Muse

khfreek · 01-16-2010, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musefreak14

.

They are either choosing to become more mainstream or are responding to pressure from their label, yes.

Obi · 03-26-2010, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Musefreak14

Has it felt to anyone else like Muse is not exactly themselves in the Resistance album? Change is good, yes. However, did they change TOO much? It's so drastically different from Absolution, and its pretty different from Black Holes & Revelations, and all the other albums too. In a lunch discussion, my friends and I were discussing this being due to the popularity given to certain songs in Absolution (Time is Running Out & Hysteria) and the use of Supermassive Black Hole in "Twilight"

So here is the question I pose:
is Muse getting too mainstream, and catering to this mainstream? or is it just natural progression and experimentation of style?

Muse have always been mainstream, but circa 2001-2004 nobody complained because they were refreshing. I hope that Origin of Symmetry remains as timeless to me in twenty years as I find it now.

The trouble is now that they aren't particularly refreshing. Yeah, they sound different from the 100,000 indie bands that plague our charts these days but in comparison with their older material they are thoroughly disappointing. Exogenesis sounds good but they filled the rest of the album with a lot of poppy filler.

They're not bad now by any means, just uninteresting. When it comes to riffy, spacey anthemic music, there's other bands I've found.

khfreek · 03-26-2010, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obi

muse have always been mainstream, but circa 2001-2004 nobody complained because they were refreshing. I hope that origin of symmetry remains as timeless to me in twenty years as i find it now.

The trouble is now that they aren't particularly refreshing. Yeah, they sound different from the 100,000 indie bands that plague our charts these days but in comparison with their older material they are thoroughly disappointing. Exogenesis sounds good but they filled the rest of the album with a lot of poppy filler.

They're not bad now by any means, just uninteresting. When it comes to riffy, spacey anthemic music, there's other bands i've found.

hah i've brought you over to the dark side

scottsy · 01-16-2010, 09:26 PM

It's quite likely that their taste of mainstream success could have quite heavily forced the direction of their current release... I think the current sound of vMuse is one that takes itself pretty seriously, maybe, perhaps enhanced by some lofty commercial / popularity aspirations...

Or maybe they they just wanted to sound the way they do on The Resistance...

scottsy · 01-16-2010, 09:56 PM

It definitely seems to be going the way khfreek is indicating... it would really suck if they are getting hassled by their record company.... it makes me kinda mad to hear about that sorta stuff going on...

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 01-17-2010, 02:53 AM

Muse came to Auckland for the Big Day Out I am so gutted I missed it! But I spent the entire weekend with my friend Pete who adores them too by playing their albums in repeat and that made me feel better. Space Dementia has become an obsession for me...

scottsy · 03-09-2010, 06:24 PM

From what you guys are saying, it sounds like they are far better live than on CD... I ckuld understand that...

scottsy · 03-26-2010, 11:41 AM

I have to agree with Obi here... they make fairly good sounding music, but if i want spacey, riff - focused rock, I can find plenty elsewhere in my collection...

Ana · 03-30-2010, 07:40 AM

Cool band

Obi · 03-27-2010, 08:11 AM

Hey, don't get me wrong. I like The Resistance, for what it is. Listening to it is fun and yet sad at the same time, simply cos they have lost the niche (no pun intended), or whatever, of what I loved about them in the first place.

View Poll Results: What you think of Muse.
I love them!	45	66.18%
I don't like them.	11	16.18%
I'm not sure.	9	13.24%
Who are they?	3	4.41%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

01-16-2010, 09:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	It's quite likely that their taste of mainstream success could have quite heavily forced the direction of their current release... I think the current sound of vMuse is one that takes itself pretty seriously, maybe, perhaps enhanced by some lofty commercial / popularity aspirations... Or maybe they they just wanted to sound the way they do on The Resistance... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

01-16-2010, 09:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	It definitely seems to be going the way khfreek is indicating... it would really suck if they are getting hassled by their record company.... it makes me kinda mad to hear about that sorta stuff going on... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

01-17-2010, 02:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,775	Muse came to Auckland for the Big Day Out I am so gutted I missed it! But I spent the entire weekend with my friend Pete who adores them too by playing their albums in repeat and that made me feel better. Space Dementia has become an obsession for me... __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

03-09-2010, 06:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	From what you guys are saying, it sounds like they are far better live than on CD... I ckuld understand that... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

03-26-2010, 11:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	I have to agree with Obi here... they make fairly good sounding music, but if i want spacey, riff - focused rock, I can find plenty elsewhere in my collection... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

03-30-2010, 07:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
Ana Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Croatia Posts: 24	Cool band

03-27-2010, 08:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
Obi Groupie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 35	Hey, don't get me wrong. I like The Resistance, for what it is. Listening to it is fun and yet sad at the same time, simply cos they have lost the niche (no pun intended), or whatever, of what I loved about them in the first place.