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    I personally hear some traces of MK Ultra and Uprising in Blockades. Verses have some vocal melody similarities with MK Ultra, although its perhaps a bit subtle, and the word "raze" in the chorus sounds very similar in tone to Uprisings "degrading".. Wouldn't call it very similar overall though. I wish they could've done something with the choruses though, especially the last one. Changing drum pattern or whatever. It just get slightly too repetitive and boring, you kind of wait for something to happen. I like when a song go somewhere else further down the line -- like Dead Inside or The Handler to mention two more recent examples. Simulation Theory has a few too many cases of un-imaginative song structures, with a third more or less identical chorus at the end. Algoritm has a very cool, tasteful and effectful structure though, that continues to build up and develop from the beginning to the end -- without repeating itself more than necessary. One of the better songs overall though, for sure. It has the tone I overall miss elsewhere on the album (thankfully also present in Algoritm, my absolute favourite, as well as The Dark Side and The Void).
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oelfqxMSaM
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oelfqxMSaM
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    I personally hear some traces of MK Ultra and Uprising in Blockades. Verses have some vocal melody similarities with MK Ultra, although its perhaps a bit subtle, and the word "raze" in the chorus sounds very similar in tone to Uprisings "degrading".. Wouldn't call it very similar overall though. I wish they could've done something with the choruses though, especially the last one. Changing drum pattern or whatever. It just get slightly too repetitive and boring, you kind of wait for something to happen. I like when a song go somewhere else further down the line -- like Dead Inside or The Handler to mention two more recent examples. Simulation Theory has a few too many cases of un-imaginative song structures, with a third more or less identical chorus at the end. Algoritm has a very cool, tasteful and effectful structure though, that continues to build up and develop from the beginning to the end -- without repeating itself more than necessary. One of the better songs overall though, for sure. It has the tone I overall miss elsewhere on the album (thankfully also present in Algoritm, my absolute favourite, as well as The Dark Side and The Void).
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    Source? If this is true, it's exactly what I meant with me being worried with these sort of things. Because a composer/writer with so many years of experience such as Matt, with his own visions, personal style and intergrity, shouldn't be that easy to persuade and influence. Of all routes you could choose musically -- why would it be "more contemporary" (as Matt apparantly wanted Propaganda to sound be), poppy or radio-like? Since when did "contemporary" equals good? Has Muse ever been about being that? Usually trying to be contemporary will only make it feel outdated faster and age worse -- leaving out the most obvious aspect, which of course that you loose your DNA and style you've built up over the years. IMO you should always do your own thing as a band. Guys such as Shellback and similar pop-songwriters are really stuck in a way of thinking, a formula metodic, that just doesn't suit a real band such as Muse. If the song is about his relatives cancer, which is quite heavy and serious stuff, and it started out as a more tasteful arrangement and song, then I just can't grasp why Shellback would want to ruin it by making it generic and cheesy, and why Matt would allow it or think it would be reasonable... a good idea. I mean, the most direct and for him personally emotional song hi has ever written, basically? I don't say that anyone else isn't allowed to like the song, but for me all this just feels very very wrong, especially considering what the lyrics is about, and what you just told about how it began.
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    Sure, but then it's still worrying that a song like Get Up and Fight got through Muses' own quality assurance process, so to speak...
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    It's terrible, probably their worst song they've ever written and recorded. What worries me the most though is everything surrounding it. The only song that pop songwriter Shellback is involved with, just happens to sound exactly like something he would've written himself? I can't be a coincidence. And in the booklet included with the CD it says "additional writing: Shellback". So it's clear he's been involved somehow, beyond only producing it, or what do you make of it? To my ears this could just as well been a leftover; something that was written and intended for a pop artist such as Pink, Katy Parry or something, but ended up not being used. It's only the vocal change and melody in the pre-chorus that prevent it from sounding entirely that way. That's what really bothers me, except the fact that the song itself suck. Because once a band that previously wrote everything themselves suddenly starts to open up for external writers to get involved and shape songs, well, that basically equals the end. To me it was so very clear the melody-style and arrangement, that first time I heard it, that Matt can't have come up with this all by himself. It just not his way of doing things, especially melody-wise. There have been very "flat", more or less un-inspired songs before but nothing like this. It's generic and radio-"ish" on a entirely new level.
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    What made you think it would be "re-recorded"? Just compared my Itunes copy from earlier this year with the final album track. Didn't really hear a difference at all, more than some subtle frequency differences -- probably due to better quality more than anything else. But vocals, or anything else for that matter, was certainly not recorded again. To my ears it's the very same vocal track.
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    No, no, no. GUAF is FAR worse.
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    Received my Deluxe Edition and I'm just done with my first listen-through. Will take some time to process. One thing I know for sure though: Get Up And Fight must be the worst song they've written to this day. Seriously, it's terrible. (and when I say so I obviously mean the song itself, melody, structure, production -- not what it's about)
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    Mkay maybe it wasn't so clear in the clip I came across (and listened to in just one earplug ). A bit worried about the direction of the tour now though, after the Jools interview. "Bigger cast, more people, dance routines -- unlike anything we've done before" -- precisely what I recently thought to myself would be a worst case scenario ... *Visualizing live dancers when Thought Contagion is being played, imitating the music video* I might dream nightmares tonight about how cheesy and musical-ish this could potentially become.. *shrugs*
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    Yup.
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    No falsetto on Something Human bridge/chorus... (The Dark Side and Something Human is up on YouTube)
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    And Something Human:
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    They played The Dark Side:
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    ' Every Breath You Take' by The Police springs to mind.
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    Depends on what you mean with "problems", but no, not really. Sound mix left some to be desired though and as someone else said, I luckily had earplugs to protect me from some of the high and uneven volumes. But I will personally enjoy it alot more at home, in stereo mix instead of 5.1 surround and with my volume of choice... Not a fan of 5.1 when it comes to music Audience was mixed extremely loud at times. I missed a performance of Defector though... Hopefully it can be added as a bonus track or something when it's released digitally. I still hope there will be a physical copy somehow, perhaps included with a collector's edition of the next album or something.
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    Just came home after seeing it in Norrköping, Sweden. Nothing at the end, after credits...
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    While I definitely understand why people is a bit dissapointed with the limited songs on offer for voting (I miss alot of favourites myself), obviously there has to be some kind of restriction. We got to bear in mind they have to rehearse these songs and make sure they sound as good as possible, many of which they haven't been playing for a long time. And since they don't know exactly what the final setlist will be like - that would be much more than for a normal gig. If there's gonna be live voting as well, they'll have to have songs perfectly rehearsed and prepared that they might end up not even play... In that sense these kind of gigs are quite ambitious. However, maybe they should've put up the voting in a earlier stage to make more time for rehearsals?
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