OLP New Song "Not Afraid"

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I've finally got hold of Not Afraid from the Junos. And while I still love the song I didn't enjoy it as much as when they played it live over here. I'm not sure why - maybe just because I wasn't there to see it. Live and louder it really is amazing (and with Mike doing stuff on guitar too). And I think Raine's lyrics were better before too - but he was changing them every night so they'll probably change again before it makes it onto an album (if it does). They actually recorded Not Afraid a week or two before coming over to Europe so there must be a studio version of it somewhere. I'd love to hear that.
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Does anybody else hear think this song may be about Mike (Turner) ? If you look at the lyrics closely, you might see what I mean. Also, the song is almost undoubtedly about new beginnings and being "not afraid" of them, so the Mike theory is possible.
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i always thought that of not enough
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J-Neli wrote:Just want until Bob gets his hands around this song when they go into studio... Not Afraid may be too intelligent of a title... I expect something along the lines of "me no scared", cause we must dim it down for the masses :lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol: ...lmao...bob rock... :roll: ...but thankfully he probably won't change anything cuz raine said he already helped produce it..*phewf*
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    oh my dear god.
    HARDCORE!!!

    OMG. I can't believe I din't think fo you
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    :lol:

    My thoughts exactly ..
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    Josh? Liam? Andrea?

    whose friend is this?

    I want answers!!!!!!!!!
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    Furious George wrote:Does anybody else hear think this song may be about Mike (Turner) ? If you look at the lyrics closely, you might see what I mean. Also, the song is almost undoubtedly about new beginnings and being "not afraid" of them, so the Mike theory is possible.


    At at least one of the shows Raine said that Not Afraid was against war.
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    i really did not see that one. :freak:
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    i know i am going to have large, heavy objects thrown at my head for this, but...am i the only one that thinks the beginning of not afraid and the beginning of spin by lifehouse sound eerily similar?

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    Hmm, you know, ever since I heard Not Afraid (which I frigging LOVE and STILL can't stop listening to), I thought it sounded like another song. Lemme compare it with Spin real quick. *listens to mp3s* Hmm... nah... it's a little similar, I suppose, but not that much. :)
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    not the entire song, just the first verse thing has the same style. i compared them too, and its not like their the same song, as not enough is much slower beats. i guess its just the way they both use their voices to go up and down at the same time.
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    Ahh, I see. I'd check again and see what you mean, but I'm too lazy. Hahahahhah.
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    how come whenever me or you come up with an idea, it never goes through, because one or both of us are too lazy!
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    :lol: I dunno! But that's pretty funny and I hadn't noticed! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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    remeber the yannic/nikki raine height team or whatever we called it? probably not, but i thought it was pretty funny at the time!
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    Hahahha, how could I forget?!?! I actually did eventually make that thread, though. :lol: Nothing got solved... but there were some nice pics of Raine in there! :lol:
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    <font color="#B1DFDE">You may say I'm a <font color="#FFFFFF">dreamer</font>, but I'm not the only one, I hope
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    and thats all that matters! :drool:
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    SpiritualJunkie wrote:That was such an awesome song! I just KNEW people would love that song! 8-) It reminded me of old OLP! Plus Raine hit the high notes! :mrgreen: Man, Raine was going crazy during the performance. I so wished I taped that! IT was so freakin' good!



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