MuseToYourEars Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 If no, why? If yes, how? In a good/bad way? Personally, Muse has done so many good things in my life. - My ears can enjoy the melody and the intelligence of the instruments coming together, while my brain can pick apart the lyrics and analyse the deep meaning. - Their songs have such raw emotion and important themes, and I believe some of the songs helped me to express my own frustrations in life in a healthy way - The resistance was partly inspired by a book I believe- 1984, which as a result, I read, and started my obsession with meaningful books and my interest in world issues, governments and corruption, etc. - The lyrics in some songs (like butterflies & hurricanes) made me realise how I can and should achieve to my full potential, as everyone should aim to be. That's all I can think of right now, ahh I need to study for my mid-terms! Sorry this is so long! This is my first thread, and well, I wanted it to be thought-provoking! ...I think Muse has just made me appreciate music and life more. So WBU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigapoodle Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Red and blue-dyed hair acutally look cool now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanob17 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Muse cheer me up in any situation. Doesn't matter what song, or what has happened, if I hear Muse, my life is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisRowlands Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 For me they've given me massive inspiration for loads of things. They have music which suits any occasion and it's sort of become a ritual to listen to them whatever mood I'm in. They've also given me much amusement with their antics and endless quotes :') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren. Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Muse music has given me cause to not study much, as I am listening to it, talking about it on here or youtubing it. It has also shown me what proper music is, not manufactured mainstream shite, but music with depth and lyrics with emotion and intensity. It has also inspired me to look for other bands/artists which aren't in the mainstream so I can investigate properly talented musicians more I love Muse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notyounaanbread Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 From being a fan of muse I have actully learnt quite a bit... Everytime I hear a word I don't know like 'exo...' (yeah I carnt spell it), I'll look it up because I like to understand what they are trying to say. And like lolren said I love Muse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluginstarlight Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Bad way 'cause I annoy my friends and parents almost everyday even if it's got better... They've done a lot "on me": music is my life now, I joined a board for the first time ever...I'm perving about a drummer on a messageboard for god's sake!, I'm learning how to play guitar, I spend a lot more money and lots of other things... And I think loving Muse makes me love Matt...I don't know what I would have thought of his looks if I didn't know who Muse were... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocoarrival Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I've been singing in some bands, my job is too related with music, I'done rock radio programms, and I have to say that I never liked all the songs from a band before. I think is beautiful to evolve and grow up, and accept the person you are with a company as good as Muse. I can remember concret moments in my life through the bands I was listening to in those moments. It's so simple. It's so comfortable to know, really know, that in the same world exist people that feel, express and think in the same way. Bridges are built to connect parts of all, and I think Muse actually is connecting people all over the world. I'll always remember this moment of my life, with the launching of The Resistance, as the moment in which I revealed my truly me, the moment I saw that we are not alone passing through life When I'm in front of the microphone, and finally find the note I was looking for, I just vanish myself, feeling this bliss, and you know you are not there, you are really in your own version of the paradise. I met Muse, and now I know that we are paradise's neighbours. There are so many songs that are really important fr me, beacuse the sensations, because the lyrics, because the infinite details that they have shared with us. At the end, what thay have transmitted me is the feeling that no one in this world is alone, that everyone loves, suffers, everyone have dark thoughts and feelings, but finally, the hope and dreams we have is what define us as human beings, what really matters is to fight, no t to win, just stand uo, and try It's difficult for me to express that, but, I was getting mad with my life and my past, but now, I've calmed down, and I'm happy. Muse has given me the understanding, the peace i needed and I can only feel pleased to them, because of the big effort they're doing. They work everyday thinking too in our happiness, they just want to move us. I just walk along the streets with Muse in my earphones and then, everythings around me, just turn into an infinite landscape where I can run freely I'm sure that if God could listen to Exogenesis, he would save us, because this music proceeds from the human emotions Their talents are the precioust present that music has given to me. I'm just waiting for the moment to go to the Madrid stadium and share all these feelings with thousands of people. It's gone be a big beautiful moment, we are the butterflies armee that could cause a big hurricane only being there together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuseRLegend Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Muse helped me find who I was. Before Muse, I wore popular clothes, listened to popular music. I look back on that time in shame. I didn't know who I was, but since Muse, I have discovered a whole new part of myself. I read books constantly: Sci-fi mostly, but also non fictional science, Richard Dawkins, and even political books. Muse made me curious, made me go out and attempt to understand the impossible. As well as teaching me to wear what the hell I liked. They also taught me to love music again. Ive always played the piano, but I hated it. I now play the piano, clarinet and Im trying to play guitar, and I play constantly. Each second of my life is filled with music, whether it be rock or classical (both of which, I love, because Muse allowed me to dare to discover other genres). Muse have also taught me to follow my dreams. I want to be an actor, but coming from a middle class background, my family discouraged it, wanting me to go the acedemic route. Muse taught me that I should use my life wisely, and make it count, because life is short. So Im going into acting, and though the odds are stacked against me, I believe that if I am determined and commited, like Muse were as teenagers, I can achieve anything. I have also found my soul mate. I only met her through Muse, and I owe everything to them for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermassive_Dead_Star Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Oh my God.. before Muse i didn't really listen to music, if anything it was pop music. ew. I'm quite sad to say that i found muse when the twilight soundtrack was given to me for my birthday 2 years ago.. sorry.. I kinda fell in love straight away with Supermassive Black Hole.. i then bought The Resistance and was "Omg, i love it" Muse make me feel happy, not a lot of things can do that but i won't go into that... My "obesession" (as my friends call it) started in january this year.. i just don't listen to anything else I love the Showbiz album.. i don't know why some people call it crap ¬_¬ ok, i'm done now sorry for wasting your time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekoliini Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Muse have had a HUGE impact for my life. In a good way, of course. Muse is the best music I've ever heard. And Matthew Bellamy's voice, ah. It makes me cry at the times. Muse just sounds so good. I can almost feel Matt's, Dom's and Chris's presence when I listen to Muse. I don't know if I've listened Muse too much but nowadays Muse's music is the only music that makes me really enjoy myself and gives peace etc. And in my personal life, I fell in love with Muse again (last time I was this excited of Muse was when I was about 16 years old). And of course I fell in love with Matthew Bellamy. Hih. Im my life I've had a really strong crush with a boy I know. But he doesn't like me. So, after felling in love with Muse and Matt again I got over my really hard and uneasy relationship with that boy. I think Muse's gig here at Finland will have a very strong impact to my life. I don't know how, but it will. Thanks for being alive MUSE. Loved you yesterday, love you today, love you tomorrow, will love you forever ('cause Love is Forever, right?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennyfluff Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 The first time I listened to muse it shocked me, it was nothing like anything I had ever heard. Ever since then I have been amazed and absolutely overwhelmed by the music they bring to me. I suppose they have opened my ears to music I would have never listened to before, which in turn has me happier and feel more fulfilled. The massive and amazing fanbase they have has also made me feel as if they set me apart from the crowd. I've spent my money on guitars CDs and tickets as well. Like alot of people here I think that their music is really special, I haven't heard anything like it. Everything about them makes me amazed; their music, their live shows, their fanbase and even them as people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazydays Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 The muse and the members of muse have inspired me in a lot of ways - I can say the alphabet backwards now - I'm better at guitar and piano than my friends who actually took lessons just because I obsessively learn muse/muse related things (smug) - I started reading again, non-fiction books that have to do with history or theories about space and evolution. - I've learned to be way more open minded, I can easily accept people/ideas that a few years ago I would have been offended by, or just have disregarded. - I have a compulsive urge to travel, meet interesting people, and do outlandish things. Maybe these things were always sort of inside us, but it took a muse to bring them out, and I swear there's no better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss :) Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Muse were the first band that really excited me with their music. And they have helped me to develop a better taste in music (my taste isnt perfect, but it is shitload better then it used to be!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigapoodle Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 To be more serious....Muse is the one bad who I've found I can consistantly enjoy; because they're changing but not changing too much. Like, they're not staying in the same mold of music, but they're not radically changing it either. It's just....nice. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawakangaroo Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I've only been a fan for a little over a month I think (but it seems like much longer) but Muse has impacted my life already. -It broadened my taste in music. I used to only like fast, harder rock, but now I love rock mixed with strings, piano, etc. and some softer, more musical songs. -It calms me down and makes me feel a little better when I need it, kind of like a friend that I don't have. -It inspired me to start learning guitar and piano (again-- I had quit both a while ago), and now I'm planning to try to do a solo project with piano, violin, guitar, and whatever the hell fits. -People now think I have some sort of speech impediment because I got into the habit of saying Ws instead of Rs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemzaza Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I have yet to write an entire essay on how Muse changed my life. It's ludicrous how much Matt, Dom, and Chris have done for me. But... I suppose I'll make some key points: 1. Muse helped me connect with other people and become myself again 2. Muse gave me more of an affinity for classical music after becoming jaded through growing up on it. Now I appreciate it so much more. I mean, classical was always cool, but it's even more awesome now. 3. Muse inspired me in artwork. Listening to a song would produce an idea to be drawn on paper. Also, drawing their faces a lot severely improved my shading and form skills. 4. Muse made me practice piano and bass more, like I always wanted to do but never had motivation for 5. Muse brightened my days as I watched funny interviews. Seriously, when no one else was there to cheer me up, they were, even in 2007, watching an interview from 2002, for example. 6. Muse taught me to think even broader than I had before (just an extrapolation of my own philosophical thoughts) 7. Muse taught me the word "floccinaucinihilipilification." 8. Muse aided me in redeeming confidence 9. Muse is a part of me now. It's so hard to piece together all the things they've provided me, but I'll get the puzzle together at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocoarrival Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 They are the plane. You'll only be able to touch the sun once, one night in any stadium in this world, but you 'll go on feeling the heat all your life. This forum is great people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrebleRose689 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Like many people have mentioned, Muse music somehow has the ability to make me feel better, no matter how angry/sad/upset I feel. It's basically common practice now... whenever something's bothering me, I put on some Muse and everything's okay again I really can't put my finger on it. There's something just really incredible and powerful about their music that can really lift my spirits, I guess As an aspiring writer, I've actually found lots of inspiration in the lyrics to their songs. There are so many raw emotions in there, it's hard not to be inspired! Plus I think they've just enhanced my appreciation for music in general. I absolutely ADORE music more than anything else in the world, and the stuff they create is so beautiful and interesting that it really capitvates me. I've strengthened a lot of my friendships because of it. Whenever I discover that one of my friends loves Muse (or when I introduce a friend to their music) it gives us new common ground to share and discuss together. Me and my friends all love music, and most of us love Muse as well It's wonderful. I suppose the only real negative change on my life is that they've basically ruined all other music for me My friends will try to introduce me to some new band and my reaction is pretty much always "Eh. They're pretty good, but they're no Muse!" (Don't get me wrong though... I love lots of other music from many other genres beyond Muse's realm... but for me, no one is better than them! ) Wow. I can't believe how sappy that all turned out But I really do freakin' love them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainingradioheads Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Muse inspired me to not only practice piano more than I ever had, but it took them to get me even trying to work out things on the guitar. They've also introduced me to this forum, which has given me connections to the rest of the world, many more friends, and a new taste in music. Before Muse, I felt bored with my life in away. The way that they brought me back to playing music, the one thing I think I'm good at, I can't thank them enough for. It's not that I've listened to them so much recently - I'm giving them a break. But Muse have done a lot for my life, in a sort of insignificant way. I don't think I can ever truly hate them after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avey Tare Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 My friends will try to introduce me to some new band and my reaction is pretty much always "Eh. They're pretty good, but they're no Muse!" I say that too. I love reading all of these.. It makes me feel good that you all love Muse as much as I do . They (or should I say Matt) inspired me to take up the piano again. I found Rachmaninov's music through Matt as well since he's a fan. I didn't listen to classical music before so I had never heard of him. and on a more personal note, I met my boyfriend at a concert of theirs. I guess in a way that has "changed my life" but then again I'm still very young so who knows.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CydonianCrystal Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I guess they kind of give me hope. Which sounds pretty silly considering how their songs often seem to be about feeling some sense of hopelessness, but you know how it is with music - people sing the feelings we have that we ourselves don't express. It's like that with Muse in a way, and hearing them create the music they do...everytime I listen to them and I feel a bit lost, afterwards I always tend to feel a bit better I can't wait for the Wembley gig Sept 11th though, one because it will be my first ever Muse gig, but also because being with thousands of other Muse fans in one place and seeing all these songs performed live and there, it's going to be amazing. Even if the setlist may apparently not be up to the expected scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apap3rplat3 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 - Muse has convinced me not to disregard every conspiracy theory as garbage without actually considering it as a legitimate possibility. I now carefully analyze the theory and then make my decision, instead of just immediately dismissing it. "As conspiracies unwind, will you slam shut or free you mind? Or stay hypnotized?" pretty much sums it up. - They also have strengthened my interest in classical music, from Mozart to Beethoven. They have influenced me to be more exotic in my music tastes, and to give everything an equal try. Even if I don't like it, perhaps I'll appreciate the talent that the musician posses. - They've also made my exponentially happier. Anytime I'm feeling down, I can just put on a Muse song (this doesn't work for all Muse songs obviously) and it cheers me up. They give me hope for the future of music and humanity, that there are still musicians who care about music, and that there are still people who care about humanity's survival and prosperity, Overall, Muse kick ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'd_Rather_Dance Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Last December my cat died and then my husband left to go overseas a week later so needless to say, I wasn't doing very well emotionally. Listening to Muse was one of the only things that could make me smile during that time. Muse have gotten me through a lot of tough times; being an escape from all the stress and chaos in my life. My world would be a whole lot darker without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fish Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Believe it or not, my English got better (it's not my first language). New words from the lyrics and listening to interviews on YouTube and all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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