Meteora "title origin"
Following the success of Hybrid Theory and Reanimation, Linkin Park spent a significant amount of time touring around the United States. The band members began to work on new material amidst its saturated schedule, spending a sliver of their free time in their tour bus' studio.
The band officially announced the production of a new studio album in December 2002, revealing its new work was inspired by the rocky region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks.
The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" - etymologically similar to "Meteorite") is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is Kalambaka. The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria I, II, IV, V and VII.
Literature, music and film inspired by Meteora
- The monastery of Holy Trinity was a filming location in the 1981 James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only
- Scenes from Tintin and the Golden Fleece were also shot at the Meteora monasteries.
- The rock area was a primary inspiration behind the Linkin Park album of the same name.
- Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage is a BBC Television documentary series first aired in 2008
- Michina, the main setting of the movie Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life is based off Meteora.
- Meteora is the main location in the fiction book The Spook's Sacrifice, by Lancashire author Joseph Delaney
- In the post-apocalyptic horror novel World War Z, the monasteries' natural protection is restored to protect survivors from growing zombie hordes.
What's your opinion, about the name and the inspiration?
Source: Wikipedia
(Linkin Park: Album Meteora)
(Meteora Greece)
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Permalink Reply by Sophie lp rock on -
I am proud to be greek!!! =D
to my mind,linkin park were right to give their album the name of meteora,cause the songs of that album were so wonderful just as the view of this greek mountainous place ;)))
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Permalink Reply by Ryan Voight on -
The only opinion I have is that Linkin park made a good choice in naming the album after an area so amazing and beautiful.
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Permalink Reply by Georgia18 on -
Ryan Voight said:The only opinion I have is that Linkin park made a good choice in naming the album after an area so amazing and beautiful.Yes, i totally agree.
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Permalink Reply by MarsGirl on -
i agree!! this is wonderful and as we know LP loves greece so yes they made the right choice, this place is very inspiringto all of us!!
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Permalink Reply by Zuriel Perez on -
Perfect album title for a masterpiece and this gives so much inspiration
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Permalink Reply by Zuriel Perez on
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A ti te gusto y a mi me encanto.
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Permalink Reply by Georgia18 on
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Sí tienes razón!
Zuriel Perez said:A ti te gusto y a mi me encanto.
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Permalink Reply by xiomara robbins on -
One would assume that it was originally delivered on Saturday evenings but we all know what happens when one "assumes!" Interestingly, Wikipedia.org has nothing about the name's origin. Please provide your source if you have one.
LorDaVie
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Permalink Reply by Anwesha Mohapatra on -
I read about Meteora in The Lost Throne by Chris Kuzneski, he described it very well!
I'd want to visit it once!
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Permalink Reply by Georgia18 on
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Well, i am Greek and i have visited Meteora so this place does exist in real. Also if you search on the internet there are so many sites - not only wikipedia - that write the same thing. Linkin Park fan networks say the same thing. Linkin Park by themselves have said it on an interview they did about Meteora.
So, i have many sources.
I am telling you all these things, friendly.
Georgia.
xiomara robbins said:
One would assume that it was originally delivered on Saturday evenings but we all know what happens when one "assumes!" Interestingly, Wikipedia.org has nothing about the name's origin. Please provide your source if you have one.
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