[2018.02.24 - La Cigale, Paris]

If my slightly tipsy ears aren't playing tricks on me, Hysteria bass tone has been tweaked again. Just thought it sounded a bit better.

[Thought Contagion]

Honestly I’ve got massively mixed feelings. On the plus side, it’s obviously more energetic than Dig Down, so it instantly grabs your attention more. I’ll admit I’ve caught myself singing the “You’ve been bitten by...” melody a few times today (even if I keep nearly slipping into Smooth Criminal). Those occasional wavy sci-fi synths are something I’ve wanted to hear from them for a while as well, weirdly.

 

It’s so ‘Muse’ that it...feels like it isn’t, if that makes any sense? The uncreative dissonance + 4-bar bass lead in, pretty generic riff, uber vague dystopian lyrics that don’t really say anything, falsettos that just repeat the title for a chorus, faint piano trills in the pre-chorus, uninventive + short whammy solo all smack of what your average kid with some moderate ability in recording software might slap up as a fake leak. Just with some 30STM backing vox and faintly Fall Out Boy verses. All it’s missing is a synth arpeggio.

 

Basically this. Although at least it leaves me feeling slighlty optimistic. Really dig some of the sounds. Hoping they won't slip to the "T2L-scattergun" with sounds again though. T2L had too much stuff going on, Drones was too thin at some points... need to get the balance right.

[Best Album]

Well I guess I started it so let me hop on the train:

 

Showbiz:

 

Great: Showbiz, MM, Sunburn

Good: Fillip, Cave, HTAILY, SS

Meh: The rest

 

OoS:

 

Great: Space Dementia, Micro Cuts, Bliss, Hyper Music, Darkshines, Citizen Erased (Futurism)

Good: PiB, New Born, Megalomania

Meh: Screenager, FG

 

Abso:

 

Great: AP, TIRO, SS, Hysteria, B&H, TSP, Endlessly (Fury)

Good: SFA, ToaDA, RBS

Meh: FAwY, Blackout,

 

BHAR:

 

Great: TaB, Knights, Assassin, MoTP, SMBH, Exo-Politics, CoD (Glorious)

Good: Hoodoo, Starlight, Invincible

Bad: SP

 

TR:

 

Great: Uprising, Unnatural Selection, MKU, IBtY, Exo 1-3

Good: UD, Resistance

Bad: GL

Meh: USE

 

Drones:

 

Great: The Handler, Dead Inside

Good: Reapers, Psycho, Defector, The Globalist, Mercy

Meh: Aftermath, Drones

Bad: Revolt

[Best Album]

stellar clouds of

 

g a s

 

Sometimes I feel like people on this board get stuck too much on the lyrics. Like, come on, it's U2 as fuck, but the music is at least good.

 

Okay, fine, now that we've gone this far, let me say this:

 

Great songs on T2L: Animals

Good songs on T2L: Supremacy, Panic Station, Survival, Big Freeze, Liquid State, T2L: Unsustainable

OK songs on T2L: T2L: IS, Madness, Follow Me

Fuck off: Prelude, Explorers, Save Me

[Best Album]

Am I really the only one who digs T2L? Like, again, it's far from the best stuff they've done but it's not complete garbage like people seem to say.

[Best Album]

1. OoS

2. BHaR

3. Abso

4. Showbiz

(Hullabaloo disc 1)

5. T2L

6. TR

7. Drones

 

T2L, TR and Drones are basically interchangable imo. I just put them in that order based on how many "good" songs(in my book) there are on the albums and how frequently I listen to them.

 

While T2L isn't for everyone, I genuinely like the experimenting. Tracks 1-7 are all good or at least well above average. I don't hate Madness, I'm just bored of it. Basically the only really weak point of the album is Explorers, with maybe the topic of reversing the order of Unsustainable and IS thrown into the mix for good measure.

 

TR would be great if it wasn't so boring. I don't know if it's the sounds they used, the mixing or what, but Resistance especially lacks the huge layered sound the guys can usually produce. And that's kinda bad considering it's the title track and #2-slot on the album. Tracks 6-11 are basically straight fire.

 

Drones is... I don't know. I really like the music, but I kindasorta hate the lyrics. People might say Psycho is fanservice taken to a too high degree and that Reapers is just silly, but I dig those songs. The lyrcis are where the letdown is for me, especially mentioning the fucking god damn shitstain Drones in every fucking song.

[Your Perfect Muse Setlist]

Deep cuts/pop/acoustic/random weirdness gig:

 

1. Hoodoo

2. Glorious(acoustic)

3. Ruled by Secrecy(acoustic)

4. Sing for Absolution(acoustic)

5. Shine

6. The Gallery

7. Knights of Cydonia(acoustic - synth replacement on leads)

8. Muscle Museum

9. Undisclosed Desires(acoustic)

10. This Orient(Foals cover(because why not))

11. Starlight

 

*Encore*

 

12. Butterflies and Hurricanes(acoustic)

13. Endlessly

14. Hyper Chondriac Music

15. Showbiz

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

Endlessly. Fucking hell it's better than I remembered. The chorus just kicks ass.

[Best Live Performance of any one song]

 

This is an example of Micro Cuts in 2016:

 

.

 

Jesus, okay. That's bad. Here's the one I got

 

It's not the best audio quality, but the only one that's on youtube for that gig. Imo, he did pull it off preeeetty well.

[Best Live Performance of any one song]

So, with all that 'his voice broke' talk, any guesses what really happened? Because, to me, the high notes in Showbiz in Reading still were almost, if not absolutely, flawless. Yes, there was some vocal dist thrown in there, but still, if his voice would've been broken, I don't think he would've hit them at all. Plus when I saw them in 2015, they played Micro Cuts, which, again, yes, the chorus was distorted, but he did pull it off.

[Your Perfect Muse Setlist]

Stadium Tour

 

*New intro*(sort of like SFX intro, but with orchestral elements plus maybe a tad longer)

1. Space Dementia

2. Reapers intro + Stockholm Syndrome + Reapers outro

3. Kaoss jam + SMBH

4. Apocalypse Please w/ext. intro

5. Plug in Baby

6. Showbiz

7. Glasto intro + Butterflies and Hurricanes

8. Madness(or Dig Down)

9. The Handler

10. Bliss

11. D&B Jam

12. Mercy

13. Starlight

14. Isolated System(shortened)

15. Supremacy

16. Uprising + Vuilstamen riff + destruction

 

*Encore 1*

 

17. Time is Running Out

18. Hysteria

19. Take a Bow

 

*Encore 2*

 

20. Defector

21. Assassin(GOB)

22. Knights of Cydonia

[5 songs you want to see live at least once]

Space Dementia

Futurism

Muscle Museum

Assassin

Fury

 

Really, the one I want to see the most is SD, hands down.

[Finnish Musers Thread!]

eipä ketju herännyt, mutta ite kävin belfastissa ja readingissä kattelemassa! vähän ehkä petyin readingin settiin... showbiz ainut kohokohta ja se nyt olikin sit ihan överihomma, en ois uskonut koskaan kuulevani sitä

 

edit. okei ja back in black oli kans hauska!

 

Haha, joo ei ihan herännyt Ja kyllä, olin myös itse Readingissa! Myönnän ihan ilman häpeää, kyllähän siinä silmät kostui kun kuuli "Controlling my feelings for too long..." ja tiesi että no nyt. Vielä junassakin täytyi pidätellä vähän itkua, oli se jumalauta niin hienoa. Them G4's

 

Itseä ei sinänsä setti haitannut, koska muuten meno tuntui hyvältä ja soundit oli mielestäni paremmat kuin aikoihin. Ja olihan Back in Black ja Take a Bow myös helvetin hienoja, sekä Stockholm Syndrome, jota itse diggailen kovastikin.

[Plug Your own Band & Mp3 thread.]

I know I might get lambasted for this and how generic it is, but anyway.

 

First demo of a so far unnamed project me and couple of my mates have started. Pretty much alt-rock with a bit heavier vibe, but not enough(imo) to call it alt-metal.

 

[Just saw MUSE tonight, meh...]

Burn this thread.

 

+1

[Just saw MUSE tonight, meh...]

They played only their biggest and easily likable songs. Meaning the easy ones. Knights of Cydonia, Time is Running Out, Hysteria, Dead Inside, Madness, Supermassive Blackhole, Stockholm Syndrome, etc....

 

What's missing: Showbiz, Megalomania, Muscle Museum, Screenager (Rachiminov version), Microcuts, Hyper Music, Fillip, and Cave.

You new here?

[General Gear and Tab Season IV: Can it play barre chords?]

Wait, does MB have a third meaning?

 

I meant I thought it was originally Matt's setup, as I keep forgetting that Chris switched over as well. I might be wrong though. Is the DBS rack mount? I couldn't get a good enough picture of it from where I was.

 

Yes, MB can also mean Markbass and afaik Chris used their amps for a while

 

And uh, I think the DBS can be rackmount? Mine is in a solid protective case of it's own, but as Chris at least used to have at least 6 of those, I'd assume they'd be on a rack setup.

[General Gear and Tab Season IV: Can it play barre chords?]

He's using the kempers. I got a picture of his rack setup (thinking it was MB's ) and there aren't any Marshalls in there at all. Not even empty ones.

 

 

So he doesn't have even the MB's in there anymore? Eh, I guess he's made some better profiles then, sounded soooo much better than usually.

[Rate The Tracklists from Each Album]

 

'Cos HT&ILY is so good it puts the others to shame?

 

Oh you.

[General Gear and Tab Season IV: Can it play barre chords?]

Soo, does Chris run his sound through amps anymore at all? Or, to put it in a different way, has he brought back some amps? In approx. 2012-2016, I thought his sound was fucking weaaaaaaak. But after seeing them in Reading, it was, imo, much better. Thought he might've changed the setup again.

[Rate The Tracklists from Each Album]

Showbiz:

Showbiz, Muscle Museum, Sunburn, Fillip, Uno, Cave, Unintended, Every other song in the album

 

I personally think most of SB is fairly meh and can't really rank the latter end of the list in all fairness

 

OoS:

Space Dementia, Micro Cuts, Citizen Erased, Futurism, Hyper Music, Darkshines, Bliss, Plug in Baby, New Born, Megalomania, Screenager, Feeling Good

 

Rating songs on OoS is hard and unfair, I personally love all the songs on the list from SD to NB. The last three are good too, but they've never been on the same level of greatness for me.

 

Hullabaloo:

Ashamed, HCM, The Gallery, Recess, Yes Please, Nature_1, Forced In, Shine(A) Shrinking Universe, Map of Your Head

 

Absolution:

Fury, Stockholm Syndrome, Apocalypse Please, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Interlude/Hysteria, Sing for Absolution, TIRO, The Small Print, Ruled by Secrecy, Everything else on the album

 

Kinda same as with SB.

 

Black Holes and Revelations:

Assassin, Glorious, Map of the Problematique, Supermassive Black Hole, Take a Bow, Knights of Cydonia, City of Delusion, Exo-Politics, Invincible, Starlight, Hoodoo, Soldier's Poem

 

The Resistance:

Unnatural Selection, Uprising, MK Ultra, I Belong to You, Exo 1-3, Resistance, Undisclosed Desires, United States of Eurasia(+ Collateral Damage) Guiding Light

 

The 2nd Law:

Supremacy, Animals, Prelude/Survival, Liquid State, Big Freeze, Panic Station, Unsustainable, Madness, Isolated System, Explorers, Follow Me, Save Me

 

Drones:

Drill Sergeant/Psycho, The Handler, Reapers, Dead Inside, Mercy, JFK/Defector, The Globalist, Drones, Aftermath, Revolt

 

Non-album songs(probably forgetting some):

Dead Star, Easily, In Your World, We Are the Universe, Execution Commentary, Nishe, Agitated, Host

[General Gear and Tab Season IV: Can it play barre chords?]

Everyone seems to be buying these, including MB himself. Am I missing out?

 

https://www.ehx.com/products/green-russian-big-muff

 

I doubt you're missing anything, or a lot at least. I tried one(on bass) and I still prefer my three black russians any day.

[General Gear and Tab Season IV: Can it play barre chords?]

That fuzz could be pretty sweet on bass. Depends of course on how well it reacts/tracks on bass with the octave effect.

[General Gear and Tab Season IV: Can it play barre chords?]

Anyone ever play a starcaster bass? Been meaning to try a shorter scale bass for some time now but no one around me seems to stock 'em.

 

If we're talking about the same thing, yeah I've tried one once, did not like it at all. Might just be because shorter scale is not for me. But I'd give it a shot if you really think shorter scale could be your thing.

[MUSE songs you've heard live]

4 gigs - Would say I've been pretty damn lucky.

 

Singles

Dig Down

 

Other

Agitated

Yes Please

 

Showbiz

Showbiz

Sunburn

 

Origin of Symmetry

Plug in Baby x4

Citizen Erased

Micro Cuts

 

Absolution

Apocalypse Please

Stockholm Syndrome x3

Time is Running Out x4

Interlude & Hysteria x4

Blackout

 

Black Holes and Revelations

Take a Bow x2

Supermassive Black Hole x4

Knights of Cydonia x4

Starlight x4

Map of the Problematique

 

The Resistance

Uprising x4

Resistance

Undisclosed Desires

Guiding Light

 

The 2nd Law

Supremacy

Madness x4

Animals

Liquid State

Panic Station

Survival

Follow Me

The 2nd Law: Unsustainable

The 2nd Law: Isolated System x4

 

Drones

Psycho x3

Reapers x2

Dead Inside x2

The Handler x2

The Globalist

 

Covers

Feeling Good x2

Back in Black (w/ Brian Johnson)

MWAH x4

Dracula Mountain

 

Jams

Monty Jam

Munich Jam x3