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"Thoughtless"
"Thoughtless" cover
Single by Korn
from the album Untouchables
Released October 15, 2002
Format 7", CD, DVD
Recorded 2002
Genre Nu Metal
Length 4:33
Label Epic
Producer(s) Michael Beinhorn
Peak chart positions
Korn singles chronology
"Here to Stay"
(2002)
"Thoughtless"
(2002)
"Alone I Break"
(2002)

"Thoughtless" is a song by Nu-Metal band Korn. It was released as a second single from the Untouchables album. It is about Jonathan Davis being assaulted and harassed in school and dreaming of seeking revenge on those who bully him. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is about the band. ... Untouchable may refer to any of the following: Formerly or derogatively, to the large Dalit (outcaste) populations of India and Nepal. ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nu metal (also called aggro metal, or nü metal using the traditional heavy metal umlaut) is a musical genre that has origins in the mid 1990s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Michael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... The Media Control Charts are the official music charts in Germany. ... This article is about the band. ... Here to Stay is a Grammy Award-winning song by Korn that appears on the bands fifth studio album Untouchables as an album opener (its cover was also released in red). ... Alone I Break is a song by Nu-Metal band Korn and the third single from their album, Untouchables. ... Nu metal (pronounced new metal) is a musical genre that typically fuses influences from the grunge[1] and alternative metal of the 1990s with funk music, hip-hop, and various heavy metal genres, most often thrash metal and groove metal. ... This article is about the band. ... Untouchables is the fifth album by Korn. ...


It has also been said that this song says something about the twin towers.[citation needed]


There was also video for this single, directed like the video for the previous single, Here to Stay, by The Hughes Brothers. The plot of this video revolves around the tormented young individual from high school who is picked on, beaten up, laughed at, and ridiculed. Korn performing inside the brain of this tormented boy. He seeks revenge throughout the video. The final scene shows him arriving at the school prom with an escort. He then projectile vomits at those who had picked on him from across the auditorium, leaving them in disgust and humiliation. Here to Stay could be Here to Stay, a New Order single Here to Stay, a Korn single This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). ...

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Live performance

This song has been introduced to fans during live show in Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC on June 10, 2002 which celebrated release of band's fifth album, Untouchables, and appears on DVD release entitled Korn Live which presents that performance from New York City's well known venue. It has been played during Untouchables promotional tour in 2002, but it was scrapped one year later from band's setlist. It eventually returned in 2006 on the See You on the Other Side World Tour as a part of medley. The full song was played on the 2006 Family Values Tour. In 2004 KoRn released their greatest hits volume 1. ... The Family Values Tour was created by the band Korn in 1998 to be an annual Hard rock, metal and rap tour. ...


Detailed Music Video Summary

In the beginning, a high-school aged boy is walking through the hallways of his school. Four girls are teasing and looking at him in disgust. A group of jocks on the other side of the hallway give him dirty looks and then beat him up. In the next seen, the boy is in his science class drawing strange pictures of his pain in his notebook. He goes to the pool to swim and the jocks see him there and beat him up. After that, he is in the locker room wrapped in a towel and is seen sweaty and increasingly agitated. We then see him in his room looking at his yearbook. He throws the year book at his window and looks in the phonebook for a service that says "Fantasy Escorts" (most likely a service for prostitutes). He calls the service then shows up at his prom with a strange woman with a satanic face coming out of her shirt. He throws up on everyone who had bullied him and gets his revenge. KoRn performs inside his brain throughout the video. Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Satanism is a religious or philosophical movement centered around Satan or another entity identified with Satan, or centered around the forces of nature, particularly human nature, represented by Satan as an archetype. ...


Cover

The song has been covered by Alternative-Metal band Evanescence, both on tour and for the 2004 live album Anywhere but Home, with a different intro that features piano arrangements. Evanescence is a Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1998 by singer Amy Lee and former guitarist Ben Moody. ... Singles from Anywhere but Home Anywhere but Home is a live album and DVD by Rock band Evanescence, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ...


Track listing

  1. "Thoughtless – 4:32
  2. "Thoughtless (D Cooley remix featuring DJ Z-Trip)– 3:52
  3. "Thoughtless (Dante Ross remix) – 4:21
  4. "Here to Stay (Tone Toven and Sleep remix) – 3:28
  5. "Here to Stay (Remixed by Mindless Self Indulgence) – 3:45
  6. "Thoughtless (video) – 4:32

Mindless Self Indulgence (commonly referred to as MSI) is an American-based band. ...

External links

  • Lyrics
  • Acoustic AOL Performance


 

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