TheHappySpaceman
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Much better with the keytar, IMO. Plus, the pizzicato sounds terrible now.
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Bet it'll just be Revolt.
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If you count semi-piano songs like The Globalist and Citizen Erased, then they technically played three when I saw them. On another note, the stream has died for me again.
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Hey! ...I like USOE.
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The stream isn't working for me, guys.
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Ah, good ol' Matt, teasing the audience with the intro.
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Yeah, there's another thread for it now.
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Nah, it would have to be in the same key, or a similar one. So since the intro ends in C... then Explorers? Also,
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Eh, fair enough. I can kind of see the intro to Cross-Pollination working as a piano segue into another song, but that's just me. Hey, at least it answers the question of what Matt could do if he breaks his leg again.
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Ouch.
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Honestly, it's a little surprising to me that they haven't done the whole thing live. Overture was a staple during the Resistance Tour, and they played Redemption once in Japan, but it seems that Cross-Pollination is doomed to join the same world as Falling Away with You, Big Freeze, and now Aftermath.
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Eh, Undisclosed Desires grew on me. I prefer it over Follow Me, though I agree with you that IBTY sucks. It's even sillier because, according to Matt, it's actually supposed to be sung from the perspective of someone brainwashed by Big Brother, but all I can think of when listening to it is Twilight. I've always thought that Hugh Manson should make Matt a new instrument that's a doubleneck guitar, with one of the necks being a regular guitar and the other one being a keytar. Either that or I should get one. It would certainly make switching from one instrument to the other easier.
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Agreed, it's a nice bluesy riff. Almost reminds me of Hendrix. Also, the chorus reminds me a little of that of Map of the Problematique.
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Fair enough. As much as I love mocking the silly lyrics in "Escape," "Muscle Museum," and "Fillip," I won't pretend that my own band's debut album was any better. Plus, the title track, "Sunburn," "Uno," and "Falling Down" are all great songs, the last one especially meaningful to me, as I have faced the same struggle of not being able to get my band any recognition in my town. I actually really like Exogenesis, but that's just me. I won't deny that IBTY and UD are much poppier and less complex than their usual stuff. Speaking of which, am I the only one who thinks that Undisclosed Desires is better live with the keytar? It adds a lot to the song in my opinion, and I also prefer the pizzicato sound in the Resistance Tour shows over the one they used during the 2nd Law and Drones tours.
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To be fair to Feeling Good, many of the live versions make it a hell of a lot more entertaining. See: If they did more of those in live performances, it would be more enjoyable.
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I agree, though maybe "Falling Away with You" was a low point. And it's interesting that you should point out the darkness of Absolution; I've heard it called the darker and edgier version of Origin of Symmetry, and the following tour was probably the darkest one they've ever played, with frequent injuries (most notably Chris breaking his arm) and Dom's dad dying after their legendary Glastonbury 2004 performance. The Resistance was honestly my first exposure to them, so you could call it the gateway drug to such albums as OOS and Absolution. Also, call me weird, but I kind of consider Showbiz their weakest album. I don't know why, I just felt that the lyrics were a little more juvenile, the production could have been better, and I was surprised that they didn't use more piano. (And now is when I'm going to be killed. )
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True enough. This is part of why I will always have a soft spot for The Resistance, since it was the album that got me into Muse.
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Phew! Thanks. I was a little concerned for a sec. But yeah, I'm with you. OOS is almost tied. I mostly just prefer Absolution because I felt that the instrumentation was more complex, the production was much better, and Bellamy's lyrics seemed less juvenile. And honestly, I would love to hear them play some of the rarer songs from Absolution--e.g. "The Small Print," "Butterflies and Hurricanes," "Blackout" (but only with Matt on guitar), or "Ruled by Secrecy." Not to say that I didn't scream my lungs out when they played "Citizen Erased," though.
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Also, side note: How unpopular is it for me to say I think Absolution is better Origin of Symmetry? I'm not going to get killed for that, am I?
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NOOOOO! Curses! How dare they not play one of their biggest hits?! Wait... they also didn't play Madness at the HAARP concert... or at Glastonbury 2004! SOUND THE ALARMS! WE NEED TO STOP CIRCULATION OF THOSE TWO SHOWS ON DVD!
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I just assume they threw the Zepp video in the same warehouse with the lost videos of PF's The Wall Tour and the R-rated cut of Galaxy Quest.
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Fair point. I forgot about that song, probably because it isn't on any of the albums I own. Maybe it's just me, but I really like the Reapers guitar solos. Didn't realize people didn't like them. Nope. YES. YES. ALL OF MY YES. Hand. Cannot. Erase. should've won the bloody Grammy.
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To be honest, I always thought the solo to The Handler was a callback to Muse's song "Stockholm Syndrome" from Absolution. I could be wrong, though.
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Suddenly, I wonder what Muse would sound like covering Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats' "S.O.B."
