I think Numb is such a fantastic song, because it does a really good job expressing a common experience that sadly many people have with their parents. It's certainly not confined to that type of relations, but I think that's the stereotype relationship for this kind of experience. There are sadly many parents who make their children walk in their shoes so to speak, and then criticise their child as they stumble along in shoes that will never fit them. Sometimes it's "well-meant", you only want "what's best for them", but the sad reality is that it often just ends up hurting the child. You teach them that who they are isn't good enough, and perhaps worse, you might even make them lose all sense of who they are. They end up feeling numb, because they can't connect with themselves anymore, lost somewhere between themselves and what you tried to make them. Depressing, yes, but I see this song as hopeful, and I think the music really reflects that. They say, "I know, I *may* end up failing too". May. There is an awareness of the pattern, even to the point of recognising that the parent probably grew up the same way, repeating the same cycle - but maybe the cycle ends here.
I think every time we talk about Chester that we should take a moment to talk about depression and to let people know that you aren't alone and you can get help. Don't be afraid to reach out
Man I've been following you for a while but never commented on any video. I just want to say how much i love your videos. The way you break down the real meaning behind the song and not just the lyrics, and give real life examples and comparisons is something i haven't seen anywhere. Keep doing the good work brother. Love from Kashmir
never watched one of your videos before. just wanted to say you seem like a really nice, down to earth guy, a glimmer of hope among so many horrible reaction channels. keep up the good work.
super facts. people were all surprised, and i was like "has anyone been listening to their music?" every single was about depression and mega sad stuff.
Any true fan knew the places his music came from. He struggled and eventually succumbed to depression he struggled with pretty much his whole life. He was open about his songs and his midset while writing and putting them out.
A little fun fact for you. At the time they shot this video for the song, Chester was actually having serious back problems and issues which is why he didn't move all that much.
Linkin Park was such a great band...I actually saw them live one time(with Snoop and Korn) and it was live af. One of my favorite music groups of any genre ever.
I love how you always say "Rest in Peace Chester" in every Video about Linkin Park and how you enjoy all the small and big things that made this band so special! 🖤
Please keep reacting to Linkin Park songs. One of my top three favorite bands ever. Almost every song of theirs is relatable and are filled with real emotion. RIP Chester.
To give a little more context to the surgery. The outdoor scenes of the music video were filmed in Prague just like their other song ''From The Inside''. But because of Chester's poor health at the time the indoor scenes were shot later in L.A. inside a matching looking cathedral. The female character in the video is played by actress Briana Evigan and i once read somewhere that the cuts on her arm in the video spelled the world ''NUMB''. As for the video surpassing a billion views there's a story behind that. It was a collabertive effort by the fans of Linkin Park to make it to a billion views as a Tribute to Chester. And that milestone also meant it became the third oldest video on RU-vid to surpass a billion views.
You have shot into my top 3 reaction channels these last few months Rich, love the consistency and just the fucking sense you speak. Keep smashing it bro 🔥💪
Epic music bro .. Chester wrote all his songs around his mind set which as an artist who’s openly admitted he suffers from shit like that it’s insane but he made his music great because of it & not using that as an excuse or example for him leaving the world because I would need to be soooo fucked up in the head to leave the life of my lil girls .. they are the reason I go to work & live I don’t do it for me I do it for them 👏👏 great reaction 🙌🏻
I love this song. But I was EXTREMELY fortunate to have an amazing family/parental support system. So while it is an amazing lyric and moves me, it doesn't resonate the same way In the End does. I was always given the chance to do what I wanted to do, and not required to adhere to their expectations of who I was to be.
As someone who can really relate to this song, the most beautiful part of your video, Doc, is when you paused to look at her drawing. If someone had paused to acknowledge the things she loved, maybe she wouldn’t have been so “numb”.
As a mom I can answer your question with the kids. I raised two teens. I raised them to be honest with me and that nothing (ABSOLUTELY NOTHING) was off limits. We had an extremely open relationship. I was labeled a horrible mom, a bad influence, etc. Some kids were not even allowed to come to my house because I let my kids watch and listen to what they wanted. I taught them acceptance, compassion, and free thinking. My kids are now 25 and 28. Both have succeeded where those helicopter parents said they’d be junkies and have tons of kids before they were 25. Neither of my two ended up on those paths. Those heli-parents have junkie kids and are raising their grandchildren because their kids went wild once they got out from under their thumbs. I always tell people, the more you say it’s bad for them, the more they want to do it. The more panicked and afraid you are of things your kids want to talk about, the more they are going to want to find out. I know.. I was one of those kids under my parents’ thumbs.
There's actually NO perfect answer or recipe to being a successful parent!! Each child is different and us as parents (most) can ONLY do the best we can! There's such vast parenting adaptations! Some are helicopter parents, some are yellers,some are hand holders, some are incredibly critical, some are abusive (either verbally, emotionally or and mentally) And some people say " It's how they're raised!" That's not ALWAYS necessarily true! I've seen and witnessed kids whom were raised by pastors who turned out to be wilder than anything. Then I've seen kids raised by alcoholic and or addicts, go to prestigious universities and be either doctors or lawyers! I can personally say , my husband and I raised our sons the "EXACT same way" with the exception one was older and the other younger! (Four years apart. Different rules for different ages) Our oldest son was a highly intelligent academically on the spectrum who brought home Straight A's & B's all the way until high school! Then he became verbally, mentally and physically abusive to me, my husband and his little brother. We put him martial arts, counseling, different schools and NOTHING worked! We had a nice middle class lifestyle. He had BOTH parents who never fought. We disagreed but never saw physical violence, verbal or mental abuse! We finally sent him to Military school for two yrs when our household became a day to day battle ground with him in the home! He came home sweet and loving. After the honeymoon faze wore off , he returned to the same abusive person! He was 18 and we kicked him out! He made mistakes and he FINALLY learned from them! Now , he's a college graduate with a degree! He's a successful welder and owns his own home! He is absolutely one of the smartest (academically) people I know! He has thanked his Dad and I for always trying to get him steered on the right path and never giving up on him! TRUST ME!! We NEVER gave up on him! So please don't be so judgmental on parents! At least to those who are trying their best to raise moral, decent, well mannered, kind and loving people whom we'd be proud to brag on!
And I know I may end up failing too!!!!! But I know You were just like me with someone disappointed in you!!!! ^the realest lines in the entire track and where the controlling parenting comes from, projection is real mofos.
For me it’s more my marriage and his faith than it was my parents. As for my kids, we went a low pressure route. Two of the three have real ADD, one is in college on a full ride scholarship and we let him go through school without medication. My third is a freshman, experimenting with vaping and alcohol, getting suspended and failing. We have made the decision that those choices mean we will try medication and therapy. He’s been through a lot and has a lot of anger. My oldest, who is only 20, is married. No children, going to school, in staff with her church running the children’s ministry and teaching during the week for the school. We didn’t want her to get married so young but once it was clear the decision was made, we made the decision to support them 100%, other than we don’t pay their bills. I do still randomly Venmo money to all kids (including her husband bc he’s one of mine now) just so they can have a treat. The song leaves a lot of room for interpretation based on where you are in life. Personally, I love Linkin Park- Given Up and then Over Again which is some independently by Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park. Mike Shinoda has some amazing music.
Fantastic song. I didn't have parents, no dad, disconnected mom doing whatever. With three young siblings to protect, which I almost had to murder to achieve, I'm somewhat an introvert in adulthood. Wish I'd had some parental support instead of learning by trial and error. The world is ferocious, you're blessed if you are protected from just a little of it.
linkin park helped me through some damn dark times, truth be told they still do. but god damn, looking back at their catalog it is mindblowing how we as fans didn't see Chester hurting
You wanna know what's crazy? The girl in this video is an artist, or at least I think so because of all her paintings and drawings... I'm an aspiring artist, 17 and in 11th grade but jeez I'm constantly stressed and my grades have even slipped because I was more concerned about what if I don't make it or my art isn't good enough because my main art style is anime-ish (or at least very close) and some people don't see it as art, especially since I do a lot of it digitally and I feel like fine artists look down on it... Sometimes I feel burnt out during school, and hate humans in general and socializing (but that could also be because I'm an introvert). My stepdad said it could be because I was being pushed too much since childhood, since I grew up being good at drawing since like age 2. I mean it's not like my mom or family was psychotic about making me do art but I feel like my own and my mom's expectations for me to get into a good college are too high and I need to focus on one step at a time, starting with finishing high school. Plus I don't need to go to college the very next school year after I graduate, yet I kept worrying and thinking I should and have to. Basically moral of the story is, if you think you're feeling smothered by your own expectations of yourself just take a minute or two to think and remind yourself that one step at a time will help you climb high and still feel good about it. You don't see babies being born as Olympic Runners, they have to take their first step and master it too.
if only the billions of people on Earth knew how many lives Linkin Park saved out of depression... the amount is staggering, by the millions upon millions im Atheist and i dont believe in religion nor the afterlife but i sure as hell want to believe Chester is in heavens because he deserves nothing less than the best just as he gave his best to others in life half of my life and many of the lights in it died the day Chester was gone, thats alot to lose in one quarter of a century
Chester will never rest in peace, until the day not one child is ever hurt by their parents(s) again. His father must be held accountable for his crimes against his son and for the death of his son.
I could be wrong but I think the song is about his depression taking over his head and he just wants to be himself. When he says that he has become so numb and he cannot feel you there. He is saying that that he can no longer think for himself and that the depression has taken completely over.
I had helicopter parents but I turned it into a game. Test the limits, see what I could sneak past them. Now I'm a master liar and sneak. I can live double triple and sometimes quadruple lives and nobody knows the wiser. I'm living every aspect of my life the way I want and keeping everyone happy at the same time.
bro that shit you said about helicopter parenting hit me too hard lmao, I had freedoms in high school but parents where always expecting a lot, and putting a lot of pressure, once I got to college i damn near self destructed, cooling now, years later, fuck college lmao
Check out Hands Held High (also by Linkin Park). It’s a change from their usual style to something a bit more minimalist and conventional - so you can properly analyse the lyrics instead of the music video, which are probably more relevant than ever.
There's more than one "successful" way to parent. I could do basically whatever I wanted, and it would have been excellent had someone said no when I stayed home from school for three consecutive weeks in fifth grade, and sixth grade, and seventh grade, you get the picture (and other crazy instances of being able to do whatever). The most wild young adults I knew came from very lax households.
Put on the Surg. Tabble Linkin Park Ft. Busta Rhymes - We Made It | Linkin Park Ft. Stormzy and Push T Good Goodbye | Linkin Park ft. MF RAKIM - Guilty
Yeah I saw the same thing in college some of the didn't know how to care for themselves. They didn't know how to wash their clothes or even themselves. 😷
We are all meant to be our own person call it destiny if you will. Anything that tries to hold back natural progression of someone is going to cause negative friction. Now I'm not talking about some spiritual mumbo jumbo or anything like that. It's written in us and pushed through society for us to be something. The best you can do is show love and give the person the correct tools and foundation to build why they want for their life. A parents job is to protect and provide and guide. But you cannot mold someone to what you want the to do or be and get a positive outcome.
I am starting year 11 this year. My parents dont really care much about my education so it makes me feel ok not to care. Then I see everyone else achieving good Mark's and grades and I look at myself like I'm a disappointment, and all I do is stress in school and dont even work half of the time. Some days it feels better dead...
XxDONTlookBACK It’s not. Death is nothing. That’s it. There’s no relief. There’s no rest. There’s nothing. Don’t compare yourself to others. If you want to get your grades up, ask for help with your grades. If not, it’s okay. There’s no shame in not being the best. You shouldn’t feel like a disappointment over something as, ultimately, useless as grades on a test. You haven’t even started to live the rest of your life. It does get better. I promise. 😊
