MTV also has an article based on this interview.
"People asked us if it's a concept record, and in the middle of the process, we were contemplating whether or not that was what we wanted to do," LP's Mike Shinoda told MTV News at their VMA rehearsal on Saturday. "And I think, as we finished it, it became clear that, usually the problem with concept records is, like, [the] term usually refers to things like [the Who's] Tommy or ... rock operas and stuff like than that has a narrative. And this doesn't have a narrative; it's more abstract that that.
"So if those albums are more of an Andy Warhol, this is more of a Jackson Pollock," he continued. "You can kind of look at it, and all the stuff's in there; you pull out whatever it means to you."
So now that we're clear that A Thousand Suns isn't a concept record, we couldn't help but wonder: What concept was Bennington mulling over in his head when he sat down with MTV News back in November '08? Let's just say it involved a boy and a bike — and that it's probably better he abandoned the idea completely.
"I tried to write 30 songs about a kid with a red bike and make it the most moving thing that ever happened in music, and it wasn't good at all," he said. "So we kind of dumped the kid-and-the-red-bike concept really early on."
Tell me if the concept about a kid with a red bike is not just painfully adorable (and painful...) But of course, it's smart that they moved on from that idea before the Union of Straight Linkin Park fans would get pissed off. Love Mike's comparison of the album with Warhol/Pollock's works. I am not the biggest fan of Pollock, but Mike surprised me with how accurate it is to compare their newest work with Pollock's - considering the trippy vibe both sharing. Does the Warhol/previous albums say something? Watch the interview HERE (one of the 8)
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