That Little Animal
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On 6/5/2021 at 8:29 AM, Jobby said:
Aye, Meg actually sounds pretty great for the most part. Outro in particular really lets those vocals shine in a brill way. Strings are a bit heavy at the start for me and I feel like the organ could be just a hair more prominent. Mainly just the drums again though, is that gonna be a recurring thing? It’s not as bad as CE at times but they just sound flat in comparison to everything.
Yeah. I’m worried about the drums. If the drums in Hyper Music, New Born and Space Dementia end up with the same issue, any improvements to those songs will basically be wasted.
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3 hours ago, svenisms said:
"Time to crack on with a new album"
Is the implication that they're ABOUT to hit the studio? Or just a sly nod to them already working on it? If it's the former, I reckon we should be anticipating a new album early NEXT year. Which is fine, I'm just going to need to take a long walk and think about things.Yeah, sounds like they’re just getting started.
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7 hours ago, Claudia O said:
Positive: I love the strings and that you can hear the organ much better! It is cleaner. There‘s a bass which fits perfectly!
Negative: the loud drums. Matt‘s gasping for air and you can hear his mumbling of the lyrics better.
For me it‘s a different song now, with a different feeling to it. Reminds me of the RAH performance 😊
It’s interesting they’re leaving Matt’s gasps in. Perhaps it would be too much of a deviation from the original album to edit those out now.
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Megalomania sounds great! I alway thought that one missed the depth it deserved. Much better layering now, in both the loud and quiet bits, though the drums in the loud bits suffer from the same issue as the CE remix.
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On 5/28/2021 at 7:28 PM, Jobby said:
I think it’s a combination of knowing things like that just aren’t true in the first place (I’m pretty sure there’s interviews you can find where they talked about consciously choosing to leave off the strings, and is Matt trying to imply that transition was like an accident or something? lmao) and it just feels kinda shitty/rude to imply that this version of the album and these details that people treasured all these years wasn’t actually the intended ‘proper’ version, which they’re now restoring. It feels...idk, maybe delegitimising is the word.
It wouldn't be Muse if Matt wasn't talking out of his arse half the time though, so at least there's consistency there.
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On 5/29/2021 at 3:47 PM, Claudia O said:
What‘s happening here right now 🤔
Ah! A glimpse of the board I got to know some years ago, when it was still alive, with fights !I don‘t want them back, no thanks!
Everybody’s got their own opinions ...
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1 hour ago, Jobby said:
Matt saying in the BTS video that they basically deleted the phasing siren transition between CE and Micro Cuts so you could hear the strings better, and that it’s what they originally “meant” exactly sums up the bug bear I have about this project
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I’m less opposed to the mix at this point (my first listen was a weirdly bad rip I think but I still *vastly* prefer the normal version) but the vibe/implication that this is actually the ‘real’ Origin that they meant to make all along is still all the yuck
I don't really mind. I'm sure there were many things they "meant" or wanted to do back then that they didn't have the means or skills or time to pull off, and thank God they didn't, cause it turned out perfectly.
If they want to make a less-perfect rendition today --with a silly name and a crappy version of the original album artwork-- thinking it's what the album should have been, who cares? We get an extra interpretation to listen to and neither our memories, nor the original recording will be replaced.
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3 hours ago, kueller said:
I like the CE mix. It uses way more stereo field, it has a lot more guitar power in the riff which I never really liked with the keyboard, and the drums really punch more. Just a lot more clarity to the OoS mix. It does take some of the "spacey" feel the album is known for though. Notably through toning down the synths at the end but also by generally making it feel more like a live performance that sacrifices the interesting sonic character of the album. I like that both exist so I can get both takes.
I think the mix in the riff comes closer to the RATM feel I imagine they were trying to go for back in the day. I really like this mix, can't wait to get a proper high quality listen. Only gripe is that it sounds like it doesn't bleed over into Micro Cuts anymore. Oh well...
EDIT: Oh crap, it IS available on Amazon Music. It wasn't popping up in my search results. Having a high def listen now. -
So will this be a digital release in addition to vinyl? The mix must sounds better in HD than on YouTube.
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On 5/20/2021 at 2:07 PM, Timbo59 said:
I'm sure these won't become the "official" versions. Hopefully will remain just an alternative version. I'm excited to hear this. Like a harpsichord in Micro Cuts? Hell yeah.
And 100% if this had happened in 2011 the hype on this board would have been awesome. RIP.
It's a bit like what Nirvana did with the In Utero 20th anniversary remixes, where Steve Albini redid the mixes using alternate takes and never-used elements that ended up on the cutting room floor. They released them as a box set added as a second disc to accompany the original (albeit remastered) mixes. I still listen to those new mixes every now and then, as well as the original album.
Since box sets don't make much sense in the digital age, this vinyl OoS release makes a lot of sense. Of course it's not meant to replace the original or official versions. You'd have to travel back in time to do that. -
On 4/24/2021 at 3:07 AM, Claudia O said:
Ha!
Someone's been spending the lockdown catching up on the online Museverse (if he ever stopped doing that). -
On 4/8/2021 at 9:16 AM, Hat said:
Just out of interest, which song would people have liked him to play on Jeff's guitar?
FAWY would have been my pick I think
Hoodoo, Falling Down, Nishe, Animals
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47 minutes ago, Jobby said:
Imagine being told in 2009/10 that Matt would eventually acquire bloody Jeff Buckley’s legendary telecaster and the first thing he’d use it to record for would be a new version of Guiding Light.
"Guiding Light (On Jeff’s Guitar)"
Like he knew the guy.... I'm curious though, definitely want to give that a listen, odd addition as it may be.
Now TAB four hands piano... with sheet music... I want!! (Just gotta find an extra pair of hands)
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16 minutes ago, Claudia O said:
Ah! Finally it is no mystery anymore ( and no unknown song by Jethro Tull 🤣) Maybe somebody from the board put it there just to confuse everyone even more??
thanks for the story, I wish I were here at that time, sounds like a lot of fun! 😁👍
It was, the setlist anagrams were the high point for sure (in the Main Muse section anyway).
Too bad that board crashed and everything was lost. Apparently those Italian Muse blogs are a bit sturdier, if posts from 2004 are still around.
EDIT: I tried to find those old threads in the Wayback Machine. I can see the thread title "New Songs" but sadly the insides haven't been archived. Bummer. -
Ha! I remember this! This was when they were touring the US at the tail end of the Absolution tour. The time of the setlist anagrams.
They introduced early versions of Assassin, Glorious, Crying Shame and Exo Politics to the crowds in this period. There were muffled recordings going around, and the board tried to decipher them.
These four new songs kept having different names on the set list, a direct communication between the band and the board. Song names were anagrams, which were just fun at first and later turned into a bit of a treasure hunt. (This is where Debase Mason's Grog comes from, for example, a name used for Assassin that's an anagram of Message Board Song.)
Anyway, Glorious at the time was listed as New Song (DES) on the setlist. This was not an anagram, but a note to their roadie, Des, that he had to set something up for that song (A specific tuning for the guitar or something, I don't remember). I speculated that it stood for Dead End Street and trolled the board into thinking that was the actual title. It stuck around for a while. I even heard an anecdote that the band picked up on it and started calling their roadie Des "Dead End Street" for a bit.
Anyway, back to those muffled recordings. In the threads for the new songs there were multiple serious and trolling attempts to decipher the lyrics. Someone heard Pee Candle in Exo Politics, and that was the Muser name for that song for a while.
As for Glorious (Or Dead End Street
), there were many different people trying to decipher a very muffled early recording, and the above interpretation was definitely mine.
Anyway, that's the story kids. Funny this made its onto a lyrics site.-
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18 hours ago, Claudia O said:
but what does ASMR mean ......
It’s the thing where people whisper and make scratchy noises and stuff in YouTube videos and people watch it because it makes their spine tingle.
Google it, I’m sure there’s a better definition than what I just said
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Haha. Somehow that didn’t come out too creepy. Although I never realized that problematic Pocahontas verse in the song.
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Where do we put Jaded Heart Club discussions?
Anyway, Matt's baseline in I Put a Spell On You is pretty much just an exact rehash of Feeling Good. Which is nicely familiar.-
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I appreciate and enjoy it. Would be very nice to see live in an intimate setting.
I suppose, when commenting on a cover, one has to mention how it compares to the original, and this doesn't come close, but that's totally ok. For some reason I've rarely been on board with Matt's post-BHaR sincere voice and this is not one of the exceptions. Must be a personal thing, it's not a judgement of quality by any means. Anyway, I'm very happy with his 2020 solo releases, keep them coming!
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25 minutes ago, mikeyadams said:
I get that the box sets also tie-in with the whole theme of the tour and the 80s vibe, but seems like its pretty expensive for what it is. Maybe i’m just getting old though 😃
Funny how when you're young spending your entire life savings on something like that makes more sense than spending just a fraction of your income on it when you're older.
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On 7/31/2020 at 6:22 AM, Claudia O said:
but I enjoy „Reach out I‘ll be there“ , always loved this song, not so sure about the vocals ..
Yeah, definitely not the right voice for that song, especially since they kept the instrumentation so close to the original. I might have worked in a more gritty version.
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14 minutes ago, Jobby said:
I guess, even if being reminded of thag still saddens me a bit. But, to me, when your voice changes, you’re best off adapting what you sing when you record to suit. Not that Matt hasn’t done that over the last 5 years or so but he’d have been better off leaving a song like this alone for me, or at least using a mixed voice instead of trying the falsetto. The mixing/editing really doesn’t help either though tbf. Ah well.
I see this as a home recording, not really a single or official release, and in that context I find the voice and recording quality endearing. I don't see it as an attempt to change or improve the original song, but more like a social media post sharing what he's playing around with and what resonates with him emotionally at the moment.
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10 minutes ago, Hat said:
I think he's saying he's putting more power into it than necessary.
I see, yeah, I misread that. I too prefer the more fragile effortless falsetto in the original, but those days are gone and that's fine. I don't think this version sounds too forced, only the "had before" bit sounds like he's pushing it a bit. Overall, I prefer these vocals to his sound in a lot of Muse's recent work.
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5 hours ago, Jobby said:
Maybe my least favourite vocals I’ve heard Matt record tbh 😕
The falsetto in particular is really weak, like his voice just isn’t able to go up there reliably without putting power into it.
It's harder to belt in your living room. Can't wake up the baby.
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Hard to judge from the YouTube vid how the bass will turn out in the end, but in comparison to the original it definitely sounds like they pushed it to the background. That would be a shame, the simple bouncy beefy bass line is essential. Did they announce when they’ll release the full version?