@@NicolasSchaII Bohemian Rhapsody is about a Faustian deal with the devil. The narrator sells his soul, commits murder, is executed, and his soul is battled over by God and Satan, the latter wins because of the deal and he ends up in hell, defeated. It's heavily inspired by Freddie's upbringing asa Zoroastrian. This interpretation comes from an official Queen cassette tape leaflet released in Iran in 2004, likely purposed to clear things up for Iranian listeners who have prior refused to sell Rock music in their country and might have caused controversies due to the lyrics.
Idk man, if that was true then the new album wouldn’t be so uninspired and creatively bankrupt. It’s like they copy and pasted hybrid theory or meteora but with the intensity turned down a notch and the cheesy lyrics turned up a notch.
Actually with music being so easy to produce and labels making cookie cutter artists with their influence you'll see everything sounds the same nowadays because they hop on trends rather than individualism.
@@CrymsonNiteWarner Bros is buying out plays. It's a new thing labels do, if someone reaches trending the advertising it gets is worth the price they pay. Cause people are NPCs and will go for anything they think is popular.
I was watching a reaction to music on here and one was from a band I had never heard of. They are called Manchester Orchestra and it was The Silence and holy shit! It was as close to perfection as you can get.from instrumentation to the lyrics to the unique vocals. So I listened more and it was all amazing. Went to a live show back in September and they sounded just as good, if not better, then their studio version. I was thinking like “how TF did it take me *this* long to find them and why aren’t they on the radio ?!” Though in all likelihood that IS the reason why. They don’t fit the mold and make songs that are 6-7 mins long in a time where they are 2-2 mins long.
@@Under-Kaoz you should keep checking their new stuff, it would mean everything for Chester. Also the fact that new Linkin Park is great is a big plus, it's not that much worse than original band, it's almost as good
I saw Linkin Park in 2003 and I saw them again in 2024, Emily’s second show. Both times the entire arena sang to every word, and once that second “I put my trust in you” hit, you could feel everyone’s soul transcend in unison for a split second when everyone’s skin turned to goosebumps. In The End is the anthem of a generation.
Fuck I miss Chester man... LP starting this new era with Emily is amazing, and also indescribable, but we'll never have another Chester.. As an emo 90's kid, with history of suicide and depression throughout my family, Chester, Chris Cornell, and many others story has a particularly strong impact on me. I hope Mike, the band, their families, and every depressed 90's kid finds some healing in this new era
As a young LP fan, I am so fucking grateful for all the music they put out. Going through abuse and severe depression in middle/high school, it was really comforting to have music that felt the way I felt, that I wan't the only one with this burden to bear. Chester may be gone but his music kept me here, and I'll be forever grateful to him and the entirety of LP
Has Emily replaced Chester in the band? Haven't heard anything from them even though they are one my favourite since his demise. I always thought about Daniel Tompkins from the Tesseract band being a good fit for the band if they continue to make music in the post Bennington era.
You know this is a legit hit song because I've never tried to listen to Linkin Park, but I've heard it (somewhere) a million times. In fact, I didn't even know who is video was about when I clicked on it.
If you like Nu Metal their first 2 albums are at least worth a listen. If not that’s fine too, they are huge that 🎶 in the end it doesn’t even matter 🎶 sorry 😂
The first album is a banger and the second one meteora is a very polished version of the first one. Meteora was peak Linkin Park when they were at their absolute best ❤
@@ThinWhiteLuke Even though they transitioned away from Nu Metal after Meteora, I would still say Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns are equally worth listening to. Those albums are masterpieces.
Coolest thing is when i was 11 years old listening to this song i couldnt speak english, and i felt like i was in the end of something when i listened to it. Without even knowing thats what it actually meant. When i learned english i was blown away by that.
And that's one of the hardest things to do in music, make a song sound like the emotions you are trying to convey even in the absence of lyrics. Lyrics are nice to have and certainly add a lot to music as an art form, but ultimately music shouldn't need them to convey emotion.
I think this guy just has a small sample size he’s pulling from when it comes to “hit rock songs”. What about U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday” about the violent conflicts in Northern Ireland of the time. What about Space Oddity by Bowie, literally defining song of the space race era? “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star totally taps into the hopelessness of the 90s generation. “London Calling” by The Clash I can keep going…not all hit songs are about love and heartbreak or whatever else he said.
@@hawkofdarkness6641 btw when I said “this guy” I wasn’t referring to you bro. SOAD are absolute legends, i grew up with them and the Deftones music. I was talking about the UA-camr.
this is one of the best mini documentaries I've ever watched on youtube. It doesnt judge nor does it favour anything. It's logical and while its conclusion is careful, it is able to shine a new, fair light on something that makes you understand and love this song even more, altough we already carried it with us through all those years. Thank you so much!
I remember hearing this song on the radio the day after Chester's passing and that was the biggest "oh" I got from any of their songs ever, I couldn't hide my tears from my parents... It was so eerie to hear that song in that context.
I still have a hard time listening to the album one more light. Even though it’s a “pop” album. What Chester is going through is so tough to listen to.
The album that got the most hate. All the way poppy and no more rock. Weakest album by them not sure why they went all poppy. Time they dropped off completely
@@EnigmaticAristaWings9798 Tbh, I didn't like OML very much either so I'm inclined to agree. It sounded very plastic and poorly made; way too Poppy for my tastes. It sounded just like any other generic Pop rubbish that was on the radio at the time.
@@bwb3881 like 20 or 25 years ago he had a rough youth I feel sorry for his 4 kids. He was supposed to be the dad to Cornell's kid but then he went away. The brotherhood of Musicians they both mimicked Kurt n Layne
@@EnigmaticAristaWings9798 Relax, it wasn't THAT bad. Definitely their weakest album, but it still had a few great songs. Talking To Myself is one of my favorite LP songs.
Feeling a wave of emotions from this video and especially with the crowd singing Chester Bennington's part... The song that made me a fan was "One Step Closer"... This band's music helped me through a lot of emotional turmoil and I am better man because of it.
My friend caled it "Number 8." She was going through a rough time in her life, as was I. Late nights staying at work to take care of my patients, the long drives home with this CD in a old school cassette to cd player was part of what got me through. I fell asleep after work on the couch one night. I woke up to Conan introducing these guys. The next day started the hunt for this album back in 2000-01. One of th best days in that terrible time of my life was finally getting to hold Hybrid Theory in my hands & purchase it. I recently turned 50. Everytime I hear LP itbrings such comfort & yet sadness to me. I'm a Grunge Girl, but bands like LP, Deftones, etc. really really got me through a terrible time.
I think all of Linkin Park's earlier music at the time sounded a bit strange. Awesome, but still strange, because it was such a new spin on a hybrid of genres. Hence "Hybrid Theory."
3:24 probably one of the greatest Linkin Park concerts ever. Rock am Ring 2004. Mike tried so hard to make the crowd go silent, but he never managed to. Until this day it just gives me chills
2 decades ago I was 19, just left home to the university and living by myself with few guys I just met there. I didn't know at the time, my bipolar disorder started to affect me very badly. This song was exactly how I felt at that time. When listening to this, I felt like I'm not the only one who felt like this. This song probably saved my life back then. It is kind of ironic that Chester saved my life with his angelic voice to end up like that 😢
I have a very special connection to Linkin Park. As a teen in India during early 2000s, stumbled upon to Linkin Park on VH1 while scrolling channels. The guitars, the drums, the heavy vocals along with the rap. I had freaking goosebumps. This was my introduction to a genre called 'ROCK' Since then i have been nothing but a rock loyalist. That's the genre i swear to everyone. From Grunge to classic i ventured into every of its subgenre. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Soundgarden, AIC, Nirvana, etc i listen to every freaking thing (except death Metal) But Linkin Park is what makes me feel like a 15 year old curious kid who was happy and didn't care about the future. Chester's Screams is the only thing that brings me peace whenever i feels low
This was a great video. I love the way you guys used their accapellas and sort of remixed them into the video in a way. This felt very nostalgic watching it.
Being a kid from Los Angeles during this time, EVERYONE had this CD. You go to your friends house a copy was there, you went to your cousins house a copy was there, you went to school people had the booklet on their folders, it was literally EVERYWHERE. Same thing with Dr Dre 2001 and MMLP.
What a beautiful piece. Definitely sharing this with my teen who's recently discovered Linkin Park and whose favorite song is "In the End." We've been in deep grief since losing my husband/his Dad two years ago. Maybe the story of this song will help him find catharsis, too.. Or, at least an outlet. Thanks for this piece, Loudwire and Linkin Park!
If there's anything to take away from the modern world, then it's that you're set up to fail systemically. Crippling debt? No future in which you see yourself own a home? Highly critical of how you look at yourself? Unable to connect to others in a way you've been made to believe you should be? It's all inflicted on you. Discover your strengths and acknowledge that you're not perfect. No one is. And that's 100% what makes us, _us._ Embrace it
Every generation has this song. This same story is told about every decade about a different song. And that's cool. They aren't copycat songs, but its when a huge part of a generation reaches actual consciousness from whatever song it is.
I like that era of rock music, specially with Linkin Park, since a lot of artists started expressing that feeling of hopelessness and in a way told people they weren't alone in that struggle. Ironically, by singing out loud about those negative emotions, many people got saved from them. Music is wonderful.
The line that stuck with me forever was "You wouldn't even recognize me anymore, not that you knew me back then...". That's how you know you've completely given up on something/someone
Its the process itself of struggling, failing, asking what went wrong rather than that singular moment of success that is so relatable. linkin park nailed it
One of the clearest memories from my childhood is riding around D.C. and NYC in a tour bus with my buddy Matt while we were on our 8th grade field trip. 9/11 had just happened and we almost didn't go. One of us brought a Walkman, the other a set of cheap headphones and their copy of Hybrid Theory. We shared the earbuds and listened to that album during the whole trip.
It’s unoriginal kids who know they’ll get clowned on for saying “first” so now they say “fell off”. It’s your typical lobotomite behavior. It’s also definitely some bots mixed in.
It’s not that they fell off. They never really did better in the eyes of many then the first 2 albums. They consistently changed things for the sake of change and sometimes it wasn’t for the better. M2M was the turning point for a lot of fans and when they go back to their roots later of course some1 says fell off. New stuff is heavy and fun we can’t complain as hard now I guess
@@ealexander71it has nothing to do with the video. 😂 it's just a comment thing by zoomers. They say "1 minute in and 100 views. You fell off" But now they're such ewes they are just saying "fell off."
Points of Authority has always been my favorite song from Hybrid Theory but I never skipped a track. The only negative thing I can say about In the End (as well as Numb) is when I worked at a convenient store back then they kept the XM on the top 40 hits station and I heard those songs 20 times per shift (it seemed like). That said, they're both objectively phenomenal songs, especially In the End. LP is one of the GOATs. Got to see them live twice, 2002 and 2003. 🤘
Structurally, it's just Faith No More's Epic, but 11 years later. That's what seemed strange to me. Musically, LP was working with a formula more than a decade old.
Small correction, Chester didn't hate or dislike in the end, he was just a fan of the heavier stuff and wanted one of the heavier songs to be one of the singles
Hearing the crowd sing the song at the end, you can hear them all so clearly, everyone knows the tune and the timing so perfectly that it's coming out as clear as it is. I don't think you get that clarity for any song.
When i was like 10 this was on the radio and my ultra religious mom said "but in the end it does matter because you're trying to get to heaven" yeah...i didn't stay religious for very long 😂 love you mom!
This song came out a few months before my first suicide attempt at 14. I listened to it on repeat. Chester understood me, he felt what I felt. 20-something years later Chester is gone and I’m still here, struggling, fighting, trying to survive every day. It’s not fair. 💔
In The End is the bigger hit, but Breaking The Habit is the one that strikes the biggest chord with me. It was one of the few songs I’ve heard on the radio where it’s very obviously implied that he dies at the end. He ended up living another fourteen years, but that’s the one that best explains what that kind of a situation is like, at least in my own experience
I miss Chester every single day of my life. He was quite literally the best live singer to ever live. Pure emotional pouring out unlike anything I've ever seen.
the fact is that "in the end" was composed because chester was in love with his neighbour and she rejected because he is not goodlooking, with that in consideration the song is pretty obvious, mundane and common in that kind of situation in the point of view of someone that was rejected, all the other meanings that are explained are byproducts but not the original idea, the song is about someone that was rejected no more no more less, is a good song that was a hit, but a very common and naive heartbreak song, and thats all, not a very deep meaning after all, dig a little and review the interviews about the song that he give and you find he things that i mentioned before
The 8 minute mark of this video made me miss Chester. My favorite song from HT is Pushing me Away / Forgotten. Early 2000s were great because of this band.
It just reminded people of a wild punk song. Grabbed all those 80's punk fans plus all the new generations at once, since no good punk has ever hit mainstream.
LP is my favorite band of all time. I genuinely believe what the OG band did can never be recaptured. Granted, I haven't listened to From Zero yet. It has been a lot harder for ne to accept them returning with a new vocalist than I thought it would be.
When I was young, I wasn't a huge fan of LP. I mean, they were in the radio all the time and my friends liked them a lot but, I didn't go out of my way to listen to them but, I also wouldn't change the station. My favorite song was Crawling. When I heard about Chester's death, a tsunami of memories hit me with a flood of emotions following it. Playing Magic with my friends, the road trips, cookouts with my sister's family, being stuck taking care of my brother instead of doing what I wanted, the arguments and anguish of a family of addicts slowly self-destructing. It hit me pretty hard. Linkin Park was a big part of my life for many years without me even realizing it.
Heard this growing up and was immediately hooked. I would wake up every morning a bit early hoping I could catch the song on my local radio station and record it on my cassette tape. Resonated hard with me then, and even more so these days.
Linkin park was one of those rare bands that didn't ever have one bad song ,not one on any of there records,I miss Chester that song he did with that dude I cnt remeber the name but chesty was awesome in my opinion his voice was linkin park ,he's what made them famous
Safe to say i wouldnt be here without this band. Back in my teens they saved me. So sad what happened to Chester. He helped save us but we couldn't save him :(
As somebody born in 95, my childhood music evolution went from whatever my mom listened to in the car to.... Linkin Park Avenged Sevenfold Slipknot In that order. The three most influential bands of my life!
Around 7 minutes 30 seconds: "Linkin Park's fan base is really a tight-knit family". Yeah. I feel like I speak for many when I say we grew up with Mike and Chester, even if we weren't physically there. Linkin Park saved many.
Ok, with a title called hybrid theory, it starts with one thing, sounds reasonable. How we been trying to overcome this psychology ever since world war 1. And we don't even need to.
@@rohitharidas91 The song draft was in C-minor, that's where the video footage is from. They later changed the key to fit the vocals better, which is a common process - the final version (official single) is in Eb-minor. Copyright has nothing to do with this.
I started listening to music seriously in the early 2010s, I would listen to stuff from Eminem, Nirvana. Later one day I found the tracks in the end and from the inside on my uncles computer. I knew it instantly, that this is the type of music I would listen to for the rest of my life. It was the best thing ever.
I saw Linkin Park in early 2002. We got a DVD player for the first time when I sent to Sam Goody at the mall to get the VHS of Frat Party at the Pancake Festival, but they only had DVDs. I made lifelong friends on the LPMB and was once of the earliest LPU members. I've been trying hard and getting nowhere for the last 25 years. Anyway, if you'll excuse me, it's time for my Ensure.
I said it before and I will say it again. Their first music was so solid, each composition and lyrics has their own character and that's why has so much impact in the nu-metal and metal culture itself, but... Don Gilmore was the key of that sonic mind of that record. For me he was and still in some case a hidden member of the band.
You should try to look up and translate Stefan Raabs "Wir kiffen", that's the truly strangest track to ever hit number 1 of - in this case - the german charts xD
Bohemian Rhapsody and In The End have different stories but come to the same conclusion; "Nothing really matters"
Nothing else matters*
@@rayh6118 nothing REALLY matters
@@dennis_burgess Nothing really MATTRESS
Such a boring message tho
I think it's about a relationship with linkin parks song tho. And queens is about going to prison for life
@@NicolasSchaII Bohemian Rhapsody is about a Faustian deal with the devil. The narrator sells his soul, commits murder, is executed, and his soul is battled over by God and Satan, the latter wins because of the deal and he ends up in hell, defeated. It's heavily inspired by Freddie's upbringing asa Zoroastrian.
This interpretation comes from an official Queen cassette tape leaflet released in Iran in 2004, likely purposed to clear things up for Iranian listeners who have prior refused to sell Rock music in their country and might have caused controversies due to the lyrics.
Chester was the face and voice of the band but Mike is definitely the creative genius of the band
Don't forget The Chairman
Fake news. Mike was the money man.
@@Under-Kaozwhat do you mean?
@@peter_bekesiHe's one of those weirdos that showed up a few weeks ago just to hate on Mike. Ignore him, he ain't worth your time.
Idk man, if that was true then the new album wouldn’t be so uninspired and creatively bankrupt. It’s like they copy and pasted hybrid theory or meteora but with the intensity turned down a notch and the cheesy lyrics turned up a notch.
God. I miss the mainstream wild west back in the early 2000s. Feels like literally any genre of music could and would chart.
Apparently most of the new Linkin Park album is in the top 10 on Spotify.
Actually with music being so easy to produce and labels making cookie cutter artists with their influence you'll see everything sounds the same nowadays because they hop on trends rather than individualism.
@@CrymsonNiteWarner Bros is buying out plays. It's a new thing labels do, if someone reaches trending the advertising it gets is worth the price they pay. Cause people are NPCs and will go for anything they think is popular.
@@THECAR99yep, like new LP isn't original at all.
I was watching a reaction to music on here and one was from a band I had never heard of. They are called Manchester Orchestra and it was The Silence and holy shit! It was as close to perfection as you can get.from instrumentation to the lyrics to the unique vocals.
So I listened more and it was all amazing. Went to a live show back in September and they sounded just as good, if not better, then their studio version. I was thinking like “how TF did it take me *this* long to find them and why aren’t they on the radio ?!” Though in all likelihood that IS the reason why. They don’t fit the mold and make songs that are 6-7 mins long in a time where they are 2-2 mins long.
I've been listening to the new LP album and went back to the old stuff. Now im here. We miss you so much, Chester.
I literally just finished listening to From Zero and started watching this video.
Yeah I couldn't stand the new stuff either so I went back to the old as well.
@@Under-Kaoz you should keep checking their new stuff, it would mean everything for Chester. Also the fact that new Linkin Park is great is a big plus, it's not that much worse than original band, it's almost as good
The new album kicks ass
Same.
I saw Linkin Park in 2003 and I saw them again in 2024, Emily’s second show. Both times the entire arena sang to every word, and once that second “I put my trust in you” hit, you could feel everyone’s soul transcend in unison for a split second when everyone’s skin turned to goosebumps. In The End is the anthem of a generation.
So glad I went to see them in London. She/they were amazing, and the show was so cathartic.
Can’t wait to see them again in 2025. 🙌
I'm 53 and still fight this battle every fucking day.
you're not alone, friend.
We're with you, brother. Always.
Keep fighting mate, me too... john
We are together, hold on brother
Stay strong brother.... We are here for you🎉❤
Todays kids will never know how we all grew up special with Linkin Park.
Every generation has meaningful music the generation before had nirvana before that Led Zeppelin , Eric Clapton Metallica
@@RKO1988And now the music is just toilet sounds 😂
@ no comment 😂
Now linkin park sounds like shit
@@jonmarutinesu13 its because you listen to it hatefully
The Chester isolated vocals edited with reverb outros/echoes were amazing. Gave me the chills and boiled up some deep down feelings.
When the crowd simgs Chester's part... 😭
I’m not crying, you’re crying 😿
No you're crying 😭
When the crowd sings Chester's part
Yup....i am
i am crying...and so are you
Fuck I miss Chester man... LP starting this new era with Emily is amazing, and also indescribable, but we'll never have another Chester.. As an emo 90's kid, with history of suicide and depression throughout my family, Chester, Chris Cornell, and many others story has a particularly strong impact on me. I hope Mike, the band, their families, and every depressed 90's kid finds some healing in this new era
As a young LP fan, I am so fucking grateful for all the music they put out. Going through abuse and severe depression in middle/high school, it was really comforting to have music that felt the way I felt, that I wan't the only one with this burden to bear. Chester may be gone but his music kept me here, and I'll be forever grateful to him and the entirety of LP
Has Emily replaced Chester in the band? Haven't heard anything from them even though they are one my favourite since his demise. I always thought about Daniel Tompkins from the Tesseract band being a good fit for the band if they continue to make music in the post Bennington era.
@@iamwhatiam5091 she didn't replace him. she's just a new vocalist.
Papercut is the GOAT song from HT you weren't sick of hearing from overplay on the radio after a week.
a place for my head, too
It's With You for me..
Agreed 🔥🔥
Another song about suicide and ending your life. Paper it relates to me when I was about to end my life
Pushing Me Away and By Myself underrated af
You know this is a legit hit song because I've never tried to listen to Linkin Park, but I've heard it (somewhere) a million times. In fact, I didn't even know who is video was about when I clicked on it.
If you like Nu Metal their first 2 albums are at least worth a listen. If not that’s fine too, they are huge that 🎶 in the end it doesn’t even matter 🎶 sorry 😂
The first album is a banger and the second one meteora is a very polished version of the first one. Meteora was peak Linkin Park when they were at their absolute best ❤
@@ThinWhiteLuke Even though they transitioned away from Nu Metal after Meteora, I would still say Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns are equally worth listening to. Those albums are masterpieces.
Coolest thing is when i was 11 years old listening to this song i couldnt speak english, and i felt like i was in the end of something when i listened to it. Without even knowing thats what it actually meant. When i learned english i was blown away by that.
And that was 9 years ago I bet
@LordAristaWings9798 21 years ago
And that's one of the hardest things to do in music, make a song sound like the emotions you are trying to convey even in the absence of lyrics. Lyrics are nice to have and certainly add a lot to music as an art form, but ultimately music shouldn't need them to convey emotion.
chop suey - thats the strangest
I think this guy just has a small sample size he’s pulling from when it comes to “hit rock songs”. What about U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday” about the violent conflicts in Northern Ireland of the time. What about Space Oddity by Bowie, literally defining song of the space race era? “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star totally taps into the hopelessness of the 90s generation. “London Calling” by The Clash I can keep going…not all hit songs are about love and heartbreak or whatever else he said.
Can it top the lyrics of Last Resort?
@@hawkofdarkness6641 btw when I said “this guy” I wasn’t referring to you bro. SOAD are absolute legends, i grew up with them and the Deftones music. I was talking about the UA-camr.
@@SEEYAIAYE
Cut my leash into pieces
This is my bestest Bork
Domestication, no breeding
Can’t give a heck cause they neutered my weenie
Why’d you leave the keys upon the table?
this is one of the best mini documentaries I've ever watched on youtube. It doesnt judge nor does it favour anything. It's logical and while its conclusion is careful, it is able to shine a new, fair light on something that makes you understand and love this song even more, altough we already carried it with us through all those years. Thank you so much!
LP made fusing and featuring popular in the music world. Biggest rock band of the 21st century. Amazing talent!
I remember hearing this song on the radio the day after Chester's passing and that was the biggest "oh" I got from any of their songs ever, I couldn't hide my tears from my parents... It was so eerie to hear that song in that context.
I cried too
Even though i love heavy musics but i really love in the end it helped me to not give up because that song made me relize im not that alone...
Still own my hybrid theory cd from back then...
Saaaaaaaaaame
Me too
I cried 😢... miss Chester. He was unparalleled. I wish he knew how important he was to so many, many people.
I still have a hard time listening to the album one more light. Even though it’s a “pop” album. What Chester is going through is so tough to listen to.
The album that got the most hate. All the way poppy and no more rock. Weakest album by them not sure why they went all poppy. Time they dropped off completely
hes been going through this all his life. I think the music helped him stay alive for longer, without it he may have suicided way earlier
@@EnigmaticAristaWings9798 Tbh, I didn't like OML very much either so I'm inclined to agree. It sounded very plastic and poorly made; way too Poppy for my tastes. It sounded just like any other generic Pop rubbish that was on the radio at the time.
@@bwb3881 like 20 or 25 years ago he had a rough youth I feel sorry for his 4 kids. He was supposed to be the dad to Cornell's kid but then he went away. The brotherhood of Musicians they both mimicked Kurt n Layne
@@EnigmaticAristaWings9798 Relax, it wasn't THAT bad. Definitely their weakest album, but it still had a few great songs. Talking To Myself is one of my favorite LP songs.
Feeling a wave of emotions from this video and especially with the crowd singing Chester Bennington's part... The song that made me a fan was "One Step Closer"... This band's music helped me through a lot of emotional turmoil and I am better man because of it.
My friend caled it "Number 8." She was going through a rough time in her life, as was I. Late nights staying at work to take care of my patients, the long drives home with this CD in a old school cassette to cd player was part of what got me through. I fell asleep after work on the couch one night. I woke up to Conan introducing these guys. The next day started the hunt for this album back in 2000-01. One of th best days in that terrible time of my life was finally getting to hold Hybrid Theory in my hands & purchase it. I recently turned 50. Everytime I hear LP itbrings such comfort & yet sadness to me. I'm a Grunge Girl, but bands like LP, Deftones, etc. really really got me through a terrible time.
I think all of Linkin Park's earlier music at the time sounded a bit strange. Awesome, but still strange, because it was such a new spin on a hybrid of genres. Hence "Hybrid Theory."
3:24 probably one of the greatest Linkin Park concerts ever. Rock am Ring 2004. Mike tried so hard to make the crowd go silent, but he never managed to. Until this day it just gives me chills
It's almost like in the end, it didn't even matter
2 decades ago I was 19, just left home to the university and living by myself with few guys I just met there. I didn't know at the time, my bipolar disorder started to affect me very badly. This song was exactly how I felt at that time. When listening to this, I felt like I'm not the only one who felt like this. This song probably saved my life back then. It is kind of ironic that Chester saved my life with his angelic voice to end up like that 😢
I have a very special connection to Linkin Park. As a teen in India during early 2000s, stumbled upon to Linkin Park on VH1 while scrolling channels.
The guitars, the drums, the heavy vocals along with the rap. I had freaking goosebumps.
This was my introduction to a genre called 'ROCK'
Since then i have been nothing but a rock loyalist. That's the genre i swear to everyone.
From Grunge to classic i ventured into every of its subgenre.
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Soundgarden, AIC, Nirvana, etc i listen to every freaking thing (except death Metal)
But Linkin Park is what makes me feel like a 15 year old curious kid who was happy and didn't care about the future.
Chester's Screams is the only thing that brings me peace whenever i feels low
Yep, almost the same story, I bought the Modern Rock Album 2003, and I would play it on my PS1! great days...
This was a great video. I love the way you guys used their accapellas and sort of remixed them into the video in a way. This felt very nostalgic watching it.
one could save millions, but millions couldn't save one
Being a kid from Los Angeles during this time, EVERYONE had this CD.
You go to your friends house a copy was there, you went to your cousins house a copy was there, you went to school people had the booklet on their folders, it was literally EVERYWHERE. Same thing with Dr Dre 2001 and MMLP.
1:05 that slick transition thooo
Yeah, that was 🥶
20 years later at 31, this song and the rest of their tracks still hit a soft spot in my heart. They were phenomenal.
2004 to 2017, grew up alongside LP,blasting their songs every morning.. chester left but the bond with LP will never end..GOAT
What a beautiful piece. Definitely sharing this with my teen who's recently discovered Linkin Park and whose favorite song is "In the End." We've been in deep grief since losing my husband/his Dad two years ago. Maybe the story of this song will help him find catharsis, too.. Or, at least an outlet. Thanks for this piece, Loudwire and Linkin Park!
I was and still struggle with depression, and I can’t even describe how different the world was back then..
If there's anything to take away from the modern world, then it's that you're set up to fail systemically.
Crippling debt? No future in which you see yourself own a home? Highly critical of how you look at yourself? Unable to connect to others in a way you've been made to believe you should be?
It's all inflicted on you. Discover your strengths and acknowledge that you're not perfect. No one is. And that's 100% what makes us, _us._ Embrace it
Every generation has this song. This same story is told about every decade about a different song. And that's cool. They aren't copycat songs, but its when a huge part of a generation reaches actual consciousness from whatever song it is.
Pompeii is one of those “Wait, WHAT is this song about?!” hit songs
I like that era of rock music, specially with Linkin Park, since a lot of artists started expressing that feeling of hopelessness and in a way told people they weren't alone in that struggle. Ironically, by singing out loud about those negative emotions, many people got saved from them. Music is wonderful.
I love Chester but "In The End" is one of my forever songs.
Loudwire's underrated ability in creating a documentary made me believe I was watching HBO for a moment there
The line that stuck with me forever was "You wouldn't even recognize me anymore, not that you knew me back then...". That's how you know you've completely given up on something/someone
Its the process itself of struggling, failing, asking what went wrong rather than that singular moment of success that is so relatable. linkin park nailed it
One of the clearest memories from my childhood is riding around D.C. and NYC in a tour bus with my buddy Matt while we were on our 8th grade field trip. 9/11 had just happened and we almost didn't go. One of us brought a Walkman, the other a set of cheap headphones and their copy of Hybrid Theory. We shared the earbuds and listened to that album during the whole trip.
chester was the only person that made jumping look cool
Have you watched ska?
@@CrymsonNiteno but i've heard of it
Have you never been to rock and metal shows?😂 it looks fine for many singers.
@@Under-Kaoz bruh, it's just a joke
@@MutenRoshi-bm8nm hahahahahahahahahahaha sooooooo funnnnyyyyyyy
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People is also an interesting example. Like yea, the song is catchy and pop, but the theme is something else.
Agree. It’s a completely unique song that can never be replicated.
He didn't even touch on the fact that Hybrid Theory was entirely clean. That was a big deal at the time and very atypical for the genre.
people say “fell off” in comments. Is it bots? Is it intentional for attention? I’m confused .
Kids
It’s unoriginal kids who know they’ll get clowned on for saying “first” so now they say “fell off”. It’s your typical lobotomite behavior. It’s also definitely some bots mixed in.
@@ThinWhiteLuke well said
It’s not that they fell off. They never really did better in the eyes of many then the first 2 albums. They consistently changed things for the sake of change and sometimes it wasn’t for the better. M2M was the turning point for a lot of fans and when they go back to their roots later of course some1 says fell off. New stuff is heavy and fun we can’t complain as hard now I guess
@@ealexander71it has nothing to do with the video. 😂 it's just a comment thing by zoomers. They say "1 minute in and 100 views. You fell off"
But now they're such ewes they are just saying "fell off."
Points of Authority has always been my favorite song from Hybrid Theory but I never skipped a track. The only negative thing I can say about In the End (as well as Numb) is when I worked at a convenient store back then they kept the XM on the top 40 hits station and I heard those songs 20 times per shift (it seemed like). That said, they're both objectively phenomenal songs, especially In the End. LP is one of the GOATs. Got to see them live twice, 2002 and 2003. 🤘
311 had that hybrid theory too
I wonder how well Jonathan and Corey can sing LP songs
Structurally, it's just Faith No More's Epic, but 11 years later. That's what seemed strange to me. Musically, LP was working with a formula more than a decade old.
Beautiful essay. Made by the fan tor the fans. Testifying the power of music and unbreakable link of Linkin park to its fans. (Liked, Favorited)
Real good video essay, glad i watched it. Hope to see more like this.
Small correction, Chester didn't hate or dislike in the end, he was just a fan of the heavier stuff and wanted one of the heavier songs to be one of the singles
Gods the crowd singing Chester’s part feels so powerful. 🖤
I still can not believe Chester is gone man... One of the greatest of all time.
The song is so powerful as soon as I realized what song you were talking about I had to play it
Hearing the crowd sing the song at the end, you can hear them all so clearly, everyone knows the tune and the timing so perfectly that it's coming out as clear as it is. I don't think you get that clarity for any song.
Rest in peace, Chester. Your passing is still very much felt.
Excellent and interesting analysis, thanks for that.
"In the End" and "From the Inside" are my favourite songs by LP.
When i was like 10 this was on the radio and my ultra religious mom said "but in the end it does matter because you're trying to get to heaven" yeah...i didn't stay religious for very long 😂 love you mom!
This song came out a few months before my first suicide attempt at 14. I listened to it on repeat. Chester understood me, he felt what I felt. 20-something years later Chester is gone and I’m still here, struggling, fighting, trying to survive every day. It’s not fair. 💔
Love the content. Great video.
RIP Chester 🥲
The triumph in "In the End" is that it realizes what the outcome is, you can grow when you know what happened.
Almost 2.5 Billion streams on Spotify. Everyone can relate to this song. My Dad likes this song.
2:44 ISSA CULT
In The End is the bigger hit, but Breaking The Habit is the one that strikes the biggest chord with me. It was one of the few songs I’ve heard on the radio where it’s very obviously implied that he dies at the end. He ended up living another fourteen years, but that’s the one that best explains what that kind of a situation is like, at least in my own experience
can never watch a video with Chester and not shed a tear. This band helped shape me into who I am today. RIP Chester
Im not crying, you’re crying
wow, I don;t have a nostalgia emotional tie to this song but them singing Chester's part tore me up like crazy.... so powerful.
I miss Chester every single day of my life. He was quite literally the best live singer to ever live. Pure emotional pouring out unlike anything I've ever seen.
the fact is that "in the end" was composed because chester was in love with his neighbour and she rejected because he is not goodlooking, with that in consideration the song is pretty obvious, mundane and common in that kind of situation in the point of view of someone that was rejected, all the other meanings that are explained are byproducts but not the original idea, the song is about someone that was rejected no more no more less, is a good song that was a hit, but a very common and naive heartbreak song, and thats all, not a very deep meaning after all, dig a little and review the interviews about the song that he give and you find he things that i mentioned before
In The End has been my theme song since it came out
The 8 minute mark of this video made me miss Chester. My favorite song from HT is Pushing me Away / Forgotten. Early 2000s were great because of this band.
BYOB by system is the strangest mainstream hit imo
It just reminded people of a wild punk song. Grabbed all those 80's punk fans plus all the new generations at once, since no good punk has ever hit mainstream.
LP is my favorite band of all time. I genuinely believe what the OG band did can never be recaptured. Granted, I haven't listened to From Zero yet. It has been a lot harder for ne to accept them returning with a new vocalist than I thought it would be.
When I was young, I wasn't a huge fan of LP. I mean, they were in the radio all the time and my friends liked them a lot but, I didn't go out of my way to listen to them but, I also wouldn't change the station.
My favorite song was Crawling.
When I heard about Chester's death, a tsunami of memories hit me with a flood of emotions following it. Playing Magic with my friends, the road trips, cookouts with my sister's family, being stuck taking care of my brother instead of doing what I wanted, the arguments and anguish of a family of addicts slowly self-destructing.
It hit me pretty hard.
Linkin Park was a big part of my life for many years without me even realizing it.
This song is everything. we miss you forever Chester 🤍
Heard this growing up and was immediately hooked. I would wake up every morning a bit early hoping I could catch the song on my local radio station and record it on my cassette tape. Resonated hard with me then, and even more so these days.
Linkin park was one of those rare bands that didn't ever have one bad song ,not one on any of there records,I miss Chester that song he did with that dude I cnt remeber the name but chesty was awesome in my opinion his voice was linkin park ,he's what made them famous
I’m still mad I never got a copy of Hybrid Theory in high school because every time I had money the store was sold out.
Safe to say i wouldnt be here without this band. Back in my teens they saved me. So sad what happened to Chester. He helped save us but we couldn't save him :(
As somebody born in 95, my childhood music evolution went from whatever my mom listened to in the car to....
Linkin Park
Avenged Sevenfold
Slipknot
In that order. The three most influential bands of my life!
Around 7 minutes 30 seconds: "Linkin Park's fan base is really a tight-knit family".
Yeah. I feel like I speak for many when I say we grew up with Mike and Chester, even if we weren't physically there. Linkin Park saved many.
Loudwire: "lets do a documentary about this band"
*proceeds with the band name spelt wrong*
It starts with one…
That was one of the lines I’m always going to remember
Ok, with a title called hybrid theory, it starts with one thing, sounds reasonable. How we been trying to overcome this psychology ever since world war 1. And we don't even need to.
3:08 He plays it in C-minor but the audio track is in Eb-minor ^^
It's to circumvent the UA-cam copyright
@@rohitharidas91 The song draft was in C-minor, that's where the video footage is from. They later changed the key to fit the vocals better, which is a common process - the final version (official single) is in Eb-minor.
Copyright has nothing to do with this.
Chester and mike and both 1 of 1s, put them together rest was history. so happy i grew up in 2000s
I started listening to music seriously in the early 2010s, I would listen to stuff from Eminem, Nirvana. Later one day I found the tracks in the end and from the inside on my uncles computer. I knew it instantly, that this is the type of music I would listen to for the rest of my life. It was the best thing ever.
This video was really really well done. 🤟
Chester is 100% the GOAT vocalist of our lifetime. Prove me wrong.
LP is the ultimate fusion of hip hop rock rap and rnb
I was at Sonic Temple in '19. Once-in-a-century experience, no hyperbole. If you know, you KNOW.
I saw Linkin Park in early 2002. We got a DVD player for the first time when I sent to Sam Goody at the mall to get the VHS of Frat Party at the Pancake Festival, but they only had DVDs. I made lifelong friends on the LPMB and was once of the earliest LPU members.
I've been trying hard and getting nowhere for the last 25 years. Anyway, if you'll excuse me, it's time for my Ensure.
Those first three albums, not so much the second, but definitely the first and third, were really good stuff.
4:01-4:09 anyone know where to find that stock footage?
I said it before and I will say it again.
Their first music was so solid, each composition and lyrics has their own character and that's why has so much impact in the nu-metal and metal culture itself, but... Don Gilmore was the key of that sonic mind of that record. For me he was and still in some case a hidden member of the band.
You should try to look up and translate Stefan Raabs "Wir kiffen", that's the truly strangest track to ever hit number 1 of - in this case - the german charts xD
Great vid and msg ❤🥺
Listened to this album and Meteora over and over and over again ad nauseum