X-Offender Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Apologies if this has already been done before. I tried searching for it, but I couldn't find anything. Anyway, my vote goes to New Born. Not only a tremendous song, but also a fantastic opener.
Finn. Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Hard to say, New Born is indeed tremendous, but Take a Bow and Supremacy too. Fun fact: BH&R was intended to open with Knights and close with TaB but they changed it in the last time.
kueller Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 It was in the Muse book, I know that much. I think it was less of a last minute switch though and more of a constant debate on which would be the opener and which would be the closer.
Hat Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 And they ended up opening with TaB because Chris realised it ended in the same key as Starlight or something iirc
Clunge Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Take A Bow is a vastly superior closer. Don't know how they could have reordered BH&R to make Knights work as opener though as that closing trio of City of Delusion, Hoodoo and Knights is so good. Almost impossible decision this as all of those songs are pretty much my favourite or second favourite from each respective album . New Born has always been my favourite Muse song though.
Hat Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Take A Bow is a vastly superior closer. Don't know how they could have reordered BH&R to make Knights work as opener though as that closing trio of City of Delusion, Hoodoo and Knights is so good. Almost impossible decision this as all of those songs are pretty much my favourite or second favourite from each respective album . New Born has always been my favourite Muse song though. Knights of Cydonia City of Delusion Hoodoo Assassin Exo-Politics Soldier's Poem Invincible Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Map of The Problematique Take A Bow works for me
X-Offender Posted May 18, 2014 Author Posted May 18, 2014 Hard to say, New Born is indeed tremendous, but Take a Bow and Supremacy too. Fun fact: BH&R was intended to open with Knights and close with TaB but they changed it in the last time. Interesting. I can actually see that work, but I'm glad they opted differently. Knights of Cydonia is kick-ass as closer.
X-Offender Posted May 18, 2014 Author Posted May 18, 2014 By the way, does anyone else think that Uno should have actually been the opening track for Showbiz? I think it would have been a fantastic choice. The intro is perfect. The way it kicks after Unintended makes little sense to me. Plus Uno means 'One' in Italian, so...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 It depends whether we're considering which of the six is simply the best song or which one is best suited to open its particular album. I would say that Apocalypse Please is maybe not the best song of the bunch but perfectly suited to open Absolution. Of course, New Born is the perfect intro to the spacey themes of Origin as well. The others are all great songs on their own merits.
Dave. Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Knights of Cydonia City of Delusion Hoodoo Assassin Exo-Politics Soldier's Poem Invincible Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Map of The Problematique Take A Bow works for me Dayum...
X-Offender Posted May 18, 2014 Author Posted May 18, 2014 It depends whether we're considering which of the six is simply the best song or which one is best suited to open its particular album. Which one is best as album opener. Might be that you like X better than Y, but you consider Y to be a better album opener.
heyjackk Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 Muse have always had great openers, I've gotta say all of them are songs I love. Take a Bow and Uprising are my favourites though, they're a little darker, and really in your face. New Born's a favourite too. If you're talking about which songs could have potentially been openers, I've always thought TSP or maybe even Fury could've been a cool opener for Absolution, Unsustainable could've worked as an album opener for The 2nd Law, having Unsustainable open and Isolated System close the album would've been a cool idea.
Hat Posted May 20, 2014 Posted May 20, 2014 If you're talking about which songs could have potentially been openers, I've always thought TSP or maybe even Fury could've been a cool opener for Absolution, ew no to both.
canuckmuser14 Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 Take a bow . Easy Can't choose between TaB or New Born...
X-Offender Posted May 22, 2014 Author Posted May 22, 2014 Seems a neck and neck race between New Born and Take a Bow.
Aeterna Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 I chose Sunburn. Sunburn and New Born are tough competitors. Love how nicely New ?Born flows and how British it sounds, but the darkness of Sunburn is up my street and the music video has Matt at his most attractive.
Peter. Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 TaB yupp. also, Apocalypse Please is a close second. I don't even like new born that much.
serpentsatellite Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 I love the way Newborn sounds immensely, but to this day some of the lyrics just bug me enough to get in the way.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now