Please explain Muse to me

I like them, anyway, even if I am incapable of explaining why this is. Maybe with their pretentious, po-faced stupidity they've gone so far off the scale of things that I should hate that they've emerged at the other side?

i could remove the hideous guitar vnwyngiysyie malmsteem or whatever the f**** it is pomposity, and the vocals?

maybe there would be a cool rhythm track in there.

I'll look out for it in charity shops ten years from now ...

[exits mumbling, sorry]

what? mogwai did that last year on happy songs.

as for muse: i'm gonna out myself and say i love 'em. sure, they're ridiculous, pompous, OTT indie show-offs, but fuck that: they R O C K, and that's what counts.

also, ffs not this again...

The what now?

I saw them at T in the Park last year and they blew everyone's minds.. enormous stacks of amplifiers, sound tweaked just so. They were running out between everyone else's sets to add more speakers and play with things, for like hours, so when it finally came time for them to play it was all ready, and they switched on and it was like the entire sound system of the festival had been replaced with something twice as loud. "New Born" is phenomenal, I don't really know any of the names of their songs though, they're one of those bands like Sade or Stereolab where it doesn't really matter

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/muse_girls.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/muse.jpg

hxxp://download.yousendit.com/2BD49F9D2BE04446

Then I heard "Stockholm Syndrome" on Rage one night and went "woah fuck thats good". So, yeah. I like the over the top baroque metal/indierock hybridangst.

I have now heard two songs by this band that I like. And the video for Knights of Cydonia is amazing.

I feel weird even asking (though I'm plenty shameless): which album should I start with?

Origin Of Symmetry if you want 'em at their most rocking-out, Absolution if you want 'em at their most successfully ambitious.

Don't be ashamed. I recently had a discussion with a friend where the topic was "good bands whom you associate with the worst music tastes" and Muse came out pretty much on top. As long as you don't prance around in their shirts or blather about how they're the greatest band of the decade or whatever, there's plenty to enjoy.

Other 2 albums are REALLY bad, tho

Thanks. What's so bad about Black Holes.... The reviews make it sound like it's their best. Is it more electronic or something?

It's got a couple of decent songs but it's by far their most facile, limp record. Grandstanding suits them, and it's no coincidence that the best songs on BHAR are the two where they REALLY go for it (Take A Bow and Knights Of Cydonia). I dunno, tho, maybe you'll like it more! Try it.

Yeah, I'd rather hear them go for it. They sound to me like a cross between Rush and Supergrass. At least the songs I've heard so far.

Which songs have you heard?

New Born (which I thought was the superior song) and the aforementioned Knights of Cydonia (which has good parts but is made much better by the visuals).

New Born IS the superior song. It's the lead-off track on OOS, which is a fun, kick-ass album. If you liked it, you'll like the record.

Cool. I'll report back after I visit my buddy at Everyday Music.

Don't be ashamed.

no, do be ashamed.

how are these mooks better/more 'groundbreaking' (whatever that means) than lcd soundsystem? im not even a big lcd guy, but srsly fuck a muse.

Fucks sake NRQ, they're totally NOT groundbreaking, stop trying to troll me

Honestly, I listen to plenty of groundbreaking music. I'm just curious about Muse because I heard a song that sounded good to me.

Fuck an LCD Soundsystem.

basically, that. plz don't bring up last night's embarrassing rants in today's shameless funseeking!

muse and queen occupy the same sphere for me: bombast that I can see why it's fun, but does nothing for me. muse are slightly less corny than queen tho, admittedly.

Hellishly mastered.

You guys are all so wrong. Muse is one of the best bands of the past 10 years.

Ned and I do not agree on everything. Sometimes, a British band comes along and my own critical faculties evaporate where his remain steadfast. It is my blessing, and my curse.

I like these guys a lot. Still haven't heard the first album, but like the two I have heard and the live one a bunch. Looking forward to the new album.

xpost - Sorry Country Matters. I still haven't done my homework!

Ok I think they're abhorrent and listening to them gives me headache but I was watching their Wembley Stadium performance from a cpuple of years ago on tv and I'll admit they seem pretty good live, manage to sound very close and maybe better than they do on record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tugqHunwDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I7gpswhQ4

Today is revive mediocre bands day to me.

Widdly guitar arpeggios. Trying to pass off lyrics like "snowflakes melt into the ocean at midnight" as profound. Gets old fast.

I repped for them upthread but in hindsight "Stockholm Syndrome" turned out to be the only one I liked, the rest was piff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFZGnfMLMw&feature=player_embedded

lol.

Fuck you. (The band, not the article, which is accurate.)

A truer brand of torrid velveeta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3oFKAsobc

Jeez, I never realized until right now how badly Muse has been copying The The all these years.

xxp that's so bad, they could have got Vikings era Prince to do it and he'd have come up with something better.
It starts off with some anonymous national anthem, then throws in the 'ha ha ha ha' bit from 'O Superman', then some sub-Queen lyrics and a guitar solo that sounds like Brian May in a washing machine. They must surely have written this as a piss take, right? Regardless of whether they did or not, this song is probably going to be played at the opening ceremony. To a TV audience of hundreds of millions. I guess maybe the organisers wanted something more stupid than Boris Johnson at the ceremony.
We could probably get Muse to represent the UK in next year's Eurovision. They'll either win outright or lose and we'll be rid of them.

If the Olympics were held in Ireland and they got Jedward to do the official song, it'd be better than this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vSe-mmw

So Muse were the only band dumb enough or neo-Liberal enough to actually buy the whole "play for free, no need to pay you, think of the exposure" line?

ghastly

I guess that The Darkness turned down the offer because they didn't want to make themselves look stupid.

The Darkness could have done with that £250 though.

I didn't know spandex trousers were that expensive.

Hair club for men costs a bomb.

Spandex doesn't grow on trees.... or does it?

This song is a bit Lloyd Webberish, I could imagine it as the music for Seb Coe: The Opera.

This is hilarious what's wrong with you all.

Hilariously bad is still bad. OTOH I've realised that I've been subconsciously waiting over 20 years for a self important bombastic mess of a song that's even worse than Queen's 'Innuendo'.

Twitter reminds us: it could be worse. It could have been Coldplay.

ledge otm

I've listened to this abomination about half a dozen times now, because I can't believe it's so bad.

OK, I've finally got this to work on my mobile.

This is from their forthcoming light opera: Ayn Rand, The Musical, right?

The guitar solo... will it never end?

I keep waiting for The Drop, and then the "dubstep" bit to kick in. That's the only way they possibly could have this song even more of a too muchness.

widdly widdly divebomb
widdly widdly divebomb
high pitched widdly widdly
long sustained high note

Muse asked to run Teignbridge District Council

I guess that Matt Bellamy's letter finally got through to the Jim'll Fix It production team.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61735000/jpg/_61735710__60365102_60365101-1.jpg

You know they're just thinking 'ho ho ho, it looks like a cock!'.

Are all their most recent music videos still set in outer space like the early ones tended to

Literally the worst band in the world.

Probably but like Roy Chubby Brown you have to go out of your way to hear their music now.

There was like two hours of it on Sky Arts last night. Hence the revive.

Another reason to not subscribe to Sky.

It's been on Freeview for a while - at least where I am. You're not missing much though.

Muse are dogshit obv but I really fancy a ruffle bar now

Sky Arts more like Sky Middle Aged Dad Music

Sky Farts

It seems to be mostly cheaply made 30 minute "Then she made this movie" documentaries on various film stars, with Derek Malcolm - who I assumed was dead after watching some of these, he looks so frail - and various other talking heads.

Wait is Derek Malcom not dead?

Tbf to Sky Middle Aged Dad Music there is about 5% actually decent content

Maybe not 5

Apparently still alive! 88!

I thought Matt Bellamy looked like a wanker before but ffs:
https://www.mansonguitarworks.com/media/mageplaza/blog/post/8/6/86844_0_wide_ver1551312038.jpg
His sartorial style is a cross between Bono, Kanye West, and the singer from Maroon 5.

Bit of Mark King in there imo except Mark King made good records

Muse's bass player looks like this:
https://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/Muse-Chris-Wolstenholme-SNL-06-10-12.jpg

xp throw in some Timmy Mallett too.