Muse

[CHRLY]

Survival is fucking great imo, better than anything on the resistance for me.

[FloorFiller]

thinking about it there really aren't any GREAT songs on The Resistance. all of the other albums have their downs but then some pretty great ups, but The Resistance never really reaches any particularly breathtaking heights. Unnatural Selection and MK Ultra are both decent enough but pretty bog standard Muse songs

i still hate Survival. that and United States Of Eurasia are the two prime examples of where Muse have gone horribly wrong (and i think it's association with the Olympics and hackneyed lyrics to make that association brings it even further down)

[Gucci Piggy]

I still remember when Survival came out. I was at an Editors gig and got a text from my mate saying "It starts off sounding like Glee and then Matt starts singing about life being a race which he's going to win", and I feared the worst. I then listened when I got back to the hotel and my fears were confirmed.

[LondonTom]

Follow Me is better live, I think its you can tell it means something to Matt. I like Unsustainable/Isolated System, I'd think they would work well on a stronger overall album.

Survival I'd agree it, I love most of the tune...but the lyrics are really really shit.

Resistance, I really like Unantual Selection/MK Ultra and as said I'm a fan of Undisclosed Desires...but yeah I can see the reasoning, there isn't a great/stand out song to carry to it along.

And actually I think the same is true of the 2nd law, also had a listen yesterday ..and I found it a bit dull listening to it one go in all honesty ...which suprised me as I quite liked it when it first came out.

Edited August 7, 2014 by LondonTom

[Lubic]

For me, The Resistance is all about Exogenesis these days. Could happily listen to a full album's worth - a Matt solo album perhaps.

[FloorFiller]

And actually I think the same is true of the 2nd law, also had a listen yesterday ..and I found it a bit dull listening to it one go in all honesty ...which suprised me as I quite liked it when it first came out.

see i actually fucking love Madness. the more i listen to it the more i appreciate how great it is. not a popular opinion i know but i rank it as one of Muse' best

Supremacy and Panic Station are both pretty good too without being fantastic. the album starts off well and then crumbles as soon as Survival comes in

For me, The Resistance is all about Exogenesis these days. Could happily listen to a full album's worth - a Matt solo album perhaps.

i remember in the leadup to The Resistance, Matt was talking up this epic space opera thing that closed the album. i had visions of some epic, eleven minute long Knights Of Cydonia kind of thing but even more ridiculous (in a good way), and then what we got just didn't live up to my expectation, so i've always felt a little meh about it

[metallimuse]

I rate Madness highly.The refrain where he sings "I need to love" towards the end and it opens up is life affirming.Epic moment at a gig.

Shoot me

[Gucci Piggy]

I rate Madness highly.The refrain where he sings "I need to love" towards the end and it opens up is life affirming.Epic moment at a gig.

Shoot me

That moment, and the part in Explorers where he sings "Runnind around in circles feeling caged by ENDLESS ruuules" are indeed life-affirming. Best two moments of the album.

[CHRLY]

Fuck the lot of you Survival is ace!

Nahh I know it's shit but it's good shit rather than shit shit, if you know what I mean.

As for the resistance I'd say I belong to you is the best song, again probably an unpopular choice

[CHRLY]

P.S anyone else noticed that bit of vocal melody in explorers that COMPLETELY rips off Don't stop me now by Queen.

And did anyone notice Big Freeze is a U2 song?

[Gucci Piggy]

Oh I Belong to You is pretty cool actually, except the French singing and the clarinet solo.

Which part of Explorers is that?

Yes Big Freeze is a U2 song (ergo, shite).

[CHRLY]

Yeh the first half of I belong to you is much better than the second.

It's the line 'and feeling natures glow' about 50 seconds in. I think I'm being over analytical haha

[jonodillieono]

P.S anyone else noticed that bit of vocal melody in explorers that COMPLETELY rips off Don't stop me now by Queen.

And did anyone notice Big Freeze is a U2 song?

Me and a the group around us at the Manchester gig broke into Don't Stop Me Now at that part of explorers. Terrible terrible song, it's up there for me with Guiding Shite

[LondonTom]

Nahh I know it's shit but it's good shit rather than shit shit, if you know what I mean.

I think thats what most of us have said, its not far from being a great song but ...

"Whatever it takes You won't pull ahead I'll keep up the pace And I'll reveal my strength To the whole human race"

[holmsy12]

Big Freeze was my favourite song off 2nd Law when it first came out ...

sorry.

[CHRLY]

Big Freeze was my favourite song off 2nd Law when it first came out ...

sorry.

You should be! That song never reaches the heights of songs like save me and follow me!

[Lubic]

Follow Me would make an excellent Eurovision entry

[DJL]

I quite liked 2nd law which is much more favourable than i felt about resistance but still not a patch on their early stuff. A heavier album and live show which was more focused on the music than the show and i'd watch them again.

[willutalk]

Supremacy is a born Bond Soundtrack. Don't forget to quote me when it's used as one. Such a quality opening track to The 2nd Law.

Personally the artist tag for the whole album should be Muse featuring 100 other musicians.

Although I do like the ambitious nature of the album I do feel that the need a more cut down guitar bass drums vocals album to bring Muse's pathway a bit more down to earth for a while.

[CHRLY]

I think the big question is when will Matt take the next natural step in his career and move to the west end?

[FloorFiller]

Supremacy is a born Bond Soundtrack. Don't forget to quote me when it's used as one. Such a quality opening track to The 2nd Law.

pretty sure they wrote it with Bond in mind / as their audition song for Skyfall. remember they were everybody's front runner for the theme song until Adele was finally chosen

[metallimuse]

Pretty sure they were asked to write for Skyfall and composed Supremacy and then late in the day Adele said she would do it so Muse got dumped.

Been listening to Ruled By Secracy recently after all the hate on here and I like it.Loved that,Endlessly and Blackout from that album.

[FloorFiller]

Been listening to Ruled By Secracy recently after all the hate on here and I like it.Loved that,Endlessly and Blackout from that album.

those were the three that never really interested me from that album (along with Intro and Interlude of course)

not bad songs but i'd never put them on individually - only when listening to the album as a whole

[jonodillieono]

Just found this list I did the other year... I didn't realise I hated some Showbiz songs so much

butterflies and hurricanes

citizen erased

showbiz

bliss

map of the problematique

stockholm syndrome

mk ultra

muscle museum

dead star

new born

hyper music

the small print

micro cuts

city of delusion

knights of cydonia

sunburn

hysteria

assassin

sing for absolution

plug in baby

take a bow

thoughts of a dying athiest

resistance

in your world

the 2nd law: isolated system

cave

sober

survival

united states of eurasia

exo-politics

apocalypse please

falling away with you

unnatural selection

exogenesis symphony part 2

ruled by secrecy

space dementia

Panic Station

feeling good

fillip

Animals

megalomania

supremacy

liquid state

blackout

madness

exogenesis symphony part 1

invincible

undisclosed desires

unintended

darkshines

uprising

screenager

supermassive black hole

neutron star collision

starlight

big freeze

exogenesis symphony part 3

the 2nd law: unsustainable

Follow Me

endlessly

overdue

save me

i belong to you

uno

hoodoo

falling down

guiding light

escape

hate this and ill love you

soldier's poem

explorers

interlude

intro

edit: I was wondering where I put Time is Running Out bit it seems to be missing so some other songs may be to... just pretend it's above T2L: Part 2 but below In Your World

Edited August 12, 2014 by jonodillieono

[Gucci Piggy]

Wow that's a lot of dedication to a list I haven't ranked every song, but this is my top 10 in order.

1. Citizen Erased

2. Butterflies and Hurricanes

3. Map of the Problematique

4. Coma

5. Fury

6. Micro Cuts

7. Dead Star

8. Escape

9. Take a Bow

10. Showbiz

I think that's it. Something like that.