Linkin Park
"In The End"


Oh Linkin, what has happened to you? Does someone remember my glorious review of the first Linkin Park video I saw? I am referring to the live version of "Crawling". After a lot, and I do indeed mean a lot of repression, I am finally ripe to admit- Linkin Park are live, kicking and oh god, not this, one of the most mainstream bands of 2001. It's not that I didn't realize this earlier, because I truly did, but denial was kicking me hard in the head.

It's very difficult for me to admit that a band I liked turned mainstream. Evil, bitchy kind of mainstream. The kind of mainstream that your classmates who other than Linkin Park have took a liking to Britney Spears and Shaggy. It's terror in your mind, really, to hear those people humming "Crawling". All this diversion might have not bothered me, but I did wonder why a live video would attract them. So I tuned myself to MTV for approximately 10 minutes before the truth was revealed- they have a real video. Yes they do. And it's the evil mainstream creation.

And what am I trying to say in all this ignorant babbling about LP turning mainstream? That if "Crawling" didn't prove it (I am in denial of "One Step Closer", really. "Papercut" was rarely shown and the whole red thing depresses me. They released a new video, "Place for my Head" or "Points of Authority", don't remember, which is currently live. So I'm waiting...), then this video will. As someone most likely said- Wut is up wid dat?! I mean hello. HELLO. I know I know I know that mainstream groupies (I am not necessarily degrading mainstream, I do like some very popular music, but at least when I started liking it, it was already well known amongst us) will open their teeny mouths and go "Woo! Pretty effects!" but all I can say is ... No. Absolutely not.

They haven't really done this. Soon I will wake up to find that every single Linkin Park video is live only (because, what can I say, they kick some live ass), and that "Crawling", "Papercut", "One Step Closer" (with denial) and now "In The End" never ever happened. Living in illusions, much? I'll elaborate. All this psuedo high end effects just... SUCK. They fucking suck! Someone get Linkin Park a better video director. You won't fool me with this shit. My teenybopper friend said "Wow. 'In the End' is an amazing video. How did they do all those beautiful effects? It's, like, the best video EVER!" ... Get the point?

Star #1 goes purely for the great song. Star #2 goes for Mike Shinoda. Nuff said.

reviewed by May