I have always loved Linkin Park and especially Chester Bennington. The album this song is off of is probably my favorite one, I mean for several years I had a personalized license plate that said Meteora. I played this CD into the ground when it came out and was very familiar with this song but it wasn’t until Larry included it on a mixed CD he made me that was specific to our kids (today’s youth) that I heard it in a much different way so I am just going to include that part of his write up……
Although I wish that Rush was Connor’s first Rock Concert choice to attend, I’m cool with Linkin Park. The three of us have that special memory, and with the way today’s youth is, I thought this was the appropriate song. They may appear apathetic, lazy and uninterested in just about f’ing everything, but see my notes under (Spoiler Alert!) Subdivisions as to how I think they probably really feel, and what the solution is. However, the problem with today’s youth is getting them to even realize they have a problem and to admit things like the following:
“I will never know myself until I do this on my own” “I will never make anything ‘til I break away from me”
Way back on 2011, I gave Shannon a playlist that included this song and as we discussed this project, it just felt right to copy in my notes from that write-up. I'm including the whole bit from then...
Somewhere I Belong
Although I wish that Rush was Connor’s first Rock Concert choice to attend, I’m cool with Linkin Park. The three of us have that special memory, and with the way today’s youth is, I thought this was the appropriate song. They may appear apathetic, lazy and uninterested in just about f’ing everything, but see my notes under (Spoiler Alert!) Subdivisions as to how I think they probably really feel, and what the solution is. However the problem with today’s youth is getting them to even realize they have a problem and to admit things like the following:
“I will never know myself until I do this on my own” “I will never make anything ‘til I break away from me”
And just think about fate around this. At his birth, oh so long ago, I ask that we include Rush in Connor’s full name. I hope he grows up and loves Rush, but never push it on him. He finally asks to attend a Rush concert (excuse me while I get a tissue) and we decide not (WTF?) to take him to the Time Machine show in Columbus because of him starting his freshman year the next day, and promise to take him when they come back around. They come back around and announce they are going to film the Cleveland show – the first one filmed in North America ever! So however chaotic this whole Rush path has been with Connor, he will always have a DVD, Blu-Ray, or whatever format in the future where he can say “I was at that concert when I was 15” (He will probably leave out the part that he went with his Old Man and Mom…LOL)
So now you might be wondering, what was written for Subdivisions for this 2011 project? Well wonder no more - and also review our June 8th, 2024 entry.
(Spoiler Alert!) Subdivisions
You know what the great thing about this song is? It applies to everyone. I bet you knew that, but did you take it even deeper?
For the longest time I listened to this and thought only of myself and my experiences.
Movies like The Breakfast Club and Pump Up The Volume help illustrate how everyone feels this way, but getting to a point where you actually acknowledge this and grow from it, and help others grow, is a whole other ball-game.
Everyone wants to be someone else, do something else, wish they could be somewhere else – essentially thinking they are missing out on “in” things. Sometimes it’s real, sometimes it’s perceived.
But because we wallow in our own misery, we fail to see we hold the key (“living in their pools they soon forget about the sea…”) and that essentially everyone is on the same playing field.
I may not be making sense with this. Maybe I have listened to Rush too long (23 years and counting)! Moving on to the really important stuff…
I always think about small town Kansas, and how you’ve often made the comment that you wish you would have known this song earlier in your life. I do share that sentiment for you because if it would have helped you avoid some pain in your life, I want that.
But at the end of the day, not knowing the song earlier led you to me…
Ghost of a Chance 