my favorite Linkin Park track (from one of the Linkin Park Underground B-Sides compilations). Definitely one of their heaviest.

[@madtheghost337]

YES!!! This IS my favorite LP song, and there's SO many other amazing ones. Amazing breakdown and dissection! Loved the arpeggios of the flat 6th Lydian.

[@K_Rich_1983]

That whole album is amazing. One step closer was the first song that I heard but with you is probably my favorite on the album.I was 18 when this album was released. It is still one of my favorite albums. Meteora is the other lol

[@pauljansen1137]

It's a great song...but "In the End" still is my favorite though!!

[@adamalexanderray]

@@jw19352 it’s also my favourite too from that album and it’s just personal preference.

[@pauljansen1137]

@@jw19352 personal preference....just like what Adam said!

[@wolf1nsoul]

Same, although the rap doesn't fit in it as well as others imo

[@wolf1nsoul]

@@jw19352 Idk, i always thought it would be better as a "one more light" type of song. The rap lyrics interrupt it a little bit, but still an amazing song!

[@caprise-music6722]

I couldn’t stand that song(in the end) back in the day, when I was both a metal head and a hip hop fan. Today tho, in the end is still a rather generic commercial pop rock song imo

[@dcw.photos]

Love it. Linkin Parks Hybrid theory was a staple in the formation of my music taste as a teenager. These videos give you an extra layer of appreciation to songs.

[@8milestogo]

Hybrid Theory is the album of the century that defines a generation, as we entered the new millennia! It`s colossal!

[@GigaChad-hu3de]

It takes a truly special song writing and performance to shock the listener every time, to be taken aback by its buetiful tones and notes.

[@luvpants2012]

Andy Wallace also produced Jeff Buckley's Grace album. Masterpiece.

[@SD9Driver]

More to it than first meets the eye (and ear). This song sounded interesting first time I heard it, with the unique intro.

[@SpaceMonke12]

I love your content so much! As a beginner guitar player these videos helps to understand theories of music more. Thank you very much and greetings from Finland

[@TonyDaley-v1b]

Thank you for bringing aesthetics and cognitive/neurological aspects of music and musicology to a wider audience. For several months I have watched your videos, learning more and recovering delights spanning the cosmos of music in time and space. Primarily a writer, with a longtime background in journalism, I have played a few tidbits of guitar professionally and, unfortunately, had early piano and ear training truncated when I was very young. Your teaching and pedagogy have reenergized in love of and interest in music. Much of the novel writing I am completing is informed by poetic elements but also musical ideas going back to my interest in composing and arranging, which started my hearing arrangements by old jazz cats like Buster Harding, Jimmy Bond, and others. (In fact, in Chicago on WBEZ, the famous jazz station with Dick Buckley, I was interviewed when I was an adolescent.) On the Italian side of my family, my Aunt Corrine was a piano prodigy, and my father and uncle both played the jazz circuit in Shy Town in the late fifties, both students of Joe Siegel when he was teaching at, I believe, the Blackstone Hotel downtown. Imbibing jazz as a baby certainly gave me an "ear" early on, though I never developed it to the redoubtable levels of your son, Dylan. Appreciate your continuing civilized discourse, so needed in times when civilized discourse is in shorter supply.

[@pieterjansenvanrensburg7322]

Hybrid Theory is their best album. Everything about it is otherworldly. Meteora is my second favorite

[@Danimal77]

To me, Hybrid Theory and Meteora are untouchable. Nothing they did after that can even come close. I did like The Hunting Party though. They got angry again for that album.

[@MrScrofulous]

One of the beautiful things about LP is the simplicity of the melodies. That makes for great anthems sing-a-longs. It took me ages to work out why so many of their songs have that anthem grandeur, then I saw them live. It's the kindergarten simplicity of the melodies and the slow pacing, leaving so much room for the massive tones and Chester's drawn out vocals, with Mike's rapping a perfect counterpoint.

[@fadeskywards1245]

"New Divide" is definitely my favorite song by them.

[@zk3212]

OPTIMUUUUS

[@michaelbell75]

Love this song and the first two albums. Was lucky enough to see them early on in a few small clubs. Then when they broke big, saw them with KORN and Rob Zombie, saw them on Metallica's Summer Sanitarium tour and a few of the big radio shows, Good times.

[@TedlinksChannel]

Chester was such a great vocalist. Excellent live too.