There's gotta be other people in here who listen to MUSE and think Matthew Bellamy is a manic genius.

If you haven't heard of them, MUSE is a three-member rock band from Britain. They've released four studio albums to date: Showbiz is more traditional, yet sharp rock; Origin of Symmetry features the boys basically playing synths and mad guitars in space; Absolution went for a variety of sounds all centering around the theme of apocalypse; and the latest, Black Holes and Revelations, outdoes itself in shooting for galactic-level songs and relying heavily on the big, arena-rock sound (some would say pompous). They also released Hullabaloo at some point as a collection of live songs and b-sides.

I was disappointed with their latest release, but I still love them to pieces for Absolution and Showbiz. Their strongest point remains their melodies and Bellamy's stunning guitar work, I feel. Lyrics increasingly leave something to be desired. Their music videos are hit-or-miss really -- "Time is Running Out" is a great video, "Starlight" is boring as heck, and "Knights of Cydonia" is just too strange...

Favorite tracks:
Showbiz: Muscle Museum, Escape, Unintended, Hate This & I'll Love You
Origin of Symmetry: Bliss, Plug in Baby, Citizen Erased, Feeling Good
Absolution: Time is Running Out, Falling Away with You, Stockholm Syndrome, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist...actually I think this whole album is really strong. Possibly their best.
Black Holes & Revelation: Supermassive Black Hole, Knights of Cydonia (until the whole "you and I must fight to survive" bit)
B-sides: Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (cover), Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths cover), In Your World, The Gallery, Crying Shame, Map of Your Head

Damn good band, in my opinion. Sorry for the long post. I get all excited in my pants when MUSE becomes the topic of discussion... Carry on, please?

My friend is a fan
I havent tried their music yet

Maybe i should..
British bands rock =)

Muse is by far one of the best bands in the world. I discovered whilst watching "UNCUT" video hits (which is basically for a music video program that displays the more inappropriate videos). The song was "Hysteria" (imo, there was nothing wrong about the video clip). Haha from there me & my brother got addicted and thus we have practically their whole discography (BOUGHT, real CDs).

They came to Australia earlier this year and I went to their concert with my brother, his friend & my friends. When everyone left, we were all saying how we wished we had tickets to the show for the next day (we went on the first day) because the concert was so fricken amazing. I still remember that day (: LOVED it and LOVED them. They are definitely amazing. Matthew Bellamy practically sexes the stage out.

Their MVs are worth checking out because they're so creative :3 as well. I loved all of them. A lot of people didn't seem to like "Black Holes & Revelations" albums as much but I loved it like their old ones.

My favourite songs are "Feeling Good", "Plug In Baby", "Butterflies & Hurricanes", "Hysteria", "Super Massive Blackhole", "Knights of Cydonia", "Endlessly", "Time Is Running Out" and "Falling Away With You".


sorry for the long reply, i love them, with passion

there's a song in spiderman3 by them too!
"shrinking universe"
love it =]

LOL!! MUSE ROCKS
hahaha im singing/playing guitar for there song "Time is running out", "hysteria" and "starlight"
hahahah man saw them live and they are totally awesome!! xD

my gosh, some of my friends are huge muse fans and i was forced into watching their videos (i remember muscle museum... that was trippy and i don't get why my frieds were crackin up)... they're holding a concert here too and my friends are going crazy... not my type of music but i think they're okay...

MUSE IS LOVE.

wooot!!!!!!!

i really like their song supermassive black hole. i should try out more of their songs. i'll look into your favorite tracks. ^^

Awww MUSE! I saw them 5/5/05 during their MTVU tour- totally did not disappoint!

I would post the tracks that I like, but oddly enough you covered them all except for "Sunburn" off of Showbiz. Absolution will always hold a place in my heart as my favorite album to date. I wasn't really feeling Black Holes and Revelations when I first got it, and I have yet to really sit down with it and give it a good listen. The only track that really caught my attention right off the bat was "Supermassive Black Hole" and later "Starlight" since the video was on constantly and the end would get in my head and just loop.

But yay more MUSE fans!

I've just recently got into Muse. X] I've only listened to their Black Holes and Revelations cd so far. Knights of Cydonia is going to be on Guitar Hero 3. Huzzah!

I wanna play the game that you've created...


My roommates and I got *really* into Muse last year. "Time Is Running Out" was actually the first song I heard by them. I also *love* "Soldier's Poem", "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist", "Blackout", "Hysteria", and "Apocalypse, Please", but I'm just a huge fan overall.

-ginger

i LOVE muse. i think absolution is their best album

My favorite band EVER. I saw them live twice and it was like an orgasm in my ears. And I'm seeing them again in August!

I don't know if I have a favorite song by them. I do love all of Origin of Symmetry though. And from Absolution, Hysteria is definitely up there.

They make me happy in the pants too =D

one of my favourite bands and one of the only bands from my high school music collection i still listen to after my change in genres...

my favourite album of theirs is 'Absolution' - fav tracks being 'Singing for Absolution' and 'Hysteria'. At first i didn't like Black Holes, but then one of my lecturers put on 'Starlight' and now i don't think it's too bad...

from what i've heard, a lot of people either like (or love) Muse or don't even know who they are...

Oh, MUSE must be INSANE live. So so jealous. Where are you seeing them in August?

So glad to see all this MUSE-love.

Also, I was watching random MUSE vids on YouTube, and I came across this one of Bellamy playing some brilliant piano at the age of 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c02gBveKq70. I figure his classical training makes a difference in how he approaches his musical arrangements, which works out darn well for us.

^madison square garden

and yes they are awesome live! they do light shows =] so it's definitely an experience.

my favourite song is super massive blackhole

I'll take your word OP, i'mma listen to all the songs you just listed ;D

My current favourites are Shrinking Universe and Unintended because it has such a depressing aura over it... :/ I gotta give it to the bassist, he is AWESOME.

I love Muse. I have their albums Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations.

Favourite songs:
Shrinking Universe
Apocalypse Please
Butterflies and Hurricanes
Time Is Running Out
Hysteria
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
Starlight
Supermassive Black Hole
Map of the Problematique
Exo-Politics
Hoodoo

I'd love to see them live someday.

me too!! :D it's my first time seeing them live so i'm really excited.
one of my friends saw them in SF and loved their concert so much, she convinced me to get tix for their MSG one :)

i don't love their last album, but i was hooked on absolution for the longest time :)

Saw them in sydney a few months ago, THEY ARE SO AMAZING LIVE. Matthew bellamy really knows how to entertain
the first show was sold out in under 20 minutes i was practically crying but i glad they opened a second show so i managed to get those tickets.
i love how they do the balloons thingys during the concert,

fav songs: Map Of The Problematique, hysteria, time is running out, Stockholm Syndrome, bliss, plug in baby

omg, i love muse! they are the most awesomest bands ever!!!

I went to their Montreal show this(last) year in 2006 and wow~~! It was so awesome! Matt played piano!! ^______^ And before the show, it started to rain and the crowd got so impatient and everyone started going, "WE WANT MUSE!! WE WANT MUSE!!" It was really cool XD And they played an encore!! ^^ waaah~ so shiny! I loved it sooo much!! I'm going to their next show!!

Oh yeah, I remembered when they first came to Montreal, the tickets were like 20$ ? Now they're like double the price, 45$ .__.

aw man i'm so friggin jealous of all you guys who saw them live, that must've been amazing

i agree, muse is amazing live. listening to their album after going to their show is actually like -__- not that the albums are bad or anything, but the concert was pretty awesome. i first heard of muse in like 2001 or 2002... i bought an album for my bro and said, "what is this radiohead ripoff?" but now i don't think they sound like radiohead at all! and even though this makes me officially uncool, i like them better too.

my favorite muse songs:

map of the problematique (this is one of my most-played songs on itunes too)
hysteria
stockholm syndrome
supermassive black hole

oh edit:

hey, wow. i clicked on the other youtube links of him playing piano, and i'm impressed... he's super talented.

haha so true. this may be the only band I saw that sounds better live than on recordings!

oh what the heck, there hasn't been a thread for them until now?! ridiculous!
they're so amazing. they're love. they're so addicting and bellamy's voice makes me melt and like spazz and stuff, it's crazy.
and i love that he can play those crazy guitar riffs and sing at the same time. <333

i second that. i initially went to go see the strokes instead of them last year when both were on tour and they stopped by my uni, but at the end of the night.........it was ALL ABOUT MUSE. they are SO john teshING AWESOME LIVE!!!!!!! one of the best bands live ever, imo. i think i actually prefer them live than their actual records. lol.

Agreed, a friend recently introduced me to Muse and their latest CD. I fell in love instantly.

I think that song's also in 28 weeks later. I find that odd... o.0

But I love Muse. =o Ever since I heard Time is Running Out back uh... then. But it's my friend's fault I listen to their whole CD. I don't like Black Holes and Revelations much... or as much as Absolution. <3

Lol, does Supermassive Black Hole scare anyone else? I swear his voice in that reminds me sooo much of Justin Timberlake. D=

this thread died out long ago..eh?? haha >A<


me a big ass muse fan fo sho!!
matt, chris, and dom is freaking amazing they ownnnn

muse rocks

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saw this performance of Supermassive Blackhole, but for some reason - something about this version makes me like it more than other versions.
maybe it's the pinkness and the bass.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bFzRgKQR7qw

haha i saw them at the almost xmas on dec

and omg..yesh they are just..speechless haha