Yesterday I watched my favorite band, Linkin Park, perform live in Brazil on MTV World Stage 2010. And man, were they AWESOME! :D They deserve every right to top my favorite bands list. I mean, seriously, these guys are just way too good for their own good! Oh, what I'd give to see a Linkin Park concert directly...

The legends themselves!

Ahem, but anyway, back to the topic! So as I was saying, they played really good. No wait, that was an understatement. They played FANTASTIC! Since their very first album (Hybrid Theory) I already loved all their songs! This lineup --> Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Dave 'Phoenix' Farrel, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Joseph 'Mr.' Hahn <-- is the best in my musical world! I especially love how Chester and Mika can sing interchangeably in many of their songs, when they have such different singing styles (evident in the different sounds between Fort Minor, which is Mike's side project, and Dead By Sunrise, which is Chester's side project), and still be so harmonic! They're both unique singers in their own rights as well, each with their own specialties: Chester can do what I like to call "screamsinging" (screaming melodically), and Mike's raps are really neatly put together. In my opinion, the best example of the harmony between the duo's singing can be heard in their single In The End. My favorite song in all of Hybrid Theory!

Linkin Park's new logo

Speaking of favorite songs, the best part of yesterday's concert was actually the fact that, somehow, LP played all four of my favorite songs from all four of their studio albums straight in a row! It started with Breaking The Habit from Meteora, then The Catalyst from their newest album A Thousand Suns, then In The End from Hybrid Theory, and What I've Done from Minutes To Midnight! Boy, that was probably one of the most amazing surprises this year. I don't know how and I don't know why it happened, but in any case it made me VERY happy. It was like it was an LP concert just for me (although I know it wasn't). And to think that some people don't believe in miracles...

While I'm on it, I wanna rant about something: Linkin Park's fourth album A Thousand Suns and, to a lesser extent, their third album Minutes To Midnight. Now, these two albums strayed from their previous genres. In my opinion, they moved from a nu metal sound to a more alternative rock kind of thing. It was really different, but I love all their albums nonetheless. What I don't get is that a lot of people that claim to be LP fans consider A Thousand Suns junk, or something like that. So many flamers and haters and trolls out there that abandon LP just because they experimented with new things, saying they miss the old LP and that LP today are sell-outs. Well I for one say that, if you are a true fan of anything, you'd stick with them, be loyal and show them your support. Yeah, I also prefer the older LP albums but I love their new ones as well, because (this is my actual point right here) I love Linkin Park (and thus all their work), not just Hybrid Theory or Meteora. If you only like the older albums and can't deal with the fact that their growing up, then don't call yourself a true fan. Of anything. With time, people change, and bands are just a group of people, so of course naturally they'd change too, sooner or later. And I approve Linkin Park's changes. It just goes to show how creative, flexible and versatile they are.

Well, I myself am growing tired of typing for this one post. But I will NEVER get tired of listening to Linkin Park songs! >:D So yeah, I guess I'll stop here for now. And to all you people reading this, I have but one advice: if you enjoy rock/metal and you haven't listened to LP, go and do it. Like, now.