kueller
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Were these that neglected? I don't have the numbers but I do think some of these have shown up quite a bit.
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Issue I have with the pop umbrella is that pop music that's a bit edgier and with more distortion is basically what rock music is.
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Eh, they're pretty standard rock songs and there's a reason Origin is considered a staple in early 00s alternative by a number.
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Wanna give Supremacy an exception because Muse really hyped that one up too. It was their "sleazy metal track" using the old live Citizen Erased alternate riff and descriptions described the piercing falsetto. It delivered on basically all those things just not in a way that really blew anyone away. Although initial response was very positive.
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Ruled By Secrecy/Apocalypse Please would have been a great piano slot rotation for the Drones Tour. It's sad a band with so many songs about government control and apocalyptic war played so few of them during an era that was the most in to that concept.
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My favorite moment in this era so far is Matt playing his twinkly little acoustic line then looking right into the camera and saying "Hello" in his soft smooth voice. It's like he's about to recite some deep spoken word over the chords or something.
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The one and only optimistic Muse discussion thread (hopefully)
kueller replied to Claudia O's topic in Other Muse Topics
I still take partial credit for bringing Guiding Light back during The 2nd Law stadium tour. -
If I had the effort I'd rather quote everyone's predictions of Supremacy.
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I agree. Musically and lyrically they were very abstract, just more personal.
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I feel this.
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I've seen no sign that he's becoming more of a businessman.
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There's been variations of that comment since The 2nd Law (The Resistance had great drums overall). I do believe it's a conscious choice but I really wish there was more interesting work.
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Glorious. It's one of my top favorites, one of my top want-to-see-live, and one of the songs that means the most to me personally (just for associations).
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It's not all the deepest cuts but there were nice songs being played somewhat regularly. Sunburn was showing up often in last tour's arena shows, even the US. The sets were also longer, more structured around the band instead of the stage. I'm not opposed to small shows. They are a great chance to play the rarest songs and the crowd will definitely appreciate them more. What I'm opposed to is how it's opened up the mindset of putting all the fan-serving show elements into these special shows (small venues, special festivals, etc.) and leaving the rest entirely. I cited SBE 2013 and I could add something like Casino de Paris 2010 and E-Werk 2012 as examples when special fan shows happened without said mindset. Hell, the shows leading up to Reading/Leeds 2011 were fantastic. There was clearly a superior show where they played Origin, but as standard shows the others weren't a disappointment except in length. And see, this still ignores the entire conclusion I drew from the original post. This is the situation for you. You live in an area where you have access to both these kinds of shows. This isn't entirely personal envy either. I'm in the US, which was the only country out of the UK to get Psycho Tour dates, and they have shown at least some intention to come back. I'm also financially well off to travel around the country bar unfortunate circumstances. I'm in the lower end of this privileged group, but still part of it nonetheless. If you live in Australia, or far Eastern Europe, or even Asia (Zepp was 5 years ago and there was never another of its kind), the missions statement completely excludes you as a fan even though it would be easy for the band to still work on making their overall shows good in addition to the special ones. The early Drones festivals were good examples. The small shows also don't get nearly the kind of advanced notice the main tour does.
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I'm not. They've done this in Japan, UK, US, France, and Germany. Even if you consider bordering countries that's still a lot of the world that will basically get fuck all. The amount of fans that actually get to ponder that option at all is small.
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I think Pressure was already overstaying its welcome so I'll be glad to get shorter songs.
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That was my clickbait title but it had nothing to do with the footage and actually blaming a single show is dumb but here we go. In the years building up to the show, starting with the 2011 festivals and Moscow/Ukraine shows, Muse were starting to get the hang of combining "new Muse" with the fan favorites. Some deepish cuts thrown in and good rotations like the famed piano section in the 2nd Law arena tour. Stadiums for that tour also saw some great variety of music. Even with some odd choices it seemed both the inner and casual fans were leaving happy. Now I could pin this back to 2013's SBE with Dead Star but Dead Star made its way to the stadiums a few times. Zepp though was the big turning point. They played a show that at the time was hard to believe could ever happen. A small intimate show for the fans with all the deep cuts in stark contrast to the standard shows at Summer Sonic, and everyone loved it including the band. Since then things have changed. Instead of every show being a balance of pleasing the range of fans we get "special" shows for the biggest fanatics and the rest are made standard to please the average goer. Notice we don't even really have the "second night syndrome" to the level it was on T2L. It's just "a few very special shows" syndrome where all the non-standard stuff is concentrated. There's now a really big inequality with all the big fans holding out for small venue shows and little care for the big ones. And the band's comments on the upcoming tour hint that they're only going to carry on with that divide. I said it's dumb to blame Zepp because there could be plenty of other reasons behind this but on a timeline I consider that the turning point.
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The Zepp show was a mistake.
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Honestly I've seen a lot of good people whose opinions I greatly respect on here that still made really dumb comparisons when hearing songs early. At this point I think I would do the same. I like what I hear of Propaganda even though that one part is... odd.
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Now I wanna hear it. I'll be home soon.
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(It's more a slight on me I dislike my height)
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And I thought I was too tall.
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Yeah I found those links through Reddit shortly after posting. They're both not their finest performances but I'd like to see a better mix for Something Human also. The part Matt sings in the pre-chorus is the main harmony in the studio track btw. It was in the acoustic version he chose to sing the backup instead. But I still prefer it.
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Oh is footage from the other songs out?
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I can always dig up those PwoperPavo posts.
