She couldn't
| She couldn't | |
|---|---|
| Hybrid theory | |
| length | 5:27 |
| Genre (s) | Rock , pop |
| Author (s) | Hybrid theory |
| Label | MixMedia |
| album | Hybrid Theory (8-Track Demo) |
She Couldn't is a song by the American nu-metal band Hybrid Theory , which would later become Linkin Park . She Couldn't was distributed to potential publishers in 1999 by MixMedia as part of the 8-track demo entitled Hybrid Theory with the aim of getting a record deal; but to no avail.
On July 1, 2009, three bootleg copies of the 8-track demo appeared on eBay . One of these was purchased by Linkin Park Live members for $ 1,125.20, ripped, and made available to the public on July 2nd on lplive.net.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Hybrid Theory album , Linkin Park published an official version of the song on their YouTube channel on August 13, 2020.
background
She Couldn't was written and recorded by Hybrid Theory (now Linkin Park ) after the addition of singer Chester Bennington in 1999. For legal reasons, She Couldn't is the only known Linkin Park song that was never officially released by Linkin Park. Became known She Could not until early July 2009, when eBay three bootlegs appeared the hybrid Theory 8-track demo. The piece uses a sample from the song B-Boy Document 99 by The High & Mighty . Mike Shinoda commented on the song on his blog on July 3, 2009:
“Many of you have asked about an old demo that is floating around. The song is called "She Couldn't." We recorded it in 1999 during the making of Hybrid Theory, but it never made an album and was never released by us. For legal reasons, that's all I can say about the song, but I hope this clears things up! "
" Many of you asked about an old demo that was haunted around. The song is called 'She Couldn't'. We recorded it in 1999 while we were working on Hybrid Theory , but it never made it onto an album and we never released it. For legal reasons, that's all I can say about the song, but I hope that clears it up! "
The post has now disappeared from Shinoda's blog.
She Couldn't is quieter and more pop- heavy compared to other songs from the hybrid theory era , while other Linkin Park songs from this time such as B. And One and Papercut are more likely to be assigned to Nu Metal .
Text design
Dominating She Could not the text lines "will not be long 'til everybody knows" from a sample of the song B-Boy Document 99 , and sung by Chester Bennington "You know, She Could not stay here with you / you know she had to go / even though, she couldn't stay here with you / you know, you're not alone ”. Bennington sings the stanzas and the introduction to the chorus while Shinoda raps the main part of the chorus.
Web links
- Report on the 8-track demo on Linkin Park Live ( Memento from March 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ whosampled - She Couldn't vs. B-Boy Document 99 , accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ lprevolution - Hybrid Theory (8-track demo CD) , accessed on February 18, 2014
- ↑ lplive.net - Exclusive Demo ( Memento from March 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 18, 2014
- ↑ She Couldn't (Official Audio) - Linkin Park. August 13, 2020, accessed August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ whosampled - She Couldn't vs. B-Boy Document 99 , accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ Linkin Park Live: Exclusive Hybrid Theory Demo ( Memento from March 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 18, 2014
- ↑ whosampled - She Couldn't vs. B-Boy Document 99 , accessed March 26, 2014