My True Love, My One and Only

Linkin Mufukkin' Park.

I have loved this group of intense men since I was a little girl listening to 'In The End' while my aunt cooked banana bread in the oven.

They mean enough to me to have their logo tattooed on my body, which it is.

*prepares self for judgemental wash of scoffs and snorts from the audience*

Yes, you pitter-patter to each other about how I'll regret it later and everything, feel free. However, know that Linkin Park has gotten me through the worst times in my life. And my mom paid for the tattoo when I was 16, and she no fool. So....
fuck you eat my shorts.

But anyway, that's not what I'm here to discuss.
I'm here to discuss how much I am relieved that they aren't falling into a pit of shit with their music. It's all just different, not bad. Just....different.

Here is how I feel about each album:
and just so everyone is aware, I'll be listening to the albums as I review them.

Hybrid Theory:
This album is what kicked them off and frankly, it's so fucking epic. I end up having to change my panties every time I listen to it. Each song guys, here we go.

• "Papercut": The staccato beginning is always a little dry for my taste, but it ends up being musically GENIUS. <3
• "One Step Closer": For this, I have been jaded. I LOVE this song, but nothing beats seeing it live. Nothing. The adrenaline is so addictive. I get goosebumps thinking about it. Plus, whosever's idea it was to hang Chester upside-down in that video is a mad-hatter genius. >3<
• "With You": This is one of those songs only a few people remember because it wasn't a big hit. It always makes me feel like it's raining outside. I couldn't explain to you why. o3o
• "Points of Authority": Fuck you guys I love this song. 'Cept that whole -yearned v. learned- thing with Chazzy's pronunciation bothers the snot out of me.
• "Crawling": This song is a little bit more serious for me and more the reason I have their logo on my hip. One of those got-me-through-it songs. But the video...I want that silk shirt off his back.
• "Runaway": LAWLZ. This song...I can't take it seriously because in the most dramatic part, he starts slurring 'runaway' and it sounds silly.
• "By Myself": Another one where I'm jaded. I like the Reanimation version much much better.
• "In the End": This song is what started it all. My God, Mike....have my babies.
• "A Place for My Head": HA. This is my official ass-kicking song. AHAHAHA. Bitches don't know 'bout my mosh. [not really. I'm a huge wuss.]
• "Forgotten": And it really is. This song is okay, not the worst, not my favorite.
• "Cure for the Itch": Oh Mr. Hahn. He rapes so hard and occasionally makes me want to be a DJ~
• "Pushing Me Away": This was a weird song to close the album on, but it's a good one. Another one where I liked the Reanimation version better.

Meteora:
Oh my goodness. Yet another pantsu-change requirement. This one really shoved Chester's vocals out there, allowing the fans to continue their raspy-whisper imitations of him.

• "Opening": Fuck those who start the album on Don't Stay. You're missing out on Mike's sexy groaning. Listen, it's there.
• "Don't Stay": Setting the mood, it's a good song~ I can apply one of my friends to this junk. Let's see...for this one it'd be....John. The asshole. It's a good fit.
• "Somewhere I Belong": If I was forced to choose a favorite song, this one would be it out of all of them. It was the one I personally identified with the most. It reaches out and grabs my heart, opens it like a book and reads my own personal life lyrics out of it. <3
• "Lying From You": This is my hardcore jerk-and-pop dancing song. I love it~ The person I hook up with this song is...Jesse. She was an old friend of mine before I moved from Vegas. It's a looser fit, but I can feel it.
• "Hit the Floor": My cousin, Devynn. Fuck you guys, this is my song for her. It's perfect times 1561564156025. But, also a good song. it just makes me see red sometimes. O ,o
• "Easier to Run": This song seems silly to me. It's just...I used to identify with it, but now it's just a little to 'emo-fab'.
• "Faint": Again...HAVE MY BABIES MIKE SHINODA.
• "Figure .09": This is another super amazing song. In the same way that "With You" makes me think of rain, this song is a fire song. And, this song belongs to a girl who used to be my best friend. Nichelle. It hurts to type the name, but it works.
• "Breaking the Habit": Makes me cry. End of story. Too much connection to comment.
• "From the Inside": This song jumps out of the middle of bum fuck nowhere at you. Not my favorite, but it's neat.
• "Nobody's Listening": HA. I CAN RAP THAT FAST. Mufukka. This song is always at the very back of everyone's head, but I love it to within an inch of its life.
• "Session": Feels like a bad redo of "Cure". I don't like it as much.
• "Numb": See "Breaking the Habit". *sigh*

Let me be clear here, I'm not skipping Reanimation. I love that entire CD, but I feel like this is going to be too lengthy for my taste, so...I love all the songs. Particularly the ones I referenced before this.

Minutes to Midnight:
Here was where Linkin Park became a topic of hot sauce. Some liked it, some didn't. I didn't like every song, but it was for the most part good.

• "Wake": Weirdo entry. Good for meditating if you set it on repeat though.
• "Given Up": This was a pretty good song. Some hints of Meaty or a Hybrid Teary are visable, which makes it easier to listen to. A blast for those who hung on to the last two albums.
• "Leave Out All the Rest": I love this song. I don't care. Chester's voice for always. Plus it makes me think of when my Tia Lily and my Uncle were getting married. He proposed with this song. It was amazing.
• "Bleed It Out": I would love this song if I didn't keep imagining Chester's stupid head-bobbing chicken thing he did with the microphone in the video.
• "Shadow of the Day": Ehhhh....I didn't like it. It was okay for vocals...but otherwise non-Linkin-Park sounding.
• "What I've Done": This...just...because it was the first thing I got to listen to off the album and I was pissing myself excited. So I've become biased to this song.
• "Hands Held High": I LOVE YOU MIKE...but stop being so preachy. We know the corporations are corrupt. Aren't you supposed to be telling me things about my own heart and soul that I didn't know?
• "No More Sorrow": Another 'Given Up" antidote for those people in need of hardcore.
• "Valentine's Day": If I had to pick a least favorite song, it'd be this one. Ughhhhh. Emo-fab's R Us.
• "In Between": Michael Shinoda, I would just like to let you know that, thanks to you, I can no longer sit on nice upholstery. Because it gets ruined. When I listen to this song. o3o
• "In Pieces": Chester Bennington, I would just like to let you know that, thanks to you, my tear ducts are constantly begging that I turn off the radio.
• "The Little Things Give You Away": Rob is the only thing that saves this for me. His drumming FTWz.

And that leads us up to where we stand now.

With the new album coming out in t-minus 5 days, all we can do is wait and hope.

Well, I don't have to wait because Tyler is a huge illegal douche-head and sent me the album early so I wouldn't have to buy it.

Damn him for being so perfect.

But, I won't listen/review it until the 14th. So...right.

Anyway.
I love them. Always have, always will.

PS: In case you were wonderz, Mike is my favorite. I want his man-flesh. <3


Oh, and plus also: I'm the Bennoda Girl.
If you know what that means, then you're awesome, and here's a prize for you.