delita Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Map of the Problematique is the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchey Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 MoTP is the second best Muse song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fintan Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I personally love this song and would have to agree with what people are saying about MoTP, it's not amazing! Follow Me is by no means the best song on the album (that title falls to Supremacy) but it is still great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 This one keeps getting better and better. Though I can still do without the raging Bono at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 This one keeps getting better and better. Though I can still do without the raging Bono at the end. Same, I love every second of it even though the ending feels unnecessary. Still not THAT bad though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espionage Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I enjoy the melody and chords, but the production on this song is just too much for me. What's with the pulsating beats?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 This one keeps getting better and better. Though I can still do without the raging Bono at the end. I see what you did there This song gets better with each listen to me. Not normally the type of music I get into, particularly during the chorus, but Matt's voice just makes it work for me. Plus I'm a sucker for that looping synth during the verses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espionage Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 On second listen, the beats bother me less and the song is actually really beautiful. I'd love to hear a more stripped down version of this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 This song still gives me a raging bono... I would LOVE to see the alternate version as a B-Side at some point, though. I also think the lyrics are touching, and not at all terrible or cheesy. I really didn't think I'd feel that way, but I do. Really unexpected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 What's with all the raging bonos in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchey Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 What's with all the raging bonos in this thread? sDchw0tODM0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckmuser14 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I liked the song at first but now it's REALLY growing on me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemoreemptychair Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 This song is definitely my favourite on the album. Which is odd, because I've never really been a fan of electronica before. I think it's because you can still tell it was written as a 'rock' song ... but just performed differently. I honestly think that if they had done it the way it was written it would have sounded a bit "muse-by-numbers" and wouldn't have stood out the way it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm not a big "electronica" fan, either. However, I do find it especially well done in this song. Never heard of Nero, so didn't know what to expect. I think the song just proved to me how much I'm absolutely in love with Matt's voice, well, that and it's catchy as herpes. I adore this song so much, but the fact that I've had it relentlessly stuck in my head since E-werk is a bit concerning for my mental health. I'm also just a big sappy sucker for the lyrical content. Singing a song about how having a baby changed your life/made you a better person/the world is a wonderful place now is a terrible cheesy thing. Singing a song TO your child about being strong for them, and being there for them no matter what... beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm not a big "electronica" fan, either. However, I do find it especially well done in this song. Never heard of Nero, so didn't know what to expect. Give Nero's album Welcome Reality a listen all the way through. I think it's the only electronic album I've ever listened to from start to finish and I've done it many times now. If anything is a consistent, well-flowing album it's that one. Listen and learn Muse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2ndwub Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Nero Ft. muse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sade Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 The Guardian review nails my thought/puzzlement about the song Occasionally, you get the sense the band's sound is actually antithetical to genuine emotional impact. Follow Me is a song about Bellamy's baby son: "I will keep you safe, I will protect you, I won't let them harm you," he sings. He obviously means it, but delivered as it is, in a portentous voice that leaves teeth-marks on the scenery, to a backdrop of distorted dive-bombing bass (courtesy of co-producers Nero) and florid synthesiser arpeggios, it sounds like he doesn't. I mean, I doubt Matt would take the piss out on being father/when he's singing for his son.(Well, some people have very black sense of humour, so I guess it's possible) His voice however sounds like he is. He sounds drunk or something. It's weird. (yes, I had to look up "portentous") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstice Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Some of the song (most of the first 2 minutes actually) sounds like he's expressing anger at anyone who could ever wrong his son, which the heaviness suits, and then the second half is generally happier lyrically and musically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I don't see why a song for your newborn child can't be dark. There's a lot to consider and to worry about when you bring a child into this world, even more so when your mind tends to gravitate towards the apocalyptic like Matt's does. Life's not a constant party, but as a father, he promises to pull him through the chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sade Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 It's not so much about having to be all happy-go-lucky just because it's a fatherhood song, but that the way of delivering that (darker) sound it executed in a distracting way which sounds like a joke (i.e. distracting from the intended emotionl impact). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 It's not so much about having to be all happy-go-lucky just because it's a fatherhood song, but that the way of delivering that (darker) sound it executed in a distracting way which sounds like a joke (i.e. distracting from the intended emotionl impact). Matt hasn't sounded sincere since he started trying to be sincere on Absolution, when he goes all theatrical and unnatural it might actually indicate that he means it, strangely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I don't care one jot. The song is fucking amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sade Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Matt hasn't sounded sincere since he started trying to be sincere on Absolution, when he goes all theatrical and unnatural it might actually indicate that he means it, strangely. You might be on to something. He seems uncomfortable sharing his emotions on songs and maybe the more theatrical, the more attempt at hiding actual feelings. A bit painful for the listener though. At least for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 A bit painful for the listener though. At least for me. Yup, for sure. I'll take a youthful scream over faux-operatics anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 The song IS dark. Intentionally. At least at the beginning. I always fail at putting what songs "feel" like to me in words, but here it is... The beginning is really dark. It elicits being alone (echoey, distorted, deep and heavy,) scared, and in danger. The vocal and musical change opens up to Matt's more soaring vocals, when the song becomes about him being strong for his son, and being a "light in the darkness" for him. You can see it as sort of a revelation of Matt's, to maybe quit looking at things quite so darkly, as well. I think some of Muse's music sounds like one big pisstake (*cough* Survival,) but I don't feel like that at all, here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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