New Muse Single
2012-08-20 by jackalope11 | 151 Replies | 4376 Views

Muse has released the first single off their newest album entitled, "The 2nd Law". The song,
called "Madness", is inspired by a fight between Matthew Bellamy and his girlfriend and
takes a more minimal approach.

You can listen to it here:
http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/08/20/muse-debuts-madness-first-official-single-from-the-2nd-
law-matt-bellamys-favorite-song/

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SwayzeFaced
August 20th 2012

336 Comments


“It’s a real surprise song for this album. It’s probably my favorite song that I’ve ever written.”

meh, should probably stick to the ones he just "kinda enjoys" then.

KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


that was really bad and gay

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skoopy48
August 20th 2012

881 Comments


just terrible, what the hell happened to this band

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KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


its even worse than the first!1

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


ROOLS

Kris.
August 20th 2012

10223 Comments


i hope they break up after this

KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


its better than ur dig agreed

KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


uhh kris you always get in the way somehow

Kris.
August 20th 2012

10223 Comments


sorry bro didnt mean to interrupt the lulz

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


Lol my bad. Lemme go dig Rush's Clockwork rq

KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


lol havent heard DANGERS but sounds p heavy so i'll pass

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


Song was ok. I didn't think it was as bad as the other 2

Kris.
August 20th 2012

10223 Comments


dangers r angry bout sumthin

KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


nash you cant dig good music now its not consistent with your digz record

truekebabpower
August 20th 2012

575 Comments


dom, get your fucking ass to the drum kit!!

Fieryfenderz
August 20th 2012

1098 Comments


Im so scared to listen to this.

Edit: Wasn't as bad as expected after the dubstep bullshit. Still pales in comparison to anything off of Black Holes.

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KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


why its FUN.

YourDarkAffected
August 20th 2012

186 Comments


Wow is all I can think to say.

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


But KILL I just wanna be like you? Why can't I dig your digs?

Kris.
August 20th 2012

10223 Comments


what a poser

Timmons
August 20th 2012

552 Comments


better than the previous two..

KILL
August 20th 2012

52050 Comments


you cant faux dig bro jom wont allow it

but yea if you do want to listen to good music one day check out rush before they die

WeepingBanana
August 20th 2012

9115 Comments


dangers is the best band in this thread

omg this song is so bad

that "i have FIIIIIINALLY seen the light" part is so retarded

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


You're damn right I'm a poser I have no identity. I have to have something to hang onto

Kris.
August 20th 2012

10223 Comments


typical republican trolololo

Fieryfenderz
August 20th 2012

1098 Comments


"why its FUN."

yes. yes it is.

ultama121
August 20th 2012

4 Comments


Jesus, that track was like... fundamentally boring.

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


"typical republican trolololo"

typical democratic bigotry lolol

Kris.
August 20th 2012

10223 Comments


bigotry? where are the blacks

MetallicOpeth
August 20th 2012

14572 Comments


hey look that sucked

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


I don't know it's dark outside and I haven't told my joke yet hang on

Kris.
August 20th 2012

10223 Comments


if you cant see em they dont exist

TheFifthEye
August 20th 2012

113 Comments


RIP

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


That's not true they just have such great camouflage and my eyes aren't gud.

ABjordanMM
August 20th 2012

696 Comments


The ending really isn't all that bad..

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sixdegrees
August 20th 2012

9922 Comments


that kind of sucked, but it sucked less than the other two.

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nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


^ Yep

nash1311
August 20th 2012

1733 Comments


Double posts are dumb.

Aspenshadow
August 20th 2012

256 Comments


This is so fucking terrible. It literally makes me angry when I listen to it.

Insurrection
August 20th 2012

16085 Comments


rip muse

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YourDarkAffected
August 20th 2012

186 Comments


ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-MAD MAD MAD!" I'm Matt Bellamy and I write songs about how I'm my celebrity girlfriend's little bitch.

Calc
August 20th 2012

7280 Comments


that was yuck..

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YourDarkAffected
August 20th 2012

186 Comments


and what happened to Matt Bellamy playing anything interesting or remotely impressive on the guitar? That "guitar solo" at 2:40 was more laughable than the cheesy synth.

johnnydeking29
August 20th 2012

7372 Comments


Inb4 "it's shi-" fuck.
It's shit
Haven't heard yet
It's shit

johnnydeking29
August 20th 2012

7372 Comments


"and what happened to Matt Bellamy playing anything interesting or remotely impressive on the guitar?"
Yeah, the solo in Survival was the worst thing ever

NoMeansYes
August 20th 2012

995 Comments


That was hahahahaha

Tyrael
August 20th 2012

18615 Comments


'lol havent heard DANGERS but sounds p heavy so i'll pass'

you're missing something KILL

Anger is a classic hardcore album

FearOfTheDuck
August 20th 2012

206 Comments


Better than expected, still not up to the Muse standard sadly.

sixdegrees
August 20th 2012

9922 Comments


they need to bring back the RIFFS

ADAMWD
August 20th 2012

84 Comments


Song was pretty decent, nowhere near as bad as Survival and Unsustainable. It's just not interesting enough to warrant listening to more than a couple times.

TheLast7thVermicide
August 20th 2012

187 Comments


What da fuck is this pile of poop, they should disband now, even survival had an enjoyable part. This is really annoying , the instrumentation is wack and those are some of the worst lyrics I've seen of this guys. This makes that neutron star collision looks like space dementia or new born.

NoMeansYes
August 20th 2012

995 Comments


survival was wack

taxidermist
August 20th 2012

7007 Comments


This sucked.

toxin.
August 20th 2012

9592 Comments


Heard this on the radio today. It was garbage.

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TheLast7thVermicide
August 20th 2012

187 Comments


They used retarded people and cunts to make this track

Scoot
August 20th 2012

15465 Comments


choderiffic

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SgtPepper
Staff Reviewer
August 20th 2012

3828 Comments


This song at least "goes somewhere", unlike the first one that was just a mess. This song is decent, not my thing, but I can see people liking this.

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SgtPepper
Staff Reviewer
August 20th 2012

3828 Comments


Oh, and that "muh-muh-muh-muh-muh MAD MAD MAD" - has been stuck on my head all day. It's catchy but annoying.


johnnydeking29
August 20th 2012

7372 Comments


Lol Paperback, how come your always so nice to everything/one? It's weird seeing anyone here who isn't a dick

johnnydeking29
August 20th 2012

7372 Comments


*you're

SgtPepper
Staff Reviewer
August 20th 2012

3828 Comments


@Johnny
Haha. I try to be positive person, or as much as I can be. And everyone here is pretty much shitting on this song. I mean its relatively bad, but there are much worse songs out there today like "Call me maybe" or "Stupid Hoe".

truekebabpower
August 20th 2012

575 Comments


I'll take call me maybe any day

Fieryfenderz
August 20th 2012

1098 Comments


Call Me Maybe is catchy as fuck and denying that is just wrong.

SgtPepper
Staff Reviewer
August 20th 2012

3828 Comments


I didnt find "Call Me Maybe" to be that catchy or enjoyable, but that's just me, mate. Theres a lot of people who like it, but pop has just never been my bag.

johnnydeking29
August 20th 2012

7372 Comments


Ok, I've just listened
This isn't a shit song. It's almost 100% inane, but it's not shit. Neither good not bad, just...there

johnnydeking29
August 20th 2012

7372 Comments


And Paperback, I have no idea how you manage being positive on this site, but well done

SgtPepper
Staff Reviewer
August 20th 2012

3828 Comments


Ok, I've just listened
This isn't a shit song. It's almost 100% inane, but it's not shit. Neither good not bad, just...there


That's my exact opinion of it as well, I'm not expecting much from the album but I hope there will be at least one really enjoyable track.

And there's a lot of cool people on this site, like you Johnny, so staying in a good mood isnt so difficult.


Pentagon
August 20th 2012

1963 Comments


Call me Maybe is pop perfection, so damn catchy.

oh and the song sucks and the video is wtf shit

johnnydeking29
August 20th 2012

7372 Comments


Haha, cheers dude

BigBlob
August 20th 2012

821 Comments


holy fuck that was boring.

MeatSalad
August 20th 2012

8897 Comments


Boring and that "mamamamamamamamamamaa maa maa" shit is cringeworthy.

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Spag
August 20th 2012

1022 Comments


I never liked this band.

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newjunkaesthetic93
August 20th 2012

1871 Comments


Song sucked. Best of the three they've released though, which is saying almost nothing.

NightofCydonia
August 20th 2012

29 Comments


Kate Hudson killed what was left of this bad. Such a Yoko

GreyShadow
August 20th 2012

237 Comments


matt sounds good on his own. everything else just kills it.

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peartnoy
August 20th 2012

868 Comments


I'm with Paperback and johnny, this isn't god-awful.

Outnumbered
August 20th 2012

370 Comments


Um.

I really like it.

I guess I'm insane.

sixdegrees
August 20th 2012

9922 Comments


I think it picked up towards the end.

withateethuh
August 20th 2012

47 Comments


Undisclosed Desires was the only decent song on the last album, so I'm okay with them sticking to that style. By okay with it, I mean what the fuck happened to the band who did Origin of Symmetry and Absolution.

newjunkaesthetic93
August 20th 2012

1871 Comments


It sounds like Matt Bellamy trying to sound like U2 trying to sound like some lame dance pop band. It's actually kinda catchy, not good, but still...

17WordHaiku
August 20th 2012

40 Comments


I cringed.

Detective Dan
August 20th 2012

138 Comments


well at least now Andre 3000 has some competition for "worst guitar solo of the year"

Pentagon
August 20th 2012

1963 Comments


"At least it's better than Radiohead's 'Everything In Its Right Place'..."

Ahh ofc!!!!

Aids
Contributing Reviewer
August 20th 2012

21846 Comments


Muse have fallen in quality more than any band I can think of. that song was catastrophically bad. "The 2nd Law" will be a 1/5, definitely.

mindleviticus
August 20th 2012

5649 Comments


:/ Oh wow...

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MegaKirbyX
August 20th 2012

8 Comments


"At least it's better than Radiohead's 'Everything In Its Right Place'..."

HahahaHAhahaHAAHahaHAHAHAhahaHAH

NotSoFast
August 20th 2012

388 Comments



"At least it's better than Radiohead's 'Everything In Its Right Place'..."

every song is better then that

DarthMann
August 20th 2012

13123 Comments


EVERYTHING DUN DUN DUN IN ITS RIAAAAGHHTT PLACEEEE
YESTERDAY I WOKE UP STUCK IN A LIMBO

paxman
August 20th 2012

4070 Comments


Wait how many first singles is this gonna have

YourDarkAffected
August 20th 2012

186 Comments


^^it's "yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon" dude

IMZA1793
August 20th 2012

843 Comments


Boring

controlled
August 20th 2012

436 Comments


lol, rush is so bad.

Lakes
August 20th 2012

19999 Comments


"lol, rush is so bad."

you've got to be kidding me

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controlled
August 20th 2012

436 Comments


we're talking about your dig correct?

Lakes
August 20th 2012

19999 Comments


animal collective rules, gtfo

steadyriot
August 20th 2012

434 Comments


I actually liked it

Best song Muse has released since Uprising by far. I dont really care about the album, all i need is good live songs cause Muse touring on Resistance was lame

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CIRES
August 20th 2012

23 Comments


You have to admit, the ending was pretty good

steadyriot
August 20th 2012

434 Comments


Actually the symphony from the last album was good too

controlled
August 20th 2012

436 Comments


where's the door?

Lakes
August 20th 2012

19999 Comments


over there

controlled
August 20th 2012

436 Comments


i can't swim.

toxin.
August 20th 2012

9592 Comments


Actually after the first 3 minutes, including the "guitar solo," the song picks up and gets decent. But yeah doesn't condone the tedium of the beginning.

bloc
August 20th 2012

32203 Comments


Wasn't really much of a lyric video, so many words were skipped!

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Lakes
August 20th 2012

19999 Comments


"i can't swim."

you black?

jackalope11
August 21st 2012

314 Comments


I honestly loved it. Like, I really, really think that this is a really good Muse song.

Puzzles
August 21st 2012

2848 Comments


Yeah, those last two tracks were fucking god-awful, but as a pre-Resistance Muse fan I really dug this. The second half, at least, even though the first half was cheesy and boring as hell. This album is still going to be terrible though. RIP Muse

henryChinaski
August 21st 2012

1711 Comments


Terrible

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withateethuh
August 21st 2012

47 Comments


I'm actually curious as to how they're going to play these songs live. I also wonder how much the band members other than Bellamy are involved in the writing at this point.

Ayashi
August 21st 2012

252 Comments


MUSE suck cock these days, but this was acceptable. This is a great COLDPLAY song, but considering this is MUSE this just demonstrates how lame they've become. Much better than the previous song with Skrillex though

urethra
August 21st 2012

13 Comments


Sucks more than literally anything else they have ever done.

Youtellme
August 21st 2012

1352 Comments


“It’s a real surprise song for this album. It’s probably my favorite song that I’ve ever written.”

I just lost any interest in hearing anything from Muse.

sixdegrees
August 21st 2012

9922 Comments


“It’s a real surprise song for this album. It’s probably my favorite song that I’ve ever written.”

goddamnit

Scoot
August 21st 2012

15465 Comments


matt bellamy is a massive diltch

nothing new

Lunarfall
August 21st 2012

3175 Comments


this one is at least listenable, unlike the last 2 that have been revealed

anyway this isn't muse anymore

truekebabpower
August 21st 2012

575 Comments


but that's the problem, it's not even bad enough to be funny, it's just mediocre as hell

erandolph90
August 21st 2012

141 Comments


Needs moar breakdownz.

Fluttertrank
August 21st 2012

14852 Comments


so what drugs is matt on now?

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MeatSalad
August 21st 2012

8897 Comments


Nothing good, I'd say.

Fluttertrank
August 21st 2012

14852 Comments


lol ikr

avnrdragon
August 21st 2012

19 Comments


Why does everybody care about this band?

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TheMilQ
August 21st 2012

57 Comments


The dubstep one sucked, but I like this one! but 'single' worthy? no.

well... it grows on me

Tyrael
August 21st 2012

18615 Comments


Song is m-m-m-m-mediocre

I'm still a sucker for Matt's vocals tho so I quite liked the second part even though it was cheesy as fuck

MyMentality
August 21st 2012

56 Comments


Trying to make a modern Kid A, but it ain't working

VicariousIntent
August 21st 2012

1525 Comments


Turns into a U2 song after the awful guitar solo

Subculture
August 21st 2012

31 Comments


Well, that was bloody awful. I think they spent most of the time deciding on the artwork for the box set, which is pretty lovely, rather than the song writing.

JohnFire
August 21st 2012

106 Comments


I bet Matthew Bellamy is jerking off to himself these days. How did they ever write Origin Of Symmetry?

Strider
August 21st 2012

4597 Comments


Black Eyed Muse

Ninjask
August 21st 2012

177 Comments


die like rabid dog.

Strider
August 21st 2012

4597 Comments


No seriously, this does sound like Linkin Park on A Thousand Suns

Deadwing42
August 21st 2012

59 Comments


this is fucking awful, probably worse than "Oh Love", which I figured would be the worst song released by a big name band this summer... NOPE.

Phideaux
August 21st 2012

1629 Comments


Song was a steaming pile. I've always thought Bellamy's vocals were terrible, so the ending part doesn't make it any better for me.

MeatSalad
August 21st 2012

8897 Comments


Nice shaimus avatar bro

fr33convict
August 21st 2012

11352 Comments


This one isn't awful, but seeing as how I've heard it on the radio about 6 times in the past day, it's pretty safe to say I'll hate it soon enough.

Phideaux
August 21st 2012

1629 Comments


Thanks, BroSalad

ZmbZ98
August 21st 2012

51 Comments


What happened to muse? They went from great to terrible once they released the first single.

themainmast
August 21st 2012

201 Comments


how the flying fuck is this his favorite song he's ever written?

these lyrics also suck...the concept of "madness" is so overused. come on, matt.

RomoCosmo14
August 21st 2012

65 Comments


Worst dubstep song ever..Y didnt they "Drop teh bass!!??!!"

controlled
August 21st 2012

436 Comments


'"i can't swim."

you black?'

you had a tough time staying inside the lines as a kid huh?

andcas
August 22nd 2012

57448 Comments


sounds like a bad prince song.

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DinoX
August 22nd 2012

3582 Comments


took way too long to get to the meat

johnnydeking29
August 22nd 2012

7372 Comments


"Having been their opening act 13 years ago I'm proud to say that I think this is Muse's best song ever"
Chris Martin, about this song
Why am I not surprised? I find it hard to decide whether I hate Chris or Matt more these days

blahblahblacksheep
August 22nd 2012

3 Comments


Coldplay just said that this was the best song muse wrote ever on facebook

hahahahahahahahahaha









no.

andcas
August 22nd 2012

57448 Comments


sarcasm or serious?

Tyrael
August 22nd 2012

18615 Comments


Chris Martin hasn't written a decent lyric in his whole life so we can easily disregard his opinion

Ommushwo
August 22nd 2012

111 Comments


I like it, I mean it's suicide to drive with this song but the vocals are very well done, which is pretty much the whole song. Could be awesome live too. Concerning the Dubstep I'm glad they made it laid back. Most of the dubstep fusion stuff we hear is just people still playing their genre and cranking up the low/high tone triplets.

Speaking of low/high tone triplets, imagine hundreds of people hearing "the 2nd law..." at a concert and make rat faces.


PuddlesPuddles
August 22nd 2012

4475 Comments


Wonder how long into the Youtube comments you have to go to find someone dimwittingly compare it to
Queen

Or U2 for that matter

heavenstomurgatroyd
August 22nd 2012

13 Comments


oh muse...

NotSoFast
August 22nd 2012

388 Comments


Chris Martin hasn't written a decent lyric in his whole life so we can easily disregard his opinion [2]


someguest
August 22nd 2012

14560 Comments


matt bellamy needs to be arrested again

thespaceforthis
August 24th 2012

61 Comments


PuddlesPuddles, why not compare? its obvious this band tries to incorporate elements of those 2 bands failing miserably in the process.


thespaceforthis
August 24th 2012

61 Comments


And how can you hate chris martin? Hes adorable


no homo



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