This entire album is what got millions of us through jr/high school. It's dark, painful, depressing. There's no answers. It's just a call from the dark for something, somebody, anybody to help. But it's cathartic. It's like someone sitting with you in/through your pain. There's solace and solidarity in it. You're not alone because there's someone else out there feeling it too. Hell, I'm a 41 year old, happy, well-adjusted adult tearing up over the bittersweet memories.

@kirstenwyatt9675

2 жыл бұрын

You hit the nail on the head. I remember listening to their music and thinking "I guess I am not alone, because someone wrote this song, and it sounds like I feel." Their music helped me feel less alone, and that helped me survive to get help.

@jackaltwinky77

2 жыл бұрын

I just bought album this again. I’m 36, and this album is so solid from start to finish, that I would listen to it over and over again in high school…

@Oilsaky

2 жыл бұрын

39 and feel the same lol.

@Wearywastrel

2 жыл бұрын

Legit, I couldn't have said it better, thinking back, thos album is one of those that I just keep rebuying.

@GenericThomas

2 жыл бұрын

Too true. Hybrid Theory/Meteora and Staind's "Break the Cycle" were some of my main solace as an angry/angsty teen

"The lyrics are somewhat depressing, guys" You are going to use that line a lot if you keep listening to Linkin Park.

@Maimikuba86

2 жыл бұрын

I think he might have said this on each video so far lol

@FaceFish9

2 жыл бұрын

@@PenneySounds alot of Linkin Parks lyrics are quite depressing, all of them are like a way into Chester's and Shinoda's minds since they absolutely wrote what was on their minds, which usually for Chester was pain and depression.

@Shifty51991

2 жыл бұрын

@@PenneySounds you aren't listening close enough if you think that....

@bertafjertafisalukta2302

2 жыл бұрын

@@PenneySounds "Its uplifting!" - Mike Shinoda, 2017

@LongandWeirdName

2 жыл бұрын

@@bertafjertafisalukta2302 Is that a comment about rope? If so, 1. Too dark. 2. Too soon.

The lyrics to almost every Linkin Park song hits differently after learning of Chester's battle with depression that ultimately led to his death. It was like a career filled with music that was a cry for help. It's a very sad way to think of their music, but it's all there in the words. I think I enjoy the music in a different way now, like he shared his battle with us, even if we didn't pick up on it at the time. RIP Chester. I hope you have found peace.

@gonzalocortez49

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, especially Good Goodbye on the final album of theirs. Or the final album? And then Mike Shinoda goes on to put our the song called Over Again, talking about that song too. "Sometimes it feels like we say goodbye over and over and over again."

@SilvyReacts

2 жыл бұрын

@@PenneySounds While this is true, it's also important to know that Chester must have had some input, at least I am pretty sure he did. I don't think it's just a coincidence that he was fighting depression and a lot of the song lyrics just happen to involve such things. It's either that or Chester was a heavy influence for the lyrics Mike wrote.

@Wyndigayle

2 жыл бұрын

@@SilvyReacts I was thinking the same thing. I know that Mike wrote most of the lyrics, but the band was a family. They shared the struggle of being those who had to witness Chester's battle, and I feel that the lyrics reflected that.

@midnytemassacre

2 жыл бұрын

What eats at me.. it shouldn't hit differently. Kurt Cobain should've been enough of a warning.. 😞

@SilvyReacts

2 жыл бұрын

@@midnytemassacre The issue is there are many artists that write songs like this that don't have depression. So it's not so easy to just assume that is the case based on lyrics. And if anything, we as fans are not close enough to these individuals to make that call. We don't know them personally.

One of my favourite facts about Chester is that apparently it was physically uncomfortable to be stood in a room with him when he went full volume because his voice was so loud / powerful.

@squiz808

2 жыл бұрын

That makes sense when you see Jay-zs reaction at the end of the live performance 🤣

@FrostThorn

2 жыл бұрын

Depends how loud the speakers are, but you Americans like to make up bs

@dodgers0n842

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrostThorn your name says everything I need to know. gtfo of here

@redsnorlax1945

2 жыл бұрын

The man had dynamite sticks in his chest

@ryangarcia9446

2 жыл бұрын

I went to the same school as chester (granted a few years after) the choir teacher was still the same guy he always said chesters voice was stupid powerful

Everyone who was born in the 90s rocked Linkin Park, Chester was the voice of a generation and listening to this now gives me chills. Definitely check out more of there work

@unseenmal

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in '77 and I rocked to Linkin Park...they're a band that quickly reached transcendence.

@Y-NOT-REACT

2 жыл бұрын

throw 1988 in there too!!

@Dayz671

2 жыл бұрын

I born in 2000s but I love their songs

@sandrad2597

2 жыл бұрын

Born in the 70s loved all their music, it hits a certain group of people not ages, ya know?

@chadia25

2 жыл бұрын

Born in the early 80s. Also rocked to Linkin Park. 😊😢

Chester struggled most of his adult life with depression and substance abuse. He said once in an interview that a big inspiration for him was Chris Cornell and when Chris committed suicide, Chester spiraled into a really bad depression and committed suicide a few month later. On his twitter fans of Linkin Park shared how their music helped them in their struggles with depression, gave their condolences and shared their stories about friends who lost their battles with depression. His widow has kept his twitter up and encourages fans to share their stories about how Linkin Park's music has helped with their struggles with depression, saying that if it helps just one person who is struggling with depression to not feel alone and not take that ultimate step into self-harm, then that is a victory,no matter how small.

Sadly like a lot of us Chester suffered from Major Depressive Disorder, and wasnt able to find a treatment that helped before he lost the fight with his beast. He is one of the reasons I was finally able to get the help I needed and I only wish he had been able to as well.

Yes, LP hits way different when you know Chester killed himself. We all knew he had some form of depression but figured this was his outlet and he'd be fine in the end(no pun intended). Don't think anyone knew how bad it really was in his head, even though he did mention that no one wanted to be in his head. That it was a bad place to be

Yes! More Linkin Park!

the singer, chester, sadly in 2017 took his own life, a lot of their music hits different now, one that really hurts to hear now is if from their final album, it came out the same year he ended up dying, the album and song I am talking about is One More Light, personally I want you to hear a song called Wretches And Kings from an album way before his passing, but on an emotional level, look up One More Light

@rywynn13

2 жыл бұрын

Geez, it's already been that long 😔. Feels like just yesterday

@TheForeheadOfDoom666

2 жыл бұрын

5 years damn this covid thing messed my perception of time

@straylightrun53

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheForeheadOfDoom666 yeah, I still remember when a friend called me and told me what had happened, I honestly didn’t believe it till I saw it on an official news site, it fucked me up, I remember being 12 around the time Hybrid Theory was blowing up, first rock cd I ever got, I’ve followed them ever since and man was super obsessed with the band for so long, it was very hard to accept him being gone, and man that 3 hour tribute show for chester was beautiful but man it hurt my soul watching it

Their song Given Up has a great 18 second scream by Chester but it's eerie because it sounds like a definite cry for help...and their song Numb is awesome

In my darkest times this song helped me because I felt understood.

@GreenJeepAdventures

2 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@JonWarren78

2 жыл бұрын

Chester and Layne Staley both did this for me

Linkin Park ruled the early 2000's! RIP Chester!!

Seen them in Boston during a massive snow storm . The show was simply amazing and powerful. My daughter was able to meet Chester. She was rather shy but he took time and made her feel special. He is missed . RiP

"agressive in the ways you want it to be aggressive" ....the exact way i feel about all the metal music i like :)

RIP Chester he helped me through so much

@qpSubZeroqp

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

"Lyrics are depresing": oh you have no idea what it was for me to find relief listening someone speaking out sadness in ways I could not when I was in a dark place.

His entire career was a literal scream for help.

The Jay-Z Linkin Park Album Called "Collision Course". Your mind will be blown!

@kmstx2

2 жыл бұрын

He's already reacted to A song from that album, share the video to run up the likes so he knows that people will actually watch the reaction(like he says in every video)

You hit the nail on the head. He was crying for help! May he rest in peace! Brilliant soul and Brilliant band!

This was the first song I can remember as a kid that truly made me fall in love with music. I will forever love Linkin Park

"What they are saying" is the reason so many found a place in their music growing up. If you find yourself in a storm of chaos, there is a calmness in the pain of the familiar.

I remember hearing this the first time live in 2001 it was.. insane. So then I proceeded to see them 15 more times. Every time was incredible!!🤘🏻 RIP, Chester! 🖤

I think one of my favorite songs from Linkin Park is Hands Held High it's very soft and soothing but just like all of their songs hits deeply

RIP chester..... looking back all of their stuff makes you realize what he was going through.... just heartbreaking!!

Numb is my favorite LP song ever!!! RIP Chester

He was sexually abused when he was younger, that's where the pain came from. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as well, both great artist that took their own lives.

"His voice is amazing guys" I bet you didn't hear him singing Adele "rolling in the deep". Chester sang like an angel and screamed like a demon.

This was the first linkin park song I heard and instantly fell in love with it, while on my bus ride to 7th grade.

I listened to Linkin Park very much as a younger teen, i listened to it because it was relatable to my own mental health.

RIP Chester… His entire career he was singing out all the pain, depression which ended up too many seem to be nihilistic but in reality it was just pure pain.

Chester commited suicide. So yeah, you hit it on the nose. Lots of people listen to their songs and did NOT commit suicide, because they could relate, they could see themselves in the song. This was early in their career...GREAT ALbum!!

@wyldcardsam

2 жыл бұрын

I hate how true this is. He literally is part of why I'm alive today and the amount of hurt I feel knowing that he is gone sucks

@razetheroof2012

2 жыл бұрын

@@wyldcardsam Completely understandable. But I think it's beautiful because their art, and his expression of it, succeeded in doing exactly what they set out to do: to bare emotions, states of mind, and insecurities. And it's done to hopefully reach others who connect to it. If your statement is true (and I'm confident it is, for clarity's sake), then your being with us means he accomplished what he and the band intended: to hopefully reach those who may be helped by their message. As much of a shame it is he's no longer with us, it's poetically beautiful that he reached someone enough to save them from something he couldn't escape himself. I can only imagine there's at least one other person who they may have helped steer away from the edge....all the way to potentially thousands of people. That's incredible to consider. I see it as it was better for all to have had his contributions out in the world, than to have never have known them at all. While I don't know you, I'm glad you're still here for those reasons.. 😁

Nothing gave me goosebumps at a concert more than the Shut up part at the end. So grateful to have seen them in concert twice

Really enjoy your reactions. Thank you for always being so quick to the content, instead of having 3 minute introductions.

All time favorite group, best combination of Rock and Rap music out there. RIP Chester you shall always be missed.

Best band ever!

I've gotten through some tough times because the lyrics of the songs hit close to home for me. Some, as I'm sure others have already commented, songs seemed like a cry for help. I will forever enjoy the songs.

You can literally pull any song they made out of a hat and it will most likely have been a hit song. One of their more emotional songs "One More Light" is a lot slower paced and was one of their last big hits. I would highly recommend checking it out because its something completely different than their usually music but fits them so well all the same.

Chester still gives me goosebumps with his voice to this day and Ive been listening to LP since their underground albums before hybrid theory

While the lyrics are darker, so many people resonate in a way that let's them vent as they sing along (myself included). Tho I know some were still lost they helped us through tough times at any level.

Chester hanged hisself 7-20-2017. That day crushed millions of people, myself deeply. I'm a 58 year old grandmother and I still have a hole through my soul over it. I love all types of music but Chester is and will always be the one that I cry over daily, yes I'm one of the "severely depressed people in this world", I don't think I'll ever heal. Given Up is just one of my favorites, I love too many to be able put them in a list. Thank you for keeping his voice out there and for the new people just learning of him. RIP CHESTER CHARLES BENNINGTON 💔

There's a reason why we Soldiers have the phrase "Sings like an Angel, Screams like a Demon" to describe Chester... That man's vocals were unmatched. There will never be another like him and he will be forever missed. Rest well, Chester. I hope you found your bliss. ❤🙏😇😈❤

shadow of the day - a personal favourite LP song and one that just hits so much harder now that their lead singer is no longer with us. RIP

Love how they mixed in the animation album remix of this song that Jonathan Davis did with them. RIP Chester. You are missed buddy

The lyrics take on an entirely new meaning after Chester's passing

Songs about struggles and depression and mental issues are so important. When you're in that kind of place, you tend to reject help from the people around you because they're not in the same place you are and there's a lack of understanding. It's like a man giving advice on how to cope with pregnancy, it doesn't feel credible or genuine so it's hard to take seriously. But these songs, they meet you where you are and let you know they understand what you're going through. They get past the walls we put up and talk to people who otherwise can't be reached.

This numb and breaking the habit are the three hardest songs by them for me to listen to but seeing you react to linkin park gives me hope

The thing about this song that made it popular was that people could relate to the music. This song and band birth a genre of music that people who were out cast needed. They used this to relate to others, find friends, families, and have them a reason to go on. Granted there were some people who were left behind but just like every other genre of music it help bring people together and spread actual joy.

I had this "Live in Texas" CD/DVD maaaaan that was the only thing i watched for WEEKKSSSS. Love this!

RIP Chester, He shared what he was going thru, thru his music...So sad, serious loss in music...Thank you, Peace

"Linkin Park Lying From You Live In Texas" was also amazing

One of their later songs that hits is "one more light"

Highly recommend checking out their songs Given up, One more light, Castle of glass and Bleed it out. All amazing songs that are full of every emotion you can experience

I was going through a horrible childhood and Linkin Park was the main thing that got me through it. As dark as their music could be, there was a strength in the solidarity and understanding. And with A Thousand Suns there was a great healing as it came out when I was starting to escape and improve my mental health. Chester reached and saved so many people with his music, it broke my heart to learn that he lost his fight after getting so many of us through ours. I'll never forget him, he will always have a special place in my heart. RIP Chester ❤️

The first album Hybrid Theory had some rougher songs. The music video had some odd imagery. I love it. Later albums had a different tone.

This is one of those songs n Albums I had many of a Great Aggressive Workouts at The Gym!! Loved this Album!! R.I.P Chester

The beat kept us going, the lyrics helped us by knowing Chester was in the same places we were and understood.

So sad, we as a people lost one of the real great vocalists, and genuine people in Chester. R.I.P. Unfortunately he took his own life in 2017 I believe. But reaction or not, this groups catalogs should be on anyone's playlist.

Fun fact about this song. This song is a blending of two songs, One Step Closer from the album Hybrid Theory, and 1stp Klosr from the album Reanimation. The majority of the song (musically is the biggest difference) is from Hybrid Theory. However, the lyrics "These are the places where I can feel torn from my body" all the way till "and pouring" is actually sung by Jonathan Davis from Korn, which is in the Reanimation version of the song. This era of Linkin Park is what I love the most. All of Linkin Park's music is wonderful, but Hybrid Theory, Reanimation, Meteora and Live in Texas all came out during a difficult time in my life. Hybrid Theory especially hits me the most, not just because it was the first but since it touches more on the anger side of things as opposed to the depressed. Songs like this one was comforting to know I wasn't alone in my thoughts and feelings, and being able to sing and scream along to this when I had the opportunity to be alone was very cathartic. Back in the days of downloading videos, I would download all of the concerts I could find of Linkin Park. I had this exact one on my computer, and loved to watch it. The little changes they made to the live performances made it so enjoyable to watch, and their energy made it work.

The lyrics is what helps to relate to the song in dark times and music is what helps to get through them.

Every one of their songs feels different since he´s gone. 😥 lovely reaction

Nobody in the music world moves me like Bennington. Great song, great album, great band, awesome singer.

One of favorite songs

Linkin Park became super popular around the time most millennials where in High school, myself included. So as teenagers the music hit us and felt like stress relief.

@FaceFish9

2 жыл бұрын

and for many of us it was relief, a way to connect with something, i know i did and that's why i went to get help for my problems.

Some of the best voices lost too soon, still hard to believe. ❤ R.I.P. Chester & Chris

Linkin Park- Rolling in thr deep live itunes festival. Its a cover not a LP original, but it displays some of Chesters vocal abilities

Fun fact: they re-wrote the song like 6 times, because they couldn't get the words they wanted. They actually wrote the lyrics about their producer because they were so frustrated/mad about him pressuring them.

One thing to note is that the change in tone (both musically and lyrically) at the end is because they've incorporated a verse from a remix of the song into the live performance. On the remix, Jonathan Davis of Korn was featured with his own verse, so his lyrics are somewhat darker than Chester's own were. I love this version of the song. The original is superb and the remix is amazing, and this live performance meshes the two perfectly.

It took me a few years to notice what the lyrics were really saying. I've been listening since a was 10, their concert in Rio is still the best I've been too. RIP Chester

As you now know what happened to Chester whenever you hear an LP song you'll hear cries for help. That's what many fans find hard to accept, that he couldn't find the help he so regularly referred to. RIP Chester 💔

I was lucky enough to see LP at their last Australian concert. Their music was awesome. Rip Chester.

“Aggressive in all the ways you want it to be aggressive” needs to be on a T-shirt.

Like you said the song and the lyrics spoke to generations of people. Even those that really listened to the lyrics and processed them, for you to sing along it took so much energy that you either would feel pumped up or drained of all emotion.

The thing with LP is that the Lyrics are written by Linkin Park and they hit hard with so many people because so many of us have felt those lyrics at one point or another in life. It's actually uplifting and empowering to turn on LP and just scream out all that negative crap with Chester..kind of like therapy.. Chester saved a lot of people singing/screaming these lyrics..#ripchester

When you are at a Linkin Park concert and they play this song (I have been to like 4-6 of there concerts) the stadium is literally shaking from the people dancing and jumping and singing.

“I found bliss in ignorance” maybe a reference to depression in a sense that people who don’t struggle with it don’t know what it’s like (don’t have to deal with it) or will not be able to comprehend?

checking out live versions of linkin park songs is always a good idea :) you could check out Crawling or Papercut live at Project Revolution 2002 (Las Vegas) at some point.

I understand listening to live versions of songs because it feels more "raw" but as a new listener who likes how you digest reacts, I wish you listened to the studio versions, just because you get more of how they meant for it to be heard

My favorite reactor starting to understand my favorite band! Their lyrics are extremely personal, and yes, sometimes very sad.

It was a whole different world to see them live. I was extremely lucky to be on the floor, in the pit, during the 2003 Summer Sanitarium tour when they opened for Metallica. Imagine that - Linkin Park AND Metallica in one show. I believe it was Robert Trujillo’s first tour with Metallica as their new bassist (someone correct me if I’m wrong). We pushed to the front of the stage and it was like nothing else I’ve ever experience. I am still not over losing Chester. His voice was singular.

Chester (R.I.P.) WAS EVERYTHING. Listen to "Shadow of the Day. Personal favorite (along with "Waiting For the End"). It's beautiful. So so so so beautiful and sad.

I think that Robot Boy is most often my favourite from them - I love everything they've produced but that one is especially good

I remember I always sang this song in my room without caring if my parents or neighbours heard me. I was just jamming to it

2:45 this album has sold 27 million copies worldwide… so yeah, definitely a hit song 😉

Add the whole hybrid theroy album to ur playlist one of the great albums of all time.

Check out Breaking the Habit by them. The music video of that song is really special as well.

Other end of the energy spectrum but extremely moving would be One More Light. The performance from Chester just elicits so much emotion.

So happy you chose this live performance. This is my fave live version of this song. Please react to high voltage or forgotten rock am ring 2001 next. It's more on the hiphop side of LP

Hybrid Theory is one of the best albums of any genre ever. Every song is ridiculous

I sit here, alone, in my Ford Explorer, at 1:56am...and all I keep thinking is it's such a fucking SHAME that such a brilliant, articulate, gorgeous young dude couldn't find a way to still the lying voices in his head. He simply wasn't strong enough to beat the insidious disease of depression. Or he WAS strong... for as long as he COULD BE...but ultimately depression won. Valiant though he was...Chester...we MISS you, we LOVE you, we THANK you...but we can never BLAME you. Here's hoping you finally found what you needed and wanted...so much so that you fucked that hateful disease and are actively laughing in its FACE... wherever you may be.

They’ve done a lot of songs Strongs tragic he took his own life love them LINKIN PARK definitely in my top 10 bands You’re a legend man 😬👍

All of Linkin Park's songs from the two albums Hybrid Theory and Meteora are instant playlist adds. You sit back and think oh well this one is a definite add... and that one.. well I can't do without that one... just save yourself some time and add every song from those albums XD they're masterpieces. RIP Chester you will always be missed.

"One more light" hits different too once you take in concideration the fact that he lost his Friend Chris Cornell After writing it.

@devilishnessx459

2 жыл бұрын

And yet before Chester died... Everyone was hating on it and their new album cause it was 'too different'... It sucks how a lot of people only appreciated the album more after Chester's passing

@FaceFish9

2 жыл бұрын

@@devilishnessx459 Yeah, people were so uppity about the album back then.. i always thought it was one of their best albums to date.. then again Linkin park really had no "bad" albums

This was there first hit. I wore this cd out when it came out!

Fav song

Chester could sing and scream like that the entire concert when they would tour

When my son was going thru puberty, this is a song I dedicate to him-I let him know.

I love peoples reactions when Chester screams 🤣 so good

Crawling, in the end, papercut, points of authority, giving up

BTW, check out some of the tributes from all over the world. Some Church Bells actually did tributes for Chester, when churches give a tribute to someone that died by their own hand that says millions of words