Chester's music helped so many people that are going through the same thing he was, its sad he could not overcome his demons he is a great lost to the world and music. R.I.P Chester
As a mom this hit me differently. I took it as a warning to NEVER push my agenda on my children but help them thrive into their own. I may have chosen a different path, however I’ll de DAMNED if my kids felt judged by me for their choices. I want only the best for my kids and I’ll do my best to empower them to be their best. My kids are awesome and I’m damn proud of both of them.
That is the way I took it too when my youngest daughter used to play it... I love their music, and when she unexpectedly left this World, I took comfort in listening to her favorite songs, Linkin Park being one of her favorites. Needless to say, when he passed away, I felt like my daughter left me again... I cried for days....RIP Chester & D$VA
Reminds me of my parents thank you for being understanding of kids struggle to understand life. It’s easier said than done to figure out your path. Nothing gender identify wise, I mean job wise, sexuality is fine too but my struggle is I have a business management degree but can’t find a job & I can’t imagine having a disability or disease. Complaining when my body works just fine as of now
This came out when I was a teen. Being a nerd and an artist, I never tried to be part of the popular group because I loved that I could just be myself with my fellow nerds. Now as an adult, I want to make sure my nephew will grow up with someone that will always support what HE likes and what he WANTS to try to do. Let him explore his interests and support him when he does finally have an idea what he wants. I want him to feel safe to chase his own dreams and be himself.
BJ we all listen to Chester's music with sadness after his suicide. You definitely can feel his pain and struggles in his voice. It does hit differently. One More Light, Crawling and Paper Cut is fire 🔥. RIP Chester
Goddammit Asia. You've nearly got me in tears here from the truth you're speaking around 4 minutes in. I was one of those kids. I was a shaken baby, and my right side is partially paralyzed. I walk with a limp, I've worn glasses since I was 6, and I was incredibly smart as a child. Grade school and Junior High were HELL for me. I was bullied, teased, called every name imaginable... it was a nightmare. Being smart didn't help; I got along a lot better with adults, so I was a "teachers' pet" as well. Ironically, the physical injury was, or became rather, the least of all the problems. I learned to adapt to the differences in how my body worked relatively easily. The emotional and mental trauma that I went through over those 8 or so years though broke me in ways I'm sure I'll never understand completely. Now I'm 37, unemployed, living on SSDI, single, lonely, and as much as I need someone to be there for me, to help me without judgment or prejudice, I often feel like I have nothing to really offer in return. What self-esteem I have is about as strong as a Kleenex, holding together great as long as I don't need to do anything at all. So thank you for your words; they've touched my heart. To talk a bit about this song, it, along with the entire Meteora CD, was one of the biggest things that got me through much of my 20s, and even now, in my late 30s, I still relate to a lot of the songs on it. There are days, despite my best efforts, where I still feel like it is easier to run than to face all this pain here all alone. I'm still looking for somewhere I belong, and most days I feel emotionally numb because I'm scared of losing myself to my emotions without having someone to guide me back to 'me'. So yeah. Dammitall for making me feel this way tonight... and thank you.
Linkin Parks music always has a beautiful pain to it, and it also helped me through many difficult times to reach where I am now. I really hope you're able to find your way to your own happiness.
That album got me through some really trying times as a teenager who didn't know her place in the world... at times I still don't, but music like this is one of the things that has saved me and continues to this day. R.I.P Chester.
I always took it as *("I want to be more like me & less like you" "somebody used to be disappointed in you") a child parent situation where the parent is disappointed in the choices you make but it's your life to choose & your parents did the same when they were your age and somebody was disappointed in their decisions
Agree. It feels like it's about parental pressure being placed on the child to be what the parent wants them to be instead of what the child really is. Sadly, it's a repetitive cycle.
I feel like it's about both to be honest. Societal/peer expectations along with parental expectations. The expectations are linked to bullying, again from both groups. If you don't live up to what they want you to do, when they want you to do it, you get berated and ostracised for it.
I have fucked up so much in my life, but one thing I am proud of myself about is that I have always defended and tried to befriend people that seemed to me like that had no one else. I didnt care if I self-deteriorate and negelected my own problems if I could make one person think about their life a little bit better, I feel like my life wasnt wasted. I feel like most of us have similar feelings and thoughts that you guys are talking about despite any gender/race/sexual orientation differences, and the more people sending that message to everyone around us will impact the world more than any of us can know. As always, you guys are amazing.
Asia Crawling, Points Of Authority, and anything with him screaming is worth the listen. Loved your words and I wish Chester could have been saved I feel like we let him down.R.I.P Chester
Thanks guys....every song I hear from LP brings me to tears! This song in particular. Each song he sings, I hear and feel HIS PAIN. I hear him struggling with his depression and wonder how deep the pain, I feel ya, BJ
Any Linkin park reactions would be much appreciated, you can't go wrong,the music is so unique & chester had one of the best voices, could sing anything 🤘🎸🎶🤘🎸🎶🤘🎸🎶
Asia I agree with you 100%. My daughter has Autism, she goes to a regular school and is so incredibly smart. She get's bullied all the time, it breaks my heart. Kids make fun of her because she flaps her hands, she does this because it help's regulate her emotions.
It's amazing how much you guys are focused in on Linkin Park songs.. especially Asia..she looks spellbound. Please look into them farther and continue to do their reactions. I would suggest doing older songs and progressing into newer ones. Above all I would say wait to do "Given Up" until you've done at least 5-6 other songs first. God bless Linkin Park, RIP Chester.. 😔😥
I like your reflections on this song. I see many just narrow it doing to not living up to their parents expectations. But I feel and think this song is trying to express it broader, how society almost expects everyone to be the same and to follow the same paths. It can be also be how we can feel trapped in our bodies. The reason I said this is because a few months before my mom died because of long term alchol abuse, I told her: "You know you will die if you continue this?". Her reply was: "I do not feel much anymore, I feel numb". In the end, her body was too much to fight against alone.
The girl in this video is Briana Evigan who played Andie in Step Up 2 The Streets, he father is an actor Greg Evigan he stared in an 80's tv show BJ and The Bear.
They did a carpool karaoke days before he died and Chester was having such a good time. They did this song at the end and Chester was singing but instead he was saying "Be more like me and be less like Mike"
People, we all just need to love each other! Asia and BJ, I love you guys and your message. I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I relate to you guys so much. I'm a 50 year old white conservative man, and we speak the same language.
love some linkin park and yes Chester always wrote true feeling maybe what he went through and others also and everybody can always relate to some the songs in there life.they always made such amzing great music and Chester we miss you so much RIP..love how you guys are talking about and can already see video and his lyrics and some the meanings behind them awesome.
Lets go down the *Linkin Park* rabbit hole, so many hits I'm sure they'll refresh your memory you've heard somewhere A list for you to choose from *Crawling* *What I've done* *Breaking the habit* *New divide* *One step closer* *Paper cut* *Burn It Down* *One more light*
I traded mainstream media for truth. Asia and BJ give me their true feelings about life and I trust them. Thank you both for helping me sort through my own feelings by sharing yours. Mad respect and love.
I've always felt this song was about the cycle of emotional abuse, where the weight of unfair disappointment from a controlling parent or partner can destroy you. Or you can see what makes them treat you like this, but you don't know if you can escape it yourself.
Also checkout from LP: - Guilty of the same - Irridesant - Waiting for the end - Lost in the Echo - Bleed it Out - The Catalyst - Faint - My December - From the inside
This song isn't about bullying exactly, Chester suffered from sexual abuse in his childhood. Listen to the lyrics again. However I believe he put this video into the context of bullying to make it more relatable to a wider audience. Regardless this song is beautiful. RIP Chester.
If someone wants to hurt someone they can always find something to attack them about. In a similar way, if two people want to communicate then it's possible even when there is no common language between them and love, appreciation and beauty can be shared and enjoyed. I have seen this first hand
Thank you for bringing that point to light. Our daughter was born deaf, dealt with stupid people her whole life. She'll be 31 tomorrow still to this day dealing with it. Only difference is she can't hear you. Same everyday life as anyone else. People don't even try to get to know her. Guys realize she's deaf, their gone.
So sorry to hear this Harold....I have a daughter with special needs and deal with this sort of thing all the time also. I hope she has a Happy Birthday!!🎈🎂
In the video, it was the mother and daughter relationship. I believe in Chester's real life it was the father and son relationship. Expectations don't just kill parent/children relationships.
Yeeees!!!!! LP songs will always be about some type of emotion, whether its depression, anger,, sadness,, etc etc etc.. The best band in the world!!!! Somewhere I Belong should be next!!! Or Points of Authority, Papercut, damn, tooo many good ones!!!!
Linkin Park and Evanescence were both 2 bands that really impacted me in my youth and I'm happy that more and more people are being introduced to them. Both of you are so thoughtful and really can break down a songs lyrics. Keep up the good stuff fam.
You want a song that speaks on just how much pain he was in and no one noticed until he was gone, listen to given up. There’s one scream in particular where you can literally FEEL his pain. It’s truly sad how little people noticed his words were cries for help.
Hi guys, when I was 15 I had a stutter, and it made me feel so small that I was thinking about ending my life, but in the end I couldn't do that to my mom, I could not inflict this kind of pain onto her. But music was also my therapy and saved me and now im 50, still dealing with depression on and off but Im happy to be alive. Thank you!
7:52 I like that BJ pointed out the musical complexity of Linkin Park here. Mostly what you hear about is the emotional impact of the music (which is undeniably significant), but these guys had a technical proficiency that left them a cut above many, if not most, of their peers.
I used to listen to this when I was swimming, was such a good competitive swimmer song. That's how I experienced it anyway, gives chills hearing it again.
You are right about the bullying. But it’s also about trying to fill your parents shoes and the pressure of high expectations from them. Then if you find out that maybe you don’t want the same things your dad wants for you. It’s a situation many young people experience. Asia hit the nail on the head.
Mann y’all should definitely check out the mashup between linkin park & jay z, check out Encore/Numb at 2004 collision course which is my personal favorite 👌💪😂
I remember when Chester,Mike,Joseph (my guy at the mix and scratch table),Brad aka "Big Bad Brad"(shredding the guitar),Dave aka The Phoenix rocking the bass and Rob behind the drums first had a breakthrough. Soo many from the hard rock,metal communities threw major shit on them,because they were not completely metal. Back then i was a metalhead,i still consider myself one. But Linkin Park was something unique for me,i had never heard anything like it,and they mixed several genres together so perfectly. And every member so incredibly talented,i was hooked right away. Even Mike Shinoda who can basically do anything,but is best known as the rapper in the band,is still to this day very underrated as a rapper. He is a brilliant songwriter and producer as well. Have you checked out his sideproject yet? Fort Minor,they got several beautiful,great songs. If you havent checked them out,give this one a go for starters: "Where'd You Go - Fort Minor (feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) (Official Video)" Then if you loved that one,and want the full on Fort Minor to bring it: Fort Minor-Remember The Name. That last one gets people hyped!
Asia, I'm gonna throw a line at you. "If your run into one asshole during the day, they are probably actually the asshole....If you run into assholes all day long.....then you are the asshole." Just Paraphrasing what you said, it was on point. 😁 And BJ, the Chester thing, it so much harder now for me as well. It hit me hard back in the day but something just feels different.ff
i was deploy to iraq in 2004 in the army i am retired u.s army now but at that time my daugther was in HER 2 YEAR OF collage at that time , and she send me this CD. I LOVE THEM FROM THEN ON. I BLACK . AND MY DAUGTHER WENT TO AN ALL WHITE ( GIRLS) HIGH SCHOOL
Ur guys reaction and what u 2 talk about during the reaction just gives hope in the human race. There are not a lot of ppl in the world that can really just expand their minds and stop being so narrow when it comes to others and u guys are an incredible reactors.
I didn’t read through all 273 comments but there’s a lot of talk that Tyler Joseph of twenty one pilots wrote their song Neon Gravestones with Chester in mind. I don’t know if there’s any truth to that but you should listen to Neon Gravestones. It’s an incredible song. It takes Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and he reimagines it. it’s so beautiful.
To me this perfectly describes living with a narcissist. "Every step that I take is another mistake to you" I can't tell you how many times I've heard that.
Guys I was exactly the same way. I listen to every lyric he sings in his songs and pay attention now, but wasn't listening before he died. And yes you can hear all the pain.
Really? The lyrics were what drew me to them from the first listen. And I'm not even a native English speaker. I guess they just hit the right exact emotion at the right time for me. Only thing I regret is "falling off" the LP-bandwagon when random peopel said they weren't as good anymore. Because that was bullshit, all their albums are really good.
All his lyrics make his suicide make so much sense sadly..its heartbreaking...his voice tho..he sings..screams..everything...there will NEVER be another Chester Bennington 😭
I feel so ashamed that I listened to all their music and never ONCE thought Chester was going through it that bad. Like how could we have missed it? 😭 RIP Chester we love and miss you!
@@hoopwizardws i never once thought they were jus lyrics yo..i knew he was feeling that shit but did I think he was gonna leave his family & us like that no 💔 the pain for some ppl too much tho..goes to show you money not shit..think bout Robin Williams & all the other "famous" ppl that took their life...pain is pain yo..n money cant touch that shit sadly 😭💔😭
I was in high school around when this came out. I was more into old school 80's post punk, goth and industrial. And 90's goth, industrial and EBM. Nevertheless, I liked Nu Metal like KoЯn and Linkin Park. In this video, there are allusions to cutting. I cut myself from age 14-22 or something. I got therapy. Haven't done it for 20 years. Even as a goth kid in black and eyeliner, with sarcasm dripping from my cross pendant, I liked this. Another fun fact: Kurt Cobain has a song called literally: "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die". It's not like nobody saw it coming. I myself take my meds and whilst understanding and taking comfort, also resolve not to give normals the satisfaction. I will live just to screw with "normal" people.
Listening to your earliest response (around the 2:50 mark or so) reminds me of a George Carlin reference when he did a piece about finding our similarities as opposed to our differences in life. I think that if we all look at things that way, we'd be in a better place. Nice job guys - keep up the great work!
Ohhh, PLEASE continue down the Linkin Park rabbit hole. Do you ever do album reactions? I recommend start with Hybrid Theory and then move to Meteora. Not ONE bad song on either of them. They will always be my favorite band. Chester (and Mike) both talke straight about how they were feeling and Chester poured his heart out with truth in his lyrics. He bared his soul. RIP, beautiful Chester.
When I was young, I got bullied, and after a little while I became a bully. And as I got a little bit older, I understood that that was not who I am. Life is rough.
Chester's music helped so many people that are going through the same thing he was, its sad he could not overcome his demons he is a great lost to the world and music. R.I.P Chester
Amen to that
IKR! Ugh! Makes me sad. I still wonder if JP was his dad...I know it's rumor but I feel like he and Chris..it wasn't their time.
Linkin Park Music*
I'd have more company in hell, but I'd become a saint to hear Chester's music again
Me just realizing that suicide lands you in hell 😐🙂☺😁
Looks like I'm going to hell ma!
As a mom this hit me differently. I took it as a warning to NEVER push my agenda on my children but help them thrive into their own. I may have chosen a different path, however I’ll de DAMNED if my kids felt judged by me for their choices. I want only the best for my kids and I’ll do my best to empower them to be their best.
My kids are awesome and I’m damn proud of both of them.
That is the way I took it too when my youngest daughter used to play it... I love their music, and when she unexpectedly left this World, I took comfort in listening to her favorite songs, Linkin Park being one of her favorites. Needless to say, when he passed away, I felt like my daughter left me again... I cried for days....RIP Chester & D$VA
True.
Reminds me of my parents thank you for being understanding of kids struggle to understand life. It’s easier said than done to figure out your path. Nothing gender identify wise, I mean job wise, sexuality is fine too but my struggle is I have a business management degree but can’t find a job & I can’t imagine having a disability or disease. Complaining when my body works just fine as of now
This came out when I was a teen. Being a nerd and an artist, I never tried to be part of the popular group because I loved that I could just be myself with my fellow nerds. Now as an adult, I want to make sure my nephew will grow up with someone that will always support what HE likes and what he WANTS to try to do. Let him explore his interests and support him when he does finally have an idea what he wants. I want him to feel safe to chase his own dreams and be himself.
BJ we all listen to Chester's music with sadness after his suicide. You definitely can feel his pain and struggles in his voice. It does hit differently. One More Light, Crawling and Paper Cut is fire 🔥.
RIP Chester
Rockstar Legend and even more so in my own life.
All of Chester's songs have a deeper meaning after..
one more light and given up just hit different after chester's passing
Chester's cover of rolling in the deep makes me ball too.
Edit: ruclips.net/video/_sXrTpOVnak/видео.html
Here is the cover
Goddammit Asia. You've nearly got me in tears here from the truth you're speaking around 4 minutes in. I was one of those kids. I was a shaken baby, and my right side is partially paralyzed. I walk with a limp, I've worn glasses since I was 6, and I was incredibly smart as a child. Grade school and Junior High were HELL for me. I was bullied, teased, called every name imaginable... it was a nightmare. Being smart didn't help; I got along a lot better with adults, so I was a "teachers' pet" as well. Ironically, the physical injury was, or became rather, the least of all the problems. I learned to adapt to the differences in how my body worked relatively easily.
The emotional and mental trauma that I went through over those 8 or so years though broke me in ways I'm sure I'll never understand completely. Now I'm 37, unemployed, living on SSDI, single, lonely, and as much as I need someone to be there for me, to help me without judgment or prejudice, I often feel like I have nothing to really offer in return. What self-esteem I have is about as strong as a Kleenex, holding together great as long as I don't need to do anything at all. So thank you for your words; they've touched my heart.
To talk a bit about this song, it, along with the entire Meteora CD, was one of the biggest things that got me through much of my 20s, and even now, in my late 30s, I still relate to a lot of the songs on it. There are days, despite my best efforts, where I still feel like it is easier to run than to face all this pain here all alone. I'm still looking for somewhere I belong, and most days I feel emotionally numb because I'm scared of losing myself to my emotions without having someone to guide me back to 'me'.
So yeah. Dammitall for making me feel this way tonight... and thank you.
Linkin Parks music always has a beautiful pain to it, and it also helped me through many difficult times to reach where I am now.
I really hope you're able to find your way to your own happiness.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS SONG FOR 20 YEARS AND IT STILL BRINGS ME A LITTLE BIT OF TEARS EACH TIME.
Hybrid Theory was freakin therapy when it came out. One of the few albums that had zero skips.
I still have periods where I listen to the whole album on repeat...It's timeless
That album got me through some really trying times as a teenager who didn't know her place in the world... at times I still don't, but music like this is one of the things that has saved me and continues to this day. R.I.P Chester.
Hybrid theory supposed to be the name of the band and linkin park was the album but like we say back then fuck it whatever the name album is awsome
Agreed. I don't think there was a single song on that album that I didn't like, which is really rare.
Sings like an Angel Screams Like A Demon Chester Bennington ❤️
I actually like that. It's like a motto for life.
Chester voice was so versitile and his heart so beautiful
I always took it as *("I want to be more like me & less like you" "somebody used to be disappointed in you") a child parent situation where the parent is disappointed in the choices you make but it's your life to choose & your parents did the same when they were your age and somebody was disappointed in their decisions
Agree. It feels like it's about parental pressure being placed on the child to be what the parent wants them to be instead of what the child really is. Sadly, it's a repetitive cycle.
I'm in the same place rn !!!
Lol thats the actual meaning of it. But she did get the second meaning from it. But it's mostly about having anxiety and stress due to that situation
I feel like it's about both to be honest. Societal/peer expectations along with parental expectations. The expectations are linked to bullying, again from both groups. If you don't live up to what they want you to do, when they want you to do it, you get berated and ostracised for it.
Numb is my number 1 LP song .This song always make me sad about Chester ....R.I.P Chester Bennington 🙏💕❤
Try there “crawling” or”paper cut” 🤘
Papercut* :)
@@matts42 their* ;)
Don't treat the corrections to your vocabulary as negativity. Just learn and earn! We love those songs too.
Papercut is everything
@@kimlinquash6243 Hybrid theory was the truth.Meteora wasn't too shabby either.Man, I miss the old LP
Knowing that Chester struggled with depression and lost his battle to it. Their music hits different. Absolutely can feel his pain.
Linkin Park dominated my life for a good minute … RIP Chester! Great Reaction & beautiful insights (real talk yawl)! THX’s ♥️
I have fucked up so much in my life, but one thing I am proud of myself about is that I have always defended and tried to befriend people that seemed to me like that had no one else. I didnt care if I self-deteriorate and negelected my own problems if I could make one person think about their life a little bit better, I feel like my life wasnt wasted. I feel like most of us have similar feelings and thoughts that you guys are talking about despite any gender/race/sexual orientation differences, and the more people sending that message to everyone around us will impact the world more than any of us can know. As always, you guys are amazing.
Asia Crawling, Points Of Authority, and anything with him screaming is worth the listen. Loved your words and I wish Chester could have been saved I feel like we let him down.R.I.P Chester
Chester’s voice is so beautiful - RIP!!! Y’all should react to him covering Adele’s Rolling in the Deep….it is soooo good! 🔥🔥 Love you guys ❤️
Thanks guys....every song I hear from LP brings me to tears! This song in particular.
Each song he sings, I hear and feel HIS PAIN. I hear him struggling with his depression and wonder how deep the pain, I feel ya, BJ
Any Linkin park reactions would be much appreciated, you can't go wrong,the music is so unique & chester had one of the best voices, could sing anything 🤘🎸🎶🤘🎸🎶🤘🎸🎶
One More Light live @ the Jimmy Kimmel live show. A heartbreaking performance right after Chris Cornells death. R.I.P. Chris and Chester🙏🏻
Asia I agree with you 100%. My daughter has Autism, she goes to a regular school and is so incredibly smart. She get's bullied all the time, it breaks my heart. Kids make fun of her because she flaps her hands, she does this because it help's regulate her emotions.
My interpretation of this song is a parent smothering a child and not letting them be their own person. Which can really screw them up.
RIP Chester ❤ please check Crawling, Papercut, Somewhere I Belong and One More Light. Linkin Park is one of my favorite bands.
It's amazing how much you guys are focused in on Linkin Park songs.. especially Asia..she looks spellbound. Please look into them farther and continue to do their reactions. I would suggest doing older songs and progressing into newer ones. Above all I would say wait to do "Given Up" until you've done at least 5-6 other songs first. God bless Linkin Park, RIP Chester.. 😔😥
True
I like your reflections on this song. I see many just narrow it doing to not living up to their parents expectations. But I feel and think this song is trying to express it broader, how society almost expects everyone to be the same and to follow the same paths. It can be also be how we can feel trapped in our bodies. The reason I said this is because a few months before my mom died because of long term alchol abuse, I told her: "You know you will die if you continue this?". Her reply was: "I do not feel much anymore, I feel numb". In the end, her body was too much to fight against alone.
The girl in this video is Briana Evigan who played Andie in Step Up 2 The Streets, he father is an actor Greg Evigan he stared in an 80's tv show BJ and The Bear.
Chester is incredible! Awesome singing voice, and at same time great screamer.
Im this video Chester suffer much pain.... this told by Mike..rip angel voice 😥🌹
They did a carpool karaoke days before he died and Chester was having such a good time. They did this song at the end and Chester was singing but instead he was saying "Be more like me and be less like Mike"
People, we all just need to love each other! Asia and BJ, I love you guys and your message. I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I relate to you guys so much. I'm a 50 year old white conservative man, and we speak the same language.
Chester’s voice always makes me cry. What’s wrong with being different…? SNS make me fucked up about today’s society.
It's about not living up to your Parents expectations, and Failing to do so, RIP Chester.
love some linkin park and yes Chester always wrote true feeling maybe what he went through and others also and everybody can always relate to some the songs in there life.they always made such amzing great music and Chester we miss you so much RIP..love how you guys are talking about and can already see video and his lyrics and some the meanings behind them awesome.
Lets go down the *Linkin Park* rabbit hole, so many hits I'm sure they'll refresh your memory you've heard somewhere
A list for you to choose from
*Crawling*
*What I've done*
*Breaking the habit*
*New divide*
*One step closer*
*Paper cut*
*Burn It Down*
*One more light*
I traded mainstream media for truth. Asia and BJ give me their true feelings about life and I trust them. Thank you both for helping me sort through my own feelings by sharing yours. Mad respect and love.
RIP Chester❤️❤️One of the great voices of our generation. To me, he is our Freddy Mercury
they have so many awesome songs. keep checking out their songs
I've always felt this song was about the cycle of emotional abuse, where the weight of unfair disappointment from a controlling parent or partner can destroy you. Or you can see what makes them treat you like this, but you don't know if you can escape it yourself.
I really really REALLY love that you guys give a thorough analysis for the songs! Love that y'all talk it through and have a good discussion on it.
Also checkout from LP:
- Guilty of the same
- Irridesant
- Waiting for the end
- Lost in the Echo
- Bleed it Out
- The Catalyst
- Faint
- My December
- From the inside
A line in the sand
This song isn't about bullying exactly, Chester suffered from sexual abuse in his childhood. Listen to the lyrics again. However I believe he put this video into the context of bullying to make it more relatable to a wider audience. Regardless this song is beautiful. RIP Chester.
wow i can hear it in the lyrics. His pain was intense. I don’t believe he unalived himself though
Can't wait for "Leave out all the Rest"
That's a great one!
If someone wants to hurt someone they can always find something to attack them about. In a similar way, if two people want to communicate then it's possible even when there is no common language between them and love, appreciation and beauty can be shared and enjoyed. I have seen this first hand
Thank you for bringing that point to light.
Our daughter was born deaf, dealt with stupid people her whole life. She'll be 31 tomorrow still to this day dealing with it. Only difference is she can't hear you. Same everyday life as anyone else. People don't even try to get to know her. Guys realize she's deaf, their gone.
So sorry to hear this Harold....I have a daughter with special needs and deal with this sort of thing all the time also. I hope she has a Happy Birthday!!🎈🎂
I still get chills when I hear this, even after all this time
Its amazing to me when i hear these “reactions” too singers that can ACTUALLY SING !
In the video, it was the mother and daughter relationship. I believe in Chester's real life it was the father and son relationship. Expectations don't just kill parent/children relationships.
Need to hear his version of rollin in the deep
Yeeees!!!!! LP songs will always be about some type of emotion, whether its depression, anger,, sadness,, etc etc etc.. The best band in the world!!!! Somewhere I Belong should be next!!! Or Points of Authority, Papercut, damn, tooo many good ones!!!!
Linkin Park and Evanescence were both 2 bands that really impacted me in my youth and I'm happy that more and more people are being introduced to them. Both of you are so thoughtful and really can break down a songs lyrics. Keep up the good stuff fam.
Man his lyrics were really a cry for help in a'lot of his songs :(
Yes definately
But a lot/most of them were written by Mike. Just saying.
You want a song that speaks on just how much pain he was in and no one noticed until he was gone, listen to given up. There’s one scream in particular where you can literally FEEL his pain. It’s truly sad how little people noticed his words were cries for help.
i could go on for a million years way i relate to this song.
Linkin Park- Given Up and The Linkin Park and Jay-Z mash up!
Hi guys, when I was 15 I had a stutter, and it made me feel so small that I was thinking about ending my life, but in the end I couldn't do that to my mom, I could not inflict this kind of pain onto her. But music was also my therapy and saved me and now im 50, still dealing with depression on and off but Im happy to be alive. Thank you!
7:52 I like that BJ pointed out the musical complexity of Linkin Park here. Mostly what you hear about is the emotional impact of the music (which is undeniably significant), but these guys had a technical proficiency that left them a cut above many, if not most, of their peers.
This was one of my favorite groups back in the day
Definitely need to check out "Crawling"🤟🔥
I used to listen to this when I was swimming, was such a good competitive swimmer song. That's how I experienced it anyway, gives chills hearing it again.
You are right about the bullying. But it’s also about trying to fill your parents shoes and the pressure of high expectations from them. Then if you find out that maybe you don’t want the same things your dad wants for you. It’s a situation many young people experience. Asia hit the nail on the head.
First concert I ever saw with my son at the TF Garden in Boston. Then a few years later he passes ... sad
Want prove Chester was an alien on the vocals? Check out "Given Up."
Also might be his deepest cry for help when it comes to lyrics.
Mann y’all should definitely check out the mashup between linkin park & jay z, check out Encore/Numb at 2004 collision course which is my personal favorite 👌💪😂
🔥🔥🔥🔥 amazing song
I remember when Chester,Mike,Joseph (my guy at the mix and scratch table),Brad aka "Big Bad Brad"(shredding the guitar),Dave aka The Phoenix rocking the bass and Rob behind the drums first had a breakthrough. Soo many from the hard rock,metal communities threw major shit on them,because they were not completely metal. Back then i was a metalhead,i still consider myself one. But Linkin Park was something unique for me,i had never heard anything like it,and they mixed several genres together so perfectly. And every member so incredibly talented,i was hooked right away.
Even Mike Shinoda who can basically do anything,but is best known as the rapper in the band,is still to this day very underrated as a rapper. He is a brilliant songwriter and producer as well. Have you checked out his sideproject yet? Fort Minor,they got several beautiful,great songs. If you havent checked them out,give this one a go for starters: "Where'd You Go - Fort Minor (feat. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) (Official Video)" Then if you loved that one,and want the full on Fort Minor to bring it: Fort Minor-Remember The Name. That last one gets people hyped!
I am btsArmy but I never forget my childhood alternative rock with rap....
They are my best idol 💜 rip 🙏 to my main vocals 😢 rest in love
Asia, I'm gonna throw a line at you. "If your run into one asshole during the day, they are probably actually the asshole....If you run into assholes all day long.....then you are the asshole."
Just Paraphrasing what you said, it was on point. 😁
And BJ, the Chester thing, it so much harder now for me as well. It hit me hard back in the day but something just feels different.ff
i was deploy to iraq in 2004 in the army i am retired u.s army now but at that time my daugther was in HER 2 YEAR OF collage at that time , and she send me this CD. I LOVE THEM FROM THEN ON. I BLACK . AND MY DAUGTHER WENT TO AN ALL WHITE ( GIRLS) HIGH SCHOOL
I have been a Linkin Park fan for 20 years. Their music has helped me greatly.
RIP CHESTER.....NEVER B ANOTHER!!! MORE LINKIN PARK!!!
For me, the Linkin Park song that hits me the hardest after knowing about Chester is Leave Out All The Rest. It almost sounds like a suicide note.
RIP Chester another one gone way to soon 😔
Ur guys reaction and what u 2 talk about during the reaction just gives hope in the human race. There are not a lot of ppl in the world that can really just expand their minds and stop being so narrow when it comes to others and u guys are an incredible reactors.
STRUGGLE JENNINGS- OUTLAW SHIT & Like father like son
This song is me and my mother.....his words are ones I could never find.
I didn’t read through all 273 comments but there’s a lot of talk that Tyler Joseph of twenty one pilots wrote their song Neon Gravestones with Chester in mind. I don’t know if there’s any truth to that but you should listen to Neon Gravestones. It’s an incredible song. It takes Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and he reimagines it. it’s so beautiful.
This song is about the parent smothering their child and not letting them become what they want to be. It's not about bullying or being an outcast.
I ❤️ Link Park! R.I.P. Chester!🥺😭😰🤗🥰🎸💃
To me this perfectly describes living with a narcissist. "Every step that I take is another mistake to you" I can't tell you how many times I've heard that.
Guys I was exactly the same way. I listen to every lyric he sings in his songs and pay attention now, but wasn't listening before he died. And yes you can hear all the pain.
Love how you guys break it down. I wondered if it was a struggle with his wife and family, and thought he wasn't good enough for them!
Really? The lyrics were what drew me to them from the first listen. And I'm not even a native English speaker. I guess they just hit the right exact emotion at the right time for me.
Only thing I regret is "falling off" the LP-bandwagon when random peopel said they weren't as good anymore. Because that was bullshit, all their albums are really good.
RIP Chester
I always felt he's singing to parent figures.
Story of my life. Mom pushing me way too hard. She had dreams for me and wanted to live vicariously through me. That road was not for me.
All his lyrics make his suicide make so much sense sadly..its heartbreaking...his voice tho..he sings..screams..everything...there will NEVER be another Chester Bennington 😭
I feel so ashamed that I listened to all their music and never ONCE thought Chester was going through it that bad. Like how could we have missed it? 😭 RIP Chester we love and miss you!
@@hoopwizardws i never once thought they were jus lyrics yo..i knew he was feeling that shit but did I think he was gonna leave his family & us like that no 💔 the pain for some ppl too much tho..goes to show you money not shit..think bout Robin Williams & all the other "famous" ppl that took their life...pain is pain yo..n money cant touch that shit sadly 😭💔😭
King Of voice❤️
RIP Chester, you are a different type of immortal.
I was in high school around when this came out. I was more into old school 80's post punk, goth and industrial. And 90's goth, industrial and EBM. Nevertheless, I liked Nu Metal like KoЯn and Linkin Park. In this video, there are allusions to cutting. I cut myself from age 14-22 or something. I got therapy. Haven't done it for 20 years. Even as a goth kid in black and eyeliner, with sarcasm dripping from my cross pendant, I liked this. Another fun fact: Kurt Cobain has a song called literally: "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die". It's not like nobody saw it coming. I myself take my meds and whilst understanding and taking comfort, also resolve not to give normals the satisfaction. I will live just to screw with "normal" people.
RIP TO A TRUE LEGEND
Chester sang like and angel and screamed like a demon ❤️
Listening to your earliest response (around the 2:50 mark or so) reminds me of a George Carlin reference when he did a piece about finding our similarities as opposed to our differences in life. I think that if we all look at things that way, we'd be in a better place. Nice job guys - keep up the great work!
You should listen more on there live performances. I so lit and you can really hear the the passion of Chester singing
RIP Chester
~ Always 🤘❤️
The part of the video that always stood out to me is the girl is an amazing artist and maybe not so great in school. And was belittled for it.
R.I.P Chester Bennington 🙏💕❤
Chester and Jay Z collab will always be iconic
Ohhh, PLEASE continue down the Linkin Park rabbit hole. Do you ever do album reactions? I recommend start with Hybrid Theory and then move to Meteora. Not ONE bad song on either of them. They will always be my favorite band. Chester (and Mike) both talke straight about how they were feeling and Chester poured his heart out with truth in his lyrics. He bared his soul.
RIP, beautiful Chester.
R.I.P Chester we miss you n love you 😞
Chester was one of the best. In my honest opinion, he was asking for help his entire career.
RIP Chester Bennington
Check out him doing Rolling in the deep it jus him a mic & Mike S on the piano that shit broke me bcuz i didnt see it until after he passed 💯
When I was young, I got bullied, and after a little while I became a bully. And as I got a little bit older, I understood that that was not who I am. Life is rough.