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CarrieB

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  1. Hey! Decorating is so much fun! Eugh! Job hunting is the worst you poor think! I hate it. Are you moving out of home? I moved out of home a couple of months ago. It's been really cool.

     

    I've missed you too! I love everyone here but i do miss the old crew. Esp Suvi and her dirty mind :chuckle:

     

    + I love the pic :happy:

     

     

     

    Wow! Such HQ. Very nice lighting.

     

     

     

    These are so beautiful! Matt's face is just makes my heart explode!

     

    They are still nice photos. And Matt was cute at that age. I hope Chris doesn't get offtended the amount of times he is photoshopped out! :LOL:

  2. found this on tumblr, i love it :happy:

     

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    how is everyone? i hate that i don't post on here anymore :(

     

    In this picture it looks like he's looking straight at you whereas the one above it depends how you look it at. It either looks like he's looking past you or straight at you. Like one of those funny pictures they use to show illustrate how visual perception can change. Strange what they do with these photos. Maybe I just need sleep though! :LOL:

  3. Finally without marks :dance::dance::dance:

     

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    These pictures are quite strange. At first seeing them it was like blimey, they knocked me back a bit. I mean he looks attractive in them, but I couldn't put my finger on why they looked so different, why they didn't look like Matt, as we know him, and I know what it is now. They've removed his personality. He looks like a statue, his skin is like porcelain and his eyes are vacant.

     

    Actually I've just been reading a book about how publicity uses the expressions from oil paintings. The vacant expression is used to create envy and express power. "You are observed with interest but you do not observe with interest"

     

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    Here's another. Well sort of, at least it looks like Matt. Anyway sorry, just tickled me! :D

  4. I get the paps suck, but he's acting like..acting like a...celebrity :supersad:

     

    It's just not him :noey:

     

    He's not acting like a celebrity, he's acting like Matt Bellamy. It is exactly how I would expect him to react to paps, and I say good for him as well!

     

    I sort of hope it will make the tabloids so they can stop painting him like some kind of lovesick underdog.

  5. This is what we have been trying to say for quite a while. Muse believes that the gig attenders only wants to hear their singles, which is just wrong.

     

    And still you keep going on about "some people here wants Muse to play old songs". MOST of the fans wants this, but most of them are also happy with what they get, there's a major difference.

     

     

     

    Is this the point you wanted me to respond to? I'm not so sure it is wrong as I don't know what everyone in a stadium wants. It feels wrong but I think Muse are in a better position to judge which songs go down well and the old songs haven't always had the greatest response according to people who have reported back from gigs, even those like CE and Bliss and you can hear on the videos that people talk all the way through Ruled by Secrecy.

     

    I expect that a lot of fans do like hearing old songs but as it's not such a huge deal they don't feel the need to repeatedly reiterate it and they are happy, as you say, which is a good thing. I don't know what Muse themselves feel, but perhaps they prefer to play their new stuff. I also think that many fans enjoy the new stuff as much as the old, some more so.

     

    As for the future, perhaps Muse will continue to favour their latest work but that, to me, is natural progression.

  6. I don't like it either, but when you try to make yourself a victim by saying that you are attacked(or something along those lines), then I would like you to back up that statement.

     

     

    Believe me I don't try and make myself a victim. I was referring to such stuff as facepalms, when I hadn't said anything that deserved it, tagging on the threads, that kind of stuff. There's an undercurrent and I am aware of it and it's not very nice.

     

    However you're right I wasn't exactly shot down, but I wasn't referring to myself particularly, I was making a general comment about the reaction to people who are positive in threads that are predominantly negative. There's little point saying go and post somewhere else because other threads are on a different subject.

     

    This is regarding future/gigs and tours and I just wanted to join the speculation surrounding the reasons that Muse conduct tours as they do and wanted to comment that I prefer to look forward to what Muse have to offer in the future rather than clinging onto the past as that is how I feel. I can't see how an argument really could have arisen out of that.

     

    Well the argument seemed to be that since I enjoy Muse, the fact that I'm looking forward to what they do in the future is irrelevant. A comment directed at me personally I think rather than about the issues...

  7. Basics if you don't want a lot of people arguing with you:

     

    Don't say "You are wrong and should stop complaining, this is my opinion..."

     

    Say "This is my opinion..."

     

    Basically I think people are overthinking it. Yes I agree that Matt wants everything perfect, and fucking up is a bit of a issue for him, but more than that, I think that he's going on what he wants performed when he goes to a gig, which is the hits. He said it about Prince. He was so pleased that Prince played all his hits. I think it was Jo Wiley who commended Muse on the fact that they don't indulge themselves, they play the stuff that she felt people wanted to hear, which is the hits.

     

    PS The next tour will have an extra ingrediant of course - new songs!:D I can't see anything to complain about that and am happy to wait and see. :happy: I can't see the point of bemoaning the loss of the old, life moves on!

     

    Nothing in my original post says that people aren't allowed to share their opinions. I was simply joining in the discussion and making general points. Notice the amount of times I have said "I think". I am sharing an opinion and actually I was feeling happy and relaxed when posting it, not angry or like having a go at anyone.

     

    No one is saying that you avoid the arguments themselves, as in, the actual arguing. What we're saying is that you choose to ignore every single point that is made against you because all you can counter with is basically nonsense.

     

     

    No of course, you're right, that's not true. That does them a disservice. I'm sure there are hundreds if not thousands of people who would enjoy hearing old songs but I was referring to the people who find any opportunity to complain on here. It's always the same minority.

     

    The fact is Muse will perform what they want to, so endless moaning seems pretty pointless to me. They already know that some of the fans on here are desparate to hear old songs!

     

    This was when I agreed with Sippe's point that I expect it is more than 20 people so that demonstrates that I do respond to alternative opinions. I'm always ready to accept someone's point if I agree with it. I know that Matt knows that some people on here want them to play old songs, because he has spoken about it on a few occasions and in a very nice, kind way as well. He's also spoken about the fact that he wants to play what he thinks he would like to hear if he was in the audience, which he has said is the hits. That might sound like a conflict but actually it's not because I think Muse think that Muse.mu aren't representative of their fans in general. Obviously if Muse want to play old songs or feel it's appropriate, they will. But I honestly don't think that attacking them or endlessly expressing the same argument is going to get them to do it, and in that I'm not trying to reiterate the point or criticise anyone for having an opinion, just explaining why I say that. The problem is that when people criticise the last album for instance or want to comment that Muse have gone downhill, they often state it as if it is a fact, when it's not, it's simply their own opinion.

     

    You have been doing it in this very discussion several times. You still haven't answered in what way you are being attacked because of your opinions, among a lot of other things that you never replied to.

     

    Tbh I don't like to get into personal battles, it should just be about the issues being discussed. I don't think I am relevant to the discussion or how I attempt to conduct discussion is relevant. I'm unsure even about posting this. I am really not about drawing attention to myself. I don't reply to stuff like that because I don't want it to be about me. I also think it will be obvious to most people reading. Also I can't answer every post because there are too many people replying to my posts at the same time who use these kinds of threads to reiterate their displeasure, for me to respond to.

     

    Unfortunately If you are happy with Muse, and enjoy their latest album and don't get het up about what they play in their setlists, there seems to be either two options, take the flak after making a positive post amongst the sea of negativity or don't post in those kind of threads at all, and allow it to appear to anyone outside reading the thread that the negativity in relation to Muse is a lot more prevalent than it really is.

  8. And you didn't think that one single complainer in that thread had a valid point? Because I didn't see you say "Good point." to anyone in that thread. Except the people who agreed with you.

     

    Well is it so strange to agree with people who agree with me? We agreed! That's the point. There's no point saying "good point" regarding points I don't agree with is there?

     

    I've been on this thread now for, I don't know how long, to respond to people's arguments so it's wrong to say I avoid arguements. I need to avoid them more often! And I really do need to go to bed!

  9. It's common knowledge by now that as soon as Carrie doesn't have any more arguments on a subject, she just ignore it and moves on. I don't think I have ever seen here say "Okay, you have a point there" or "okay, I was wrong".

     

    That's not true. I give way if I think someone has a point. I don't see many do that, there's the occasional person. I have to leave the board at some point, it's not avoiding the argument, just that it will never end. I do have a life outside, you understand. And I have to sleep - like now! ;)

  10. It's common knowledge by now that as soon as Carrie doesn't have any more arguments on a subject, she just ignore it and moves on. I don't think I have ever seen here say "Okay, you have a point there" or "okay, I was wrong".

     

    That's not true. I give way if I think someone has a point. I don't see many do that, there's the occasional person. I have to leave the board at some point, it's not avoiding the argument, just that it will never end. I do have a life outside, you understand. And I have to sleep - like now! ;)

  11. Yes, absolutely. It's total nonsense that Muse would split up, even though I do agree that they should split up on their own call when they feel that they don't have anything new to give, instead of becoming one of those bands who just goes on repeat and plays their greatest hits and make shit music.

     

    But the point is that most of that thread WASN'T about Muse splitting up, it was just the same old complaining as always. The thread was actually just a place that gathered all the complainers. I actually think that thread was the best thing that ever happened to the board, since it kept all other threads clean from these same old arguments.

     

    This is true! :chuckle:

  12. As ridiculous as it may have been, the people complaining at least had the clarity to post actual arguments for their beliefs, unlike some people....

     

    People posted very sensible posts about why it was totally outrageous for some individuals to expect Muse to split up just because these particular individuals didn't like what they were doing.

  13. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean you can skip arguments and reasoning and head straight for insults ;)

     

    No wait, it does. As long as you yourself aren't complaining when others do it.

     

    I don't remember that I did. But if someone can't see that a thread named "Should Muse split up?" full of posts from the usual complainers who thought they should, simply because they weren't playing songs these particular individuals liked anymore (despite the fact they were playing songs that thousands of other people liked) wasn't insensitive and totally ridiculous, then well, I give up! But tbh we really don't need to drag that up again! :LOL:

  14. I can't find the thread now, but I recall seeing you post something to the extent of "Get a life and gtfo" in the "Should Muse split up?"-thread. I know I keep bringing it up as an example, but damnit, this was just too good to pass up. Not very tactful, was it?

     

     

    Well I don't think a "Should Muse split up?" thread was particularly tactful on a Muse board!

  15. I don't believe that there are "real" fans and "fake" fans (unless you mean boardies and Twitards), but I firmly believe that it takes more devotion to complain about the band not using their full potential, rather than just blindly following along with everything they do.

     

    What to endlessly insult them? It seems weird to me that devoted fans wouldn't at least try to be tactful.

  16. There's a difference between admiration and love. The people who continue to moan on here truly love the band and if you love something, you don't let it turn into you something you despise.

     

    :LOL:

     

    Scary!

     

    I reckon the majority of people who truly love a band or artist, accept that they need to develop in a way that they want.

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