Britrock Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 ...You walk into the Virgin Megastore in Times Square (in New York City for those who don't know) and Invincible's playing. Alas, they weren't playing the entire album, but still, Muse in Virgin in Times Square. Quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneebs Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Yeah, my little brother was there at the end of July and they were playing Supermassive. In the same Virgin Megastore on Times Square! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 they've played BHaR in its entirety the past two times i've been to Tower Records, makes the visit very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I was just in LA for the Emmys and we went into the Virgin Megastore there, and they must have had dozens of BHaR posters there. It's a UK oriented store, really. It's no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjspiderman Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 i went into that very same virgin there looking for knights of cydonia on physical single and then i realised US doesnt do shiz that way or someTING as the rest of the world. is that right? but there were a whole shelf of copies of black holes and revelations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry_Juice Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 How about when the US TIRO video is playing on the screens in the waiting lines of Six Flags Great America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkshines2020 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 haha. theres a local record store here that i went into, just for a second until, supermassive black hole came on, so i stayed to listen. made me smile. and i was at the bowling ally and it was cosmic bowling and the 2nd song/video they played was TIRO live, i left my friends and the game to go sit in front of the nearest tv and watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 they've played BHaR in its entirety the past two times i've been to Tower Records, makes the visit very nice they did? where? i need to get out more last time i heard Absolution at Barnes&Nobels i had to ask my friend: do you hear this music or is it inside my head? How about when the US TIRO video is playing on the screens in the waiting lines of Six Flags Great America? my god it is always a shock for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emiwenis Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 lovely. i believe though i have only heard BH&R the most random place - a girly dress store in the Thousand Oaks mall (southern california) named ANGL was playing the full album when i went in there with a friend looking at cute dresses. and i have heard Knights of Cydonia on the radio (san diego 91x) but i have not heard it or any other muse music anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocanux Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 KNDD/TheEnd in Seattle is sponsoring a laser show next week, set to the entire BH&R CD from start to finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.jingles Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Making into the States means... - Having hits on Top 40 radio - Making appearances on TRL - Having 'American Idol' hopefuls covering your song - Being on constant rotation on MTV All of these equal to... SELLING OUT I much prefer to hear people tell me for the 1000th time... MUSE? WHO ARE THEY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry_Juice Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I recently went for dinner at this crap burger place with my little brothers, just a bunch of stubbly fat men watching a footbal game and oggling the skimpy waitresses and smoking and drinking loads. Then "Hysteria" came on, so I went into the bathroom and stayed there for the duration of the song, where I could hear it better. Selling out? Such a silly term. They've just become popular, nothing wrong with that. They deserve the recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrogzappa Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I recently went for dinner at this crap burger place with my little brothers, just a bunch of stubbly fat men watching a footbal game and oggling the skimpy waitresses and smoking and drinking loads. Then "Hysteria" came on, so I went into the bathroom and stayed there for the duration of the song, where I could hear it better. Selling out? Such a silly term. They've just become popular, nothing wrong with that. They deserve the recognition. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.jingles Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Selling out? Such a silly term. They've just become popular, nothing wrong with that. They deserve the recognition. Being popular doesn't equal selling out... otherwise The Beatles would be the biggest sell-outs of all time. Selling Out means bowing down to the mainstream standards and losing your musical identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarchaeologist Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Americans are looking for the next Coldplay. Simple as that. The Wolstenholme kids aren't named after fruit, are they? If not, Muse should do just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aur0rabells Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 well when the US SS video came out, it was playing in American Eagle o.o (cheaper, better version of Abercrombie, if you ask me.) but so far not so much play in Texas.. but the love is spreading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellamy Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 ..i dont know, but i just really hated being in Forever 21 (girl clothing store) and listening to KoC. it was horrible. i felt so bad they were murdering the song there...all they play in that store is whatever stupid airhead girls think is cool. i dont know why i was there in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry_Juice Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Being popular doesn't equal selling out... otherwise The Beatles would be the biggest sell-outs of all time. Selling Out means bowing down to the mainstream standards and losing your musical identity. They've not bowed down to the masses, they're properly bitchslapping them now. If a band changes their style, it's not always because of popular demand. Muse did something different from their other albums. But then again, every album is different. So in that sense, they're still doing the same thing. Any more stuff they make in the future will be different, as well. So if you don't like their new material, just wait for the next album before you deem them sell-outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarchaeologist Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Muse will be sell-outs when they embrace Fallout Boy-esque emo-ness, which hopefully will be never. Or if they ever work with Hillary Duff...but then again, that would be totally unexpected and therefore not selling out? She's said in interviews that she would love to record something with Muse. Apparently she's a huge fan. So that makes her way cooler than Lindsay Lohan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkshines Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I heard BH&R being played in HMV and Sunrise 2 days in a row. It was so nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBag Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 They played Map of the problematique durring the US OPEN tennis.. on USA... IT WAS SWEET.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 They played Map of the problematique durring the US OPEN tennis.. on USA... IT WAS SWEET.. Yeah I was watching that too. I was surprised.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest universalradio Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 they've played BHaR in its entirety the past two times i've been to Tower Records, makes the visit very nice I thought tower disappeared a year ago. they did in cali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liron Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 When I walked into that Virgin in April they had BHAR first one up in one of the Virgin Recommends stands. I took a picture on my phone cos I was so impressed (and also cos I have no life) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest universalradio Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Making into the States means... - Having hits on Top 40 radio - Making appearances on TRL - Having 'American Idol' hopefuls covering your song - Being on constant rotation on MTV All of these equal to... SELLING OUT I much prefer to hear people tell me for the 1000th time... MUSE? WHO ARE THEY? Having hits on top 40 radio doesn't mean much of anything anymore. Any of the crap out there can be #1 one day and disappear the next, never to be heard again. & who watches MTV? MTV's ratings are usually much less than a million viewers at any given time, and even their awards shows get 2M or less. That's fairly paltry in a nation of 350M people. And hearing good music in a record store is not that surprising. You've made it in the US when you can sell out huge stadiums in any state you visit.....even in the deep south. You've made it in the US when they play about half the songs from one of your albums, on the radio, fairly regularly FOR YEARS. You've made it in the US when Sears Catalog people hear your music for the first time, love it, and want to buy it. Muse sells out, not huge, but decent size venues all around the US, & obviously the response is strong enought that they've toured America, in support of the same album 3x in a little over a year. Muse songs I've heard on the radio at least once....and most, more than that. supermassive blackhole apocalypse please time is running out stockholm syndrome hysteria take a bow starlight map of the problematique Soldiers poem City of delusion Knights of Cydonia Except for Madonna's ray of light album. (they played almost all the songs, some on one station, others on another), Muse is the only other band that I've heard who has decent rotation of alot of songs from a single album with 3 from absolution & 5 from BH&R on 2 different radio stations..... INDIE 103.1 which is also on itunes radio, and the KROQ. these are LA's most popular stations, & Muse are their darlings I'd say that's making it in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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