Linkin Park - Fighting Myself Reaction / First Listen // Meteora 20 // RIP Chester Bennington 🖤🖤🖤

[@spinxz_314]

So Mike said that they were going through all the files and thought this song only had the rap verses recording but found out chester recorded his parts.

[@irizaga]

You're also over 30 and by your facial expressions I can see all the memories coming back to you, the same way it happened to me. It's crazy paying attention to the lyrics today because they hit much harder. Mike's lyrics are depressing here, but Chester's voice is loaded with sorrow and anger. Goosebumps.

[@RIZKY7ze3o]

The small part towards the end where Chester voice echoes in the background "inside of me" just raised this song to another level. These small small details that LP mixes in the track are sooo goooooood.🔥

[@rohank4962]

Agreed !

[@AndTecks]

Man I LOVE to see someone with passion about music, it's beautiful. Thank you.

[@MikeO-H]

This sounds like a bridge between Hybrid Theory and Meteora

[@PenneySounds]

It's way rockier than either of those albums

[@Gnadeeer]

i think Fighting Myself just became my new favourite LP song , just edging out Waiting for the end , so happy I got to add some more LP songs into my playlist

[@battlegoff_8319]

The reversed voice at the start and throughout is Mike Shinoda = Mind blown Great song 😎👍

[@Mark_Reellz]

Do you know what he saying?

[@mattscfc849]

Rip Chester, gone but never ever forgotten. 😢😢🤘🤘

[@kevinabraham9260]

I loveeeeeee lost this, and the LP track b side called Healing foot

[@-Knife-]

RIP Chester. Thanks for giving us this banger LP!

[@moonshelter3448]

No doubts it's another masterpiece of LP. And this band and my life are inseparable. I love reactions of millennials. Because it was our time. But still it sounds so actual and beautiful my god it's like we never grew up and it feels awesome.

[@PenneySounds]

Mike wrote these lyrics, not Chester. People keep retroactively misreading Mike's lyrics as being Chester talking about his depression, and it's really getting to be a problem.

[@mafo1122]

I agree, i came here to write this!!

[@ImCarpet]

Mike has said that he took a lot of what Chester says and puts them into songs, basically writing from Chester’s perspective. Maybe that’s just something he said to help people feel more connected to the songs.. idk

[@PenneySounds]

@@ImCarpet There's a video called "In My Eyes: Mike Shinoda, Co-Founder of Linkin Park and Fort Minor", and near the end he answers a few questions, and one thing he says is that the majority of the time he would write the words that Chester would sing, and sometimes he would write from his own perspective, sometimes from Chester's, and sometimes from both their perspectives. He's also said that when they wrote together, they would usually start with a first draft Mike wrote about something he was feeling, then Chester would listen to it, and connect it to something totally different in his life that evoked the same feeling, and even though they were relating the words to completely different situations, they would focus on that shared feeling, and bounce ideas back and forth on how to bring that feeling out in the words, without really describing any specific situation, so that listeners would then relate that feeling to their own lives.

[@ImCarpet]

@@PenneySounds That’s a really good explanation. Thanks! I’ll check out that video for sure.

[@william421]

I get so tripped up on these new linkin park songs because they meant so much to me growing up and I really appreciate that I can see that in you too.

[@seekay8014]

This song didnt make the cut because LP was set on a 12 song limit for Meteora and was not used for Minutes to Midnight because they wanted to go in a different writing direction.

[@ishaqahmedrana2338]

About time. I was waiting for this. Thank you.

[@wilhelmmedia8133]

Great reaction bro, I always get goosebumps went I heard inside of meeeee

[@MattAndreas]

i love that you said favorite "mainline" album cause we all know that "mmm... Cookies - Sweet Hamster Like Jewels From America" is the best one

[@Roguenjosh]

Reanimation all day

[@Naazon]

@@Roguenjosh And thats where you're wrong. Can't beat PB N' JELLYFISH.

[@MattAndreas]

@@Naazon Jeelly Jelly Jellyfish! when you squeeze me I go squish! 🎤🎶

[@Naazon]

@@MattAndreas non reaction and instant love makes me wonder if he's a real fan and even heard these songs. I mean if there's not a reaction has he ever heard it?

[@MattAndreas]

@@Naazon I guess he doesnt even know how many letters there are. :P

[@wolfy_with_a_y]

The thing I heard about it was that this had all the verses but no chorus, and then while looking through a bunch of files from 2003 a producer mike was working with found the stems of the chorus, so they put it together, least thats what I can recall.

[@Hungdiddly]

It is insane how much more these lyrics mean in hindsight…

[@tomfinger4807]

Linkin Park is the best ❤

[@sumirsookdeo9443]

The song could've been edited better but love the ending though. Thankful we get to hear Chester again.

[@aaliyahdymumet1960]

vibed with this a super lot. epic sonic material. how come I’m finding them out for the first time? 😍😍😍

[@Roguenjosh]

These songs… or Linkin Park?!

[@matroskildin61]

Это то, что нам нужно было !

[@spcooper94]

Mike talks about this track in his recent interview with Howard Stern

[@sleeptokenimpala]

linkin park massive is amazing

[@mikekooz475]

You are correct on the missing samples. More backing fill would hit a little better. Having said that. Hearing Chester again hurts my heart. He is the Rock death that I'm still not over.

[@mozzjones6943]

It wasn't even finished /finalised and mastered before they dropped it. Which is a shame cause this could have been an absolutely awesome release! I mean just judging by what was done and Mike sewed together for us sounds real good. Can you imagine it? Mike would have polished his lyrics, More fill/samples, The ending tweaked and polished by both Mike and Chester.... Oh well that's life. Still great to hear stuff from their histrionic vault of binned goodness :)