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massive spider posted:I recall early muse (Showbiz to Absolution) critics used to make fun of their lyrics for being kinda meaningless. Like standard art school students diary stuff, lots of abstract imagery and a sense of angst but not much you can really definitively say they're about. But then around Resistance they started trying to write songs about the world and holy poo poo it was way better when their lyrics were about nothing. that's such a bizarre rear end critique because *most* of those lyrics have discernable meaning. It fits a little bit for Showbiz, I guess, but Origin Of Symmetry is almost wall to wall bangers and all of the songs clearly have purpose. Micro cuts is pretty vague i guess? I used to think Futurism was nonsense, but given that it has a bunch of astronomical/astrological references and is about fate, i'm pretty sure that's the space it's playing in? And every album after that is more or less direct, lyrically? I think Muse has stayed good enough. I still end up listening to their albums a lot. Once we get to resistance, we are in "custom playlist" territory rather than "i can just put the album on track 1 and let it play through", the 2nd Law is pretty loving dire, with four good songs and a whole lot of trash. Drones is a solid 6/10, with some pretty bad tracks but also some really killer ones, imo. Simulation Theory is more good than bad to me, like 8/10 at least, and Will Of The People is a genuinely bad, dogshit album with a couple of killer tracks and a couple of "alright" ones. I think fame and art don't mix well together, which is why a lot of artists struggle to keep output good as time goes on. You get set in your ways, or you're just kinda only still doing this thing because it pays the bills, so your heart isn't in it, but you still want to make money making art and being a guy people know, so you keep going when you should maybe pause and find your spark again? But that doesn't pay the bills, and maybe the project that got you famous has such a narrow focus it just can't inspire you anymore, so you turn into a lazy fucker turning in poo albums to get paid and little else Riot Bimbo fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Jan 10, 2024 |
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can somebody itt justify the Radiohead comparisons that have dogged Muse forever? I never got into Radiohead, i've heard a few of their radio singles and that's it, but none of them sound anything like Muse to me? People who know both bands, what are some songs I can side-by-side that prove this loving thing? because to me it comes of as tiresome as it is inaccurate.
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SUNKOS posted:
my guess: he took the political compass test and his result was in the green area i dont think it goes further than that
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