I chose 13 songs from Linkin Park’s live album series Live Around the World to make my playlist. The series contains the songs which the band had performed on various stages. You can listen to the studio version in four albums from the debut album Hybrid Theory to the 4th album A Thousand Suns.
One of my favorite LP songs is Points Of Authority included in Hybrid Theory. This song has the role to start my playlist. Mike Shinoda, who is a rapper, guitarist, and keyboard player in the band, had performed the new rap at the start of the song in this version. The new rap sharply passes a torch to the original rap. The stream of the highly condensed words makes me so excited. Make some noise!
Points Of Authority (Sydney, 2007) in Hybrid Theory
In The End (Melbourne, 2010) in Hybrid Theory
Don’t Stay (Shanghai, 2007) in Meteora
Somewhere I Belong (Köln, 2008) in Meteora
Lying From You (New York, 2008) in Meteora
One Step Closer (Frankfurt, 2008) in Hybrid Theory
Papercut (Paris, 2010) in Hybrid Theory
What I’ve Done (New York, 2008) in Minutes To Midnight
When They Come For Me (Paris, 2010) in A Thousand Suns
Numb (New York, 2008) in Meteora
From The Inside (Sydney, 2010) in Meteora
Breaking The Habit (Hamburg, 2011) in Meteora
The Messenger (Las Vegas, 2011) in A Thousand Suns
The last song in the playlist is The Messenger included in A Thousand Suns. Chester Bennington’s singing voice is very tough, beautiful, and tender. I love it. In the simple and gentle sounds, his song sounds sweet to me and resonates with my heart. He said “Sing along with us!” and then the audience sang along with him at the end of the song. It had finished up with the voices of Chester and many LP lovers. So impressive.
