Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the nation's Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.
The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring for the foreseeable future.
Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)
Da Bloos
Linkin Park Lyrics
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I'm gonna leave you baby
I'm gonna leave you baby
I'm gonna tie you up to the railroad tracks
I said baby, I said baby
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna leave you baby
Gonna tie you up to the railroad tracks
I'm gonna tie you up
Leave you down there by the railroad tracks
When the train comes by, it's gonna take you away
Ooh yeah
The lyrics to Linkin Park's song Da Bloos is quite cryptic and possibly concerning for some listeners. The repeated phrase "I'm gonna leave you baby" coupled with the imagery of tying someone up to railroad tracks seems to suggest a deeply troubled relationship. The repeated use of "baby" creates a false sense of intimacy while the threatening imagery adds a sense of danger to the song. The singer seems to be at a crossroads with their partner where they want to leave but somehow feel stuck in the relationship as shown in the line "I said baby, I said baby, I'm gonna leave you." The song's overall mood is one of desperation, where the singer contemplates causing harm to their partner as a way out. The last line "when the train comes by, it's gonna take you away" suggests the singer is envisioning their partner's death, which adds a chilling dimension to the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Baby, I said baby
Calling out to a person or significant other
I'm gonna leave you baby
Stating intention to end the relationship and walk away
I'm gonna leave you baby
Reiterating intention to end the relationship and walk away
I'm gonna tie you up to the railroad tracks
Metaphorical threat to control or harm the partner
I said baby, I said baby
Repeating the initial call out to the partner
I'm gonna leave you
Reaffirming intention to end the relationship and walk away
I'm gonna leave you baby
Repeating intention to end the relationship and walk away
I'm gonna tie you up to the railroad tracks
Reiterating the metaphorical threat to control or harm the partner
Gonna tie you up to the railroad tracks
Confirming metaphorical threat and intentions towards the partner
I'm gonna tie you up
Restating the metaphorical threat to control or harm the partner
Leave you down there by the railroad tracks
Intending to abandon the partner in a dangerous or life-threatening situation
When the train comes by, it's gonna take you away
Implying that the partner will suffer consequences for not complying with the artist's desires
Ooh yeah
Expressing satisfaction or enjoyment in the idea of controlling or harming the partner
Contributed by London H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
S M
this is exactly how I am going to remember Chester forever
Cyrus The Great
they must have been bored to death in the studio while making their album and having nothing to do they came up with this
vonnix unfathomable
imagine what chester was thinking when he wrote this song..lol
Aniruddh Gupta
it's inspired by a led zeppelin song except this is funny lmao
Bryan Bennett
+vonnix unfathomable wrote? this was complete addlib
Slavelike Constructs
This is awesome.
Tania-Maria Zegrea
Tbh this sound is amazing they should've done something serious with it
Test Subject 032
NIce one Chester!!! hahahahaha!!
Liam Greenaway-Hooper
2008. Linkin Park tried acid
Aether_IV
Chester would be a great country music singer