Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: Muse ....
Jasper

posted on 29/1/10 at 12:38 PM Reply With Quote
Muse ....

Is it me, or does every track sound exactly the same? Just heard the new single on the radio, and it's indistinguishable from their others tracks. I know they're meant to be the best live band - but really, there's only so much wailing and indie guitar riffs I can handle....





If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
JonnyS

posted on 29/1/10 at 12:42 PM Reply With Quote
Listen to the album, you won't be saying that
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
BenB

posted on 29/1/10 at 12:56 PM Reply With Quote
I like 'em.

I was listening to Radio 1s Sunday Surgery show once and as it was hallowen they were talking about various things including "spooky coincidences" and also about "witches" and how the "riding the broomstick" might be to do with smearing psychoactive mushrooms ont the end of them and putting them someone intimate (if you know what I mean). Immediately after this they said "please send us your spooky coincidences... now the new song from Muse"

Which is quite a coincidence as MUSE is also the name of a drug for male impotence which is basically a tiny little tablet that you stick down the middle of- well you probably get the drift.

I e-mailed the show to ask Dr Mark (it was back in the day with Emma B) if that was a deliberate coincidence considering that they'd just been talking about absorbing drugs through your genitals.

He said I shouldn't listen to the show so carefully

Still like Muse (the band) though!!

View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
Lightning

posted on 29/1/10 at 12:59 PM Reply With Quote
Seen them 3 times including the Teignmouth gig.......most excellent. However not too keen on their current single is one of their weakest





Steve

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
mds167

posted on 29/1/10 at 01:03 PM Reply With Quote
They really are an amazing live band.

Cursory listening to the latest material does suggest each track re-hashes the same themes/lyrics with slightly different music. That's probably unfair but it does put me off on first listen. Is it a 'concept' album? I haven't purchased it to find out..

Wish I'd got tickets for the next tour though, Wembley was great and the coverage of Teignmouth on the BBC suggested the new songs would be good live.

A little different from when they supported Gene many moons ago...

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
hobzy

posted on 29/1/10 at 01:14 PM Reply With Quote
I love em

Went to wembley last time, then O2 this time and got tickets to wembley for september - can't wait!

However, this album is my least favourite so afar, but its growing on me...






View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
speedyxjs

posted on 29/1/10 at 01:16 PM Reply With Quote
alot of their songs do sound the same imo but it doesnt stop me listening to them
View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
scootz

posted on 29/1/10 at 01:44 PM Reply With Quote
Love 'em... I know what you mean about their songs sounding similar though!

Outstanding live... great show!

I think you can easily draw a connecting line between Classical music and Muse's sound (don't know if that makes sense, but I know what I mean LOL).

On a similar note (see what I did there!) I do my nut in when I hear these TV ads for dance-music compilations... almost-exactly the same beat throughout, but with slightly different second-rate vocals shrieking out horrendous lyrics in the background!





It's Evolution Baby!

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
Benzine

posted on 29/1/10 at 01:55 PM Reply With Quote
I'd rather smear my genitals with fish paste and dangle them in a pool of hungry piranhas than listen to Muse.


All style, no substance.






View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
Benzine

posted on 29/1/10 at 02:15 PM Reply With Quote
eddie vedder's soundtrack for 'into the wild' is great

edit: post above removed/deleted

[Edited on 29/1/10 by Benzine]






View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
Lightning

posted on 29/1/10 at 04:41 PM Reply With Quote
quote:

I'd rather smear my genitals with fish paste and dangle them in a pool of hungry piranhas than listen to Muse.



It can be arranged





Steve

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
Benzine

posted on 29/1/10 at 05:07 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Lightning
quote:

I'd rather smear my genitals with fish paste and dangle them in a pool of hungry piranhas than listen to Muse.



It can be arranged


Thanks for the offer but i'll just not listen to Muse instead






View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
daniel mason

posted on 29/1/10 at 05:48 PM Reply With Quote
you think there new song sounds like plug in baby?
View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
JonnyS

posted on 29/1/10 at 06:36 PM Reply With Quote
It's great that people interpret things so differently If I had one album to take to a desert album, this would be it...
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
scootz

posted on 29/1/10 at 07:08 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
eddie vedder's soundtrack for 'into the wild' is great

edit: post above removed/deleted




Sorry Benzine... went back to edit it and hit the 'delete' button by mistake!

Just in case anyone's wondering what the hell we're on about... the jist of what I was saying was that I agree to a extent that Muse use 'style' as a big part of their draw - their show has a sense of theatre surrounding it.

Conversely you have the likes of Pearl Jam (my favourite band) - there's no 'style' whatsoever to their show... just raw emotion and bags of effort - still makes for a fantastic occasion.

PS - Yes, I'm loving the 'Into the Wild' soundtrack... that 'wave' is carried through onto PJ's latest album (Backspacer). Probably the most easy PJ listen after Ten.





It's Evolution Baby!

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
A1

posted on 29/1/10 at 08:18 PM Reply With Quote
to be honest, I dont count their new stuff as muse. Theyre old stuff is far better, like origin of symetry.
The new stuff is just boring and samey. theyve sold out.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
scootz

posted on 29/1/10 at 09:50 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by A1
they've sold out.


Aaaaargh... I hate that phrase! I was talking about Biffy Clyro the other day and one of the guys said they had "sold out"... I asked him what that meant, but transpires he didn't really know! The closest we got to an answer was that popularity = "sell-out"!

Muse (and BC) sound just the same as they've always done... the music / act is just a little more polished (something I'd expect with years of practice and the financial means to do so).





It's Evolution Baby!

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
flak monkey

posted on 29/1/10 at 10:01 PM Reply With Quote
"Selling out" is when a band makes songs or an album which is solely to make money not for the 'love of the music' if you like.

It often happens when a band gets super big as they then pander to the current trends in whatever the style of music is in order to keep in the limelight and make more money.

A swift break up usually follows.

As for Muse, not a fan myself, and yes all their songs sound the same I have a few of their tracks, but no albums.





Sera

http://www.motosera.com

View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
Peteff

posted on 29/1/10 at 10:33 PM Reply With Quote
If they've sold out it must be good, like when the chip shop sold out of fish just as I got to the front





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
A1

posted on 30/1/10 at 02:21 AM Reply With Quote
yea, theyve sold out cause they no longer do muse, they just do what the record label wants to sell lots of copies.
compare the old to the new and hopefully youll see what i mean...

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member

New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.