In the End

Mm.

And in the end, Hank did a very Hank thing and kind of science communicated his way through cancer in a lovely way and science communicated his way through treatment and talked about why he was undergoing the treatments he did and how much better they were than the treatments in the past and how we made that progress, and he handled it brilliantly, of course, but it was a really hard choice.

And I was also thinking about my last novel about a young person with obsessive compulsive disorder.

I also have OCD, and I had to decide whether to talk about that when promoting the book-

Okay.

What is the name of the famous song, and bonus points if you say the band, that starts with the lyric, "One thing, I don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard you try"?

Anyone? Linkin Park, In the End.

Linkin Park, In the End.

What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I tried so hard and got so far.

In the end, it doesn't even matter.

I had to fall to lose it all.

In the end, it doesn't even matter.

One thing, I don't know why.

It doesn't even matter how hard you try.

You wouldn't even recognize me anymore.

Not that you knew me back then.

Back then, new music came out on Tuesdays in order to maximize sales in the Billboard charts, and as a result, 9-11 coincided with numerous notable releases.

These included Jay-Z's The Blueprint, the Linkin Park single In The End, and thrash metal favorite Slayer's God Hates Us All.

My laptop just died so I can't read the end of that comment.

However, I will say, I think we can all agree it's very funny and it's very ironic that they released a song called God Hates Us All on the day that 9-11 happened.

You know, DJ Dr. John, I tried so hard and got so far.

But in the end, it doesn't even matter.

And yet, we just keep rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling with

Radio HM101X2K.

But that has always been the case with bands who fly the pop metal flag.

And there can be no question but that heavy metal made up a significant portion of their sound.

But John, what do you think? I included one of their many mega hits in the end on your playlist.

Is that a heavy metal

it starts with one

thing i don't know why it doesn't even matter how hard you try keep that in mind i'm designed as rhyme to explain in due time all i know time is a valuable thing watch it fly by as the pendulum swings watch it count down to the end of the day the clock ticks life away so unreal didn't look out the low watch the time go right out the window trying to It didn't even know I wasted it all just to watch you go I kept everything inside and even though I tried It all fell apart What it meant to be will eventually be a memory of a time I tried so hard and got so I don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme to remind myself how I tried So hard, in spite of the way you were mocking me Acting like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised it got so hard Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then, but it all comes back to me in the end You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart.

What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I tried so hard.

Come my lady, come, come my lady, you're my butterfly, sugar baby.

[laughs]

The one you just sent me, I, I watched while I was eating dinner, and I was like, "What? This is terrible." Linkin Park's In the End.

Yeah

And this lady is-

you too call me

and then last night i was like okay i've been doing all this methodology maybe maybe i am getting good enough that i can do a song so i went to my little drumeo app and i picked the beginner version of in the end by lincoln park okay and uh no kicking the crotch i am not good enough yet

turns out get back to

methodology

In general, we made the rule that we're not going to include songs from albums that we've already covered.

But the band that I first came to when I was discovering my own taste in music and kind of the real turning point into actually really being into this medium as opposed to just enjoying, say, the music of Five... um was lincoln park and i think the song that i think about the most that's not on meteora is in the end which is why i've chosen it for track one partially because i think it's the one that's permeated the most kind of like going forward it feels more like a modern classic now But at the same time, I think it's the one Linkin Park song that wasn't looked down upon.

Like, it really maintained its relevance.

Like, as a kid, it was, like, it was cool because it was, you know, Mike Shinoda's pink hair and Chester Bennington fucking belting it out.

And then, like, it would take on a different state.

Like, when people used to make anime music videos, the amount of footage I've watched of Vegeta going Super Saiyan with this playing in the background... is unreal it's kind of like it's very formative but it also like has these echoes throughout my life so I just think it's a song I could never live without is In The End by Linkin Park Hello, just cutting in.

We don't have the license to play any of the songs in the way that the BBC does, so you won't actually hear any of it.

What we can do is get incredibly drunk and go to karaoke and do that.

Here, follow me here.

If this were In The End, it's a keep.

Numb, I'm cool passing on Numb to get to something else.

I'm okay passing on Numb.

Hybrid Theory didn't have Numb on it.

I'm fairly certain.

'Cause In The End, One Step Closer was on Hybrid Theory.

Let me pull it up.