forevermusic Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Panic Station was fun live at Shepherd's Bush, but at the O2 felt weirdly placed, and the visuals were more interesting at the Emirates. Still, it was better live than Follow Me or Unsustainable. I'm on the fence on the rotation - I like the idea of a genuine unpredictability for certain songs, but equally dread the idea of winding up with the shit end of the stick. Though tonight's setlist would not be objectionable, barring the obvious length issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockertae Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Sunburn and Panic Station are both great, glad to see them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibros Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Just came back from a Glen Hansard gig. 11 piece band played for two hours and a half none stop and the sound mix was the best I've heard in any gig I've ever been to. OT: #longersetforlondon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauri_musa Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Matt forgot the Panic Station lyrics https://twitter.com/musenewses/status/710248116180676608 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Matt forgot the Panic Station lyrics https://twitter.com/musenewses/status/710248116180676608 I heard that as, "I know I'll fight a little Russian" ... my hearing is really fucked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel_Tufnel Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) I mean, songs like Assassin and Showbiz can be tricky so as much as it's still shitty to go back on them without saying anything, it's at least somewhat understandable. There's no excuse for backing out of Defector though, it's piss easy. For some reason, it surprises me that this is so much a thing. Are Muse's own songs really so difficult for they themselves to play? I understand that an aging vocalist can't always hit the high notes that he/she once did and that there is a need to avoid shredding one's vocal cords over the course of a tour. Still, it seems that there are ample adjustments that can be made with changing the key and pacing the set appropriately to alleviate the problem. It's not like anybody is expecting Matt to sing Showbiz, Micro Cuts, Take a Bow and Survival back-to-back every night. (Although that would be quite awesome.) Ignoring the touring acts that rely on backing tracks and back-up singers to flesh out the vocals, there are enough bands who play much longer sets than Muse seemingly without so much consideration about how difficult it is to perform their own songs. Many bands play 25-30 career-spanning songs per night (minus all the jams and prerecorded playback) without much regard to "difficulty". Edited March 17, 2016 by Nigel_Tufnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi. Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 'Bout time that Panic Station returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corkscrewed Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Many bands play 25-30 career-spanning songs per night (minus all the jams and prerecorded playback) without much regard to "difficulty". I dunno... I can't think of quite that many who do 25-30 a night. Springstein, Pearl Jam, U2, Foo Fighters on Dave's birthday last year... I mean, there are definitely some bands, but I feel like concerts in general have gotten acceptably shorter. Gone are the days of consistent 3 hr rock shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) Speaking of length, were we a song short tonight? Or was there something between Madness and JFK that I didn't hear about? Edit: Nvm, didn't know about Map. Edited March 17, 2016 by Jobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonisdead Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 https://soundcloud.com/fastback/muse-panic-station-fastback Thought this was relevant also 666 hail satan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU6tW1L4No4 Sounds pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Yep, was nice to see that he can still sound great for Sunburn despite his voice being in patchy form pls let this mean it's sticking around for london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regilistic Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Sunburn :love: Hopefully the rotation stays at Eurasia/AP/Sunburn and FG doesn't come rearing its ugly head again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin26 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I had a dream recently that I went to a Muse show that opened with Revolt followed by SMBH. They did however go on to play Showbiz, Shine, Stockholm, and The Small Print If only. Anyway. Very happy to see Sunburn! Bit more indifferent to Panic Station but I'm all for more rotation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjackk Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Sunburn always sounds so good live. Interested to see the new visuals for the more 'regular' songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 So, realistically, I could walk away from my 5 gigs having seen Revolt, Stockholm, The Globalist, AP, Sunburn, Map, PIB, Bliss, TAB, CE and Reapers. That's a batch of songs I'd be pretty happy with tbh, 4 or 5 new ones ain't bad. Defector or Assassin or showbiz would make it really killer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I dunno... I can't think of quite that many who do 25-30 a night. Springstein, Pearl Jam, U2, Foo Fighters on Dave's birthday last year... I mean, there are definitely some bands, but I feel like concerts in general have gotten acceptably shorter. Gone are the days of consistent 3 hr rock shows.Green Day, The Cure and Kaizers Orchestra are a few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musekiddo Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Fantastic to see Sunburn back, it never disappoints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Race to the finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kueller Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Let's close the thread off with numbers. I got a count up of the songs played through all the US gigs (this includes small venues and promotional gigs). There's also some things like Prelude not being counted for some gigs but no one cares about that. 21 concerts. Showbiz: Origin of Symmetry: 2 New Born 3 Bliss 1 Hyper Music 8 Plug In Baby 3 Citizen Erased 4 Feeling Good Absolution: 10 Apocalypse Please 18 Time Is Running Out 2 Stockholm Syndrome 20 Hysteria Black Holes & Revelations: 20 Starlight 21 Supermassive Black Hole 8 Map of the Problematique 1 Assassin 21 Knights of Cydonia The Resistance: 21 Uprising 15 Resistance 13 Undisclosed Desires 4 United States of Eurasia The 2nd Law: 18 Madness 6 Prelude 2 Animals 16 The 2nd Law: Isolated System Drones: 21 Dead Inside 2 [Drill Sergeant] 21 Psycho 18 Mercy 18 Reapers 17 The Handler 17 [JFK] 7 Revolt 17 The Globalist 29 [Drones] Other: 1 The Groove And here's the European dates so far. Again, this includes the Psycho Tour and festivals. I'll do more specifics like the arena tour only or whatever else someone wants later. 45 concerts. Showbiz: 1 Sunburn 1 Muscle Museum 5 Uno Origin of Symmetry: 6 New Born 15 Bliss 3 Hyper Music 34 Plug In Baby 11 Citizen Erased 4 Micro Cuts Absolution: 25 Apocalypse Please 44 Time Is Running Out 27 Stockholm Syndrome 38 Hysteria 1 Blackout 1 Butterflies & Hurricanes Black Holes & Revelations: 9 Take A Bow 43 Starlight 45 Supermassive Black Hole 10 Map of the Problematique 2 Assassin 45 Knights of Cydonia The Resistance: 45 Uprising 11 Resistance 5 Undisclosed Desires 5 United States of Eurasia 2 Unnatural Selection The 2nd Law: 12 Supremacy 27 Madness 1 Panic Station 12 Prelude 7 Animals 14 The 2nd Law: Isolated System Drones: 39 Dead Inside 2 [Drill Sergeant] 45 Psycho 39 Mercy 39 Reapers 33 The Handler 27 [JFK] 1 Defector 4 Revolt 14 The Globalist 26 [Drones] Other: 7 Agitated 2 Dead Star 3 Fury 2 Futurism 3 The Groove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueEyedFloozy Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Matt forgot the Panic Station lyrics https://twitter.com/musenewses/status/710248116180676608 Damon forgot the lyrics to Song 2 when I saw Blur last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander DeLarge Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) I dunno... I can't think of quite that many who do 25-30 a night. Springstein, Pearl Jam, U2, Foo Fighters on Dave's birthday last year... I mean, there are definitely some bands, but I feel like concerts in general have gotten acceptably shorter. Gone are the days of consistent 3 hr rock shows. To be fair, there aren't that many arena/stadium rock bands out there anymore so pretty much every single band listed is on Muse's "tier". Nine Inch Nails plays 22-25ish songs generally. http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/nine-inch-nails-1bd6a5bc.html?tour=Tension+2013 Edited March 17, 2016 by Alexander DeLarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyjackk Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Green Day, The Cure and Kaizers Orchestra are a few more. To be fair aren't most of Green Day and the Cure's songs 2-3 minutes long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 To be fair aren't most of Green Day and the Cure's songs 2-3 minutes long?Yeah but http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-cure/2014/eventim-apollo-london-england-7bcd065c.html And I'd say most of them are over 3 minutes. 3-4 minutes with a few songs just below 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozza Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Biffy Clyro were doing 26 (and did 27 last time I saw them!) on their last album tour. Radiohead did 24 when I saw them. Muse are at mid-point of the scale for bands with more than 2 albums (even then Friendly Fires did 17 on their 2010 UK shows). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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