Muse

August 4, 2015

Let's take my personal favourites into account – the songs that I rate 10/10 (i.e. my favourite songs) are Citizen Erased, Stockholm Syndrome, Take a Bow, Dead Inside, Hysteria, Exogenesis 3, Megalomania, FAWY, The Handler, Supremacy, Showbiz, Starlight and Muscle Museum.

I guess most fans may consider the likes of Citizen Erased, Stockholm Syndrome, Hysteria and perhaps The Handler to be some of Muse's best songs, but I can already say, by observation, that Falling Away with You and Starlight are poorly received by fans on this board. And granted, perhaps these two songs do not display Muse at their finest. That being said, I still love these songs because of personal preference; I thought FAWY is Muse's best "softer" songs and I love that middle part of Starlight so much that I could repeat those 10 seconds over and over again.

Nonetheless, I do not believe that any of Muse's other songs could be legitimately called their "best" (not even Knights of Cydonia, Map of the Problematique, and MK Ultra – which I personally do not enjoy and believe are overrated), so to speak. So, to a certain degree, I do consider my 13 favourite songs to be their best.

July 30, 2015

Tallied.. Based on 44 voters

Showbiz: Overdue (15 votes), Sober (10 votes), Falling Down (7 votes)

Origin of Symmetry: Feeling Good (24 votes), Screenager (15 votes), Dark Shines (3 votes)

Absolution: Endlessly (11 votes), The Small Print & Blackout (5 votes)

Black Holes and Revelations: Soldier's Poem (24 votes), Starlight & Exo-Politics (5 votes)

The Resistance: Guiding Light (18 votes), I Belong to You (17 votes), Undisclosed Desires (5 votes)

The 2nd Law: Save Me (15 votes), Explorers (9 votes), Big Freeze (6 votes)

Drones: Drones (15 votes), Revolt (14 votes), Mercy (6 votes)

July 22, 2015

I like it. It's commercial sure but it's got a catchy beat and IMO could appeal to the more "pop" listeners.

July 22, 2015

Anyone know where I can find the full picture used as Muse's header in Apple Music? It looks cool and I wanna make it my wallpaper lol

July 21, 2015

Wasn't there talk once that they were collaborating with Lana Del Rey? I wouldn't mind seeing that.

July 20, 2015

And may I stress the ONE.

Showbiz: Showbiz

Origin of Symmetry: Citizen Erased

Absolution: Falling Away with You (Because SS and Hyseria is so cliche lol)

Black Holes & Revelations: Take a Bow

The Resistance: Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 3: Redemption (Counted as separate tracks)

The 2nd Law: Madness (Once again going for the non-conventional pick)

Drones: Reapers

July 20, 2015

Showbiz - Overdue (worst Muse song ever, atrocious)
Origin of Symmetry - Feeling Good (duh.)

Absolution - Blackout (this is so difficult, love them all)

BH&R - Assassin (I just never got very much into it, it is a beast for playing though)

Resistance - Guiding Light (duh once again)

Drones - Revolt (duhduhduh)

You forgot The 2nd Law.

July 18, 2015

For me it's definitely Falling Away with You.

July 16, 2015

This was only easy because I based it on the rating and ranking I gave in the other thread. Also, I did not include B-sides, or bonus tracks.

Showbiz

Origin of Symmetry

Absolution

Black Holes & Revelations

The Resistance

The 2nd Law

Drones

10/10:

1. Citizen Erased

2. Stockholm Syndrome

3. Take a Bow

4. Dead Inside

5. Hysteria

6. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 3: Redemption

7. Megalomania

8. Falling Away with You + Interlude

9. The Handler

10. Supremacy

11. Showbiz

12. Starlight

13. Muscle Museum

9/10:

14. The Globalist

15. Plug In Baby

16. Micro Cuts

17. Invincible

18. United States of Eurasia + Collateral Damage

19. Sing for Absolution

20. Escape

21. [JFK] + Defector

22. Resistance

23. Endlessly

24. City of Delusion

25. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 1: Overture

26. Butterflies & Hurricanes

27. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable

28. Sunburn

29. Aftermath

30. Madness

31. Prelude + Survival

32. Knights of Cydonia

33. Bliss

8/10:

34. Hate This and I’ll Love You

35. Space Dementia

36. Hyper Music

37. Reapers

38. Supermassive Black Hole

39. Exo-Politics

40. I Belong to You + Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix

41. Revolt

42. Intro + Apocalyse Please

43. Uno

44. Animals

45. Hoodoo

46. Guiding Light

47. Panic Station

48. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 2: Cross Pollination

49. Ruled by Secrecy

50. New Born

51. Uprising

7/10:

52. Cave

53. Dark Shines

54. The 2nd Law: Isolated System

55. [Drill Sergeant] + Psycho

56. Follow Me

57. Map of the Problematique

58. MK Ultra

59. Time is Running Out

60. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist

61. Unintended

62. Assassin

63. Blackout

6/10:

64. Unnatural Selection

65. Big Freeze

66. Falling Down

67. Screenager

68. Feeling Good

69. Mercy

70. Explorers

71. Soldier’s Poem

72. Drones

73. Fillip

5/10:

74. Undisclosed Desires

75. Overdue

76. The Small Print

77. Liquid State

78. Sober

4/10:

79. Save Me

July 11, 2015

Absolution: Hysteria

:eek:

July 10, 2015

Wikipedia says this: "As a genre, pop music is extremely eclectic, often borrowing elements from other styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country; nonetheless, there are core elements which define pop. Such elements include generally short to medium-length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks."

:LOL:

July 10, 2015

While it stands for "popular" it's still a music genre rather than just music that's popular at the time.
And DI feels way more pop than rock to me.

Of course, they've been putting out "poppy" rock songs since... ever, really.

And how do you define that music genre? (Personally, I would say pop songs encompass some of the "softer" and not-quite-blaring-loud songs by Muse, i.e. the songs I've listed in a previous post.)

July 10, 2015

No, I don't have a problem with people disliking upbeat songs, it's just that when Revolt first came out, a lot of people seemed to just go "too upbeat, worst song on the album." Which didn't seem like fair judgement to me, then again, I love the song, so what do I know, right?

Lol exactly. They'd compare Revolt to Big Freeze and say those two are the "poppiest" and most upbeat of their respective albums, thereby labelling them the worst of the bunch.

July 10, 2015

:unsure: How exactly do you define a pop song? Because apparently a large number of you agree on what can be labelled a pop song by Muse, while I on the other hand, label Starlight, FAWY, Mercy, Endlessly, Undisclosed Desires and Big Freeze as some of Muse's pop songs. And I never considered Dead Inside a pop song.

EDIT: Pop stands for popular right? If so, then by technical definition, I'd label the likes of Supermassive Black Hole, Time is Running Out, Plug In Baby, Neutron Star Collision, Uprising, Survival, Madness, Starlight and maybe Dead Inside as pop songs, because they are the more of the commercial hits by Muse.

July 10, 2015

But people have made loads of LONG posts about why they don't like the song. Generally when someone asks a question like that, they haven't really cared to actually find out. We even have threads where the tracks are reviewed individually.

And my post wasn't aimed at you so I'm not sure why you're defending yourself.

Lol guess I can see your point, it was just a general wonderment but I wouldn't be swayed even if someone wrote a long post as to why they disliked the song.

Carry on.

July 10, 2015

Why would anybody even want a best of cd? Why would you want to buy another cd with music on it that you already have on a different cd? If you want the best of muse, why not just make your own? Don't really understand the logic in this thread

Can't say for other Muse fans, but I would buy it if that was the artwork. As for why anyone would want to buy a Greatest Hits album, I figure maybe for the people who are just about to get initiated into the Muse fanzone, or for those who are not exactly a diehard fan and don't have the time to buy or listen to all the songs in the 7 albums.

One thing that I would change about Muse, if I had superpowers, is I would not have previously released all the songs that they've done. I'd save some for exclusive bonus tracks in their greatest hits album in case they ever wanted to publish one in the future. For instance, I wouldn't have previously released Fury, Hyper Chondriac Music, and maybe a demo like Instant Messenger, and save them as bonus tracks for a greatest hits album. That could attract diehard fans to buy their GH album.

July 10, 2015

I literally just rephrased what CitizenAroused said.

There's no need for anyone to get snappy, I just wondered why a lot of people name Revolt as their least favourite song from Drones, when I personally thought the chorus was pretty ace (or at least, better than the likes of Mercy or Drones, and maybe even Psycho).

Because God forbid a legitimate opinion question is asked around here.

July 10, 2015

Because God forbid someone dislikes a Muse song! Everyone must like everything by Muse.

Lol there's no need to get snappy. 😪

July 10, 2015

I don't quite like

Uprising > Resistance

It's a very weird transition from the rocky and high-energy Uprising into the softer but grimmer starting of Resistance.

July 10, 2015

WHY is Revolt getting so much hate?!

July 8, 2015

Showbiz: Sober

Origin of Symmetry: Feeling Good

Absolution: The Small Print

Black Holes and Revelations: Soldier's Poem

The Resistance: Undisclosed Desires

The 2nd Law: Big Freeze

Drones: Drones

July 8, 2015

I'd like to update all my rankings:

Showbiz (1999)

1. Showbiz (10/10)

2. Muscle Museum (10/10)

3. Escape (9/10)

4. Sunburn (9/10)

5. Hate This and I’ll Love You (8/10)

6. Uno (8/10)

7. Cave (7//10)

8. Unintended (7/10)

9. Falling Down (6/10)

10. Fillip (6/10)

11. Overdue (5/10)

12. Sober (5/10)

Score: 75%

Origin of Symmetry (2001)

1. Citizen Erased (10/10)

2. Megalomania (10/10)

3. Plug In Baby (9/10)

4. Micro Cuts (9/10)

5. Bliss (9/10)

6. Space Dementia (8/10)

7. Hyper Music (8/10)

8. New Born (8/10)

9. Dark Shines (7/10)

10. Screenager (6/10)

11. Feeling Good (6/10)

Score: 82%

Absolution (2003)

1. Stockholm Syndrome (10/10)

2. Hysteria (10/10)

3. Falling Away with You + Interlude (10/10)

4. Sing for Absolution (9/10)

5. Endlessly (9/10)

6. Butterflies & Hurricanes (9/10)

7. Intro + Apocalyse Please (8/10)

8. Ruled by Secrecy (8/10)

9. Time is Running Out (7/10)

10. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (7/10)

11. Blackout (7/10)

12. The Small Print (5/10)

Score: 83%

Black Holes and Revelations (2006)

1. Take a Bow (10/10)

2. Starlight (10/10)

3. Invincible (9/10)

4. City of Delusion (9/10)

5. Knights of Cydonia (9/10)

6. Supermassive Black Hole (8/10)

7. Exo-Politics (8/10)

8. Hoodoo (8/10)

9. Map of the Problematique (7/10)

10. Assassin (7/10)

11. Soldier’s Poem (6/10)

Score: 83%

The Resistance (2009)

1. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 3: Redemption (10/10)

2. I Belong to You + Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (9/10)

3. United States of Eurasia + Collateral Damage (9/10)

4. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 1: Overture (9/10)

5. Resistance (8/10)

6. Guiding Light (8/10)

7. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt. 2: Cross Pollination (8/10)

8. Uprising (7/10)

9. MK Ultra (7/10)

10. Unnatural Selection (6/10)

11. Undisclosed Desires (5/10)

Score: 79%

The 2nd Law (2012)

1. Prelude + Survival (9/10)

2. Madness (9/10)

3. Supremacy (9/10)

4. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable (9/10)

5. Animals (8/10)

6. Panic Station (8/10)

7. The 2nd Law: Isolated System (7/10)

8. Follow Me (7/10)

9. Big Freeze (5/10)

10. Liquid State (5/10)

11. Explorers (5/10)

12. Save Me (4/10)

Score: 71%

Drones (2015)

1. Reapers (10/10)

2. Revolt (10/10)

3. Dead Inside (10/10)

4. The Handler (10/10)

5. [JFK] + Defector (9/10)

6. The Globalist (9/10)

7. Aftermath (8/10)

8. Mercy (7/10)

9. [Drill Sergeant] + Psycho (6/10)

10. Drones (5/10)

Score: 84%

July 7, 2015

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