Linkin Park - Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes

I should become a professional music journalist.

I didn't include this in yesterday's entry because I didn't want to overload your tiny brains with my opinions on today's music. But now you have to read some more today. Nene.


Linkin Park's new live DVD/CD set, the second official one to be released after 2003's Live in Texas, portrays a much more cinematic and diverse performance from the band since the Meteora days. They used to be coined as nu-metal giants, but with new songs from Minutes to Midnight introduced to their ever-changing setlist, they're becoming more of a rock n' roll band without completely abandoning their roots.


The set first starts out with some of the heavy classics such as "One Step Closer" and "From the Inside" along the newer heavy stuff "Given Up" and "No More Sorrow". Then it slows down with popular singles like "Leave Out All the Rest" and "Breaking the Habit". Their longest song ever, "The Little Things Give You Away", almost reminds me of Pink Floyd, giving a psychedelic feel during the solo. Great guitar work by Brad Delson. There's some more classics from the Hybrid Theory album, some more of the new stuff, and even a couple of songs with Jay-Z which were mashed up for the Collision Course CD.


Some things which I like to point out from the performance are:

• What used to be the band's setlist closer is now the opener. Yes, I'm, talking about "One Step Closer".
• One of Phoenix's bass guitars is like, wow, totally fucked up. Half the body is practically missing. How cool is that?
• Mike's singing has improved immensely. Chester has gotten better too.
• Chester plays guitar during the end of "Shadow of the Day". I had never seen him play guitar before.
• The drummer Rob Bourdon looks a LOT like my own drummer friend Toffer (hi Toffy, hope you're reading this).
• Phoenix sings during "The Little Things Give You Away". That's the only time another member of the band apart from Mike and Chester sings in a song.
• Jay-Z looks so awkward during the end of "Jigga What/Faint" because the whole band is rocking out like hell and he's just standing there. Hah.
• The piano version of "Pushing Me Away" is absolutely beautiful, it almost made me cry.
• The band is improvising their songs a lot, with extended intros and outros.

If you think Live in Texas was good, this DVD will blow you away. There's a total of 18 tracks on both the DVD and the CD, and a bonus extra 3 songs on the DVD which are unlocked when you watch the full concert. There's a good mix of songs from their three albums, so there's something for everyone who likes Linkin Park. One of the bands I must see perform live before I die.