Linkin Park – Foreword (Intro)

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    General Comment:this intro is just a lazy and crappy copy of the intro skit to Nine Inch Nails' album The Downward Spiral. Of course, Linkin Park would probably claim this was done in "homage" to Trent Reznor, but it doesn't make it any less crappy.
    Flag TheBigMattowskion April 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:yeah... this song has a very special meaning. as u can see, the lyrics just says (instrumental)....this means that the song is an instrumental and has no lyrics....bet u guys cudnt figure that one out huh? XD
    Flag K3vVon April 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I actually think that the Foreword was more of a way of saying that all the pain that they went through is being let out with the help of this album.

    . . . . .I bet I'm wrong, but that's how I take it. XP
    Flag Spiffy Duckon September 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:According to songfacts.org, it's the sound of Mike Shinoda throwing a CD against a wall after realizing it got corrupting, probably replayed a couple of times. You can hear a gasp of frustration in there somewhere, too. But I like Bane2's explanation. I'll go with that.
    Flag kjarkason May 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:'Cording to Spike Shinizzle himself it was him "...smashing my shitty cd burner on my coffee table... with an aluminium baseball bat... which kinda broke the table."

    It hints at the dark, sophomore tone of the album that follows.
    Flag Bane2on May 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:yea it was Shinoda's CD Burner on a coffe table hit with an aluminum baseball bat.
    Flag Zoarseon April 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not taking the cd burner statement as fact, but take into consideration that they could have manipulated the noise.

    Also DragonWing85, it reminds me of "Mr. Self Destruct" as well.
    Flag samwaltonon March 02, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not taking the cd burner statement as fact, but take into consideration that they could have manipulated the noise.

    Also DragonWing85, it reminds me of "Mr. Self Destruct" as well.
    Flag samwaltonon March 02, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Wow You Talk A Load Of Crap. How Funnn.
    Flag Bound By Silenceon December 08, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Actually, I did find a meaning to this song, and probably a very good one. What if, glass being hit with a hammer is like someone being hit by the lies/backstabbing/ill-treatment/etc of someone(s) else? Then it would suggest, that you can only keep on "hitting" someone until they eventually break (that is, the glass breaking at the end).

    A lot of Linkin Park songs seem to talk about being pushed a more and more, eventually until reaching the point of breaking (From One Step Closer "everything you say to me takes me one step closer to the edge... and I'm about to break"). This seems to decribe just that - with hitting the glass until it eventually breaks.

    Also, like how it goes nicely into Don't Stay. As for the "extra tap", I don't know, but what I said above is what I think Foreword means. After all, that is the message that LP seems to put across in some (if not most) of their songs.

    -james:)
    Flag papaliaon October 26, 2006   Link

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