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    Drones Album Discussion Thread

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    Drones is decent but wasted potential. Psycho should have been two minutes shorter, Aftermath needed a better chorus and less cheese at the end, and there should have been one track where they completely lost it, before the story started to get better. Where is the part where she reaches the absolute bottom and has to fight her way up? But judging from the extremely repetitive riffing in Psycho along with the several old riffs here and there, I'm guessing they simply ran out of ideas.

     

    Oh and Mercy is crap. Revolt is decent but ruins the concept experience for me.

     

    I agree so much. Especially with the part about losing it completely... I needed that one more track.

     

    And yeah I think they ran out of ideas, I think the concept is a bit too shallow.

    Drones Album Discussion Thread

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    So, The Globalist. I've for some reason listened to this like 15 times today after not listening to it for quite a while.

     

    Are there two people in this song/alive at the end, or is this sort of an "other Barry" situation? (Matt talking to himself.)

     

    Granted, there's a "babe" there in the end, but there's a meaningless one in Reapers, too.

    Because it ends with "I just needed to be loved."

     

    Or is it about just giving in and living with someone even though you hate one another?

     

    I don't see it being completely the "bad" ending if two people were alive together who loved one another.

     

    And I don't think I even have my own, separate feelings on Aftermath. I know I think the first and last lines are sung poorly. But, for the rest of it, all I remember when I listen to it, ever, is the look on my boyfriend's face when we were first listening to it together. It was like that emojii with the hearts for eyes, in real life. :chuckle:

     

     

     

    Or maybe Matt just didn't have a fucking clue what he was writing and just added 'babe' in every second song cuz someone told him it's cool now. Maybe Bingham.

    Revolt as new single!

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    In a long time? If we're talking music videos only, not lyrics, I'd say the last good ones were only a couple of years back in The 2nd Law. Panic Station is just hilarious and doesn't take itself seriously, and I love both music videos for Animals, the animated fan one and the original one.

     

    What's the original one?

    Drones Album Discussion Thread

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    Some time has passed. Here are my current thoughts on it.

     

    There are moments on drones I'm not a huge fan of. Psycho feels lazy (especially when it seems even the majority of Abso/BhAR b-sides have had more thought put into them than this track), and I'm always on the fence about Defector and some bits on the 2nd half of the record.

     

    The concept comes across, but it's a tad too in your face. Even the cover...jesus. The thing with drone warfare and a lack of empathy is something that could be properly explored, but it falls flat right at the cover. You're this mega band, you've got all sorts of resources at hand. And somehow you end up hiring an artist that comes up with something that looks like whats going on in the brain of a 18 year old liberal on it's first year of taking political science in uni. Maybe I wouldn't mind it being obvious if it was good to look at. But it's just...ugly. And not in an artsy way where it's supposed to be ugly and shocking to look at. It's just... meh. I'm surprised Warner went with it, it's a tough sell.

     

    Yet, the whole thing has done more for me than TR or T2L I don't dislike those records, and unlike what some people like to believe, I don't think they've dumbed it down on those, and in some ways I think they upped their game. They experimented with loads of stuff I'm actually into, but sometimes those experiments just felt like caricatures. Caricatures of genres and things they were interested in. So even though the tracks were well done, they were a bit hollow.

     

    But Drones feels like the first in a while while where the music is driven by emotion. Even when it's being cheesy and way too literal (Dead Inside, Revolt, Aftermath, etc.) it feels like it's coming from somewhere sincere. Seems like this wide range of (at times, contradicting) emotions that Matt just needed to get out through his songwritting.

     

    I found myself relating to Dead Inside, and I haven't gotten tired of it since it was released. It's equal parts cheesy and honest, with outstanding vocals delivered on top. That bridge gets me every time, same goes for The Handler. T2L seems like Matt's vocal peak but I think here he finally kinda nailed the right balance between the theatrics and his older style.

     

    Also, even though they stripped it down a bit, I like how theres still loads of attention to detail. I really like all the arrangements and layers of harmonies. The boys work that studio.

     

    While it sits a bit behind BhAR/Abso/Origin, I think it's a step in the right direction, and I'm really looking forward to hear all the new tunes live.

     

     

    /rant

     

    Grest post.

    Aftermath

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    I came to the conclusion that this song just needed to be one chorus shorter. That last chorus. I hate the fact that Matt just has to 'force' his vocals so often. It's like he believes he needs to prove himself in every song. The song is such a peaceful and calm one, and then those overdramatic high notes just kill it. They really didn't know when 'enough is enough' on this album. There are more songs that suffer from this, like The Globalist and Psycho for example.

    Song that you will defend.

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    Love Endlessly. It might just be my overall fave Muse song. And I am surprised to hear people disliking it. I will always defend it. :happy:

     

    I will defend Invincible, Falling Away With You, Aftermath and the Handler as well.

     

    Sometimes Guiding Light as well. Because I can see why people will have an aversion to it.

     

     

     

    Sorry , quoting an old post but I downloaded the studio version of Explores after listening and really liking the Live version. I thought the song was really gorgeous live in the Rome concert.

     

     

     

    The Handler? Really? Find me 5 people on this thread that dislike that song.

    Which Muse song have you recently discovered or rediscovered the awesomeness of?

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    I agree with you. Apocalypse please, Space Dementia... look like rock piano songs. We can feel the rock inside these songs and they are so perfect. Nowadays, as you said, IBTY, Explorers are funny, just funny. It will be perfect if these songs were in a Christmas album. It's more rythmic, and no longer rock ballads. Even the end of The Globalist looks like Explorers and USoE more than Sunburn, Ruled by Secrecy or Apocalypse. I really want them to create real good (old) piano songs.

     

    This. As much as I love The Globalist, I still can't help but do this - :rolleyes: when that piano part begins, especially after learning it's basically a cover. I wish that that part was just piano playing the 'But you can rise up like a God...' and ending in a big, heavy minor chord, just like before it kicks into the heavy riff. Imagine, how cool would that be?

    Which Muse song have you recently discovered or rediscovered the awesomeness of?

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    Glorious

     

    I so wish it was on the album... And played live sometimes...

     

     

     

    And

     

     

    Ruled by Secrecy

     

    Its dark atmosphere is absolutely haunting, especially the vocals, wonderful and gloomy...

     

     

    I SO MISS tracks like this one. Their piano ballads have become such a bland piece of whiny shit. And I hate that they started making songs like that damn United States of EuraSIA! I think this might be becoming my least favorite song from The Resistance, even less favorite than.. Guiding Light. There, I said it.

    Revolt as new single!

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    On my first listen, Revolt was the point where I completely lost the faith in Drones.

     

    It's an awful song, there's nothing Muse-y about it. Even when trying new styles a song can feel like Muse. Madness had that Muse feeling in the falsetto and the small guitar solo, NSC had all the poppy elements from TR and BHAR, Panic Station's solo was reminiscent of Hysteria's and even the first time we heard the leak of Mercy we could see some elements from BHAR.

     

    Revolt is just plain awful. If they wanted a radio friendly song they could have chosen Aftermath, which is mostly good until the cheese arrives at the end of the song.

     

    I agree with you. There is absolutely nothing I like about this song. Not one thing. I am startu g to rank it as their worst song ever, even behind Overdue. At least that Overdue riff is not bad. That song is shit but at least it is a brave, underground shit. This is just horrendous pop crap desperate to be a hit. But it's just shit.

    The Handler

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    Couple of things regarding the track...

     

    Don't like spilling the beans on private matter, but just got out of a pretty much manipulative relationship and I gotta say, this song has grown even stronger on me.

     

    Also, played it yesterday while rollerblading (judge me :D) and woah, it is an adrenaline pumper.

     

    I really think this is one of the best songs that they have ever made. Top 5 definitely. Not just bcuz it's fresh and new. It is absolutely incredible. So happy that they made this track.

     

     

    Last but not the least, playing Showbiz and The Handler back to back is an absolutely amazing listening experience.

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