Muse- The Resistance

i shit and i stink wrote:

JordyWordy wrote:

i shit and i stink wrote:

My God this band are horrible, I knew they made a second record but I didn't realise they were still going. I just heard the new single and it sounds like the Electic 6 or something a transvestite would sing at GAY.

Didnt know Muse were still going? This is a joke right?

No. But I know now.

Fair enough!

As a fan of Muse since the showbiz days,

I love the band, and especially the albums that followed absolution and symmetry - those were awesome records, and you have to get down on your knees at any band that can create 4 minutes of beauty like stockholm syndrome.

So that said where did it all go wrong?

Black holes was well shall we say borderline Ok - the disco theme ruined it to be blunt, Muse playing disco live was not a pretty sight, and supermassive black hole was a tremendous let down on stage, it just killed the shows, unless you like the radio and love the mainstream charts.

so i'ma little late to the party on this new record, but after persevering with it for a few weeks, its gotta be said its just total shite, and its a fucking good job this wasnt their debut, otherwise people who have taken time to let this album grow because of their love of the band wouldnt have bothered. Its just bollocks, they are better than this. Its all so egocentric, all classical indulgence and really it doesnt work, it sounds like a synth heavy queen and 80's rip off at best.

A shambolic failure, and thank fuck I didnt bother getting tickets for the arenas or football stadiums, because Muse have taken their eye off the ball and tried to make music for the charts, and then surrounded it by music destined for Radio 4.

intodeep wrote:

pdalowsky wrote:

As a fan of Muse since the showbiz days,

I love the band, and especially the albums that followed absolution and symmetry - those were awesome records, and you have to get down on your knees at any band that can create 4 minutes of beauty like stockholm syndrome.

So that said where did it all go wrong?

Black holes was well shall we say borderline Ok - the disco theme ruined it to be blunt, Muse playing disco live was not a pretty sight, and supermassive black hole was a tremendous let down on stage, it just killed the shows, unless you like the radio and love the mainstream charts.

so i'ma little late to the party on this new record, but after persevering with it for a few weeks, its gotta be said its just total shite, and its a fucking good job this wasnt their debut, otherwise people who have taken time to let this album grow because of their love of the band wouldnt have bothered. Its just bollocks, they are better than this. Its all so egocentric, all classical indulgence and really it doesnt work, it sounds like a synth heavy queen and 80's rip off at best.

A shambolic failure, and thank fuck I didnt bother getting tickets for the arenas or football stadiums, because Muse have taken their eye off the ball and tried to make music for the charts, and then surrounded it by music destined for Radio 4.

We have a very similar opinion. I'm not sure I'll go as far as saying they are trying to make music for the charts, but i agree in your assesment of the last two albums.

the first three were very good though.

I should have clarified, the singles they are releasing are geared for the charts.....supermassive and that new utterly dreadful song that is third on the album - I cant even be bothered this time to learn the track names!!!

Well, I have been a Muse fan since Original Symmetry, an unconditional fan of their first 3 records but still DO love the last and enjoy the new one...to tell you the truth, the new stuff cemented the fact they are my top 3-4 favourite band ever, and in spite of the fact that I miss the harder, metalesque guitars The Resistance is full of beautiful melodies and arrangements that still WORK!!!
Can't wait to see them again, and I am really sorry they've become huge in the States and practically everywhere :twisted:, because there are a lot less shows in Europe than ever before...there is no fuckin Muse concert in Eastern Europe :evil: ...and not even in Austria :shock: ???? Come ooooon!

NOt mad on the new album.....but i do fail to see where people are coming from when they say the new album is pretentious and egocentric. Since Symmetry was released (and even a few of the songs on Showbiz), this band has had pretentious written all over it. They pull it off, i guess when the songwriting doesnt live up to the massive production (ie the new album) the pretentiousness makes the songs sound lazy/arrogant.

Once the New Born single was released, Muse announced themselves as a hybrid of rock and Andrew Lloyd Webber. They were pretentious then, and are pretentious now. It's just part of who they are. I do like that the new album is something different, and each album does have a different vibe. The current one isnt exactly radio-friendly, but it does sound like Queen.