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Muse are one of the highest grossing rock acts in the last 5 years.
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It just irritates the hell out of me that Matt is chasing Chris Martin instead of the other way around like in the early 2000s.
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Yeah I realize that, but in 2002-2003 Matt wasn't obsessed with writing pop songs. He did TIRO more as an experiment to see if he could rather than indicating that as a change in direction. Unfortunately it really was as evidenced by "Starlight", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Invincible" on the next album. Hell, 70% of the LP 5/6/7 are pop songs. 'Member when there used to be songs like "Falling Away With You", "Screenager", "Shrinking Universe", "Ruled by Secrecy", "Citizen Erased"? The problem is Muse understood 10 years ago that if they wrote more pop songs, they would make more money. Essentially they did what The Moody Blues did in the 1980s, sold out and made tons of money. "Your Wildest Dreams"... I personally discovered the band via "Butterflies & Hurricanes", that was my gateway drug to Muse. Not pop crap. At least with Radiohead, if you're 15 and the first thing you ever heard was "Burn the Witch", you didn't get robbed of artistry on the first go. "A Moon Shaped Pool" isn't Kid A/Amnesiac but it's a damn fine progressive art-rock album that shows you don't have to sell out at 40+.
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The problem is Dig Down is literally Madness redux. Right down to the chord progression and vocal style. Madness itself was a George Michael "Faith" ripoff. Welcome back to 1987!
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Remember when Muse use to have singles like "New Born", "Stockholm Syndrome", "Hysteria"? IMHO the rot began with "Time is Running Out" - their first explicit pop song. They never should have done it in retrospect. It gave them chart success and the taste of filthy lucre.
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Honestly Muse have been selling out ever since "Starlight" hit. At least on that album they gave us some progressive shit to chew on(Hoodoo, Knights, Take a Bow). Even on TR album we got the Exogenesis song as a prog-bone. The last 2 albums were absolute SHIT and Album 8 is going to be double-bad SHIT.
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Well I thought they hit rock bottom with 'Dead Inside', but they 'Dug Deeper' on this one for sure! Safe to say I won't be bothering with Muse anymore. I'm done, gone, OUT.
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What was the first Muse song you listened to?
smoledman replied to Boombleeb's topic in Songs & Releases
Butterflies & Hurricanes in spring 2007. -
Newton Abbot demos! I love early, raw Muse before the spectacle.
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- all muse songs are win
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It's Muse's version of a 'cock rock' album. But than wasn't 2nd Law that as well?
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- aussies like beer
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http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/devon-band-muse-played-so-loudly-at-glastonbury-they-broke-local-council-s-decibel-limit/story-30009253-detail/story.html
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If MUSE was a one song band, what would it be
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For the masses - Plug in Baby for the connoisseur - Citizen Erased funny how they are consecutive on the album LOL -
Honestly if I didn't know about modern progressive rock in the vein of Steven Wilson, I'd probably think "Drones" was the best thing ever. But it's not even close to "Hand.Cannot.Erase".
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In no order: Citizen Erased Hoodoo Showbiz Map of the Problematique Sing for Absolution Stockholm Syndrome Ruled by Secrecy Apocalypse Please New Born Exogenesis: Part 3
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Stockholm Syndrome. It still kicks the ass out of anything 12 years on.
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Yes he's never been Thom Yorke in the sense that he writes 100% brilliant lyrics, but Matt used to write 50% brilliant lyrics through BH&R and then it totally went to shit.
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What kills me about Matt's lyrics post-Absolution(for the most part, BH&R had some good ones) is the absolute lack of subtlety. I mean compare any track on Drones with "Blackout" to see what I mean.
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Citizen Erased or Hyper Chondriac Music. New Born maybe.
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True. Thanks for reminding me how dreadful USoE was on first listen. I remember my shock at realizing that Muse was never going to be a serious band in the Radiohead tier after that.
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Guiding Light and NSC are fun songs. Revolting is just revolting.
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1. CE 2. Falling Away With You 3. Blackout 4. Knights of Cydonia 5. New Born 6. Space Dementia 7. Hyper Music(and Hyper Chondriac Music) 8. Exo Genesis Part 3 9. Showbiz 10. Supremacy
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Yes! In Matt Bellamy's insatiable quest for glory(No. 1 albums) he has sacrificed his musical integrity by pumping out shit like this for years now. He will never perform "Falling Away With You", but will perform "Revolting" a trillion times gladly.
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I swear Matt must have had a contest with himself - "how can I top myself to write the shittiest song I could ever possibly write". Yes, even shittier then Neutron Star Collision or Guiding Light.
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