Blackholes and Revelations!!!

Romanza
Romanza Posts: 115
edited September 2007 in Other Music
MUSE IS THE SHIT!

Holy crap. I knew this album was good but it went on the backburner for the last year.

Just pulled it out again tonight.

How awesome is "Exo-Politics" by the way????

Just thought I'd throw it out for some much appreciation!
"This feeling is wonderful...don't you ever turn it off."
-JJ
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  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    I agree, I was never really into Muse too much, but I gave that album quite a few listens and must say it has some great monents
  • LedZepFan
    LedZepFan Posts: 1,009
    'map of the problematique' holy shit

    i really hope they play that song at Lolla
    I've faced it, a life wasted, and I'm never going back again.

    Some die just to live.
  • DCGARDEN
    DCGARDEN Posts: 515
    Muse is one of the best bands out there right now.
    I'll keep taking punches
    Untill their will grows tired
  • (UK)_foxymop
    (UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    For anyone going to Lolapallooza .. Forget Interpol .. GO SEE MUSE !!


    They put on an absolutely stunning live show ..

    WEMBLEY STADIUM LAST MONTH (Short clip of 'Knights of Cydonia') .. I was there - brilliant, fantastic, totally special !! :)

    and

    LIVE AT GLASTONBURY (Hysteria followed by New Born)


    :cool:
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  • Bremerton
    Bremerton Posts: 279
    I agree, they put on an amazing show. Knights of Cydonia is an amazing live song.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,898
    Muse live is 2nd only to Pearl Jam right now.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • (UK)_foxymop
    (UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Muse live is 2nd only to Pearl Jam right now.
    Definitely my two favourite bands right now .. They're so different though, musically and visually, you can't really compare. I like that :)

    I got to see them both 2 days apart .. unbelievable luck both bands were in London the same weekend :D:D
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    im so stoked for their set at lolla. im not all that huge on absolution, but black holes is an incredible album.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    This album has definately hooked me. They are one of the few decent bands playing at San Diego Street Scene, but were enough to get me to buy a ticket.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    Origin Of Symmetry is still their best. Black Holes & Revelations is definitely an improvement on Absolution though.
  • (UK)_foxymop
    (UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    out of interest ..

    what Muse songs are getting played on the radio in the States/Canada?.. and how often?..
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I like the first half of the album. The last half is either boring or just plain ridiculous (Knights of Cydonia). I mean I know Matt Belamy likes his epic music, but stampeding horse hooves? Come on... towards the end it starts to sound like a bad Queen rip-off, like they were trying to write their own Bohemian Rhapsody.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • (UK)_foxymop
    (UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I like the first half of the album. The last half is either boring or just plain ridiculous (Knights of Cydonia). I mean I know Matt Belamy likes his epic music, but stampeding horse hooves? Come on... towards the end it starts to sound like a bad Queen rip-off, like they were trying to write their own Bohemian Rhapsody.
    Typical reaction of a person who hasn't seen them perform live .. ??? (Just a guess ;))

    They're much rockier and raw and have such a big sound for a 3 (sometimes 4) piece, heavy bass and powerful lead guitar... & bags of energy! Knights of Cydonia works so well live... it was their opening song at Wembley stadium and the whole place errupted, one of those unforgettable moments:D In fact all the songs (I've heard them play) from this album sound better live. I think the album has been slightly overproduced if anything. "Invincible" was probably my least favourite but it's an intense live song that builds and builds. Matt Bellamy CAN sing... and with CD album sales down 30% from last year it's all about live music anyway .. so in that respect Muse hit the spot :)

    Muse have been accused of ripping off so many bands now .. Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Queen, even Rachmaninov! :rolleyes: .. don't all bands have influences?.. I don't hear 'rip off', I hear 'influences', to me they're essentially "Muse" with their own distinct sound and way of entertaining (some like it, some don't *shrugs*) :D
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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    Muse is a good band, but this album I really did not like. I mean Knights of Cydonia alone deserves to have its own album, but everything else I really did not like.
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    (UK)_foxymop wrote:
    Typical reaction of a person who hasn't seen them perform live .. ??? (Just a guess ;))

    They're much rockier and raw and have such a big sound for a 3 (sometimes 4) piece, heavy bass and powerful lead guitar... & bags of energy! Knights of Cydonia works so well live... it was their opening song at Wembley stadium and the whole place errupted, one of those unforgettable moments:D In fact all the songs (I've heard them play) from this album sound better live. I think the album has been slightly overproduced if anything. "Invincible" was probably my least favourite but it's an intense live song that builds and builds. Matt Bellamy CAN sing... and with CD album sales down 30% from last year it's all about live music anyway .. so in that respect Muse hit the spot :)

    Muse have been accused of ripping off so many bands now .. Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Queen, even Rachmaninov! :rolleyes: .. don't all bands have influences?.. I don't hear 'rip off', I hear 'influences', to me they're essentially "Muse" with their own distinct sound and way of entertaining (some like it, some don't *shrugs*) :D

    Yeah, the weird thing is I like all other Muse albums. I don't think they've ripped people off before - the biggest accusation is Radiohead, but they've always been louder than Radiohead.

    It's not Muse, it's this album. Yeah you're right, it's overproduced. I have a problem with the idea that you'll like something after you've seen it live. You either like songs or you don't, and to me, this album I just don't like most of.

    I quite like Invincible because it reminds me of Absolution, and I loved that album.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • (UK)_foxymop
    (UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I have a problem with the idea that you'll like something after you've seen it live. You either like songs or you don't, and to me, this album I just don't like most of.
    fair doos :D

    Maybe you won't like something more after seeing it live, but I think it can make you appreciate it more.. as with Invincible, for me.

    BH&R is quite a change, definitely more ambitious and bombastic than their earlier stuff. But I suppose that's what they wanted to do and took the gamble .. on the whole it's paying off so far. (I bet the Americans will love it! ;)) I find it a nice antidote to all the "regional accent, talkative rock" that's doing the rounds at the moment. I do wonder if in ten years time we'll look back and think "that was a bit cheesy" but for now I'd say it works :D

    Origin of Symmetry is still my favourite Muse album though.
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  • eclectic
    eclectic Posts: 244
    Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:
    Origin Of Symmetry is still their best. Black Holes & Revelations is definitely an improvement on Absolution though.
    Thats the TRUTH!!
    'All the rusted signs,we ignore throughout our lives,
    Choosing the shiny ones instead'

    Reading 06 - Torino 06 - Wembley 07
  • Brian V.
    Brian V. Posts: 51
    soulsinging wrote:
    im so stoked for their set at lolla. im not all that huge on absolution, but black holes is an incredible album.
    Just goes to show how everybody has different tastes. I feel the exact opposite, although there are moments on the new one.
  • eclectic
    eclectic Posts: 244
    Along with PJ and Radiohead they are the best live act I have witnessed,although their material is fairly inferior to the two aforementioned.
    'All the rusted signs,we ignore throughout our lives,
    Choosing the shiny ones instead'

    Reading 06 - Torino 06 - Wembley 07
  • Soupy
    Soupy Posts: 171
    Oddly I think Muse are a better studio band than live act.

    Saw them live at Wembley Arena (not stadium) last year and was slightly disapointed, they played well but really Matt probably muttered about 10 words alnight and all the songs played were nearly Idenical to there album counterparts. Sure there were lots of effects (fireworks, lights, balloons) but more crowd interaction and some reworking of the songs would have been better (like Pearl Jam and The Tragically Hip do).

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