kueller
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Despite the issues I'd be looking forward to hearing the band in a theater sound system. I hope there's a screening nearby the actually works out. I like how their flying props falling like a downed plane into the audience regularly is the minor technical fault from the tour.
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It was but then it's playback live.
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That's a great question.
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It doesn't have a very finite conclusion and can't be extended as well as Bliss can with it's main riff, hence in The Resistance tour the big finale they added felt too long.
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PiB would be so much more of a "is this it?" vibe. I really liked how they ended the Paris show. Stockholm but then just adding on the extra songs afterwards. It's not the epic sing-a-long of Knights but it goes crazy. I don't really mind predictable closers either even if I might prefer some variety. I know QOTSA will keep ending with the same song but that just kinda hypes it up to go all out for the finale. I would at least like more variety in the encore as a whole. I like the feeling of knowing you're on the last few minutes but I don't like knowing 5 songs before what's coming up. I remember in 2010 messaging my mother as Exo Pt. 1 started that I'd be out in 3 more songs.
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Still want to start a cover band that just plays the good shit. -
Then go practice Stockholm Syndrome or something.
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It's very nice to look at, being the first HD Muse release and all (even if the 4k was lost). Decent mix too, especially after HAARP. The best parts are still overall the footage from the US arenas. The songs there are actually more fun. What is it about this band's recent aversion to fun in anything official? Ties into the whole separation of concerts too.
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There's so many teases there. The "special" song comes after Isolated System so imagine getting Dig Down in that slot, but then Showbiz after. And it normally replaces Stockholm but then they got that too. And Take A Bow was either before Supermassive or at the end of the main set, so where you'd expect the typical Uprising/Knights encore suddenly here's the song.
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By fans, but Wembley for example became legendary even for newcomers. It's not all the fans' favorites and also cut out some great songs but it still did its best to show off the band as much as possible. Rome didn't really capture that. It somehow made a big show with an enthusiastic crowd feel rather dead.
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Added.
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I don't think the general audience cares all that much about setlists and deep cuts. Although it didn't help Rome cut out some punchier songs that were actually played at the show. But also it was marketed so hard on the 4k which was barely screened and then you only got a final 1080 with really boring camera work.
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If they stick to their word their intentions are literally the opposite of introducing this to normal gigs.
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If you say "I really do love this song" I assume there's more reasons.
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That's basically the voting system for any subreddit, and is why I agree with the last sentence.
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I mean he's more of a regular than the actual mods.
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A lot of bands play almost the same sets everywhere with one or two variations. People bring up acts like Radiohead that do a ton of mixing up but in my own experiences at least they're a real exception. If the show is predictable because it's what you know they played the night before that's kinda on you. I do think we put too much blame on Muse for it. Now they really should stop rehearsing their jams because those will sound rehearsed even if it's your first time hearing it.
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Most any large rock band is better at putting together a set than Muse is. There's probably a shorter list of bands of the sort Muse haven't been compared to yet.
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And just mix it up and make it interesting too. In the US shows when they put Take A Bow in the middle of the "boring" section it completely changed the flow of the concert to something more energetic. They've become so afraid to loosen up at anything larger than a ~1k venue. And the more they do what they do at the big concerts the more the audience they pick up will be the kind that don't move. They'll be making their own self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Transport definitely makes it more difficult outside Europe but anywhere, the demand is so great for these kinds of concerts. Even now for the Drones era there's been like... 3 in mainland Europe, 2 in the US which have also been the only ones outside Europe (maybe we'll throw Zepp in there), and the rest were in the UK (I think one in Ireland?). One in Australia would be like having 2 in the US. The rest of the American continent nations don't have anything. If Chicago is bad if you're in Florida it's even worse if you're in Chile. There was going to be that one in South America in 2014 that was canceled because Matt's voice was fucked and there was never a makeup. There's not nearly enough of these shows, but they go on a world tour for a reason. It gives the fans a chance to see the band within reasonable proximity in a capacity that can hopefully fit everyone. It's baffling their attitude is moving towards using the world tour as a promotional tour and using these small sporadic shows as the real fan pleasers. They were really onto something back in 2013. Even a bit in the recent concerts.
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Instead of fitting request gigs into every corner of the world they could also just play some of these songs in their normal shows.
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Well that narrows it down.
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I never said pander, I said have fun and stop trying to be popular. The 2nd Law was wild experiments in their modern sense that didn't blow anyone away but it was still a good era. Lately there's been a growing divide between the fan shows and then big shows, and they want to go even further with that. Is that not pandering?
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Everyone focused on the other comments but I'd agree in wanting the band to just settle instead of continuing this mainstream appeal attempts. They seem happier when they just let loose. Even for music The 2nd Law did not age well here but we look back on the era fondly because they had fun and it showed.
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It's kind of expected they'd scale down after lower numbers during The 2nd Law tour. But still while the density is nothing to western Europe it's still a dedicated area. I know it's much harder to get around the country but that's not the band's fault.
