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''"Basically it's just about, I don't know. It's kind of self explanatory. It's just basically about just somebody realizing that, you know, sometimes things just don't happen to work out the way you always plan them to work out. And it's kind of hard to think straight when that happens."''<ref name=GreyDazeStory>[http://lplive.net/wiki/db/exclusives/grey-daze-story LPLive Wiki - Grey Daze Story], October 06, 2015</ref> | ''"Basically it's just about, I don't know. It's kind of self explanatory. It's just basically about just somebody realizing that, you know, sometimes things just don't happen to work out the way you always plan them to work out. And it's kind of hard to think straight when that happens."''<ref name=GreyDazeStory>[http://lplive.net/wiki/db/exclusives/grey-daze-story LPLive Wiki - Grey Daze Story], October 06, 2015</ref> | ||
On October 6, 1994, the very first day of working on ''Wake Me'', the album's producer David Knauer recorded Grey Daze playing live in his studio to see what they had in store for their debut album. He recorded their performance straight to DAT tape and had Chester say the name of every song so it was documented on tape as well.<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12033 Exclusive: "Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], October 31, 2015</ref> "Sometimes" was among the songs that made the album. | |||
Under a new lineup consisting of Chester Bennington, Bobby Benish, Mace Beyers and Sean Dowdell, the band had their first pre-production sessions for their second studio album in February 1996 with David Knauer. There, they recorded a new version of "Sometimes". The album version, however, was recorded by Michael Jones during their pre-production session for ''...No Sun Today'' in December.<ref name=GreyDazeStory/> | |||
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Template:Infobox song "Sometimes" is the sixth track on the album Wake Me and seventh track on the album ...No Sun Today. It is one of Sean Dowdell's favorite Grey Daze songs[1] and received local radio airplay.
Background
Jason Barnes came up with the musical idea for "Sometimes" and Chester Bennington wrote all the lyrics. Regarding its meaning, Chester said: "Basically it's just about, I don't know. It's kind of self explanatory. It's just basically about just somebody realizing that, you know, sometimes things just don't happen to work out the way you always plan them to work out. And it's kind of hard to think straight when that happens."[2]
On October 6, 1994, the very first day of working on Wake Me, the album's producer David Knauer recorded Grey Daze playing live in his studio to see what they had in store for their debut album. He recorded their performance straight to DAT tape and had Chester say the name of every song so it was documented on tape as well.[3] "Sometimes" was among the songs that made the album.
Under a new lineup consisting of Chester Bennington, Bobby Benish, Mace Beyers and Sean Dowdell, the band had their first pre-production sessions for their second studio album in February 1996 with David Knauer. There, they recorded a new version of "Sometimes". The album version, however, was recorded by Michael Jones during their pre-production session for ...No Sun Today in December.[2]
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
| Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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| Sometimes | Wake Me | 3:34 | 1994 | 1994 | |
| Sometimes | ...No Sun Today | 3:42 | 1996-1997 | May 23, 1997 | |
| Sometimes | ...No Sun Today | 3:47 | 2002 |
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| Sometimes | "Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session | 3:43 | October 06, 1994 |
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| Sometimes | Album Pre-Production Live Session | February 18, 1996 |
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| Sometimes | "No Sun Today" Pre-Production Live Session | December 03, 1996 |
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Live
"Sometimes" was performed by both Wake Me-era and ...No Sun Today-era incarnations of Grey Daze. According to Jonathan Krause, the song was a crowd favorite.[2]
Personnel
Grey Daze
- Jason Barnes - Guitar
- Chester Bennington - Vocals
- Sean Dowdell - Drums
- Jonathan Krause - Bass
Production
- Recorded and Mixed by: David Knauer
- Produced by: David Knauer and Grey Daze
- Mixed at Anthem Recording
- Assisted by: Billy Spoon and Dan Manriquez
- Mastered at - SAE by Roger Siedel
Lyrics
Sometimes,
Things just seem to fall apart
When you least expect them to
Sometimes,
You want to pack up and leave behind
All of them and all their smiles
I don't know
What to think any more
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe
Sometimes,
People surprise you
And people surprise me
But I guess that's the price we pay
For wanting, so badly
I don't know
What to think any more
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe
I don't know
What to think any more
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe
Sometimes...
Sometimes...
Sometimes...
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Sometimes, things just seem to fall apart
When you least expect them to
Sometimes you want to pack up and leave behind
All of them and their smiles
I don't know, what to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe...
Sometimes, people surprise you
And people surprise me
Well I guess that's the price we pay
For wanting so badly
I don't know, what to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe...
I don't know, what to think anymore
Maybe things will get better
Maybe things will look brighter
Maybe, maybe
Maybe, yeah...
Sometimes
Sometimes
Sometimes
Gallery
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Wake Me
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...No Sun Today
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Wake Me pre-production DAT tape
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Real Records album pre-production DAT tape
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...No Sun Today pre-production DAT tape
External Links
Stream
Live
- Sometimes (Rally Kaps 94): Jonathan Krause
- Sometimes (Live at Mason Jar 1996-10-02): LPLive
- Sometimes (1997-02-01 Tempe, AZ): Nostalgicidio
References
- ↑ Chat transcript with Sean Dowdell on April 25, 2003 - Linkin Park World | Connecting the world to LP..., April 25, 2003
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 LPLive Wiki - Grey Daze Story, October 06, 2015
- ↑ Exclusive: "Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, October 31, 2015