Requiem1394
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I had to end up using my phone, too. Managed to get 2 GA tickets. Stupid expensive, but I haven't seen the band since 2013 and haven't been to the new arena yet, so whatever. Just REALLY hoping that because it's a state of the art new area, we actually get a respectable setlist for once. The 2013 Arco show was absolutely embarrassing.
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I actually agree largely with the Sputnik Music review. I think I like the ones they also liked more than them, but also essentially agree on their opinion. It's pretty well-written and seems to be by someone who doesn't have a bone to pick with the band.
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/78375/Muse-Simulation-Theory/
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So it's way better as a whole than any of the past 3 albums but I still don't think it's good. It has some good songs for sure, but it just doesn't come together for me the way it is for some of you, I think time will prove me right on this one
This is how I've felt for a while. But we're mostly in a post-album world at this point, so I'll gladly take a few good songs every few years to add to my playlists.
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Wow, The Void (acoustic) is god damn beautiful, I can't chose which version I like more but hearing Matt's piano throughout is awesome.
Looking forward to this one. Is it just Matt and a piano throughout?
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Okay, fine, we're doing the ranking thing already?
1. Absolution
2. Origin of Symmetry
3. Black Holes & Revelations
4. The Resistance / Showbiz
5. Simulation Theory
6. Drones
7. The 2nd Law
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I feel like if I heard this on the radio for the first time not knowing who it was, I'd be kind of into it initially and be like, "Huh, that voice is so familiar..."
Then the chorus would hit and I'd go, "Oh. It's Muse. Yikes."
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C'mon, TSP chorus is abhorrent
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Honestly, and even if it's unpopular, Abso has a few duds imho. Not really feel at all TOADA, TSP or FAWY and never will, too late now.
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In a couple of months you'll realise how crazy you're sounding today
Ah, talk about an evergreen quote whenever a new album drops.
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Algorithm really is just a synth pass at Exogenesis, isn't it?
And, like, I mean that as the highest compliment.
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As with every new album cycle, I cannot wait for the inevitable Pitchfork review. They sure hate Muse, but I find the way they write about them absolutely hysterical and clever.
From Drones:
"Drones might as well be overlain with Entourage, à la Wizard of Oz/Dark Side of the Moon, for the ultimate in critical hate-consumption. Muse’s operatic vocal runs, tablature-bustin’ riffs, and CGI'd production feel unmistakably similar to the way Doug Ellin brandishes yachts, celebrity cameos, and bared breasts. If it’s luxury porn, just own up—we know it when we see it."
From T2L:
"And titans shall clash as Bellamy speaks with the conviction of a man who is either going to tell us they'll never take our freedom or to release the kraken. With dramatic flair, he intones "your true emancipation is a fantasy," which... OK. But "the time..." Go on. "...it has come," that "it," perfect. "To destrooooyyyyyy..." Destroy what? Make sure you put your drink down as Bellamy screams "YOUR SUPREMACYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!" because all of a sudden having The 2nd Law only in audio form feels pathetically inadequate-- next time you will place it against footage from Starship Troopers, although the closest visual equivalent to this batshit moment is a dinosaur with a cowboy hat manning a F-15 and blowing evil aliens to bits while scoring the game-winning touchdown in the Super Bowl."
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This album makes The 2nd Law feel restrained.
I am pretty sure I won't find myself listening to this album often, but I also feel, unlike T2L, that I won't be upset when I do.
Gospel Dig Down is pretty awesome, however. Who would have seen that coming?
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Maybe it's just a really short show...
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Showbiz:
1. Sunburn
2. Cave
3. Showbiz
OOS:
1. New Born
2. Micro Cuts
3. Megalomania
Absolution:
1. Stockholm Syndrome
2. Falling Away With You
3. Butterflies and Hurricanes
BHaR:
1. City of Delusion
2. Hoodoo
3. Knights of Cydonia
Resistance:
1. Uprising
2. MK Ultra
3. Exogenesis
2nd Law:
1. Supremacy
2. Madness
3. Animals
Drones:
1. Reapers
2. The Handler
3. Revolt
B-Sides:
1. Spiral Static
2. Fury
3. Shrinking Universe
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From the songs I've actually witnessed, and in no particular order:
Knights of Cydonia
Assassin
New Born
Bliss
City of Delusion
Stockholm Syndrome
Butterflies and Hurricanes
Citizen Erased
Mk Ultra
Map of the Problematique
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I think the issue is that they're just playing festivals this summer. Festival setlists are almost always just lousy greatest hits compilations. It seems kinda silly that they likely won't debut a lot of new tracks until well after the summer.
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I actually don't mind the piano section that much except for one thing:
Those fucking gliassandos. So stupid. Ruin everything.
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I heard this song initially as part of a whole album listen. I had seen little bits of chatter that people hated it, but I wanted to listen to the whole album before joining the fray. After seriously disliking Defector, I was immediately cheered up by this one. I sat there with my wife and said, "I bet everyone the board was talking about Aftermath being the one they all hate, certainly not this."
Muse fans are a varied and fickle bunch.
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Riff - Knights of Cydonia
Bass - Hyper Music
Guitar solo - Citizen Erased (but really New Born live)
Drums - Stockholm Syndrome
Piano - Exogenesis: Part Two: Cross-Pollination
Vocals - Spiral Static
Backing Vocals - Megalomania
Chorus - Micro Cuts
Verses - Stockholm Syndrome
Intro - Bliss
Outro - Micro Cuts
Lyrics - Hoodoo
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Sounds pretty darn good. I think it will certainly evolve.
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I think Supremacy was actually pretty good live, especially as an opener.
The Handler should be pretty darn heavy live. If Fury sounds good live, why wouldn't this one? I do worry it's a BIT too slow and might be hard to fit into a setlist, but I think on its own, it'll sound great.
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UD, Guiding Light, USOE, Explorers, Save Me. Shit, even the T2L version of Blackout was pretty poor.
Hmm, I MAY give you Save Me. I forgot about that one.
The rest I'd solidly disagree. I don't like those songs (minus Blackout, of course), but I still think they're fine live.
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I'm going to pour gloom juice on you excited Handlers by predicting it will be terrible live. I hope not though, just have an uneasy feeling
Honest question, what Muse song, of ALL of them, is actually terrible live? Subpar, sure... but I don't think I've ever heard them perform a terrible song.
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This one was tough. I really had to think about it. In the end, it came down to Ruled by Secrecy and Hoodoo... and they're both in my Top 10 Muse songs, so that makes it close. I ended up going with Hoodoo because I like the lyrics just a little bit more than RBS.
Cross-Pollination is actually my favorite piano work by Matt, but the meat of the track isn't piano, so I ruled it out.
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Album Eight: Simulation Theory
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I think it's totally on point saying: "does that make it good pop, or are they simply less fun to kick around now?"
I remember being upset when Muse started going really over the top with stuff like USoE and Survival. Hell, I literally swore off Muse for a while after Survival because I couldn't believe they'd be so silly as to be unfun. But, well, 3 albums later I guess I've just accepted they weren't trying something new, they were finding who they were.