Marie Digby What I Ve Done Meaning

Inspiration for Change Music has the power to inspire. This inspiration drives people to act. Linkin Park and Marie Digby draw on this inspiration through their lyrics, instrumentation, and musicality in their performance of the song, “What I’ve Done”. Both songs, though in different genres, speak to a broad audience that can connect to the core of its meaning. Marie Digby sings with a distinct purity that lacks in Linkin Park’s original, but Linkin Park’s electric passion creates a deeper feeling of regret that is weakly illustrated in Marie Digby’s version. Linkin Park and Marie Digby have differing individual inspirations for performing the song and different interpretations of its lyrics. Linkin Park’s version was released in April of 2007 in the album Minutes to Midnight. This was their first album since 2003 and its contents represented a change in the band’s persona. The song, “What I’ve Done” was inspired by the band’s hope to correct their mistake and become a better band in the future in that changing their global image (Erlewine). When the song first came out it was a huge hit as it become only
Digby displays throughout her vocal performance a trained and beautiful sound. Although she seems to be pitchy at various points, the lower range of her voice elevates her performance. Bennington, on the other hand, seems to lack a vocally trained sound. Though his voice is effective with the presence of a loud band. At certain points Bennington is required to belt and even sometimes his belting comes across as screaming. Though through his vocal technique he conveys his regret and anger that is clear to the audience. Even Digby’s voice is strained at point during the song, but that seems to be used as a vocal technique to display the struggle she is dealing