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  1. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Hot Cakes: it wasn't that bad for an album by The Darkness, but not certainly my favourite one. What mainly makes Blockades as a... "make-it" (lol) song to me is the pre-chorus/chorus sections (which have such an orgiastic, epic singalong mood), and also the gallopping rhythm in the verses coupled with the classic "Muse© Synth Arpeggios©". But yes, I can see where you're coming from: it's the mandatory Musey-Muse track that just can't be absent from their albums, which a good number of self-proclaimed "old Muse fans" (I'm not exactly talking about people in here, just in case you all wonder) will inevitably drool on. If you get a look at many comments on FB pages and groups dedicated to the band, official one included, they reflect this kind of mentality. And I find it quite sad.
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    Time to bring out pop corn. Who brings beverages?
  3. MartianSpaghettiRider
    This is actually interesting. I've never thought about it that way. Goodnight to you, too, man.
  4. MartianSpaghettiRider
    He got it, he's just trolling at this point. BTW, I think we should just wrap it up and leave it. There's no point in fuelling these arguements.
  5. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Are you two even for real? You and smoledman almost sound butthurt because many people here really like ST after a run of three "fanbase-splitting" albums, while you not. There's no problem in just admitting you don't like the album because it's not your cup of tea instead of hammering your own concept of "quality" (see "personal taste and preferences") like it's a universal assumption, y'know?
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    I still have my old VHS recorder, which still works. I would be tempted to buy one of those copies and give it a run with it.
  7. MartianSpaghettiRider
    ^This. Jobby wasn't even talking about depth.
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    TOADA... unoriginal, boring and un-muse-y?? What kind of cruel monster would ever say such a thing?! I'd probably faint.
  9. MartianSpaghettiRider
    I'm on board with this (sorry Chris) apart from Big Freeze. That song is so cute and definitely better than GUAF. Yes, even with the "stellar clouds of gas" lyric.
  10. MartianSpaghettiRider
    I can see how they might have influenced it, but yes, the main riff with brass reminds me of T-Rex much more, rather than Beatles.
  11. MartianSpaghettiRider
    It's not really radio-friendly beside its running time, though. It's very angular, fragmented and quite "noisy" (in the sense of not having a "pure" melody and in the choice of sounds). Propaganda, on the other hand, would've been dope.
  12. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Honestly, I'm baffled myself at the fact this works better for me than the official one. It just flows better to my ears, because I chose the songs singularly by basing on an immediate connection I felt they could have between each other in terms of musical style, themes or sound, which I'm aware it may not be the same for other people.
  13. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Maybe it's going to be The Void video. We know GUAF will be released as an official single, so it's surely going to have its own video, which I think it's going to be the second-to-last chapter of this series.
  14. MartianSpaghettiRider
    I think I solved my problem regarding the worn off novelty of the singles while listening to the album again this evening, guys. Wanna know how? The good, ol' method of finding an alternative tracklist order. I've discovered the official tracklist disposition doesn't really work for me: I feel the second part of ST (from TC onwards) is in jambles regarding the consistency of styles and moods of the tracks, with the result of not making me appreciate and value, within the album framework, even the songs I like the most which are present in that run (Blockades and The Void). I wanted to share what I've come out with with all of you so that you may want to give it a try and tell me if it works nonetheless. Because for me it does, and now I can say my love and appreciation for the album as a whole has increased! Here's how my tracklist looks like: TDS SH GUAF TC BITM Propaganda Pressure Blockades Algorithm TV DD I'd like to explain the logic behind it, but I'm afraid it would take too long.
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    The verses wouldn't be bad at all if Tove Lo "ah ah's" weren't there. They actually remind me of New Born ones, only in major key. The real problem is the chorus: powerful, yeah, but it's shamelessly vanilla pop-rock.
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    I'd argue Blockades might even be a sort of "extended trailer" for all the videos, working as a prelude to the whole story, which I think is set in simulations contained inside other simulations, like Russian dolls. From that, I think the correct order would be: Pressure, BITM, DD, TC, SH, TDS, Algorithm.
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    I didn't read his comment the right way. My bad, sorry. Revolt was released as an official single, too, and it hasn't been played that much. But surely it would be strange for them not to play an official single.
  18. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Really? I don't think it clashes at all with brass, quite the contrary: the lower brass form a sort of "platform" sustaining and counterpointing harmonically the guitar line, while the guitar adds further grit to the brass by playing the main riff at the same time. In short words, it's like they complete each other. Also, I feel transposing the verse of the AV (which is ridicolously funny, btw) into the official one would be too jarring in the context of the whole song: it would be like suddenly shifting from a bandistic, jazzy-ish feel to a full out rocking track in pre-chorus and chorus.
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    Oof, they sound super here. This performance shows how Pressure may actually be the best "fun banger" they've ever done in years. And that juicy, fuzzy guitar doubling the bass in the last chorus... I've never been into Duran Duran, but the HLTW cover is indeed top notch like Rory said, basically perfect.
  20. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Want some good news? Here it is! https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/9xsk6i/most_welcome_news/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C6181985013
  21. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Ouch. Disagree about ranking ST below those two, the peaks in there are so effing high that balance the lows out almost perfectly. Agree about TC being a bit too long (and repetitive), disagree completely about SH, agree about GUAF. Actually... there's something I regret about this album, but I swear it's the only problem beside GUAF being "whatever". I wish Muse would have never carried through with releasing so many songs with months and months in advance before the official release. I love the last three (SH, Pressure, TDS) and I came around DD, but I listened to them so much in anticipation that the novelty was already worn off them. I think this helped us appreciating the remaining tracks more because it's like they prepared us for what was coming ahead in terms of style, but at the expense of sacrificing the surprise factor, which could have enhanced my enjoyment of ST even more than I actually feel at the moment.
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    Let's put it this way: it's like when your hated goody-two-shoes colleague at work does something really good and you're seething because you know that, and he broke the overall image you had of him. Thus, you have to begrudginly admit his accomplishment but not too much, just to save your face.
  23. MartianSpaghettiRider
    Hahahah! I knew it! I felt it in my bones! This album displays a good amount of influences that kind of people like, and it's also seemingly fun enough for them (in fact, they said Muse took themselves too seriously with Drones).
  24. MartianSpaghettiRider
    My brain can't tell if you're serious or is it just a little joke. Either way, it's really nice of you!
  25. MartianSpaghettiRider
    That could be, but I always feel a bit self-restrained when it comes down to rate music I love, because I don't want to appear too biased.
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