Wouldn't It Be Nice by the Beach Boys is a song of lilting victory and love. Most of the song travels along at the sweet speed of victory; the unusual break heads right down to the speed of natural for 3 or 4 measures, only to return to victorious speed.
The Meanspeed-Carlton Summary - mean speed/average tempo=123.0 beats per minute. mean emotion=victory average beat length=0.488 seconds mean slow phase=2.05 beats per second. corresponding pitch=524.800 Hertz, 5 cents above C5=523.251 Hertz, 95 cents avove C#5/Db5=554.365 Hertz.
A publicly owned verbal history of the song is provided by your friends and mine: Wikipedia.org - "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Wouldn't It Be Nice" "Wouldn't It Be Nice" cover Single by The Beach Boys from the album Pet Sounds Released July 11, 1966 Format Vinyl Recorded Unknown Genre Baroque Pop Length 5 min 11 sec for both songs Label Capitol Records Producer(s) Brian Wilson Chart positions
• #8 (US) • #2 (UK) The Beach Boys singles chronology "Sloop John B"/"You're So Good To Me" (1966) ---- "Cool, Cool Water"/"Forever" (1971) "Wouldn't It Be Nice"/"God Only Knows" (1966) ---- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (live at the Big Sur Folk Festival) (1971) "Good Vibrations"/"Let's Go Away For Awhile" (1966) ---- "Long Promised Road"/"Deirdre" (1971)"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is the opening song on the classic 1966 album Pet Sounds and one of the most widely recognized songs by the American pop group The Beach Boys. It was composed and produced by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Tony Asher, and the lead vocal was sung by Brian Wilson with Mike Love singing lead vocals on the bridge.
The layering of harmonies upon harmonies, and lyrics on top of harmonies make this one of the quintessential Beach Boys songs. In the Endless Summer documentary, Brian Wilson described this song as "what children everywhere go through… wouldn't it be nice if we were older, or could run away and get married".
Brian was quoted as saying "Listen for the rockin' accordions and the ethereal guitars in the introduction. Tony and I had visualized a scene. We had a feeling in our hearts, like a vibration. We put it into music, and it found its way onto tape. We really felt good about that record."
In a 1996 interview Brian stated that "'Wouldn't It Be Nice' was not a real long song, but it's a very 'up' song. It expresses the frustrations of youth, what you can't have, what you really want and you have to wait for it."
Wilson also used the title of this song for the title of his autobiography."
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I'm Only Sleeping is a popular song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It is the third track on the album by the Beatles called 'Revolover', a groundbreaking piece of musical genius.
These are some songs calibrated in our very relaxed yet intense yet simplistic - but at all times open minded - clinic that are extremely close to I'm Only Sleeping by speed as groups and beats per minute.
The songs are cut and pasted from my own work, so I don't have to apologize for the typos! Whoops, this is where I vouchsafe for the numbers. Even our thankless president does not appreciate "fuzzy" math.
Crazy, Seal 103.1 live-Grammy Awards 2/25/92 103.1 Fakin' It Simon & Garfunkle 103.1 Miss Chatelaine k.d. lang 103.1 Nobody's Girl Bonnie Rait 103.1 Young Mothers Diana Ross 103.1 All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You Heart 103.2 Another Day In Paradise Phil Collins live-Late Night with David Letterman 11/28/89 103.2 Behind The Lines Phil Collins 103.2 Hold On Lou Reed 103.2 Jack and Diane John Mellancamp 103.2 Let's Stay Together Tina Turner Live-Brazil 103.2 Love Will Never Do Without You Janet Jackson 103.2 Riders On The Storm The Doors 103.2 On A Saturday Night Eddie Floyd 103.2 (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay Ottis Redding 103.2 Sunday Jealous Nick Davis 103.2 I'm Only Sleeping The Beatles 103.3 I Will The Beatles 103.3 No Myth Michal Penn 103.3 Rosie Jackson Brown Live-Running On Empty 103.3 She Can't Say No Scandal 103.3 Booker-Loo Booker T 103.4 Brother Louie Stories 103.4 Friend Of The Devil Grateful Dead 103.4 I Wanna Be Where You Are Michael Jackson 103.4 Love Has Teh Power Toto 103.4 Missing You John Waites 103.4 Mothers of The Dissappeared U2 103.4 Primal Scream Motley Crue 103.4 Time's Up Living Colour 103.4 ABC's Wide World Of Sports TV Theme 103.4 In My Life The Beatles 103.5 It's For You Pat Metheny Group 103.5 Licking Stick-Licking Stick James Brown 103.5 Sandy The Hollies 103.5 (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding
Speed summary, calibration by Ian Schneider, supervised by Sophia St. John Newman. James C.C. Manning is on vacation. Sarah Jane Bristol is at an undisclosed location on Wikipedia headquarters on a secret mission--more secret than the president, even!
As a more important news issue of the day than even - yes - the speed of Kenny Rogers' The Gambler - the ultra-diabolical Chinese regime that now has the worst elements of capitalism and dictatorship in one place, a country we as the West are laying down to die in front of, locks people up for - get this - advocating freedom of thought and freedom of expression. It is ONLY in this cowardly light of the United States - or is it practical--there are, uh, 4 billion of them and 40,000 Americans actually willing to fight? The rest of this post is NR-17, so children, read no further if you are sexually squeamish or believe that the Chinese regime are "friends" of freedom.
The other day I was watching an episode of NBC's The Office where all the co-workers are traveling by bus to a company picnic. The socioeconomically and racially diverse work-group sings the Kenny Rogers' signature song, "The Gambler." Fun scene indeed, and the song stands the test of time.
Unlike modern drum machine songs, Kenny is recording hands free live in the studio, allowing for full use of speed changes that we simply do not see anymore. The song has a rhythmic time signature in a country 2-step, and begins at the cheery speed of enthusiasm, and spends most of its speed in the renewal range. This is pretty cool: when the gambler starts to whisper his special words of advice - which, in fact, turn out to be common knowledge and so, by karma, I think, the gambler dies in his sleep--after swallowing that of a Kenny Rogers' (THE Kenny Rogers, not the rage attack prone baseball pitcher with a habit of beating up photographers and video crews) "last swallow" of whiskey while "bum[ming] a cigarette" and "asking for a light" - at which point in the song, if one was listening to the LYRICS instead of the MELODY, we'd know that the gambler was not passing on advice but hustling big time. After all, he passes on advice which is classic Restatement of the Obvious: "Every gambler knows, that the secret to surviving is knowing what cards to throw away and knowing what to keep." Wow. I have never gambled in my life and I know this, and one of a Kenny Rogers, on a train where he, rocking stud he has always been since his 1960s hit "I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In," an LSD tribute song used to perfection by Joel and Ethan Coen in a film masterpiece of snarky comedy: THE BIG LEBOWSKI, that he and the gambler are "too tired to sleep." SO: One would kinda think that Kenny would have known the "Know when to hold em, know when to fold em" bit *already* - and as for the "it's not the cards in your hand, it's how you play them" message--well, save that for the "it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion in the ocean" set of trite yet face-saving lies we tell. Or as we men have been taught, once your woman goes down the "not the size of the ship" route, time to pack your bags before things get ugly - and even smaller, or so I've been told.
Lest I digress, when the gambler makes these DUH words of advice sound like wisdom simply by whispering them and *slowing down*, the song hits the meanemotion of loneliness for 10 beats, comes up, as a ship in the ocean, or a rocket - depending on your man or woman's euphemism for "Ron-Jeremy-You-Are: Not!" of the moment through 10 beats at the speed of renewal and finishes us off (sexual double entendre intended, sorry) at: renewal. In fact, all you Ron Jeremy fearers out there, according the the fascist controlled Wikipedia, control of which was reported on http://meanspeed.blog.com WELL BEFORE they were truly exposed as the scum of the earth they are reported in regard to Mr. Jeremy:
"He gained some notoriety for being capable of autofellatio (with his first on-screen demonstration being Inside Seka[6]) but he has since stated in a 2003 interview that all he can do these days is kiss the tip of his penis due to his weight gain.[7]"
Lesson, again: listen to the melody, before the lyric. Also, speed rules. If this song is done at 82 beats per minute, it is not going to have the renewal and enthusiasm that Kenny's use of speed change provides. It's *fun* when the gambler raises his voice one last time, the speed comes rising back up like Marc Anthony the first time he set his golden eyes on "J-Lo" Lopez.
Another lesson: Wikipedia is an anti-Jewish front--which explains both its popularity and especially mediocrity. I was looking up famous homosexuals, as my name, Ian, gives you an approximate 50/50 chance of being gay just by the first name--Wikipedia has a SEPARATE list of famous gay JEWS. No famous gay Wikipedia fascists, just Jews--not Irish, just Jews--kinda see what I mean? Check this out, absolute proof -
Then again, should we expect that no Jew knows that Wikipedia is mind control for American mediocre morons?
Ah--digression again. I have gambled that you haven't read this far--and if you have, make sure to expose EVERY GAY FBI/CIA -WIKIPEDIAN--EVERY ONE. The Jews are getting fooled again. Karl Rove is a gay, and of course, has a wife as a beard, "protestant-Christian" - he did not make the list. Those Wiki-ops American tax money goes to--same money that doesn't go to Walter Reed Hospital? That's ok--what's a leg or two lost in the name of telling us that Ron Jeremy can't deep throat himself anymore?
The lesson: I never knew David Hyde Pierce was a Jew--Harvey "Harv" Firestein--he's kinda a proud flamer--who would have figured Angelina Jolie, a lesbian one day, a Brad lover the next was *also* a Jew? Those Mediterranean lips give her away, I guess, looking at her photo now. And who knew that Frasier's brother could blow himself?
The Rolling Stone's early albums were mainly covers of American blues and R&B songs. The band's single, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," established the Stones as a premier rock and roll act.
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The Slim Shady LP, in iTunes in the order of track listing
The Slim Shady LP, in iTunes in the order of track speed
In 2003, the album The Slim Shady LP by Eminem was ranked number 273 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Before digital music, the only way to make mixed playlists was through taping. Now, as you can see by the iTunes screen shots above, you can be your own DJ with considerable control of which song comes next. The speeds of the songs on the album The Slim Shady LP were measured as:
2. "My Name Is” meanspeed=86 beats per minute meanspace=700 milliseconds per beat
3. "Guilty Conscience" meanspeed=91 beats per minute meanspace=660 milliseconds per beat
4. "Brain Damage" meanspeed=95 beats per minute meanspace=630 milliseconds per beat
6. "If I Had" meanspeed=84 beats per minute meanspace=715 milliseconds per beat
7. "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" meanspeed=92 beats per minute meanspace=650 milliseconds per beat
9. "Role Model" meanspeed=92 beats per minute meanspace=650 milliseconds per beat
11. "My Fault" meanspeed=95 beats per minute meanspace=630 milliseconds per beat
13. "Cum on Everybody" meanspeed=105 beats per minute meanspace=570 milliseconds per beat
14. "Rock Bottom" meanspeed=92 beats per minute meanspace=650 milliseconds per beat
15. "Just Don't Give a Fuck" meanspeed=86 beats per minute meanspace=700 milliseconds per beat
17. "As the World Turns" meanspeed=96 beats per minute meanspace=625 milliseconds per beat
18. "I'm Shady" meanspeed=93 beats per minute meanspace=645 milliseconds per beat
19. "Bad Meets Evil" meanspeed=95 beats per minute meanspace=630 milliseconds per beat
What I've Done From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search “What I've Done” “What I've Done” cover Single by Linkin Park from the album Minutes to Midnight Released Digital Flag of the United States April 2, 2007 Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Australia April 3, 2007 CD Single Flag of the United States April 30, 2007 Flag of Australia May 5, 2007 Flag of the United Kingdom May 7, 2007 Format CD single Recorded Los Angeles, California Genre Alternative rock Length
* 3:25 (Album Version)
* 3:28 (iTunes Version)
* 3:29 (Radio Edit)
Label Warner Bros. Records Writer Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Linkin Park Producer Rick Rubin, Mike Shinoda Linkin Park singles chronology "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" (2005/2006) "What I've Done" (2007) "Bleed It Out" (2007)
"What I've Done" is the lead single from Linkin Park's third album Minutes to Midnight, and is the band's highest debut on the US Hot 100. It had its first radio play on April 1, 2007, and was digitally released on April 2, 2007. The CD Single was released on April 30, 2007. It was also featured during and at the end of the movie Transformers. Contents [hide]
* 1 Background information * 2 Track listings * 3 Music video o 3.1 Alternate music video o 3.2 Notable clips from the video * 4 Chart performance * 5 References * 6 External links
[edit] Background information
Chester Bennington described the track in a March 2007 interview with MTV: “ Joe [Hahn] came up to Mike and me and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it's us saying goodbye to how we used to be...The lyrics in the first verse are 'In this farewell, there's no blood, there's no alibi,' and right away, you'll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren't tripled. It's just us out there ... and that's how Rick [Rubin] wanted it.[3] ”
The single and video appeared in the iTunes Store shortly after midnight EST on April 2, 2007.[4] It became available the day after on iTunes in the UK and Australia. On April 2nd, the song was featured streaming on the front page of their official website, with the video being added to the site shortly thereafter.
The song starts out with a piano riff reminiscent of the Halloween theme, before going into a raw guitar sound. During live events, Mike Shinoda plays the piano intro and the guitar after that. This song differs from most of Linkin Park's previously released songs (except Breaking the Habit) in that it features almost no lead vocals from vocalist Mike Shinoda, save for a brief "na na na" refrain at the end and contributing harmonies throughout. "What I've Done" was the last song written for Minutes to Midnight.[5] The song also has a downbeat exactly once every second, consistent throughout its entirety.
It is featured during the film Transformers, playing on Bumblebee's radio as Sam is dropping Mikaela off at home, as well as leading in to the end credits, and included on the official soundtrack and used heavily in the film's ad campaign. Megan Fox revealed that when the band first heard about the movie, they asked to be on the soundtrack.[6]
A remix is available on the Bleed It Out single & on the Tour Edition of Minutes to Midnight entitled What I've Done (Distorted Remix) which was remixed by Mike Shinoda, one of the vocalists in the band.
All of the live tracks on this CD (And Record) were recorded at the Chiba Marine stadium in Tokyo, Japan on August 13, 2006 at the Summer Sonic Festival.
[edit] Music video Play video "What I've Done" music video
The Music Video for "What I've Done" explores the many ironies of humanity and its ill effects on the earth and the environment. It features clips of a large, well fed man eating fast food, a woman measuring her waist and a man who is so malnourished that his ribcage is visible through his skin, clips of African Americans being hosed down and the Klu-Klux-Klan, clips of nuclear explosions, the World Trade Center towers collapsing, clips of children waving American flags, a Middle Eastern child holding an AK-47, clips of oil tankers torn in half and birds covered in an oil slick.
DJ Joe Hahn of the band directed the video for the single, which was shot in the California desert.[7] The video premiered on April 2, 2007 on MTV and Fuse. It premiered on MTV-Asia, MTV-Germany, TMF Netherlands and Canada's MuchMusic on April 3, 2007.
It features footage of the band performing in the desert, interspersed with stock footage reflecting on a variety of social and environmental issues including pollution, global warming, racism, Nazism, gay rights, famine, terrorism, wars, deforestation, poverty, drug addiction, obesity, destruction, rising gasoline prices and crimes committed by humanity. The video also features short views of important historical figures, such as Mother Teresa, Buddha, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, and Mahatma Gandhi. Some cut scenes like the traffic scene and the napalm exploding were also featured on the Rise Against music video for Ready To Fall.
The video clip was featured and won on MTV's Battle of the Videos against videos by Evanescence ("Sweet Sacrifice") and Lil' Mama ("Lip Gloss").[8] The video also marks the first appearance of a Linkin Park video in the #1 spot on MTV's TRL, hitting #1 six times so far. The video is among the all-time top 10 most viewed on YouTube with over 30 million views. AOL currently has a live performance of "What I've Done" on their website.[9] The two different faces of the drum set used in the music video. The picture on the right is from the beginning of the video (with incorrect logo). The two different faces of the drum set used in the music video. The picture on the right is from the beginning of the video (with incorrect logo).
When the band's logo is shown for the first time in the video (on the front of Rob's bass drum), it features a complete circle with the stylized letters "LP" within it. However, every time the logo is shown after this, the circle is not complete, being "separated" by two blank spaces above the "L" and below the "P".. This is explained in "Making of What I've Done", where the band shows the original drums that were wrongly made, and that they had to use black tape to make the breaks in the circle.
So far, this is the only video in which Joe Hahn's face is not focused at although some parts shown his hands on the turntables.
[edit] Alternate music video
A second video, made exclusively for Australia, features a completely different scenario from the first; instead of clips of human sin, the video tells the story of a woman working at a government-run pharmaceutical company learning of a plan to develop a new virus for "social control", and - with the help of several people dressed in black hooded sweatshirts with Linkin Park's logo on them - smuggles out several blood samples of a human test subject of the virus to expose the conspiracy. The video can be seen on YouTube and Linkin Park's Australian website.[10]
[edit] Notable clips from the video
The following is a non-exhaustive list of historical and/or stock footage in the music video:
* a Scorpion * Clockwork * a Bald Eagle * Desertification * The Second Gulf War * A 1960s civil rights demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama * Government-controlled societies (Fascist-Nazi-Militarist) * The Vietnam War * Global Warming * Urbanization * Pollution * Poaching (Ivory) * Deforestation * a Polar Bear * Citizens of the world's least developed countries * Obesity * An Anorexic woman * Starvation * Effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans * Stonehenge * Hagia Sophia
* Great Pyramid of Giza * Parthenon * Vitruvian Man * Mother Teresa * Robert F. Kennedy * Mahatma Gandhi * Buddha * Mao Zedong * Abraham Lincoln Memorial * Fidel Castro * Ku Klux Klan * Adolf Hitler * Saddam Hussein * September 11 terror attacks * Cellular mitosis * Genetic engineering * Drug abuse * a Penguin * Oil spill * The Trinity Test mushroom cloud * Ethnically diverse children with American Flags (Brad Delson)
* Palestinian child (holding an AK-47) * Auschwitz concentration camp * other Atomic weapons testings * Joseph Stalin * Nationalism (particularly Americanism) * Acropolis of Athens * Sultan Ahmed Mosque * Robert Mugabe * Benito Mussolini * Martin Luther King Jr. * Oklahoma City Bombing * Homosexuality[citation needed]
[edit] Chart performance
The song made big debuts on the US charts during the chart week of April 21, 2007. The song debuted in the top 10 of the US Hot 100, at #7. It is by far the band's highest debut to date on the chart (this title was previously held by "Somewhere I Belong" which opened at #47), earning "Hot Shot" debut of the week, and subsequently becoming the second highest position for a Linkin Park single to date on the Hot 100. At the time of its debut it was only the eleventh song since 2000 to debut at #7 or higher on the Hot 100, and only the third song to do so by an artist not from American Idol.[11] The song was partly fueled by digital sales, debuting at #4 on the digital chart.
In addition the song became only the third song ever to open at #1 on the Modern Rock chart, also becoming the band's seventh number one on the chart. It held the #1 spot on Modern Rock Tracks for 15 consecutive weeks, at the time tying it with "Sex and Candy" as the second longest running #1 in that charts history (it is now tied as the third longest running). It was the most successful song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart of 2007 until Foo Fighters released "The Pretender" which has so far been at number 1 for 18 weeks, the longest stay in history. The song also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it stayed for more than a month. In the iTunes music store the song had reached number two. It was kept out of the top spot by "Give It To Me" by Timbaland. The music video is the first to reach the number 1 spot on TRL for Linkin Park video history. It has also become a moderate hit on the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100 Airplay charts, so far peaking at number 22 and 24 respectively on those charts.
In the rest of the world the song has been their most successful overall, reaching the top ten in over twenty countries including Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Poland, and New Zealand to name a few. In the UK the song hit #6 once the physical format was released, making it Linkin Park's highest-charting UK single. The song was highly successful in China as well, where it became their first number one there. It is their best charting single on the United World Chart, where it peaked at #4. Statistically speaking, this is Linkin Park's biggest song to date. Chart (2007) Peak position Argentina Top 100 6 Austrian Singles Chart[12] 8 Australian ARIA Singles Chart[12] 13 Billboard Hot 100[12] 7 Billboard Pop 100 8 Billboard Hot Digital Songs 4 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1 Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 Brazil 4 Canada MuchMusic Countdown 1 Channel [V] Top 200 of 2007 19 Chile Top 100 Singles 70 Czech Republic 2 Dutch Top 40[12] 26 Dutch Top 100 Singles 9 French Download Chart 20 German Singles Chart[12] 4 German Download Chart 1 India 1 Israel 3 Ireland[12] 15 Italy 3 Latvian Airplay Top 5 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[12] 9 Norwegian Singles Chart[12] 12 Polish Singles Chart Top 50 3 Europa Plus Top 40 Chart (Russia) 12 Swedish Singles Chart[12] 6 Swiss Singles Chart[12] 6 UK Singles Chart[12] 6 United World Chart[12] 4
[edit] References
1. ^ French Download Chart (2007-04-11). 2. ^ De top40 van week 21 - 2007. Radio 538. Retrieved on 13 July 2007. 3. ^ Linkin Park Finish Apocalyptic Album, Revive Projekt Revolution Tour. MTV (2007-03-06). 4. ^ What I've Done on iTunes 5. ^ LP Times reports on "What I've Done". 6. ^ Megan Fox Interview. 7. ^ Clock Strikes 'Midnight' For New Linkin Park Album. Billboard (2007-03-06). 8. ^ "What I've Done" wins MTV Battle Of the Videos. 9. ^ "What I've Done" live on AOL. 10. ^ http://minutestomidnight.com.au/ 11. ^ http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp Billboard.com Retrieved on 05-27-07 12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Linkin Park - What I've Done global chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
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many peopel have many opinions as to what rhe song actually "means." Thanks to Songmeanings.net, an excellent company that escews intellectual property law and therefore by act of law makes all its "copyrighted" material public - thanks!
y vegetablelasagne on 04-03-2007 @ 10:33:18 AM woo. first to comment. This song is great. Or good at least, can't wait to hear linkin parks new upcoming album... it should be good. Although i'm hoping to hear mike in their songs as much as chester.
by acodemaster on 04-03-2007 @ 02:28:54 PM This song is truly awsome. I can definetly hear how LP has changed. I think it means "What ive done" really is more like what mankind has done that is destroying this world, hence the music video. and this song is about forgiving the evil people have done and starting over in a clean slate.
by devildo?l+LD on 04-03-2007 @ 02:37:27 PM ya!i've heard and seen the video and its awesome!i definetly cant wait for minutes to midnight,i'm sure it will be awesome!ah!i cant wait!hehe:-)..ya i agree wif u there,to me its about how mankind is destroying the nature and this song is like saying forgiving what has been done wrong..dats wat i think base on the video and reading the lyrics..yeah!lp's bak!they rocks!
by LickMySpatula00 on 04-03-2007 @ 03:27:21 PM such a great song, they really outdid themselves with this one. Great new sound, and great lyrics as always
by Kuntry Azz Niggah on 04-03-2007 @ 05:12:43 PM Damn This Song Rocks! This Song Means A Lot To Me It Reminds Me Of When I Was Strung Out On Xanax And All The Awful Things That I Did To The People I Loved Most More Than Myself & Also Hurt.., Till I Heard This Song I Felt Like I Could Never Forgive Myself For What I've Done I Really Needed This One They Choose The Right Time To Release This One Also Saw The Video And Love It.
by nmcmahon on 04-03-2007 @ 05:31:41 PM I'm glad to hear some of the new LP songs, and this is definately different, but in a good way. It's nice to hear Linkin Park trying something new, even if they are dropping the nu-metal sound altogether. This song is great with meaning behind the lyrics, as other people have said. I think it is obvious from the music video (found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADpRcrGZ4LU) that the song is about the variety of problems we face such as terrorism, poverty, using natural resources, taking drugs, etc. and forgiving others and yourself for "what I've done". Keep it up, LP!
by Metallica123 on 04-03-2007 @ 07:36:54 PM This song is awsome!!!! I think it means to start anew. I cant wait for the new Cd Minutes to Midnight
by wynn19 on 04-03-2007 @ 09:15:07 PM its about how the band has changed " a March 2007 interview with MTV.com, Chester Bennington had this to say about the song: "Joe Hahn came up to Mike and I and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it's us saying goodbye to how we used to be" which came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_I've_Done
by gusmetora on 04-03-2007 @ 10:07:08 PM I think this song has to do with changing. Whether it be the band itself going through a change, or you or I. Maybe changing for the better, especially with the verse.
What I've Done, I'll face myself To cross out what I've Become, erase myself And let go of what I've Done
You are moving on from what you did before, and starting anew.
by hd676 on 04-04-2007 @ 12:03:21 AM Have to agree with most other comments, good to finaly hear some new LP. The sound is solid and the lyrics are almost as good as they have ever been. am hoping to hear Mike as much a chester. Im liking it
by XNirvanaFreakX on 04-04-2007 @ 03:53:07 AM Ahhh I love it. I think it's about changing =]
by psykes on 04-04-2007 @ 06:50:00 AM The song isn't about his experience with the 12 steps program? I heard him (old chester) talking about his drug problems, and the program on a radio show a while back. When I heard this, I assumed he was singing about that.
by neongreen44 on 04-04-2007 @ 11:11:42 PM I didn't know they were going to release a new song..but it's a lot more I guess positive than their older stuff. It talks about facing your mistakes and forgiving, rather than just dwelling on them.
by GA bass master on 04-05-2007 @ 02:09:54 AM wow, LP has changed alot since thier first album, great song about changing from what youve already done. awesome song, just wish mike was in it
by ken0777 on 04-05-2007 @ 02:29:19 AM Heard the song on the premiere day itself and was so proud that chester decided to drop by at my country (Malaysia-for those who don't know where is that? It's in Asia and we're hosting the Formula1 race this weekend) yesterday to promote the presale of "Minutes to Midnight" album... Linkin Park rules!!!
by ken0777 on 04-05-2007 @ 02:33:46 AM The song is about moving on...changing one self...and to put the past behind... because by doing that...you don't need any blood shed...you don't need an alibi because the change in you will be the testimonial itself...to strive to be a better human being living in a cruel world...
by Closure11 on 04-05-2007 @ 04:11:08 AM Ok anyone who Says this song is about how the band has changed needs to understand wikipedia isnt always right lol, if you look at the artical theres alot of "..." so its obviously edited, and i'm thinking one person on wiki put that there and ppl belive him now.
anyway, this song seems to be more about wanting to start over, be forgiven, and forvive others.
The video may be about something even deeper, the bands new CD is called minutes to midnight (the doomsday clock, probalitlity of a nuclear holecost). The video shows much poverty, nationalism, war, hunger. The state of this world. It also contrasts the fat, rich, greedy of this world.
by shadowy on 04-05-2007 @ 07:57:45 AM the song's awesome...clearly about erasing ur past and strting a new life..reforming...startin all over again...!!! jus cant wait to listen to the other songs on this album..!!!
by Xtr1k on 04-05-2007 @ 08:17:17 AM I think this song is about saying goodbye to the old you. The part of you you can't forgive because of the lies and horrible things you've done to hurt yourself and others. It's about having hope, forgiving that part of you and wanting to change for the better. It's an awesome song.
by Closure11 on 04-05-2007 @ 02:22:04 PM Yah since I've Listend to the song/ video like 50 times in the past day
I'm thinking parts of this song are about forgiving yourself.
PS: whoever posted these lyrics please change them, the way that it goes into new lines are annoying like:
In this Farewell, there's no blood, there's no Alibi, 'cause I've drawn
make it
In this Farewell, there's no blood, there's no Alibi, 'cause I've drawn
when put like that it makes what the song is about easier to see
by ken0777 on 04-05-2007 @ 03:28:17 PM i think the whole idea behind the title of the new album "minutes to midnight" can be interpreted as the awaiting the dawn of a new day due to once the clock hits midnight, it's a whole new day...so it may symbolize as turning a new leaf and to evolve and to start a fresh once more...
by septimusphoenix on 04-06-2007 @ 09:45:11 AM i'm going to be the first to say this, but i didn't fall in love with this song. dont get me wrong, Lp are a fucking awesome band. they were my first favourite band adn will always hold a special place in my heart. my honest first impression when i heard this was that it is very flat adn empty. it doesnt have the ummppff that their old stuff did. after a 4 year gap they needed something that jumped in your face, like 'we're not dead here we are screams!'. maybe i got that impression from snippets i heard of some of their new material on trailers for their video diary, but they should have come back with an explosion, not this. it's kinda mellow...sits in the background kinda thing. adn i dont like the video. sorry but im sick of bands making videos with stock footage. (i didnt like it wen tool adn apc did it either). all that said i still await the album adn hipe for some better material.
by SmackedByGodsmack on 04-06-2007 @ 03:24:33 PM Wow, that's all I can say about this song. Phoenix how can you say this song is empty, I think it is much more deeper than their older stuff. Personally I'm kinda glad they ditched the rap-rock. It's a nice change, not that I'm in any way saying I ddn't like them before. I think people will start taking LP a little more seriously now that they've dropped the rapping more. Appearantly they will still be some on MTM but yea. And the video of this song is amazing too. it pretty much shows everything that's wrong with the world and how we should just start over on as other people said, a clean slate. All in all, in my opinion this song is a fucking orgasm.
by PCS153 on 04-06-2007 @ 06:16:09 PM I was really excited about their new album until this happend. I mean it does'nt even seem original or at least the video didn't. Don't get me wrong I really like the whole Idea of forgiveness is essential to our survival without grace we are doomed. It's such a powerful concept I just don't see this song reflecting it. My problem comes with the new image, what happened, it just seems so cookie cuter, like all the faux political music that is being put out. By the way the Minutes to midnight thing I think is in refrence to the doomsday clock, midnight being the end of the world.I could be wrong though. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_clock) At any rate knowing this I was interested in hearing what they had to say and feeling like it would be at the best some powerfull music, but any one could do this out there, this is not, linkin park, at least not in my mind. I won't make my final judgment until the full album comes out, but for now no cookie for you LP I will give it to some one else who is working on a more creative end of the world kinda album, Trent Reznor. Please prove me wrong, let Mike sing/rap a little more, and don't what ever you do, ever follow the crowd, they will steal your soul!!!!!!!
by enjoythesilence on 04-07-2007 @ 05:53:38 AM The video for "What I've Done" shows the song in a hole different light.
In the video, there are clips of wars, scandals, global warming, etc. and I think that the song is trying to say that we can fix all of this by starting over. For so long, we have denied global warming, let conflicts between countries continue and haven't really learned from the past. If we just face the music, and try to work on all of these issues, the future may not look quite so bleak.
I was expecting a bit more from the single, but of course this is the only song out at the moment, so I hope that the album is as eclectic as the band says it is. And Mike, what's with the "na na na"'s at the end? Siiiiing!
by The Interloper on 04-07-2007 @ 02:26:59 PM First off, I like this song. But out of all LP songs, its my least favourite. I agree with Septimuspheonix, though. Makes some good points. Agree totally. I like the lyrics, but the sound, to me...is a bit flat. That's just my opinion. So, I'm not saying I am right or wrong if the song is crap or not. So yea...
Also, the song, as many people have said, is about the band changing there music.
by Closure11 on 04-07-2007 @ 06:54:45 PM The concept of a band like linkin park making a song about changing their music is just so stupid to me. OK if you follow that reasoning i guess the video would show that they are interested in those ypes of thigs now, and changing them. But why would a group of musicians who are so deep make a song about them changing? I'm thinking the interview part meant that this song is A WAY of breaking out of ,or changing, their old sound, , the song isnt ABOUT changing their song.
The video deffinatly shows a "new begining".
In the beggining the grass disapearing, the wars, the thriving of some as others die in poverty, and the hate crimes.
Then the people who have made a differecne in the middle.
At the end the band members are jumping, then falling in slow mo, like a new begining. Then the babies being born, and the grass green again.
by Rori the Rocker on 04-07-2007 @ 08:51:42 PM This is what I posted as a MySpace bulletin about this song... Anyways, I heard LP's new song on the radio yesterday and was... a little dissappointed. If you go hear it, it's not like the LP you expect. I know that they were going for a different style, such as quieting down their numetal/rapcore/alternative sound and looking at classic '80's music. That's fine with me, but I heard their song, "What I've Done" and... it's a little weak.
The entire reason they dropped the numetal sound was because numetal is commonly discriminated as being stupid, the idea of combining rap and rock sounding completely absurd. What's odd is that even if people made fun of it, so many were fans. Numetal bands include Korn, Deftones, Mudvayne, and even Disturbed. But now, because people make fun of it, most bands want to drop that name and sound.
When it first came on the radio, I was like, "Who is this?" because it sounded so different. At first I thought it was Fall Out Boy or Panic! at the Disco, but sadly, it was Linkin Park. Now, they sound just like every other band out there, and for that I'm depressed. Fall Out Boy and Panic! are great, but as for LP I expected something else. I liked their sound, and I wanted them to stick with it, but nooooooooo. They just had to go find something else. It makes me mad.
When their song, "Breaking the Habit" was released off of Meteora, LP had said specifically for that song that, "This is what Linkin Park will probably sound like in the future. It's different, and we like it..."
So, I'm frankly just hoping that Minutes to Midnight album has more to offer than "What I've Done" does.
Rori the Rocker
by Nikkii_sixx on 04-08-2007 @ 02:15:14 PM This song is soo different then their earlier work but it's still soo amazing. I'm in love with this song. Tour Australia LP, pleaseeeeeee!!! =).
by Nikkii_sixx on 04-08-2007 @ 02:16:21 PM Yet the lack of Mike singing and the awesome screaming sorta sucks =(.
by chubigans on 04-08-2007 @ 02:33:40 PM I would assume the song is about the end of days.
so let mercy Come and wash away What i've done
Come, today, this ends I'm forgiving What I've done
These seem to be asking 'God' to wash away their sins and maybe start over again, for they know the human race has failed. I'm thinking this is kind of like asking for the extinction of mankind before it destroys more, upsetting the balance of the universe.
I would have thought it were about his meth usage, if not for the video, actually.
by nameless_undertaker on 04-08-2007 @ 11:25:30 PM ok, this is a good song but it doesnt feel like LP. Its not like One Step Closer or Faint, Somewhere I Belong, Runaway...You know? ...This is the type of songs that you get bored of after a while.Anyways i hope Minute to Midnight will be 'more' LP...needless to say anything about the meaning as a lot has been said already.
by nameless_undertaker on 04-08-2007 @ 11:31:10 PM I missed Rori the Rocker's comment...100000% agree with you.
by kangaroobixcube on 04-09-2007 @ 05:44:30 AM At first I agree with a lot of the people on here about how it just does not sound like LP. That this song was just bad and not what I was looking for from them. But then I went back and thought about that statement and how was Reanimation seen at first?? And even Meteora??? People were like this sucks compared to Hybrid Theory WTF were they thinking?? If you really look at it Linkin Park's sound between CD's is probably the most incocistent dynamic sound I personally have ever heard. But thats what really makes them good at the end of it all. I don't know about you but I am not ready to point my finger or judge.
by david_lpfan on 04-10-2007 @ 05:20:53 AM It's a fairly good song, but it seems like LP are suffering from something of an identity crisis.
While the lyrics are still fairly consistent with their old stuff, the music comes dangerously close to pop-rock.
Then again, I wasn't a big fan of the Jay-Z thing, and Fort Minor wasn't too great, and this sort of thing seems to have gone in a completely different direction to all that.
I guess I'll probably buy the album, but by changing their rather distinctive sound Linkin Park risk losing their identity.
by piccolomair on 04-10-2007 @ 06:24:39 AM Alright, maybe its to obvious to be correct. Is this single basically the bands statement??? As in, minute to midnights will be the bands newest greatest most different album? That thier style will be different and not categorized into that nu-metal shtuff they always get thrown with?
Lets examine the chorus, am i the only one who sees the "pen to pad" references? Erase and cross out, like when writing lyrics. alright let me try to break it down completely...here i go...
In this farewell There's no blood, there's no alibi 'Cause I've drawn regret From the truth of a thousand lies So let mercy come and wash away (saying goodbye to what everyoone thought about them. They draw regret from what critics say about thier nu metal music, and its all true, except the fact that they are nu metal which is a lie, truth from a thousand lies anyone?)
Put to rest what you thought Of me while I clean this slate With the hands of uncertainty So let mercy come and wash away (hoping to put to rest that nu metal genre they keep getting hit with, and they are uncertain of whether it will work, oh by the way, that last line; "so let mercy come and wash away" i think they mean mercy from critics and fans, to aid them and way away the mark they have thus left on music society.)
For what I've done, I start again And whatever pain may come Today this ends, I'm forgiving
What I've done, I'll face myself To cross out what I've become, erase myself And let go of what I've done
(So for everything they have created, music wise, here they go again, starting with a brand new look, sound, and feel, and maybe it will work out, or maybe we will hate them for the change, but its done and they are forgiving themselves for what theyve done, which is get clumped into a nu-metal genre rather than prove they are something brand new.)
thats my take on this song, its also why i believe its the first single, because it was meant to relay that message. I do wish it sounded a lot more different than this, because this still sounds nu-metalish. I also get that the video probably shows a second meaning which alot of people here are agreeing on about mankind and what theyve done, but i think the images in the video are actually symbolistic of the music world, and they are actually not discussing world politics but the politics of music. feel free to take apart my comment.
by blackmyeyes on 04-10-2007 @ 10:27:30 PM its one of those whatever songs. I love LP's other stuff but this sounds like they hopped on the bandwagon. Kinda scares me to think what the rest of the album is
