They are unlistenable suck and ridiculous wiffle. Why god why?
Please add the coherence i am incapable of below with your opinion, ta.
― ruffle bar (grumpy_bastard), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
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?
― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― lukey (Lukey G), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:50 (nineteen years ago) link
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 ...
― ruffle bar (grumpy_bastard), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 13:56 (nineteen years ago) link
[exits mumbling, sorry]
― ruffle bar (grumpy_bastard), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link
also, ffs not this again...
― teh pow! (blueski), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Richard K (Richard K), Thursday, 23 September 2004 03:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny L, Monday, 10 January 2005 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:32 (nineteen years ago) link
The what now?
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 10 January 2005 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 10 January 2005 17:48 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 January 2005 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 10 January 2005 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 18:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 January 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/muse_girls.jpg
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 January 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/muse.jpg
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 10 January 2005 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― si carter, Monday, 10 January 2005 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 05:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― noizem duke (noize duke), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 06:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 06:09 (nineteen years ago) link
hxxp://download.yousendit.com/2BD49F9D2BE04446
― BeeOK (boo radley), Monday, 8 May 2006 05:01 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 8 May 2006 05:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Monday, 8 May 2006 05:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 8 May 2006 10:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― sixteen sergeants, Monday, 8 May 2006 14:46 (seventeen years ago) link
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?
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Origin Of Symmetry if you want 'em at their most rocking-out, Absolution if you want 'em at their most successfully ambitious.
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Other 2 albums are REALLY bad, tho
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks. What's so bad about Black Holes.... The reviews make it sound like it's their best. Is it more electronic or something?
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:15 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Which songs have you heard?
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
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).
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Cool. I'll report back after I visit my buddy at Everyday Music.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Brohan Hari, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Fucks sake NRQ, they're totally NOT groundbreaking, stop trying to troll me
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link
basically, that. plz don't bring up last night's embarrassing rants in today's shameless funseeking!
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 11:34 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― rjberry, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Hellishly mastered.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
You guys are all so wrong. Muse is one of the best bands of the past 10 years.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― the hubby space veggiescope (country matters), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― unperson, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost - Sorry Country Matters. I still haven't done my homework!
― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 10:12 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Moka, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 07:56 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tugqHunwDAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99I7gpswhQ4
― Moka, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 07:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Today is revive mediocre bands day to me.
― Moka, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 07:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Widdly guitar arpeggios. Trying to pass off lyrics like "snowflakes melt into the ocean at midnight" as profound. Gets old fast.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I repped for them upthread but in hindsight "Stockholm Syndrome" turned out to be the only one I liked, the rest was piff.
― Sunn O))) Sundae Smile (Trayce), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFZGnfMLMw&feature=player_embedded
lol.
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck you. (The band, not the article, which is accurate.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 June 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
A truer brand of torrid velveeta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3oFKAsobc
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 June 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
Jeez, I never realized until right now how badly Muse has been copying The The all these years.
― Austin, Thursday, 28 June 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Jeff Goldblum is watching you, pope! (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2012 07:32 (eleven years ago) link
If the Olympics were held in Ireland and they got Jedward to do the official song, it'd be better than this.
― Jeff Goldblum is watching you, pope! (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2012 07:40 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vSe-mmw
― Chris S, Thursday, 28 June 2012 07:57 (eleven years ago) link
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?
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 28 June 2012 08:35 (eleven years ago) link
ghastly
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 28 June 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
I guess that The Darkness turned down the offer because they didn't want to make themselves look stupid.
― Jeff Goldblum is watching you, pope! (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2012 10:03 (eleven years ago) link
The Darkness could have done with that £250 though.
― owenf, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:33 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't know spandex trousers were that expensive.
― Jeff Goldblum is watching you, pope! (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
Hair club for men costs a bomb.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:37 (eleven years ago) link
Spandex doesn't grow on trees.... or does it?
― Too Busy Thinking About Mr. Abie (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:37 (eleven years ago) link
This song is a bit Lloyd Webberish, I could imagine it as the music for Seb Coe: The Opera.
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:51 (eleven years ago) link
This is hilarious what's wrong with you all.
― Jesu swept (ledge), Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
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'.
― Jeff Goldblum is watching you, pope! (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
Twitter reminds us: it could be worse. It could have been Coldplay.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
ledge otm
― goonrise zingdom (some dude), Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
I've listened to this abomination about half a dozen times now, because I can't believe it's so bad.
― Jeff Goldblum is watching you, pope! (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
OK, I've finally got this to work on my mobile.
This is from their forthcoming light opera: Ayn Rand, The Musical, right?
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
The guitar solo... will it never end?
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
widdly widdly divebombwiddly widdly divebombhigh pitched widdly widdlylong sustained high note
― Jeff Goldblum is watching you, pope! (snoball), Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
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!'.
― Jeremy Clarkson Sex Face (snoball), Sunday, 22 July 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
Are all their most recent music videos still set in outer space like the early ones tended to
― Supper's Burnt (PaulTMA), Sunday, 22 July 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Literally the worst band in the world.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 February 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
Probably but like Roy Chubby Brown you have to go out of your way to hear their music now.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 20 February 2021 13:41 (three years ago) link
There was like two hours of it on Sky Arts last night. Hence the revive.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
Another reason to not subscribe to Sky.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
It's been on Freeview for a while - at least where I am. You're not missing much though.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link
Muse are dogshit obv but I really fancy a ruffle bar now
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
Sky Arts more like Sky Middle Aged Dad Music
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
Sky Farts
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link
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.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
Wait is Derek Malcom not dead?
Tbf to Sky Middle Aged Dad Music there is about 5% actually decent content
Maybe not 5
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
Apparently still alive! 88!
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
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.jpgHis sartorial style is a cross between Bono, Kanye West, and the singer from Maroon 5.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
Bit of Mark King in there imo except Mark King made good records
― The Scampo Fell to Earth (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
Muse's bass player looks like this:https://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/wp-content/uploads/Muse-Chris-Wolstenholme-SNL-06-10-12.jpg
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
xp throw in some Timmy Mallett too.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link