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    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    50 minutes ago, Dysfunco said:

    Not only is the song not very good, but above all else I really miss the way Matt used to sing. The way he do some of the verses these days -- Thought Contagion, Won't Stand Down, Compliance -- too me sounds like an old person trying to sound modern. Which is rarely a good idea. It's just not who he is, and what his voice and singing style is suited for.

    That's a shame. What's also a shames is the growing feeling that their incredible musical talent as a band is utilised less and less for every album. Where's the finesse?

    Yeah, he can sound like a constipated dad in a local musical production. I got used to it. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    3 minutes ago, Silentgod86 said:

    Considering the last four Muse albums have had 2-3 tracks that were utter dross, I'm not against a 10 song album if it means the crap is cut. At the same time, Muse's output in terms of quantity has been decreasing every album cycle so I will hold my breath.

    Every album since BHaR has had 2-4 songs that I ended up really liking and still listen to (including some of my favorites), I expect them to continue that streak. I don’t expect to listen to the album as a whole very often, those days are long gone. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    39 minutes ago, Timbo59 said:

    Is it that lazy though? Most of their early albums have 11 songs. And they wouldn't release longer or less standard structure songs as the two first singles.

    It's probably not lazy, but it's a bit short. Might be totally fine depending on the songs.

    Besides, we can't all be Dave Grohl and release 15 albums, 6 documentaries, 3 biographies, 4 novels, 5 feature length movies and 15000 viral videos during the lockdown. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    23 minutes ago, Claudia O said:

    Ok! Somebody change the threads name? 
     

     

    New wars in Europe? Have they recorded some of in the last couple of weeks? 
     

    Overall though, I get it. We’ve all lost our bearings and footing in the last couple of years and things seem to spiral even further out of control. Muse and Matt and many others in the west (myself included) have long been kicking against our own faulty empire. And now the empire is crumbling on many different fronts. I shouldn’t blame Matt for writing ambiguous lyrics, they probably reflect his confusion more than anything. And this is definitely a time when it’s ok to be confused. 

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    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    Since this is their catchiest single since SMBH, I wonder if it will get some decent airplay. Maybe even become a hit of sorts. 

    I’ve been playing it on a loop (mostly because I can’t add it to a longer playlist yet as it hasn’t been released yet) and it doesn’t get boring or annoying. It has a good buildup, it’s not too long, it’s an ear worm. I’d say it has potential. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    1 hour ago, Citizen_Eraser said:

    Listened to it like 10 times, who in the fuck thought the level the bass is currently at in the mix was appropriate? It should be right there along side the synths in the chorus. That bass line and dirtier synths could save this song.

    I think the bass will come out a bit more prominent than it sounded in the vid. I’m hopeful it’ll be satisfactory. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    10 minutes ago, Citizen_Eraser said:

    Haven't heard it yet but DI is probably the second best song on Drones after The Handler. It's a great song and was new territory for them.

    I’m curious what you think then. I disliked DI at first because I felt it was a Madness repeat. DI is the better of the two songs, but I still feel they just improved upon Madness and gave it a bit of a do-over. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    Just now, Claudia O said:

    Ok, let‘s talk about the video if you don‘t like to get spoiled, don‘t read this!
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    … now we have masks from all 3 members, and Matt as a girl 🧐😜  red/white pills, and others in this glass house … I think it‘s a good video! 

    Chris’ mask though… his face doesn’t transfer well, apparently. He’s easily the hottest Muse member and easily the ugliest mask. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    3 minutes ago, Silentgod86 said:

    I think Matt must be deliberately tolling with the lyrics. Kind reading is that it's anti neo capitalist, that we're buying into a false utopia of an easy life with wants answered by the touch of a screen. On the other hand it sounds like an appeal to those who resist complying with mask and lockdown rules because it's a form of control. It feels forcefully and needlessly ambiguous which leads me to have to put Matt in the bad lyricist bucket to explain it away in my head. If the rest of the album is like this, I'm probably going to give up on Matt unless he makes some unambiguous statements about his lyrics.

    Not a fan of the song yet, feels like an extension of the 2nd Law which is, by far, least liked Muse album. It sounds like the product of a one night stand between Uprising and Madness, fostered by Undisclosed Desires.

    I think it’s more ham-fisted than that. 
     

    I think he was thinking about govt control (as he does), made the connection/comparison to gangs or cults, and wrote from that perspective to provide his stale old commentary in a slightly different way. 
     

    The pills in the video bother me though. That’s antivaxxer fodder if there ever was any. (Then again, if I choose to, I can see it as a commentary on ivermectin and hydrochloroquin consumption by Trump and Fox News cultists. 
     

     

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    Posted · Edited by That Little Animal

    So, Compliance is objectively shit and will als be in my head all day after one listen. 
     

    Oh, and everything I said before in this thread about Matt appealing to the wrong crowd still applies, though these lyrics (and the (red?) pill imagery in the video could easily imply that he’s including conspiracy theory peddlers as part of the evil “they”. CoVid deniers will love it though. 
     

    EDIT: Obligatory third listen update: this is this album’s Dead Inside. Initial boyband vibe, fakeout for those who were expecting something a bit more ‘heavy’, but pretty damn crafty in the end. Not so shit after all. 

    LP9: WOTP Discussion/Speculation Thread

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    2 minutes ago, Meisver said:

    Because of the music. Verona is not so inspirational but rhymes well on another word.

    I suppose it could be a Romeo and Juliette story about young lovers, one of them an antivaxxer and the other a sane person. 
     

    In a tragic twist at the end, one dies of CoVid, the other of vaccine complications. 

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