Music Emissions
Linkin Park has always been somewhat of a guilty pleasure band for me. I never really expressed how I felt about the band because there have always been two sets of Linkin Park fans. On one side there are the die hard generic rock wannabes that embarrass the hell out of everyone in the room when the first words out of their mouth always have something to do with Linkin Park. On the other side we have the subtle fans who appreciate Linkin Park's style and sound until one of their idiotic fans tries to tell us they have seen Linkin Park more times than they can count. Now enough of my enlightening childhood.
Meteora is a very solid album. It doesn't incorperate as much synth as the last album. Depending on what side of Linkin Park you like, you might find this disappointing. I don't know everyone else's opinion about Meteora, but it shows more of the lyrical style of Linkin Park that we didn't really get from earlier albums. But lyrics aren't enough to raise this album above the slowly rising hill of mediocrity. Every song sounds like we expect it to. There aren't any breath taking moments that make you just sit and marvel. Maybe that is what I'm looking for in Linkin Park.
But I keep forgetting the true side of Linkin Park. All Linkin Park is and all it will ever be is radio rock. It gives shock jocks something to play every single day, expecting to hold us over until the next 3 hour block of Metallica can begin again. I don't know if it's just me, but I think beneath the radio b.s, there is a gritty, nasty, and harsh side of Linkin Park that we will never see because everyone is afraid of what's capable when it is unleashed. Who knows, maybe one day we can dig up some unrealesed material. but until that day comes, we'll just have to sit in the shadow of our radio and wait to hear Enter Sandman for the umpteenth million freaking time.