EternallyBlissed Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Come all ye faithul, fill me with your opinions of what Muse songs should have been singles- meaning, should of had videos Ill start 'er off Showbiz- Showbiz, Hate This And I'll Love You Origin of Symmetry- Citizen Erased, Micro Cuts Absolution- Thoughts of A Dying Athiest, Ruled by Secrecy Black Holes and Revelations- Assassin, Hoodoo The Resistance- Unnatural Selection, United States of Eurasia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumly Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Just to name a few: Fury, City of Delusion, Citizen Erased, MK Ultra (even though we have an official unofficial video) I'll even trade them for SMBH, NSC and UD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Singles are more than just songs with videos, you know. I'd say the singles for the first three albums were perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockertae Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I'd go as far as to say even the first four albums had a good selection of singles. For The Resistance if you switched Undisclosed Desires with MK Ultra I'd think that was fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I'd go as far as to say even the first four albums had a good selection of singles. For The Resistance if you switched Undisclosed Desires with MK Ultra I'd think that was fair. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightsmuse Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 showbiz, citizen erased, micro cuts, ruled by secrecy, hoodoo, united states of eurasia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Origin Of Symmetry - Micro Cuts to replace Hyper Music (as much as I like Hyper Music I just think Micro Cuts is better single material). Black Holes - City Of Delusion or Assassin to replace Invincible The Resistance - MK Ultra EP to replace the Exogenesis EP, I Belong To You to replace Undisclosed Desires Showbiz and Absolution were perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Micro Cuts is better single material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The only ones I think should have been singles but weren't are: MOTP MK Ultra Darkshines (maybe?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The only ones I think should have been singles but weren't are: MOTP MK Ultra Darkshines (maybe?) MoTP was a single though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuan Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I'd pick Endlessly, and MotP in the sense of "should of had videos" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 MoTP was a single though. Oh right, my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I just think it stood out more on the album than Hyper Music, plus it's always been a song I would've loved to see a video for. There's nothing wrong with Hyper Music being a single per se, I just think Micro Cuts would've been better and maybe more well suited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I just think it stood out more on the album than Hyper Music, plus it's always been a song I would've loved to see a video for. There's nothing wrong with Hyper Music being a single per se, I just think Micro Cuts would've been better and maybe more well suited. What do you mean when you say well suited? Because it would certainly be an awful single. Standing out =/= Being a good choice for a single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Absolutely Assassin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawakangaroo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 showbiz, citizen erased, micro cuts, ruled by secrecy, hoodoo, united states of eurasia0/7 Er, 6. I can't count apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedkill Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 this may sound weird, but i kinda like having only 'commercial' songs commercialized i would've puked if i saw citizen erased on some mtv/viva/vh1 channel between kanye west and katy perry videos. TiRO, starlight, SMBH, invincible, uprising, UD etc., those are the songs that have a certain "single" aura (lets face it, primary objective of singles is to draw people to the band and are mostly picked out for being most mainstream and radio friendly). and then once you notice a band and dig beneath the surface, you discover gems like showbiz, space dementia, microcuts, citizen erased, megalomania, blackout, ruled by secrecy, assassin, city of delusion, hoodoo, mk ultra, exogenesis etc etc not sure if this makes any sense to anyone else, but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 this may sound weird, but i kinda like having only 'commercial' songs commercialized i would've puked if i saw citizen erased on some mtv/viva/vh1 channel between kanye west and katy perry videos. TiRO, starlight, SMBH, invincible, uprising, UD etc., those are the songs that have a certain "single" aura (lets face it, primary objective of singles is to draw people to the band and are mostly picked out for being most mainstream and radio friendly). and then once you notice a band and dig beneath the surface, you discover gems like showbiz, space dementia, microcuts, citizen erased, megalomania, blackout, ruled by secrecy, assassin, city of delusion, hoodoo, mk ultra, exogenesis etc etc not sure if this makes any sense to anyone else, but oh well. That's it in a nutshell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 this may sound weird, but i kinda like having only 'commercial' songs commercialized i would've puked if i saw citizen erased on some mtv/viva/vh1 channel between kanye west and katy perry videos. TiRO, starlight, SMBH, invincible, uprising, UD etc., those are the songs that have a certain "single" aura (lets face it, primary objective of singles is to draw people to the band and are mostly picked out for being most mainstream and radio friendly). and then once you notice a band and dig beneath the surface, you discover gems like showbiz, space dementia, microcuts, citizen erased, megalomania, blackout, ruled by secrecy, assassin, city of delusion, hoodoo, mk ultra, exogenesis etc etc not sure if this makes any sense to anyone else, but oh well. A bit elitist, but still one of the most sensible posts in this thread. Micro Cuts, Space Dementia, Megalomania etc would have been shit singles, and no one in this thread would probably have heard of Muse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 this may sound weird, but i kinda like having only 'commercial' songs commercialized i would've puked if i saw citizen erased on some mtv/viva/vh1 channel between kanye west and katy perry videos. TiRO, starlight, SMBH, invincible, uprising, UD etc., those are the songs that have a certain "single" aura (lets face it, primary objective of singles is to draw people to the band and are mostly picked out for being most mainstream and radio friendly). and then once you notice a band and dig beneath the surface, you discover gems like showbiz, space dementia, microcuts, citizen erased, megalomania, blackout, ruled by secrecy, assassin, city of delusion, hoodoo, mk ultra, exogenesis etc etc not sure if this makes any sense to anyone else, but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaking Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I'd go as far as to say even the first four albums had a good selection of singles. For The Resistance if you switched Undisclosed Desires with MK Ultra I'd think that was fair. If you mean for the actual core group of fans then yes. From a more business standpoint I think they made the best choice in having UD as a single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 With singles bands normally pick their more accessible songs to gain more fans and listeners. It's not just putting your best songs in single format (although it doesn't mean the best songs can't be singles, B&H is an example). Long complex songs like Citizen Erased wouldn't work too well. They're just not very appealing to most people, at least until they start checking out more of the band and find those gems. tl;dr, what weedkill said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning_October Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 It shocks me that FAWY wasn't a single, but that's the only major oversight that I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipso Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The song they hate and have never played live, you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The song they hate and have never played live, you mean? When have they said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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