Picking on Linkin Park-- Seriously, the same song?

Screw it all.  I have to ask this instead.

How can a band go from this

So, all "old" Linkin Park sounds the same, and all "new" Linkin Park sounds the same.

Surprise?

Not that I'm trying to defend Linkin Park, but it's not all that surprising.  Scores from movies often get worked into the scores of their sequel in a slightly remixed way to keep the same general tone and a recognizable tune.  Seems like a similar concept.

I think they have done the same song forever. They can only do one song.

It's not news...they've always sucked

Well they probably asked for a Linkin' Park song. You hear a couple times in the movie, it ain't a big deal.

" I think they have done the same song forever. They can only do one song. "

quite a few of the videos aren't working.

Never liked them. And they have never really been a good band...ever.

I've heard their new stuff is a lot better then their old stuff.

I've heard their new stuff is a lot better then their old stuff.

"Now here's the problem besides the fact that they completely abandoned their musical style  "

"@SmugDarkLoser said:

"Now here's the problem besides the fact that they completely abandoned their musical style  "

All I used to hear after Hybrid Theory and Meteora was people complaining that they only use the same sound and that they had to branch out, so they went for a new sound with MtM and now all I see is people complaining that they abandoned their musical style

:-S

Apart from that I agree with everything else, New Divide in particular offends my ears.

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Meh. I don't really hate Linkin Park at all, I would be a liar if I said I didn't like their sound at all, but their stuff is what I listened to in sixth grade back when I thought Linkin Park was the cutting edge of edginess. I'll still listen to Collision Course once in a while because that's great stuff and I like Jay-Z but you really have to question the maturity of the listener (most fans over like 15 seem to be girls from what I can tell) after a certain point.

I can't totally bash Linkin Park because they were one of the firsts bands I listened to that were even remotely rock or metal. They helped me to notice rap is awful and all the better band out there like Disturbed and A7X. After listening to them now they really sound pretty bad and I don't really know what I liked about them. Oh wait Numb is a good song, the rest of their stuff especially the new isn't that good though. New divide is a really boring ass song  

"@SmugDarkLoser: Maybe that's the case. Who knows what the next album will be like, there's the Chester project to get out of the way first."

I believe this is relevant:

Like Jayge and Deathdealer, I used to like Linkin Park. In fact, I still listen to some of their songs from time to time. It was the band that got me into rock music.

And Krwlng is a cool song. That is all.

They really don't look that different... You gotta remember it isn't 2001 anymore, whats fashionable clothing wise has changed.

i like how they look now then what they look like before. i don't rate bands by what they look like. they could all be transgendered people and i would still listen to them. that parody that somebody put sounded kind of the same. i don't believe it all sounds the same. u can say that about any band with the same song. to me rap sounds all the same.

"They really don't look that different... You gotta remember it isn't 2001 anymore, whats fashionable clothing wise has changed."

After selling multiple successful albums, they had the spare cash to buy decent clothes. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this... but does how a band dress really affect your opinion of their worth? If you have a beef with their music, then fine; everyone has different tastes; but what does it matter how they dress in the slightest...

Personally, my beef is not with the "sameness" of their music, but in their change from a sound I was familiar with and enjoyed, to a softer beat that makes them sound like every other band out there. I also loathe their pure rap songs. Some borderline rapping mixed with melody and emotion is what makes a good Linkin Park song to me.

I know one thing, that they don't care weather or not that their music sounds the same because in the end they are still rich as hell.

Linkin Park is pretty sweet as Jay Z's backing band:

"Apart from that I agree with everything else, New Divide in particular offends my ears."

I like a fair amount of Linkin Park songs. I realize that they aren't necessarily very creative but the lyrics and the catchy-ness are why I like them.

Using the same track and putting different lyrics on it.. been done millions of times by rappers, get over it.

I thought that Fort Minor album was pretty good.

" @FLStyle said:

"Apart from that I agree with everything else, New Divide in particular offends my ears."

I concur. Honestly, put side-by-side, "New Divide" and "What I've Done" sound nearly identical.I have a guilty pleasure for Hybrid Theory-era Linkin Park. Their sound changed dramatically after Shinoda went off and did Fort Minor. "

@AndrewB said:

"@RoyaleWifCheese said:
If you feel that way, you probably won't like their next album, either. Sounds like it will be the same sound as Minutes to Midnight; which is a pretty ironic Album title, seeing as how it's the downfall of Linkin Park, in my opinion. There were one or two songs I didn't like on every album prior. There's only one or two I *like* from MtM."

I'm  hoping they did New Devide as a promo song for Transformers.   Hopefully it soudns the same because Transformers made then do it that way.

At least Linkin Park released a ton of there old unreleased songs recently when M2M disappointed lots of their old fans.   I think the timing was no coincidence. 

Linkin Park has always been terrible. It doesn't matter how much they've changed, they sucked then, and they suck now.

MTM is one of the best albums i have heard, whereas I only like a few tracks on the previous albums. Yeah they have changed, but for the better imo.

I really doubt they care about the old fans. They prefer the music they are playing now and still have millions of people who will to see them live.

They don't really bother me. Some of there songs are okay but they are not a good band by any means. One of my friends loves them and I really don't understand why.

It's true that a lot of the music they do sounds similar. However, when they utilize Shinoda more the music tends to be much more varied, and better overall. 

"@SmugDarkLoser: Are these "unreleased" songs all the stuff that had been given out with their Underground albums, or are we talking really, truly unreleased? Because if not, I haven't heard them yet, and I'd like to."

Linkin park has two really good songs... they're old stuff and their new stuff. They just spread these these two good songs over several albums.