MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Matt said in the Roundhouse the song was about ancient genetics. I do believe they overproduced the song to make it a bit silly with the backing chorus, if it was intentional or not, i don't know. Pity, because the guitar is really a killer in Survival. It was intentional, trust me. And I'm actually starting to think they've had this approach for many songs on Drones, like Reapers or Revolt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Is this news to anyone? Muse have literally laughed at their own music in the studio, and specifically said that many take them too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplytom Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Loving Unsustainable/Isolated System atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper_chondriac_muser Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I love it when my iTunes makes a great Muse decision for me. I just booted it up this morning - first song, at random, is New Born. Untick shuffle, listen to OoS in full for the first time in ages . That always happens to me, it's awesome. Intro on shuffle led to Abso in full… so much more epic when you haven't heard the album in a while Actual chills during RBS <3333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Is this news to anyone? Muse have literally laughed at their own music in the studio, and specifically said that many take them too seriously. then y da hell we stil criticyze 'em??1!!2? But seriously, I have a feeling that although Mutt Lange advised them to dumb the lyrics down, they decided to keep them for the sake of being self-consciously ridiculous or grotesque, bar Dead Inside, Mercy (yep, seems like they shamefully blew it in that perspective), The Handler, Aftermath and The Globalist. That may be the idea that makes me still love Drones as a whole: a story supposedly told in the style of an overblown novel full of clichés that satyrises itself. Obviously, this could be applied to previous songs like Uprising or Supremacy. And that's why - I have to admit - sometimes I evilly chuckle at the people who take the messages conveyed by this kind of songs as completely real and honest. They're simply fictional to me; bits of narration written from the point of view of an imaginary character. As I've already said, this kind of theory - if confirmed - could "absolve" almost all of their recent production, be it objectively naff or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I dunno. Matt's always talked about the album concept so sincerely, and about how he really cares about the subject matter. If he's just saying that to fool fans and interviewers into taking the music more seriously... wouldn't that make it worse if his intent was really to be ridiculous and satirical? He's openly admitted that Drones is a fictionalized account of his personal life, too. I'm not saying every song is serious, or meant to be so (Survival obviously isn't,) but Matt promoted and talked about this album pre-release as if it were very serious in subject matter. And while it's also not a concept that I believe he does a great job of getting across through the lyrics, it's also not one that I feel is good fodder for satire in the first place. I mean it's... a serious concept, and a real world problem that doesn't exactly have much humorous about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01FromFinland Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I don't know if I can say rediscovered, but I've been listenting to Butterflies and Hurricanes a lot more recently. It just is such a great piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I don't know if I can say rediscovered, but I've been listenting to Butterflies and Hurricanes a lot more recently. It just is such a great piece.I was just coming to post this somewhere (Warning, loud) God I hope Matt gets back into the piano soon, for more than just the occasional cheesy ballad. Especially since he used to write a lot of the melodies for the rock songs on the piano, and the fact that he says he hasn't really paid attention to the piano in recent years leads me to believe that this is not the case anymore. Obviously just speculation but I do think it has affected their material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I'd wondered about that, but then again he said Revolt was a piano song at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 See, cheesy ballads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Revolt would be perfectly enjoyable if not for those chorus lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Or the melody imo. I don't want to think "with or without you" after every "you can revooolt". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentsatellite Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I guess I'm immune to Muse songs sounding like other songs at this point since it's so prevalent. Probably helps that I barely listen to music. I remember that big Sam Smith song really angering me for that reason though. I do really like Revolt, so it's a damn shame about those chorus lyrics. Like I said, though, I make it work by looking at them cynically, as the first song of the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I guess I'm immune to Muse songs sounding like other songs at this point since it's so prevalent. Probably helps that I barely listen to music. I remember that big Sam Smith song really angering me for that reason though. I do really like Revolt, so it's a damn shame about those chorus lyrics. Like I said, though, I make it work by looking at them cynically, as the first song of the album. As a pop/rock song by itself, Revolt isn't bad at all and displays interesting choices concerning sound effects (like the police sirens accelerated and turned into a pulsating, rhythmical synth). Also, the idea of increasing and decreasing in tempo between choruses and verses is... quite "funny", I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 You know that none of that is particularly special, right? As a "pop/rock song by itself", whatever that means, I'd say it's terribly outdated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 You know that none of that is particularly special, right? As a "pop/rock song by itself", whatever that means, I'd say it's terribly outdated. In fact, I've deemed it "interesting", not "innovative" or "particularly original". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Revolt's just about my favourite song from Drones these days. It has an innocence I've not heard from Muse since songs like Fillip and Overdue. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanp16 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Revolt's just about my favourite song from Drones these days. It has an innocence I've not heard from Muse since songs like Fillip and Overdue. Love it. Fillip > Revolt >> Overdue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Revolt's just about my favourite song from Drones these days. It has an innocence I've not heard from Muse since songs like Fillip and Overdue. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianSpaghettiRider Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Revolt's just about my favourite song from Drones these days. It has an innocence I've not heard from Muse since songs like Fillip and Overdue. Love it. Isn't Overdue about sex, though? And Fillip lyrics aren't so happy and hopeful as they seem, albeit the music is indeed upbeat excluding the soft jazz beat in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AranElyndir Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Ruled by secrecy. I've never found this song particularly awesome(one of the low songs of Absolution for me), but the end almost makes me shiver now. Especially the Glastonbury's version. Perfect song before going to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplytom Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 The Handler. I knew it was awesome already, but then I got my new headphones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerd herd Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Animals. The guitar parts are brilliant. In fact, The 2nd Law isn't as bad as I remembered it being. Some absolute belters on that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duk3 Fluk3m Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Animals. The guitar parts are brilliant. In fact, The 2nd Law isn't as bad as I remembered it being. Some absolute belters on that album. Yeah, i liked a lot of T2L songs. In fact, I only really dislike Save Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moniciaq Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 the first song i listened is OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT recently is MADNESS omg is soooo bueno! "i need your love~~~":musesign: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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