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Muse Topic
We didn't have one yet and there seems to be plenty fans around here so why not. Famous for stinging solos and rocking the stages, the band has delivered plenty hit songs and six albums which has attracted plenty interest from the Radiohead and Queen fanbases, and resulted in one of Britain's biggest bands today. Muse. Talk about it. Do it. For me.
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Muse is very yes!! Personal favourites: Muscle Museum, Eternally Missed, Sunburn, Feeling Good, Save Me, Resistance, Sing for Absolution, Time is Running Out, Apocalypse Please, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, fuck that's a lot of favourites. Also Unsustainable, Knights of Cydonia, Unintended, Undisclosed Desires and Bliss.
But my favouritest of them all is definitely Muscle Museum, and also Time is Running Out and Sunburn.
But my favouritest of them all is definitely Muscle Museum, and also Time is Running Out and Sunburn.
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This is exactly what the community has always needed! <3 <3
Well, I'd say that for me, they've been my favourite band ever since I was six, long before I even knew who they were. When I was six, in 2001, from the perspective of my mind back then: I heard this funny, catchy song on the radio, and I was instantly attached to it. His voice sounded really cool and unique, and the music itself sounded really quirky and funny at times. Some guy said the song's name was Muscle Museum, which I though was hilarious and cool, just like the song. That name had stuck with me for ages, but I never bothered to really look it up again. By the time sixth grade 2006 rolled around I heard people start telling me about this song named "Knights of Cydonia" that was just released (which also appeared in Guitar Hero III), because my middle name was the same as the frontman's last name, Bellamy). I listened to it and thought it was one of the greatest songs I'd ever heard (I was a Killers and Green Day fan mostly beforehand). I looked it up, and apparently it was by a band called "Muse." It became my favourite song for the next few months until I heard something in the background of a YouTube video; it was very strange, very dark, heavy, mischievous and intriguing. I looked in the description and apparently the song was called "Time is Running Out," also by Muse. At that instant I knew I'd found something wonderful, so I immediately downloaded their discography; rather quickly, I noticed that Muscle Museum belonged to them, something I'd never thought would happen in a million years. Nothing has ever been the same since. For note, I'd also heard Sing For Absolution somewhere before, but I didn't remember it until I actually played the song.
Considering the fact that I'd heard so many of their songs before even knowing who they were or even that they were by the same artists, and I absolutely adored all of them, I think it's a pretty spot-on to say that they are, without a doubt, by far my favourite music group. For the longest time, I've been trying to determine an order as to what my favourite albums are, but the only thing I can state is that Absolution is my favourite (hence my username, but with a flipped B); I'm unable to apply an order to the other albums, as they're all so different, and I have phases of listening to others more, like for instance, I'm really listening to a lot of Showbiz (their first album) right now. Out of their entire discography, there are only a baby's handful of songs I'm not as extraordinarily fond of - implying that I really, really like almost every single song they've released.
Some of their work, especially their earlier stuff from Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, and even a little bit of Absolution requires a bit of an acquired taste, as it can sound overly angsty or thrashy at first, but once you get to know the band, it sort of gammers you a new perspective on the songs, and they suddenly become incredibly excellent in every sense. This is especially the case with many of their B-sides (hehe besides, I just noticed) like 'Hyper Chondriac Music' and their cover of House of the Rising Sun - the latter is especially strange at first, being incredibly heavy, distorted, and sounding like Matt's larynx fell in a wood shredder - but once you get to know them well, they're like magic all on their own.
My favourites from the band vary quite a lot, so I'll dedicate a separate description to each of them.
Unintended - It's likely my favourite Muse song. Why is that? While at first to people who aren't interested I can imagine it coming across as overly sentimental or mopey, but in a sense, that's exactly what makes it so good. Matt (frontman) did grow up in a very strange environment, and while it wasn't necessarily a tragic or overly difficult one, you can tell that the emotions prevalent especially in the case of the first album are in fact very genuine, much like Radiohead and their music as well. The music is very, very simple, and it's a great simulator of emotion itself: from one moment (the first verse) it starts off as if it were a poem he's writing about a late loved one, trying to contain himself, but the turn of the first chorus clearly shows that said restraint is useless, and the genuinity kicks in. The end of the first chorus and first half of the second verse are a realisation of the truth of the matter, with a slight spark of anger on "she could never be as good as you." The second half of the second verse is a reaction to the line said beforehand, with a boiling sense of loneliness and anger rising, and then being released right at the beginning of the second chorus. But that isn't enough, it needs one more repeat, but even more emotive to properly convey the felt emotion; combined with the ascending bass line this time around and the soft backing gospel choir vocals, it is enough, and it fades off into the distance with the outro.
Now obviously, pertaining to the time I discovered this song, it was around the time when a friend of mine had been through a torturous nightmare and didn't make it, which likely is part of the reason I'm so fond of this song. To me, it's literally perfect in every way; every inflection, every single hertz sample conveys the kind of lost, inexperienced, yet genuine emotion that can be felt by someone in their teens in that sort of a situation.
Hyper Chondriac Music - Here's a song that's almost solely left up to the interpretation of the listener. The instrumentation is so dark, so crisp and so psychedelic, it sends you into a different world entirely. Every time I hear this song, I completely lose focus on the world, and I'm suddenly in a place that makes sense only within the realms of my own mind. Where am I? I think I'm literally standing between all the different mechanical objects that make the noises in this song, not anywhere in particular, but nowhere in particular. The lyrics supposedly something that he doesn't want, something that feeds off of him and overestimates his ability to sustain or care for it. What that is I don't know, but this song, to me, is utter musical brilliance.
Sing for Absolution - This song caught my attention due to its unique, very strange sound. I've never heard any kind of instrumentation like it. It's accessible to an extent, yet it blows my mind akin to the way Somebody That I Use to Know did. It's so odd and eerie, dark and cold, and yet it's also warm, comfortable and welcoming at the same time. The lyrics are almost downright creepy: "Tip toe to your room, a starlight in the gloom, I only dream of you, and you never knew/my beautiful" - I picture it from the mind of someone completely out of his mind - he's obsessing over someone who has no idea who or what he is, all he knows is that he needs to be with her, or else the Universe will cease to exist.
I've always pictured the the thoughts inside his head as being the first two verses/choruses, and the third chorus being where he kidnaps her and truly asks her to always be with him, forever and ever, and the obvious but startling rejection being the extra intense tidbit after the third chorus, and the outro is her having called the police and him being locked up in an asylum - the low humming piano being an echo of his previous thoughts when he was free, and the shining higher tone being the one ray of light that found its way into his dark cell from the bars ever so far above, the spot on the ground that will surely be gone when the sun goes down.
This song has such a strange and unique instrumental spectrum. I love it.
Ruled by Secrecy - I choose this for all the same reasons I love Sing for Absolution. The difference is that it's likely one of the darkest Muse songs; I almost think of it as a musical sequel to Sing for Absolution, as well as a continuation to the story I picture in my head. The man is now in the asylum, looking for a way out of not only the asylum, but his own head. The "you" he refers to in this case would be himself, and when he says "she," he's referring to the one he used to torment in SFA. Again, I think the instrumentation on this song is so very interesting and downright excellent, and I can't get enough of it. It's everything it needs to be and more. The final chorus is so chilling; every time I hear it I get rather cold.
Hyper Music - This is actually the album version of Hyper Chondriac Music, the B-side of the same song. What is there to say? This song is fun, energetic and absolutely batshit crazy. I love whipping out my guitar and thrashing/belting this song when I visit my studio. The chorus is a high A4 actually, a note I've only recently be able to hit clearly. Now that I can, almost for that sole reason this song has become one of my favourites. It's ridiculously fun to sing, insanely fun to play, and there's no shame whatsoever in that. Fuck yeah!
Madness - Being a severe departure from their usual style, I was taken totally by surprise when I heard this one. The unique instrumentation (something I'm obviously fond of) intrigued me, and listened intently to the end. This song has such a slow but satisfying build-up to one of the most huge, epic and satisfying choruses/endings to any song I've ever heard. For reference, if you're interested, listen from 3:00 to the end. The note (Bb4) hit at 3:43 is the highest note he's ever hit in full voice, and it's so round and clear - that note enough warrants this being on my Muse favourites list. Having just been released last fall, Madness is one of those songs that really demonstrates the skill Matt's acquired from their decade and a half of being a band. 3:43 till the end is the definition of the word "yes." In a sense; these are almost like a reincarnation of Queen themselves, and it's not being said in vain - the remaining members of Queen themselves have said that Muse are some of their favourite and best musicians of the generation.
Exogenesis Symphony - As an extremely skilled piano player, Matt has always had a love for classical/romantic-aged music, and none of that is more obvious than in this here modern symphony that they wrote to go at the end of The Resistance (album). The idea originated back in 2004, and was eventually completed in 2009, when The Resistance was released, and it's phenomenal. The first movement ("Overture") is grand, and epic, leading into the second movement ("Cross-Pollination", my favourite movement), beginning and ending with a beautiful ternary piano cadenza and a waltz-like mid-section, leading into the final movement ("Redemption"), a slow-motion tidal wave of closure. From what I gather, the story behind the symphony is that the New World Order has destroyed the world (Overture), and they've sent out intergalactic search teams to find inhabitable planets through space (Cross-Pollination), only finding out that the same has happened to all inhabitable planets, and that the only thing they can do now is pray to "start it over again," and that "this time we'll get it right" (Redemption).
It's a really, really exquisite composition this symphony is, and after much doubt about Muse continuing after their ten-year run up to 2009, this piece alone almost confirmed that they're nowhere near finished. Thus came The 2nd Law, their sixth album last Fall, proving that they're just as energetic and original as they were a decade ago, if not moreso. I can't wait until their seventh album!
Even if Muse does eventually discontinue being a band at some point, they've already composed scores for a number of films, and their fame likely won't diminish for the rest of their lives - I can see Matt becoming the next Hans Zimmer or Danny Elfman in due time.
Muse has easily been one of my biggest musical inspirations, and inspirations, period. While I already loved piano and it still remains my main instrument, Muse basically taught me how to sing and play guitar, two things I value just as much now. They're also the main reason I've become interested in music production.
- I apologise if this is a double post, RPC isn't fucking loading.
Well, I'd say that for me, they've been my favourite band ever since I was six, long before I even knew who they were. When I was six, in 2001, from the perspective of my mind back then: I heard this funny, catchy song on the radio, and I was instantly attached to it. His voice sounded really cool and unique, and the music itself sounded really quirky and funny at times. Some guy said the song's name was Muscle Museum, which I though was hilarious and cool, just like the song. That name had stuck with me for ages, but I never bothered to really look it up again. By the time sixth grade 2006 rolled around I heard people start telling me about this song named "Knights of Cydonia" that was just released (which also appeared in Guitar Hero III), because my middle name was the same as the frontman's last name, Bellamy). I listened to it and thought it was one of the greatest songs I'd ever heard (I was a Killers and Green Day fan mostly beforehand). I looked it up, and apparently it was by a band called "Muse." It became my favourite song for the next few months until I heard something in the background of a YouTube video; it was very strange, very dark, heavy, mischievous and intriguing. I looked in the description and apparently the song was called "Time is Running Out," also by Muse. At that instant I knew I'd found something wonderful, so I immediately downloaded their discography; rather quickly, I noticed that Muscle Museum belonged to them, something I'd never thought would happen in a million years. Nothing has ever been the same since. For note, I'd also heard Sing For Absolution somewhere before, but I didn't remember it until I actually played the song.
Considering the fact that I'd heard so many of their songs before even knowing who they were or even that they were by the same artists, and I absolutely adored all of them, I think it's a pretty spot-on to say that they are, without a doubt, by far my favourite music group. For the longest time, I've been trying to determine an order as to what my favourite albums are, but the only thing I can state is that Absolution is my favourite (hence my username, but with a flipped B); I'm unable to apply an order to the other albums, as they're all so different, and I have phases of listening to others more, like for instance, I'm really listening to a lot of Showbiz (their first album) right now. Out of their entire discography, there are only a baby's handful of songs I'm not as extraordinarily fond of - implying that I really, really like almost every single song they've released.
Some of their work, especially their earlier stuff from Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, and even a little bit of Absolution requires a bit of an acquired taste, as it can sound overly angsty or thrashy at first, but once you get to know the band, it sort of gammers you a new perspective on the songs, and they suddenly become incredibly excellent in every sense. This is especially the case with many of their B-sides (hehe besides, I just noticed) like 'Hyper Chondriac Music' and their cover of House of the Rising Sun - the latter is especially strange at first, being incredibly heavy, distorted, and sounding like Matt's larynx fell in a wood shredder - but once you get to know them well, they're like magic all on their own.
My favourites from the band vary quite a lot, so I'll dedicate a separate description to each of them.
Unintended - It's likely my favourite Muse song. Why is that? While at first to people who aren't interested I can imagine it coming across as overly sentimental or mopey, but in a sense, that's exactly what makes it so good. Matt (frontman) did grow up in a very strange environment, and while it wasn't necessarily a tragic or overly difficult one, you can tell that the emotions prevalent especially in the case of the first album are in fact very genuine, much like Radiohead and their music as well. The music is very, very simple, and it's a great simulator of emotion itself: from one moment (the first verse) it starts off as if it were a poem he's writing about a late loved one, trying to contain himself, but the turn of the first chorus clearly shows that said restraint is useless, and the genuinity kicks in. The end of the first chorus and first half of the second verse are a realisation of the truth of the matter, with a slight spark of anger on "she could never be as good as you." The second half of the second verse is a reaction to the line said beforehand, with a boiling sense of loneliness and anger rising, and then being released right at the beginning of the second chorus. But that isn't enough, it needs one more repeat, but even more emotive to properly convey the felt emotion; combined with the ascending bass line this time around and the soft backing gospel choir vocals, it is enough, and it fades off into the distance with the outro.
Now obviously, pertaining to the time I discovered this song, it was around the time when a friend of mine had been through a torturous nightmare and didn't make it, which likely is part of the reason I'm so fond of this song. To me, it's literally perfect in every way; every inflection, every single hertz sample conveys the kind of lost, inexperienced, yet genuine emotion that can be felt by someone in their teens in that sort of a situation.
Hyper Chondriac Music - Here's a song that's almost solely left up to the interpretation of the listener. The instrumentation is so dark, so crisp and so psychedelic, it sends you into a different world entirely. Every time I hear this song, I completely lose focus on the world, and I'm suddenly in a place that makes sense only within the realms of my own mind. Where am I? I think I'm literally standing between all the different mechanical objects that make the noises in this song, not anywhere in particular, but nowhere in particular. The lyrics supposedly something that he doesn't want, something that feeds off of him and overestimates his ability to sustain or care for it. What that is I don't know, but this song, to me, is utter musical brilliance.
Sing for Absolution - This song caught my attention due to its unique, very strange sound. I've never heard any kind of instrumentation like it. It's accessible to an extent, yet it blows my mind akin to the way Somebody That I Use to Know did. It's so odd and eerie, dark and cold, and yet it's also warm, comfortable and welcoming at the same time. The lyrics are almost downright creepy: "Tip toe to your room, a starlight in the gloom, I only dream of you, and you never knew/my beautiful" - I picture it from the mind of someone completely out of his mind - he's obsessing over someone who has no idea who or what he is, all he knows is that he needs to be with her, or else the Universe will cease to exist.
I've always pictured the the thoughts inside his head as being the first two verses/choruses, and the third chorus being where he kidnaps her and truly asks her to always be with him, forever and ever, and the obvious but startling rejection being the extra intense tidbit after the third chorus, and the outro is her having called the police and him being locked up in an asylum - the low humming piano being an echo of his previous thoughts when he was free, and the shining higher tone being the one ray of light that found its way into his dark cell from the bars ever so far above, the spot on the ground that will surely be gone when the sun goes down.
This song has such a strange and unique instrumental spectrum. I love it.
Ruled by Secrecy - I choose this for all the same reasons I love Sing for Absolution. The difference is that it's likely one of the darkest Muse songs; I almost think of it as a musical sequel to Sing for Absolution, as well as a continuation to the story I picture in my head. The man is now in the asylum, looking for a way out of not only the asylum, but his own head. The "you" he refers to in this case would be himself, and when he says "she," he's referring to the one he used to torment in SFA. Again, I think the instrumentation on this song is so very interesting and downright excellent, and I can't get enough of it. It's everything it needs to be and more. The final chorus is so chilling; every time I hear it I get rather cold.
Hyper Music - This is actually the album version of Hyper Chondriac Music, the B-side of the same song. What is there to say? This song is fun, energetic and absolutely batshit crazy. I love whipping out my guitar and thrashing/belting this song when I visit my studio. The chorus is a high A4 actually, a note I've only recently be able to hit clearly. Now that I can, almost for that sole reason this song has become one of my favourites. It's ridiculously fun to sing, insanely fun to play, and there's no shame whatsoever in that. Fuck yeah!
Madness - Being a severe departure from their usual style, I was taken totally by surprise when I heard this one. The unique instrumentation (something I'm obviously fond of) intrigued me, and listened intently to the end. This song has such a slow but satisfying build-up to one of the most huge, epic and satisfying choruses/endings to any song I've ever heard. For reference, if you're interested, listen from 3:00 to the end. The note (Bb4) hit at 3:43 is the highest note he's ever hit in full voice, and it's so round and clear - that note enough warrants this being on my Muse favourites list. Having just been released last fall, Madness is one of those songs that really demonstrates the skill Matt's acquired from their decade and a half of being a band. 3:43 till the end is the definition of the word "yes." In a sense; these are almost like a reincarnation of Queen themselves, and it's not being said in vain - the remaining members of Queen themselves have said that Muse are some of their favourite and best musicians of the generation.
Exogenesis Symphony - As an extremely skilled piano player, Matt has always had a love for classical/romantic-aged music, and none of that is more obvious than in this here modern symphony that they wrote to go at the end of The Resistance (album). The idea originated back in 2004, and was eventually completed in 2009, when The Resistance was released, and it's phenomenal. The first movement ("Overture") is grand, and epic, leading into the second movement ("Cross-Pollination", my favourite movement), beginning and ending with a beautiful ternary piano cadenza and a waltz-like mid-section, leading into the final movement ("Redemption"), a slow-motion tidal wave of closure. From what I gather, the story behind the symphony is that the New World Order has destroyed the world (Overture), and they've sent out intergalactic search teams to find inhabitable planets through space (Cross-Pollination), only finding out that the same has happened to all inhabitable planets, and that the only thing they can do now is pray to "start it over again," and that "this time we'll get it right" (Redemption).
It's a really, really exquisite composition this symphony is, and after much doubt about Muse continuing after their ten-year run up to 2009, this piece alone almost confirmed that they're nowhere near finished. Thus came The 2nd Law, their sixth album last Fall, proving that they're just as energetic and original as they were a decade ago, if not moreso. I can't wait until their seventh album!
Even if Muse does eventually discontinue being a band at some point, they've already composed scores for a number of films, and their fame likely won't diminish for the rest of their lives - I can see Matt becoming the next Hans Zimmer or Danny Elfman in due time.
Muse has easily been one of my biggest musical inspirations, and inspirations, period. While I already loved piano and it still remains my main instrument, Muse basically taught me how to sing and play guitar, two things I value just as much now. They're also the main reason I've become interested in music production.
- I apologise if this is a double post, RPC isn't fucking loading.
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Well shit, it appears I'll have to write a longer, slightly more detailed description as well.
I really wish I remembered the first song that I've heard from Muse and actually have always associated the band with. It may have been Unintended due to Adsolution covering that song, but I don't really remember. After doing a few videos for my old stopmotion music video series I decided to go with a Muse song next because mooz wuz all teh raeg at the time, but I didn't want to choose the "generic, obvious song" (again, the one I can't remember but possibly Unintended, also wtf was I thinking). So I found Hysteria! I found the tune really cool and made that into a shitty music vid. Hysteria got me curious about Muse so I also found Bliss, which was also very neat, but I quickly lost interest, for some reason. I also remember seeing Muse at the Olympics ceremony or whatever. A lot of time has passed. Suddenly, Adsolution sends me his unfinished/unmastered cover of Muscle Museum along with the original.
And that's when I started really Musing.
I fell in love with the song, and it remains my favourite to this day. I listened to Showbiz and Absolution, and while I at first preferred the debut album, I'm starting to like Absolution the most out of any of their albums, and Showbiz may be my second-favourite. Though to be fair, I haven't fully listened to all the albums yet. I know every album at least slightly well, except for Black Holes and Revelations. Here's my favourites again but sorted by album and with a bit of an explanation:
Showbiz
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Muse.
I really wish I remembered the first song that I've heard from Muse and actually have always associated the band with. It may have been Unintended due to Adsolution covering that song, but I don't really remember. After doing a few videos for my old stopmotion music video series I decided to go with a Muse song next because mooz wuz all teh raeg at the time, but I didn't want to choose the "generic, obvious song" (again, the one I can't remember but possibly Unintended, also wtf was I thinking). So I found Hysteria! I found the tune really cool and made that into a shitty music vid. Hysteria got me curious about Muse so I also found Bliss, which was also very neat, but I quickly lost interest, for some reason. I also remember seeing Muse at the Olympics ceremony or whatever. A lot of time has passed. Suddenly, Adsolution sends me his unfinished/unmastered cover of Muscle Museum along with the original.
And that's when I started really Musing.
I fell in love with the song, and it remains my favourite to this day. I listened to Showbiz and Absolution, and while I at first preferred the debut album, I'm starting to like Absolution the most out of any of their albums, and Showbiz may be my second-favourite. Though to be fair, I haven't fully listened to all the albums yet. I know every album at least slightly well, except for Black Holes and Revelations. Here's my favourites again but sorted by album and with a bit of an explanation:
Showbiz
- Sunburn (a great song with good lyrics, and musically, it's actually done in my favourite "style", so to speak, with a peaceful but eerie and mysterious verse, and a powerful chorus with electric guitar, then there's the solo, and before that, there's the awesome drum part, it's awesome)
- Muscle Museum (I love it. It's perfect - the lyrics, the composition, the frantic, distorted screaming which sounds like an electric guitar, the drums which I can play by heart, the bass)
- Unintended (I feel that Adsolution described this better than I ever could)
- Bliss (it's one of the first songs I've heard from Muse. I really like the chorus and arpeggios)
- Feeling Good (it's a great cover, I love how powerful the chorus is in contrast to the verse, and one thing that I like the most about it, is how well it flows together. Starts off with a quiet intro/verse with only the keyboard, then the strong chorus - afterwards it flows neatly into quietness again, with the keyboard replaced by the bass and drums quietly chilling in the background while Matt sings through a megaphone. After that, he comes back to the normal singing to deliver the last line of the verse - and that part, while pretty small and minor, always gets me)
- Apocalypse Please (first off, when I listened to how the intro flows to this song, I always got caught kinda off-guard because it didn't seem right... then I realised the drums are not "dum, dum, dududum; dum, dum, dududum" but rather "dudum, dum, dum, du-dudum, dum dum, du-". It's a weird choice in my opinion, but hey, otherwise the song is brilliant and I like the piano and drums and everything and the lyrics too)
Time is Running Out (one of my favourites, I like how smooth it is and it's just a pleasure to listen to it. The music video is oddly entrancing, and I don't mean the boobs, I mean most of the actions the actors and band do, they feel enchanting in a way, like Matt's silly little leg dance)
Sing for Absolution
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (the lyrics are eerie, like the whispers trapped beneath Matt's pillow hehhhe and I mainly like the vocals in this one)
- Knights of Cydonia (it's one of those "omg fucking amazing" tracks. While I find it very good, I don't really think it's their biggest one, like most people do. It's still a long-ish, epic piece though, and the drumming is glorious)
- Resistance (it's brilliant overall, but my favourite part is actually Chris singing the chorus [I mean the "it could be wrong, could be wrong" part] and how well it goes along with Matt, the piano is amazing also)
- Undisclosed Desires (it's, kinda like Time is Running Out, a pleasure to listen to. It's extremely relaxing to just sit down, listen to it, and rest, + the slap bass is awesome)
- Uprising (it's pretty good)
- Unsustainable (it's a shame some people don't appreciate Muse experimenting with different musical genres. I, for one, really like what they're doing, especially this track, + the robot voice is hehheeeh awesome, + the violins are great + the chord progression is rly good)
Save Me (out of the two songs Chris sang, this is the one I like the most. I always loved Chris's back-up vocals, but when you listen to this song, you realise that Muse has a fucking bassist who has a better voice than most bands' lead singer! The lyrics are a bit generic, but I don't give a damn really, it's awesome. My only complaint is that in this song, Chris sounds like as if he's still actually singing back-up, not lead. But it certainly changed in...)
Liquid State (where the grass is green and the girls are pretty vocals are actually really powerful [keep in mind it's still Chris we're talking about!] and actually, in my opinion, fit Chris a bit more)
- Eternally Missed (it's an amazing B-Side, I'd say it's almost album-worthy itself. It's addicting to listen to, at least for me, and the lyrics, while repetitive, are cool, + there's also the eerie whispers trapped beneath my pillow at the end. They sure chased my dreams away, HEHEHE HAHAHA LOL *snort* HAHA COMEDY PLATINUM
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Great picks, Rulez!
Keane, do you have any favourites for us?
Keane, do you have any favourites for us?
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I do. I'm glad you introduced me to the band about two years ago as Muse opened up a big world of music for me, which has lead to me finding some of my all time favourites.
Showbiz
• Sunburn
• Muscle Museum
• Falling Down
Origin of Symmetry
• New Born
• Space Dementia
• Citizen Erased
• Screenager
• Darkshines
• Megalomania
Absolution
• Apocalypse Please
• Stockholm Syndrome
• Butterflies and Hurricanes
• Ruled by Secrecy (Kind of. I like it for it's general sound, but that is was inspired by Like Spinning Plates shines trough a bit too much, and that being one of my absolute favourite songs of any band/artist, I can't help but feel it's inferior.)
Black Holes and Revelations
• Starlight
• Assassin
• Hoodoo
• Knights of Cydonia
The Resistance
• Undisclosed Desires
• United States of Eurasia
• Guiding Light
• MK Ultra
• Exogenesis (Part 3)
The 2nd Law
• Supremacy
• Survival
• Explorers
I'll go into a bit more detail later as I don't have time left.
Showbiz
• Sunburn
• Muscle Museum
• Falling Down
Origin of Symmetry
• New Born
• Space Dementia
• Citizen Erased
• Screenager
• Darkshines
• Megalomania
Absolution
• Apocalypse Please
• Stockholm Syndrome
• Butterflies and Hurricanes
• Ruled by Secrecy (Kind of. I like it for it's general sound, but that is was inspired by Like Spinning Plates shines trough a bit too much, and that being one of my absolute favourite songs of any band/artist, I can't help but feel it's inferior.)
Black Holes and Revelations
• Starlight
• Assassin
• Hoodoo
• Knights of Cydonia
The Resistance
• Undisclosed Desires
• United States of Eurasia
• Guiding Light
• MK Ultra
• Exogenesis (Part 3)
The 2nd Law
• Supremacy
• Survival
• Explorers
I'll go into a bit more detail later as I don't have time left.
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Ah, Falling Down was one I forgot to put on my list. It's a very interesting song for sure, as it's clearly inspired by the blues, yet at the same time, I've never heard anything like it.
Also, I didn't know I got you into Muse. How did that happen?
Also, I didn't know I got you into Muse. How did that happen?
I honestly think that's a bit of a stretch. Muse - Matt more specifically as he writes most all the songs - has said that he wasn't ever a that much of a fan of Radiohead, and that the similarities they share in some regards are more coincidental than anything, as both bands were inspired by Jeff Buckley. Even as far as the music itself goes, I don't really see that much of a comparison. The atmosphere and tones do share a vague resemblance, but that's about it.Keane wrote:• Ruled by Secrecy (Kind of. I like it for it's general sound, but that is was inspired by Like Spinning Plates shines trough a bit too much, and that being one of my absolute favourite songs of any band/artist, I can't help but feel it's inferior.)
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You mentioned Muse a couple times and out of curiosity I decided to search it up. I actually really didn't like their music at first but for whatever reason I did keep listening to it, and eventually their discography really grew on me.
As for the age old Radiohead & Muse debate, I do believe Bellamy likes Radiohead. Their early work definitely has plenty of similar sound, and Matt has said that the The Bends is a phenomenal album and that he found it to be a positive thing that they got compared with them. However, when Muse gained a bigger following he seemed to back out of considering this a good thing, and I wouldn't blame him if that was case. People have over exaggerated the "Muse ripped-off Radiohead" argument way too much. I won't deny that I find Radiohead back in their work, and that the b-sides for OK Computer & The Bends sound more like Muse then RH, but it wouldn't be true to say that Muse is a direct rip-off. Past Absolution there really isn't anything left to compare, and Absol itself is already much different.
And it could be true that Matt really doesn't enjoy Radiohead fully, for I could imagine that someone may like OK Computer but want nothing to do with The King of Limbs.
As for the age old Radiohead & Muse debate, I do believe Bellamy likes Radiohead. Their early work definitely has plenty of similar sound, and Matt has said that the The Bends is a phenomenal album and that he found it to be a positive thing that they got compared with them. However, when Muse gained a bigger following he seemed to back out of considering this a good thing, and I wouldn't blame him if that was case. People have over exaggerated the "Muse ripped-off Radiohead" argument way too much. I won't deny that I find Radiohead back in their work, and that the b-sides for OK Computer & The Bends sound more like Muse then RH, but it wouldn't be true to say that Muse is a direct rip-off. Past Absolution there really isn't anything left to compare, and Absol itself is already much different.
And it could be true that Matt really doesn't enjoy Radiohead fully, for I could imagine that someone may like OK Computer but want nothing to do with The King of Limbs.
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Actually Adsolution
I think I've heard that this one guy always said ok lets rehearse the bluesy song
one day:
matt asx guy"y u call it blooes song"
"becaus it IS blues vocals n muusic lets goooooo"
matt say "o i hav 2 czech out blues
I think I've heard that this one guy always said ok lets rehearse the bluesy song
one day:
matt asx guy"y u call it blooes song"
"becaus it IS blues vocals n muusic lets goooooo"
matt say "o i hav 2 czech out blues
Re: Muse Topic
Blossom in the trees,
You know how I feel.
It's a new dawn,
it's a new day,
it's a new life
For me...
You know how I feel.
It's a new dawn,
it's a new day,
it's a new life
For me...
Re: Muse Topic
I have mostly stayed quiet on this Muse stuff for some reason. I really like their stuff and they're coming to Helsinki so I'll see if I can go there.
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Neat. What of their stuff that you've heard do you like, if you know?
@Rulez:
Lel. I believe there's actually a video somewhere of Matt grilling food. It's probably floating about my Favourites somewhere.
@Rulez:
Lel. I believe there's actually a video somewhere of Matt grilling food. It's probably floating about my Favourites somewhere.
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Also, that song I may have thought is one of those "big damn hits" but was actually really ignorant about MAY have been Supremacy.
Also I used to think Madness is really fucking boring and bland but it's grown on me.
The slap bass in Undisclosed Desires is great and the drum beat is addicting, + I don't get why people dislike the live performances of it so much; I like them.
I like Matt's keytar.
Also I used to think Madness is really fucking boring and bland but it's grown on me.
The slap bass in Undisclosed Desires is great and the drum beat is addicting, + I don't get why people dislike the live performances of it so much; I like them.
I like Matt's keytar.
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I hadn't heard the ones you picked up as your favourites. When I listened to 'em, I have to say that these are the best stuff for my ears.Adsolution wrote:Neat. What of their stuff that you've heard do you like, if you know?
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Today, while I was listening to The Resistance, my brother started singing along near the end of United States of Eurasia.
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I don't really listen to their music often ( i'm more of an instrumental and classical person on music ). And barely know a thing about them but I was able to see them live on April 26 this year. It was amazing.
As for my faves from them ( well, the ones I heard that is ) I'd say: Unsustainable, Supremacy,survival,knights of cydonia and Stockholm Syndrome.
As for my faves from them ( well, the ones I heard that is ) I'd say: Unsustainable, Supremacy,survival,knights of cydonia and Stockholm Syndrome.
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hhehe fortun cewkey
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I preordered the Live at Rome Olympic Stadium DVD a week or so back! Can't wait for it to arrive like next week.
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Please, this thread 
let's Jesus it, it can't just be dead like that.
let's Jesus it, it can't just be dead like that.