Muse - v. Will of the People (rel Aug 26, 2022)

[ariich]

They did that twice, once was the Chopin at the end of United States, and also the Saint-Saens in the middle of I Belong To You. Both were credited fairly enough so I don't see any problem with it. Whereas in the past they've written segments that sound pretty much identical to composers like Rachmaninov but not credited those composers.

[antigoon]

I think they work wonderfully both times.

[MirzekDT]

My second least favourite song on TR, guiding light being the only worse song.

that bass in the chorus really gets on my nerves.

Bizarre video though

also, does he want to just end up with a single drum in a couple of albums time or something? Small kits look so stupid.

It's funny how much can opinions differ for example I think that song and that chorus specifically and actually even the bass there is one of the best moments on album

[KevShmev]

I think the biggest problem with this CD is the middle of it.  The first four and last four songs are all good, but the middle three are rather meh.  "Guiding Light" and "MK Ultra" are both pretty forgettable, and "Unnatural Selection" should have stayed an ass-kicking rocker from start to finish, instead of slowing it down for the bulk of the second half.  They were obviously going for a "Citizen Erased"-type thing there, but it didn't work nearly as well.  As great as the first few minutes is, when it slows down, I sometimes get so bored with the slower parts that I just skip to something else.  And I love slower music when done well, but they missed the mark there, I think.

Regardless, they are coming here in November, and tickets go on sale Friday, so I am a happy boy.

[faemir]

Hope that they play the piano version of Cave when you see them. It was goooooood

[nightmare_cinema]

This CD still feels really crap compared to previous Muse but a couple songs have grown now... Uprising is alright, Resistance is awesome, Undisclosed desires is pretty good and the beginning of I belong to you looks like it's going someplace awesome then totally falls apart. Still think the rest is awful though, including the symphony. But I've been having a real old-muse resurgence lately listening to citizen erased nonstop so I'm still feeling a LOT of love for the band, just hope they go back on track!

[ariich]

I still love the album, the only song I'm not a fan of is Guiding Light (and it is really quite bad, wtf were they thinking). The rest is still great though!

[Silver Tears]

I didn't like the album as a whole that much, but some of the songs like Undisclosed Desires and Resistance are pretty cool on their own.

[skydivingninja]

I still love the album, the only song I'm not a fan of is Guiding Light (and it is really quite bad, wtf were they thinking). The rest is still great though!

My biggest problem with that song is that they decide to play it live.  No one was into it during the Atlanta show, thank God.

[KevShmev]

"Guiding Light" sounds like a clear attempt to write another rocking ballad, ala "Invincible," but it felt way short.  It isn't a bad song, but it is just kind of there.

[Elsydeon]

I thought that guiding light was awesome live, boston seemed to like it

[ariich]

"Guiding Light" sounds like a clear attempt to write another rocking ballad, ala "Invincible," but it felt way short.  It isn't a bad song, but it is just kind of there.

Yeah I'm not a big fan of Invincible either, easily my least favourite on Black Holes. Not as bad as Guiding Light though

[shadowfex]

Yeah, guiding light is a pretty terrible track. Thankfully the album recovers very quickly with the remaining tracks.

[SoundscapeMN]

Dates

Apr 20  2010  Mexico City
May 27 2010  Lisbon (Rock in Rio)
Jun 2    2010  Bern
Jun 5    2010  Nurburg
Jun 6    2010  Nuremberg
Jun 8    2010  Milan
Jun 11  2010  Paris
Jun 12  2010  Paris
Jun 16  2010  Madrid
Jun 19  2010  Nijmegen
Jun 26  2010  Pilton (Glastonbury Festival: Pyramid Stage)   
Jun 29  2010  Arendal (Hove Festival)
Jul 1     2010  Werchter
Jul 3     2010  Roskilde (Roskilde Festival)
Jul 9     2010  Balado T In The Park (headliners on main stage)
Jul 10   2010  Punchestown Oxegen (main stage headliners)
Jul 15   2010  Carhaix   
Jul 19   2010  Helsinki   
Jul 21   2010  Stockholm   
Jul 23   2010  Bergen   
Jul 30   2010  Niigata (Fuji Rock Festival)
Aug 1   2010  Icheon City, Korea (Jisan Valley Rock Festival)   
Aug 15 2010  Budapest (Sziget Festival)   
Aug 19 2010  St Poelten (Frequency Festival)   
Aug 21 2010  Krakow    (Coke Live Festival)   
Sep 4   2010  Manchester   
Sep 10 2010  London       
Sep 11 2010  London 
 
Sep 22 2010  San Diego       
Sep 23 2010  Anaheim
Sep 25 2010  Los Angeles, California   
Oct 1   2010  Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Oct 2   2010  Denver, Colorado  **tickets from postponed Denver date valid for this show, see date for details**     
Oct 5   2010  Minneapolis
Oct 6   2010  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 8   2010  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   
Oct 21 2010  Quebec City   
Oct 27 2010  Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 2  2010  Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 3  2010  St. Louis, Missouri   
Nov 5  2010  Columbus, Ohio
Nov 6  2010  Cincinnati, Ohio

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Raleigh, NC. RBC Center. October 26.

TOX will see you there.

[Nick]

Hmm, probably see what things look like later in October and decide if I'd like to grab tickets for New Jersey. Would only do it if I could find a good deal on Ebay for some tickets.

[ZKX-2099]

What... Guiding Light is an awesome song...

[skydivingninja]

Raleigh, NC. RBC Center. October 26.

TOX will see you there.

Not sure I'll be going to this...maybe if they change the set list significantly (like, Citizen Erased and all of Exogenesis) and I know a few more people going.  And if I have money.  They do put on a hell of a show though.

EDIT: and if I wouldn't have to drive 4.5 hours on a Tuesday.  Have fun!

[antigoon]

I like Guiding Light for what it is. An admittedly over the top cheese-fest ballad.

[bout to crash]

That it is. I don't hate it, but eh.

[PixelDream]

I'm tired of listening to Muse's albums, but The Resistance still is pretty cool to listen to. It all sounds a bit more polished and accessible, and while that was at first my criticism, it actually works in their case. They're not rocking as hard as they once did, but it's all so undeniably good.

I love Uprising, The Resistance (one of the best Muse songs ever), Undisclosed Desires, United States, MK Ultra, Unnatural Selection.. well pretty much everything except for Guiding Light. Bleh, why Muse? Why did you guys do that? Matt's vocal delivery is truly making me sick in my belly.

p.s. Undisclosed Desires just starting playing on the radio while I was typing this 

[bout to crash]

I really don't like Undisclosed Desires much. That and Guiding Light I could do without even though I don't hate them.
 The rest of the album I am happy with, especially United States of Eurasia (fucking awesome, probably my favorite), MK Ultra, I Belong to You (a lot of fun), and Exogenesis.

[Silver Tears]

I really don't like Undisclosed Desires much.

It's one of my favourites off the album 

[skydivingninja]

I really don't like Undisclosed Desires much.

It's one of my favourites off the album 

Mine too, its Muse going uber-pop but doing it right.  Undisclosed Desires, Resistance, Uprising, and I Belong to You are still my favorites from the album, though Exogenesis can be fun too sometimes.

[SoundscapeMN]

new single "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU4eRnQ_-TQ

[robwebster]

I've only listened once thus far, but it sounds a bit of a mish-mash of previous songs. The verses are very Knights of Cydonia, the choruses are very Resistance, there's a USE vibe in the intro, and the outro's got a Butterflies and Hurricanes kinda thing going on.

I really don't like Undisclosed Desires much. That and Guiding Light I could do without even though I don't hate them.
 The rest of the album I am happy with, especially United States of Eurasia (fucking awesome, probably my favorite), MK Ultra, I Belong to You (a lot of fun), and Exogenesis.

I don't think USE gets enough love. If you check out the Muse message boards (and I try not to!), everyone moans about how it sounds like a massive rip-off of Queen.

Er, for two seconds? Teeny bit toward the end, too? Christ, here comes the apocalypse.

[KevShmev]

I don't think USE gets enough love. If you check out the Muse message boards (and I try not to!), everyone moans about how it sounds like a massive rip-off of Queen.

Er, for two seconds? Teeny bit toward the end, too? Christ, here comes the apocalypse.

It's more than just two seconds.  All of the vocal melodies sound very Queen-ish, the guitar lead when it explodes into the chorus is very "We Are the Champions," the "there can be only one" line is right out of Highlander, and the piano outro is very A Day at the Races era.  All in all, it totally sounds like a song Queen would have done; I think that is rather obvious.  Regardless, I still like it quite a bit.

[Zeltar]

So lately everytime I sing a song by Muse everyone's like "oh that's that band from twilight!" Kinda sucks that such a great band is associated with such a shitty movie. And I've really grown tired of Uprising since I hear it basically everywhere I go. I feel like such an indie jackass, I like the band less now that pretty much everyone else at school likes them. It's weird because I'm one of those people that never likes a band less because they hit it big but for some reason it's different with Muse.

[skydivingninja]

Yeah, I find it weird how often I'm hearing Uprising nowadays, it was in the trailer for that Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz movie, I heard it in a jewelry shop when shopping for mother's day, and I've heard "Resistance" on the TV a few times.  Doesn't hinder my enjoyment of Absolution or Origin though, and I know that real Muse fans love those albums too and not just the songs in Twilight.

[KevShmev]

I don't give two craps who does or doesn't listen to Muse.  It's all about the music.

[skydivingninja]

Yeah, but if you talked to someone who said they were a Muse fan, and how much they loved SBH and "I Belong to You" and they were the only songs on their iPod (maybe Starlight and Plug In Baby too), you'd probably get annoyed too, like meeting a "Zeppelin fan" who only has "Immigrant Song."

[Quadrochosis]

Yeah, but if you talked to someone who said they were a Muse fan, and how much they loved SBH and "I Belong to You" and they were the only songs on their iPod (maybe Starlight and Plug In Baby too), you'd probably get annoyed too, like meeting a "Zeppelin fan" who only has "Immigrant Song."

aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHH

Come from the land of the ice and snow

[Zeltar]

I don't give two craps who does or doesn't listen to Muse.  It's all about the music.

See that's how I usually am with bands but idk why their popularity is affecting my love for Muse. But yeah hearing Uprising everywhere doesn't affect my love of the pre-Resistance stuff

[ariich]

I don't give two craps who does or doesn't listen to Muse.  It's all about the music.

This. Grown-up attitudes ftw.

[PixelDream]

I even heard 'Uprising' in a dance club. People were bouncing to it, awesomeness garanteed!