Muse

[ghettoeddo]

this has probably been discussed but i haven't been here in months but...

knights of cydonia will be in a future guitar hero release! i think it's either GH3 or rock band

[Clunge]

Yup, GH3 it's gonna be in.

[Jev]

Its gonna be awesome :D

[innerdark]

*bumpage*

This sound like a plan to me...


A user named Ruth on muselive.com has had the idea to try get Muse to number #1 in the UK singles chart [this] week (ending 15th July) with the song, Citizen erased

To help you can purchase this song

UK PEOPLE:
a) through itunes
b) through HMV Digital (requires IE)
c) through 7 Digital

Please note free itunes downloads from coke won't count towards the chart so using this to get the song won't help only actually purchasing it will

NON UK PEOPLE
you can help by downloading the song from 7 Digital, no software required but you may need a UK postcode some examples are: TQ14 9HZ, ME11SA, YO19 5PD. IV12 4ST, IV12 4QX, B91 3GR, B91 3GT, B91 3GS... (basically B91 3G.....then any letter after R should do it) even more at: http://www.npemap.org.uk/

more details on what to do on the myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/ce4no12007


Source: http://www.muselive.com/index.php?m=single&id=3290

I think we should give it a try, personally... It'd be a laugh to see, especially with MX's traffic, if we can push it up...

[Clunge]

I've already bought it 5 times :cool:.



(not cool ++)

[innerdark]

I've already bought it 5 times :cool:.



(not cool ++)


you're a boardie though, it's to be expected of you :p

[Clunge]

Aye, true true.

[Dead Star]

I bought it once.

[Clunge]

*H5*

:cool:.

[Dead Star]

Clunge you dont by any chance have any wembley photos do you?

[Clunge]

I do have a few.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9161550@N04/sets/72157600417063259/

The pit ones were taken by me or my mate and the seating ones were taken by my dad. If you find the link fro my profile to the Wembley group, there are thousands of pics.

[Dead Star]

Smashing.

I didn't get any, my phone got too wet from the rain and died :(

I was closer than you

[Jev]

Lol I didn't get wet :D

but I was miles away

[Clunge]

I got soaked, and it was awesome :D.

[innerdark]

I think the boardies amongst us are going to have to accept that the CE thing isn't going to work...

[Jev]

It is :mad:

[innerdark]

who here apart from Clunge and I are on the Muse Board?

[Shadius]

I post occasionally.

[Clunge]

Those who aren't losers ;).

[funluvinhobo]

i saw the end of muses set there last saturday, was really good, they put on a real good show. i wish i had been up way closer and there for longer tho but yeah they were cool

[Clunge]

At Oxegen?

[Dead Star]

I post occasionally.

this

[Shadius]

Those who aren't losers ;).

:(.

[trysthedrummer]

I do, but I wouldn't call it occasionally. I haven't come on here for months!

[Clunge]

For all you 'Mericans, Muse sold-out Madison Square Gardens on Monday night and generally went down a storm apparantly.

Setlist

1. Knights Of Cydonia
2. Map Of The Problematique
3. Hysteria
4. Supermassive Black Hole
5. City Of Delusion
6. Butterflies And Hurricanes
7. Hoodoo
8. Apocalypse Please
9. Feeling Good
10. Sunburn
11. Invincible
12. Starlight
13. Time Is Running Out
14. New Born
15. Plug In Baby
-----
16. Soldier's Poem
17. Unintended
18. Stockholm Syndrome
19. Take A Bow

[Jev]

Total Guitar tabbed out Muse's best guitar bits.
Stockholm Syndrome, Hysteria, Soldier's Poem, KoC, City of Delusion.
Would've been nice if they'd done something off OOS or Showbiz :-/

[bwnstl]

Pretty decent setlist. and holy crap, Clunge, you're back.


I assume you read about their one show where Matt had to retrain himself the intro to Sunburn? I found that unexpected yet funny.

[Clunge]

Yes, I'm back and yes I did read about that :D.

[bwnstl]

Where you been dude?


In other news, I'm really excited for Guitar Hero 3 to come out so I can play Knights of Cydonia! \m/

[Clunge]

France for some sun (or somewhat lack of).

And believe it or not, I've never played GH so I can't possibly comment :D. In other news, A-level results a week today, one's future hangs in suspense...

[bwnstl]

What exactly are those? (we don't have things called A-levels in America) I assume they're school-related

[mryrtmrnfoxxxy]

I have Origins of Symmetry and BHAR and love them both.

But i'm not sure if I want to try Absolution or not.

[bwnstl]

I have Origins of Symmetry and BHAR and love them both.

But i'm not sure if I want to try Absolution or not.

Do it. You'll love it too.

[camdizzle]

Muse seriously played the best big-venue show I have ever seen in my life. It was epic

[Jev]

What exactly are those? (we don't have things called A-levels in America) I assume they're school-related

Exams you do at school between the ages of 17 and 18.
They're optional.

[Six Foot Revolver]

I have Origins of Symmetry and BHAR and love them both.

But i'm not sure if I want to try Absolution or not.
It's no where near as good as either of those two but you'll like it anyways.

[Jev]

I think Absolutions as good as BH&R.

[Clunge]

Absolution is Muse's best album.

The other three don't flow half as well as Abso does.

[Shadius]

Absolution is Muse's best album.

The other three don't flow half as well as Abso does.

I've never gotten this statement at all. I don't get how (for example) The Small Print - Endlessly - TOADA - RBS, flow better than any songs from any of their other albums tbqh, it's just like pop rock - trip-hop - pop-rock - slow dark piano track. It's all over the place.

I understand Absolutions lyrics having a good overall theme for the mostpart, but so many of the songs on it are underdeveloped musically compared to tracks from Origin. Origin flows so well up til Screenager or Feeling Good, then the mood changes totally, that said, it's good to have a mood changer in an album to keep the listener interested. Absolution is pretty all over the place though musically.

[Clunge]

It's all vibe for me.

Absolution just feels like a complete album, despite the fact it isn't their best set of songs and the production is pretty poor.

[Six Foot Revolver]

It has Time is Running Out and Endlessly so loses by default.

[Clunge]

Bleh, I'm not going to win.

Endlessly is an immense song, have you not heard the live version on the Absolution DVD? - Goosebumps ++.

Sounds like he's playing a demented church organ :D.

[Six Foot Revolver]

Bleh, I'm not going to win.

Endlessly is an immense song, have you not heard the live version on the Absolution DVD? - Goosebumps ++.

Sounds like he's playing a demented church organ :D.
Tr00 but the Glasto is the only good version of it I've heard.

[bwnstl]

I hate to say it, but Clunge is right. It DOES have a better flow to it. Personally I don't listen to Absolution anymore just because (like he said) the songs aren't as strong than on OoS or BH&R, but if there is any Muse album that I'm going to perfectly fine with listening to all the way through, it's Absolution.

[Shadius]

I hate to say it, but Clunge is right. It DOES have a better flow to it. Personally I don't listen to Absolution anymore just because (like he said) the songs aren't as strong than on OoS or BH&R, but if there is any Muse album that I'm going to perfectly fine with listening to all the way through, it's Absolution.

That's because it's at least mediocre all the way thru (and most of it is just that), yet hits big heights on some songs. Origin is a bit more risky and "experimental" but pays off overall, except for maybe one song in my eyes. (Screenager)

[mryrtmrnfoxxxy]

I'm listening to Absolution right now.

[Clunge]

Tr00 but the Glasto is the only good version of it I've heard.
That's because it's the ONLY other version you've heard :p.

I listened to BH&R through earlier, it's a great album let down which is let down by four factors:

1. Exo-Politics
2. Starlight is dull for the most part (bar the the bass and the synths)
3. The production is thin, tinny and eww
4. Assassin got raped (they should have used the Grand Omega Bosses Edit as the album version)

[mryrtmrnfoxxxy]

Assassin was my favorite song on BHAR...

[bwnstl]

That's because it's the ONLY other version you've heard :p.

I listened to BH&R through earlier, it's a great album let down which is let down by four factors:

1. Exo-Politics
2. Starlight is dull for the most part (bar the the bass and the synths)
3. The production is thin, tinny and eww
4. Assassin got raped (they should have used the Grand Omega Bosses Edit as the album version)

Personally I think it's let down by:

1. Soldier's Poem
2. Invincible (besides the bridge)
3. Poor pacing
4. Agreed, although until I heard the GOBE version I had no problem at all with Assassin.

[Clunge]

Assassin was my favorite song on BHAR...
Have you got/heard the extended edit?

[Dead Star]

That's because it's the ONLY other version you've heard :p.

I listened to BH&R through earlier, it's a great album let down which is let down by four factors:

1. Exo-Politics
2. Starlight is dull for the most part (bar the the bass and the synths)
3. The production is thin, tinny and eww
4. Assassin got raped (they should have used the Grand Omega Bosses Edit as the album version)

1. I really like that song :(
2. Yarp
3. I like the layered feel on Take A Bow, otherwise yes.
4. Oh yes.

[Clunge]

Actually, I'll revise what I said about the production. The songs that should be heavy were terribly produced (Assassin, Exo-Politics and Knights Of Cydonia).

Take A Bow and City Of Delusion some immense.

[Shadius]

Exo-politics is obviously better than Assassin though.

I'm glad they stopped playing Assassin live for the mostpart, it's so snoozey. It's just like... Come on lads, you've done this before, but better on Absolution, give it a rest.

Starlight is like the poor mans Bliss. Still a decent song tho, though admittedly, I do get a bit bored sometimes of it towards the end.

[Virus278]

I'm glad you guys are talking about the new album because I've actually been thinking about it a lot for the last couple of days. Anyway, I think BH&R is easily Muse's worst album. I mean, songs like "Exo-Politics" and "Invincible" have such a poppy feel it pisses me off. When I think of how talented Muse are and how they resorted to releasing such a simple poppy tune like "Exo-Politics" it annoys me.

Hey, about nine months ago you guys were talking about how Muse had made an alternate version of "Assassin". Were you guys just talking about the Grand Omega Bosses edit that was released on the KoC single or were you talking about another, unreleased version? (I think you guys were talking about an unreleased version).

[Clunge]

The original, supercool riffing version was called Debase Mason's Grog. Then they took it into the studio and fucked it up and turned it into album Assassin.

Then when the messageboard fans got arsey and said they should re-record it, they did and released it as a b-side (i.e. Assassin Grand Omega Bosses Edit).

[blizzard]

I just found out that Muse are coming to Australia in November. I am so incredibly excited by this.

[Virus278]

The original, supercool riffing version was called Debase Mason's Grog. Then they took it into the studio and fucked it up and turned it into album Assassin.

Then when the messageboard fans got arsey and said they should re-record it, they did and released it as a b-side (i.e. Assassin Grand Omega Bosses Edit).

So, "Debate Mason's Grog" is exactly the same as the Grand Omega Bosses edit?

[Clunge]

No.

The GOB Edit is based upon Debase Mason's Grog but uses the album version of Assassin as a template.

[HNLzero]

I just them last night. God, it was probably the best show I've ever seen. All the presentation and sound were amazing. Bellamy is the master showman.

[Clunge]

Woo, yes, they're really on form at the moment from the vids I've seen, I'd love to have been at one of the recent US shows :(.

[Shattered_Future]

Yeah, they did mad good at Bamboozle.

I think my friend saw them a week or so ago at MSG...

And I like Starlight. :(

[Clunge]

So do I.

But can you honestly say it's in your top 25 Muse songs?

[Unreal]

I need to learn Histeria for bass............

[Clunge]

S'easy once you get used to the fast fingerwork ;).

By far one of the most satisfying pieces to play imo.

[Unreal]

I'm pretty sure I can play that fast I can play stuff like pantera so hopefully itll come easy,
and yeah I sounds so satisfying to play..; is there any other nice Muse stuff for bass?

[Dead Star]

New Born, Man of Mystery, Stockholm Syndrome (fast omg), Hyper Music.

Theres a fair amount actually.

[Unreal]

cool ty

[Shattered_Future]

So do I.

But can you honestly say it's in your top 25 Muse songs?

Yes.

Then again, I don't know Muse very well.

[GenuineImitation]

My friend saw Muse on friday night and I couldnt get off work so I had to sell my ticket :(

[ghettoeddo]

yea.

i own all 3 albums and its definitely in my top 25
starlight that is.

<3 city of delusion

[Virus278]

PAGE SNYPER

No.

The GOB Edit is based upon Debase Mason's Grog but uses the album version of Assassin as a template.

Can you up Debate Mason's Grog and the GOB edit plz?

So do I.

But can you honestly say it's in your top 25 Muse songs?

Very well put.

New Born, Man of Mystery, Stockholm Syndrome (fast omg), Hyper Music.

Theres a fair amount actually.

Does Muse ever plan on releasing MoM?

[Clunge]

They have released MoM...

And yeah, I'll up Debase and the GOB Edit in a sec.

HERE: http://download.yousendit.com/CFD8210E40FE41D9

[Virus278]

They have released MoM...


;0

My bad. What I meant to ask is when are they going to release it as a b-side or something but I guess that would be a pretty stupid question because there's no guarantee that Muse will do that.

And yeah, I'll up Debase and the GOB Edit in a sec.

HERE: http://download.yousendit.com/CFD8210E40FE41D9

Thx a lot man.

[Six Foot Revolver]

;0

My bad. What I meant to ask is when are they going to release it as a b-side or something but I guess that would be a pretty stupid question because there's no guarantee that Muse will do that.
They have released a studio recorded version if that's what you mean =/.

[Clunge]

Yee, there's no real point in releasing it again now.

[Six Foot Revolver]

I'm pretty sure I can play that fast I can play stuff like pantera so hopefully itll come easy,
and yeah I sounds so satisfying to play..; is there any other nice Muse stuff for bass?
Hysteria is a pretty easy song to learn but it's harder than Pantera stuff.


Woo, yes, they're really on form at the moment from the vids I've seen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuPb5u9ptiU
This video is a major 123.

[Clunge]

Yuhu, that's a pretty good version of Hysteria.

Matt's guitar actually sounds beefy again!

[bwnstl]

I'm really kind of upset that they skipped over St. Louis again on their current tour.

What happened last summer was that they skipped us over (so I saw them in Chicago), then they announced more dates and went to St. Louis on a second run through the US.
Maybe I can hope for that to happen again....although it's doubtful. Sigh...oh well.

[StreetlightRock]

Quick! Someone put me through whatever initiation rites you guys do here! I finally got a copy of Origin of Symmetry and I Adddoorreeeee it.

[ghettoeddo]

get the paddles gents.

[Shadius]

*hug*

now strip, ok?

[bwnstl]

And hold this banana in your left hand and cucumber in your right.

[StreetlightRock]

*sigh* Because its Muse... *starts stripping*

[Virus278]

They have released a studio recorded version if that's what you mean =/.

Seriously? I had no idea...I thought they had only played it live. So, did they make the studio release available for sale or did they just make it available for download or something? I'm just really curious because I had never even heard about this.

[Clunge]

It was released on a CD over here that came with NME.

I'll upload it for you if you want it.

[bwnstl]

Damn, just realized I haven't listened to MoM yet. Hope it's good!

[Clunge]

http://download.yousendit.com/BD484B141165D8E9

MoM :).

[Virus278]

http://download.yousendit.com/BD484B141165D8E9

MoM :).

Thx a lot dude. I would +rep you right now if I hadn't already +repped you for upping DMG. I'll +rep you the next time I can though.

[Clunge]

Cheers :).

[Jev]

Thanks Clunge :D

[StreetlightRock]

Getting tickets tomorrow! =D

[blizzard]

I also should be getting tickets tomorrow. I will be so angry if I don't get them.

[Clunge]

Good luck y'all.

I wish I could go again, they're on fire at the mo :(.

They might slip a sneaky Christmas UK gig in if we're lucky.

[Dead Star]

It better be in Scotland.

I havent seen them here yet, out of 3 times seeing them.

[bwnstl]

Hey Clunge, don't be mad. After all, you lads DID kinda get Wembley.

[Clunge]

True, but Wembley wasn't exactly their best performance by any means.

It was just a spectacle, I'd honesty have traded my Wembley ticket for a ticket for one of the just gone US shows.

[bwnstl]

What have they been doing that's so good at the recent shows? Is it just the setlists or what?

[Clunge]

No, they just sound awesome.

Loads of amazing little jams, slightly mixed up setlists, crunchier/fuller live sound, etc. They're playing City Of Delusion with extra trumpets and stuff now, different strings at the end, it all adds up to a better show. And I thought the actual Wembley stage setup was fairly bad, in comparison with the simple one they're using at the moment.

It's the little things, Wembley was too clean. All of their spoken bits were scripted on the setlist for example at Wembley.

[bwnstl]

But they normally don't talk at all pretty much.

[Clunge]

Yeah, but at least it's spontaneous.

[bwnstl]

Fair enough. Does Matt still talk at breakneck speed even when it's scripted? =P

[Jev]

Hey Clunge, don't be mad. After all, you lads DID kinda get Wembley.

The sound and supports at Wembley weren't good.

[bwnstl]

Personally, in my experience, none of their supports have been good to be honest.
And do you think the sound wasn't that great because it was outdoors?

[Jev]

Maybe its something to do with the outdoors, I don't know, they've been awesome at festivals.

It was more like Wembley's so big that even halfway across the stadium you can notice the delay between what you see and hear.
Also, it was very quiet for a gig in my opinion.

[Clunge]

Actually, the thing that impressed me most about Wembley was the sound.

At the front it sounded fabulous.

[bwnstl]

I see. Well I wouldn't know, in America we don't really have "festivels" (one of the things I'm jealous of you guys for) and when bands play arenas it's generally not outdoors.

Well, either way nothing matters to me anyways since they're not coming near here. Would have been nice since they're at the top of their game and they're my girl's favorite band (and one of my top 5).

[Jev]

Probably was good at the front.
From the seats it wasn't. I couldn't hear any of the supports properly and Muse was better but still too quiet. :(

[Clunge]

Arr, that's a tad ghey.

[2muchket!]

The sound and supports at Wembley weren't good.

Woulda loved to have seen the Streets and Muse.

I love the streets personally.

[Clunge]

The Streets were absolutely awful, as were Dirty Pretty Things.

And I'm not just saying that thoughtlessly, they both were truly horrific on the day, up there with Soulwax and The Kills as the worst bands I've ever seen. Just terrible, terrible performances.

[Six Foot Revolver]

The Streets weren't that bad. They were a lot worst at Leeds Fest last year.

The sound wasn't that bad from standing.

[Shattered_Future]

Didn't you guys get Rodrigo Y Gabriela too though? Or am I thinking of somebody else...

[Jev]

Didn't you guys get Rodrigo Y Gabriela too though? Or am I thinking of somebody else...

Yeah but from where I was I couldnt hear a thing.

[Shattered_Future]

Shame. I'd want to see them live...they're quite good.

[Clunge]

They were immense at Wembley, one of the best support bands I've ever seen.

[StreetlightRock]

Yay got tickets. Seats in the outer ring, but smack bang in the centre. Its insane how fast the standing and other tickets run out.

[Clunge]

Just been reading on the official forum, the Aussie shows are selling out so quickly!

[Clunge]

Bump'd.

A few things going on. Firstly: http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3476689/Live-At-Wembley-2007/Product.html

:D :D :D.

Secondly, the tour machine is rumbling along again until Christmas, USA at the moment. Sets are looking pretty usual stff, few tweaks (Micro Cuts and Citizen Erased are back, Stockholm is closing again).

Woo.

[Registered_User04]

muse

[Jev]

Awesome, I'm gonna get the DVD :D

[Clunge]

Ditto.

And the CD :cool:.

[Dead Star]

I'll get both also.

Its a mix of both nights amirite

[2muchket!]

I'll get the DVD.

Wish they'd start playing Hyper Music live again :upset:

[Clunge]

Aye, that would be cool.

The DVD will be a mix of both nights I'd imagine, along with a documentary and footage from other European gigs.

That's just going on rumours from the last few months.

[mutant!]

So, it was just announced today: Muse are coming to South Africa. 24th of March 2008.

While none of you probably care about this, I do. :P

So yeah. Just came here to try and figure out what the set might potentially look like.

If they play Micro Cuts I may faint.

[Clunge]

LJNAKJDhkjAHDFSKJ!¬

Haven't even heard the slightest rumour of this, and I am pretty much on their board 24/7 to some degree.

Where/when was this announced?

[mutant!]

Announced on a major radio station (5fm) in South Africa. Also, I just paid for my golden circle ticket this morning, so, yeah. :P It's this MyCokeFest epic festival thing that Coca-Cola has been sponsoring here for the last three years. We've had Metallica, Evanescence and Fall Out Boy before. For this one, Muse have been confirmed, as have Korn, Chris Cornell, Kaiser Chiefs and Good Charlotte.

Go check the International forum on the official boards. There's about three of us raving about it. :P

[Shattered_Future]

I'm bummed they haven't come around the US again. Good as they are, I wasn't going to pay the 110 bucks my friend paid for GA tix at Madison Square Garden.

[Clunge]

I'm bummed they haven't come around the US again. Good as they are, I wasn't going to pay the 110 bucks my friend paid for GA tix at Madison Square Garden.
F00k off :lol:. They've done at least four individual tours in American for BH&R! - We Brits only got one tour, Wembley and a couple of festies. Most places got one show at most, or none.

Mutant! - I saw the confirmation just after I posted that message, it'll be an awesome show for you. They're gonna play some new material apparantly.

[mutant!]

oh fcking sweet dude...!

god I'm so amped for this and it's like 5 months away.

[mutant!]

wait where did you hear this about them playing new material?

[Clunge]

Interview.

They said they were writing on the road and may well demo some of it in 2008. That was how we found out that they would be touring more in 2008.

Morgan also let slip they would be touring in '08. They're mooted to be headlining Glastonbury over here as well so yeah.

[mutant!]

friggen sweet dude.

although, with a once- (okay, fine, twice-) off gig in a desolate location like SA, I somehow doubt they'd want to risk it. I have a feeling the set is going to be short, and comprised mostly of their singles and most popular songs. In other words, it seems likely to be New Born, PIB, Sunburn, TIRO, Hysteria, B&H, Starlight, SMBH, etc.

[Clunge]

Well... don't expect a lot of variation in the set. They've basically been rotating the same 20 songs for the last 3 months. They do have a good few months break so they may well have time to A. get the new material in order to play live and B. rehearse a few different songs for the 2008 gigs.

Anyhoo though, expect the hits :D.

[Polyamarous]

They'll do whatever the hell they want!

£20 says it'll be televised as well.

[Clunge]

Aye.

Wembley DVD out soon. Looks an absolute pile of shit.

- All footage from night #2 (When it was light!)
- No 'exclusive songs' (i.e. songs that only got played on one of the nights)
- Therefore, only 17 tracks

No Bliss, Micro Cuts, City Of Delusion, Sing For Absolution, Forced In, Man Of Mystery, Apocalypse Please or Citizen Erased.

Three editions, one single DVD, one CD/DVD and one 'limited edition' CD/DVD (which basically comes with a couple of postcards!).

Fuck you Warner and your shitty, money grabbing cockish decisions. Stop ruining a great band.

[Jev]

what? That is awful :(

[Clunge]

Tell me about it.

They could have made this a breathtaking DVD, that did justice to how awesome the gig were.

But no. Ergh.

[Clunge]

I'm guessing you're from the US?

They're fairly massive in pretty much every other continent 'cept the US/Canada.

[Shattered_Future]

I dunno, everybody I talk to seems to have some appreciation for Muse, ranging from the diehard fan chick to those who like a few songs.

[mutant!]

btw Clunge, you were bitching about their current stage sound earlier... I caught a glimpse of their EMA performance of Starlight yesterday on MTV, and my God did it sound tinny and cheap and just bad. :( Hullabaloo-era rig ftw.

[Clunge]

Nononono, the EMA performance was 2006.

Their stage sound since about May this year is fucking brutal, it's got even better since Wembley. Matt's guitar sounds as brutal as it did on the Absolution tour, but far more precise. Just really tightly distorted, it's amazing.

Also, the acoustics for the EMA performance were awful, but what do you expect at a one song show? - No chance of getting the sound exactly as you want it wuth 6/7 other artists there too.

[mutant!]

yes I know it was 2006, I mean there was some ad or something on TV yesterday and they showed a clip of that performance.

anyway what do you rate they changed to make it sound better? is he playing different amps or what?

[Clunge]

Dunno really.

The Glitterati Manson has certain brought the crunch back, and basically, everything just sounds better really.

[mutant!]

lol glitterati manson. I need to get back up to date on his gear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMU316ixzc0 no idea they ever played it live. Bummed now that they probably won't when they're here. :'(

[Clunge]

Such a shite song, probably almost my least favourite Muse release :lol:.

[mutant!]

haha. that award, for me, goes to Agitated or Execution Commentary.

[Monticello]

Ashamed's their worst song for me. That noise at the beginning kills me every time.

[Shadius]

Such a shite song, probably almost my least favourite Muse release :lol:.

psh, but since when do you have consistant taste anyway. its a class cover.


anyway, bh&r is no in rainbows



:p

[bwnstl]

The US got 4 tours for BH&R? That's a damn lie. We got like 2. And the first one didn't venture into the midwest at all; my girlfriend and I had to drive 6 hours in stopped highway traffic to see it. I hate to say it, but sometimes we need more tours simply because our stupidass country is so damn big.

Btw Clunge, where are you finding all this out about the DVD? I want to know more information (it will be a great christmas present for my girlfriend if it comes out before then).

[Clunge]

haha. that award, for me, goes to Agitated or Execution Commentary.
Awww, I love both :(.
Ashamed's their worst song for me. That noise at the beginning kills me every time.
The intro noise is fab, like the intro to Eternally Missed.
psh, but since when do you have consistant taste anyway. its a class cover.


anyway, bh&r is no in rainbows



:p
Agreed, IR > Muse.
The US got 4 tours for BH&R? That's a damn lie. We got like 2. And the first one didn't venture into the midwest at all; my girlfriend and I had to drive 6 hours in stopped highway traffic to see it. I hate to say it, but sometimes we need more tours simply because our stupidass country is so damn big.
For BH&R, Muse have toured in north America:

- 18th July 2006 to 6th August 2006 (15 shows)
- 9th September 2006 to 4th October 2006 (17 shows)
- 9th April 2007 to 5th May 2007 (5 headline shows, 10 support slots)
- 1nd August 2007 to 11th August 2007 (7 shows)
- 9th September 2007 to 22nd September 2007 (9 shows)
- 28th October 2007 (1 show)
Btw Clunge, where are you finding all this out about the DVD? I want to know more information (it will be a great christmas present for my girlfriend if it comes out before then).
Leaked information from fnac (French music authority thingy, basically where music comes from in France).

[bwnstl]

Alright, you've proven your point, but to be fair the last four were only 22 shows total (I don't count support slots since they generally don't play a long enough set) and in ALL of those shows the closest they came to St. Louis besides the one show they played here (with a lackluster setlist) was Chicago.

Maybe I'm too greedy......I just love my live Muse.

[mutant!]

psh, but since when do you have consistant taste anyway. its a class cover.


anyway, bh&r is no in rainbows



:p
haha. No argument there.

[GenuineImitation]

I got 4 friends at my university into Muse....now I have people to go see them live with next time they come around.

NoC is alot of fun to play in Guitar Hero.....its orgasmic.

[Surtr]

NoC is alot of fun to play in Guitar Hero.....its orgasmic.

I can only imagine...For now.

Probably having a GH3 Party with some friends quite soon, and I'll get to play then.

I've gotten a fair few friends into Muse.

[GenuineImitation]

Me and my roommate got the game early because the store Sears is retarted and released the game a week early. We got the last copy and beat the game before it was even released to the public yet.

The new DVD looks really cool....have to add that to my list of things to get.

[Clunge]

The DVD looks really cool for most people who didn't go to Wembley.

As someone who went to the first of the two Wembley gigs, I am royally fucked off with this DVD. It could have been brilliant, a way of documenting Muse's massive success and biggest shows of all time but no. We're just getting a bog standard Muse setlist with a few frilly extras. Cheers Warner.

[Shattered_Future]

Don't talk to me about GH3. I didn't pass a single song at my friend's house on expert, including Knights Of Cydonia. And I'm the one who's got all the goddamn high scores everywhere else!

Don't know what happened there...

[Polyamarous]

Guitar hero is kind lame.

[Jev]

Guitar hero is kind lame.

Lies!

I'm looking forward to playing Muse on it.

[Clunge]

I've never played GH.

:cool:.

[Clunge]

First show of the Aussie tour...

Perth 10th November 2007

1. Take A Bow
2. Map Of The Problematique
3. New Born
4. Butterflies & Hurricanes
5. Citizen Erased
6. Sunburn
7. Apocalypse Please
8. Supermassive Black Hole
9. Soldier's Poem
10. Invincible
11. Fury
12. Starlight
13. Hysteria
14. Time Is Running Out
15. Stockholm Syndrome
-----
16. Plug In Baby
17. Knights Of Cydonia

Awesome :cool:.

[blizzard]

First show of the Aussie tour...

Perth 10th November 2007

1. Take A Bow
2. Map Of The Problematique
3. New Born
4. Butterflies & Hurricanes
5. Citizen Erased
6. Sunburn
7. Apocalypse Please
8. Supermassive Black Hole
9. Soldier's Poem
10. Invincible
11. Fury
12. Starlight
13. Hysteria
14. Time Is Running Out
15. Stockholm Syndrome
-----
16. Plug In Baby
17. Knights Of Cydonia

Awesome :cool:.

Pretty bitchin' set. I can't wait to see them in Brisbane... now the question should I drink before I get there.

[Clunge]

Fuck me, tonights is even better!

1. Take A Bow
2. Map Of The Problematique
3. New Born (Microphone Fiend Outro)
4. Supermassive Black Hole
5. Butterflies & Hurricanes
6. Citizen Erased
7. Ruled By Secrecy
8. Feeling Good
9. Sunburn
10. Hysteria
11. Fury
12. Starlight
13. The Groove (Instrumental)
14. Time Is Running Out
15. Stockholm Syndrome (Dead Star/Hyper Music Outro)
-----
16. Plug In Baby
17. Knights Of Cydonia

[Dead Star]

Fuck me, tonights is even better!

1. Take A Bow
2. Map Of The Problematique
3. New Born (Microphone Fiend Outro)
4. Supermassive Black Hole
5. Butterflies & Hurricanes
6. Citizen Erased
7. Ruled By Secrecy
8. Feeling Good
9. Sunburn
10. Hysteria
11. Fury
12. Starlight
13. The Groove (Instrumental)
14. Time Is Running Out
15. Stockholm Syndrome (Dead Star/Hyper Music Outro)
-----
16. Plug In Baby
17. Knights Of Cydonia

Oh hello.

[Clunge]

And they played some of Map Of Your Head too, craziness going on.

Ruled By Secrecy is far more exciting though, one of their best piano songs.

[Clunge]

Melbourne, 15th November

Take A Bow
Map Of The Problematique
New Born
Butterflies And Hurricanes
Micro Cuts
Supermassive Black Hole
Feeling Good
Apocalypse Please
Soldier's Poem
Invincible
Hysteria
Fury
Starlight
Time Is Running Out
Stockholm Syndrome + Dead Star/The Groove Outro
-----
Plug In Baby
The Groove (Instrumental Reprise)
Knights Of Cydonia

+ Lots of Rage riffage in there, and other bits and bobs.

[The Flabbit Rides High]

And they played some of Map Of Your Head too, craziness going on.

Ruled By Secrecy is far more exciting though, one of their best piano songs.

I agree. I'm excited to maybe see Fury and that when they play in Cape Town next year with Korn and Chris Cornell. !

[PinkPinky]

They are AMAZING. The emotions that develop from their music is just amazing.

[Jev]

What's Fury off of? Or is it a new song?

[The Flabbit Rides High]

What's Fury off of? Or is it a new song?

It was on the Japanese release of Absolution.

Its on the latest dvd as well, as a bonus song.

[Clunge]

It was also b-side to Sing For Absolution I think.

[Clunge]

Oh, and the Wembley DVD has been pushed back to February 2008.

[infusician]

I love Hysteria and Time is Running Out. Makes me work out longer at the gym since I have them on my ipod.

[Shattered_Future]

Managed to finish programming drums to Hysteria...hopefully my band can learn it soon enough.

[Clunge]

Muse are headling day two of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas.

Therefore, I predict another USA tour before Christmas.

[mutant!]

I agree. I'm excited to maybe see Fury and that when they play in Cape Town next year with Korn and Chris Cornell. !
fancy seeing you here, chris. guess the cape town vibe has got all the sa kids hyped up, eh? :)

it'll be fvckin massive if they play fury.

[Jev]

Oh, and the Wembley DVD has been pushed back to February 2008.

honestly, i don't really mind cos it looks crap.

[Clunge]

I'm hoping the pushed back release will give them time to take on board all the shit we've been throwing around on their messageboard :D. It's worked in the past.

[StreetlightRock]

So. Knights of Cydonia is the best closer song ever. ever. ever.

And I've seen Smoke on the Water live.


Just.

Wow.

[Clunge]

Woo, just come back from the Sydney show?

Looked like a good set, first time they've played Bliss for a bit.

[StreetlightRock]

Yepyepyep, pretty much played every song I was hoping for, except for Thoughts of a Dying Atheist. So f'ucking tight. Fantastic mix, awesome lights, great crowd (except for the wankers behind me who kept screaming for Space Dementia after every song that WASN'T Space Dementia). Even the mosh kids were great, everyone was just there to have a good time, not too much stupidly useless pushing around.

Coming gigs to go:

Streetlight Manifesto/Reel Big Fish/Less Than Jake
Daft Punk/The Presets/Van She
Big Day Out (Arcade Fire, Battles, RATM, LCD Soundsystem, Bjork)

AAcck!

Where'd you get the set list from btw?

[Clunge]

01. Take A Bow
02. Map Of The Problematique
03. New Born
04. Butterflies And Hurricanes
05. Supermassive Black Hole
06. Citizen Erased
07. Feeling Good
08. Ruled By Secrecy
09. Invincible
10. Hysteria
11. Fury
12. Starlight
13. Time Is Running Out
14. Bliss
-----
15. Plug In Baby
16. Stockholm Syndrome
-----
17. Knights Of Cydonia

http://www.muselive.com and http://www.musewiki.org - Two gooooood Muse sites. I'm also a limpit on their official forum so we usually have someone at the gig sending in reports :).

[StreetlightRock]

Ah cool. Yea, I pretty much went mad (in a wonderfully good way) during Time Is Running Out and it just carried though to the end of the show. They could have been telling us to kill babies in their sleep and we would have done it, it was that engaging.

[Clunge]

I know whatchoo mean, entirely :D.

[Shattered_Future]

Muse needs to come to NYC again and not charge 100 bucks for their show.

[Clunge]

Muse are headling day two of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas.

Therefore, I predict another USA tour before Christmas.
There's your answer.

The shows will still be expensive though, blame Warner I suggest.

[Surtr]

Ohh my beautiful Muse :')

Goddamn I've spent the past few days relistening to the discography over, and I've reached a place where not much can effect me. I'm at a loss for how they can do what they do.

[Clunge]

Mmm.

Why tease us playing snippets of Dead Star and Hyper Music, why not just play the whole song! :(.

[Sad But True]

Not been keeping up with my Muse-y dosage recently. What's the latest, ie, where they at now, what they doing, how can I line their pockets with gold by purchasing any new shit they may have released?

[Clunge]

Wembley CD/DVD on it's way sometime, probably between February and May 2008.

New album... 2009 probably now. So not too much.

[blizzard]

Anyone know who the supporting act is for the Aussie concerts? I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

[Clunge]

The Checks.

[2muchket!]

might have to get that wembley DVD. Wish they'd done one of the whole tour of last year.

[Clunge]

Well it's called 'The Haarp Tour' which covers everything from the gigs in October 2006 onwards, so it may well be a tour spanning DVD to some degree.

[bwnstl]

Sydney Entertainment Centre 2007 setlist

Take a Bow
Map of the Problematique + riff
New Born + Microphone Fiend riff + Ashamed outro
Hyper Chondriac Music interlude + Butterflies & Hurricanes
Supermassive Black Hole
Citizen Erased (guitar intro)
Feeling Good
Ruled by Secrecy
Invincible
Hysteria
Fury (B flat)
Map of Your Head riff + Starlight
Whole Lotta Love riff + riff + Time Is Running Out
Guitar interlude + Bliss (extended - with balloons)
Encore 1:
Plug In Baby
Stockholm Syndrome + Dead Star riff + Hyper Music riff + riff
Encore 2
Close Encounters riff + I Want to Break Free riff + Knights of Cydonia

Holy crap. Lots of riffage going on there.

[Static]

Hyper Music is soooooo good.

[blizzard]

Brisbane River Stage 2007

1. Take a Bow
2. Map of the Problematique + Maggie's Farm riff
3. New Born + Microphone Fiend riff + Ashamed outro
4. Butterflies & Hurricanes
5. Micro Cuts
6. Supermassive Black Hole
7. Feeling Good
8. Ruled by Secrecy
9. Soldier's Poem
10. Invincible
11. Hysteria
12. Fury
13. Starlight
14. Whole Lotta Love riff + Time Is Running Out
15. Stockholm Syndrome + Dead Star riff + Hyper Music riff
Encore
16. Plug In Baby
17. Knights of Cydonia


It was one amazing night. SO much fun.

[Clunge]

I envy all who have seen Fury live :(.

[mutant!]

lol maggie's farm

god i can't wait for next year

[JVC]

Muse are great but they're not as polished as they used to be with the likes of Origin of Symmetry and Absolution.

Their live concerts, I still wouldn't miss for the world, mind.

[StreetlightRock]

Nah man, BH&R is just as finely made, its just really different side of the music.

[Sad But True]

Sydney Entertainment Centre 2007 setlist

Take a Bow
Map of the Problematique + riff
New Born + Microphone Fiend riff + Ashamed outro
Hyper Chondriac Music interlude + Butterflies & Hurricanes
Supermassive Black Hole
Citizen Erased (guitar intro)
Feeling Good
Ruled by Secrecy
Invincible
Hysteria
Fury (B flat)
Map of Your Head riff + Starlight
Whole Lotta Love riff + riff + Time Is Running Out
Guitar interlude + Bliss (extended - with balloons)
Encore 1:
Plug In Baby
Stockholm Syndrome + Dead Star riff + Hyper Music riff + riff
Encore 2
Close Encounters riff + I Want to Break Free riff + Knights of Cydonia

Holy crap. Lots of riffage going on there.

Sweet Jesus I would've cum. I demand videos.


EDIT: Not to mention Fury! You bastards! You lucky, lucky bastards!

[JVC]

Nah man, BH&R is just as finely made, its just really different side of the music.


There are some excellent tracks like Map of The Problematique, City of delusion an knights of Cydonia but it's less consistent than other Muse albums. Maybe it's cos I don't like Prince that much but I can't stand 'Supermassive black hole' It's like 'Matt, what were you thinking?'

[christoph123]

Sweet Jesus I would've cum. I demand videos.


EDIT: Not to mention Fury! You bastards! You lucky, lucky bastards!

Adelaide Bootleg

http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=28207

Sydney Bootleg

http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=28250

I think you have to sign up first though.

[Shattered_Future]

I was actually suprised at how good their shows are live. They're a completely Pro-Tools band, but they can actually play the music they produce.

[Clunge]

Muse are great but they're not as polished as they used to be with the likes of Origin of Symmetry and Absolution.

Their live concerts, I still wouldn't miss for the world, mind.
BH&R is easily their most 'polished' album to date. I think that Origin Of Symmetry and Absolution are both more cohesive/complete albums, they flow well and build-up a good sense of atmosphere whereas BH&R feels a bit all over the place in terms of style, genre and lyrics.

[Dimmu Burger]

I have a question for anyone who has seen them live. A friend who saw them told me that they lip sync. Anybody heard that before? I really like them and hope it's not true.

[StreetlightRock]

I'm almost 100% positive they didn't when i saw them recently.

[Dimmu Burger]

I'm almost 100% positive they didn't when i saw them recently.

Oh good, cause that would suck.

[Shattered_Future]

Nah, they totally don't lip-sync. Overuse of fans blowing back hair, but other than that everything else is real.

[Sad But True]

Half the time Matt changes the melodies around abit anyway, so it's not sync'd.

[Clunge]

They do not lip-sync.

They use a few backing tracks, i.e. the Hysteria bass and Time Is Running Out bass where Chris plays a clean line over the synth backing track.

And of course, the synths in Bliss etc are backing.

But yes, they don't lip-sync except for a few TV performances where they were given no choice (Live and Kicking 2001 anyone?).

[Dimmu Burger]

They do not lip-sync.

They use a few backing tracks, i.e. the Hysteria bass and Time Is Running Out bass where Chris plays a clean line over the synth backing track.

And of course, the synths in Bliss etc are backing.

But yes, they don't lip-sync except for a few TV performances where they were given no choice (Live and Kicking 2001 anyone?).

Why weren't they given a choice?

[Clunge]

No idea, just the way some TV programs work in the UK.

[2muchket!]

I have a question for anyone who has seen them live. A friend who saw them told me that they lip sync. Anybody heard that before? I really like them and hope it's not true.

Your friend is a douche and doesn't know what hes talking about.

Some of the posts lately make me lol. You go to see a band and then are stunned that they actually are good live musicians ?

And that Live and Kicking show was hilarious. Heres the vid : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZZrM_pS98E

[Correction]

they dont lip sync this is ****in muse not brittany spears

[Sad But True]

That video is an absolute pisser.

[Bill Brown]

Cool, I'd never seen that video before! Hahaha!!!

I saw Muse last year, (or was it early this year?) I was amazed at how 'spot-on' Matt's vocals were!! GREAT BAND!! Love 'Origin Of Symmetry'!

[Surtr]

Hahaha fucking hilarious video.

May be doing a Sing For Absolution cover if I can get myself a Drummer for my band.

[trysthedrummer]

Haha nice vid! I was thinking bloody hell dom had alot of hair until I saw him actually on the bass. :D

[mutant!]

May be doing a Sing For Absolution cover if I can get myself a Drummer for my band.
sweet. i'd like to do that sometime. also stockholm syndrome. piano arpeggios are fun to play.

[Clunge]

Full webcast of Muse at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas up on Muselive now (http://www.muselive.com).

Setlist:

Take A Bow
Map Of The Problematique
Supermassive Black Hole
New Born
Stockholm Syndrome
Ruled By Secrecy
Feeling Good
Hysteria
Starlight
Time Is Running Out
Plug In Baby
Knights Of Cydonia

Woop! A pro-shot Ruled By Secrecy and tonnes of awesome riffs :D.

[zenblade]

Matt's breakdancing at the end while he's still 'playing' his guitar is the icing on the cake

[Clunge]

Wembley DVD sooooooon.

Footage:

http://www.he-3.mu/
http://www.muse.mu/unintended/flash.htm

:D. Looks immense.

[Dead Star]

Too bad its the wrong day. :(

[Clunge]

Very true.

But then, the only difference would have been the lightness/darkness. The two shows were almost identical otherwise. The audio is taken from both the 16th and 17th so that's something.

There will probs be some bonus features from the 16th and some 16th audio on the CD.

[Dead Star]

compare soldiers poem from the 16th to the 17th, its night and day. literally.

[Polyamarous]

that video pwned.

dom CAN dance!

[blizzard]

Muse topped the Triple J hottest 100 with Knights Of Cydonia. Hell yeah!

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/#

[StreetlightRock]

I know, that really caught me by surprise. I was expecting Straight Lines to top it, but yea, wow.

[Bordello]

you know your band is awesome when you top a dignified list such as that

[mutant!]

hay guys. i may be joining a band in the next few weeks, and they have a slot at a festival here in south africa that muse is going to play at. means i'll get to hang out backstage with matt and ask him endlessly annoying questions. sweet y/n

[McP3000]

hay guys. i may be joining a band in the next few weeks, and they have a slot at a festival here in south africa that muse is going to play at. means i'll get to hang out backstage with matt and ask him endlessly annoying questions. sweet y/n
Ask him why he's a conspiracy-theorizing nutjob

[i am the robots]

ask mcp about his retarded political views too

[Clunge]

Woop!

Should hear some new songs at the South African shows as well if you're lucky :D.

Wembley DVD soon!

[innerdark]

looks painfully bad, as I said on the board, would it kill them to release a better DVD than abso tour? that was pants, and I think this could be worse. I'll be waiting to see the Main Muse consensus on it (not including the views of the "we spaff over everything they release" parade)

[Clunge]

Well it's been delayed twice now and we have reason to believe they're beefing it up a bit. Don't forget that all the details were just leaked pieces of info, nothing official has been said yet at all.

And also... http://www.he-3.mu - if it continues in that vein, then it's going to be good.

[innerdark]

meh, we'll see, it might be the first music related thing I BUY this year :p

[Shattered_Future]

So, getting feedback from our first show, apparently everybody's favorite was our cover of Hysteria.

[Jev]

Did you record it?

[Shattered_Future]

I'm getting a live recording of our show sometime in the future, but as for a regular recording, no...we only have the drum loops. I should record it eventually.

[2muchket!]

Cant wait for the DVD

[Clunge]

NEW WEMBLEY CLIP!

http://www.he-3.mu/videoComp7.swf

Watch it through to the end. Should be up on http://www.he-3.com very soon.

[Clunge]

http://www.he-3.com

Redesigned, and their media man Tom Kirk was online on the official board a few secs ago, could be official confirmation very soon.

The board has now crashed though :lol:.

[Clunge]

Following Muse's 2 nights at the new Wembley Stadium last summer, the band are delighted to announce that they will be releasing a CD / DVD package documenting the weekend. Released on 17 March, it will contain an audio CD from the Saturday night and a DVD with footage from the Sunday night. More information will come very soon!
****ING YES.

[Untitled]

It better be better the the Aboslution DVD, that was a disappointment that.

[Clunge]

Yes it will be.

[Mother]

I might go to see them when they come here.

[infusician]

Hysteria and Time is Running Out are my favorite songs. I crank them up when I work out - total adrenaline kickers!