Muse

[willutalk]

Well Drones might not be as good on studio but it's got some massive live potential. At Download they bossed what could have been a bit of a 'strange' show (I use the word strange as Muse and Download were foreign to each other at the time). Matt's musicianship was sublime. And tracks like Reapers, Psycho, Mercy  and Dead Inside were ecstatic. 

They really have sorted a live set list I mean look at their strength of back catalogue. Ever since The Resistance they been sorted and have been writing albums for fun, with current themes etc

I know that an album with the same status and quality of Origin of Symmetry, Absolution, BH and R would be desired, but writing the same album isn't what I want. 

They get better and better live for me ever since I saw them for the first of 4 times in 2010. That's all that counts for me.

 

 

[LondonTom]

1 hour ago, willutalk said:

Well Drones might not be as good on studio but it's got some massive live potential. At Download they bossed what could have been a bit of a 'strange' show (I use the word strange as Muse and Download were foreign to each other at the time). Matt's musicianship was sublime. And tracks like Reapers, Psycho, Mercy  and Dead Inside were ecstatic.

 

 

Not really

[The Placid Casual]

Guys, is it a bap, cob, roll or barm?

[mr gumby]

38 minutes ago, The Placid Casual said:

Guys, is it a bap, cob, roll or barm?

It's a batch 

[Gucci Piggy]

It's a bread bun or roll.

[The Placid Casual]

31 minutes ago, mr gumby said:

It's a batch 

Never known anyone to call it that...

 

It's a bap btw.

[mr gumby]

10 minutes ago, The Placid Casual said:

Never known anyone to call it that...

 

It's a bap btw.

I was being facetious really, I would say bap or roll. Batch is sometimes used around Cheshire / Staffordshire / Derbyshire area. I've got a lot of family around there, and they all say either batch or barmcake. 

[maelzoid]

My problem with The 2nd Law is the tracklisting. I think the music is pretty cool, with a handful of great songs, but it feels like they ordered the album with the best songs / singles first much like a butcher's window. Almost as if they knew people wouldn't listen all the way through.

I re-sequenced the album myself, and only ever listen to that version - it's way better.

[maelzoid]

Musically, I like Drones, but my goodness the lyrics are bad. I'm not sure I can think of a mainstream rock album that is so bad lyrically - it s the kind of stuff a 14 13 12-year-old would come up with.

[mr gumby]

3 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

My problem with The 2nd Law is the tracklisting. I think the music is pretty cool, with a handful of great songs, but it feels like they ordered the album with the best songs / singles first much like a butcher's window. Almost as if they knew people wouldn't listen all the way through.

I re-sequenced the album myself, and only ever listen to that version - it's way better.

The butcher's window analogy is good. Most meat eaters like prime rib and quality sausages, but the demand for tripe and pigs trotters is pretty low. 

Of course, you now need to post your own track listing, so everyone can try it and report back!

[Hugh Jass]

2 hours ago, The Placid Casual said:

Guys, is it a bap, cob, roll or barm?

It's a cob, unless it's a Drone.

[maelzoid]

3 hours ago, mr gumby said:

Of course, you now need to post your own track listing, so everyone can try it and report back!

Unsustainable
Supremacy
Liquid State
Panic Station
Follow Me
Big Freeze

Prelude / Survival
Animals
Madness
Save me
Isolated System
Explorers

Sequenced in 2 halves because I'm a vinyl purist.

I also did some minor sound editing to tighten the gaps between some of the songs, specifically Unsustainable into Suprememcy, and Animals into Madness 

[Mash011]

6 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

Unsustainable
Supremacy
Liquid State
Panic Station
Follow Me
Big Freeze

Prelude / Survival
Animals
Madness
Save me
Isolated System
Explorers

Sequenced in 2 halves because I'm a vinyl purist.

I also did some minor sound editing to tighten the gaps between some of the songs, specifically Unsustainable into Suprememcy, and Animals into Madness 

While this is probably more coherent, that slide from a passable beginning into baffling, totally misconceived shittiness is all part of the fun of The 2nd Law. The bad ideas just pile up and up and it collapses completely in the most hilarious way.

[maelzoid]

8 minutes ago, Mash011 said:

While this is probably more coherent, that slide from a passable beginning into baffling, totally misconceived shittiness is all part of the fun of The 2nd Law. The bad ideas just pile up and up and it collapses completely in the most hilarious way.

So what you're saying is; If you're gonna fuck it up, then FUCK IT UP!!!!

[jack z]

Posts have come from a fan who is 'close to the band' saying that Muse will be performing a 10th anniversary show for Black Holes and Revelations at some point this year. Seeing as though the Origin of Symmetry shows were at Reading and Leeds after The Resistance tour, could this BHAR show be at Glastonbury after the drones tour?

I haven't actually seen the posts or anything, I've only heard/seen rumours etc.

I'd take this with a pinch of salt, but Hoodoo and Take a Bow would be wonderful on the pyramid.

Edit. Just realised that BHAR was released on the 28th June, It would be almost 10 years to the day.

Edited January 27, 2016 by jack z

[reflekting]

20 minutes ago, jack z said:

Posts have come from a fan who is 'close to the band' saying that Muse will be performing a 10th anniversary show for Black Holes and Revelations at some point this year. Seeing as though the Origin of Symmetry shows were at Reading and Leeds after The Resistance tour, could this BHAR show be at Glastonbury after the drones tour?

I haven't actually seen the posts or anything, I've only heard/seen rumours etc.

I'd take this with a pinch of salt, but Hoodoo and Take a Bow would be wonderful on the pyramid.

Edit. Just realised that BHAR was released on the 28th June, It would be almost 10 years to the day.

If this is true it would add a little more appeal. The Origin show was the best I have seen Muse perform out of the 5/6 times i've seen them. It's a shame they didn't follow the same rule for Absolution though, which was probably their best piece of work to date. 

[Hugh Jass]

If they celebrate BHAR is Matt going to stop just before Starlight and point out the exact point where it started going wrong.

That they'd do something for this turd and not Absolution is a disgrace. 

[cornish hick]

On 24/01/2016 at 0:34 AM, TomViolence said:

They're building up a collection of hits. Who knows?!

more like Who knows any of their 'hits'?

[CaledonianGonzo]

As a world-reknowned authority on The Muse, I believe I'm well qualified to state as a certainty that even they're not daft enough to befoul the sheets at Glastonbury by playing a whole plethora of album tracks.

[Gucci Piggy]

Yeah BH&R in full at Glastonbury would be an awful idea. That's an 11 song run which the majority of the crowd will know 3 of.

If they didn't do Absolution anniversary shows I'm not sure why they'd do them for BH&R. Origin worked as it's the fan favourite, and I reckon they only did it because they needed a gimmick to prevent their Reading and Leeds booking from looking naff. 

[zero000]

Muse need gimmicks to stop themselves looking naff? Who knew?

[CaledonianGonzo]

You'll be singing from a a different hymn sheet when Jim and the lads run out on that stage and there's a wee drone whizzing around over your head.

[Boozy]

I saw Muse play BH&R in full when they first toured the album, granted I was a bigger fan than I am now, but I was still disappointed. Absolution in full would've been brilliant. 

[Mash011]

BH&R in full would definitely get me to the Pyramid. Don't tell me you'd rather watch them do The Globalist. Don't think it'll happen though.

[FloorFiller]

albums in full definitely aren't something i can see happening for a Pyramid headliner (especially albums of such little significance), but a slightly heavier on BH&R than usual setlist would be alright/better than what they're doing now